"Chang'an Dialect Art" symposium at the scene
The "Chang'an Dialect Art" Appreciation Collection, jointly organized by the International Art Exchange Committee of the China Collectors Association and the Collection Research Institute of Deep Blue Think Tank, was held at the News Building Art Museum on January 19, 2024, and the special exhibition "Art Without Boundaries - Mutual Encounters and Integrations of Porcelain Art" opened on the same day. The guests attending the event were Mr. Zhou, former general manager of Rong Bao Zhai (Hong Kong) Company, Ms. Gao, vice chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Ms. Zhu, director of the Mainland MICE business of the Hong Kong Tourism Board, and art consultant Professor Wang, collector Mr. Xu, author of "New Theory of Ancient Firewood Kiln", Mr. Chen, a senior expert in Henan, Mr. Lu, a Beijing family, etc., Mr. Li and Miss Zhang, representatives of the Business Daily, Mr. Ye from the financial industry, Mr. Liu and other people in the art circle also attended the meeting.
He pointed out that "life is like porcelain", from the splendid time of youth to the dull years of steady aging, just like the bright and gorgeous colored porcelain of the Qing Dynasty corresponds to the low-key and simple Song Dynasty plainware, it is a transition, but also a process, we need to measure ourselves, but also to self-realize! The northern kilns extend to the Guangzhou County Branch and the Arita Nabejima with a strip of water, the exhibits are few but fine, including the wonderful porcelain art of Xuanhe, and strive to explore the context of the development of regional porcelain art and its historical background, artistic value and craft aesthetics through longitudinal combing of ancient and modern famous products and horizontal comparison of Chinese and foreign fine wares, so as to achieve the effect of mutual observation and integration!
President Wang Zhu, one of the initiators of "Chang'an Arts" and the chief curator of the event, delivered a speech
Mr. Zhou talked about the interest of overseas collectors in Chinese porcelain, saying that porcelain and calligraphy and painting are the two pillars of collecting, and that they should learn from each other in terms of connoisseurship, and hold more comparative exhibitions, saying that this form of elegant collection is a good opportunity for the industry to interact with each other.
Mr. Lu of the Beijing family talked about the ups and downs of the life of the old households in modern times, from which we can get a glimpse of the people's livelihood in the market under the changes of the great era and the corresponding difficulties in Tibet, reflecting the feelings of the family and the country and the responsibility.
Director Zhu introduced Hong Kong's advantages in the art exhibition industry, and suggested that relevant activities should be implemented at the right time, make good use of support policies, and connect with the resources of the arts industry in Hong Kong, so as to maximize the space for international exchanges, so that classic art can go out in a timely manner, and more overseas people can understand the broad and profound Chinese culture!
Professor Wang mentioned to have cultural self-confidence, porcelain is the quintessence of the Chinese nation, porcelain making in history China is the source, in the early years of foreigners are to the mainland of the old experts to learn porcelain skills, the evaluation of the quality of the collection, the right to speak in terms of authenticity and forgery should be in my hands, the judgment of Western experts related to Chinese porcelain is not a golden rule, we must analyze, have assertiveness, not blindly follow; for some overseas private collections without discernment blindly pursued, it is also not an irrational choice!
The author Mr. Sun explained to everyone the "new treatise on ancient firewood kilns" that is being written, he visited the local ancient kiln site, visited the folk porcelain veterans, and the old kiln connoisseurs to learn, the manuscript is novel, the information is detailed, the analysis is objective, it is a useful attempt to seek truth based on the evidence of the famous kiln in the Central Plains, the purpose is to throw bricks and lead jade, has a certain academic reference value, and should be valued by the industry.
Ms. Gao, Mr. Ye and Mr. Liu also expounded their respective views on the function of artworks in socialization, investment and circulation, and also expressed their views on the value system and identification of the advantages and disadvantages of porcelain works, and fully affirmed the new form of elegant collection and static display that complements each other in the combination of tasting and discussion, which is worth promoting and persevering.
