How good is Ma Weidu’s teacher Wang Shixiang’s vision? A red sandalwood case worth tens of millions, you can get it for RMB 80
The antique market is a gold mining treasure, but in many cases it is more difficult and risky than panning for gold in a mine. This requires gold diggers to be extraordinary. People without vision can only buy a fake home after spending tens or hundreds of millions, while people with vision can spend tens or hundreds of dollars to move a "national treasure" home. In the world of collecting Ma Weidu is a very discerning person.
Ma Weidu was once an ordinary educated youth. He went to the countryside, joined a team and worked as a machine tool worker for several years. Later, he became famous in the literary and art circles with the novel "The Moon Is Full Tonight" and joined the "China Youth Daily". He gradually came into contact with antique collecting. By the 1990s, Ma Weidu's family had thousands of precious items in his collection. .
After Ma Weidu became famous, someone once asked him: Who is the person you admire most in your life? Without even thinking about it, Ma Weidu opened his mouth and said: "My teacher Wang Shixiang?" In fact, Ma Weidu's success is indeed inseparable from the master who guided him behind the scenes. This person is Wang Shixiang.
Wang Shixiang was born in Beijing in 1914. His family was not simple. His grandfather Wang Rendong was the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and his uncle Wang Renkan was the number one scholar in the late Qing Dynasty. His father is the Secretary-General of the Beiyang Government, his mother is a famous modern flower-and-bird painter, and his uncle, second uncle, and fourth uncle are all skilled artists.
Think about it, can children who grow up in this kind of family environment be associated with vulgar words? Although Wang Shixiang is also playful, the things he plays are much more interesting and fashionable than the things ordinary people play.
Wang Shixiang liked to play with eagles when he was a boy. In order to survive the eagle, Wang Shixiang did not sleep for 5 days, and finally subdued a ferocious eagle. He does many things with a "playful" mentality. Although his starting point is not good, he can often get things done in the end.
Because of this, Wang Shixiang has been involved in a wide range of research, including calligraphy and painting, sculpture, cooking, architecture, music and dance, memory notes, entertainment, food, articles, lacquerware, bamboo carvings, etc., and can be rated as one of the top. There are poets, calligraphers, falconers, cooks, gourmets, art historians, cultural relic appraisers, folklorists, etc.
The most important thing to mention is Wang Shixiang's contribution to the protection and collection of cultural relics. After taking off his hat as "Lao You" in 1962, Wang Shixiang was transferred back to work in the Cultural Relics Bureau. He used everything In his spare time, he persisted in researching cultural relics and wrote the book "Explanation of Paintings and Decorations".
The book contains a collection of Ming-style furniture objects, techniques, and documentary materials, as well as a collection and compilation of craftsmanship materials from the Qing Dynasty. Helped the Palace Museum recover more than 2,000 cultural relics, the most famous of which was a red sandalwood case.