SHARED MISSION!: TO FIND THE POWERFUL, PROFOUND AND POIGNANT RENAISSANCE IN CHINESE TEA CULTURE THAT SHOOK THE WORLD IN EARLY QING DYNASTY BUT WAS LOST BUT NOT FORGOTTEN……………………………..
Tony Ren has sent the package comprising a book titled,” Saving Old Purple-Sand Clay Teapots”, a letter from the Malaysian Ambassador to the United States, 9 pages of condensed research findings and some pictures of Pre-Disturbance Phase teapots to various universities and museums around the world. However, Tony Ren has chosen only, as instructed by the boss of Ren Fu Collection, the famous Professor Yan Li-Ren(of the Gong Fu Tea project), Ip Wing-Chi( the world famous Gong Fu Tea master) and Lai Suk Yee( of the Yixing project), together called the tripartite group, to organize and articulate the ground-breaking narrative of the three great archaeological discoveries to the world. The world famous Dr.Rose Kerr of Cambridge University,United Kingdom; curator emeritus Teresa Tse Bartholomew of the Asian Museum of San Francisco; Dr. Eva Stroeber, of Princesshof Museum, the Netherlands; Professor Sharon Wong of the Hong Kong University and curator Anne Lam of Flagstaff House Museum of Tea wares, Hong Kong, and a few other Professors of universities and museums around the world must wait because Tony Ren does not have the time to deal with them yet, even though they have been informed of Ren Fu Collection’s 3 great archaeological discoveries.
On the 29th of December 2022, after the realization of the Ren Fu Collection’s three great archaeological discoveries, an email from the Hong Kong world famous Gong Fu Tea master Ip Wing-Chi (see email) arrived on Tony Ren’s email address and in the email the world famous Gong Fu Tea master coined the phrase “shared mission” to describe our tripartite liaison group’s momentous task as a ‘shared mission’ to find and save Gong Fu Tea with the sole aim of helping China to successfully put Gong Fu Tea in UNESCO List of Intangible World Cultural Heritage.(note that Professor Lai Suk Yee is the wife of Ip Wing-Chi and so is counted as one party of the tripartite group).
Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen of the world, the quest for the holy grail of Chinese tea culture or the great Chinese tea culture renaissance called Gong Fu Tea has officially begun and to articulate the three great archaeological discoveries are three great people with Tony Ren, namely, Professor Yan Li-Ren of Xiamen University, world famous Gong Fu Tea master Ip Wing-Chi and his wife Professor Lai Suk Yee of Hong Kong Chinese University.(sorry the rest of the professors and curators will play catch-up later because Tony Ren does not have time to deal with them individually yet).
共同的使命！：寻找中国茶文化中强大的、深刻的和凄美的复兴，它在清初震撼世界，但已失传但未被遗忘……………………………………
任汤尼已将包括一本名为《拯救老紫砂泥茶壶》的书，马来西亚驻美国大使的一封信，9页的浓缩研究成果和一些干扰前阶段茶壶的照片寄送到各个大学的包裹和世界各地的博物馆。 然而，任汤尼在任富收藏的老板的指导下，只选择了著名的工夫茶项目严利人教授、世界著名工夫茶大师叶容枝和香港中文大学博物馆宜兴紫砂壶项目负责人黎淑仪女士，统称为三方小组，组织并向世界阐述三大考古发现的开创性叙事。 世界著名的英国剑桥大学Rose Kerr博士； 旧金山亚洲博物馆名誉馆长 Teresa Tse Bartholomew； 荷兰Princesshof博物馆的Eva Stroeber博士； 香港大学的黄教授、香港茶具文物馆的馆长林安妮，以及世界各地的大学和博物馆的其他几位教授必须等待，因为任汤尼还没有时间与他们打交道 ，尽管他们已经得知了任富收藏的3大考古发现。
2022年12月29日，在任富收藏三大考古发现实现后，一封来自香港世界著名工夫茶大师叶容枝的邮件（见邮件）到达了任汤尼的邮箱，并在邮箱中世界著名工夫茶大师创造了“共同使命”一词来形容我们三方联络组的重大任务，即寻找和拯救工夫茶的“共同使命”，其唯一目的是帮助中国成功地将工夫茶列入联合国教科文组织世界非物质文化遗产名录。（注：赖淑仪教授为叶容枝夫人，算三方之一）。
是的，女士们，先生们，对中国茶文化的圣杯或伟大的中国茶文化复兴——工夫茶的探索已经正式开始，阐明三大考古发现的是与任汤尼一起的三位伟人，即 , 厦门大学严利人教授, 世界著名功夫茶大师叶容枝及其夫人香港中文大学赖淑仪教授。 (很抱歉，其他教授和策展人会在稍后跟进，因为任汤尼还没有时间单独处理他们) 还没有时间单独处理它们）。
