The founder of the Jinling faction is Qi Cheng, Qi Cheng and Zi Zhong Qian. He was born in Wanli for ten years (1582). His main activities were from the Wanli to the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty. His carved bamboo is usually a bas-relief, and sometimes it is also carved. High-relief works. But his favorite is to use the roots of the bamboo roots, according to the natural shape and characteristics of bamboo, with a simple knife, slightly carved carving, with the shape of the carved, natural into the device. The early Qing scholar Song Yutang in " The record of Zhu Zhongtang's praise from Zhong Kuiqian not only shows that Qi Zhongqian is an engraver artist with great skill and versatility, but also shows his distinctive and unique carved bamboo style.
Because of the different angles of appreciation of the carving techniques, his favorite is the use of a shallow knife-relief technique. Some call it a “water mill.†At that time, he used this technique to engrave the fan, glass, and pen holder. Arms and other artifacts were also used on wood and tooth horns. They were wonderfully loved by the world. Because of the difference in style of production from that of Jiading Zhu’s “high, deep, and transparent†style, he lived in it. In Jinling, bamboo carvings were divided into two groups according to the bamboo carving style: the Jinling School and Jiading School. Qi Zhongqian was also the founder of Jinling School. There were also Fang Jie, Zi Moiping, No. Zhizhi, Zhejiang Huangyan. His poems. Good paintings and calligraphy, best at carving bamboo, known as "square bamboo", is also Jinling faction famous bamboo carving. Fang Jie is best at bamboo arm rest and Takeuchi yellow with Yang Wen shallow relief method for people engrave portraits, facial use trap shallow Relief, the rest of the use of incisive. Because the two methods are perfectly matched, so his stylus was called exquisite.
The bamboo root of the pot is carved into a pine tree shape with a natural dish, and the pine trunk is the main body. The pine branches are coiled into handles and the stems are cut off. The lids of the pots are carved into branches and leaves, and the stacks are scattered and folded, resembling the branches, and they are connected to the main body of the pot. Stealth under the handle Yin Yin "Zhong Qian" 楷 book paragraph. Pot was tan, using deep, shallow relief techniques carved into ideas Qiqiao.
Zhai Zhongqian is the founder of the Jinling School. He likes to use a simple knife method, according to the natural shape and characteristics of bamboo, to carve out a natural tool. This pen holder is one of his representative works, straight-barreled, and the outer wall is a shallow-relief bamboo stick. , carving superb, different.
The arm rests on the front of the mountain with shallow elevations, stream clearing, ancient tree huts, rich layers of composition, and scenes are scattered. The upper left inscription was marked "Bing of the Year of the Clan", and the word "Fang" was sealed.
November 10, 2018