In recent years, with more and more people engaged in the collection of “Bronze Buddha statues”, the Buddha statues have become a new hot spot in the art collection market. In the 2013 Hanhai Spring Auction, the "Five-Awards Gold and Copper Buddhas" were all sold 100%. They were once owned by the famous collectors of London's famous Spearman family. Deal.

The director of Shenzhen Wangye Museum, Yan Yan, said in an interview with this reporter yesterday that from the point of the art value of the Buddha, the Buddha image craftsmanship during the Ming and Qing dynasties was extremely awe-inspiring. Even the modern advanced craft could not match it. The history, art and cultural value of Buddha statues also determine the high price of their market.

Yan Yan said: "The Buddhist statues in South Asia are mostly dominated by the styles of 'Gandhara' and 'Zuoduo'. The Buddhas in India had no statues in the early stages, and only real Buddha statues appeared in the 'Gandhara' period." Yan Yan believes that the Buddha statue market has always been very good, mainly divided into two: First, cast in Tibet, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia, this is "Tibetan Buddha statue"; and in the Central Plains region, mainly in Beijing It is the so-called "Han Buddha statue."

Yan Yan said: “Now the total number of domestic collectors of Chinese and Tibetan Buddhist statues is not very large. It involves high-end religious art and it is difficult for ordinary people to reach. Therefore, it also restricts the collection of religious collectors and bronze Buddha statue collectors. At the same time, the prices of these bronze statues are very expensive in today’s commercial market, and they are frequently collected by hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions, and are not collectible by ordinary collectors. Larger ordinary statues are still relatively easy to obtain. These are mainly cast by folks, and all courts and officials cast are meticulously crafted. These elaborately cast Buddha statues are attracting much attention and are the collection hotspots.

How to judge the artistic value and market value of a statue of Buddha? Yan Yan said that in general, the larger the size of a Buddha is, the higher the value is; the value of a court cast is higher than that of a folk; in Tibetan Buddhist statues, the “wrath of anger” is greater than that of auspicious The phase is "high" and has two phases higher, such as "Great Weed King Kong".

Liu Dong, a collector of Buddhist statues that is thriving in overseas markets, believes that the market price of bronze statues of Buddhas in the “Hanzang” has continued to rise in recent years, about two to three times more than in 2008. He said, “In fact, people have paid little attention to statues of bronze Buddhas before. Before 2000, the collection of domestic Buddhist statues began to start. The aesthetic tastes of overseas and domestic collectors are also very different. The former are keen on the ancient Buddha statues and Han Chinese. In the European and American auction market, Buddha statues dominated the Northern Qi Dynasty, Northern Wei Dynasty, and Sui and Tang Dynasties, while domestic collectors were keen to chase the Ming and Qing statues, especially the statues of court statues.Since about 2006, the price of bronze Buddha statues began to rise. It began to rise, stagnating in 2008, and gradually stabilizing in 2009 until after 2010, prices have continued to rise."

“The collection and research of Buddha statues are prosperous in overseas markets. Compared with foreign countries, the price of domestic Buddhist statues is still significantly lower. The material of Chinese Buddhist statues can be gold, copper, stone, jade, or wood, pottery, porcelain, etc. However, due to the limitations of the domestic collectors' understanding of the material, the stone-built Buddha statues have been neglected." Liu Dong said that there are only a few Tibetan collectors concerned about ancient Buddha statues in Southeast Asia. "Ancient Indian bronze Buddha statues. It is rare, and the number is very small, and it is basically the attention of professional research scholars, and the ordinary people have little or no understanding. With more frequent foreign exchanges in the past 10 years, more and more people have gone abroad to The opportunity to see these Buddha statues in person, but at present, from the price point of view, they have not yet formed a unified standard. It can only be said that ancient art has always been scarce, and the market prices are on the rise as a whole.”

“The statues of ancient bronze Buddhas in India and Cambodia are all precious and scarce, but there is no way to compare the specific price of bronze Buddha statues in the Han and Tibetan. If someone specifically collects these statues of Buddha, I think it is more difficult, but it’s worth Concern.” Liu Dong reminds collectors of newcomers, “The falsification of Buddha statues is relatively serious. Before entering the warehouse, it is necessary to conduct rigorous research on the origins, ages, and places of origin of the statues. In addition, the statues belong to religious works of art and are more general. Collections are more culturally significant and should pay attention to scientific maintenance."