"Hey, Qing'er, what's the matter?" Shen Yu asked softly.
"Qinan, you don't have to speak, just listen to me. I'll keep the story short. The visitor may have introduced it to you, but there are some things he can't say clearly. The so-called Dong Ji antiques also have a name called "Wanbao Tower".
"Wanbaolou ranks first among the three famous antique stores in Chuzhou flea market."
Shen Yu suddenly realized that no wonder Dong Ji's antiques sounded a bit strange. Wanbaolou is the honorific title given to Dongji's antiques by many buyers, which means there are many treasures here. It is worth mentioning that Wanbaolou only sells real antiques, not fakes. We do not sell imitations.
Another point is that Wanbaolou does not sell porcelain. This store mainly sells calligraphy and painting, as well as miscellaneous items.
Especially calligraphy and painting, there are countless authentic works by ancient people.
There are also extremely precious antiques among the miscellaneous items. It is said that there are more than ten Ming Dynasty Zigang tablets made of mutton fat white jade.
It is because it does not sell porcelain that Hanlin Pavilion won the title of the No. 1 antique store in Chuzhou.
At this time, Li Qing'er's voice came from the receiver again, "One more thing, this person's in-laws are Xiao Zhongying, the president of the Chuzhou Antique Collection Association. If you have a good relationship with him, it will be very important for you to enter the Antique Collection Association in the future. Help, grandpa called you down, this is also a big reason.
"Of course, grandpa is also one of the vice-presidents of the Chuzhou Antique Collecting Association. There should be no problem in helping you enter the Collecting Association, but you must be polite when talking to Mr. Dong. He has a good heart, but a very bad temper."< /p>
"Finally, Mr. Dong's granddaughter is one of the most popular female stars in the entertainment industry, named Xiao Yuying!
"If Mr. Dong asks you what movies you like to watch recently, or even wants to give you movie tickets, you'd better say that you like Xiao Yuying's recent films, so that he will be very happy, okay, I'm done. ”
There was a busy signal on the phone, and Shen Yu finally understood why he looked familiar to that beautiful woman. It turned out to be Xiao Yuying, a top superstar in film, television, singing, and one of the four little queens!
Returning to the sofa, before Shen Yu could speak, a pair of big hands had already slapped him on the shoulder. This meant that Shen Yu had been practicing Dongjiquan for many years and his lower body was extremely stable, otherwise he would have been knocked down on the sofa by this slap.
"It's okay to play. It seems that you have learned Mr. Shen's Dongjiquan."
"You are too old to be praised. The younger generation has only scratched the surface." Shen Yu said modestly.
Dong Pengcheng smiled and did not continue the topic, "I have good eyesight, and I can receive Dong Bangda's authentic paintings at a young age. When I am like you, I can laugh out of my dreams when I receive an anonymous painting from the Qing Dynasty.
"As the old saying goes, the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and each generation becomes stronger than the next. Today I want to test you to see if the painting I brought is an authentic work by Shen Zhou.
"As for the lottery, you don't need to add any more money!"
"More money, Mr. Dong, what do you mean?" Dong Pengcheng said this without any beginning or end. In a short period of time, Shen Yu had no idea what he meant.
Li Hanlin explained: "Old Dong likes Dong Bangda's paintings very much and has always told me that if the store receives Dong Bangda's authentic paintings, he must be informed as soon as possible, so I gave him a call.
"But the old guy was reluctant to buy it with money. He had to exchange it with me for a so-called authentic work of Shen Zhou, and he asked me to give him five million more.
"I said this painting was yours, and he made a request, saying that he would bring two paintings, but only one of them was authentic. He asked you to go downstairs to identify the authenticity of the painting. If you were right, then he Just admit the loss and don’t want you to add any more money.”
Shen Yu instantly understood that he was trying to find truth among lies!
And finding the truth among fakes is different from that of Lao Liu. As the owner of Wanbao Building, Mr. Dong, a big antique dealer of his level, will definitely not deceive himself with two fake paintings.
One hundred percent not, there is no need to doubt this.
I just don’t know why Mr. Dong is so generous. After all, I have no relationship with him.
As Shen Yu was thinking, the first painting on the Qing Dynasty rosewood table over there had been unfolded.
The painting is a hand scroll, ink and color on paper, about 40 cm in length and 80 cm in width.
At first glance, Shen Yu saw a painting full of seals, densely packed, one after another.
