2008/08/31

Sun Yng-Jou and ancient ceramics

Sun Yng-Jou (1893 -1966), Hebei Province, came to Beijing in 1906, in Long Fusi triple the hardwood furniture shop to do the apprenticeship, and later to bear in mind antique shop dispensers Ming Ma Xuan when the waiter. 1920, in East four ceremonial arches Shu-hua vegetarian antique shop, this antique gift shop started antiques business and red sandalwood, rosewood furniture and miscellaneous some old stuff, the 1930s at the end of the early 1940s, Sun Shilaiyunzhuan Yng-Jou, and the people of Shanghai Shanghai cooperation will be transported to Beijing antique "channeling," (that is, the trade transactions) made money. This opened the road after the dry years, not only of money, also tempered his eyesight, can be identified Mingyao the history of porcelain and bronze, and so on. Sun Yng-Jou from the antique sector站住the legs, Beijing Shu-hua vegetarian expanded business, and returned to Beijing after the identification and business partners who do GUANYAO Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty porcelain and pottery, and other business. After the liberation of the joint venture prior to 1956, Sun Shu-hua in Yng-Jou vegetarian operators of 36 antique business, so inventory is more, in addition to porcelain, bronze ware, there are a lot of rhino horn cup, and other artifacts. Mr. Sun Yingzhou their惨淡经营, the accumulation of years of collections more than 3,000 pieces of cultural relics generously donated to the National Palace Museum, enrich the hospital's heritage collection. There is only one of these ceramics as many as 2000, the Ming Dynasty Chenghua Doo Choi San-Qiu porcelain cups, and other 25 were classified as a heritage. He donated the porcelain is not only a large number, variety and quality are very refined, by the Central People's Government Award, the National Palace Museum, was appointed as the consultant, after the fourth member of the CPPCC National Committee.
Mr. Sun to work after the National Palace Museum, in the face of tens of thousands of ceramic collections, make every effort to display their talents. He led the staff of the National Palace of the ceramic by a re-appraisal, and to assist in the rescue of the National Palace Museum for the state acquisition of a large number of heritage treasures, he also helped some of the domestic identification of ancient ceramics, and other museums. Work, his life simple, amiable, but also concerned about young people's level of expertise, to teach young people the identification of ancient ceramics experience. Sunlao be true-that the disciples have been distributed throughout the country, now become the most ancient ceramics identification experts in the fields of academics, this one including the identification of the famous ancient ceramic experts, a researcher at the National Palace Museum, Geng Baochang.
Sun Yng-Jou in the "heritage" and other important publications published "On the Columbia Ru Kiln", "Chenghua GUANYAO Caici Identification," "I blue and white early on the preliminary views of raw materials," "porcelain wrongs, for example," porcelain study , More than identification papers, especially at that time that some of the conclusions of the identification, to the modern study of ancient ceramics identification of people who can still be applied.
Very regrettable is that in the long-renowned ancient ceramics identification home seize the opportunity and finishing on identification of knowledge, the Cultural Revolution began, he has been the impact of the campaign, Mr. age,力不从心, by the injustice Treatment, and by stimulating the death. To this end, so that future generations那篇commendable, "the Yuan, Ming and Qing porcelain identification" will have to stop, and this may be Mr. Sun is the biggest regret in life of the bar.
To commemorate Mr. Sun in heritage collection, research and identification of the contribution made by the President in the 110th birth anniversary of the August 21, 2003 the National Palace Museum hosted the "Sun donated Yng-Jou Ceramic Exhibition", selected from the more than 160 pieces of cultural relics, Appreciation for people to learn, and also edited and published the "Sun of the ceramic Yng-Jou World" catalogue, for research and ancient ceramics collection lovers learning.

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