Uncle Li thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, I'll do as you say."
The jade Ruyi was successfully sold, and then, as expected, the Doucai bowl was sold to Uncle Wu for 650,000 yuan. Everyone was happy for a while.
At this time, Harvey said to Uncle Li: "Mr. Li, after so many years of collecting, are there any good treasures that can open our eyes?"
Uncle Li smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm really sorry, everyone. I gave some of my fine items to my friends."
At this point, he paused and said: "But when it comes to things worth seeing, I have one more thing here. I just asked a few masters to look at it, but there is some controversy. Do you still want to see it?"
When Uncle Li said this, everyone's curiosity was aroused, and they all expressed that they wanted to open their eyes.
After about five minutes, Uncle Li came out holding a scroll. Needless to say, it was an ancient painting.
Sure enough, after Uncle Li carefully opened the scroll, he found that it was indeed an ancient painting. The scroll was one meter across and about 30 centimeters vertical. It had a light yellow axis and the pulp seal on the axis tube seemed to be quite old.
When Han Kongque looked at the ancient painting, he saw it very clearly. With his eyes, he could not make a mistake. The scroll and coating of this painting were quite good. It should be an old piece from the Qing Dynasty, but the painting was not that good.
Of course, only with his eyesight and knowledge can he tell. If it is an ordinary person, this painting looks very good and simple, but Han Peacock can see that this painting
It’s just a fake painting!
Zheng Banqiao's Bamboo and Stone Painting is very famous, so it is certain that such a painting is controversial, otherwise, this painting would not be preserved here.
Zheng Banqiao is a representative painter of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou". When he was young, he was smart and studious, especially fond of calligraphy and painting. He was known as the "three masters" of poetry, calligraphy and painting. He was good at painting orchids, bamboos, stones, pine, chrysanthemums, etc., and was famous for orchids and bamboos.
The most famous.
"Bamboo and Stone Picture" is a bamboo painting of a courtyard made by Zheng Xie when he was 62 years old. The thin stone wall is standing on the wall. It is mainly drawn in white, and the center is outlined. The long and thin folds of the brush are used to outline the hard and sharp stone, which is extremely varied.
, full of charm.
In front of the stone, there are two or three branches of strong and straight new bamboos, which echo each other. The artist wrote the whole picture with a simple painting method of "the red and complex are cut away, leaving the thin".
The whole picture is simple and bright, with clear bamboos and beautiful rocks. It is majestic and majestic, the wind and spirit are calm, and it has the impression of standing proudly and arrogantly.
Zheng Banqiao's bamboo painting focuses on "simple and thin". In this picture, he outlines the abrupt rocks with simple and vigorous strokes, and uses a small ax to chop wrinkles on the folds of the entire hard and thin stone. The rough look suddenly emerges; the bamboo poles are thin.
It is also thin, but thin but not weak. The bamboo leaves are few and plump, and there is no lack of verdure and richness. One bamboo pole stands tall in the sky. The other bamboos are intertwined and mixed, with virtual and solid, thick and light, high and low, far and near echoing each other, creating another kind of interesting atmosphere.
What also stands out about the aloofness is the title.
As Zheng Banqiao reached his later years, his calligraphy became more unique, free and vigorous.
The inscription on the painting goes: "In the past, lay people from Dongpo used dead trees to make ancient wood, bamboo and stone. Without bamboo, the color was dull and colorless. I did not use dead wood to make bamboo or stone. When I wanted to paint bamboo, bamboo was the main part and stone was the supplement.
In other words, today there are more stones than bamboos, and they are out of the ordinary; they don’t stick to the ancient methods, and they don’t hold on to their own opinions. They are just trying to survive..."
From this inscription, we can see Zheng Banqiao’s creative thoughts: First of all, the painting should not fall behind the stereotypes of his predecessors. He should not just follow the ancients and not adapt to the past. He advocates "imitating his ideas but not his traces". "But the charm of the Song and Yuan Dynasties is still there.
Why should we copy the same pattern?"
Secondly, the creation should not abide by the old rules. Don’t be afraid to go out of style and pursue new expression techniques.
Furthermore, creation lies in not being superstitious about ancient methods, not being stubborn in one's own opinions, and being "living".
Being able to reach this level definitely belongs to the level of a Grand Master. Although this painting is not bad, it really cannot reach the level of a Grand Master.
Now this painting is controversial, but this painting also has its own pride. This painting has far-reaching charm, beautiful landscapes, and the charm of "mountain light is in the palm of your hand, and clouds are making clothes", which is also a rare painting.
's masterpiece.
"Did Mr. Li find this painting by himself?" Han Kongque asked after reading it.
Uncle Li looked at Han Peacock: "It is indeed a treasure I found. Although many of my old friends say they are not sure, I still think it is a treasure."
"The painter is good." Han Kongque didn't know what to say.
Uncle Li was very tolerant. He smiled and said: "It was easier for me to get it back then. Even if it can be proved that it is a fake, it doesn't matter."
As he spoke, Uncle Li talked about how he picked up leaks back then.
