After saying that, Shen Yu immediately recited a treasure appraisal silently. At this time, a dark blue light as big as a broad bean emerged three inches above the painting.
Seeing Baoguang, Shen Yu nodded secretly.
Dong Bangda is very famous, but the prices of his paintings are polarized. Just like the ancient coins in the collection world, the prices are very high, which can even scare people to death. No one wants it.
The auction prices of Dong Bangda's masterpieces can reach as high as 50 to 60 million, but the prices are also very low, ranging from 7 to 8 million, 5 to 6 million, 2 to 3 million, and even more than 1 million. There are also!
There is a reason why the prices of paintings vary so much.
Dong Bangda was a close and important minister whom Qianlong relied heavily on. He traveled to the south of the Yangtze River with Qianlong many times as an entourage. In addition to his own love of painting, he would also paint some paintings at Qianlong's order. Qianlong also wrote poems and poems for his works many times.
For example, Mr. Jin Yong's famous book "The Book of Swords and Enmities" mentioned that Qianlong wrote a poem on Dong Bangda's painting "Forty Scenes of the West Lake".
Painting in the name of the emperor had to be done with caution, so most of his works were in the style of the painting academy with delicate brushwork and step-by-step methods.
There is nothing that can be done about this. Ancient painters could paint whatever they wanted when they were painting. Only in this way could they show their true strength through unfettered creation. However, when painting for the emperor of the dynasty, they could not be uninhibited and paint whatever they wanted. .
It's okay to offend the emperor and get scolded a few times, but if you are targeted by someone who wants to take part in a book, sometimes the emperor wants to protect you and you have to take care of the other person's emotions, which will definitely not lead to good results.
Shen Yu thought to himself: "If this painting is like a lion's mouth, then even if I know it is authentic, I can't buy it."
"Five hundred thousand!" Chen Chixia's quotation was very cheerful, without any hesitation, as if he had been thinking about it in his heart for a long time.
"How much?" Shen Yu asked uncertainly.
"Fifty thousand, but you must have cash! Because I was in a hurry and didn't take the card with me."
"Cash, this..."
Now it was Shen Yu's turn to be in trouble. Although most of Dong Bangda's works were not very expensive, they were compared with those of famous artists such as the Four Kings and the Four Monks in the early Qing Dynasty. The minimum price for his works was not less than 1.5 million.
Most of them were three to four million, but the other party directly asked for a low price of half a million, which was like giving money to yourself.
Because the painting "Yunshan Returns at Dusk" has superb painting skills, orderly inheritance, clear identification and signature, and is a large-scale work. No matter how low the price of this painting is, it is estimated that it can be sold for two million. It is enough to give Uncle Chen half a million. It's not impossible, I can still earn at least 1.5 million.
In this case, if you keep lowering the price, it will be difficult to overcome your own difficulties.
Having a bottom line in doing business has always been one of the principles that Shen Yu adheres to. Influenced by his grandfather, he is not the kind of person who would like to buy a million-dollar antique for 100 yuan. He only needs to make a profit from acquiring antiques.
But if he agreed directly, Shen Yu was worried that the other party would think that the sale was a loss and then stop selling.
To be honest, since the other party is actively selling paintings, there is no reason to drive out the business that comes in. If Shen Yu doesn't make the money himself, others will.
Two thoughts collided in Shen Yu's mind, and for a while he really couldn't make up his mind.
"Uncle Chen, let's not talk about the price for now. Since you said you brought three antiques, you don't know what the last antique is?" Shen Yu decided to wait and see what the third antique was. Then It’s also a good idea to buy together and then negotiate the price.
Chen Chixia was also very happy, "The third piece is still a painting, but it is not famous. If you are willing to ask for it, I can give it to you as a supplement."
Perhaps Chen Chixia didn't pay attention to the last painting. He took the painting out of the trolley case and spread it directly on another glass display cabinet.
This painting is also a vertical scroll. It is made of silk and is about 90 centimeters long and 55 centimeters wide. It is only in ordinary condition. Not to mention being eaten by insects and rats, it is also in dilapidated condition. It is impossible to hang it on the wall unless it is properly framed. of.
