Cultural relics | Wuhan Museum was given a qing dynasty gold silk nan wood gold lacquer wood carving shelf bed

On December 15, Xu Li, a veteran collector, donated his collection of Qing Dynasty gold silk nan wood gold lacquer wood carved shelf bed to the Wuhan Museum. At the donation ceremony, Xu Li said: "If you just appreciate it alone, the historical value and cultural connotation of antique artworks will never be fully displayed." Only by donating it to the museum can it be truly put to good use. ”

The shelf bed is a typical bedding commonly used by han Chinese people, because it is very similar to the top frame of traditional Chinese wooden buildings, so it is called a shelf bed, which is considered to be the most scientific furniture in traditional Chinese furniture. The Qing Dynasty gold silk nan wood lacquer wood carved shelf bed donated by Xu Li to the Wuhan Museum this time, with the door circumference on both sides of the front of the bed and the frieze above as the main body, a total of 164 carved figures, the spatial layout is staggered and compact, the character image is rich and conveying the gods, the ornamental theme is auspicious and diverse, the carving skills are superb, and it is a very precious representative of the Qing Dynasty shelf bed door circumference and frieze.

Qing Dynasty golden silk Nan wood gold lacquer wood carved shelf bed

Since the main body of the original bed frame was damaged in the process of circulation, in order to better protect and display the two door walls and the middle friezes, Xu Li restored the whole picture of the shelf bed according to the size of the door fence and the frieze, referring to the Qing-style shelf bed style, using precious gold silk nan wood, and following the traditional Qing-style furniture production process to restore the whole picture of the shelf bed.

According to reports, Xu Li has been learning antique art appreciation with his father Mr. Xu Jianquan since childhood, and has been engaged in antique art collection for more than 50 years, involving furniture, calligraphy and painting, porcelain, jade, miscellaneous and many other categories, and is now the deputy secretary-general of the Antique Chamber of Commerce of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and has been engaged in antique art exchanges in Wuhan for more than 30 years.

Wang Ruihua, director of the Wuhan Museum, said that the museum will live up to its love and trust, tell the story of cultural relics, and let the cultural relics "live".

(Photo courtesy of Wuhan Museum)

Editor-in-charge: Wu Min