Most of them are collection seals, such as the Five Seals of Qianlong, the Collection Seals of Xiang Yuanbian, the Collection Seals of Wang Shizhen, and the Collection Seals of Yuan Shu. This shows that the seals of the great collectors of the two dynasties of the Qing Dynasty are all available. These are only the authentic calligraphy and painting works of celebrities. Such treatment.
This famous painting has been collected by many collectors since the Tang Dynasty.
Some collectors are quite restrained, while others are unscrupulous and cover up whatever they want. They feel that if they don’t leave some traces of themselves on the calligraphy and paintings they have collected, it will be like suffering a huge loss.
This is also understandable. Paintings have not been cheap since ancient times. It is okay to spend money to buy them and get them stamped.
Forgetting these seals in his mind, Shen Yu began to look at paintings.
The content of the painting is of an apricot tree with broken branches. The brushwork is precise and the colors are elegant.
The viewing angle is excellent, the branches twist and go straight up, giving a sense of layering.
At this time, the flowers were in bloom, and the blossoming apricot blossoms were charming but not vulgar, delicate but not showy, crystal clear, pink and white, and Shen Yu's first impression was that this was not a painting, but a real scene.
In addition, there are nine birds with different shapes and different names standing on different branches, namely: kingfisher, tit, magpie, winter sparrow, mandarin duck, gray goose, starling, red shelduck, and Pulsatilla.
Different from the painting method of almond trees, these birds have fluffy feathers and simple brushwork. Of course, they still look vivid and expressive.
The whole painting looks very real overall, but it is not completely constrained by the shape. The technique of part-time writing is brought to the extreme, and it has the momentum of Shen Zhou and Shen Qi who pioneered Baiyang Ivy flower and bird paintings in Nankai.
There is no title for this painting. There are only two lines of poetry in the upper left corner of the painting: "Half a hug is stained with smoke in the spring cold, and one tip is exposed slantingly against the curved wall."
There are also authors who inscribe themselves, "Hongzhi Gengxu Xia" and "Changzhou Shen Zhou".
Seeing this, Shen Yu thought to himself: "This kind of painting is really rare among Shen Zhou's authentic works handed down from generation to generation!"
In the sub-category of calligraphy and painting, this belongs to a painting of flowers and birds.
Specifically speaking, it should be called "part-time writing" flower and bird painting.
In traditional Chinese painting, any painting that depicts flowers, flowers and birds, fish and insects, fruits and vegetables, etc., is collectively called flower-and-bird painting. It sounds broad, but it is true.
There are three painting methods for flower and bird painting, namely "meticulous brushwork", "freehand brushwork" and "part-time writing".
"Part-time writing" is literally understood to have both the style of meticulous painting and the style of freehand painting. Simply put, it means coloring freehand painting.
If you want to understand what part-time writing is, you need to first understand what gongbi painting and freehand painting are.
Ancient painters used to call birds "feathers".
Among them, the fine brushwork of flowers and birds began in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and matured in "The Wealth of the Huang Family" by Huang Quan of Western Shu and "The Wild Ease of the Xu Family" by Xu Xi of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
The heyday belonged to the Song Dynasty. For example, Huizong of the Song Dynasty was very good at meticulous flower-and-bird paintings. He founded the Xuanhe Painting Academy, which made meticulous flower-and-bird paintings flourish for a while.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, due to the presence of the Royal Painting Academy, meticulous flower and bird painting became an essential skill for painters.
There are many famous painters of ancient flower and bird paintings, including Bian Luan, Diao Guang, Zhong Yin, Huang Quan, Huang Jubao, Huang Jucai, Xu Xi, Xu Chongju, Xu Chongsi, Xu Chongxun, Tang Xiya, Tang Zhongzuo, Zhao Chang, Cui Bai, Cui Cui, Yi Yuanji, Li Di, Ma Lin, Ren Renfa, Wang Yuan, Bian Jingzhao, Lin Liang, Lu Ji, Zhou Zhimian, Chen Hongshou, Ren Bonian, Yun Shouping.
Most of these famous flower and bird paintings were born in the Song Dynasty.
Meticulous flower-and-bird painting advocates realism and pursues resemblance in form. To put it bluntly, if you have seen the birds in a famous painting in real life and know the name of the bird, then you will know that this is the same bird at a glance. What kind of bird?
