"Sheng Shi Fanghua - The Essence of Donated Cultural Relics of Shanghai Museum" recently opened at the Shanghai Museum (Shangbo is currently closed due to epidemic prevention and control), and the surging news learned that the exhibition is the same series of exhibitions as the "Gaoshan Mountain Tour - Donated Cultural Relics Donation Exhibition" held by Shangbo last year. Among the donors were Liu Jingji, Wang Nanping, Gu Kaishi, Li Yinxuan, Du Weishan, Qiu Yanzhi and so on. The Paper, Ancient Art, combined with an expert tour from the Shanghai Museum, interprets the donation story behind the exhibits.
Among them, Liu Jingji donated 40 calligraphy and painting treasures, including the Southern Song Dynasty Zhang Jizhi's "Records of the Book to be Leaked", zhao Mengfu's "Ten Scrolls of the Book of Xingshu" in the Yuan Dynasty, Ni Zhan's "Six Gentlemen's Chart Axis", Dong Qichang's "Eight Views of Qiuxing Atlas" and other important works, which are the most sophisticated batch of calligraphy and paintings in the collection in the 1980s.
Exhibition site
Southern Song Dynasty Zhang Jizhi "Book to Be Leaked" exhibition site (partial)
The first exhibit is mr. Liu Jingji's 1980 donation of the "Book of Letters to be Leaked".
Liu Jingji (1902-1997), a native of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, has long been engaged in the textile industry, opened the Anda Yarn Factory, an outstanding representative of China's older generation of national industrialists and businessmen, a famous patriot and social activist. He was the vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Liu Jingji is also a famous connoisseur and collector of calligraphy and paintings, and his collection of calligraphy and paintings is large in quantity and fine, especially the famous relics of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, which are regarded by him as "treasures among treasures". In 1980, Liu Jingji carefully selected 40 calligraphy and painting treasures and donated them to the Shanghai Museum, which was praised by the Shanghai Municipal Government.
Liu Jingji Data Map
Among collectors in Shanghai, Liu Jingji can be said to be one of the best figures. His collection of paintings and calligraphy is not only large in number, but also in large quantities, which is inseparable from his level of appreciation and economic strength. During the special historical period, his home was searched many times, and many valuables were confiscated. After 1976, the party and the government implemented the policy, and the goods were returned to the owners. Liu Jingji, 74, spearheaded the donation of cultural relics to the Shanghai Museum. He told the leaders of the Shanghai Museum at that time: "I am willing to donate 40 ancient calligraphy paintings for you to choose!" ”
In 1980, the Shanghai Museum held the "Commendation Ceremony for Comrade Liu Jingji's Donation of Rare Cultural Relics", and The curator Shen Zhiyu presided over the meeting. ( File Photo )
Liu Jingji donated 40 pieces of calligraphy and painting treasures, including the Southern Song Dynasty Zhang Jizhi's "Xingshu To Be Leaked", Yuan Zhao Mengfu's "Xingshu Ten Scrolls", Ni Zhan's "Six Gentlemen's Scrolls", Feng Zizhen's "Xingshu Hongyue Lou Scroll", Ming Xie Shichen's "Wudang Zixiao Palace Ji XueTu", Dong Qichang's "Eight Scenic Pictures of Qiuxing", Qing Wangyi's "Chongjiang Stacked Mountains Picture Scroll" and other important works, which are the most exquisite batch of calligraphy and paintings in Tibet in the 1980s. At the same time, the "Exhibition of Liu Jingji's Collection of Calligraphy and Paintings" was also held.
Ni Zhan's "Six Gentlemen's Chart Axis", Shanghai Museum Collection, donated by Liu Jingji (not exhibited in this issue)
Zhang Jizhi was an important calligrapher during the Southern Song Dynasty, and was once known as the first person to calligraphy in the Southern Song Dynasty. He is good at writing calligraphy, calligraphy and list books, and his calligraphy is in and out of Ouyang Qian, Chu Suiliang, Yan Zhenqing, and his style is dignified and thick, steady and open, and imposing.
