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{{short description|Chinese auction company}}
[[File:Shanghainanjingroadpic4.jpg|thumb|Duo Yun Xuan is located on Nanjing East Road in Shanghai]]
'''Duo Yun Xuan''' ({{zh|t=朵雲軒|s=朵云轩|hp=Duǒ Yún Xuān}}) is an [[art dealer]] and [[auction house]], which was founded in [[Shanghai]] in 1900. It is located on [[Nanjing East Road]] in Shanghai. Duo Yun Xuan was the first company to hold [[Art auction|art auctions]] in [[mainland China]].<ref name="Duo Yun Xuan">{{cite web|url=http://www.duoyunxuan.com/getDyx_about.do|title=Shanghai Duo Yun Xuan Auction Company Introduction|publisher=Duo Yun Xuan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110100536/http://www.duoyunxuan.com/getDyx_about.do|archive-date=10 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China">{{cite web|url=https://zhlzh.mofcom.gov.cn/news/entp_view/5165|title=Duo Yun Xuan|publisher=The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113093447/https://zhlzh.mofcom.gov.cn/news/entp_view/5165 |archive-date=13 November 2020}}</ref>
== Activities ==
Duo Yun Xuan is an art institution dedicated to purchasing, distributing, publishing, and collecting fine art, including calligraphy and paintings. It is located in an old [[stationery]], [[calligraphy]] and [[painting]] shop in [[Shanghai]], China. Art exhibitions and academic events are hosted here via partnerships with calligraphers, painters and engravers.<ref name="Artnet">{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/auction-houses/duo-yun-xuan-auctions/about/|title=Duo Yun Xuan Auctions|publisher=Artnet}}</ref><ref name="Encyclopedia of China">{{cite web|url=http://read.nongyekx.cn/gopreview?title=%E6%9C%B5%E4%BA%91%E8%BD%A9&ssid=11068844&dxid=000004626559&d=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|title=Duo Yun Xuan|publisher= Encyclopedia of China}}</ref>
== Contributions and influence ==
The [[Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China|Chinese Ministry of Commerce]] has endorsed Duo Yun Xuan as the first art auction house established in mainland China.<ref name="The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China"/>
In 1978, Duo Yun Xuan formed the [[Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Publishing House]] and began publishing fine art, among other activities.<ref name="The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China"/> In the 1980s, it became a leading firm in Shanghai's art industry.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} Nine years later, the woodblock watermark work ''The [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] Ten Bamboo House Painting and Calligraphy Book'' (明十竹齋書畫譜), published by Duo Yun Xuan, won the "National Award" at the [[Leipzig]] International Book Art Fair in [[Germany]].<ref name="The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China"/><ref name="Duo Yun Xuan"/>
In 1993, Duo Yun Xuan held its first art auction, which was also the first art auction in mainland China.<ref name="The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China"/> In 2006, it was recognized by the Ministry of Commerce as one of the earliest "time-honored brands" in China.<ref name="The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China"/> The woodblock watermarking technique preserved by Duo Yun Xuan was listed as part of Shanghai's intangible cultural heritage in 2006<ref name="The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China"/> and a piece of national [[intangible cultural heritage]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aaa.org.hk/en/collections/search/library/duo-yun-xuan-auction/search/actors-id:82956/page/1|title=Duo Yun Xuan Auction, 朵雲軒拍賣會|publisher=Asia Art Archive}}</ref><ref name="The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China"/> Its woodblock watermarking tradition is recognized by the Ministry of Culture as a good example of preserving cultural heritage.<ref name="The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China" />
In 2010, during the [[Shanghai World Expo]], Duo Yun Xuan exhibited the eight-year-old crafted woodblock watermark ''Happy Birthday to the Immortals'' (群仙祝壽圖), and arranged the "Duo Yun Xuan Painted Boat" for the Expo Garden. In October 2010, its woodblock watermark work ''Orchid and Bamboo'' (幽蘭叢竹圖) won the gold medal at the first Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo.<ref name="Duo Yun Xuan"/><ref name="The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/auction-houses/duo-yun-xuan-auctions/|title=Duo Yun Xuan Auctions Co., Ltd.|publisher=Artnet}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://zhlzh.mofcom.gov.cn/news/entp_view/5165 The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China]
*[http://www.duoyunxuan.com/ Duo Yun Xuan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905043555/http://www.duoyunxuan.com/ |date=2007-09-05 }}
*[http://www.artnet.com/auction-houses/duo-yun-xuan-auctions/about/ Artnet]
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