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.

臺灣陶藝家用一瓷碗換到1600萬臺幣超級跑車

據臺灣《中國時報》報道，1只瓷碗竟能換到價值1600萬元(新臺幣，下同)的英國Aston Martin超級跑車。新北鶯歌陶藝家黃正南從事創作以來，共制出9只碗緣直徑逾30公分、厚度僅0.1毫米的薄胎碗；其中正在高雄佛光緣美術總館“瓷心禪意”展出的1只薄胎碗被收藏家相中，以價值1600萬元的Aston Martin Rapide超跑交換，創下臺灣現代陶藝品的另類交易紀錄。

6年前，黃正南以薄胎碗交換到600多萬元的保時捷911，轟動一時。月前他把這部911借給友人開，這位友人在聊天談到這輛保時捷竟是“薄胎碗換的”，讓在座其中1名收藏家產生高度興趣。

黃正南說，當這名收藏家表示愿用AM的Rapide超跑交換時，讓他半信半疑，但他不僅專程跑去鶯歌，并在看到星云法師觸摸薄胎碗照片后，當下就指定要換這只“星云法師加持”的薄胎碗。

事隔不到4天，這名收藏家就開著AM超跑及原始證件來“換碗”，為求慎重，黃正南還特別找來鶯歌區長洪見文見證“瓷碗換超跑”的奇跡時刻。

黃正南坦承他愛跑車，先前曾有人想用藍寶堅尼和他交換8個薄胎碗遭拒；6年前換到保時捷911、此番又換到Aston Martin，“下個目標應該是法拉利458”

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蛋殼瓷比1毫米更薄

器皿直徑至少25公分且厚度薄于1毫米才夠格稱為“蛋殼瓷”。因修坯限制，薄胎瓷器作品仍以碗為主。薄胎碗被形容“薄似蟬翼、亮如玻璃、輕若浮云”，但一般蛋殼厚約0.4毫米，1毫米等于蛋殼2至3倍厚，“蛋殼瓷”算是美稱。

黃正南創作的薄胎碗厚僅0.1至0.2毫米，比蛋殼還薄，因此他以“蛋膜瓷”形容，至今也僅制成9個直徑逾30公分的蛋膜瓷薄胎碗。