英國農場主收集100件中國瓷器 拍得4590萬英磅

A British farmer's collection of Chinese antiques he picked up for as little as 100 pound each has sold for a massive 45.9 million Pound at auction .

近日，一名英國農場主收集的中國瓷器，在買入時每件僅僅花費100英鎊左右，但是在拍賣會上竟然總共拍出了4590萬英磅。

Roger Pilkington put together an array of 100 pieces of Chinese ceramics during the 1950s and 1960s.

這位名爲羅傑·比爾金頓的農場主在20世紀50年代至60年代這十年間收集了100件中國瓷器。

During that time Mr Pilkington, who died in 1969 aged just 40, acquired cache of artifacts from the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties. They spanned a millennium - dating from 618 to 1912.

1969年，年僅40歲的比爾金頓先生不幸逝世，不過他當年收集的瓷器的出土年代竟然橫跨了唐宋明清。這些瓷器出土年代跨度從618年到1912年，前後超過了1000年。

The value of Asian antiques has shot up in recent years as the newly-rich Chinese set about buying back their heritage which was taken out of the far east by westerners in the 19th century. Even so, the total sale price of 45.9m pound was More than double the pre-sale estimate of 20m pound.

近些年來，隨着富裕起來的中國新一代不斷買回被西方人於19世紀帶離東方的文物珍寶，這些瓷器的價值也在一路飆升。即便如此，最後拍出的4500萬英鎊的總價也比拍賣前預估的2000萬英鎊高出了一倍之多。

Leading the sale was a 9ins tall 15th century blue and white Moon Flask which sold for a pound 10.1m while an exquisite holy water vessel from the same period achieved a price of pound 9.1m.

拍賣的瓷器中，拍出價位最高的是一件追溯到15世紀的9英寸高清花瓷月瓶，價值高達1010萬磅。另有一件同時期出土的用於祭祀大典的青花瓷淨瓶也拍出了910萬英鎊的天價。

A six inch wide bowl made for an Emperor in the Ming dynasty in the 15th century went under the hammer for almost pound 6m. The bowl is so rare that many of the world's greatest collections in museum lack an example.

此外，一件於15世紀明朝皇帝御用的6英寸寬的青花紋碗競拍出了600萬英鎊。據悉，這種碗十分罕見，世界上大多數博物館甚至都沒有收藏。

Nicolas Chow, deputy chairman of Sotheby's Asia, said: "The Pilkington Collection contained extraordinarily rare items, of a kind seldom seen together on the market.

蘇富比亞洲副總裁仇國仕表示：“羅傑·比爾金頓的藏品有極高的收藏價值，它們中有一些是市場上極爲罕見的瓷器。”

"This time capsule captured a seminal moment in the history of collecting when connoisseurship in the field reached new heights of sophistication, and when collectors' appetites for the very best were serviced by a handful of brilliant dealers."

他還補充說道：“這是具有開創意義的一次競拍，代表着鑑賞界的眼光達到了新的高度，而收藏者挑剔的口味藉由高品位的賣家得到了很好的滿足。”