Chapter Eighty-Nine: Ming Zhu Sansong Bamboo Carved Pen Holder
When Zhang Tianyuan was busy studying the painting in his hand, several more items were photographed.
Basically, the few people Zhang Tianyuan knew had their own satisfactory deals, and many people also had gains.
After all, by this time, the auction has reached the final stage, and if you don't get something, you will miss it.
The big-backed head Muyi took a cold and shining bronze ancient sword, which is said to be from the Qin Dynasty, which was made out of the tomb by Tufuzi, and he didn't dare to say anything until now, and finally waited until this auction to come out, and the final price reached 1.5 million, which is quite outstanding among today's lots.
The footbasin man took a fake painting of Tang Bohu, no one fought with him about this thing, after all, it was a fake, and the last transaction price was 50,000 yuan, which was not in vain.
The stick man and the stick girl were a little depressed, and there were people grabbing what they wanted, but at this point, they were still empty-handed, and they were about to reach the last one, and they couldn't sit still.
The two blonde gringos also got what they wanted, a piece of porcelain from the Qingmin kiln, the transaction price was 40,000, this thing is not a fine product, so no one competes with them, anyway, the things from the previous kiln are not qualified to be exported, and the ones that can be exported are all high-quality products, which are much more precious than this thing.
The old lady with a dragon-headed cane photographed a red sandalwood cane, which was also a dragon's head, and the last transaction price was three million, which is the highest auction price so far, but this old lady is really powerful, and she just threw the crutches in her hand.
Xu Gang didn't have Zhang Tianyuan's guidance, so he was a little drowsy, because he didn't know anything else except jade, and he didn't dare to bid when he saw the excitement of other people's shooting, for fear that it would be a joke if he came back from the fake one.
Until this most embarrassing thing was about to appear, Xu just patted Zhang Tianyuan's shoulder anxiously and said: "The key thing is here, don't be stunned, don't you want a relic, don't miss it." ”
When Zhang Tianyuan heard his words, he didn't dare to be distracted anymore, took the painting in his hand, and raised his eyes to look at the booth.
Yang Yijun was very cautious this time, he uncovered the red cloth with his own hands, and then said: "Today's auction has been carried out so far, it has been very successful, and the highest price at present is three million RMB of rosewood dragon head crutches, but the next item is the real sense of the pressure goods, I said, whoever wins this thing will also receive a monk's relic." ”
"What kind of thing is this? This is the Ming Dynasty Zhu Sansong bamboo carving Taoyuan knot pen holder! Zhu Sansong was a famous bamboo carver in the Ming Dynasty in China. The name is childish, the number is three pines, and the number is in the world. The year of birth and death is unknown, and he was active in the late Ming Dynasty. Jiang Su Jiading people, that is, today's Shangpu people. ”
He was born in a family of bamboo carvers, his grandfather Zhu Songlin, good at calligraphy and painting, good at high relief, round carving, bamboo carving, and Jiading school bamboo carving. It is engraved with pen holders, incense sticks, cups, hairpins, etc. Father Zhu Ying, also good at calligraphy and painting, carved bamboo ingenuity, exquisite carving skills, Liu Ruan into the rooftop incense tube handed down. Zhu Sansong carved bamboo Kecheng family learning, mostly with literary works as the theme, the carved objects, the gods are full of affection, and the attainments are quite profound. ”
"Zhu Sansong generally does not carve war-themed things, and the theme of the Three Kingdoms is unheard of, today this is definitely the best of the best, the only one, if you have eyesight, you can come up and take a look, but don't break it, because the starting price of this bamboo carving pen holder is two million, the minimum price increase shall not be less than 100,000, if it is damaged, most of the people here may be able to afford it, but it will also hurt very much. ”
It can be seen that although Yang Yijun is not very good at calligraphy and painting, but he has some insight into this bamboo carving, this time he does not doubt the authenticity of this thing at all, so the starting price is set very high, which directly scares off many people, but there are many rich people, and there are still people who are willing to bid for good things.
According to Zhang Tianyuan's knowledge, Zhu Sansong's lot, the highest price in the current auction market should be about five million, if this piece is true, then it may be higher, because Yang Yijun is right, Zhu Sansong's bamboo carving, there is almost no Three Kingdoms theme, which is very rare, and the Three Kingdoms theme is very popular in Asia and even the entire world, whether it is a stick country or a foot basin, the influence of the Three Kingdoms is too great, so there are things with this kind of theme, they are very interested.
Of course, Zhang Tianyuan, who had already said that he wanted to take pictures of this pressing goods, would not miss this lot, he followed Tu Shou, Mu Yi, the old lady with the dragon head, and several experts walked up together, carefully observing this bamboo carving, because the price is expensive, you must determine the authenticity, otherwise if it is fake, it will be a big loss.
Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the art of bamboo carving was initiated by the Zhu family in Jiading, and gradually developed into one of the most literati art in China in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. The scholars of the past dynasties admired the integrity of bamboo, so in the picture books of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, there were many pine and bamboo, so as to express its strong and tough, noble and handsome style.
The thing on the table is 19 centimeters high and has an outer diameter of 14 centimeters, which is considered a large item among bamboo. The upper and lower patterns are carved out thinly, the carver is meticulous, has used a ruler to measure, and the direction of the upper and lower lines is reversed, and the position is not the slightest difference.
The composition is a well-known Taoyuan knot, the three characters, Liu Bei, about and Zhang Fei's carvings are lifelike, the knife technique is concise and the characters are expressive. Even when you see the facial expressions of these three people, there is really a scene as if you have traveled back to the Three Kingdoms period and worshiped with these three people.
The peach blossoms in the composition are masterpieces, and every peach blossom that falls from the sky can make you feel that it is floating, flying, not dead, which fully reflects the exquisite skills of the sculptor, which is really rare.
The lower right corner of the picture is engraved with the blue book "Three Pine System", and the upper left side is filled with the inscription of the Qing Emperor Qianlong's imperial poem: the skillful craftsman tries the strange carving, and the Taoyuan is called the three strange.
Sanying Tibetan ambition, righteousness is in danger.
There are no axe marks, and there is no charm.
Should scorn the author, this wonder is not known.
The imperial poem is signed "Zichen Yongxuan Jingshu", and the two seals of "Zichen Yongxuan" and "Jingshu" are sealed.
Throughout the knife method, for the typical Ming Dynasty Jiading style, figures, mountain stones, cirrus clouds, are carved out with high relief method, especially the figure almost round carving, there is a sense of wanting to come out, the bamboo bush is the open-carving method, this kind of through-carving bamboo method, after the middle of the Qing Dynasty is no longer seen.
Therefore, Zhang Tianyuan can basically determine that this pen holder is indeed the authentic handiwork of Zhu Zhizheng, a bamboo carver in Jiading in the Ming Dynasty. And it is a representative work of the early Jiading style, and it can be the same as Zhu Ying's "Liu Ruan into the rooftop show tube" as the double beauty in the history of bamboo carving in China.
Zhang Tianyuan can't be regarded as a layman, he has some understanding of these things, and he also has certain appreciation skills, so every time before using the six-character true formula, he always has to appreciate it himself to improve his appreciation ability.
As the saying goes, if people have no long-term concerns, they must have near-term worries. He didn't know if the ability he had obtained would suddenly disappear one day, and at that time, wouldn't it hurt if his appraisal technique hadn't improved at all?
Even if it won't disappear, if you master some identification skills and knowledge, even if it is used to fool people in the future, it will be useful, otherwise others will ask you to explain, and you won't be able to hold back a sentence for a long time, then you will have to laugh and be generous.