The background of the picture is simple, with ancient pines in the pavilion as the background. There are two elderly people sitting opposite each other in Panasonic, wearing straight jackets and playing Go. One is sitting on a round pier and the other is sitting on a wooden chair.
Then there was an idler watching chess standing next to the two people. The person on the left side of the old man was a white-clothed scribe, about thirty years old, wearing a white midriff, a wide-bodied long-sleeved top, and a futou on his head. The person looks respectful, as if he is the old man’s follower or nephew.
Next to the old man on the right is a Taoist wearing a yellow crown and Taoist robes. His appearance is elegant and somewhat immortal.
The expression of this Taoist priest is different from that of the scribe in white. He is calm and composed, with a leisurely expression, and there seems to be a bit of a smile on his face. He seems to be a good friend of the old man playing chess. Although he can't see his friend making a wonderful move, he can't I praise you, but I am also very happy in my heart.
There is a huge stone next to a few people, and there are curls of incense rising from the three-legged incense burner on it.
Not far away, the stream is rushing, and fish jump out of the water from time to time. There is a bamboo forest beside the stream. The breeze blows, and the green bamboos sway left and right. Two white cranes fly from the clouds in the distance, making the whole painting instantly Added a bit of fairy spirit.
The brush strokes in this painting are fine and vigorous, free and elegant, and the facial expressions of the characters are extremely vivid. The huge stone pavilions look like real objects, and even the pine and bamboo branches and leaves have clear veins.
There is a poem on the painting:
The bamboo trees are growing day by day, and the windows are getting quieter.
The world is far away, and the birds sing and the environment is quiet.
The spring mist is about to spread, and the cold mountain scenery is still reflected.
I can only collect thousands of hearts and compete with each other.
In addition, there is also "both calligraphy and painting are unique, and the paintings are divine." Eight-character cursive script.
There are two seals under the cursive script, but because they are too blurry, Shen Yu can't even see what they are.
After walking around the glass display case, Shen Yu came to the opposite side and continued to look at the two seals. Unexpectedly, as soon as his hand touched the painting silk, his fingers felt a coolness, and a ball of precious light without clearly seeing the color followed it. His right hand penetrated the body.
Shen Yu felt his eyes were cold, not cool, but cold. Could it be that he had touched a treasure again?
Just like Liu Cai's "Picture of Fish Playing in Water", this picture of Panasonic playing chess also has no author's signature and is an unknown painting.
Since there is no name of the author and the seal cannot be seen, we can only analyze the year of the painting from the furniture and the clothes of the characters in the painting.
Generally speaking, if the characters in the painting are sitting on furniture, then the painting can be basically from the Song Dynasty or after the Song Dynasty.
Shen Yu recognized the chair in this painting as the top chair, which means the top chair. It can also be called the Grand Master's chair in the Song Dynasty.
This kind of chair has a lotus leaf that can be used to rest one's head. Its shape is simple and practical, and it is foldable. In ancient times, it was very convenient for dignitaries to carry it with them when they went on outings, but it did not look that strong.
Generally speaking, chairs with this style are mostly paintings of the Song Dynasty or the works of Southern Song painters, because this kind of chair appeared in the unknown painting "Returning from a Spring Outing at Night" in the Song Dynasty.
In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Taishi chair was improved, its shape changed drastically, and the lotus leaf supporting the head was removed.
Most Taishi chairs in the Ming Dynasty were in the shape of armchairs, but in the Qing Dynasty, they became completely armchairs with a backrest board and a right angle between the armrests and the chair surface. They used a lot of materials and looked extremely heavy.
The full name of the round pier where another old man is sitting should be called "Seven-karat gold painted pier". Such a round pier appeared in Su Hanchen's "Infant Playing in the Autumn Courtyard" of the Southern Song Dynasty.
"This unknown painting is probably from the Southern Song Dynasty." Shen Yu said to himself.
After silently reciting a treasure appraisal, a ball of golden light slowly condensed three inches above the painting, first as big as a broad bean, and finally as big as a walnut.