"I said Langjie, what are you doing today if it's either a Shatoosh shawl or a painting by Tang Bohu? Okay, let's change to the next lot."
Old man Xie didn't take a picture of the money tree. He was obviously not in a good mood and broke the silence in the tent with his words.
"Cough...cough, Boss Xie, I have to see something before I say anything. Although this "Picture of Li Duanduan" by Tang Bohu is not the original work of Tang Bohu, the level of imitation is still very good, and it is worth collecting and playing with."
Langjie coughed twice and explained that in fact, he also knew that this so-called "Picture of Li Duanduan" by Tang Bohu was fake and couldn't be fake anymore. Regardless of the painter's skill, from the axis of the scroll, the paper
It can be seen that it is definitely not as old as the Qing Dynasty, and it is probably an imitation of the Republic of China period.
It's just that this painting was delivered together with the money tree. The seller wanted to package it for sale. The two items together cost 20,000 yuan. The discount of this painting was 5,000 yuan, but the seller couldn't explain its origin clearly. It seemed that
It didn't come from the tomb, but it came from someone's house when that person's men were stealing.
In Langjie's eyes, this painting is only worth a thousand or eight hundred yuan, but since he has already paid for it, he might as well put it up and take a photo. If there is a bully here who bids the price, then the money will be in vain.
No.
After hearing what Lang Jie said, the old man who came with Mr.
He shook his head and walked back.
"Tang Bohu's "Li Duanduan Picture", the starting price is 3,000 yuan, you can come and take a look. The picture of beautiful ladies is still very good to hang at home. Maybe you don't know that Li Duanduan is the person in Tang Bohu's Dian Qiuxiang
, Qiuxiang’s prototype character can be said to be well-founded and inherited in an orderly manner.”
Seeing that no one was interested in the painting, Langjie was very confused and lowered the purchase price by 2,000 yuan, shouted out the starting price, and explained the allusion of the painting, hoping that Boss Ma would be more generous.
Once, take this painting away.
However, the fat man seemed not to have heard what Lang Jie said. He was just teasing with the charming girl next to him and did not answer Lang Jie's words at all.
"It's true that "Li Duanduan Picture" was painted by Tang Bohu, and it's inherited in an orderly manner. However, this painting has been kept in the Forbidden City since the fall of the Qing Dynasty. Later, I don't know whether it was brought to Manchuria by Puyi or was
Those old people and young people were taken abroad. They have not been seen for so many years and have become a mystery. There is a picture in the Nanjing Museum, but it is said to be a fake imitated by later generations. It is very controversial. This Langjie is also real.
You actually use such a thing to fool people." There was a conversation next to Zhuang Rui.
"Uncle Li, you didn't even look at it, how do you know it's fake? What if it's true?"
The young man brought by the middle-aged man named Li asked. Zhuang Rui also had this question in his mind and couldn't help but pricked up his ears and listened carefully.
"Shit, it's true. If it's true, it can be taken to the Beijing or Hong Kong auction houses for auction. As for taking it out in the black market, besides, Langjie is famous for being a thief. If it's true, he
Just sell it for 3,000 yuan? It won’t be more than a few hundred times more.”
Boss Li said with disdain, but he spoke highly of Lang Jie's eyesight.
Even though he said that, Boss Li still stood up and walked to the table to take a look. However, after taking a look, he shook his head and sat back in his chair without saying a word.
Langjie waited for a long time and saw that no one was interested in the painting anymore, so he didn't pay much attention. He originally took it out to fool the fat boss, but now that the painting failed, it was expected, so he spoke
Said: "Since no one is interested in this painting, let's move on to the next auction. The next auction is..."
"Wait a minute, Boss Langjie, let me take a look at this painting. If the imitation is not bad, we can give it a try and take it home and hang it in the house."
Before Lang Jie finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhuang Rui, who then stood up, hugged the little white lion in his arms, and walked towards the square table in the middle of the tent.
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, some of the people in the tent looked sarcastic, while others were dismissive. They probably regarded Zhuang Rui and Liu Chuan as playboys with good backgrounds in their hearts.
