Zhang Zongbao, who had finished speaking, suddenly picked up the microphone again, "By the way, I need to emphasize that this painting is also from my collection. You can bid with confidence. Let me also reveal that this painting was painted by me using Qiu Ying's "Lady"
"Picture", a "Picture of Figures" by Chen Laolian, and a "Picture of Bamboo Repair" by Zheng Banqiao, in exchange for three high-quality ancient paintings."
"That's not right, Boss Zhang. Isn't Li Cheng's original painting of "Qingluan Xiaosi Picture" stored in a foreign museum? Why do you still have one here? Is it possible that there are two paintings of the same painting?"
"Yes, I also know about this. It seems that this painting was lost overseas in the 1940s. It was finally purchased by a well-known foreign art museum and has been kept in the museum since then. It is impossible for it to appear here.
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There are those who doubt it and those who don’t care.
"Are you single-minded? There are many copies of ancient paintings, and there are also quite a few with the same painting title. Is this something worth making a fuss about?"
"Haha, yes, "Qingluan Xiaosi Picture" is recorded in Xuanhe's painting book. It is two paintings. Many people don't know about this, right?"
"Two pictures?"
"Yes, if you don't believe it, don't you know if you go home and look through Xuanhe's paintings?"
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When the big screen finished playing, Zhang Zongbao spoke again, "Li Cheng, also known as Xianxi, also known as Yingqiu, was a great painter of the Five Dynasties and the early Song Dynasty. Together with Dong Yuan and Fan Kuan, two masters of landscape painting, they are also known as the "Three Great Masters of Northern Song Dynasty". p>
"His first landscape painting teachers were Jing Hao and Guan Tong. Later he lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, learning from nature. Everywhere he saw mountains, rivers, forests, rocks, smoke, clouds, snow and fog, broken bridges and dangerous stacks, and cold mountains and small temples, he felt content with himself. His Pingyuan cold forest was especially elegant and clear.
The result of openness.
"Li Cheng's artistic achievements in landscape painting made him the highest-ranking painter in the entire Northern Song Dynasty painting circle, and the head of the three great masters. He was originally a member of the Tang Dynasty clan. He was knowledgeable and talented. He had great ambitions but could not implement them. He was depressed and lethargic.
He indulged in poetry, wine, calligraphy and painting, and then died drunk in Chenzhou, which is really sad.
"The "Picture of Xiaosi in Qingluan" by Li Cheng that you are talking about was first seen in the "Xuanhe Painting Book". It was not until the early Qing Dynasty that it came into the hands of the great collector Liang Qingbiao. Liang Qingbiao did not attribute it to Li Cheng's name.
Only a few seals were stamped on it.
"After that, the painting never entered the Qing palace. It was successively collected by several collectors and connoisseurs in the Qing Dynasty. Finally, it was lost overseas and was finally collected by a foreign museum.
"To be honest, my "Picture of Xiao Si in Qingluan" is not the one you mentioned, but after digital calligraphy and painting appraisals, everyone and our expert team at Baoyuan unanimously identified it as an anonymous Song Dynasty painting.
"His writing style is very similar to Li Cheng's, but whether it is Li Cheng's original work or whether it was imitated by Song people is open to question.
"Okay, let's not talk nonsense anymore. Now there are distinguished guests who know how to appreciate calligraphy and painting, and they can come to the stage to view the painting. This painting may be a good opportunity for everyone to miss it!"
Zhang Zongbao's words have changed this time. He is talking about those who understand the appreciation of calligraphy and painting, rather than saying that everyone can come to view paintings. This also means that there is no need for those who do not understand the appreciation of calligraphy and painting to come.
Everyone in the audience also understood what Zhang Zongbao meant. Many wealthy businessmen or those who were not proficient in calligraphy and painting did not come up. However, those who wanted to come up saw the big bosses on the stage and shrank their necks and sat back. p>
Even Fatty Li, who was sitting in the second row of "Duobao Lou", had already stood up and was about to walk to the stage. When he saw a few people on the stage, he turned around and walked back to his seat in embarrassment.
There are currently six people standing on the viewing platform. Fatty Li knows them all. Most of them are VIPs sitting in the first row. There is also a VIP among the VIPs who has not taken a seat at all and has been drinking tea and resting in the VIP room.
These six bosses are:
Feng Qingyun, Director of Chuzhou Qingyun Museum.
Chuzhou Xishan Museum Wu Xishan.
Bogutang store owner, Liu Dongyang.
Wanbaolou store owner, Dong Pengcheng.
Yu Shixin, owner of the largest calligraphy, painting and antique shop "Jiangulou" in Dongjiang.
The last person to accompany me is Lin Yunlong, the chief calligraphy and painting appraiser of Baoyuan Auction House.
Chuzhou, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, has outstanding people and a high cultural atmosphere, so there are many private museums, among which Qingyun Museum and Xishan Museum are the most famous.
Among them, the total value of the Qingyun Museum's collections exceeds 5 billion, and the Khe Sanh Museum's collection reaches more than 4 billion. The three famous stores in the Chuzhou Flea Market all have large collections, and each of their antiques is valued at more than 10 billion.