Mr. Chen, a connoisseur, showed the guests the highlight of the ancient part of Zhongzhou porcelain art, the unique product of Jun kiln porcelain rabbit, the round carved porcelain sculpture is a collection of Song Dynasty craftsmanship, folk customs, religion, aesthetics, handsome shape, skillful use of kiln changes, vivid and expressive, with a distinct atmosphere of the times, so that the audience is pleasing to the eye, lingering, and the atmosphere of the elegant collection is pushed to a climax!
President Wang Zhu held a group photo with the exhibitors and guests holding the Jun porcelain rabbit
The organizers adhered to the intention of academic and public welfare, and in line with the sincerity of serving the art and cultural audience, they shared the concept of appreciation, advocated pragmatic collection, revitalized the value of cultural relics, and contributed to meeting people's growing material and spiritual cultural needs.
The design idea of this resumption and curation of the exhibition is first to meet the requirements of the times, and the awareness of unbounded art and cultural harmony will surely lead the direction of future art and cultural exchanges. Inspired by this trend, collectors' horizons have been broadened, and the appreciation of foreign artworks has become a category that cannot be ignored, thus forming an atmosphere of artistic comparison and cultural mutual awareness, which is also in line with the trend of mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations.
The curatorial team focuses on the comparison of regional porcelain art, and there is no shortage of overseas rare porcelain included. For example, one of the exhibits is a "reed bamboo floating wave scroll cylinder", with a diameter of nearly half a meter, a huge volume, rich levels of blending, using five techniques of painting, carving, pressing, scratching and printing, and the firing difficulty is extremely high;
Mid-Edo Arita Nabeshima ware blue and white large roll jar unique (Beijing Saga Collection)
Regional porcelain art is not only an empirical evidence of the development of handicrafts, but also carries the social customs of various places that blend with each other, and highlights the creativity of the previous generation of artists. For example, the celadon of the Central Plains was transmitted to Northeast Asia and gradually evolved into the jade inlaid porcelain art with local characteristics, which became a masterpiece of great praise. One of the exhibits is a "Ji Si" inscription ten flute celadon wash, according to the examination should be fired in 1269, the outer wall is filled with ten floral patterns with inlay techniques, the process is complicated, the Goryeo scholar's porcelain with the age is very rare, it is an important empirical evidence for the study of late Goryeo celadon, and it is the standard of the dynasties, which is particularly eye-catching.
Goryeo "Jisi" Ganzhi year model inlaid with floral celadon wash
Among the exhibits of Sinocera, a number of heavyweight masterpieces were grandly launched. For example, the blues porcelain art with cobalt oxide as the coloring agent has cultivated a unique underglaze blue and white blue porcelain painting decoration, showing the unique elegant charm of the Orient, and is also the carrier of multi-ethnic integration, and has witnessed the historical facts of international trade exchanges!
The Yuan Dynasty cobalt blue glazed double-cockroach dragon ear gall type bottle on display this time, with a slender neck, straight edges, white marks and tendons, glazed and nearly an inch in the inner mouth, the inner gall is astringent, the blank swirl marks can be seen, the bottom of the bottle is unglazed, and the exposed tire is white and yellowish like the dry skin of cheese, and the touch is delicate. This bottle tire is thin and light, the shape is elegant, the glaze is bright and beautiful, bright as glass, the hair color is deep, the dragon ear is ingenious, the quality is superior, flawless, compared with the same kind of ware in the collection of Anhui Fanchang Museum, the craftsmanship is more exquisite, and it is allowed to be called the treasure of the country. There are only about 20 pieces of cobalt blue glazed porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty known in the world, and the bottle-type vertical porcelain is very rare, which is really the treasure of the Tianqiu River!
Yuan Dynasty cobalt blue glaze double dragon ear gall bottle treasures (hug Ru Jingshe Ya Storage)
It is worth mentioning that the interaction of regional porcelain art has also led to the mutual perception of culture. The tea culture of the Tang and Song dynasties in China was transmitted to Fusang along with Zen Buddhism, and gradually expanded from monks and monasteries to nobles and courts and then became popular among the people. The ancient tea people have passed away, and the tea customs have become like a thing of the past, but the famous tea ware that has been handed down to this day is undoubtedly a valuable material evidence of gentle and elegant tea activities.