Here, the "waiting for leakage" refers to the place where the Northern Song Dynasty prime minister waited for a rest at the time of the court. The Chronicle of the Temple to Be Leaked is one of the political treatises recited by the famous poet and politician Wang Yuwei during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty. The article embodies the author's enlightened political views and the political requirements for realizing the rule of the Qingming officials, and portrays the image of the virtuous and the adulterous.
Zhang Jizhi wrote this article. This volume of "The Book of Letters to Be Leaked" is bright and concise, the starting and ending are clean and neat, the dot painting is firm and solid, the pen is strong and powerful, and the handsomeness is extraordinary; the knot body is square and dense, and the bones are hard, showing a quaint and elegant, beautiful and handsome beauty.
Exhibition site of Shen Zhou's "Picture Scroll of The Western Mountains" (partial)
On display next to the "Records of the Book to be Leaked" is Shen Zhou's "Xishan Picture Scroll" donated by Liu Jingji, which is a more famous work of Shen Zhou depicting the scenery of Suzhou's Xishan Mountain.
The exhibition presents two exhibits related to Wang Anshi, donated to the famous cultural relics collector Wang Nanping.
Wang Nanping (1924-1985) was a native of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, and a famous collector of cultural relics. His father, Wang Youlin (1900-1989), was fond of calligraphy and painting and had a high ability to appreciate the paintings and calligraphy of the past. He opened the Hualun Dyeing and Weaving Factory, which was incorporated into the Seventh Printing and Dyeing Factory after 1949. Wang Nanping was influenced by his father and liked calligraphy and painting, as early as during his studies at Fudan University, Wang Nanping often sought and bought ancient calligraphy and paintings in antique bookstores.
"His next-door neighbor happens to be two of our big names in the collecting world who are also donors to the Shanghai Museum, one is Mr. Ye Gongqi and the other is Mr. Pang Laichen." Zhang Dong, deputy director of the preservation department of the Shanghai Museum and research librarian, introduced it. "Under the influence of these two gentlemen and others, his calligraphy and painting collection level has become more and more refined."
After 1949, Wang Nanping moved to Hong Kong to run the Nanyang Cotton Cloth Company, and joined the "Min Qiu Jing She" in the early 1960s. When Wang Nanping moved to Hong Kong, many important collections were not carried out of the country that year, and were kept by his father Wang Youlin. In that special historical period, all the collections of the Wang father and son were confiscated and confiscated.
Wang Nanping and his father Wang Youlin
In 1979, Wang Nanping wrote in a letter to Fu Shen: "In addition to some of the calligraphy and paintings left in Shanghai and the hundreds of calligraphy and paintings that were returned in the custody of the government, about 540 paintings and calligraphy were completely missing, including some rare treasures." This is a great misfortune, and every time I mention it, my heart aches. In 1981, when Xie Zhiliu was invited to give a lecture at the University of Chinese in Hong Kong, Wang Nanping came to visit. At that time, Wang told Mr. Xie: "I can donate to the Shanghai Museum the treasured Wang Anshi book "The Essential Volumes of the Lengyan Classic" and the Song Carved Long Shuben "Wang Wen Gong anthology". Can you help me bring to Hong Kong more than 200 pieces of Ming and Qing dynasty calligraphy and paintings from the old Shanghai collection? However, this matter did not take several years to complete until it was specially approved by the premier of the State Council at that time.
In 1985, after the death of Mr. Wang Nanping, Wang Nanping's wife Fang Shuyan, in accordance with her husband's last wishes, donated the "Collected Writings of Wang Wen" and the Northern Song Dynasty Wang Anshi's "Xingshu Leng Yan Jing Zhi Zhi" volume to the Shanghai Municipal Cultural Relics Management Committee, which is now in the collection of the Shanghai Museum.
