The Paper has learned that the new exhibition "Collection, Acceptance, Collection and Collection of Duobaoge" of the National Palace Museum in Taipei opened on March 25. "Duobaoge" is the most interesting collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, and the interesting thing is that duobaoge is presented in various forms, including filling small antiques with different materials in boxes, or storing various antiquities in decorative grids that occupy the entire wall. In addition to the rich materials, more importantly, the use of space, both decoration and appreciation, clever use of interesting changes in collection, storage and collection, presenting the viewing experience brought about by rich collection.
In the past, "Duobaoge" specifically referred to the large grid of the wall located in the Qianqing Palace of the Forbidden City to store various antiques. The description of "Duobao" is in line with the understanding of the inclusion of all-encompassing antiques. Whether it is the "grid" of antiques displayed in an open shelf manner, or the "Baishi pieces" that store the largest number of antiques in a limited box space, these different types of antique collections are collectively referred to as "multi-treasure grid" by the National Palace Museum in Taipei. The emphasis is that the craftsmen show the ingenuity of the storage with their hearts, and the antiquities are best integrated with the storage space.
"Receiving", "Receiving" and "Collecting" are the three cores of "Multi-Treasure" production and space design. The exhibition is divided into three units, the first unit "Collect", which exhibits a boxed multi-treasure with a name, which is synonymous with collectors' collection of precious treasures. The second unit, "Na", exhibits seven multi-treasure grids of different shapes, emphasizing the various ingenuity of storing antiques, that is, storing the maximum number of antiques in a limited space, providing collectors with the fun of treasure hunting. The third unit "Collection" exhibits large, medium and small treasure grids, and the way of opening the shelf display shows the mood of collecting and displaying, which is a reinterpretation of "Collection". Through the unit presentation, explore the various surprises brought by the designers of ancient spaces.
harvest
This section exhibits the named Multi-Treasure Grid, emphasizing the concept of "collection", that is, in the limited space of the box, small antiques of different materials are stored, giving the entire collection its own name. These names are not easy to pronounce and difficult to understand, but each name has words representing beautiful jade, such as Qiong, Lin, Tianqiu, etc., showing the value of these collections, and is also synonymous with collectors' collection of precious treasures.
Qing Qianlong "Ji Qiong Algae" Duo Baoge
Many people have experience taking names for their favorite toys. The Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty was no exception, because he loved to collect antiques, specially collected various antiques of small size, and used beautiful lacquer boxes with various drawers and boxes of different structures to pack, which were commonly known as "Baishi pieces".
Qing Qianlong "Ji Qiong Algae" Duo Baoge
At that time, a total of nine boxes of "Baishi pieces" with names were assembled, each with a different name. The box will be attached to the list of cultural relics contained in the interior of the antiques, recording the location of the cultural relics in the box, called "famous color folding".
In order to facilitate collection and handling, a specially made uniform outer box, made of precious rosewood inlaid with ivory flowers, and carved with a name on the lid, the one on display here is called "Ji Qiong Algae", open the treasure chest, like entering a treasure hunting game.
Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Tianfu Qiulin box ("Tianfu Qiulin" Baishi piece)
Qing Qianlong "Heavenly Spheres Combined" Hundred Pieces
The special feature of "Baishi Pieces" is that the small antiques are collected in the concept of treasure, and the outer box of "Baishi Pieces" also gives people a pleasing feeling. At that time, it was popular to use lacquer boxes as outer boxes, and there were two types here: one was a Japanese lacquerware painted with gold and silver lacquer, and the other was a traditional gold lacquer box carved on the surface of the utensils and filled with gold paint.
In addition, the entire "Baishi Piece" is uniformly based on rosewood inlaid ivory flowers as the outer box, and the outer box lid is engraved with the name of this "Baishi Piece". Here on display is a box named "Tianfu Qiulin" and a box is "Tianqiu Hebi", and these names have the word "jade", just like beautiful jade, which is loved.
The exquisite design of the rosewood outer box, when collecting, you need to open the box, pull out the side plate, and then pull out the bottom plate, put the inner box on the bottom plate, you can push it into the box together with the bottom plate, and properly store it.
accept
This unit emphasizes the concept of "Na" through five sets of different types of Baishi pieces, that is, to store the largest number of antiques in a limited space, and use space such as partitions, drawers, and dark drawers to store small-size antiques in boxes or sit or lie down. Using the situation and different types of Baishi pieces, emphasizing the function and concept of storage, it is like crossing time and space to experience the fun of treasure hunting with the ancients.