This time, a rabbit hair building lamp, the classic beam (convergence) mouth shape, the inside and outside of the black glaze, the glaze grease light is warm, it is covered with golden rabbit spots, the inner wall is slender and straight, the inner bottom leaves a brush mark, the outer wall of the gold hair transmutation blue halo, looming, the glaze layer is thick, very textured, near the foot is exposed, the fetal bone is as solid as iron. The whole vessel is well-shaped, well-preserved, and it is a rare treasure of Song Dynasty tea ware!
The best of rabbit hair has witnessed the transformation of the thousand-year-old tea culture
Another feature of the exhibition is the scholar's porcelain, which runs through the ancient and modern home study furnishing culture, carries a rich humanistic culture, and is an indispensable and important variety of porcelain collections in the past dynasties. This piece of Longquan pink and blue glazed porcelain wash in the Southern Song Dynasty, the lips are extravagant, the oblique straight wall, the shallow circle foot, the foot end is unglazed gray and white, the brick is red, and the foot is trimmed and regular. The glaze is very uniform throughout the body, there is no common vertical flow or color bias, the hair color is pure, the color is tender like green jade, the glaze is warm and delicate, and it is like baby skin. The whole vessel is plain and undecorated, the glaze is pure, the lines are simple, and the shape is elegant, which fully shows the simple characteristics of the Song porcelain avenue! It is a high-quality utensil, and it can be handed down after nearly a thousand years, which is rare. In terms of the level of its firing technology, it is called the leader of the times, and it is actually a representative high-end play in the heyday of the Longquan kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty!
Southern Song Dynasty Longquan powder green glaze folded along the wash
It should be emphasized that Henan is full of ancient kilns, not only for a long time of firing, but also famous porcelain, which can be called the pioneer, leader and adherent of Chinese ceramic culture! The porcelain art products exhibited by senior collectors reproduce the glorious history of the development of ceramics in the Central Plains, involving the kiln mouth covering Jun and Guan, among which there are also unique products of great historical value and artistry.
The reason why the Central Plains ceramic culture can occupy a pivotal position in the history of Chinese porcelain lies in continuous innovation and refinement, and there is a way to be renewed! In 1957, the five famous kilns were instructed to be restored, and the Jun, Ru, and Northern Song Dynasty official porcelain research institutes and state-owned porcelain factories were established one after another, and after several generations of continuous research and development and research projects, the re-firing of official porcelain was finally realized after the reform and opening up, and to a certain extent, it has reached the charm and interest of the official porcelain of the Song Dynasty, and has become a collection hotspot that has attracted wide attention today!
Modern exhibits of all kinds of official jun
On the occasion of the transformation of the rabbit tail dragon head, the curatorial team also specially presented the zodiac porcelain treasures of Jingdezhen Tang Ziqiang and Xiong Gangru, especially the white porcelain rabbit made by Tang Master in 2011.
Tang Ziqiang and Xiong Gang are like two national arts and crafts masters, rabbits and dragons
As an exploration of the new format of art collection, "Chang'an Dialect Art" tries to organically connect the creative ideas of artworks, the humanistic attributes of collections, the research points of scholars, and the content design of curators, so as to achieve a concrete artistic and cultural observation. We look forward to the event receiving the attention and support of art collectors!
After the "Chang'an Dialect Art" collection, President Wang Zhu and the participating collectors moved to the exhibition hall for a guided tour, and the guests enjoyed the wonderful porcelain masterpieces, talked about their feelings and were very interested. On behalf of the curatorial team, President Wang welcomes people from all walks of life and collectors to come and exchange during the exhibition period, and to pay tribute to the friends who pay attention to and participate in the activities.
President Wang, the chief curator of the exhibition, guided the guests