Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, with the unprecedented economic prosperity of the region south of the Yangtze River, the cultural development of Jiangnan and the surrounding urban areas has also reached the peak of history, and its most important reflection is the emergence of many famous families that have lasted for several generations. The Qin family from Wuxi is one of the most famous.
Xishan Qin's ancestor to the famous poet Qin Guan of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song and Yuan dynasties moved from Changzhou Wujin to Wuxi, to make a fortune with Shi Eun, to filial piety and friends to pass on the family, and there is a tradition of writing books and texts, "Xishan Qin's Wen Qian Preface" said: "Since ancient times, the right family, the world is known as the Yi Wang, the non-extravagant valve reads the Xuan hairpin to boast of the vulgar, it must be its humanistic show, the world has many wise men and doctors who can be passed on, the beginning of the light and the tired leaves, do not fall when you hear it." It can be seen that this family attaches great importance to culture. In this atmosphere, there is no shortage of literati and scholars in the Qin family members in the past dynasties, and they are almost all wasted in poetry, calligraphy and painting, gold and stone, and collection.
This topic presents Huang Shiling, Xu Sangeng, Zhao Shuru, Chen Julai, Ye Luyuan, Tao Shoubo, Xu Yunshu and other famous seal carvers since the late Qing Dynasty for the Qin family Qin Zuyong, Qin Fengqi, Qin Wenjin, Qin Qing Zeng Yimen engraved their own seals, these seals have been included in the original rubbings of the "Xishan Qin Family Tibetan Seal", from which it can be seen not only that the Qin family for several generations of gold and stone art habits, but also that their inheritance and adherence to literature and art, that is the Jiangnan literati family's peerless style.
The Tibetan Seal of the Qin Clan in Xishan
Qin Zuyong (1825-1884), the word Yifen, also known as Chufen, the name Linyan, Tongyin Yishi, Tongyin Sanren, Liangyan Waishi, etc., was a native of Wuxi. Daoguang paid tribute for 30 years, once lived in Kaifeng, and later served as the ambassador of Guangdong Bijia Salt Farm. Gong poems and ancient words, love of calligraphy and painting, can also be sealed, landscape science teacher method "four kings", especially Wang Shimin as the sect, Jing Qijun in the "Painting Heart Seal Preface" said: "Jun Chu Fa four kings, by Dong Wenmin followed Ni Huang Wu Wang, traced back to Jingguan generation, accumulated a long period of seniority, silently deified", for the "Loudong School" one of the important painters. He has a very high appreciation of painting, and his books "Tongyin on Painting", "Tongyin Painting Tips" and "Painting Heart Print" have had a far-reaching impact on the modern art world.
Lot 1660
Huang Shiling carved the Shoushan stone seal of "Tongyin Pavilion Master" for Qin Zuyong
Inscription: The owner of the Tongyin Pavilion.
Side paragraph: The owner of Tongyin Pavilion belongs to Mu Patriarchy.
Publication: "Xishan Qin's Tibetan Seal", published by the ancient mountain house, the original version.
1.8×1.8×3.1 cm.
RMB: 100,000-200,000
Lot 1661
Huang Shiling carved the Shoushan stone seal for Qin Zuyong, "Danqing does not know that the old man is coming".
Inscription: Danqing doesn't know that the old man is coming.
Side paragraph: Let it be serious, Jing Yi Xiumei, the two are difficult to both, I let Weng Yi, Yi Lao identification, Shiling Zhi, Renwu Mengqiu.
Publication: "Xishan Qin's Tibetan Seal", published by the ancient mountain house, the original version.
2.4×2.3×3.5 cm.
