Chapter 962: Zou Renhuai's Collection

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"Mr. Liu, please come in!"

After Liu Dong followed Zou Renhuai into his collection room, he looked at the dazzling collections on the iron shelves around him and couldn't help but say, "I didn't expect Mr. Zou's collection to be so rich!" ”

"No matter how rich it is, it is not as precious as the national treasure of the Purple Electric Divine Sword in Mr. Liu's hand and the 'Eight Horses Diagram' Zigang Yu!" Zou Renhuai said with a strong sense of envy in his words.

Hearing this, Liu Dong smiled faintly and didn't say anything, but walked straight to the edge of the first iron frame near the door, looking at the neatly placed and spotless comic books on it, which amounted to hundreds of volumes, that is, villain books, Liu Dong was slightly surprised: "I didn't expect Mr. Zou to also like to collect comic books?" ”

Although in 1932, comic strips were already popular in China, with masterpieces such as "Three Kingdoms", "The Legend of the West Chamber", and "Haunting Heavenly Palace", the real golden age of comic strips was after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 49.

Although comic strips have now become the fifth largest collection category in the collection after calligraphy and painting, porcelain, jade and miscellaneous, Liu Dong did not expect that people like Zou Renhuai, who grew up in the capitalist environment, also like to collect this, knowing that this is not a rare porcelain for everyone.

"Yes! Nowadays, in Hong Kong's collecting world, comic books are a very fashionable collectible! Zou Renhuai leaned over and smiled.

"Oh?"

After nodding with a little surprise, Liu Dong said, "Mr. Zou, can I get started?" ”

"Of course!"

With permission, Liu Dong reached out and took out two white gloves from his pocket and put them on his hands. The professionalism and respect for the collection that he showed in his movements won Zou Renhuai's admiring gaze.

But Liu Dong didn't care what Zou Renhuai was thinking at the moment. At the time of seeing these comic books. His attention had already been drawn.

Especially when he opened the palm size square mahogany lacquer box closest to him. Looking at the slightly moth-eaten comic strips placed on the soft cushions inside, I couldn't help but show a hint of surprise on my face, "This is "Iron Buddha Temple"? ”

"It seems that Mr. Liu is also very knowledgeable about the collection of comic books?" From Liu Dong's tone, Zou Renhuai heard a hint of clues.

After nodding to the other party, Liu Dong stretched out his hand and carefully held the simple and generous comic book with the seal of Zhu Wenfang on the title page.

Although when he was in the capital that time, Liu Dong dug out his old house and accidentally obtained two large boxes of precious comic books, but there was no "Iron Buddha Temple" among them!

1930s and 1940s. In the areas actually controlled by the Red Party, comic books also became a popular way of propaganda among the people, and in the historical background of that time, many comic books about the Red Party's land policy, anti-Japanese policy, propaganda of the new marriage law, etc., appeared!

Among them, the 24-open woodcut comic book "Iron Buddha Temple" created by Lu Meng, Yajun and Mo Pu is one of the representatives. Because the printing of comic book works in this period was limited by the conditions at that time, relatively few were handed down, so the value was naturally higher!

After carefully reading the 60-page comic book "Iron Buddha Temple" that reflects the history of the anti-Japanese struggle in Tiefosi Township, Huainan Liberated Area during the Anti-Japanese War, Liu Dong sighed with satisfaction!

The reason why comic strips are precious is that they not only have the artistic value of calligraphy and painting, but also can objectively reflect the historical and social conditions of the time, which is not only an artistic carrier, but also a true record of culture and history. It is conceivable that this kind of artwork combining culture and history will become more and more favored by the collector market in the future. Bronze, for example. Written bronzes are far more valuable than those without written records.

The reason is simple, because words are culture. There is nothing more precious than the inheritance of a nation!

Maybe in another two or three hundred years, the highest value is only a few hundred thousand, and millions of comic books will appear millions, or even tens of millions.

Therefore, Liu Dong has now paid great attention to the collection of comic books, especially those handwritten comic books by famous artists before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and those comic books with more than 48 open pages will never let go when they see them.

Because most of the comic books with more than 48 editions have a relatively small circulation, and some even only have 1,000 copies, they are very difficult to find and are bound to be more rare.

As soon as he put down the precious "Iron Buddha Temple", Liu Dong saw something that surprised him even more!

"This is the original manuscript of the comic book "Lin Hai Xueyuan"?"

Looking at the familiar picture on the 48-open paper in a mahogany box next to him, Liu Dong couldn't help but be shocked.

He also has a comic strip of "Lin Hai Xueyuan", and it is the first edition, and the state of preservation is also very ideal, but no matter how precious the printed matter is, it is not as precious as the original, because the original manuscript is drawn by the author one by one, which embodies the author's painstaking efforts, and it is unique, and it is naturally more precious!

"I bought it from Christie's Hong Kong auction two years ago. It's a pity that there is only the original manuscript of "Three-Way March", if only I could get a set! ”

Zou Renhuai's words made Liu Dong a little envious in his heart.

Although there is only one of the original manuscripts of "Three Ways to March", one of the six volumes of "Lin Hai Xueyuan", even if it is only one-sixth, a high-quality comic book like this is extremely precious.

