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Several long footprints in history are examined
There is a very unique collection mark on the calligraphy and paintings passed down from generation to generation - the long footprint ("long" seal). Because the seal has been found in the old collection of Jia Xiangdao in the Song Dynasty, such as Zhao Tuo's "You Chun Tu of Lady Zhang Xuanyuguo", Chuan Dongyuan's "Xia Shan Tu", Yan Yan's "Flower and Grass Insect Map", etc., so successive generations of calligraphy and painting collectors have attributed the long footprints to Jia XiangDao's name. However, the author found that qiu Ying's "Taocun Caotang Diagram" and Tang Yin's "Matter Ming Diagram" of the Ming Dynasty also had similar long-legged seals, which obviously could not be the seals of Jia Xiangdao' seals, so whose seals were these two seals?
Read the notes of "New Archaeological Achievements at the Sanxingdui Site"
On September 9, 2021, the "Archaeology China" major project - Sanxingdui Site Archaeological Excavation Phased Results Press Briefing Was Held at the Sanxingdui Museum, and the Live Broadcast of the Sanxingdui Archaeological Site of the Central Radio and Television Corporation was carried out at the same time, announcing to the public the major archaeological achievements of the No. 3 pit and No. 4 pit in the Sanxingdui Site Sacrifice Area, and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage also published an article to introduce it. The sanxingdui archaeology newly announced a wealth of excavated materials, try to select a few representative artifacts to talk about their views.
"Big Guy" Talks About "Big Guy"
Zhai Jianmin, a senior art dealer and senior connoisseur, has been practicing for more than 40 years, is known as "Big Guy" in the circle, is one of the most authoritative antique dealers, and is a guest of Han Jinbao's night talk, with constant topics, from "Yongbao Zhai Packaging" to Master Huang Yinghao, to recalling the apprenticeship experience... Let's talk about that.
Qing Dynasty Yongzheng pastel porcelain
Pastel, is one of the famous glaze varieties fired in the Jingdezhen kiln of the Qing Dynasty, which was first fired in the late Kangxi period, popular in the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods, and then flourished in successive dynasties, and has continued to develop into the Republic of China period, and has influenced it to this day. The early Kangxi pastels were in the initial stage, so the production was not much, and the heirlooms were extremely rare. The Yongzheng period was the first golden age of pastel porcelain firing, and the workmanship was extraordinary, and it was regarded as a treasure by the world and competed to collect.
The Dragon and Phoenix Tongbao coins minted by the Han and Song dynasties at the end of the Yuan Dynasty
Longfeng Tongbao Qian, minted by Han Lin'er Longfeng (1355-1366) of the peasant rebel army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, is one of the earliest coinage coins cast in the late Yuan Dynasty.
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Three bronze statues of Ming Dynasty Buddhism in Xianyang
The Buddha statues of the Ming Dynasty as a whole are slightly inferior to those of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and the level of statues is uneven and generally in decline, but there are also many statues with symmetrical proportions, delicate and in-depth details, and exquisite ornamentation. Three bronze statues are selected from the many Buddhist statues collected by the Xianyang Museum for a preliminary study.
Hu Kaiwen ink ticket appreciation
According to the content, There are two main types of Hu Kaiwen ink tickets: one is the mojia family's own publicity for the store address, inheritance experience, product quality, etc., and the other is the praise of customers (or social dignitaries, literati, etc.) for the ink products. Therefore, the ink stamp can not only reflect the production situation, ink products, commercial operations and other information of the Mo family, but also reflect the interaction between the Mo family and all walks of life at that time.
Two pieces of Kongfu old Tibetan Qing Dynasty horn vessels
The existing Confucius Mansion was founded in the 10th year of Ming Hongwu (1377) and is the residence of the descendants of Confucius in previous dynasties. In the need to maintain feudal rule, since the Western Han Dynasty, successive rulers have given Confucius and his descendants lofty status and honor, and formed a cultural tradition of respecting Confucius and respecting Confucianism in ancient Chinese society. The Qing army entered the Central Plains, and in order to gain the support of the Han bureaucratic landlords and ordinary people, the Rulers of the Qing Dynasty continued to give the privileges enjoyed by the descendants of Confucius for generations, and greatly rewarded them, and the status and prestige of confucius reached its peak. The Confucius House has countless treasures in its collection, and these two corners are among the rare treasures.
