Chapter 118 Zigang Brand
"Muet-fat jade is actually nothing. This jade brand is the Zigang brand. It is rare to find but not to be found." Lin Yuan said.
That's it, he asked the old man to keep it, not selling it.
"Zigang card?"
The old uncle frowned. He seemed to have heard of it, but he wasn't impressed and couldn't remember it very well.
"Lu Zigang, a master of jade carving in the Ming Dynasty, heard of it?" Lin Yuan asked Lao.
In this way, Lao Yan immediately remembered.
"I heard that he is a very good jade carver. Is this his work?"
The Ming Dynasty reached an unprecedented heyday in all aspects of politics, economy, and culture in the history of my country's feudal society. The jade carving industry also enjoyed unprecedented prosperity during this period. A group of jade carving masters, represented by Lu Zigang, emerged.
Lu Zigang was a native of Taicang, Jiangsu Province. He studied art in Suzhou since he was a child and eventually became a master of jade carving. He was especially good at the technique of flat surface reduction, which is a jargon, and in layman's terms is bas-relief carving.
Most of the jade works he made imitated the Han Dynasty and adopted the method from the Song Dynasty. They are quite ancient and form the artistic characteristics of empty, floating and delicate.
The so-called emptiness means that the virtual and the real contrast with each other, and the density is appropriate, so that people do not feel cumbersome and have a sense of spiritual emptiness; floating means that the lines are vivid and smooth, so that people do not feel dull but have a sense of elegance; fine means that the workmanship is meticulous, The exquisite design makes people feel not rough but ingenious.
Most Zigang tablets are rectangular, and their length and width are very particular. They should be made according to the golden ratio. They are moderate in size, square and round, exquisite knife work, tall and straight fonts, flat and smooth ground, and not only square inches, but also square inches. It fully shows the beauty of jade quality and the essence of jade craftsmanship.
It is said that Lu Zigang's unique work should be attributed to his unique knife "Kunwu", but this "Kunwu knife" never shows people, and the skills of fucking swords are secret.
"Look here, it should be the money left by Lu Zigang. It's most likely correct." Lin Yuan pointed to an inconspicuous place and said.
The old uncle took out a magnifying glass and took a look, and sure enough he found the word "Zigang" on it.
With the "walking rivers and lakes" with the nephew, the old man is also equipped with professional equipment such as a magnifying glass, so as not to think that he is layman. Of course, he is indeed a layman.
Lu Zigang's name is clear, the jade carving world is clear.
Rumor has it that Lu Zigang also died here.
The emperor loved his work but did not allow him to sign it. Once he carved the word "Zigang" on the secret part of the animal's ear, but the emperor still discovered it, which angered Long Yan and had his head cut off.
Zigang jade carvings have changed the jade gangsters and tacky, with exquisite jade materials and superb jade carving techniques, incorporating the art of seal, calligraphy, and painting into the art of jade carving, and raising Chinese jade carving craftsmanship to a new artistic realm.
The real Lu Zigang's works are mainly collected in the Forbidden City and museums around the places, and the people are rare. Most of them are the real Zigang cards, but most of them are imitation of the Ming and Qing descendants.
"It is not necessarily the real Zigang brand. I heard that the subsequent generation of the Zigang brand is more imitated." Lao Xun reminded Lin Yuan.
What he said is true.
By the time of Qianlong's reign, "Zigang" was no longer a personal name, but evolved into a brand.
Later generations of Oka's works emerged one after another, which has a lot to do with it becoming a store brand and being passed down from generation to generation. It can be seen that the Zigang jade wares are divided into works from different eras such as the Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty, modern times, and contemporary times.
"That's it, I asked Uncle De." Lin Yuan didn't argue with his uncle.
Even though he knew it was the real Zigang card, the treasure hunter couldn't go wrong. In the Ming Dynasty, the Zigang brand pendants were slightly thicker, mostly rectangular, and the vessels were smaller.
Common shade lines are carved, the yin line is short and powerful, with only a few knives. The picture is clear and clear. There is a narrow frame around the surrounding area, or it is only decorated with the yin line, or there are cloud -thunder patterns around.
Most of the literati landscapes or poets, and the style mostly imitates landscape paintings such as Shen Zhou and Wen Huiming, which was popular at the time, and engraved poetic seals on the other side, elegant and refined.
The first one on the jade brand is mostly hollow, with the double dragon drama beads, Ruyi, and the patterns such as flowers, bats, Swiss beasts, 磬 and other patterns.
In addition, some of the Ming Dynasty jade cards also adopt a new carving technology, that is, grinding the verses and places outside the jade card into sand -shaped, rough and rough, such as "grinding ground" or "grinding ground" or "Mao bottom".
This kind of innovation should also be from the hands of Lu Zigang. It is another expression of the jade people in the Ming Dynasty. It highlights the superficial theme through the thickness of the foundation.
In the Qing Dynasty, the number of Zigang tablets increased, the shapes were diverse, and the materials used were more sophisticated, mainly Hetian white jade and green white jade. The patterns were also more meticulous and regular, and they strived for excellence. The wings, wings, and whiskers of flies and insects were all clearly visible. Lifelike.
The most outstanding jade tablets of the Qing Dynasty are the works of the mid-Qing Dynasty. They are of excellent workmanship and materials. Later generations call them "Qianlong work".
As soon as Lin Yuan's dialect fell, the old uncle had already acted, and took a set of close -up photos of Zigangpai, which was sent to Uncle De and Boss Lei.
Uncle De was sitting in the shop, feeling numb.
Have you ever finished picking up leaks?
He saw it very carefully. He was not easy to say whether he was the real Zigang brand, but it was definitely the object of the Ming Dynasty, and the value was very high!
There is no mistake in every song, one post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, take a look!
He has an important customer who has been looking for the real Zigang brand.
"Uncle De said that this must be from the Ming Dynasty, but he is not sure it is the work of Lu Zigang. Now that he is coming to join us, I guess this brand must be valuable." The old uncle said happily.
At the same time, he was a little surprised. In the eyes of the old uncle, Uncle De was from the old otaku and rarely went out.
Let him go out, showing that he attaches great importance to this Zigang brand.
Lin Yuan rolled his eyes: "In ancient times, Zigang cards were very valuable."
Isn't this nonsense?
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, "Taicang Prefecture" contains: "Fan jade sand crushing, 50 years ago, the state people had Lu Zigang, carved with knives, and then they were good at today. Fifty or 60 Gold "
In other words, in the Ming Dynasty, as long as it was crafted by Lu Zigang, the value of a jade pupa was 50 or 60 gold, let alone Lu Zigang's classic representative works -Zigang brand.
The brand in front of you, the brand carved ganoderma lines, the front edges are dwarfed, the frame is shallowly carved out of the border, the square opens is surrounded, and the rafting picture is reduced on the relief of the high -scholars in the open light.
On the other side, the poems are carved in the light reduction in the light: "At the beginning of the rain, the spring is spring, and the green rivers are sitting like a happy boat.
Below the poem, the word "Zigang" is engraved.
The old man put it away.
Still the nephew to him!
If he had known that this guy was so talented at appraising antiques, he should have picked him up earlier, maybe he would have become a billionaire.
(End of this chapter)