Exhibition Scene Wang Anshi's "Xingshu LengYan Jing Essential Volume" (partial)
Wang Anshi's "Xingshu Lengyan Jing Zhi Zhi Volume" (Partial)
Wang Anshi's "Xingshu Lengyan Jing Essential Volume" excerpt from the "Lengyan Jing" section of "Guanyin Fa Miao'ermen", there are xingshu in the middle of the main book, light ink disease book, the strokes are clear, although the line is close, there are few blanks, but there is no sense of chaos. Its use of the pen seems to be casual, but it has the charm of idleness and dissipation. The volume is self-signed "Yu Gui Zhong Shan, Michihara False Leng Yan Ben, Hand Self-Correction, Carved Temple, Shi Yuanfeng Eighth Year (1085) April 11 Linchuan Wang An Shi Shu Shu Shu Shu." "Personally corrected the text of the Lengyan Jing for the year before Wang Anshi's death. At the end of the volume, there are inscriptions by the Southern Song Dynasty Mou Xianzhi, Yuan Wang Meng, Ming Xiang Yuan Bian and others. It was once collected by Yuan Chen Weiyin, Ming Xiang Yuanbei, Qing Anqi, Cao Rong and others.
Zhang Dong mentioned that Wang Anshi, as a famous politician, writer and thinker of the Northern Song Dynasty, was twice degraded because of the failure of political reform, and lived in the Jinling area in his later years, believing in Buddhism. The Xingshu Lengyan JingZhi (行書楞严經旨旨) is a calligraphy work completed by Wang Anshi a year before his death, presenting his peaceful and eclectic style of writing after experiencing political hardships. There are two surviving calligraphy works of Wang Anshi, one is the "Passing Thesis" collected in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, and the other is this one, reflecting the appearance of Wang Anshi's calligraphy, which shows its importance.
Song Magazine, Collected Works of Wang Wen (Partial)
The Collected Works of Wang Wen is a collection of Wang Anshi's writings, consisting of 100 volumes, including the author's poetry and miscellaneous works, totaling 2281 pieces, arranged according to the style, such as: books, edicts, edicts, tables, revelations, biographies, miscellaneous works, notes, prefaces, ancient poems, and legal poems. Wang Nanping's donation of the Song periodical "Wang Wen Gongwen Collection" is a paper copy of the Longshu County Zhai carved official documents in the Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing, and the Shanghai Museum has 72 volumes in its collection. Long Shuben's "Wang Wen Gong Anthology" is printed on the Song Dynasty's books and gongmu, is an important material for studying Wang Anshi's anthology and the overall civilization of the Song Dynasty, which not only has great documentary and historical value, but also can deepen the relevant research on Wang Anshi's works, support the publication history of the "Wang Wen Gongwen Collection", and is also a first-hand precious material for the study of Song Dynasty calligraphy, official exchanges and historical figures, and at the same time has a high artistic value.
The Song Magazine "Wang Wen Gong Anthology" will be exhibited in the second half of the exhibition.
Gu Kaishi (data map)
Gu Kaishi was a pioneer in cardiothoracic surgery in China and now the founder of Shanghai Nanyang Hospital, and in 1956, he donated the private Nanyang Hospital to the state free of charge. He served as the honorary president of Shanghai Chest Hospital and was appointed as a member of the Shanghai Municipal Cultural Relics Management Committee since 1979. Gu Kaishi and his wife Chengyan Jia liked to collect cultural relics, and their collections were particularly precious in the Shang Dynasty Yuge, the Western Zhou Dynasty Father's Decoction Pot, and the Song Ding Kiln Printed Cloud Dragon Pattern Plate. In 1973, Gu Kaishi and Cheng Yanjia donated a total of 225 pieces of historical relics to the Shanghai Municipal Cultural Administration, which is now in the collection of the Shanghai Museum.
Gu Kaishi donated cultural relics
The exhibition exhibited a number of bronze and porcelain cultural relics donated by Mr. Gu Kaishi. According to Zhang Dong, Gu Kaishi's collection was related to Ye Shuzhong, another person in the collection circle at that time, Ye Shuzhong, a famous antique dealer in the Republic of China period, who worked in the Lu Wu Company opened by Lu Qinzhai. Gu Kaishi's medical skills were superb, and he successively cured Ye Shuzhong and his family's illness, maintaining a very good relationship with their family, and many of his collections were transferred to him through Ye Shuzhong.
The exhibition site is "Xiaochen Shan Chen" and Lu Houzun
The bronzes such as "Xiaochen Shan Chen" and Lu Houzun exhibited in this exhibition were donated by Li Yinxuan and Qiu Hui in 1979 for the famous cultural relics collection.
