Talk about Qianlong Yuxi was auctioned

Recently, a controversial Yuxi Emperor dedicated to the Qing Emperor Qianlong was auctioned for €1.1 million at the Ede auction house on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, France. A Beijing buyer who participated in the auction at the scene judged that this mysterious buyer should be Chinese.

It is controversial to say that the photographed Qianlong jadeite was controversial because the news of the sale of jade jade by auction house Ade auction on the 17th caused the attention of the European Society for the Protection of Chinese Art. The association believes that this piece of jade was a cultural artifact that had been stolen during the 1860 death of the English and French Federation. Therefore, it is not correct to take out an auction 150 years later today. It is an act of legitimizing plundering cultural relics through auctions. Therefore, the association has repeatedly negotiated with Aide auction house and requested withdrawal. At the same time, sources from China stated that Mr. Yuan Shankai, former director of the Imperial City Art Museum of China and consultant to the Beijing China Heritage International Exposition, confirmed that this upcoming Qianlong jade dragonfly is indeed a relic from the Yuanmingyuan. The Chinese Society for Cultural and Cultural Development ** National Security Project Public Welfare ** also stated that it is firmly opposed to auctioning of cultural relics and hopes that Aide Auction House will withdraw this piece of jade as soon as possible.

Some French media also reported on opposition from China. AFP reporters also interviewed Ede auction house. However, in response to different voices from various parties, Aide auction house did not take a positive attitude to consider, but moved out the so-called experts, indicating that the upcoming film Qianlong Yuxi “is not from the Yuanmingyuan”. In addition, the European Association for the Protection of the Chinese Artists Association was not satisfied with its representations. He believed that the Association could not represent China and stated that they did not receive or hear any voice from the Chinese government.

In this case, the rare Qianlong jade dragonfly, which was priced at 15 to 200,000 euros on the auction, finally appeared on the 17th auction. The situation the reporter saw at the auction site was that buyers from mainland China and the Taiwan region of China accounted for almost half of the buyers who attended the auction. Moreover, according to the reporter’s scene, some buyers are coming to this jadeite. Therefore, when photographing the 119 jadeite, the atmosphere on the auction site reached a climax. Starting from 50,000 Euros, the auction item was tendered by telephone entrusted buyers and on-site buyers. The price skyrocketed and the stalemate took about an hour. Afterwards, the Qianlong jade dragonfly was finally settled at a price of 930 thousand euros. With taxes added, the final transaction price was 1.12 million euros.

The Qianlong jade dragonfly, which has attracted quite a lot of attention, was finally taken out by the auction house of Eide. Jacques Chimozana, secretary-general of the European Society for the Protection of Chinese Arts, said that the association will “will not stop there” and that they will resort to the crime of stealing and concealing theft. However, he did not specify the object of the complaint. A Chinese buyer who participated in the auction at the scene pointed out that Eide's auction house will pay a price for it, and it will be "congested." In addition to possible legal actions, the bank’s future development in the Chinese market has also “returned from its own path”. This short-sighted behavior is very different from the one performed by British Bonds auctions a month ago. In November this year, the auction house had apologized for the withdrawal of two of the original Yuanmingyuan cultural objects originally planned to be auctioned out of the auction list due to China’s negotiations.

The French auction of Qianlong Yuxi should cause the Chinese people to ponder more effectively how to protect and even recover a large amount of Chinese historical artifacts that have been lost overseas. Only a catastrophe in Yuanmingyuan was burned and stolen numerous Chinese cultural relics. The number of Chinese artifacts in the hands of the descendants of former European powers and colonists was countless. With the rapid development of China in various fields and the enhancement of its economic strength, the cultural heritage market in China is in the ascendant and has also induced many people’s dreams of gathering money. In recent years, it is an indisputable fact that China’s overseas history of drained cultural relics is strong.