At the Huayi International (Beijing) 2021 Spring Auction Exhibition held in Shanghai a few days ago, the "Poetry and Poetry Album of Planting Vegetables", which witnessed the grand event of the literary world in the early Qing Dynasty, appeared, which aroused widespread concern in the industry. This book of poems, which has been treasured by the Wu family in Zhejiang for 300 years and consists of fourteen works, presents the faces and songs of more than 50 political, literary, and government giants at that time, such as Wu Zhizhen, Lü Liuliang, Huang Zongxi, Chen Tingjing, Wang Shichen, Liang Qingbiao, Wang Wan, and You Dong, reflecting a past in the context of the changes in China's Ding Revolution in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The book contains four large pieces: one is Wu Zhizhen's "Gift Poems" and "Planting Vegetable Poems and Poems"; the second is Wu Zhizhen's portrait - Yu Zhiding's "Portrait of Mr. Orange Zhai"; the third is Wu Zhizhen's self-written inkblots; the fourth is Wu Zhizhen's descendants Danqing inkblots and Wu Changshuo's descendants who print nineteen parties for Wu's descendants. This group of works records Wu Zhizhen's life from vertical to horizontal. Youth, prime-age, old age, seals, recognition, handwriting, portraits, homes, these trajectories are all available, truly reproducing wu Zhizhen's image.
Such complete works involving personal themes are extremely rare in domestic auctions, especially the singing and inscriptions in works such as "Singing and Poetry album of Planting Vegetables", "Poetry Album for Gifting", and Yu Zhiding's "Portrait of Mr. Orange Zhai", which retain the precious inkblots of the article giants such as Lu Liuliang and Huang Zongxi among many remnants at that time, and reveal precious historical information.
In addition to the "Poetry and Poetry Album of Planting Vegetables", the ancient calligraphy and painting section also presents the calligraphy and painting masterpieces of Wen Boren, Yu Sheng, Wang Yi, Zheng Banqiao, Yang Jisheng, Zuo Zongtang, He Shaoji and others. The modern calligraphy and painting section brings together the best masterpieces of Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Master Hongyi, Wu Hufan, Wu Changshuo, Zhao Zhiqian, Pan Tianshou, Wu Guan, and other artistic masters. Among them, Zhang Daqian's "Huangshan Qisong Tongjing" was once the old collection of "Meiyuntang" Gaoling Mei, Zhan Yunbai and Gaoling Mei. The painting takes QiSong, who was not seen by Shi Tao at that time, as the protagonist, and his posture is clear and vigorous, like a dragon waving its claws wildly, its body is like a batch of layers of scales, the roots are abruptly uplifted, and the longevity is so high that I really don't know its age. The painter writes this in a huge scale, although the clouds are freehand, the layout is rigorous, the position management is meticulous, the clouds echo in the mountains and mountains, and the virtual and the real blend and benefit each other. With the pen indulgent, but like pine needles densely packed, old pine rough and dry strange posture, tidy up and work, set the color thick and lush, get the spirit of Huangshan steady body.
Chairman Mao once wrote in "Water Tune Song Head Swimming": "Ten thousand miles? The river crosses, and the extreme eyes are Chu Tianshu". On July 16, 1966, Chairman Mao took another swim in Wuchang. Jiang, which lasted 1 hour and 5 minutes, traveled nearly 15 kilometers, which was the last time he swam the Yangtze River at the age of 73. Guo Shaogang and Yun Qicang's 1972 "Chairman Mao Leads Us Forward in the Wind and Waves" is a reproduction of this important moment, which has had a profound social impact in a specific period and can be called one of the classic works interpreting the history of China in a specific period. In the picture, the Yangtze River is vast and magnificent, Chairman Mao is wearing a white bathrobe, and the classic action of raising his right hand appears again in the one that occupies the picture. Gold split. The soldiers, seafarers, and swimmers behind them all smiled, and all of them looked at Chairman Mao with full spirit and enthusiasm, conveying their heartfelt admiration.
The court masterpieces and famous porcelain utensils on display this time are also quite eye-catching. One of the Qingqianlong blue and white "spring ploughing pictures" Fushou Ruyi big moon bottle was auctioned by Christie's in London in 2003, according to current data, only two such large and exquisite moon bottles exist, which is extremely rare.
And another blockbuster exhibit of the imperial system "Zhenfu Mole" white jade "Changyi descendants" bi album, the whole set of lots set Qianlong royal pen, royal painting, royal seal, imperial bi as one, the artistic value is extremely high, this jade bi album page was taken out of the country by an Italian soldier more than a hundred years ago, and now reappeared here more than a hundred years later, it is a witness to history, and its historical value can not be ignored.
Author: Such as smoke
Editor: Xu Luming