RMB: 500,000-800,000
In the special topic, the three Qin Zuyong's self-use seals were engraved by Huang Shiling and Xu Sangeng respectively. Huang Shiling (1849-1909) engraved "Tongyin Pavilion Master" and "Danqing do not know the old coming" two seals are all Zhu Wen, for the typical study of Wu Rang's style works, the former did not sign the year, the latter side paragraph said, "Let it be serious, Jing Yi is beautiful, the two are difficult to both, I from let Weng Yin, Yi Lao identification, Shiling Zhi, Renwu Mengqiu." "In the eighth year of Guangxu (1882), Huang Shiling, who was thirty-four years old at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve, had just come to Guangzhou from Jiangxi, and his seal carving art was still in the exploration stage, and it was what he saw, learned, and made friends in Guangdong during this period that made his seal carving art gradually mature. And this first step is Wu Rangzhi. In this side paragraph, Huang Shiling compares the respective styles of Wu Rangzhi and Xu Sangeng, and between "serious" and "beautiful", he did not hesitate to choose Wu Rangzhi, whom he likes more. It turned out that his friend got a copy of Wu Rangzhi's later works in the spring of this year, and knew that Huang Shiling liked it, so he "knew Yu Zuanyang." According to the teaching, Yu closed the door and hidden, and the heart understood it, and entered the skill", and the progress was so obvious that he could feel it. And these years may be Qin Zuyong as the ambassador of Guangdong Bijia Salt Field, in any case, we have to admire his connoisseur's foresight, as a senior, he asked Huang Shiling to engrave a lot of seals in the past two years, in addition to these two parties, Huang Shiling seal spectrum also has the same year for Qin's "Zuyong Painting Recipe" Bai Wenyin, "Yifen Freehand" Zhu Wenyin, "Zuwu fun and old-fashioned" Zhu Wenyin and the next year engraved "tea ripe and warm and self-looking" Zhu Wenyin. These works are basically influenced by Wu Rangzhi, but their lines are smooth and handsome, and the knife technique is particularly decisive and subtle, and its later knife style can be vaguely seen.
Lot 1662
Xu Sangeng engraved the Qingtian stone seal of "Liangyan Outer History" for Qin Zuyong
Inscription: Outer History of Edges and Smoke.
Side paragraph: Jing 畾 imitation Han.
Publication:
1. "Chinese Seal Carving Series", Vol. 29, p77, Kobayashi Douxi, published by Nigensha, Japan, 1984.
2. "Xishan Qin's Tibetan Seal", published by the ancient mountain house, the original version.
1.8×1.8×3.3 cm.
RMB: 80,000-120,000
Xu Sangeng (1826-1890) was almost the same generation as Qin Zuyong, among the many famous artists at that time, he engraved the most for Qin Zuyong, and there were nearly 70 squares recorded in the "Chinese Seal Carving Series: Xu Sangeng Volume" edited by Mr. Kobayashi Dou'an, and most of them were not paid; From the side paragraph of Xu Yin extended by Qin, we can know that the two had met in Guangzhou in the twelfth year of Tongzhi (1873), which was much earlier than the time of Qin Zuyong and Huang Shiling's interaction, which shows that Qin Zuyong served in Guangzhou for a long time;
All good friends ask for beggars, although the long note is huge, they do not hesitate to respond. He is particularly humble, has nothing to do with things, covers his profound knowledge, and teaches the gentleman on weekdays. Looking at his paintings, he is also strong and musque. Ximi Yuanzhang on Li Guangcheng, the descendants will be prosperous, and the same is true for Yu Yilao.
This party "Liangyan Outer History" Bai Wenyin should be one of the seals engraved at that time, then it is Xu Sangeng about forty-eight years old, this time belongs to the golden age of Xu's seal carving, in addition to focusing on the combination of Zhejiang, Anhui two school techniques, more emphasis on the establishment of their own unique style, its seal method to Tianfa oracle monument as the foundation, the layout emphasizes the dense flow, the contrast between virtual and real, the knife law to the Zhejiang school of cutting knives, the pursuit of spicy, simple, thick quality. In the two years that Xu Sangeng lived in Guangzhou, Qin Zuyong asked him to engrave a large number of seals for his own use, in addition to this seal, there are also "a few times a day to see the sunny window", "the long thing in the neighborhood", "private Shuxilu", "Qin Zuyong treasure seal", "Zhenxutang seal", etc., Xu Sangeng also made "many things have honor and disgrace, widowhood has no right and wrong" seal book five-word couplet. Judging from the fact that Qin Zuyong had artistic intersections with Xu Sangeng in the golden age and Huang Shiling in his youth, he had the same sensitivity as calligraphy and painting in the appreciation of seal carving.