Yes, we need these three great people to explain, among the countless many, many discoveries in Ren Fu Collection’s huge archaeological trove, why the most elusive Old Master Potter Hui Meng Chen could not be found when for 260 years historians tried to trace him, and why the legendary Small Meng Chen Zhuni Pot was so mysterious when half of all Pre-Daoguang Old Pots are Meng Chen Pots and finally why Gong Fu Tea, the most advance and greatest of Chinese tea culture which combined science, technology, art and philosophy(Cha Dao), and whose birth and meteoric rise saw China project its greatest global soft power to every corners of the world especially Europe, where the Royals, aristocrats and gentries embraced Gong Fu Tea as if it was a superior culture(as evident by Emperor Augustus the Strong’s Gong Fu tea wares collection and the images of Gong Fu tea wares as found in English gentrified or aristocratic paintings) not to mention Chinese tea, an important part of Gong Fu Tea at the height of its global influence caused two big wars(The American War of Independence and the Opium Wars) but why, why sadly now Gong Fu Tea is ridiculed as a cultural fiction by a Canadian Professor of Alberta University, namely, Professor Jean DeBernardi( and other Western arts historians) who lampooned Gong Fu Tea as recent invention that did not exist in the history of tea, even though Chinese tea connoisseurs and scholars could swear to its existence in history? Yes, so powerful was Gong Fu Tea that the world was swept off its feet and became addicted to Chinese tea which explained why tea is today the most drank beverage in the world, yes so profound was Gong Fu Tea that different cultures of the world successfully converged into one harmonious globalized culture called tea-drinking and finally yes so poignant was the Gong Fu Tea craze which resulted in two big wars. The tripartite’s follow-up research works and subsequent findings, on top of our own research works and findings, will start as soon as it’s three highly esteemed members have inspected and analyzed Ren Fu Collection’s archaeological trove of Gong Fu tea wares, whenever their visits to our exclusive exhibitions take place. We will keep you, the great world audience , informed of developments like we did as promised before and suffice it to say, until we achieved our goal we will not rest.
Also stay tuned and watch out for the next big picture story titled, “SHALL WE TELL THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA?”, who is an avid lover of Gong Fu Tea, a habit picked up when His Excellency was the Governor of Fujian for 17 and a half years, and including His Excellency’s very well-known wish and dream for Gong Fu Tea to be included in UNESCO’s List of Intangible World Cultural Heritage……and of course as we speak and as you lucky world audience learn first -hand from Ren Fu Collection, we know that His Excellency does not know yet that Ren Fu Collection has overwhelming archaeological proofs of the historical existence of Gong Fu Tea including who invented it, where and when it started, what were the five Gong Fu tea wares and how Gong Fu Tea was born. And to do that Ren Fu Collection and the professors and famous tea master have to jointly write a book titled,” The Archaeological Discoveries of Gong Fu Tea, the Small Meng Chen Zhuni Pot and Hui Meng Chen” and specially give the new book to the President of China.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the most glorious destiny awaits us but in the meantime let’s get on with the online Buy and Sell service as we have promised. But before that we would like to thank the following people who just bought our Pots this couple of weeks: a Singaporean who bought 13 Yixing Pots, a Malaysian who bought 6 Santoh Zhuni Pots, a Taiwanese who bought 1 Zisha Pot and two mainland Chinese, one who bought 2 Zhuni Pots and the other who bought 5 Zhuni Pots.( Please note that Pots send to China by Lily or our staff must take some time to arrive).Right, now to today’s 4th “Buy and Sell service” and we have a very interesting collection of ancient Portuguese coins which someone else wanted us to sell for him because of Ren Fu Collection’s famous, trustworthy and honest name and of course we also have the usual teapots and tea wares for sale.