Li Yinxuan (1911-1972) was a famous collector and bibliophile. Originally from Anhui, he was born in Shanghai and was the nephew of Li Hongzhang. Since he was a teenager, he has been collecting coins from previous generations, and since receiving Deng Qiu's collection, he has been unable to receive them. Over the past few decades, a large number of Chinese, European and American ancient coins and Chinese and foreign emblems have been collected, totaling 30,000 pieces. His collection of precious bronzes includes more than 200 pieces of Xiaochen ShanXuan, Lu Houzun, HouZhuo Fangding, etc., and also contains a large number of ancient books. The key to his study, he carried with him, never far away. Throughout his life, he lived in simplicity and did not want to be an official, and wrote dozens of articles of examination.
In 1979, Qiu Hui, wife of Li Yinxuan, donated 2,178 bronzes and seals to the Shanghai Museum, 29,770 coins of various types, and one piece of Shang Dynasty jade.
Exhibition Scene Western Zhou Chengwang "Xiaochen Shan Zhen"
The "Xiaochen Shan Zhi" on display has an inscription of four lines and 22 characters on the inner sole, "Queen Ban Keshang, Cai (in) Chengshi, Zhou Gongyi (Xi) Xiaochen Shan Bei Shi Peng, with Zha (Zuo) Bao Zun Yi". The inscription records that King Cheng quelled the rebellion of Wu Geng, Wang Shi was stationed in Chengshi, and the Duke of Zhou rewarded the young minister Shan Bei Shipeng with this instrument.
The exhibition exhibits a number of rare seals, such as Wen Peng's "Deep Seventy-Two Peaks" tooth seal, Ding Jing's "Mr. Winter Heart" stone seal, Huang Yi's "Yao Lide Zi Gong No. Xiaopo's Book" stone seal, etc., donated by Hua Du'an and Mao Mingfen in 1983.
Hua Du'an (1900-1970), a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, was a modern textile industrialist. Hua Du'an began to collect the seals and rulers of various schools of the Ming and Qing dynasties in the 1950s, and its seal collection concentrated on the old collections of Ding Fuzhi, Ge Changyao, Gao Luoyuan, Yu Xuwen, and many additions, from the beginning of the ming dynasty to the heyday of the Qing Dynasty seal creation, more than 250 Indian works of The Seals of The Lu Luo, representing the complete printing of the Indians, wei is a grand view, with high artistic value. Hua Du'an's collection of famous rulers is also very precious, such as "Mingxian Ruler" and "Hangren Shihan" have handwriting by Yu Qian, Xu Wei, Li Dongyang, Gu Tinglin, Zhu Yizun and others, which are rich in content, inclusive and have both artistic and academic value.
In 1983, Mao Mingfen, the widow of Hua Du'an, and her children adhered to Hua Du'an's will and donated 1546 square seals and more than 300 ming and qing dynasty modern ruler books to the Shanghai Museum.
According to Zhang Dong, the seal hall of the Shanghai Museum was established on the basis of this part of the Ming and Qing seals donated by Mr. Hua Du'an. "This part of the seal donated by Mr. Hua Du'an can be said to outline a history of Chinese seal engraving. Because of such an important donation, the Shanghai Museum's seal collection and research are among the top museums in the world. ”
Ming Wenpeng "Seventy-two Peaks Deep" Tooth Medal Hua Du'an and Mao Mingfen donated in 1983
The "Deep Of the Seventy-Two Peaks" tooth seal is sealed by the Ming Dynasty seal engraver Wen Peng, which is one of Wen Peng's representative works and a famous product in the history of Chinese literati seal carving. Wen Peng was the son of Wen Zhengming, a famous calligrapher and painter of the Ming Dynasty. He was a doctor of the Two Capitals Guozijian. He was the founding figure of the literati seal carving. Ivory is a kind of printing material that has been widely loved by literati since the Song and Yuan dynasties, and because of its material limitations, most of them need to be made by craftsmen. This tooth medallion was made after Wen Peng's seal was drafted by asking craftsmen to use the process of straight knife and flat bottom in ivory carving. The "Deep Of the Seventy-Two Peaks" was discovered during the War of Resistance. It was once the old collection of GaoluoYuan in Hangzhou, and later returned to Hua Du'an.
