The painting is on silk, with light colors. The length is about 120 cm and the width is less than 70 cm.
The exterior decoration is excellent, and the sky and earth poles are made of small-leaf red sandalwood.
The shaft head is made of gilt jadeite.
It can be said that all available decorations have been used. If we want to add more decorations, we can only inlay diamonds on the sky pole and ground pole.
After the scroll is unfolded, it is completely different from the exquisite decoration on the outside. The painting silk is in average or even poor condition.
The center of the painting has turned yellow and black, and has a few cracks.
After touching it lightly, Shen Yu realized that the painting silk no longer had any toughness. If he accidentally folded it in half, he might break it in the middle.
The corners of the painting are badly bitten by insects and rats. If you want to really collect the painting or hang it on the wall, you must frame it properly.
The content of the painting is very simple. There are only two ancient people in the close shot, sitting opposite each other and chatting under a giant pine tree.
If we have to find some differences, it is that one person is sitting on a chair and the other person is sitting on a stone, which gives people a more or less informal feeling.
Not far behind the two men stood a young waiter holding a drink. The waiter looked tired and even a little drowsy.
In addition, the dangerous mountains, giant peaks are vast and thick, and the flowing springs and green pines are dense and dense.
At first glance, the whole painting seems to have the rhyme of the plum blossom Taoist Wu Zhen, one of the four masters of the Yuan Dynasty, and the four kings of the early Qing Dynasty.
What surprised Shen Yu was that this painting actually had a title, and the five-character regular script "Picture of Gao Shi in the Pine Forest" was written on the scroll.
There are many seals, hundreds of them.
Some of them only appear in the works of some famous calligraphy and painting artists.
The most eye-catching thing is the seven seals of Xuanhe made by Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. There is not a single one missing, including the gourd seal of "Yushu", the round seal of "Double Dragon", the continuous seal of "Xuanhe", the continuous seal of "Zhenghe", and the seal of "Xuanhe". "Seal, "Daguan" square seal, "Seal of Neifu Books".
Then there is "Siwuxiezhai" (Su Shi) Zhu Wenyin.
This was the first time that Shen Yu saw Su Shi's seal on a calligraphy and painting. He had only heard of its name before, so he couldn't help but look at it a few more times, but he couldn't tell whether the seal was real or fake.
Below are two seals collected by Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty: the "Qian Gua" round seal and the "Xishizang" seal.
Further down are the seven Mingchang seals of Jin Zhangzong: "Secret House" gourd seal, "Mingchang" seal, "Mingchang Baowan" seal, "Yufu Baohua" seal, "Inner Hall Treasures" seal, and "Qunyu" seal. , "Mingchang Preview" seal.
The rest are also famous collectors, such as Xiang Yuanbian, a great collector in the Ming Dynasty, "Tian Lai Pavilion" Zhu Wen Yin, "Zijing Gourd Seal", and "Li Xiangshi Shijia Baowan".
They are also the "Private Seal of Yuan Shu" of Yuan Shu, a great collector in the Ming Dynasty, "Book Collection of Yuan Family in Suiyang" and "Seal of Calligraphy and Painting Collection of Yuan Boying".
What made Shen Yu laugh the most was the "Qianlong Imperial Treasure" seal, the "Shiqu Baoji" seal, the "Sanxitang Jingjian Seal" seal, the "Qianlong Appreciation" seal, and the "Yi Descendants" seal. Because of these five Qianlong seals, There is no place to cover it, and it touches a small corner at the end of the painting. If you don’t look carefully, you can’t see it at all.
It can be said that the entire blank space of the painting is covered with seals of all sizes. Even the non-blank spaces, such as the wine bottle held by the attendant, are also covered with seals, just like the painting is covered with seals. Small advertisement.
Finally, there is a line on the upper left side of the painting, with small characters written in [xing]: "The painting sage Wu Daoxuan painted it in the Mid-Autumn Festival in the fourth year of Jinglong, Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty."
Fatty Li only glanced at it, immediately turned his head, and pretended to be thirsty to drink tea.
Mr. Li also picked up the tea cup and walked to his seat to drink tea slowly.
When Lin Xifeng and Qian Lao came over to look at it seriously, because they knew Zheng Congyuan's financial resources, the ancient paintings he bought would definitely not be cheap.
After all, the chance of getting genuine antiques at high prices is higher. Although I am not in the calligraphy and painting business, it is good to broaden my horizons.
"Mr. Zheng, can you tell me about the origin of this painting? This is very important for my identification." Shen Yu asked in a serious tone while looking at the painting with a high-power magnifying glass.
