After Shen Yu saw these four words, he suddenly became interested.
Intuition and experience told Shen Yu that this large Yuan blue and white jar was not simple, and it might actually be a genuine Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain.
As we all know, most of the surviving Yuan blue and white flowers are stories about ancient characters.
And it is a story about characters before the Yuan Dynasty.
Han Gan's painting of horses is a matter of the Tang Dynasty, which is 100% consistent with one of the iron rules for identifying blue and white flowers in the Yuan Dynasty.
If there is a King of Yan who sweeps the north, or the rule of Renxuan, or even Qianlong's expedition to the south of the Yangtze River, it will definitely not be Yuan Qinghua.
The crime is surprising, and the Four Mysterious Cases are also impossible.
It must be from before the Yuan Dynasty.
So who is Han Gan? In fact, many people don’t know this.
At least the voices in the audience asking who Han Gan was proved this.
Others don’t know who Han Gan is, but Shen Yu naturally knows.
Han Gan was the top painting master in the Tang Dynasty and was most famous for his horse paintings.
From ancient times to the present, if one were to find the first person to paint horses in the history of painting, it would be Han Gan.
Han Gan, a native of Chang'an, has been passionate about the art of painting since he was a child. However, because of his poor family, he could only sell wine in a wine shop to support his family.
However, Han Gan did not give up his dream of being a painter. He began to teach himself painting skills while selling wine.
Not to mention, he was pretty good at painting, until later he met the Bole in his life, Wang Wei, one of the few champions in history who had great literary achievements and one of the originators of ink-wash landscapes.
At that time, Han Gan delivered wine to Wang Wei's estate. It was a coincidence that Wang Wei was away on business, so the wine was not delivered immediately.
Han Gan didn't dare to go back without sending it off, so he could only wait in front of Wang Wei's house.
When he was bored, Han Gan used dead branches to practice painting on the ground.
Just this time, Han Gan's fate changed dramatically.
When Wang Wei came home and saw several horses on the ground, he was very surprised, so he quickly asked if they were painted by Han Gan.
Han Gan nodded and admitted. Wang Wei immediately realized that he had met a rare painting genius. While encouraging him, he also provided money to help Han Gan learn painting systematically.
In fact, Wang Wei was also very young at the time, barely a few years older than Han Gan, but their identities could be said to be worlds apart.
Han Gan was born in poverty, while Wang Wei grew up with a golden key in his mouth.
He was born in the Wang family of Hedong.
The mother is Boling Cui.
These two families belong to one of the five surnames and seven clans. Going back hundreds of years, they have had high-ranking officials for generations. They can be counted by two hands at the level of governors. They are the top super noble clan.
With Wang Wei's status in the Tang Dynasty, it is not allowed to go sideways, but it is definitely not bragging to say that no one dares to provoke someone from a prominent family.
A few years later, Han Gan began to emerge in the painting world.
By the time of Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty, Han Gan was named a consecrated painter because of his superb painting skills.
Eventually he was promoted to General Zuo Wuwei.
This official position is the third rank. It is worth mentioning that Qin Qiong, a famous military general in the Tang Dynasty, only had this official position besides his title.
Soon, Shen Yu's thoughts were interrupted by Mr. Dong's words on the stage.
I saw Dong Baiming lowering his hands, "Everyone, please be quiet. I need to explain here. Just now I said that the first ten items were fake and I would pay ten for each one. That was without telling everyone if there was any doubt. If I told everyone, then I, the old director, have no responsibility.
"This large blue and white vase has been appraised by several top porcelain appraisers in the industry, and each of them is equally sure of its authenticity.
"So this large blue and white jar is a questionable item.
"But, even if it is not a genuine Yuan blue and white, several great appraisers have also dated this large jar to at least the Ming Dynasty.
"So if you buy this big jar and it turns out to be different from what I said, then my old boss will still give you ten for every fake one. What do you think?"
After Dong Baiming said this, his expression was very calm, as if he had already identified the buyers in the audience.
"This is natural!"
"We understand the rules!"
"Mr. Dong, you are kind and righteous!"
"We understand even if you don't tell us these details. Which auction house dares to say that it has 100% genuine Yuan blue and white jars?"
"That's it. It's good to come across blue and white porcelain from the Ming Dynasty."
"Mr. Dong, please stop making us feel itchy and tell us the origin of this big blue and white jar."
Dong Baiming didn't hide it at all. He said very straightforwardly: "This big blue and white jar is my favorite piece in my career of collecting leaks. It has been in my hands for 35 years.
I found this big jar when I went to a certain town to dig out an old house. At that time, I originally collected two Qing Dynasty calligraphy and paintings from that family. After clearing the money and goods, I accidentally tripped over something when I was about to walk out of the wing. One kick.
Old man, I looked down and saw that it was a pickle jar for pickling shredded radish.
I bought it for 1,000 yuan, but luckily it wasn't used to pickle pickles directly. There was also a small clay pot inside, so the big blue and white pot didn't suffer much damage except for some wind and rain. Big damage.
Having said that far away, let’s talk about something related to the identification of this big blue and white jar.
Everyone knows that Han Gan’s horse painting is unique in his own way.
In ancient times, horse painting was a major category of calligraphy and painting, called pommel horse.
Especially in the Tang Dynasty, painters who painted horses had a very high status, much higher than those who painted landscapes.
But one thing is that Han Gan's horse paintings are the most famous today, but they were not so famous at the time, that is, in the Tang Dynasty.
At that time, the ranking of horse painting masters was Cao Ba, Chen Hong, Wei Yan, and Han Gan.
At first, Han Gan's painting skills were not appreciated by Tang Xuanzong, who even asked Han Gan to apprentice with the great painter Chen Hong.
But Han Gan had a stubborn temper. Even though Chen Hong was famous enough to compete with Yan Liben, Han Gan didn't take it seriously and didn't even listen to Tang Xuanzong's words.
As for Chen Hong's master, Cao Ba, one of the descendants of Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei, Han Gan respected him very much.
In addition to being a descendant of Cao Cao, Cao Ba is also the protagonist of a famous poem: I don’t know how old I am when I am young, and the wealth and honor are like floating clouds to me.
Except for the unknown age of Wei Yansheng, Cao Ba, Chen Hong, and Han Gan are all about the same age.
Since they are both masters of horse painting, why is Han Gan the most famous in history?
It's simple, because Han Gan has the most works handed down from generation to generation...
Shen Yu didn't listen carefully to Mr. Dong's words because he was already attracted by the horse on the porcelain.
This horse is extremely well drawn, with well-proportioned bones and flesh, and satin-like fur. It doesn’t look like a horse on porcelain at all, but more like a horse on calligraphy and painting.
The water is gurgling by the river and the fish are flying.
A fat horse is galloping along the stream. The horse's four hooves are soaring like a steed, with a delicate facial expression and a hint of excitement in its pride.
Immediately there was another young man, holding a Ruyi jade in his hand with a joyful expression on his face. The Ruyi Baoguang contained within, like a fairy treasure.
And on the bluestone not far from the river, a Confucian painter happened to paint this scene.
The figures and horses on this jar are all lifelike, and the scenery is extremely beautiful, with undulating mountains, green peaks, waterfalls, weeping willows, and gurgling streams. Even people who don’t know much about porcelain can tell by just one glance that this large jar is It is an exquisite treasure among porcelain.