The "Mr. Dongxin" stone chapter was carved by Ding Jing, a seal engraver of the Zhejiang school, for Jin Dongxin, reflecting the exchanges between the literati.
The second exhibition hall brings together several old collections of the family
The second exhibition hall brings together several old collections collected by the family, such as the Gong family, the Weng family, the impostor family, the Kang family, etc., and the audience may be able to peek into the general collection of the Chinese family. Most of its cultural relics collection comes from ancestral relics and has been handed over over generations.
Weng Wange (1918-2020), formerly known as Weng Xingqing. Chinese-American, originally from Changshu, Jiangsu Province, was born in Shanghai and is the fifth grandson of Weng Tonggong. Famous social activist, connoisseur of calligraphy and painting, and collector of Chinese cultural art.
Ongwango
On the occasion of his 100th birthday in 2018, Mr. Weng Wange donated two treasures of Ming and Qing calligraphy and paintings to the Shanghai Museum, and together with the volume of "White Depiction of the Emperor", which was previously collected and collected, a total of three famous paintings of "LaiXi Ju" were returned to the Shanghai Museum, filling the gap in the relevant fields of the collection.
Among them, Ming Shen Zhou's "Lindai Wenjin Xie Andongshan Map" axis is a large green color, which was composed by Shen Zhou when he was fourteen years old, and copied the "Xie Andongshan Map" by Dai Jin, a famous painter of the Zhejiang School who preceded him, depicting the scene of Xie An, the famous prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who lived in seclusion in Dongshan, traveling with prostitutes and indulging in landscapes and rivers. On the painting there is Shen Zhou's self-inscription: "Qiantang Dai Wenjin Xie Andong Mountain Map, Gengzi Changzhou Shen Zhoulin." "Hou Plutonium" "Qinan" "Ishida" Zhu WenFangyin. Its provenance can be traced back to Weng Tonggong's diary in 1902: "The old servant Li Yuan came to the sea to say goodbye, talked about Beijing affairs, and carried more than ten volumes of calligraphy and paintings... Li Yuan returned to the north tomorrow, leaving three scrolls of the picture scroll he carried: Shen Shitian's giant axis, and the "Bamboo Hall Map", Gaofang Mountain Yunshan. ”
Ming Shen zhou's "Lindai Wenjin Xie Andong Mountain Map" exhibition site
Ming Shenzhou's "Lindai Wenjin Xie Andong mountain map" weng Wange donated in 2018
Shen Zhou's paintings imitate Yuanren, and this painting style is both a lonely piece and a strange work in his works, which is unique.
On display next to it are the qin second year edicts donated by another donor of his family, Mr. Weng Zongqing, the Wumen Xinzha collection, and Weng Tonggong's "Kai Shu Xie Management of the Affairs of the State Supervision". These collections have rarely been seen before.
Exhibition scene Wumen Xinzha collection
Exhibition Scene Weng Tonggong's "Kai Shu Xie Management of the Affairs of the State Zi Supervision"
Mao Guangsheng is a descendant of Mao Xiang (Zi Pujiang) in the late Ming Dynasty, and most of his cultural relics collection comes from ancestral relics, mainly calligraphy and paintings, seals, Yantai and handwritten letters of teachers and friends. In 1961, led by Mei Yin (Mao Huaishen), the relatives of the Mao clan unanimously decided to donate 918 cultural relics such as modern Ming and Qing dynasty calligraphy and paintings, manuscripts, engravings, rubbings, Tang Dynasty scriptures, seals, and Yantai to the Shanghai Museum.
