University professor selling a house for collecting furniture

Liu Xianbo, a professor at the School of Art and Design, Hubei University of Technology, has built a Ming and Qing furniture studio called "Muyan Tang" in recent years. In addition to researching and caring for furniture, he also used it as a "podium" for educating students. Broaden students' artistic horizons.

The antique studio is on the 3rd floor of a building in Hankou. As you enter the gate, you will see a set of antique carved partition fans, decorated with carved sculptures based on the story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Bixian. On the left side of the door is a pair of early Qing Dynasty sea water dragon-shaped top cabinets. The four-clawed dragons facing each other are flying fast and full of tension. Into the door, which is simply an ancient furniture world: sub-cabinet, table stools, chairs, beds ...... all antique. Even the chairs the reporters sat in were all "baby", Liu Xianbo said: "This chair is also Huang Huali, whose scientific name is 'Four Pieces of Unification Stele Backrest Chair', that is, four sets, such a clear Furniture is very rare, so the value of these four chairs is inestimable. "

In this study room with furniture of millions and tens of millions in value, the reporter felt very "uneasy."

Incomparably praise "Ming style furniture"

Liu Xianbo graduated from Hubei University of Technology in 1990. During college, he started playing with porcelain and miscellaneous pieces.

In the early 1990s, he began to deal with furniture. "Since ancient times, porcelain, painting and calligraphy have always been major collection items. At this stage, it is very difficult to form a system, and they are not easy to keep. For example, porcelain, it is easy to bruise. However, China and the world have not yet understood Chinese furniture. In the past 100 years, collecting and researching furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties will easily form a complete system. "

Liu Xianbo focused on collecting and researching Ming-style furniture. In his view, Ming-style furniture is the pinnacle of Chinese furniture. "Like Qi Baishi's freehand style painting, it has reached the extreme, almost no one can surpass it, even if it reaches a certain level, it is regarded as absorbing his nutrients."

Sell ​​a house for furniture

Collecting furniture requires a certain amount of economic strength, and the income of being a teacher alone is not enough. Liu Xianbo said: "In the early 1990s, collection culture was not popular at that time. People's knowledge of Ming and Qing furniture was particularly limited. In some places, they are just daily necessities. They are sold as waste products and the purchase price is quite cheap. The design work was also a lot of income at that time. "Liu Xianbo won the gold medal of the design category of the 33rd International Beekeeping Conference with the special stamp design" Bee "in 1993. There has been no small impact.

Of course, there are also times when the capital cannot be turned around. In order to move the fancy "baby" back in time, Liu Xianbo even sold his house in order to change a set of furniture. This move is too crazy for ordinary people. But he has his own opinion: "Collection first depends on fate, secondly, it has eyesight, and thirdly it is a question of basic strength. When he encounters something he likes, he always finds a way to change it back. At that time, people rated him as" crazy " "But now he even praises him for his" vision, good eyesight ".

Nowadays, many people are fond of Liu Xianbo's collection and want to buy it. He is very cautious about this: "These things are like my unmarried daughter. For ordinary people, I can't bear it to be" married ", but I have to transfer it. It depends on whether he really loves my 'daughter'. "

Precious furniture used as teaching aids

Liu Xianbo teaches at the School of Art and Design, Hubei University of Technology. He lectures on the "Decorative Art Quality and Appreciation" and other courses, mainly for undergraduates and graduate students, supplemented by lectures on a variety of related topics.

Unlike ordinary teachers, Liu Xianbo always brings his own collections to the classroom, using physical appreciation to arouse students' interest in art and let students experience the charm of art quality.

"If you talk about the composition, conception, craftsmanship, material, etc. of a thing, you can say it better, and it is better to direct it to the hearts of the people by appreciating a genuine product." Liu Xianbo said.

He often takes students to classes in the studio. "I just want to improve the aesthetics of the students who study decoration through my decades of collecting experience. In addition, it also plays a role in sowing among students. If 50 students, 5 students can because of my class, It is also a very good thing to recognize the essence of traditional craftsmanship and enhance the personal quality of the individual. "(Intern Editor Li Tian)

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