"I've already said it's fake. What's the point of this thing? I'd be so scared to wipe my butt after buying it."
Liu Chuan stopped Zhuang Rui and muttered something dirty, which made the people in the tent even more disdainful towards these two people.
Zhuang Rui has now walked to the square table where the "Picture of Li Duanduan" is placed. Others see his expression as usual, as if he really wants to see it. After all, thousands of dollars are not in the eyes of others. This person wants to buy it.
If he went back to hang it at home, he would naturally let him do it. It would only delay the time of auctioning the next item, and everyone's expressions would not look very good.
It's just that no one can see that under Zhuang Rui's calm appearance, his heart is like a rough sea, rolling endlessly. If Zhuang Rui's character had not always been calm, he might have lost his composure just now and was seen by others.
A clue has come.
Zhuang Rui originally had no interest in this painting. After hearing Boss Li's evaluation, he no longer even thought about using his spiritual energy to check. However, the first antique he identified with his spiritual energy was a calligraphy and painting, and he was somewhat confused.
He has some fondness for calligraphy and painting antiques. Just when Langjie was about to put away the scroll, Zhuang Rui casually scanned it with his eyes.
But after taking this look, Zhuang Rui almost fell off his chair. The reason was simply because this painting contained extremely rich aura, which was more aura than any antique he had seen before.
There are many, and Wang Shizhen's manuscript cannot compare with it.
Although Zhuang Rui couldn't figure out the origin of the aura in these objects, but after absorbing the aura before and understanding the origin of those objects, he found that the amount of aura was directly related to the age of these objects, and these auras
The colors are also different.
The color of the aura in the money tree just now was purple. The color of the aura in Zhuang Rui's eyes was the same, the purple was a little red. The color of the aura in Tang Bohu's "Li Duanduan Picture", which was believed to be a fake, was also purple.
The color is just a little lighter, so it must not be as old as the bronze money tree from the Han Dynasty.
Zhuang Rui can still remember the "Lian Sheng" couplet he absorbed in Pengcheng. It seems to be white, while Wang Shizhen's manuscript has some yellow. As for the red sandalwood root carving, it is yellow with purple in color.
They are not the same, but Zhuang Rui currently handles too few antiques, and there is no way to classify them in detail.
But this scroll of Tang Bohu, Zhuang Rui judged by the color of its aura, it should be authentic without a doubt. Although he didn't understand why so many experts in the field were not optimistic about this scroll, Zhuang Rui still chose to believe his eyes.
Only then did he say that he wanted to come up and take a closer look.
Although he didn't pay much attention to the scroll, Langjie's businessman nature still led him to let his men unfold the scroll and let Zhuang Rui take a closer look. However, Zhuang Rui's performance was really amateurish. He neither held a magnifying glass nor a magnifying glass in his hand.
He wasn't wearing gloves, but his hands didn't touch the scroll, and Langjie didn't say anything.
"Young man, it's only a few thousand dollars. Why don't you look at it? Don't make ink here. If you like it, buy it back and read it slowly."
The old man Xie below yelled to Zhuang Rui impatiently. Zhuang Rui didn't say anything, but it made Liu Chuan angry. He immediately stood up and said: "Old guy, don't rely on your old age and act like your old man. I won't eat you."
Let's practice this set if we are not angry. I'm not afraid of others saying that I don't respect the old and love the young."
Liu Chuan's temper was no better than this old man's, and he had tolerated this old man for a long time. He had given him a dirty look as soon as he entered the tent, but now that he heard him arranging Zhuang Rui again, he couldn't help but explode.
As the saying goes, those who are bold are afraid of being stunned, and those who are stunned are afraid of losing their lives. Although old man Xie was very bold, he did not dare to speak when he met Liu Chuan, a stupid young man. He said "hum" and stopped talking.
"Dachuan, please say a few words. This old man said the same thing. Things worth thousands of dollars are not worth ink. Boss Langjie, just say thank you to the boss. I want this painting. You can put it away for me."