Zhang Dong mentioned that successive Shanghai municipal party committees and municipal governments, including Mayor Chen Yi, have spent a lot of effort on the collection of cultural relics in the Shanghai Museum. For example, the old collection of the Mao family donated by Mao Guangsheng's relatives was promoted under the personal care of Mayor Chen Yi. After 1949, Mayor Chen Yi knew that Mao Guangsheng's life was relatively poor, and hired him as a librarian of the Shanghai Museum of Culture and History to solve the problem of his stability of life. Before his death, Mr. Mao Guangsheng expressed the intention of donating all his family's collection to the Shanghai Museum, and after his death, Mr. Mao Guangsheng's relatives donated all these works to the Shanghai Museum, including the early collection of cultural relics related to Mao's frontier. ”
Exhibition Scene: "Seven Words and Poems of the Book of Conduct"
Exhibition Scene Anon. "Portrait Scroll of Maoxiang"
This exhibition exhibits Mao Xiang's "Seven Words and Poetry Axis", anon. "Portrait Scroll of Mao Xiang" and so on.
Mao Xiang (1611-1693), the characters are frontier, the faces of the characters in the picture are delicately drawn, the color is vivid, and there is a Bochen style. He sat on a chair wearing a black scarf, which was in line with the characteristics of the late Ming scribe's dress. However, there is no author's signature on the axis of this "Portrait of Maoxiang", according to the inscription analysis of the famous Qing dynasty scholars Song Ji, Wang Zongru, Han Ling, and Xu Silong on both sides of the frame, it is the figure that should be made in the early Qing Dynasty. Since 1924, Mao Xiang's twelfth grandson Mao Guangsheng (1873-1959) brought this axis to ask friends to write inscriptions, including Li Xiang, Chen Sanli, Chen Baochen, Yu Youren, etc.
In 1961, Kang Youwei's granddaughters Kang Baozhuang and Kang Bao'e donated 309 relics of Kang Youwei to the Shanghai Museum, including Kang Youwei's calligraphy ink treasures at home, manuscripts of articles, and Kang Youwei's most famous manuscripts of Datong Shu.
This exhibition exhibits kang youwei's manuscript of "Datong Shu", the transcription of "Wu Shu Song Zhang", Kang Youwei's "Theory of Financial Management and National Salvation", and the "Chen Kang Youwei" Stone Chapter, which not only has artistic value, but also has many historical values.
Exhibition site Kang Youwei manuscript of "Datong Shu"
Kang Youwei's manuscript of "The Theory of Financial Saving the Country"
The donation exhibition also focused on the numismatic cultural relics donated by Collectors such as Du Weishan, Wu Chuzhong, Jiang Boyuan, Wang Kangyuan, Xuan Sen, Shi Jiagan, etc., which basically laid the foundation for Shangbo's coin collection, and also benefited from the support of these collectors, making Shangbo one of the institutions with the strongest numismatic collection strength in China.
Du Weishan (1933-2020), born in Shanghai, is a famous Collector of Chinese Canadian Descent and an expert in ancient coins. He moved to Hong Kong with his family in 1949, moved to Taiwan in the 1950s, and moved to Canada in the 1990s. Mrs. Tan Duanyan, daughter of the collector Tan Jing.
Du Weishan (Infographic)
Since the 1960s, Du Weishan has focused on the collection of ancient Chinese coins, and gradually expanded the scope of attention, from the coins of the four khanates of the Sassanid Dynasty and the Mongol Empire, to the coins of the silk roads in West Asia and Central Asia, and then involving ancient coins along the Maritime Silk Road in Southeast Asia and South Asia, forming a relatively complete sequence. Thanks to its persistent collation and research, its collection of ancient coins is prominently systematic.
Sassanid Schabur I Silver Coin donated by Du Weishan in 1991
Since the early 1990s, Du Weishan, in the name of du Weishan and Tan Duanyan, has donated ancient coins, related research materials and rubbings to the Shanghai Museum for many times, totaling more than 4,000 pieces (groups). On the basis of Du Weishan's collection, the Shanghai Museum has established a complete collection and display system of coins from ancient Silk Roads. In 2003, Du Weishan and Tan Duanyan were awarded the "Magnolia Honorary Award" in Shanghai.
In the previous "Sheng Shi Fanghua - Cloud Appreciation shanghai museum donated cultural relics exhibition" guided activities, Shanghai museum director Yang Zhigang revealed that Shangbo also expected Du Weishan and his wife to donate a batch of maritime Silk Road ancient national coins in their hands, unfortunately, Mr. Du Weishan died two years ago, his wife tried to bring this batch of ancient Silk National Coins to Shanghai, and finally completed Mr. Du's last wish. Director Yang Zhigang said that when the epidemic situation improves, Shangbo will hold relevant donation ceremonies and exhibitions.