When he encountered this painting, he was in an antique shop in the capital. The owner of the painting went to that antique shop to sell paintings, and he happened to meet him.
When he entered the door, he heard the owner of the antique shop say: "Sir, this painting of yours, haha, you should take it to another place and look at it..."
Usually in antique shops, pawn shops and other places, the discerning master shopkeeper will not clearly say that the object brought by the customer is fake, even if it is found to be fake. This is basically a business rule, so
Basically, they all say the same thing, "You'd better go to another place and have a look!"
The meaning of this statement naturally means that this thing is not valuable, or it is fake, but it is just not stated clearly.
The man was immediately disappointed and said as if he didn't believe it: "You...you really don't want it? My grandfather once said that this is an heirloom of our family. Really, it was passed down from our ancestors. You...at this price
It’s okay…it’s negotiable…”
The boss spread his hands again: "I'm sorry, sir, you'd better go to another place to talk!"
"Wait a minute!" At this time, after seeing the content of the painting clearly, Uncle Li was sure that the boss said he didn't want it anymore, and then he stood up and stopped it.
"Boss, these are the customers in your store. This is your business, so it's hard for me to ask. Do you really don't want me?"
Uncle Li's words made the boss stunned, and several of the waiters next to him were stunned. They must have believed in the boss's vision, so this was the first time they encountered this situation.
I think that Uncle Li was very majestic at that time, so when talking about this, Uncle Li smiled so hard that he couldn't even see his eyebrows, and he was very excited when he saw it.
There are also a lot of rules in the collecting business. In which store, the entry of customers or the business that comes out can only be determined by the store, and others cannot steal the business.
Or on the roadside or at a street stall, as long as someone is negotiating first, no one else can go up and grab the business. They can only wait until the previous person fails to negotiate, or if he succeeds, then repurchase from him.
Uncle Li asked the boss, that is, according to the rules, this is his shop, the business is theirs, and he can only do it if they are sure they don't want it.
The boss knows Uncle Li, otherwise Uncle Li wouldn't collect things in his store. Even if the boss doesn't want things, he can't collect them here.
So the boss was very surprised: "Xiao Li, you... do you want this painting? This painting is obviously..."
After a pause, the boss swallowed the rest of the words. I guess Uncle Li would understand it as long as he wasn't stupid.
But Uncle Li seemed to really not understand, and smiled and said: "Calm me arty! I really want to buy a painting like this and hang it back to cultivate my sentiments... Sir, how much does this painting cost? How much does it cost?"
Just sell it?”
The man felt cold when he saw that the boss didn't want it. These antique shops were all the same. If one store didn't want something, other stores probably wouldn't want it either. It must be that his own things were worthless. Although they were passed down from ancestors, they were not passed down from ancestors.
Things don’t necessarily have value, right?
After a pause, the man said: "Boss, what do you want?...This...how much...how much can you give me?"
After saying several words, I was still a little hesitant. When I came out, I still thought that this ancestral thing would be sold for at least 100,000 or 80,000 yuan. But this time, the boss on the antique street was hit, and his confidence was lost.
Sorry, I was stunned for a while before speaking intermittently.
Without hesitation, Uncle Li reached out and took out the last and all of his property in his pocket: five thousand yuan in cash, placed it on the table, and said calmly to the man: "I only have five thousand yuan, you decide for yourself.
Well, if you want to sell it, you take the five thousand yuan and keep the painting. If the five thousand yuan is not sold, then you take the painting and leave, and I have no money!"
"This... can you give me a higher price?"
The man had already grabbed the banknotes on the table with both hands, but he was saying, "This is an heirloom left by my ancestors. Isn't your price a little low..."
Uncle Li said calmly: "If you think it's too low, forget it, you'd better look elsewhere!" As he said that, he stretched out his hand to get his money back.
The man suddenly became anxious and quickly took the five thousand yuan into his hand, and then said: "Okay, okay, five thousand is five thousand, I'll sell it!"
Uncle Li smiled lightly and said, "Okay, let's sign a sales contract, and there just happen to be so many witnesses!"
It was a very simple procedure. Uncle Li took a pen and paper, wrote a sales contract, signed it himself, then asked the man to sign it, and then asked the owner of the antique shop to be a witness.
The man signed and looked at the stack of hundred-dollar bills on the table. His eyes became hot and he couldn't help but put the painting in front of Uncle Li. Then he grabbed the money and ran away in a hurry.
"The man selling the painting originally wanted to sell it for a huge sum, but after seeing the boss's attitude, he also knew that his painting might not be worth much. He was very disappointed. I suddenly showed up and asked him again.
There was a bit of joy.
Although the price of five thousand yuan was far from what he expected, it was better than nothing. Plus, at that time, five thousand yuan was more than half a million yuan now, so he sold it to me happily." said
When it was over, Uncle Li was very proud.
At this time, everyone in the room had seen the painting, and Uncle Wu said: "The painter is indeed good, but it's not by Zheng Banqiao. I really can't tell."