Chapter 1525 Vegetarian dishes are not necessarily cheaper than meat dishes
At ten o'clock that morning, Zhou Zhi had already arrived at the Capital Airport carrying three statues.
When the three statues were transferred at Shudu Airport, they almost got into trouble when passing through the security check because they did not buy first-class tickets and go through the special channel.
Because the airport staff were very serious and responsible, they carefully pulled the large aluminum alloy suitcase. There was nothing inside, just a quilt wrapped with three statues, which immediately aroused suspicion.
Zhou Zhi wanted to prove that he was not a trafficker who smuggled cultural relics, so he took out the consultant certificates from the Forbidden City and the National Museum.
These two certificates are indeed very difficult to obtain. The reason why Zhou Zhi was able to obtain them was mainly due to his contribution to the return of the national treasure six scrolls.
Although the six-hand scroll is still in his personal possession, according to national regulations, such national treasure-level cultural relics will no longer be allowed to leave the country in the future, and can only be circulated within the country in the future.
Therefore, the choice of most buyers is to store these auctioned collections in overseas auction houses, and are unwilling to bring them back to China. The purpose is self-evident, which is to be able to use them more in the future. High prices circulate overseas.
Zhou Zhi brought these national treasures home, which made Mr. Wang and Mr. Qi feel that this child was really promising. As a reward, his experience and qualifications were almost enough, so they got him two certificates.
However, the suspicion caused by these two certificates is even more serious. The customs does not believe that the two top museums in the country have such young cultural relics consultants!
Fortunately, it is easy to communicate on the phone now, and Zhou Zhi did not look panicked. He followed the person into the inquiry room honestly and answered all questions. After some negotiation, he realized that Zhou Zhi was indeed here because of a national-level mission. I came to Beijing in a hurry, so the reporting procedures were not neatly arranged.
Now that things have come to light, the airport simply upgraded him and sent two police officers to accompany him in the VIP room until he was put on the plane.
After getting off the plane, I did not take the shuttle bus out of the station, because Shudu Customs had notified the capital, and the police were also directly dispatched here. Zhou Zhi was sent to the police car as soon as he got off the bus, and the siren sounded long all the way. , sent him and his belongings to the National Museum.
Mr. Wang and Mr. Qi are already waiting here. In addition to these two, there are also several old men surrounding them, with a group behind them.
The reason why such a big battle is used is because this child's previous results were really good, and until now, he has never had any mistakes.
Everyone didn't have time to exchange greetings and went straight to work. Surrounded by Zhou Zhi, he dragged a big box into a studio of the National Expo.
Lacquerware, like silk and papermaking, is an original handicraft in China, and even in a long historical period, it is original.
The oldest ramie statue in the world is from the Sui Dynasty, 610 AD.
If Zhou Zhi’s discovery is true, in the seventh year of Tianbao, that is, AD 556, it will replace the Amitabha Buddha collected by the Walters Art Museum and become the world’s earliest existing dry lacquer-laminated statue, pushing it forward to Northern and Southern Dynasties!
When the large aluminum alloy suitcase was opened, what came into view was a silk quilt, which made everyone frown.
But when the statues of the Three Saints of Huayan were taken out one by one and placed on the soft wool felt on the workbench, all eyes were attracted at once.
Zhou Zhi explained embarrassingly: "Because the matter was too urgent, I could only wrap it in a quilt and transport it. Because I was worried about unloading the goods at the airport, I didn't dare to check it in. I even caused some trouble there. Trouble..."
But no one paid attention to him.
"Open your eyes and open the door..." An old man next to Mr. Wang was so excited that his lips trembled. In the eyes of these big guys, whether something is true or false is basically clear at a glance, and he can " The things that confuse them with falsehoods are actually mostly legends and novels. Over the years, only one Gao Huowang has succeeded in making pottery figurines.
In fact, it is not really a success, because the civil servant warrior figurines of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which were popular, had flaws discovered by Zhou Zhi. There are many such stories in the calligraphy and painting industry, but even a famous artist like Zhang Daqian could deceive Chen Banding, but he could not deceive Zheng Zhuyou.
Good things speak for themselves, especially when it comes to top-notch government-made craftsmanship.
This set of the Three Saints of Huayan is like this. The materials used are low-key and the colors are restrained. The statues are between the styles of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, blending the essence of both.
In the aesthetics of calligraphy, there is often a saying of "the bones of the face and the bones of the willows". Both of them are in line with the aesthetic style of Tang Kai's style of tightening the middle palace and stretching in all directions, but they are different in emphasis.
In terms of sculpture style, the Northern Wei Dynasty is similar to Liu Gongquan, and the Northern Qi Dynasty is similar to Yan Zhenqing.
The three current statues can be seen to have the beauty of an excessive style. Most of the bodies and faces were modeled in the "new style" of the Northern Qi Dynasty at that time, while the clothing, expressions and inner spirits of the figures were more reserved. The "ancient style" of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
The styles of both are very distinct, but they are not abrupt when blended together. The reason lies in the extremely superb craftsmanship of the statue maker.
In addition to the ramie-clipping process itself, various carving techniques such as bas-relief, openwork, and round carving are also used on the Buddha statues. A push knife is used to create a close-fitting tulle effect on the statue. It's absolutely wonderful.
This is the pinnacle of Chinese statues - "Northern Qi style is the most exquisite".
Stone sculptures similar to statues were passed down in Qingzhou and were called "Qingzhou-style". The Longxing Temple statue in the Qingzhou Museum is a typical example.
The statues of Longxing Temple in the Tang Dynasty in central Sichuan in the Shu Museum also have a similar appearance.
However, except for the stone sculptures that are relatively easy to preserve, there are few others such as clay sculptures and dry lacquer with ramie. Due to the difficulty of preservation, very few can be passed down.
Because of the difficulty of post-processing, it is difficult for metal sculptures to achieve such high-level artistic achievements.
“Really returning to nature, this should be the highest level of dry lacquer and ramie sculptures, right?” Mr. Wang asked the extremely excited old man just now.
"It is indeed number one." The old man nodded repeatedly: "Although the statues of Northern Qi are known as the highest peak in history, they also started to decline at that time."
"In the late Gaoyang period, the ruling class began to be extravagant and extravagant, ignoring the livelihood of the people. The statues also declined from exquisite craftsmanship to complicated carvings; the modeling also gradually changed from focusing on the tranquility and tranquility of spiritual connotation to vulgarity and rigidity; the body shaping also changed from uniformity and optimization. Beauty, turned into bloated and dull.”
“These three statues completely abandon vulgar means such as decoration and paint, and rely entirely on the craftsmen’s superb skills and knife skills to express the spiritual connotation of aesthetics, as you just said. That's right, return to nature Really, the artistic achievement is extremely high."
An old man next to Mr. Qi said: "But considering the craftsmanship level, I don't know that it would take thousands of statues to reach such a level. Why is it not another one? What kind of extravagance? "
These words awakened Zhou Zhi. Before setting off, he praised Yang Min's sagacity and aesthetics. Only now did he realize that Yang Min's sagacity has been proved by history, but sageness It does not equate to simplicity.
Just like Yongzheng likes elegance, Qianlong likes fancy, but the most difficult porcelain to burn is those elegant imitation Song kilns that Yongzheng liked, as well as Langhong, Langlu, and Apple Green that Kangxi created. Such plain porcelain.
The labor, energy, and money spent on these three statues may not be less than those decorated with gold, silver, and gems!
Master Zhang Yuanfu knows best that vegetarian dishes are not necessarily cheaper than meat dishes!
(End of this chapter)