China News Service, Beijing, November 29 (Reporter Song Yusheng) Recently, China Guardian's 2020 autumn auction preview was held in Beijing.
The reporter was informed that Zhu Dunru's "Xiao Suo Tie", the turn of the Song Dynasty, will soon appear in the autumn auction this year.
Zhu Dunru, "Xian Suo Tie".
Photo courtesy of Guardian Auctions
Is expected to exceed 100 million
"This year's Guardian Autumn Auction has 3'high-priced seed contestants', the first is Zhu Dunru's "Xiao Suo Tie"." Hu Yanyan, the director and president of China Guardian, introduced to the media at the press conference.
She estimated that the final sale price of this lot is "hopefully over 100 million yuan."
This post is a letter from Zhu Dunru to his friend "Yi Qian".
According to the official website of the auction house, this calligraphy is only a piece of 34.5×46.2 cm, about 1.4 square feet, and the full text is no more than 100 Chinese characters.
Before the autumn auction preview, China Guardian held two appreciation sessions of Zhu Dunru's "Zi Suo Tie" in Hangzhou and Beijing, and invited industry experts to discuss them.
At that time, Deng Zimian, a professor at Jiangsu Second Normal University, introduced that during the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhu Dunru had a certain position in the literary world. At that time, he had a certain influence in poetry and ci. Although he was recommended by ministers many times, he also had many positions. Refusal to be an official again.
This person went through the destruction of the Northern Song Dynasty in the Jingkang period, and became an official in the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty after escaping from the south.
Zhu Dunru, "Xian Suo Tie".
Screenshot of Guardian Auction Official Website
Very few survived
Gu Xinyi, associate professor of the Chinese Department of Peking University, believes that Zhu Dunru has many talents in poetry, ci, calligraphy and painting.
However, a large number of his poems were scattered and lost, and people commented that "its words are like his poems, and his poems are like his people".
In terms of calligraphy, Yin Guanghua, chief art consultant and appraiser of China Guardian, introduced that Zhu Dunru's small script was once evaluated as "exquisite and mellow" by Zhu Xi.
However, due to the large number of lost works, Zhu Dunru's ink remains very few.
Luan Jingli, general manager of the Guardian Ancient Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Department, said that the current known Zhu Dunru's cursive ink paintings include "Dust Lao Tie" from the Palace Museum in Taipei, Zhu Dunru's inscription after Mi Youren's "Xiaoxiang Picture Volume" in Shanghai Museum, and one It is the newly released "Xin Suo Tie".
In addition, the Tokyo National Museum has a postscript inscribed by Zhu Dunru after the rubbing of Dingwu Lanting, which is the only surviving lower case.
It is worth mentioning that in the Republic of China, "Xi Suo Tie" was collected by the connoisseur Zhang Heng.
According to the official website of the auction house, Zhang Heng once called "Xin Suo Tie" "more refined than previous posts" in his notes.
The "qiantie" mentioned here is Zhu Dunru's "Chen Lao Tie".
It is reported that "Xian Suo Tie" will be released in the China Guardian 2020 Autumn Auction "Grand View-Ancient Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Treasures Night" on December 1. According to the auction house, Fu Baoshi's "Dadi Thatched Cottage" and Bada Shanren's "Landscape Flower and Bird Calligraphy Album", which will also appear in this autumn auction, are also expected to be sold at high prices. (Finish)