Gao Shaoyu knew that Zheng Taihua had begun to train himself carefully, so he did not dare to be careless immediately. However, he also had a plan in mind, and he had absorbed the short man's basic anti-counterfeiting skills yesterday, and he quickly had his own judgment in his mind.
"The flowing glaze of Ding porcelain often appears in strips, like tears, also called tear marks. Tear marks appear on Ding kiln porcelain in the Northern Song Dynasty. Such features did not exist in the Tang Dynasty or even the Five Dynasties, so this should be the white phoenix head fired in Ding kiln in the Song Dynasty.
Pot." Gao Shaoyu took a closer look and made his own judgment.
"Is that Nanding or Beiding?" Zheng Taihua nodded and asked again with a smile.
"The surface of the white phoenix-headed pot is decorated with patterns, and the decorative techniques from the early to the late Northern Song Dynasty include scratching, engraving, and printing. I took a closer look and found that the white phoenix-headed pot should be the latter's printing technique."
After Gao Shaoyu looked at it, he was calm and calm, as if he had a plan in mind.
"Printing first appeared in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty and matured in the later period. The printed patterns are all clearly layered, clear lines, complex but not chaotic. The main themes are flowers, mostly peonies and lotus, followed by chrysanthemums. There are entanglements.
There are also broken branches, and the patterns are symmetrical, very delicate and exquisite, with the delicacy and powdery air of a woman." Gao Shaoyu nodded and said with a smile: "Shang women don't know the hatred of subjugating their country, and they are still singing flowers across the river. They are so arrogant and luxurious, and they are treated at ease.
Lao's decorative method was only used by the Southern Song Dynasty who did not want to return to the country after crossing the river. It was made by the Ding kiln in Jingdezhen, so it is Nanding."
"Yes, Xiao Gao, you know how to use historical provenance to identify the origin and authenticity of porcelain. It seems that you have not been lazy these days." Zheng Taihua's eyes lit up, and he nodded happily.
"The more I learn about the antiques industry, the more I realize that what I know is far from enough. I have to work hard." Gao Shaoyu nodded seriously. Even though he had acquired basic anti-counterfeiting skills, he found that it was not enough.
"You are still young, and you still have great opportunities to grow." Zheng Taihua encouraged him with a smile, looking at the first porcelain vase from the Chai Kiln, and then at the white phoenix-headed pot: "The vase from the Chai Kiln is gone.
At the end, it will take some time to fill the gaps. After all, each piece of porcelain from the wood kiln is valuable, and the paper-burning technology is also very complicated. Let's leave it for now. As for the spout of the white phoenix-head pot, it is slightly damaged, but it is not difficult to repair it.
I do know someone who knows Ding kiln firing techniques."
Gao Shaoyu looked happy. If he could fill the gap, he would be very happy.
Then they began to look at other paintings and calligraphy works. Then the mood of the two of them was not as good as at first. They both looked heavy, because the paintings and calligraphy works were far more damaged than the porcelain.
"Fortunately, the damage to the Seven-Character Poetry Fan is not too serious. It is relatively easy to repair." Zheng Taihua sighed, but pointed at a picture of Xiangui painted by Emperor Qianlong next to him and shook his head: "More than half of it.
The entire area was completely destroyed. Fortunately, the paper used by Emperor Qianlong to paint on it had been specially treated and the high-quality rice paper was selected, so it was not completely destroyed. It was a fluke."
"Should we use the unmounting method?" Gao Shaoyu suddenly frowned and asked.
"Removing and mounting is one method, but this area has obviously been soaked in water. I'm worried that the rice paper will stick together. It's still very difficult to peel off the upper layers and restore the entire picture below." Zheng Taihua said solemnly. "You
Are you sure you want to give it a try?"
"More than half of it is useless, so let's expose it." Gao Shaoyu nodded.
"Okay, this is a bit troublesome to unmount. I will find someone to come and help. The results will be available in about two or three days." Zheng Taihua nodded and finally looked at the other scroll and wiped it with his hand.
He frowned.
Gao Shaoyu's face lit up with joy. It seemed that his guess was good. This painting was really weird. He had brought this painting back because of his trust in Mr. Zhang Chu.
Because the heavy feeling this painting gave him was rather vague, even now it was still there. He didn't understand the reason at the time, but after absorbing the basic anti-counterfeiting skills, he also discovered that the surface seemed to have been passively manipulated.
"It's interesting, it's a stacked picture." Zheng Taihua suddenly touched his chin and nodded.
Gao Shaoyu also stared at the past. It was rare to see Zheng Taihua being so cautious. He was also very interested in this painting. It was rare to encounter overlapping pictures in the antique shop, and it was an exciting thing to encounter one.
Overlaying is a very advanced technique. It uses special pen and ink to draw on the basis of the original calligraphy and painting. Therefore, the two paintings are on the same layer of paper and will be difficult to separate later.
"To create a set of paintings, you can't just open one page. It has been completely integrated and it is difficult to open it." Zheng Taihua nodded and suddenly looked at Gao Shaoyu and said, "Xiao Gao, what do you have?
opinion?"
"This painting was specially processed by someone on the original work. It has a feeling that the mountains are not mountains, and the water is not water. It should be the so-called overlay painting technique in the antique industry."
"When I first got it, I thought it was an old Qing Dynasty Luo Pin's sketch with sparse shadows and an oblique view, but when I took a closer look, I realized it was not that simple."
Gao Shaoyu glanced at Zheng Taihua and found that after he indicated for him to continue speaking, he said in a deep voice: "Finally, I discovered that some of the patterns in the scroll were different from Luo Pin's style. Luo Pin was a student of Master Jin Nong, and he painted figures and paintings.
Landscapes are particularly famous for painting ghosts, so even if he paints thick plum blossom branches with sparse shadows and slanting shadows, they often have a ghostly color, mainly using thick ink, and the atmosphere is very gloomy and deep.
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Gao Shaoyu pointed to a few thick plum blossom hairpins, and then pointed to other areas and said: "Manager Zheng, look at these places, they don't have Luo Pin's style at all, they have more of a strong and open momentum.
It doesn’t look like that obscure and ghostly style, so I guess there is something weird in this painting. It should be two paintings, two authors, using the overlapping technique to cover part of the scroll."
"Yes, judging calligraphy and painting from the perspective of style is a very profound ability. Xiao Gao, I have to look up to you. You can see so thoroughly. You seem to be a veteran who has been in the antique business for many years. It seems that it will take a few years.
I can retire and let you be the boss of Bao Renxuan." Zheng Taihua suddenly raised his eyebrows and said with excitement, as if he was more happy than discovering antiques and treasures.
Scarce antiques are as precious as potential antique talents. Discovering one may be a turning point in the rise and fall of an antique shop.
Why are modern antique shops so mixed in quality and declining so quickly? It’s not that there are no good items, it’s that things are always in circulation and no longer exist.
The only thing missing is a good shopkeeper who understands antiques.
In ancient times, antique shops trained a shopkeeper for ten years as an apprentice, ten years as a follower, and ten years as an assistant. After more than thirty years as a teenager, he had the opportunity to become a store manager when he was almost fifty years old.
As a shopkeeper, so while being a great shopkeeper in an antique shop, he has also gone through a lot of sweat and hard work.
People nowadays are too hasty, so there are fewer and fewer good antique dealers.
"Manager Zheng, you praise me too much. I still have a lot to learn." Gao Shaoyu quickly shook his hand humbly.