國之重寶 　The Pride of China

放大圖片

　竹枝圖卷(Ink Bamboo)

水墨紙本手卷(Handscroll, ink on paper)

元 倪瓚(Ni Zan,1301 – 1374, Yuan dynasty)

　倪瓚被譽為「元四家」之一，擅畫山水。此圖應是倪瓚為贈友人陳惟允及陳惟寅弟兄而畫的。畫中繪一修竹從左向右伸展，主榦雖然幼細，但用筆挺拔有力，枝葉鋪排疏密有致，用筆洋洋灑灑，率意自然。倪瓚曾自稱：「余之竹聊寫胸中逸氣耳！」可見他所追求的並不是物象的形似，而是畫中所能表達的意境，及藉著繪畫能抒發意趣以自娛。

　此圖卷曾經由明代項元汴、清代梁清標、安岐等收藏，後入清內府，曾被溥儀偷攜出宮，一度成為王南屏之收藏，輾轉由故宮於香港重金購回，故又稱為「二進宮」的作品。

　Intended as a gift for Ni Zan's friends the brothers Chen Weiyun and Chen Weiyin, the painting consists in a section of a bamboo extending diagonally from left to right. Slender as it is, the main stem is sturdy and unyielding while the leaves cluster sporadically. A prominent landscape master, Ni has his own theories about the representation of bamboos. What he was after was not formal likeness but the association of the image so that the painting can be turned into a vehicle for conveying his feelings. 　■資料：香港藝術館