Wu Chuzhong (1917-2004), originally from Anhui, was born in Shanghai. He is a well-known expert in paper money collection in China, and has served as a member of the National Cultural Relics Appraisal Committee, a director of the Chinese Numismatic Society, a vice chairman of the Shanghai Numismatic Society, and a special researcher of the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. In the early 1940s, Wu Chuzhong entered the road of paper money collection, and collected more than 18,000 banknotes before his death, which was not only numerous, but also full of variety and high quality, including many rare products. He is the author of monographs such as "Research on Chinese Paper Money" and "Currency of the Xinhai Revolution". Twice won the "Golden Spring Award", the highest academic achievement award of the Chinese Numismatic Society.
In 1909, Guangdong Shamian Wanguo Baotong Bank one yuan Wu Chuzhong donated in 1979
In 1979, Wu Chuzhong carefully selected 5232 banknotes issued in various historical periods and donated them to the Shanghai Museum. He believes that donating to the country is the "best destination" for his collection of paper money, more valuable and more effective than his own preservation, showing lofty qualities and ideological realms.
Wang Kangyuan, a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, was the only son of Wang Yuqing, a famous industrialist in Shanghai during the Republic of China period, and a famous collector. Liyuan garden on the shore of Taihu Lake in Wuxi is named after Lihu Lake, which in turn is named after Fan Li. Founded in 1927, Liyuan was built by Wang Yuqing and Wang Kangyuan. He twice donated his beloved coin collection to the Shanghai Museum. The first time he donated 98 pieces, including 12 gold coins and 83 silver coins, all of which are rare items; the second time he donated the currency of the revolutionary base areas made by the Soviet governments of Hunan, Eyuwan and Sichuan-Shaanxi Provinces, all of which are extremely precious revolutionary historical relics. He said that as long as the country needs it, the coins that the museum lacks, he is willing to donate free of charge.
Exhibition scene Guangxu thirty-three years Beiyang Guangxu Yuan treasure Treasury Ping one or two silver coins Wang Kangyuan donated in 1979
Qiu Yanzhi (1910-1980), a native of Taicang, Jiangsu Province. In 1946, he opened Qiu Yanji in Shanghai, engaged in the antique business, served as an alternate supervisor of the Shanghai Antiques Commercial Association, left Shanghai in 1949 and moved to Hong Kong, and moved to Switzerland in the 1960s. Proficient in porcelain identification, the collection is very rich, and there are many fine products. In the 1980s, Qiu Dajian and Qiu Dajie, the sons of Qiu Yanzhi, donated 167 pieces of Qiu's old collection of bronzes, ceramics, lacquerware, jade, calligraphy and paintings and other cultural relics preserved in Shanghai to the Shanghai Museum.
It is worth mentioning that Under the influence of Mr. Qiu Yanzhi's son Qiu Daxiong, he also embarked on the road of collection, and gradually focused on the collection of rhinoceros horns, and collected a lot of books. Qiu Daxiong has donated precious cultural relics to the Shanghai Museum many times, including one lacquerware in 2000, one rhinoceros horn in 2002, one porcelain in 2009, and ten rhino horns in 2015.
Jingdezhen kiln yellow land three-color double dragon pattern drum stool donated by Qiu Yanzhi in 1984, embroidered pier in the form of a drum, hollow, the abdomen up and down each decorated with bulging drum nails for a week. The seat surface is painted with double dragon pattern, the abdomen is decorated with purple drum nails as the boundary divided into three layers, the upper and lower scroll grass flower pattern, the middle is yellow glaze as the ground, and the purple and green painted double dragon wears lotus pattern decoration. Wanli three colors are diverse, especially the yellow, green and purple colors with yellow glaze as the ground are common. This vessel has a thick shape and a solemn hue, and is one of the representative artifacts of the Wanli Three Colors.