Mugu Chaixin: The Imperial Palace in Shenyang collects antique bronze ware from the Qing Dynasty court
The history of antique bronzes can be traced back to the Song Dynasty, when the rise of epigraphy, public and private collectors of Zhou bronzes for pleasure, the court once according to the Inner House collection of Shang Zhou bronze ceremonial instruments copied a large number of imitations for the suburban temple. In the Qing Dynasty, in the process of consolidating rule and absorbing Han culture, the court also made a large number of bronzes, but whether it was in terms of use or nature, it was very different from the bronze ware of the pre-Qin period, it was no longer a symbol of the hierarchy and the dignity and inferiority of the upper and lower levels, but a kind of vessel in life, more of a work of art that people enjoyed.
Si Xin: Appreciation of bronze wine vessels in the cemetery of the Kingdom of Yu
According to the "General Theory of Yin Zhou Bronze Ware", the bronzes of the Shang Zhou Dynasty are divided into four parts: eating utensils, wine vessels, water vessels and musical instruments, with a total of 50 categories, of which wine vessels account for 24 categories. According to the use of wine utensils, wine vessels are divided into wine cooking vessels, wine containers, drinking vessels, wine storage vessels and ceremonial vessels. As a large state aristocratic cemetery in the Western Zhou Dynasty, although the proportion of bronze wine vessels is not much, there are zun, pot, cup, jue, 觯, Fang Yi, etc., but the concept is exquisite, the shape is beautiful, not only shows the life scene of the upper class drinking at that time, but also provides physical objects for the study of social phenomena in a specific period at that time, which has important historical value and artistic value. Here, 21 pieces of bronze wine vessels are selected to be appreciated with readers.
Shanxi ceramics in the Song and Jin dynasties
Because Shanxi is adjacent to the developed porcelain industry in Hebei, Henan and Shaanxi, the mutual technical exchanges are very close, and the ceramic appearance has many common places, so it is deeply affected by it, and the light has long been covered by historical kilns such as Cizhou kiln and Ding kiln. The main kilns of the Song and Jin dynasties are sorted out and some of their typical vessels are interpreted for mutual exchange and learning.
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The issuance of revolutionary war bonds in Xianggan Province, Chinese Soviet Republic began and ended
In the first half of 1932, the Provisional Central Government Executive Committee decided to issue revolutionary war bonds in the Xianggan Soviet District, but later because the Central Soviet District did not send the public bonds to the Xianggan Soviet District in time, the issuance was forced to be postponed. In December 1932, with the approval of the Central Soviet Region, the Xianggan Provincial Branch decided to issue the first issue of revolutionary war bonds.
The party's glorious mark shines with smoke marks
China's tobacco companies have produced main edition cigarette labels for the red boat led by the Chinese Communist Party and ridden the wind and waves. In the 1980s, Jiaxing Cigarette Factory produced the "Jinnan Lake" cigarette label, and the main version reproduced the distant view of the red boat moored on the water surface in front of the Yanyu Building of Jiaxing South Lake.
Jeroboam converted to Manichaean figures to spend money
In the early years, the author got a character zodiac sign with a large amount of money, the money diameter is 41 mm, the thickness is 4.6 mm, the weight is 41 grams, the inside is rounded, the money body is mostly covered with rust color, and the bare part is silver-white. The numismatics are exquisitely minted, the characters are deeply depicted and three-dimensional, and the back is a traditional Chinese zodiac pattern. The content of performance in spending money is widespread, and it is the culmination of Chinese folk culture. However, it cannot be found in the existing traditional spending money, and the author has asked several big names in the industry for the provenance of the characters in this money, and the answer given is also a speculation of different opinions.