Shen Yu could tell at a glance that there was something wrong with the painting, but since it was being appraised, he had to be serious and try his best to find the loopholes in the painting.
During the appraisal process, Shen Yu was very low-key, not as arrogant as some Master Zhangyan who claimed to be older, more experienced, and more powerful when appraising calligraphy and paintings.
Zheng Congyuan is very satisfied with Shen Yu.
He was used to seeing some famous palm-eyed masters being careless when they appraised antiques for him, and they didn't care much about them even after taking the money.
In comparison, Shen Yu was simply several levels higher than those people. At this moment, Zheng Congyuan could be said to have taken a look at Shen Yugao in his heart.
The son of a famous family really deserves his reputation.
In fact, a wealthy businessman of Zheng Congyuan's status has no shortage of money to buy paintings, and it doesn't matter if he takes a look. What he is afraid of is that he will not know the authenticity of the paintings after buying them, mistaking the fakes as genuine, and then being ridiculed by friends in his circle.
That’s why we pay more attention to the authenticity of antiques.
In fact, a small shopkeeper in an antique city would not be able to communicate on an equal footing with a wealthy businessman like Zheng Congyuan on another occasion.
Not to mention that the other party is a bit flattering.
If it weren't for this treasure appraisal meeting, for example, when Shen Yu came to ask Zheng Congyuan for something, he might not even be able to get through the door of his villa.
Because you don’t have an equal status, they can’t afford to waste their precious time with you.
So Shen Yu wanted Zheng Congyuan to owe him a favor.
Sure enough, Zheng Congyuan smiled cheerfully and said: "Of course, I bought this at an antique market when I went to Dongjiang to discuss business.
"That was last month. I was very bored staying in the hotel, so I planned to go shopping at the Sanyuan Street Antique Market.
"Speaking of which, I have been to the four major antique markets in Dongjiang, Qingniu Temple, Xiangguo Temple, and Qingshui Road. However, because Sanyuan Street is far away from the city and very remote, I have never been there.
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"My client couldn't come to see me for a while because someone at home was sick, so I simply asked the driver to take me to the Sanyuan Street Antique Market.
"This trip really opened my eyes. Sanyuan Street Antique Market is the least famous and the most remote among the four major antique markets in Dongjiang, but it is the largest. It is not far behind our Chuzhou Flea Market.
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"I couldn't stop shopping. I bought more than a dozen antiques that I liked in the whole morning. At noon, I didn't go back to the hotel to rest or find a restaurant to eat. I just found a cleaner place in the market.
I had some snacks at the teahouse and prepared to continue shopping in the afternoon.
"As soon as I walked out of the main entrance of the teahouse, I don't know when three baggage stalls were set up at the door. Some sold porcelain, some sold miscellaneous items, and some sold calligraphy, painting and ancient books. The onlookers could be said to be on three floors inside and three outside.
"What I was interested in was not this painting, and the painting at that time was not this Coats painting, but an unknown painting of flowers and birds. The brushwork was very poor and it looked like it was the work of an unknown person.
“What attracted me was a hand-drawn comic strip of Journey to the West in the late Qing Dynasty on the stall, but by chance, most of the comic strip happened to be covered by the painting. I had to slowly lift the paper and pull out the Journey to the West comic strip.
"As soon as I touched the drawing paper, my heart moved, because it felt that the drawing paper for this painting was much thicker than ordinary calligraphy and painting. I felt something was wrong at that time. How could it mean that there was a painting hidden in the painting?
"After asking about the price, they asked for 200,000 yuan. I finally negotiated 60,000 yuan and bought it.
"When I got back to the hotel, I couldn't wait to uncover the painting. The hidden painting inside was Wu Daozi's "Picture of a Master in the Pine Forest", so I asked Brother Shen to identify it for me to see if it was an authentic work by the sage.
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After listening to Zheng Congyuan's words, Shen Yu also made a rough guess.
Co-author: Boss Zheng is being targeted. Ever since he bought more than a dozen antiques, he has been treated as a fat sheep by scammers in the market.
The three stalls at the entrance of the teahouse were probably set up by this group of people specifically for Zheng Congyuan.
If nothing else goes wrong, everyone watching is just asking for help.
Antique swindlers generally set up their traps seamlessly, and there is a lot of emphasis on the placement of porcelain, miscellaneous items, calligraphy and painting, ancient books, and how much of the items are exposed.
Unless you don’t watch it!
Unless you don’t understand!
As long as you understand antiques and read them, even if you don't see the secret of "a hidden painting within a painting" of this ancient painting, there will be other objects that can make you excited or even salivate to attract you.
I thought I was picking up leaks, but I have actually fallen into a trap.
Together with greed, you can't even run away!
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