是的，我们需要这三位伟人来解释，在任富收藏庞大的考古宝藏中，无数的发现中，为什么历史学家们追查了260年，却找不到最难以捉摸的老陶匠惠孟臣， 道光时期以前的老壶半数都是孟臣壶，传说中的小孟臣朱泥壶为何如此神秘，最后为什么工夫茶这个集科学、技术、艺术、哲学为一体的中国茶文化最先进、最伟大的茶道 (Cha Dao)，它的诞生和迅速崛起见证了中国将其最大的全球软实力投射到世界各个角落，尤其是欧洲，那里的皇室、贵族和绅士们将工夫茶视为一种优越的文化(从 奥古斯都大帝的工夫茶具收藏和英国绅士化或贵族绘画中发现的工夫茶具图像）更不用说中国茶，这是当时工夫茶的重要组成部分，其全球影响力的八个引发了两次大战争（美国独立战争和鸦片战争），但为什么现在工夫茶被阿尔伯塔大学的加拿大教授Jean DeBernardi（和 其他西方艺术史学家）讽刺工夫茶是茶史上不存在的新发明，尽管中国的茶叶鉴赏家和学者可以发誓它在历史上的存在？ 是的，功夫茶是如此强大，以至于全世界都为之倾倒，并沉迷于中国茶，这解释了为什么茶是当今世界上饮用最多的饮料，是的，功夫茶是如此深刻，以至于世界上不同的文化都成功地 汇聚成一种和谐的全球化文化，称为饮茶，最后，是的，工夫茶热潮如此凄美，导致了两次大战。 三方的后续研究工作和后续发现，除了我们自己的研究工作和发现，一旦三位尊贵的成员对任富收藏的工夫茶具考古宝库进行了考察和分析，每当他们访问我们举办独家展览。 我们会让你们，广大的世界观众，像我们之前承诺的那样，随时了解事态发展，我只想说，在我们实现我们的目标之前，我们不会休息。
敬请期待下一个大故事“我们可以告诉中国领导人吗？”，他是工夫茶的狂热爱好者，这是他担任福建省长 17 年半的时间并养成的习惯 ，包括阁下众所周知的愿望和梦想，即功夫茶被列入联合国教科文组织的世界非物质文化遗产名录……当然，在我们发言的同时，作为幸运的世界观众，您可以直接从任夫收藏那里学习 ，我们知道大人还不知道，任富收藏有工夫茶历史存在的大量考古证据，包括工夫茶的发明人、起源地和时间、五种工夫茶具是什么以及如何工夫茶诞生。 为此，任富收藏与教授、名茶大师共同撰写了《工夫茶考古发现、小孟臣朱泥壶和惠孟臣》一书，特将新书赠予 中国国家主席。
女士们，先生们，最光荣的命运在等待着我们，但与此同时，让我们像承诺的那样继续在线买卖服务。 但在此之前，我们要感谢以下这两周刚刚购买我们的壶的人：一位新加坡人购买了 13 个宜兴壶，一位马来西亚人购买了 6 个汕头朱泥壶，一位台湾人购买了 1 个紫砂壶和两个中国大陆人， 一个买了2个朱泥壶，一个买了5个朱泥壶。（请注意，丽丽寄回中国或我们的工作人员需要一些时间才能到达）。对了，今天的第4次“买卖服务”和我们 有一个非常有趣的古葡萄牙钱币收藏，因为任富收藏的著名、值得信赖和诚实的名字，别人想让我们卖给他，当然我们也有出售常见的茶壶和茶具。
Today’s items for sale are as follows:
Object Type: Portuguese coins
Description: The Portuguese coins are made of tin/pewter and are deteriorated due to corrosion, erosion, calcification and other weathering effects and the aging process of time. The owner wants to sell the whole lot, comprising coins of top, average and poor conditions, for a lump sum.
