The first thousand two hundred and seventy-four chapters five cattle
Han Peacock looked at the well-dressed people, squatting on the ground and looking at stones, picking and choosing as if they were buying vegetables in a vegetable market. There were also many people holding magnifying glasses to study, looking very professional.
A middle-aged man wearing a brown coat and gray trousers walked over, his beard still stained with stone powder.
Han Kongque saw some familiar faces following him, including Zhou Chengyun from the Zhou family. After Zhou Meiren separated from them, he thought that Zhou Chengyun had not left the jade jewelry market.
Not wanting to get involved with Zhou Chengyun, Han Kongque turned around and walked into the store. Feeling that the boss sitting behind the counter had no intention of greeting him, Han Kongque looked at some antiques in the store.
After a while, he saw a painting. In the painting, five cows were walking or standing, upright or sideways, bending or looking up. Their postures were vivid, and the innocent and cute appearance of the cows was vividly depicted.
Just by looking at it, Han Kongque recognized that it was Han Huang's "Five Cows". After all, there were not many painters in the past who were good at painting cows, and even fewer who could draw this level.
Han Huang was one of them. Han Huang was a painter, prime minister, and the son of Han Xiu, the prince's junior master in the Tang Dynasty. Han Huang was a master of calligraphy and had Zhang Xu's brushwork in cursive writing.
Han Huang was trained based on the calligraphy and painting of Lu Tanwei in the Southern Song Dynasty. He was good at painting people and rural customs and scenery, and he was especially good at imitating cattle, sheep, donkeys and other animals.
Of course, although this painting was extremely exquisite, Han Kongque did not think it was authentic. After all, it was impossible for such a small antique shop to hang such a sentence in the hall.
You must know that Han Huang's "Five Cows" is one of China's top ten famous paintings handed down from generation to generation. It is one of the few authentic works of paper and silk paintings handed down from the Tang Dynasty. It is also the oldest existing Chinese painting on paper. It can be called a "treasure of the country".
", now in the National Palace Museum.
"Five Cows Picture" is on linen paper. It is 20.8 cm long and 139.8 cm wide. It has no author's stamp and has inscriptions by fourteen authors including Zhao Gou, Zhao Mengfu, Sun Hong, Xiang Yuanbian, Hongli and Jinnong.
There are five cows of different shapes in the painting. With his simple painting style and exquisite artistic skills, Han Huang showed the highest level of cow painting in the Tang Dynasty. Such a painting will naturally not appear here.
"Young man, are you interested in this painting?" At this time, the boss sitting behind the counter finally spoke.
Looking at the inscription below, you can tell that this is a work by Han Huang, but Han Kongque just started researching this painting. It is impossible for such a famous painting to be authentic here.
But even if Han Kongque did not have a deep study of calligraphy and painting, he knew that this painting was very good. Such a painting could be considered a good thing, so he was naturally interested.
Han Kongque could not accurately judge the authenticity of this painting, so he responded lightly: "I don't know much about this aspect."
The boss glanced at Han Peacock, cleared his throat, and smiled.
"This is the treasure of my shop. Look at the five cows in the painting. They are lined up from left to right, each with its own appearance and posture. One bows its head to eat grass, another tilts its head forward.
I looked back and licked my tongue, walked forward slowly, and scratched my tongue on the thorn trees.
Except for a small tree on the right side of the whole picture, there is no other background, so each cow can be an independent chapter. The artist expressed their different temperaments through their different faces and postures: lively, calm, and loving.
Noisy, timid and eccentric.
In terms of expression of technical vocabulary, the author is even more original. He chose thick and powerful lines with a blocky feel to express the strength, strength, calmness and slowness of the cow.
The lines are well proportioned and decorated but not cliched, and the brush strokes are extremely powerful. Compared with Cao Ba and Han Gan who painted horses, Zhou Fang and Zhang Xuan painted ladies. It seems that they have more pursuits in the independent display of lines.
Because their lines are so strong and strong, although the postures of the five oxen are different from flat to odd, their aesthetic taste is the same thick and clumsy..."
The boss was chatting happily, with cheerful confidence in his brows. When he saw that Han Kongque was rarely paying attention to what he said, he felt a little happy and began to speak more coherently.
Hearing what the boss said, Han Kongque also became interested, so he rarely had some patience with the boss's bragging.
However, there was always a time when the boss finished talking about this painting. He felt empty and had nothing to talk about, and his mouth was a little dry. Han Kongque couldn't help but want to touch the painting.
While the two were talking, Han Kongque's hand had already reached out and touched the painting whose paper was already a bit old. The boss was startled and couldn't help shouting: "Ouch, you can't touch this thing, eh!
Be careful."
Han Kongque's hand had already touched it, but he moved gently, like a dragonfly touching water, touching the painting full of ancient cultural atmosphere.
This made the baby feel a little better. It seemed like he was a knowledgeable person. But if it had been someone who didn't know what he was doing, if he had stamped the picture, the painting would have been almost scrapped.