"
Zhuang Rui's behavior at this time was as if he was embarrassed by old man Xie. He didn't look carefully at all. He went up and took a quick look and decided to buy it. When Langjie saw what happened just now, he didn't want to think too much.
He quickly put the painting away, and a fishing rod holster was also included. After putting the painting scroll in, he handed it to Zhuang Rui.
At this time, Zhou Rui also ordered 3,000 yuan below, delivered the goods with one hand and paid the money with the other. Both parties were clear. During this process, Zhuang Rui seemed very calm. It was not until he sat back on the chair that Zhuang Rui's face changed.
There was a hint of excitement on his face, but at this time, everyone in the tent was focused on the items that were going to be auctioned below, but no one paid attention to Zhuang Rui.
"Wood, is this broken painting real?"
Liu Chuan and Zhuang Rui have known each other for so many years, and the change in the expression on Zhuang Rui's face naturally cannot escape his eyes.
"I can't say for sure, but I feel like this portrait is real. Anyway, it's only three thousand yuan, so I bought it."
Zhuang Rui's voice was very low, and only Liu Chuan and Zhou Rui sitting next to him heard it.
Although Zhou Rui didn't know much about antiques, after hearing Zhuang Rui's words, there was a look of disapproval on his face. He didn't really believe Zhuang Rui's words in his heart. With Zhuang Rui's age and experience in the industry, his eyesight would be
Taller than those old foxes?
Just now, everyone thought that Zhuang Rui didn't look at the painting carefully at all, but little did they know that Zhuang Rui had already seen the mystery in the painting and understood why so many people regarded the painting as a fake.
However, Zhuang Rui had no way to explain to Liu Chuan and Zhou Rui that if Tang Bohu's "Li Duanduan Picture" was to be brought to light again, he would probably need Song Jun's help.
"The items to be auctioned below are a set of gold vessels used daily by the Ming Dynasty vassals..."
The auction hosted by Lang Jie is still in progress, but Zhuang Rui's thoughts at the moment are all focused on the hanging scroll in his hand. He is recalling the scene he just saw in his mind, wishing he could end the auction now and go back.
He went to the hotel and took a closer look. Now that the hanging scroll was not open, he couldn't see clearly even with his spiritual energy.
Tang Bohu's "Picture of Li Duanduan", on the surface, shows a total of five people in the picture.
In the center of the picture sits a scholar wearing a scholar's scarf and a mustache. His facial expression and sitting posture all show his elegant demeanor and style. On either side of the black desk on the left are the master's maids, one in a red skirt and one in a white skirt.
Shirts and skirts are brightly colored and layered.
On the right side is the guest, a lady holding a white peony, with an elegant and charming posture, and behind her are the maids. The four ladies surround the master, like stars holding the moon, highlighting the importance and status of the master. The background is the landscape.
On the screen, there is a poem inscribed on the top: "Li Duanduan in Shanhefang believes that he can make white peonies. Whoever believes in Jinman City in Yangzhou, the price of rouge is so high that he is poor."
Strictly speaking, in the "Picture of Li Duanduan" in Zhuang Rui's hand, the expressions and behaviors of the characters in the painting are very dull, the lines of the characters' clothes are not smooth enough, and the paper is very poor, and the paper is actually cooked paper.
Raw rice paper is also called raw paper. It is used directly after production. It has strong water absorption and ink wetting properties, and is suitable for splash-ink paintings and freehand paintings. The brushstrokes have clear layers, dry, wet, thick, light, and changeable. From the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republic of China,
For more than 500 years, calligraphers and painters mostly used raw paper.
Cooked rice paper is made from raw rice paper by adding alum, calendering, dragging pulp, filling powder, darkening, sprinkling gold, adding wax, sizing and other processes. It is not easy for ink to smudge when making calligraphy and painting, and is suitable for regular script and official script.
This paper will leak vitriol and become brittle after a long time, and the cooked paper will cover up the style of the ink painting. Therefore, in that era, calligraphers and painters were ashamed to use cooked paper. This alone is enough for everyone to judge this painting.
The painting is authentic.