Qing Qianlong Nine drawer wooden boxes
According to the Qianlong Eleventh Year (1746) living file, there was a pair of large lattice frames in the East Warm Pavilion of the front hall of the Yangxin Hall, and the Qianlong Emperor requested that, in addition to placing antiques on the front, a drawer should be added to the back of the antique grid displayed relatively thin, and assembled in the form of "hundreds of pieces". Compared with the Jiaqing Dynasty furnishing archives, this red jade interstitial screen belongs to the southern lattice, and the thickness is thin, and the back should be the nine-drawer wooden box on the south side.
There are 60 components of cultural relics in the nine-drawer wooden box, and each drawer is made of wooden tires as the inner drawer, and different drawers are separated according to the space inside the drawer. If a small drawer is separated in the inner drawer, there is a dark drawer on the side after the small drawer is taken out, and the compartment of the small drawer is separated by a drawer plate to meet the space for internal storage of antiques. Or horizontal drawers, which can be divided into upper and lower spaces, and then divided into layers of drawers to store antiques. Of course, there are also comprehensive small drawers and upper and lower drawers, so that the space can be changed, but also can store a variety of styles of antiques.
Qing Qianlong Table-shaped wooden box ("going out nanmu folding hundred shi pieces of table")
The Qianlong Emperor, who liked to travel around, was also very particular about the table he used when he went out. From the Qianlong sixth year (1741) of the "Living Record" can be seen that the Qianlong Emperor once ordered the production of "going out of nanmu folding hundred pieces of table", the comparison of the courtyard is indeed a low table or called kangqi, the foot of the table can be removed, put into the table's large drawer, the large drawer is assembled in the form of "hundred pieces", in addition to all kinds of stationery such as pen, ink, stone, paper town, water sheng, as well as vases and other exquisite literary play, it is not difficult to imagine, when the emperor travels, if you need to write and paint, the table is set up, the contents are taken out, you can create freely, You can also enjoy cultural relics, and this extravagant elegance is reflected here.
Through a large drawer of "Baishi pieces", the outside of the table foot, the study room that may be used when going out is matched with the cultural relics for enjoyment, which is the concept of a self-sufficient small study.
Qing Qianlong Rosewood Bogutu rectangular box
Rosewood Bogutu rectangular box outer box with rosewood fine carving of various antiques bogutu as decoration, opened to see rosewood as the inner drawer, the upper edge of the drawer bas-relief filled with gold four seasons flowers, the long side of the bas-relief deer, crane figure, symbolizing the deer crane spring.
On the left and right sides, the drawer board is bas-carved to open the window, such as gourd, bat, Fangsheng or basho and other auspicious or literati ornaments, through the window can be seen that there are various materials and shapes of small antiques.
Pulling the drawers open, they are filled with a variety of antiques, and there are drawers in the small boxes that can be pulled out, and each antique is equipped with a wooden seat, which is completely close to the drawer board. This kind of box that integrates the concept of "Baishi pieces" and multi-treasure grid has layers in space design, which is different from the general "Baishi pieces", and has more fun of changing the display grid.
Qing Qianlong Rosewood inlaid porcelain Bogutu small cabinet
This piece is a reduced top box cabinet, divided into upper and lower cabinets, is a kind of ancient furniture, mostly used for cabinet body made of rosewood, the front rosewood skeleton is inlaid with silver wire, and there are inlaid porcelain Bogutu as the decoration of the panel.
The upper and lower cabinets open with jade wall albums and wooden drawers, the front of which is decorated with rosewood relief windows with various auspicious patterns, and the interior has different materials such as rhino horns, carvings, bronzes, porcelain, jade, calligraphy and paintings, Japanese lacquer boxes and Western pocket watches. The staggered use of open drawers and dark drawers presents a sense of space, while matching various antiques and different pier types, presenting a rich appearance of "Baishi pieces".
The appearance of "Baishi Pieces" can be different types of furniture and boxes, but the interior is equipped with the space concept of "Baishi Pieces" to hold antiques.