Lot 1663
Xu Sangeng carved the "Fengqi" Shoushan stone seal for Qin Fengqi
Inscription: Feng Qi.
Side paragraph: Xu Sangeng imitates Han for Zizhi.
Publication: "Xishan Qin's Tibetan Seal", published by the ancient mountain house, the original version.
1.3×1.2×3 cm.
RMB: 60,000-100,000
Xu Sangeng also engraved a seal for Qin Fengqi, the son of Qin Zuyong. Qin Fengqi (1849-1911), the word Zizhi, the word Songdan, the number Tongbo, the seventh year of Tongzhi (1868) Xiucai, Qin Zu Yongzi. The information about Qin Fengqi's life is relatively limited, we only know that he is also good at calligraphy and painting, and there is a copy of "Mr. Weijing's Qin Huitian Painting" handed down. His relationship with Xu Sangeng, the father, should be from the relationship between his father Qin Zuyong, this side of the "Feng Qi" white text inscription "for the son to rule the imitation of Han", the layout is Zhouzheng, and the knife technique is more and more free and horizontal, there is an unmodified but natural sense of harmony, when it is the work of his later years. Check the Xu family's seal, and he also engraved the seal for Qin Fengqi's clan brother Qin Fengqi, indicating that the relationship between the Qin family and Xu Sangeng has lasted for two generations.
Entering the era of the Republic of China, Qin Zuyong's family appreciation and collection entered a new stage of "innovating from ancient teachers and serving the public", and the most important symbol was the establishment of the Art Garden True Appreciation Society (the predecessor of Shanghai Ancient Book Store), and its founder was Qin Wenjin, the grandson of Qin Zuyong and the son of Qin Fengqi. Qin Wenjin (1870-1938), the name of the grandson, the grandson of the sun, the name Yun Jushi, the old man of Xiyuan, the name of the Yi Zhai, Gu Jian Pavilion. Since he was a teenager, he has devoted himself to the collection of calligraphy, paintings and inscriptions of the past dynasties collected by his ancestors, and it is inferred from his later experience of inheriting his ancestors' eunuchs as the ambassador of Fujian Tamsui Salt Farms that Qin Zuyong may have moved from Guangdong to Fujian in his later years. After returning to China, he carefully edited the old family collections, removed the false and retained the true, especially the oracle bone Zhongding and the Qin and Han dynasties, which were also academic hotspots in that era. He also went to Japan with the envoys to Japan for study and exchange, made friends with a wide range of friends, studied advanced science and technology, and paid special attention to book binding and zinc plate etching and cologne printing. In 1904, he chose No. 277 Sanma Road, Shanghai to establish the Art Garden True Appreciation Society, with the motto of "business does not change the piano and calligraphy, and the trade still retains the fragrance of Han ink", with the most advanced printing technology at that time, the Koluo version of the photographic printing technology, published the Qin family collection of the inscriptions, its mother is both ancient and good, and the binding is quite elegant, so it is the leader in the same kind of printing, and it is famous at that time.
Lot 1664
Zhao Shuru engraved the Shoushan stone seal of "Zang Sun Tibetan Brick" for Qin Wenjin
Inscription: Bricks of the Hidden Mountains.
Side paragraph: Uncle and child are brothers.
Publication: "Xishan Qin's Tibetan Seal", published by the ancient mountain house, the original version.
1.4×1.2×2.9 cm.