But as far as Zhuang Rui is concerned, he doesn't understand what it means to make raw paper from cooked paper, and he can't appreciate anything wrong with the figures in this painting. What Zhuang Rui's eyes see is that on the surface of this painting
Behind the gold-sprinkled paper, there was a thin rice paper painting, and the aura he sensed was entirely contained in that painting.
This painting should be divided into three layers. The surface layer is the "Picture of Li Duanduan" painted on cooked paper, and the second layer is the "Picture of Li Duanduan" painted on raw rice paper, which is pasted behind the first layer of painting.
"Li Duanduan Picture", there are seven or eight bell seals on it. Because the cooked paper is relatively thick and has poor air permeability, it is impossible to tell from the surface that there is something else underneath.
After the rice paper is produced, it is then pasted according to the traditional method of painting and calligraphy. If Zhuang Rui has a little understanding of the art of pasting, he will be able to tell that the painting of this painting was definitely made by a famous artist with very superb skills.
And the framing technique used is also very famous.
Because this person not only hid the real painting behind the fake painting, but also used the "Picture of Li Duanduan" on the fake painting to perfectly cover up the red bell marks that were easily visible on the real painting, but he still let this painting...
It's so fake that people lose interest after just one look.
In the history of Chinese antiques, there have been four or five periods of prosperity. Along with the popularity of these antiques, there have been a large number of fakes and imitations, and even some famous artists have made them fake.
However, there are also some people who, in order to protect the treasures in their hands, turn real paintings into fake paintings. This is the case with this painting by Tang Bohu. Moreover, this person's framing skills are extremely skillful. I am afraid that the person who originally collected this painting will not
If you know the clues, otherwise, it will definitely be properly preserved and will not end up in this black market auction house.
"Okay, here is the last auction item today, a three-color horse from the Tang Dynasty. The starting price is 50,000 yuan. If you are interested, you can come up and take a look."
Just when Zhuang Rui was in a daze, the black market auction was coming to an end, and three more objects were auctioned in the middle, most of which were unearthed from tombs. From this, it can also be seen that Langjie's goods channels are probably mostly
There are some "local masters", but his black market auctions have relatively few fakes, which is why it attracts many well-known people in the collecting world to participate.
The girl in sunglasses just now spent 650,000 yuan on a set of daily gold utensils unearthed from the tombs of vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty.
The middle-aged man sitting not far from Zhuang Rui paid a price of 380,000 yuan for a Han Dynasty rap figurine. Although it was a bit damaged, Boss Li still held it in his arms like a treasure. Zhuang
Rui took a casual look and saw that there was indeed spiritual energy inside. However, the condition of the rap figurine was too poor. It was incomplete in many places and the spiritual energy had almost been lost. Zhuang Rui did not like such an object.
There is also an ancient bronze sword from the Warring States Period. The quality is not bad. The wooden handle on the hilt has all rotted away, but the sword is still shining with cold light and the lines are clear. The starting price is not expensive, only 20,000 yuan.
Liu Chuan fell in love with this sword and kept raising the price. In the end, only he and Old Man Xie were left. In the end, Old Man Xie bought the sword for 310,000.
Although Liu Chuan didn't buy it, he still looked triumphant, while old man Xie looked livid and glared at Liu Chuan. Zhuang Rui looked at it funny. These two bull-tempered people collided.
Sparks are the weird thing.
Seeing Lang Jie diligently introducing Tang Sancai on the stage, Zhuang Rui also searched for knowledge about Tang Sancai in his mind.
The production of Tang Sancai began during the period of Emperor Gaozong. During Emperor Gaozong's period, the Tang Dynasty's national power became increasingly strong, and the luxury of the ruling class became more and more intense. The dignitaries expected to enjoy the glory and wealth after death, so they always buried a large number of them in their tombs.
Treasures and three-color utensils have made the trend of lavish burials more and more popular.