The time was short, but the touch of Han Kongque's fingertips was long-lasting. It was a cool feeling that made his soul throb a little, but it was only for a moment.
The boss noticed that Han Kongque's brows furrowed slightly, and soon relaxed his frown. As usual, he also retracted his palms.
Xiang Lai, a peacock in Han Dynasty, showed no emotion or anger. He was a little strange just now, but his boss caught him right away.
"Is there something weird about this painting?" The boss didn't know why he asked this, and he still asked Han Kongque, a tall and thick man like him.
Han Peacock came out of his thoughts and let out a sigh before concentrating his eyes and glancing at the label in the lower right corner of the frame.
1.58 million? Very expensive? It is naturally very expensive for ordinary people, but for such a painting, for Han Peacock, it is nothing.
"High imitation?" Although this was the case, Han Kongque still asked directly.
Originally, I felt that Han Peacock was very satisfied, but now he said it was a high imitation?
The boss was immediately shocked and responded directly: "What a high imitation, don't talk nonsense."
The boss was surprised, but with a serious look on his face, he stared at Han Kongque, trying to see clearly what Han Kongque was thinking.
Could this painting be fake?
The painter was not bragging just now, it was truly a masterpiece. Regardless of any painting, as long as the painting itself is really good, it does not matter whether it is true or false.
Seeing that Han Kongque had no intention of changing his story, the boss couldn't help but said: "Why is it false? You should tell me."
This tone is wrong!
"Did I guess it right?" Han Peacock asked, this boss was very interesting.
"You guessed it?" The boss was a little suspicious, "Then tell me why you guessed that way?"
Han Peacock thought for a moment, then he stretched out his finger and pointed at the label below: "The price is wrong."
Han Kongque would never say that it was the words and ink marks on this painting that told him. Just now he touched the writings on it and could clearly feel the writings. They were not closely integrated with the painting paper, at least not as good as ancient paintings.
That way, it's completely integrated.
Those are the traces of time and the precipitation of time. Without such a long period of baptism, there is no way we can reach that level of perfect integration.
This shows that this painting was created not long ago. This kind of feeling is very mysterious and very clear. This is another ability that Han Kongque has recently discovered of himself, and this is probably because he has another breakthrough in his spiritual consciousness.
Han Peacock likes to make comparisons the most. Although he doesn't know how old this painting is, it is shorter than the three hundred handwritten poems on the bookshelf next to it, so he guesses that this is not a famous ancient painting, at least not from Han Dynasty.
Authentic work!
"Price?" The boss stared at him for a long time, his gloomy expression turned dark in an instant, and he smiled: "I thought you were really an expert and knew how to tell the authenticity of this painting!"
After a pause, he turned his head and said to a young man next to him: "You, you, you still remember the origin of this painting, but how come you don't know whether it is authentic or not?"
The young people around the boss are obviously his nephews, and now is a good time to educate him.
Han Kongque turned around and saw the young man who had just spoken out and helped him outside.
No wonder he wasn't afraid of those people. It turned out that he was from this store and was considered a local snake. However, even so, the character of this young man was not revealed.
At this time, the young man felt very aggrieved. What, you are selling this painting here, and the price is very expensive. How can I suspect that your painting is fake?
"You must be thinking that if it's fake, why am I trying to sell it? Isn't it a scam? Isn't it?" the boss said with a smile.
The young man said unconvinced: "Of course, since it is fake, hanging it here and selling it so expensively, isn't it a scam?"
"That's what you think?" The boss glared, breathed a sigh of relief, and hummed: "I'm going to sell this painting right here. No one can do anything to me. This painting is worth the price."
After speaking, he looked at Han Peacock: "Although this painting is fake."
It’s fake and it’s blatantly sold for 1.58 million? The young man was a bit speechless.
Han Kongque's eyes flashed, and he was a little stunned. Is the world in chaos, or are people in this world crazy?
However, it is obvious that there is no chaos in this world, and the people in this world are not crazy. It can only be said that although this painting is a high imitation, it is worth the price.
"Wrap it up for me! I want this painting." Han Peacock did not hesitate. This painting of five cows is indeed good.
"Haha, I knew you could appreciate it." The boss was happy, while the young man looked at his grandfather with stern eyebrows.
Han Kongque said with a smile: "Although this is not an authentic work, it is indeed an upright and upright Five Niu pen. It is a rare and famous pen."
"Huh? It seems like you really know your stuff." As soon as the boss heard Han Kongque's words, he knew that he was a knowledgeable person.
This makes the boss even more happy. After all, this painting has been hanging here for a long time. Many people have seen it, and there are more knowledgeable people. However, those knowledgeable people can only tell that it is a high imitation, but they can’t see it.
Not worth this high imitation.
Han Huang's "Five Cows" scroll is one of the few authentic works of paper and silk paintings handed down from the Tang Dynasty. It is also the oldest existing Chinese painting on paper. Therefore, it has received widespread attention and can be called a "treasure of the country." (To be continued.)
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