It’s over 100 million, but it’s still far behind the two major private museums.
These six people are all important figures in the Jiangnan antique world. Zhang Zongbao could not accompany him because he was in charge of the auction, but he also ordered someone to open the glass cover on the painting so that these big guys could see the painting through the glass. It was Zhang Zongbao who
If you are famous enough and rich enough, you won’t dare.
Feng Qingyun and Wu Xishan are both over eighty years old, and Feng Qingyun will reach ninety next year. These two people are higher in the Jiangnan antique world than Liu Dongyang and Dong Pengcheng. Liu Dongyang and Dong Pengcheng met
You have to call me brother.
Dong Pengcheng has a short temper, "I tell you two old brothers, let's not be humble to each other here. Since we are all here, let's say a few words."
Wu Xishan, who was wearing a silk shirt, smiled and said to the white-haired Feng Qingyun: "Since Brother Dong has spoken, Brother Feng, please say a few words."
Just by looking at Feng Qingyun's appearance, you would never tell that he is nearly ninety years old. He has clear facial features, neat beard and hair, and is not hunched over. He is in very good spirits. He shook his head: "I have seen this painting once since I came here.
, to be honest, it’s not very easy to identify.
"As we all know, literati in the Song Dynasty regarded Li as their idol, and countless people imitated Li Cheng's paintings.
"It can be said that the most popular literati landscape painting in the Northern Song Dynasty was Li Cheng's. Therefore, Li Cheng had an extraordinary influence on the development of landscape painting in the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, his status in the painting circle was actually ranked first.
"Whether they are relatives of the emperor, wealthy businessmen or distinguished people, they are all followers of Li Cheng.
"And there were not many authentic works of Li Cheng in the Northern Song Dynasty. Empress Dowager Cao, the wife of Song Renzong and the granddaughter of Cao Bin, a famous general in the Northern Song Dynasty, once specially invited Li Cheng's granddaughter to come to the palace to appraise Li Cheng's works. As a result, the imperial palace
Among the 159 works of Li Cheng in the collection, only four are authentic, and the others are all fakes.
"You must know that it is a royal collection. It can be seen that Li Cheng's forgery was rampant at that time, which has reached a jaw-dropping level." At this point, Feng Qingyun picked up the water glass handed over by the waiter next to him and took a slow sip of water.<
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Wu Xishan saw that Feng Qingyun was silent after drinking the water, so he had to say: "What's more interesting is that Mi Fu, one of the four masters of the Song Dynasty, has authenticated more than 300 so-called authentic paintings by Li Cheng, but they really belong to Li Cheng
There are only two authentic paintings.
"He also identified more than 300 works by the painting sage Wu Daozi, but none of them were authentic. They were all imitations.
"Although later generations did not fully agree with Mi Fu's appraisal skills, this doctor of calligraphy and painting appointed by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty at that time was indeed extremely talented in appraisal. Wang Shimin, one of the four kings of the early Qing Dynasty, even respected him as the ancestor of Jingjian.<
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"And he can see the treasures in the Song Dynasty palace whenever he wants, so he can be called the first person to appraise them in the Song Dynasty.
"In his "History of Painting" he wrote that the Yu family (my family) has the largest collection of ancient paintings, and there are as many as a thousand scrolls of ancient paintings from the Jin and Tang Dynasties, which shows that his family has a rich collection.
"This painting is indeed as Brother Feng said, it is not easy to identify!"
The six people on the stage are all spirited people who have lived their whole lives. After listening to the words of Feng Qingyun and Wu Xishan, it became clear that these two people were facing the cryptic expressions. This "Picture of Xiao Temple in Qingluan" is not an authentic work by Li Cheng, but
Didn’t speak directly.
Liu Dongyang and Dong Pengcheng looked at each other, and suddenly waved to Lao An, who was standing under the stage, "Xiao An, come up here."
After hearing this, Lao An did not dare to neglect, and immediately trotted up to the viewing platform, "Mr. Liu, if you have any orders, just tell me."
"Xiao An, please do me a favor and call Xiao Shen over." Liu Dongyang said casually. He said it was hard work, but in fact, he just meant you to find someone for me quickly.
"Xiao Shen? Mr. Liu, who is this person?" Lao An asked confused, how did he know who Xiao Shen was.
Liu Dongyang was startled at first and then shook his head with a smile, "Oh, it's the old man. I neglected it. I forgot that you guys don't know him. His name is Shen Yu. He sits at No. 196. Go tell him and I will ask him to come on stage to help me."
Let’s identify this calligraphy and painting.”
Lao An nodded hurriedly, then walked quickly to the audience, and trotted all the way to Shen Yu. He was secretly surprised when he saw that Shen Yu was the handsome young man who followed Xu Duofu. He was so young and capable.
Help Mr. Liu identify calligraphy and paintings?
But after enduring many storms, he still said with a smile on his face: "Hello, Mr. Shen, Mr. Liu would like you to go to the stage to help him appraise his calligraphy and paintings."
