Chinese scholars in the study of essential items, in addition to writing paper inkstone the "scholar's four jewels", and a variety of materials, an auxiliary appliance, called the clearance for. Recently, I was painting predecessor Fu old gentleman, Hongyu building, has seen various of clearance for, have pen and wash, water, armrests, inkstone screen, Bijia ( Ming Dynasty called pen Hill). Fu pointed at a porcelain blue pen Hill said:" this is the best I've ever seen, one of the earliest pen hill, is my wife more British Rorty to me for my birthday. There is a moving story."
Fu is 1986to england. He has been abroad for two purposes: To explore western painting and Western Differences and introduce them to the Chinese culture. As the British Royal Buckingham Palace Gallery sign painter, where he does art exhibition, to display different time, all kinds of material and form the "scholar's four jewels" and antiques, used to display the Chinese literati painters in literature and art taste.
Fu now Collectible collection includes antiques, basically in the UK get. He told me, London is the major international cultural market, downtown has had white road cultural market, store up to more than 2000, have everything that one expects to find the world culture. Combined with the cultural exchange, auction, antique shops, attracting national Taobao, also attracting Fu, Dorot couple. Dorot is a professor at University of London, Chinese traditional culture enthusiasm for art lovers. She is the first time, Fu introduced into mainstream society, to help him overcome the language barrier, became his obligation agent. Almost every Saturday, she with her husband shopping market of cultural relics.
One day in 1995, they went to the market of cultural relics. Suddenly, many Rorty her husband called to a shop front, said:" this piece of porcelain pen is good stuff, you see is a Qing Dynasty?" Fu in China, served as director of Shanghai Museum storage, handling many relics, appreciative. According to him a color and white color of fetus, fetal bone bottom flint red linen and bottom, as well as decorative elements, that is in the middle of Ming Dynasty. After he is discussed, finally the pen hill with1900preferential price of the transaction, all to Lottie.
In 2001Dorot had the misfortune to detect breast cancer, physical deterioration, to 2009has been unable to go downstairs. On June 15th of that year, Fu out to buy her fruit home, downstairs in his studio to see this pen hill, she has been forced off the floor. Her husband called upstairs said:" today is your birthday, pen hill as my birthday gift. Your root in our own country, still put up collections back to your home countries, allowing them to play a greater role in." Hear Fu bursts sad, this is her last words. Soon, many Rorty died.
Now, Fu with collections have returned to the motherland, finishing the collection became his major works in recent years. He said:" they are not mine, nor my descendants, but belongs to the whole nation the whole society, is the ancestral heritage." Here, he excited two out of the strange light.