Due to the surge in social demand, the production of tricolor wares was over-developed. The Tang Dynasty had to set up a special agency to be responsible for management and control, and promulgated regulations to impose restrictions on the burial of three-color wares. For example, the number of burial objects for officials at all levels was stipulated as follows:
"Ninety things (pieces, sets) for those of the third grade and above, sixty things for the fifth grade and above, and forty things for the ninth grade and above", and stipulates that the height of various artifacts should be within one foot. However, according to archaeological excavations, the burial mounds at that time
The number and height of the utensils mostly exceeded regulations. Some tricolor horses were over 1 meter tall.
Most of the books on appreciation that Zhuang Rui read some time ago were about calligraphy and painting, but there were also a few books about ceramic antiques, including an introduction to Tang Sancai. What he lacks most now is the experience in getting started with antiques.
Given this opportunity, he naturally wanted to go up and touch it, and handed the precious painting in his hand to Liu Chuan. Zhuang Rui followed the others to the table.
The Tang Sancai horse on the square table is a Tang Sancai standing horse, about fifty centimeters high. The front legs are spread out in a figure eight shape, standing straight, the back legs are slightly bent, the neck is stretched out and the head is lowered. The decorative craftsmanship is extremely exquisite. The horse's mane,
The almond leaf-shaped ornaments and the green edging on the saddle are lifelike, and there is a moderately sized rectangular base plate underneath. The base plate is not very flat, and is slightly curved and tilted.
Old man Xie and Mr. Jiang from Sichuan were watching the most carefully. If they were not allowed to touch, they would have wanted to stick their heads into the horse's mouth. Fatty Ma also came up and walked around because he was too big.
, and no one made room for him, he walked around the square table angrily and then went back.
Zhuang Rui was a layman and came to watch the fun. He had been studying this thing for ten and a half days. If he didn't rely on the aura in his eyes, he wouldn't be able to tell the difference between Mao Chou and Yin. However, looking at the charm of this three-color horse, he
It doesn't look fake.
After everyone sat back, Lang Jie said loudly: "What do you think? This three-color horse, although more of them have been unearthed, the charm, color and appearance of this horse can be regarded as top-grade."
It’s a work of art, especially in black. Needless to say, everyone knows its price. The base price is 50,000 yuan, and interested friends can bid.”
The works of Tang Sancai have a bit of a meaning of blooming inside the wall and fragrance outside. In the international auction market, Tang Sancai Horse is very popular. The international Sotheby's auction house once auctioned a Tang Sancai Black Horse, which was sold for 4.955 million pounds in London, England.
This set a record for the highest auction of Chinese porcelain in the world at the time.
At the 79th weekend auction held by China Guardian Auction Company in 2004, a Tang Sancai horse returned from overseas was sold for 100,000 yuan. Although this tricolor horse was a yellow and brown toned horse, the price was slightly lower.
However, compared with foreign auctions, the market conditions are still far behind, so these people must also consider the economic value of their collections.
"Fifty-five thousand dollars."
Old Man Xie seemed a little hesitant, as if his reading was not very accurate, but when no one bid, he still shouted out a price.
"Sixty thousand..."
Someone took the lead in calling out the price, and others immediately followed up. The person calling the call was Boss Jiang. He made several attempts today, but all failed, and his face was not good-looking. He was quite confident about this three-color horse.
A must-have taste.
"Eighty thousand..."
The person bidding was the woman in sunglasses. When the gold was auctioned just now, it was the man next to her who bid. This was the first time Zhuang Rui heard her voice, and she didn't seem to be very old.
"One hundred thousand..."
Boss Jiang was very firm in bidding this time, and seemed to be sure that this was a genuine Tang Sancai. You know, the black and white tricolor horse is extremely popular internationally. If it is auctioned by a larger auction house, the transaction price is at least
Above one million, this million refers to U.S. dollars.
When the price reached 200,000 yuan, Old Man Xie withdrew unwillingly. It wasn't that he couldn't afford the money, but he couldn't see through the object. It was only worth taking the risk of 200,000 yuan. Although he had a bad temper, he still couldn't afford it.
Gambling is not a big deal.
"I will pay 300,000..."
To the surprise of everyone in the tent, Zhuang Rui directly raised the price by 100,000, which attracted everyone to look at him.
