The Red Face of the Cui Curtain - Sikha Sitting in Oblivion

Paintings featured

• Blending of brushstrokes and writing: the characters and the near scene are outlined by the Song Dynasty brushstrokes technique, and the dress patterns are perfectly visible; the landscape in the background is rendered in small writing, and the texture of the rocks and mountains is chapped with thick and light ink, forming the visual rhythm of "writing in the midst of work".
• Philosophy of color: the main body of the red dress with cinnabar superimposed on the rouge halo, symbolizing the warmth of life force; the background of the lime green landscape along the "Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" mineral color system, through the "stone green - ochre" gradient transition, implying the "yin and yang" traditional aesthetics. The traditional aesthetics of "yin and yang" is alluded to.
• Narrative of light and shadow: the setting sun is thinly painted with mud and gold mixed with andrographis, forming a "light leakage" effect in the clouds, and the ground reflections are colored with clam powder, making the picture contain a sense of flow of time in the quietness.

Details

Detail depiction

1. Character craftsmanship:
   • The woman's jacket adopts the "over-the-shoulder eight treasures pattern", with 0.2mm gold foil embedded in the center of each lotus flower, the edge of the bodice simulates the texture of Suzhou embroidery by the "caviar chafing" technique, and the cuff of the sleeve conceals the diamond lattice pattern of Dunhuang alga wells, which means "heaven and earth are square and round". The sleeves conceal the diamond lattice pattern of Dunhuang wells, symbolizing "the circles of heaven and earth".
   • The hair bun is a late Tang Dynasty "swan bun", and the pearl strings hanging down from the head of the hairpin are arranged in "seven bright and nine dark" to simulate the real light and shadow refraction, which can be viewed at a specific angle to see the effect of its flow of light.
2. Secret Landscape:
   • Nearby pines and cypresses to "pine needles eighteen style" brushwork, each group of needles were "Pin" shape interlaced, trunk chapped drawing on Guo Xi "Early Spring" scrolling clouds chapped.
   • Swimming fish in the stream using the "boneless method", only the ink color to distinguish between near and far, the nearest a carp eye-catching strokes using inlays of inlaid shellfish debris, in the dark environment can still be colorful.

Artistic Value

• Technique living fossil: restoration of the Tang Dynasty "grass and wood dyeing" color production process, skirt red extracted from the root of the cress after three years of fermentation in the cellar, the green of the mountain body is malachite by the ancient method of "water flying method" grinding, color fastness to the international museum standard (ISO 105-B02:2014).
• Cultural DNA: The prototype of the "crescent moon stool" held by the woman is taken from the frescoes of Cave 217 of Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, and the shape of the legs of the stool, "Quarter Door", has formed a cross-temporal dialog with the "Summer in Sophora Shade" of the Southern Song Dynasty, which provides pictorial evidence for the study of the history of furniture. Image evidence for the study of the history of furniture.

Suitable scene

• Space design:
  • Modern new Chinese living room: with black titanium steel fine frame, forming a contrast with light gray wall, the recommended hanging height is 1.6 meters above the ground at the center point of the painting (Asian average horizon).
  • Culture Club: Customized LED backlight display cabinet with color temperature adjusted to 4000K, so that the mineral pigment presents the best color rendering index (CRI≥95).
• Atmosphere addition: incense burning is recommended to use "goose pear tent incense" compound, its sweet warm wood tone and the painting of autumn and sunset mood compatible, avoid the use of floral scent to destroy the picture of white flavor.

Purchase

1. Care Secrets:
   • Anti-moisture: Use Japanese washi paper "breathing" mounting box, built-in diatomaceous earth humidity regulating layer, can stabilize the relative humidity at 50±5%.
   • Antioxidant: three days after the annual hibiscus need to use sable brushes to sweep the picture, the use of stable humidity in the spring to bring away from the accumulation of dust, prohibit any chemical cleaners.

Collector's significance

This work is like a carved window through the millennium, not only can we observe the extreme craftsmanship of traditional brushwork, but also realize the oriental philosophy of "the unity of heaven and mankind", which is the double bearing of aesthetic value and historical thickness.