Although its value may not be as good as a piece of imperial kiln porcelain, it is truly priceless!

Noticing the expression on Liu Dong's face, Zou Renhuai thought for a while, and then couldn't help but smile: "If Mr. Liu likes it, I am willing to send the original manuscript of this volume of "Lin Hai Xueyuan"!" ”

"Give it to me?" Liu Dong was overjoyed in his heart, but soon shook his head, he received favors for no reason, but he would have to pay it back in the future, and he would never accept any gifts easily when he didn't know what the other party wanted!

"There is a saying that 'a gentleman does not win the love of others', and the original manuscript of this "Three-Way March" should be left in the hands of Mr. Zou!"

Liu Dong's words fell, and when Zou Renhuai was about to say something more, Liu Dong had already left the iron frame where the comic books were stacked and walked to the shelf containing porcelain next to him, and quickly picked up a blue and white plum vase and looked at it.

And his actions also made Zou Renhuai's words swallowed back into his stomach! However, Liu Dong's caution strengthened Zou Renhuai's intention to deepen their relationship through antiques.

Compared with the surprise in the comic book just now, although Zou Renhuai's porcelain collection has many treasures such as the Qianlong Lotus Pattern Gourd Zun in the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty Yongzheng Blue and White Plum Vase and the Qing Dynasty Kangxi Wucai General Jar, but in the case of a large number of precious ancient porcelains buried by Qianlong in his hands, these porcelains worth millions of dollars, Liu Dong has no feeling!

After a few glances with appreciative eyes, he quickly moved on to the jade next to him.

Jade is also the same as porcelain, although most of the jade that can enter Zou Renhuai's collection is a precious jade with excellent workmanship, and there is even no lack of royal jade from Ruyifang in the Qing Dynasty, but Liu Dong still has more of an appreciative gaze, not to mention surprise!

After obtaining Sun Dianying's hidden treasure, Liu Dong felt that his vision and taste had improved by several levels, and what he used to think was very precious was now not as interesting as some works of art with low value but great significance, except for national treasures, of course!

"I didn't expect Mr. Zou to have such a good thing hidden here!" As he spoke, Liu Dong took the calligraphy and painting in the brocade box to the long case in the middle of the collection room and opened it carefully.

"Hehe, although it can't be compared with a national treasure like Zhang Sengqiu's "Five Elements and Twenty-Eight Residences True Form Map" in Mr. Liu's hand, this Li Cheng's "Strange Stone and Cold Forest Map" is one of the most precious three in my collection!" Zou Wenhuai said.

"The top three? Don't know what the other two are? Liu Dong said with interest.

You must know that Li Chengke is a master of five generations, and he paints more distant and open scenery in the countryside. Pingyuan cold forest, concise painting method, sparse weather, easy to use light ink, there is "cherish ink like gold" said; Painting mountains and rocks like rolling clouds, later generations called "cirrus clouds"; Draw the cold forest to create the "crab claw" method. It had a significant impact on the development of landscape painting in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Northern Song Dynasty was known as "the first in ancient and modern times".

As the founder of the Northern Landscape Painting School, Li Cheng and the Northern Song Dynasty masters Fan Kuan and Guan Tong became the masters of the "Three Dingzhi" and "Hundred Generations Standard".

There are no more than ten of his authentic works that have been handed down to this day, and each one is a national treasure that has been inherited for thousands of years.

"One of them, Mr. Liu has already seen it just now!" Zou Renhuai said.

"Seen it?" Liu Dong was stunned for a moment, and when he followed the other party's eyes to focus on the iron frame where the porcelain was placed, a trace of abruptness suddenly appeared on his face.

"What Mr. Zou is referring to is the statue of Guanyin of He Chaozong, right?"

After the look of surprise in his eyes flashed, Zou Renhuai couldn't help but say: "Mr. Liu really deserves to be a master of identification, and his eyesight is extraordinary. That's right, one of the three most valuable items in my collection is none other than this He Chaozong's 'Statue of Guanyin Crossing the Sea'! ”

He Chaozong is the representative of Dehua kiln porcelain, and his main activities were in the Jiajing and Wanli years of the Ming Dynasty. He Chaozong attaches great importance to the artistry of his works, not mature works, and never burns easily, so He Chaozong's hand-me-down works are few, and most of his works are Buddhist figures such as Bodhidharma, Guanyin, and Arhats.

He Chaozong's porcelain sculpture wins with the simple sculpture beauty and the texture of the glaze material, which is as beautiful as fat jade, has a strong texture, and has a very high appreciation value. And any of the porcelain from the Zongdehua kiln of the He Dynasty that has been handed down is a national first-class work of art.

Moreover, in foreign countries, He Chaozong's porcelain is also a famous existence.

In the 16th-century "East-West" market, He Chaozong's works were regarded as "unique treasures in the world", and people "did not hesitate to buy them for tens of thousands of dollars". His sculpture of different forms of porcelain Guanyin, with the delicate texture of Dehua porcelain and the unique ivory white to show its quiet and soft charm, simple and elegant, smooth clothes, expressive expression, vivid image, in Japan and Southeast Asian Buddhist countries, is regarded as a treasure of gods, in the eyes of Western Europeans, is regarded as "the boutique of oriental art". (To be continued......)