Period/Date: Early 16th century: 1511-1578
Dimensions: 39 pieces
Archaeological details(if applicable): These Portuguese coins were found in South-East Asia or the Nanyang as the Chinese prefer to call it,,whether sea-salvaged or unearthed, and are the relics of the Portuguese colonial past in the region.
Starting price of Reverse Bidding: RMB 50,000
Object Type: A pair of Yixing Teapots.
Description: A pair of Ball-shaped Zhuni Pots of which one has a small chip-off inside the lid and the other in perfect condition. Both Pots share similar dimensions.
Period/Date: Qian Long
Dimensions: L=9.5cm H=7.0cm
Archaeological details(if applicable): Provided if required by buyer.
Starting price of Reverse Bidding: RMB 35,000
Object Type: Yixing Teapot No:119
Description: There are three types of Pan-Hus: the high, medium and low Pan-Hus. This is a typical high Pan-Hu shaped like a pear.
Period/Date: Qian Long
Dimensions: L=10.0cm H=7.0cm
Archaeological details(if applicable): Provided if required by buyer.
Starting price of Reverse Bidding:RMB 180,000
Object Type:A pair of two ceramic teacups and a dish
Description: This small dish and teacups are a set of cute Gong Fu tea wares that usually complimented a small Zhuni Pot and including the other remaining Gong Fu tea wares like water boiler(kettle) and burner(stove). The real Gong Fu tea wares consisted of a Small Zhuni Pot, teacup, dish(tea boat), water boiler(kettle) and burner(stove).
Period/Date: Qian Long
Dimensions: Dish: Diameter=13.0cm
2 Teacups:: Height=3.3cm. Diameter:6.0cm
of similar size and shape
Archaeological details(if applicable): Details provided if required by buyer.
Starting price of Reverse Bidding: RMB 2,000
Object Type: A set of GeYao teacup and dish.
Description: This very beautiful and rare set of GeYao teacup and dish( tea boat), came with a very exquisite Zhuni Pot which had been sold earlier. Gong Fu GeYao tea wares are usually of high quality make and the original Pre-Daoguang owner was female which indicated women’s appreciation and preference for small, exquisite tea utensils which were almost all found in our excavated Gong Fu tea wares.
Period/Date: Early Qian Long/Yongzheng
Dimensions: Dish: Diameter:16.0cm
Teacup: H:3.2cm. D:7.0cm
Archaeological Details(if applicable): Details provided if required by buyer.
Starting price of Reverse Bidding: RMB 30,000
Object Type: A pair of Burner and Water Boiler
Description: A pair of water boiler and burner. Both are in perfect condition but were not from the same excavation site.
