Hearing what Dong Dechang said, Dong Ziyun became happy again and glanced at Yu Fei triumphantly, as if she had taken a huge advantage. Now she was eager to see Yu Fei fall into the trap.
As Dong Dechang spoke, he took out his gloves and put them on. Although he thought it was unlikely that the painting was an old object, he was still very careful. There were not many people who held ancient paintings with their hands as carelessly as Yu Fei. After all,
Hand sweat can do a lot of damage to calligraphy and painting collections. Rice paper is too fragile, so be careful not only to wear gloves, but also to cover your mouth with your hands when talking to avoid spitting on ancient paintings, and when taking photos,
You cannot turn on the flash, because ultraviolet rays can also damage ancient paintings. This is why most museums prohibit taking pictures.
Dong Dechang opened the ancient painting and saw in the upper right corner when Wang Wei wrote the seven words "Fusheng in Jinan", his brows furrowed even more. He turned to Yu Fei and asked: "How much did you spend on this painting?"
Two hundred yuan. The person who answered was Dong Ziyun. She happily explained how she saw Yu Fei spending two hundred yuan to buy used books, how she kindly tried to persuade him, and how Yu Fei insisted on having his own way, and how unreasonable his attitude was.
He chirped again. At the end, he said: I also said, why did you spend two hundred yuan to buy that old book? You must have discovered the sandwich in the old book, haha, don’t you know that these are all stalls?
Lord's fishing trick?
The so-called fishing is to use various means to attract and tempt buyers to buy, and it is particularly common in antiques trading. This kind of deliberately exposing flaws so that buyers can accidentally discover them, thus creating a mentality of picking up leaks, is one of the more common practices.
According to legend, there was a man who was selling cat kittens but used a Jun porcelain kiln washed cat food bowl. Someone recognized Jun Ci and pretended to buy all the kittens, and then asked the stall owner for the cat food bowl on the pretext that the kittens were eating from the bowl.
Unexpectedly, the stall owner shook his head and said: I can't give you this cat food bowl. I have sold more than fifty kittens with it.
This is a typical fishing technique.
If it's two hundred yuan, it's not a loss. Dong Dechang said: Yu Fei, since you bought it cheaply, let me tell you straight away that this painting is not real.
Dong Ziyun almost clapped his hands when he heard that the painting was not true. Although he held it back immediately, he could not hold back the smile on his face. He smiled like a flower. If Yu Fei could howl at this time,
The last two sounds will make it even more perfect.
But what made Dong Ziyun slightly disappointed was that Yu Fei didn't have any depressed expression on his face.
On the contrary, Wenxuan seemed to be well-intentioned and said to Fei: Yu Fei, what scares me most about the collecting industry is that I only half-understand. I have some theoretical knowledge but lack of practice. Everything seems real. But I still hold on to it.
The mentality of picking up leaks often means paying for tuition. Although Wenxuan's words are reasonable, they seem very arrogant. He is about the same age as Yu Fei, and in front of Dong Dechang, it is really not his turn.
He said this in an instructive tone.
In fact, Wenxuan is very stable most of the time, otherwise Dong Dechang would not like him. But for some reason, Wenxuan's inner balance was broken as soon as he saw Yu Fei. Maybe he was jealous that Yu Fei picked up a
The huge leakage of tens of millions of yuan may be due to Dong Dechang's attitude towards Yu Fei and his desire to compete for favor.
Although Wenxuan's words seemed a bit harsh, Yu Fei still nodded and said thank you.
Dong Dechang didn't like Wenxuan's attitude very much, but it was inconvenient to scold him in front of others, so he said lightly: Wenxuan, there is nothing to do with you here, you can go out.
Just one sentence made Wenxuan's face turn red. Dong Dechang always pays attention to this student. Especially when appraising antiques, he usually lets him appreciate them together and explains to him in detail how to distinguish authenticity.
, how to determine the generation. But today, he was kicked out with the excuse that it has nothing to do with you. What do you mean, there is nothing to do with you here? Didn’t you see that Niuniu, a seven or eight-year-old girl, is still staying nearby? What’s the matter with her here?
Could it be that I am not as good as a little girl?
In order not to embarrass Wenxuan too much, Yu Fei asked: How could Uncle Dong tell at a glance that this painting was not real?
To tell the authenticity at a glance, the old man asked himself that he didn't have the ability, but the original painting was hidden in the Osaka Municipal Art Museum in Japan. Dong Dechang sighed and said that most of China's antique treasures are hidden in foreign museums.
It can’t help but make people sigh. The Eight-Power Allied Forces alone snatched at least one million priceless national treasures from the Old Summer Palace. During World War II, Japan also looted a large number of national treasures from China, such as Wang Wei’s Fu Sheng’s Sutra Teaching Picture.
It was at that time that he fled to Japan.
Dong Dechang looked at the painting in his hand carefully and said: I used to go to Japan for exchanges when I was working at the Ningdu Museum, and I was lucky enough to see Wang Wei's original work. However, although this painting is not authentic, it is not the same in terms of brushwork.
It is inferior, and can even be regarded as a high imitation. It may be from the hands of a master. You must know that many ancient Chinese famous paintings have many imitations. For example, Zhang Daqian is famous for his famous paintings. In terms of artistic value, some works
Not even inferior to the original.
Suddenly, Dong Dechang let out a startled cry and said, "Bring me my magnifying glass."
Because Wenxuan was kicked out by him, Dong Ziyun got up and took the magnifying glass used by Dong Dechang for identification.
Dong Dechang took the magnifying glass and looked at the painting in front of him almost inch by inch. While looking at it, he praised: It's amazing, it's really amazing.
Dad, what's so great about this? Dong Ziyun is impatient and has already become impatient.
Not only is this painting very similar to the original, but even the inscriptions of Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, including the seals, are the same. There are many seals on Fu Sheng's sutra teaching map, such as the seals of Xuanhe Zhongmi and seals of Huang Bolin, Liang Qingbiao, Sun Tuigu and others.
They are all indistinguishable from the real thing, which shows that the person who made the counterfeit has definitely put a lot of thought into it.
After a long time, Dong Dechang put down the magnifying glass and closed his eyes tightly, as if he had encountered something difficult to decide.
As soon as her father Dong Ziyun spoke, he was interrupted by Dong Dechang's wave. Dong Ziyun was still a little scared of her father. Although she was very curious, she could only keep silent.
After another while, Dong Dechang opened his eyes and said carefully: I now suspect that the painting of Fu Sheng teaching sutras in the Osaka Municipal Museum is a replica, and this one is the authentic one.
Ah, Dong Ziyun was surprised. Although she had not joined the industry, she still knew some rules. Most of the works that could be displayed in the museum had been authenticated by experts. Especially this painting of Fu Sheng teaching Buddhist scriptures, Dong Dechang personally
I went to Japan to see it and was sure it was authentic. After returning, Dong Dechang was so depressed that he got drunk.
Now my father actually suspects that the work was copied by a later generation. Isn't this a disguised admission that he was mistaken before?
Dong Dechang said slowly: It is not accurate to say that this painting is the same as the one in the Osaka Municipal Museum, because there are two huge differences.