Ming Wanli Jingdezhen kiln yellow land three-color double dragon pattern drum stool Qiu Yanzhi donated in 1984
The "Zhou Wenshu Rhinoceros Horn Carving Chibi Tu Cup" was donated to Qiu Daxiong in 2015. The horns of the rhinoceros are dyed with a dark honey color and a fat texture. The cup body ornament is carved with the shape, and the craftsmanship is delicate and exquisite. The painting is based on the story of Su Dongpo's "Former Chibi Fu", the layout is dense and elegant, the characters are vivid and vivid, and the details of the pine branches and reeds are particularly powerful. On the cliff wall on the side of the cup body, the inscription is engraved with the inscription "Imitation of Zhao Songxue's front chibi diagram, Shangyuan Zhou Wenshu system". Regardless of style, knife technique and style, this instrument is a typical appearance of Zhou Wenshu, a famous rhinoceros worker in Jinling in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and represents the highest level of rhino horn carving art in landscape themes at that time.
Qing Zhou Wenshu Rhinoceros Horn Carving Chibi Tu Cup Donated by Qiu Daxiong in 2015
Zhuang Changjiang and Zhuang Liangyou are the children of Zhuang Wanli. Zhuang Wanli (1899-1965), born in Jinjiang, Fujian Province, was a leader of overseas Chinese in the Philippines, who listed his bureau as "Ziyuan" and "Liangzhixuan" as "Liangzhixuan". Zhuang Wanli likes antiquities and is especially fond of celebrity calligraphy and painting. His children were influenced by it and began to appreciate the collection of calligraphy and paintings.
In 2001, with the brothers and sisters of Zhuang Changjiang and Zhuang Liang, Zhuang decided to donate a total of 232 pieces of calligraphy and paintings collected by Liang Tsuka to the Shanghai Museum. The Shanghai Museum then decided to hold an "Exhibition of Calligraphy and Paintings Donated by Liang Zi Xuan" and opened a special exhibition room for "Liang Zi Xuan", and the exhibits are replaced regularly for permanent display. In 2002, the Shanghai Municipal Government awarded the "Magnolia Honor Award" certificate to the Zhuang family.
Chen Hongshou "Exploring the Meitu Axis" donated by Zhuang Changjiang and Zhuang Liangyou in 2001
Chen Hongshou's "Exploring the Plum Chart Axis" was donated by Zhuang Changjiang and Zhuang Liangyou in 2001, this picture of tree masonry pen ink (color), painting three people on a horse to the shore, stopping and staying, the lines are strong and sharp, the branches of the branches are turned up and strong, the branches are luxuriant, giving people a sense of tranquility and depth.
Zizhong Jiang Pan Exhibition Site Ye Zhaofu donated in 1997
The finale of the exhibition is the late Spring and Autumn period "Wu Wang Fu Cha Luo", donated by Mr. He Hongzhang in 1996. Eric Hotung (1926-2017) is a famous Hong Kong industrialist and philanthropist. In his early years, he lived in Shanghai with his father, and He Hongzhang donated money to fund the construction of the Shanghai Museum "He Dongxuan", and in 1996, he donated the Wu Wang Fu Cha Lu to the Shanghai Museum in the late Spring and Autumn Period.
Late Spring and Autumn Period Wu Wangfu Cha Luo He Hongzhang donated in 1996
According to experts from the Shanghai Museum, Fu Cha reigned for only twenty-three years, and most of the surviving relics seen so far are weapons (swords, spears) and jian, which have not been seen and circulated in the past, and are extremely precious. There are twelve inscriptions on the shoulders, which read: "Wu Wang Fu Cha Wu Jin Gong Woman's Instrument Ji", that is, Wu Wang Fu Cha used bronze to cast a woman's vessel. The woman's origin is unknown because she did not take her surname. The hollowed-out beams of the cups were cast by the lost-wax method, and the decorations on the lids and utensils used the popular stamping technology at that time, reflecting the casting copper process in the southern Wuyue region (present-day Jiangsu and Zhejiang) at that time.
(Note: This article is based on the Shanghai Museum's exhibition catalogue of the same name, "Sheng Shi Fanghua - The Essence of the Cultural Relics Donated by the Shanghai Museum" and the expert tour guide, and the on-site pictures were taken by the surging news reporter)