RMB: 50,000-80,000
Zhao Shuru (1874-1945) engraved the "Bricks of the Sun Collection" Zhu Wenyin for Qin Wenjin, which illustrates the Qin family's penchant for collecting gold and stone. Zhao Shuru was a Fujian Tongzhi in his early years, and later lived in seclusion in Shanghai all the year round, which overlapped with Qin Wenjin's life trajectory very much, so the two may have started dating very early. In 1938, Qin Wenjin died of illness, and his eldest son Qin Qing inherited his father's business and insisted on the operation and publishing of the Art Garden True Appreciation Society, until it was merged into the Shanghai Book Distribution Company in 1955 when the public-private partnership was formed, and another era of the Qin family came to an end.
Qin Gan (1894-1984), the name Qing Zeng, the name Ming Shang, the late name Han Zhai. Qin Zuyong's great-grandson, Qin Wenjin's son. Qin Qing Zeng studied calligraphy and history painting with his father as a child, and was especially good at writing landscapes, flowers and birds; Later, he assisted his father in running the Art Garden True Appreciation Society for a long time, and during the creation and compilation of the "Tablet Collection", he carefully created and accompanied the painting with a unique combination. At that time, literati and artists wrote inscriptions one after another, including Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Wu Zhihui, Wu Changshuo, Zhang Qian, Zheng Xiaoxu and other famous artists, and the social popularity of the Art Garden True Appreciation Society also opened up. It can be seen that Qin Qing had established relationships with a group of literary and artistic celebrities living in Shanghai at that time very early, which was the tradition of the Qin family and the need for the work of the Art Garden True Appreciation Society.
Lot 1665
Chen Julai engraved Qin Qing once used the Changhua bloodstone seal
Inscription: Qin Qingzeng.
Side: Giant to make.
Publication: "Xishan Qin's Tibetan Seal", published by the ancient mountain house, the original version.
1.7×1.7×4.7 cm.
RMB: 30,000-50,000
Lot 1666
Ye Luyuan carved the "Game Hanmo" Shoushan stone seal
Inscription: Game Hanmo.
Side paragraph: Luyuan imitation Huang Xiaosong.
Publication: "Xishan Qin's Tibetan Seal", published by the ancient mountain house, the original version.
2.6×2.6×4.9 cm.
RMB: 20,000-30,000
Chen Julai, Ye Luyuan, Tao Shoubo, Xu Yunshu and others who were engraved for Qin Qing were two generations of famous Shanghai masters, and interestingly, Chen Julai, Ye Luyuan, and Tao Shoubo were disciples of Zhao Shuru, and Xu Yunshu was a disciple of Chen Julai, such a continuation not only shows that the Qin family and the seal carver have continued the emotional bond of four generations, but also shows that their aesthetic tendency to seal carving art is in the elegant and neat way, and this is in line with the Qin family's pursuit of calligraphy and painting.
Lot 1667
Tao Shoubo carved Qin Qing once used a group of two Shoushan stone seals
Inscriptions:1. Kiyozen. 2. Great-grandson of Tongyin.
Side paragraph:1. Ji Si Chunzhong, made for the Qing Zengren brother, Shou Bo and remember. 2. 癸酉夏, Shoubo.
Publication: "Xishan Qin's Tibetan Seal", published by the ancient mountain house, the original version.
1.1×1.1×3.9 cm./1.5×1.5×3.7 cm.
RMB: 5,000-8,000
Lot 1668
Uncle Xu Yun engraved Qin Qing once used the Shoushan Mountain Stone Phoenix Button Triptych
Inscriptions:1. Learn the way to learn. 2. Clearing. 3. Grow old and be self-explanatory.
Side paragraph:1. Uncle Yun. 2. Qing Zeng Zun Su Dajiao, Uncle Yun. （2/3）
Publication: "Xishan Qin's Tibetan Seal", published by the ancient mountain house, the original version.
2.9×2.9×8.1 cm.2./3×1.3×7.5 cm.
RMB: 30,000-50,000
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