Qing Qianlong Rosewood inlaid treasure chest
This outer box is influenced by the outer box of inlaid tooth bones, and the pattern is very similar, the difference is that this piece is inlaid with various materials such as screw, wax, and tooth bone. The original inscription on the outer box is gone.
Open the rosewood box, you can see two layers of "Baishi pieces" wooden drawers, with layers of plates to separate the various spaces up and down, left and right, and the space is a treasure of various materials. Under the two layers of wooden drawers, it is divided into two squares, one is the upper floor is placed in the form of a drawer, and the lower layer is displayed in the form of an open pane shelf, which can be opened by the side of the window to take out the antiques, which is the concept of four squares. Another square, upper drawer can be drawn open. The lower layer is a lattice like a small train formed by living leaves, which contains seven antiques of different materials, and the opening window of the lattice is fixed by a small mortise, which is a very clever and interesting design.
hide
From the large, medium and small multi-treasure grid, it can be seen that the way of opening the shelf display satisfies the collector's mood of sharing and proper storage, which is a reinterpretation of "hiding". Restore the appearance of the original open shelf display, through the space design and material use, to see how the ancient space designers will copper, porcelain, jade, treasures and other antiques to do the most appropriate collection, both display and can also match the space, is the collection is more decorative multi-treasure.
Qing Qianlong Duobaoge
This group of cultural relics is recorded in the "Furnishing File", which is the "Boguge" in the East Warm Pavilion of the Yangxin Hall, with two walls in the north and south, one wall and two grids, a total of four grids. The selection of cultural relics located in the second compartment of the north, originally had 149 components of cultural relics, in terms of the size of the cultural relics, the size of the Bogug should be quite large. In fact, this kind of open shelf display grid contains cultural relics of porcelain, jade, copper and lacquerware, and presents various materials with the usual packaging methods of the Qianlong Emperor and the base. Here, imitating the concept of the original furnishings, the large multi-treasure grid is displayed. In fact, the Qing Dynasty court originally had such a large lattice frame in important palaces, as a display of the concept of decoration and collection, which was collectively referred to as Duobaoge.
The Medium-sized Multi-Treasure Grid of Qianlong is made of rosewood, and the three sides are decorated with calligraphy and paintings, while each lattice is pasted with brocade cloth, and the outside is fixed with a glass wood frame and a card mortise. According to the archives, there are circles, square character paintings and horizontal paintings on both sides of the grid, and in contrast with the internal furnishings, it should be Qianlong who completed the "rosewood inlaid character painting small grid" in February of the eleventh year. It can be seen that during the Qianlong period, glass was used in the decoration grid, and many large lattices used for decoration used glass, so that cultural relics had better protection.
According to archival records, a medium-sized rosewood lattice exhibited in the exhibition was originally placed in the JingXuan of the Forbidden City, and there was originally a cat food bowl with a copper mouth on it, which is the Ru kiln celadon daffodil basin with copper mouth in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, and its base is engraved with "Jing Xie Xuan Royal Reward". It can be seen that most of the grids displayed in this type are fine products.
QingQianlong rosewood inlaid bamboo wire turntable lattice
This grid is the "rosewood inlaid bamboo wire turntable grid" recorded in the "Living Record" of Qianlong Thirty-one Years (1766), and at that time it was required to match the wooden seat and the hand-scrolled album. The appearance is made of a collage of vermilion on bamboo wire, which is cylindrical when combined, and divided into four equal parts when opened, and decorated with bamboo yellow, or displayed in columns, or can become a quadrangular column. Craftsmen cleverly use a quarter of the cylindrical space to stagger into wonderful and interesting small grids. All jade objects in the small grid are equipped with suitable wooden seats. From right to left, you can see that the first and third small grids use traditional wood carving decoration, with the concept of bamboo yellow chest of drawers, the jade and calligraphy and painting are integrated into it, while the second and fourth small grids use Western beds to make various decorative pillars, and then in a circular turntable way, equipped with a circular glass painting of the Western pavilion, so that the placed jade can be presented in a rotating manner, so it is called "turntable grid". With the size of the lattice, with suitable jade, while combining a variety of exquisite craftsmanship, good at arranging space, thus forming a rosewood and bamboo yellow high and low small grid, showing the ingenuity of craftsmen in the Qianlong period, but also become the best example of palace furnishings and antiques.
(The graphic of this article is based on the official website of the National Palace Museum in Taipei)