Rich and delicate, calm and elegant: the Capital Museum collects Ming and Qing dynasty multicolored porcelain
The so-called multicolor is not five colors, but the meaning of multiple colors, but there must be red color. Five-color is divided into blue and white five-color and glaze five-color two, this article mainly describes the capital museum collection of Ming and Qing five-color porcelain in each period of the tire glaze, instrument type, painting, decorative techniques, ornamentation, color, style and other aspects of the characteristics, so as to illustrate the development stage, value and historical status of five-colored porcelain.
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The waters of the Yellow River lead to Edo
In modern times, Chinese cultural relics are scattered overseas, and in terms of quality and quantity, they cannot avoid Japan with water in its clothes. Since ancient times, cultural exchanges and cultural relics exchanges between China and Japan have never stopped. The envoys sent Tang Sancai to Japan, which stimulated the creation of Nara Sancai. From the Song Dynasty to the Yuan Ming Dynasty, Longquan kiln celadon was exported in large quantities with trade activities, and then left the titles of "anvil celadon porcelain", "Tianlong Temple celadon porcelain" and "Seven Officials Celadon porcelain". During the Ming and Qing dynasties, due to the acceptance of orders from the Japanese market, the modeling ornaments needed to be painted according to the requirements, so there were a series of porcelain with a wide range of popular styles, such as "Ancient Dyeing", "Xiangrui", "Nanjing Red Painting" and "Xindu", which came into being and was unique.
Jin Liyan: Let the artifacts present history
"Jiaqu Yaji" is a group that loves the collection and appreciation of ancient ceramics, established in 2015, every two years an exhibition, remarkable achievements, so far has held "Porcelain in Jiaqu - Jiaqu Yaji Member Collection" and "Xiongqi Yaoli - Late Ming and Early Qing Porcelain", all of which have been published and distributed in catalogues. The third exhibition "Dongying Lost Pearls" has been postponed due to the epidemic, but fortunately, with the efforts of many parties, the exhibition catalogue has been officially published in 2020. "Toei Lost Pearls - Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce and Japanese Old Tibetan Kiln Porcelain" was carefully edited by Dr. Jin Liyan, an academic consultant of Jiaqu Yaji, the owner of "Liangqing Bookstore", and an ancient ceramic, which has far-reaching significance for the study of ceramic cultural exchanges between Japan and Japan. This magazine interviewed Jin Liyan, starting from this set of catalogues.
Toei Pearls: Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce and Japanese old Tibetan kiln porcelain
In recent years, Mr. Kim, with the strong support of Jean Yamanaka, the current president of the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce, has collected the catalogue of exhibitions issued by the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce in Japan before World War II. On this basis, the physical objects of Chinese famous kiln porcelain scattered around the world are compared with relevant archival records and video records, and these artistic treasures are acquired, circulated, displayed and sold after being acquired, circulated, displayed and sold by the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce.
History of the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce: Seijiro Yamanaka and Chinese Art
The monographs and articles I have seen about the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce are mainly devoted to the life experience of Yamanaka Andujiro yamanaka and the history of the rise and fall of the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce in the United States. This time, the author has a different perspective, trying to sort out the overall history of the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce, many of which involve the connection between great-grandfather Yamanaka Andeiro and Chinese art, hoping to help with related research.
Yamamoto Photo Studio and early Chinese photography
Prince Yi of the late Qing Dynasty was an avid collector and once had a huge number of cultural relics in his royal palace. In 1912, in order to raise funds for the restoration, Puwei, the little Prince of Gong, who inherited his title, sold almost all of the more than 2,000 antique treasures collected by the Prince Gong's mansion to the Japanese Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce. We found that many of the photos of the relics of the Gongwang Mansion stored by the former Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce were stamped with the English words "S. Yamamoto. Peking" is a steel seal, which is the logo of the old Beijing Yamamoto Photo Studio. The operator of this photo studio, Japanese photographer Zanshiro Yamamoto, had an important influence on the photography industry in Beijing in the past and even in the early history of photography in China.