Price RM: 1,127,000 (including commission)
Kinmatsu Height: 110cm Width: 100cm
Diameter: 13 cm Age: Approx. 350 years
Bonsai: about 120 years
Celebrities love bonsai is not a new thing, the Tang Dynasty is known as a poet and painter in poetry, painting in poetry and painter Wang Wei is a bonsai lover. At the 2015 spring auction of Xiling Printing Society, there was a pot of golden pine, which is not only more than 350 years old, but also the relationship between its historical background and historical figures. In the Japanese bonsai world, there are very valuable bonsai plants, that is, pines cultivated by Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek, at an early age, studied at the Baoding Military Academy, studied in Japan, and joined the League. Later, he was appointed by Sun Yat-sen as the president of the Whampoa Military Academy, the commander of the First Army of the National Revolution, and successively served as chairman of the Military Commission, president of the Kuomintang, and The President of the Republic of China.
Speaking of these two pots of bonsai that were cultivated by Chiang Kai-shek, it is necessary to lead to two other figures who have had an important impact on China's modern history: one is Sun Yat-sen, and the other is Umeya Zhuangji.
Umeya Shoyoshi was a whirlwind in the Japanese film industry at the end of the Meiji period, an ally of Sun Yat-sen and an important supporter of the xinhai Revolution. During Sun Yat-sen's stay in Japan, The Meiwu Zhuangji couple supported the Chinese revolution without asking for anything in return, and took good care of Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling like a loving mother in all aspects. In the future, the rejuvenation of the Asian nation is expected to be carried out by Your Excellency. It can be seen that the two had a deep relationship at that time.
Sun Yat-sen and Plum House Zhuang ji and his wife take a group photo
In 1909, the Umeya clan, which was a huge success in the film industry, built its own mansion and studio in what is now Tokyo's Shinjuku ward. According to the layout of the house at that time, as a lover of bonsai, Umeya clan built many potted sheds in the garden.
Umeya Shokichi's mansion
During the Xinhai Revolution, Chiang Kai-shek, as an international student studying in Japan and also a follower of Sun Yat-sen, was introduced by Sun Yat-sen to live in Meiwu Province, when industrialists loved bonsai, Chiang Kai-shek also liked bonsai very much, and the Jinsong he cultivated was in his leisure time when he stayed in Meiwu Province from 1909 to 1911. At that time, the potted shed of Meiwu Zhuangji had many famous trees and good trees, but only two pots were handed down, and as a bonsai that was cultivated by Chiang Kai-shek, it was particularly precious. One of these pots of jin pine, which we were able to present in the auction of the Xiling Spring Auction, is an unprecedented display, not only with an advanced age to come to China, but also to witness a period of world history.
Umeya Shokichi Bonsai Bonsai Bon shelf
This brocade pine bonsai, draped in green and green, is tall and beautiful, quite free. The bonsai was published in Japan's "Modern Bonsai" published in November 1991 and the "Modern Magazine" published in October 2009, and Chiang Kai-shek's relationship with this bonsai has been recorded and reported in detail. At the same time, the detailed description of this Kinmatsu was also included in the publication "Showa Bonsai Spectrum" issued by the Japan Bonsai Association. The kinson tree is a valuable japanese potted tree that still retains its registration number (No. 533).
Modern Magazine, October 2009
Introducing this pot of brocade pine
Modern Bonsai, November 1991
This bonsai has two original Gudu wu clay pots. Yixing's pottery industry has a history of more than 5,000 years after archaeological discoveries, and the Ming and Qing dynasties are the most prosperous. Not only loved by our people, but also cherished and collected by the Japanese, so the Japanese pot industry calls the Chinese purple sand pot "Gudu pot". This original Gudu mud pot is made of high-quality black mud, and the sand is delicate and warm. The shape of the instrument is simple and the temperament is extraordinary. The craftsmanship is exquisite, and the lines are quite scratchy and stretched. The outer edge of the basin mouth is stretched, pure and pure, even and smooth, and it is worth hiding and treasured.
2015 Xiling Spring Auction Gudu Wu Mud Basin
Round basin: Height: 29cm
Width: 48cm Length: 63cm
Square basin: Height: 14.7cm
Width: 36cm Length: 57cm