Period/Date: Qian Long/ Yongzheng
Dimensions: Burner: H=8,5cm Diameter=10.0cm
Water boiler: H=8.8cm. W:13.0cm
Archaeological details(if applicable): Provided if required by successful buyer
Starting price of Reverse Bidding:RMB 35,000
今天出售的物品如下：
对象类型：葡萄牙硬币
描述：葡萄牙硬币由锡/锡制成，由于腐蚀、侵蚀、钙化和其他风化作用以及时间的老化过程而变质。 所有者想要一次性出售全部拍品，包括顶级、一般和较差的硬币。
期间/日期：16 世纪初：1511-1578
尺寸：39个
考古资料（如适用）：这些葡萄牙硬币是在东南亚或中国人更喜欢称之为南洋的地方发现的，无论是海上打捞的还是出土的，都是该地区葡萄牙殖民时期的遗迹。
逆向投标起拍价：5万元人民币
对象类型：一对宜兴紫砂壶。
描述：一对球形朱泥壶，其中一个在盖子内有一个小缺口，另一个完好无损。 两把壶具有相似的尺寸。
时期/日期：乾隆
尺寸：L=9.5cm H=7.0cm
考古细节（如果适用）：如果买方要求提供。
逆向投标起拍价：3.5万元人民币
对象类型：宜兴紫砂壶编号：119
说明：潘壶分为高、中、低三种。 这是典型的梨形高潘壶。
时期/日期：乾隆
尺寸：L=10.0cm H=7.0cm
考古细节（如果适用）：如果买方要求提供。
逆向投标起拍价：18万元人民币
对象类型：一对两个陶瓷茶杯和一个盘子
描述：这个小盘子和茶杯是一套可爱的工夫茶具，通常与一个小朱泥壶相得益彰，包括其他剩余的工夫茶具，如开水器（水壶）和燃烧器（炉灶）。 真正的工夫茶具由小朱泥壶、茶杯、碟（茶船）、开水器（水壶）和炉子（灶）组成。
时期/日期：乾隆
尺寸：盘子：直径=13.0cm
2 个茶杯：高度=3.3 厘米。 直径：6.0cm
大小和形状相似
考古细节（如适用）：如果买方要求，请提供详细信息。
逆向投标起拍价：2000元
对象类型：一套个窑茶杯和盘子。
描述：这套非常精美难得的哥窑茶杯碟（茶船），附赠早前售出的精美竹泥壶。 工夫歌窑茶具通常质量上乘，道光以前的原主人是女性，这表明女性对小巧精致的茶具的欣赏和偏爱，我们出土的工夫茶具几乎无所不包。
时期/日期：乾隆早期/雍正
尺寸：盘子：直径：16.0cm
茶杯：高：3.2cm。 深：7.0cm
考古细节（如果适用）：如果买方要求，请提供详细信息。
逆向投标起拍价：3万元人民币
对象类型：一对燃烧器和热水器
描述：一对开水器和燃烧器。 两者都处于完美状态，但并非来自同一挖掘地点。
时期/日期：乾隆/雍正
尺寸：燃烧器：H=8.5cm 直径=10.0cm
开水器：H=8.8cm。 宽：13.0cm
考古资料（如适用）：如成功买家要求提供
逆向投标起拍价：3.5万元人民币
P/S…..We are aware that there is a new breed of very smart and savvy collectors who only buy from Ren Fu Collection and nobody else and the surprising thing is most of them do not know much about Old Zisha Pots but only trust buying from Ren Fu Collection for their wise investments. Ren Fu Collection’s name is getting bigger everyday and this is one way of saving Old Zisha Pots because if people buy only genuine Old Pots, Fake Pots will be more difficult to sell and therefore become less instead of more in the market. Most important of all, to make it very, very difficult for Fake Zisha Pots to proliferate, we will put Fake Pots on Ren Fu Collection’s Black-List of Fake Zisha Pots in due time, so any Fake Pots even if bought innocently might put on the Black-List.
注明:我们知道有一群非常聪明和精明的收藏家只从任富收藏购买而不是其他人那里购买，令人惊讶的是他们中的大多数人对老紫砂壶知之甚少，但只相信从任富收藏购买，以进行明智的投资。 任富收藏的名气一天比一天大，这是挽救老紫砂壶的一种方式，如果人们只买正品老壶，假老壶就更难卖了，市场上反而会变少而不是变多。 最重要的是，为了让假紫砂壶的扩散变得非常非常困难，我们会在适当的时候将假老壶列入任富收藏的假老紫砂壶黑名单，所以任何假老壶即使是无辜购买的也可能会戴上黑名单。
