蒋廷锡巨作——《百种牡丹谱》欣赏！

Jiang Tingxi's masterpiece - "Hundred Kinds of Peony Spectrum"!

Jiang Tingxi (1669-1732) was a native of Changshu, Jiangsu. The court is enshrined by a person. In the forty-second year of Kangxi (1703), the Jinshi was specially given, and the palace tried to select the Jishi. In the first year of Yongzheng (1723), he moved to the Ministry of Rites, and next year he was transferred to the Ministry of Households. In the eighth year of Yongzheng (1730), the prime minister of Sanku affairs, a special edict "praise the painting of loyalty and diligence". In the tenth year of Yongzheng (1732), he reigned at the age of 64.

Statue of Jiang Tingxi

"Hundred Kinds of Peony Spectrum" is a work painted by Jiang Tingxi when he was in the inner court. A full set of peony spectrum 200 open, in the name of "Yuan, Heng, Li, Zhen" divided into 4 volumes, all of which have been pre-collected by Qianlong, Jiaqing, Xuantong three emperors, and there are "Shiqu Treasures, Imperial Study Treasures" and other seals of the collection to prove the source.

Such as this set of "100 kinds of peony spectrum" is generally large in size, and there are many varieties of 200 Huanghuang masterpieces, which can be called the only one in the auction in 20 years.

Jiang Tingxi painted this volume of "Hundred Kinds of Peony Spectrum", which is extremely exquisite, the color is just right, and the brushstrokes are hidden in the branches and leaves, which has a deep sense of natural tranquility. Before the formal painting, Jiang Tingxi first wrote the "Hundred Songs of Peony", and each peony was marked with the characteristics of the main color, and then officially painted.

The book in the "Hundred Kinds of Peony Spectrum" I see today is inscribed by Dai Lin in early July of the ninth year of Qianlong (1744), when Jiang Tingxi had been dead for 12 years. Emperor Qianlong specially ordered Dai Lin to supplement Jiang Tingxi's poem "Peony Hundred Songs". Only a year later, the "Shiqu Baoji Preliminary Edition" was compiled, and these 4 volumes were included in the storage of the imperial study, and the "Hundred Kinds of Peony Spectrum" finally realized the combination of calligraphy and painting, which has been passed down to this day.

Jiang Tingxi, "Hundred Kinds of Peonies"

In the spring of 2016, Jiang Tingxi's masterpiece was auctioned for about 170 million yuan - "100 Kinds of Peony Spectrum"

Jiang Tingxi's masterpiece - "Hundred Kinds of Peony Spectrum" part

Detail of Jiang Tingxi's "Hundred Kinds of Peony Spectrum".

A full set of peony spectrum, divided into four volumes under the name of "Yuan, Heng, Li, Zhen", was auctioned in June 2016 and sold for 173.65 million.

蒋廷锡《百种牡丹谱》全册100幅

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