Experts call for more open circulation of high ancient porcelain

“This overseas Song of China's Northern Song Dynasty Guan Kiln Flourisher furnace has a worth of tens of millions of US dollars in the international market, but if its source is domestic, the value will shrink to 1/8 or 1/10.” Zhao Qingyun, deputy secretary-general of the Ancient Ceramic Society and chairman of the Ancient Ceramics Research Association of Henan Province, pointed to a Chinese porcelain kilnware from the Song Dynasty in China and told reporters that the price of Chinese ancient porcelain has always been underestimated. I hope the country will introduce more openness. The high ancient porcelain circulation policy to eliminate price gaps left these national treasures at home.

"High Ancient porcelain" is a concept that contrasts with the Ming and Qing dynasties, usually referring to the porcelain before the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Zhao Qingyun introduced that in 2003 Hong Kong Sotheby's auction house auctioned a transaction price of the Longquan kiln furnace in the Southern Song Dynasty which was nearly 3.4 million yuan***, while a similar domestic retort furnace price was between 20,000 yuan and 40,000 yuan. Between the yuan, the difference is nearly 150 times. In the second half of 2005, Sotheby's New York launched the special event of Baima Xuan Gao Gu Porcelain, which made a brilliant achievement, which made Gao Guci rise in a straight line in the overseas market. However, when the two major auction companies in mainland China launched a very good Longquan Kiln celadon in 2006, the transaction price was quite different from the price of the overseas auction market.

"This gap has continued from the past to the present." Zhao Ziqiang, member of the National Heritage Identification Committee, said that according to historical records, in the early 1990s, a Longquan Kiln bowl of the Southern Song Dynasty was only worth more than 200 yuan in domestic prices, a Han Dynasty. Green glazed glazed pots with embossed hunting figures are also below a thousand dollars. Compared with the price of 200,000 yuan in the same kind of green glazed cans in Japan at that time, the market price was a huge difference.

It is understood that in 2002, the state revised the cultural relics law, affirmed the private collections, permitted the circulation of documents, and made a big step toward opening the art investment market. However, due to the lack of details, many of the concepts are still vague. Therefore, domestic high ancient porcelain cannot enter the art investment market in a grandiose manner. Policy restrictions have become a major factor affecting the price of the ancient Chinese porcelain market.

“It is understandable that the country has formulated policies to crack down on the sale of cultural objects, but such a policy has led to such a large price gap at home and abroad, and it has also spurred the crime of smuggling high-quality ancient porcelain artifacts, making it less and less useful to stay in China.” Zhao Qingyun said that when the state has stipulated the various details of Wen Logistics, and standardized the operating principles of the art market, this is the real lifting of the ban on the Chinese ancient porcelain market.

Zhao Qingyun introduced that in recent years, a large part of the ancient porcelain that he identified has come from abroad, and there is no shortage of hope for auctions in China. At the same time, he also believes that collecting high-grade ancient porcelain at this time is the best time for hidden appreciation potential.