One ceramic bowl traded for supercar

2014-03-20 16:20 Ecns.cn Web Editor: Yao Lan

One ceramic bowl traded for supercar in Taiwan

(ECNS) -- A Taiwan potter traded one of his ceramic creations for a sports car worth NT$16 million ($524,800), the Taiwan-based China Times reported.

Huang Cheng-nan made nine eggshell porcelain bowls with a thickness measuring 0.1 millimeters and 30 centimeters in diameter. One was exhibited at Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery in Kaohsiung, catching the eye of a collector, who offered an Aston Martin Rapide for one of the bowls.

More than six years ago, Huang traded an eggshell bowl for a Porsche 911.

Huang said he once refused an offer of a Lamborghini for eight of his bowls. "My next goal is a Ferrari 458."

An Aston Martin dealer in Taiwan said each Rapide was customized and the asking price of NT$16 million was normal. "The basic price of a Rapide is NT$16.8 million."

Huang has created the thinnest porcelain in the world, 0.1 to 0.2 millimeters in thickness, and his masterpieces were displayed at the 2010 Shanghai Expo.

台湾陶艺家用一瓷碗换到1600万台币超级跑车

据台湾《中国时报》报道，1只瓷碗竟能换到价值1600万元(新台币，下同)的英国Aston Martin超级跑车。新北莺歌陶艺家黄正南从事创作以来，共制出9只碗缘直径逾30公分、厚度仅0.1毫米的薄胎碗；其中正在高雄佛光缘美术总馆“瓷心禅意”展出的1只薄胎碗被收藏家相中，以价值1600万元的Aston Martin Rapide超跑交换，创下台湾现代陶艺品的另类交易纪录。

6年前，黄正南以薄胎碗交换到600多万元的保时捷911，轰动一时。月前他把这部911借给友人开，这位友人在聊天谈到这辆保时捷竟是“薄胎碗换的”，让在座其中1名收藏家产生高度兴趣。

黄正南说，当这名收藏家表示愿用AM的Rapide超跑交换时，让他半信半疑，但他不仅专程跑去莺歌，并在看到星云法师触摸薄胎碗照片后，当下就指定要换这只“星云法师加持”的薄胎碗。

事隔不到4天，这名收藏家就开着AM超跑及原始证件来“换碗”，为求慎重，黄正南还特别找来莺歌区长洪见文见证“瓷碗换超跑”的奇迹时刻。

黄正南坦承他爱跑车，先前曾有人想用蓝宝坚尼和他交换8个薄胎碗遭拒；6年前换到保时捷911、此番又换到Aston Martin，“下个目标应该是法拉利458”

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蛋壳瓷比1毫米更薄

器皿直径至少25公分且厚度薄于1毫米才够格称为“蛋壳瓷”。因修坯限制，薄胎瓷器作品仍以碗为主。薄胎碗被形容“薄似蝉翼、亮如玻璃、轻若浮云”，但一般蛋壳厚约0.4毫米，1毫米等于蛋壳2至3倍厚，“蛋壳瓷”算是美称。

黄正南创作的薄胎碗厚仅0.1至0.2毫米，比蛋壳还薄，因此他以“蛋膜瓷”形容，至今也仅制成9个直径逾30公分的蛋膜瓷薄胎碗。