Battle Report | Habsburg 2023 Dubai Spring Auction, with a total transaction volume of over 2.732 billion yuan and a successful conclusion

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On June 24, 2023, the Dubai Royal Art Auction in Habsburg successfully concluded. Five special sessions, 472 auctions, a total of 1.366 billion Dirham (about 2.732 billion yuan), a total turnover of 52.23%.
 
This auction was held at the Pullman Hotel located in the center of the river in Dubai. It not only attracted collectors from multiple countries and regions to actively participate in bidding, but also filled the auction hall. We sincerely thank collectors for their attention and support to the Habsburg auction and witness this unforgettable moment together!

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5 major special events, producing 56 pieces of tens of millions of products;
 
Among them, porcelain was the most sold in this special auction, with a total of 144 pieces and a turnover of 789 million Dirham (about RMB 1.578 billion), with a turnover rate of 52.78%. The highest price is the lotus shaped warm bowl from the Ru kiln in the Song Dynasty (LOT 1138), which was sold for 50 million Dirham (about 98.54 million yuan).
 
The use of lotus flowers or lotus petals as decorative patterns and shapes became popular with the introduction of Buddhism, and later adopted their habit of not staining mud, symbolizing purity and being widely used in various types of utensils. The shape of the vessel seems to be a blooming lotus, with gentle and graceful lines, elegant and beautiful. The original vessel should be paired with a holding pot and used as a warming wine utensil, which was common from the late Tang to Song dynasties.

The Lotus Warm Bowl, with its elegant design and gentle opaque glaze, is even more precious among the rare Ru kiln artifacts that have been passed down.

 

 
80 paintings and calligraphy, with a turnover of 187 million Dirham (about 374 million yuan), with a turnover rate of 51.25%. The highest price comes from the LOT 2038 Fu Baoshi's "Looking up to the Mirror", which was sold at 35 million Dirham (about 69030000 yuan).
 
Fu Baoshi (from October 5, 1904 to September 29, 1965) was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. His ancestral home is Zhangtang Village, Beigang Township, Xinyu (today's Xinyu City), Jiangxi Province. His original name was Changsheng, his name was Zhongzhou, his name was Qingyuan, his academic name was Ruilin, his title was the owner of Baoshi Studio, and he is a modern Chinese painter, art historian, calligrapher, art educator, and a representative painter of "New Landscape Painting".


Fu Baoshi
 

 
There were only 27 pieces of jade, but the turnover reached 44.13 million Dirham (about 87.04 million yuan), with a turnover rate of 62.96%. The highest price of the auction was 6.8 million Dirham (about 13.41 million yuan), LOT 3007 [high quality plastic feeling full, hot and green, good luck], a new product, top class Hong Kong engineering technology, heavy gold and luxury inlay, which means excellent, good luck in everything, very thick, hot and green, good luck, and excellent wearing effect. Overall 49.4X23.6X9.3 bare stone 36.3X20.8X4.5.


 
109 pieces of coins, with a turnover of 99.97 million Dirham (about 197 million yuan), a turnover rate of 55.96%. Two of the best ones are LOT4005 gold coin with a round figure of Emperor Guangxu and LOT4106 gold coin with a reward of the Western King, which were fabricated in the year of Yiyou in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Both coins were struck at the highest price of 3.5 million Dirham (about 6.9 million yuan).
To fabricate a round gold coin resembling Emperor Guangxu in the year of Yiyou; The statue of Emperor Guangxu, dressed in traditional clothing. Complex carving, high relief graphics and text, circular border formed by double letter on the reverse, with a central dragon. Slightly handled, in line with the rating, the bottom plate is tempting with orange coating, pleasing to the eye.


 
One of the ancient Chinese coins, the Meritorious Coin of the Western King. It was minted by Zhang Xianzhong, the leader of the uprising army in the late Ming Dynasty, in Sichuan. It is made of three materials: gold, silver, and copper, and is a reward coin (or medal) for the lord of the Great Western Kingdom. The non circulating currency was minted by Zhang Xianzhong, the leader of the uprising army in the late Ming Dynasty. According to legend, there are three rare treasures in the world: gold, silver, and copper.


 
108 miscellaneous items, with a turnover of 245 million Dirham (about 480 million yuan), with a turnover rate of 48.15%. Among the miscellaneous auctions, the first one was two Buddha statues, both of which were priced at 30 million Dirham (about 59.17 million yuan); The first one is LOT 5095, a giant bronze gilded statue of the 17th century Nepalese Diamond Master, and the second one is LOT 5104, an imperial bronze gilded Buddha of Infinite Life.
 
Giant bronze gilded statue of King Kong holding the throne; Vajrayana is a paraphrase of Indian Sanskrit, transliterated as "Vajrayana", where "Vajrayana" means "Vajrayana" and "Dharma" means "holding vajrayana" or "Vajrayana"; In Tibetan, it is called "Duojie Qiang". The statue wears a corolla on its head, with a high bun of columnar hair at the top. The bun is adorned with mani pearls, and the earrings are fan-shaped and spread back, with large earlobes and shoulders; The forehead is high and wide, with both eyes looking down. The eyebrows are slender and high, adorned with square white hair between the eyebrows. The nose is high and the mouth is broad, giving a solemn and graceful appearance. The upper body is adorned with a detachable collar and a cross wall long chain, both adorned with petals. Wearing a monk's skirt with simple patterns, highlighting the natural undulation and changes of the body's bones and muscles. The back of the monk's skirt is adorned with exquisite lotus patterns; Tie a treasure belt around the waist, adorned with bead shaped necklaces under the belt; Wearing bracelets on hands and feet; The body is draped with a U-shaped large silk robe, which flows outward around the arm, exuding a highly decorative vibe.

 
Imperial bronze gilded Infinite Shou Buddha; The statue's face is kind and peaceful, and the Buddhist seal is applied, and the statue sits on the lotus platform with all Lotus position's postures. Wearing a treasure crown with dense branches and leaves, adorned with exquisite circular petal shaped ear bells, hair braids floating behind the ears, adorned with beads, and a triple necklace adorned on the chest, the beads are perfectly round and symmetrical. The bracelet, arm bracelet, and ankle bracelet are all meticulously crafted, making them perfect. All flower decorations are embedded with various colored pearl stones, and the edges and skirts are adorned with finely carved flowers. They are adorned with intricate patterns, depicting various colors of flowers such as lotus and peony in exquisite and elegant lines. These exquisite rolled leaf patterns and blooming petals are common in official kiln porcelain of the same period.

 

 
Finally, thank you once again for your attention and support to the Habsburg auction, both old and new collectors! The above is a transaction analysis of the 2023 Dubai Royal Art Auction in Habsburg, United Arab Emirates. In the wind and rain, we are waiting for you in Singapore!