Shen Yu watched the painting in silence, and Han Yuanchun squatted behind Shen Yu motionless like a clay puppet, for fear of disturbing Shen Yu.
However, he finally reminded Shen Yu softly, "This painting was put for sale by an old friend of my father's at my stall. The uncle said that if I sell this painting, he can give me a commission of 50,000 yuan." .
"When my father was alive, I saw him repairing this painting. The fonts on it were very light ink, and my father said that he was not good at thin gold calligraphy. Forcibly repairing it would ruin the painting, so I tried to preserve it as much as possible. It is an authentic work, which leads me to pick up the painting and look at it sideways if I want to see clearly the inscription on the painting."
It's okay not to listen. After hearing Han Yuanchun's words, Shen Yu was immediately shocked. This painting was restored recently?
After observing the painting for such a long time, Shen Yu did not notice any traces of repair on the painting.
From this point of view, isn’t Mr. Han’s skill in restoring ancient paintings already superb and miraculous?
Restoration of ancient paintings is one thing and restoration is another.
Restoration is far more difficult than repair. You can't accept the money and then not be able to hand over the painting.
Or it may turn out to be completely different from before, or even worse than before. If this is the case, the meaning of repair will be lost.
The restoration of ancient paintings is a technical job, and many of them are passed down from father to son, and from son to grandson. This way, each old master has his own unique secret skill, but the core is the same, which is nothing more than washing, uncovering, and repairing. All.
What Han Yuanchun was talking about just now was the word "quan" in the restoration of ancient paintings.
There are two theories of full color and full ink. Full ink is to restore the text on the calligraphy and painting. Lightly outline the outline and slowly complete it. Be sure to ensure that every stroke is the same as the original painting. It can be said that it is a test of the calligraphy skills of the restorer. .
After all, one person cannot be proficient in seal script, official script, regular script, running script, and cursive script. Therefore, a conscientious calligraphy and painting restorer will not easily write without being absolutely sure. He would rather leave the calligraphy and painting untouched than destroy the original calligraphy and painting. The artistic conception.
Mr. Han is naturally such a restorer with extremely professional ethics.
Standing up, Shen Yu took out a pair of pure cotton white gloves from his trouser pocket and put them on, preparing to verify the painting according to Han Yunchun's words.
At this moment, a sudden change occurred.
A voice that sounded very gentle and elegant, but out of place, sounded not far away, "Boss, your painting of Xu Gao's swimming fish in the Southern Tang Dynasty looks very good. I wonder how much you want to sell it for?" ”
The voice is very familiar.
Shen Yu turned around and saw that it was none other than Zhang Qiyun from the Binhai Collection Association.
After looking at the other party, Shen Yu withdrew his eyes and regarded Zhang Qiyun as nothing.
Han Yuanchun frowned, "I won't sell this painting!"
Zhang Qiyun looked at Shen Yu and asked pleasantly: "If you don't want to sell it? If you don't want to sell it, why are there other people looking at your paintings?"
Han Yuanchun said angrily: "People see paintings because they arrive first. Why are you playing with antiques if you don't even understand the first-come, first-served rule in the antique shop?"
Zhang Qiyun smiled casually when he heard this, still looking calm and calm, "No, no, no, it's the boss who didn't understand the rules of this Treasure Hunting Market. In other places, who comes first and who buys first, of course, pay attention to one thing." First come, first served, but in this treasure hunting market, the highest bidder wins. Everyone is interested in an antique, so they can bid on the stall owner. Whoever has the highest price will sell the antique to the stall owner."< /p>
"What?" Han Yuanchun's temper got worse. He stared at Zhang Qiyun and yelled, "Have money? Is it great to have money? I am a stall owner, and I won't sell it if I don't want to! Is it possible that I return my paintings? Can’t you make your own decisions?”
Zhang Qiyun didn't expect Han Yuanchun to speak so hastily, and was stunned. However, he had seen the world, and his demeanor was naturally very comparable. Instead of being angry, he showed a warm smile, "Brother, since you set up a stall If you sell a painting, the one with the highest price will naturally get it. Are you still planning to struggle with the money?"
Han Yuanchun curled his lips slightly, with a look of pride on his face, "Haha, didn't you see the things on my stall? Just this Kangxi blue and white drunken and golden branch pressing hand cup is worth several million, and these ancient coins, Wood carvings, copper stoves, pen holders, selling any of them can be enough to make me lively for a while, and these things are just a drop in the bucket of my collection, do you think I am short of money?"
Zhang Qiyun was stunned by Han Yuanchun's output. He looked at the antiques on the stall according to Han Yuanchun's words. They were really good items, especially the Kangxi blue and white hand cup. If it goes up for auction, it will be sold. A few million dollars is no problem.
However, the two security guards sent by Wu An behind Shen Yu couldn't bear it anymore and kept pinching his thighs, "Okay, this guy is so good at boasting. He couldn't eat just now and needed Mr. Shen to help him. I don’t even know much about antiques, but now I am touting myself as a big collector.”
However, they very much appreciated Han Yuanchun's way of not hurting his benefactor's feelings for money. They felt that although this guy liked to brag, he could be friends with others.
So when Han Yuanchun was bragging, everyone leaned close to him to support him.
Zhang Qiyun's mentality was really good. He just ignored the "unkind" looks from a few people. He shrugged and smiled to himself, then turned and went to the nearby stall, where he asked Han Yuanchun to help look after the stall. Miscellaneous stalls.
After glancing at it for a few moments, Zhang Qiyun picked up a jade cicada and began to appreciate it with relish.
"Humph, you are wise and want to throw money at me? Who do you think I am, Han Yuanchun?" Han Yuanchun straightened his back and said something majestic.
Shen Yu turned a deaf ear to the scene that just happened.
Because Shen Yu is doing his own thing.
He first rolled the painting up, and then unfolded it bit by bit. When it was a third of the way, Shen Yu leaned over and looked at the upper right corner of the painting.
Sure enough, there is a row of words in thin gold letters on it.
In addition, there is a very strange monogram.
When all the characters and monograms are read out, they are exactly the same as the cross, which is: "The imperial pen of Dinghai in Daguan is one of the best in the world."
Seeing this, Shen Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
So far, all the mysteries have been solved. The four-character inscription "Xugao of the Southern Tang Dynasty" in thin gold was originally inscribed by Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.
"Daguan Dinghai's imperial pen is one of the best in the world." These ten words should be read in four parts.
They are Daguan, Dinghai, Yubi and Tianxiaren.
Daguan is the reign name of Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty used this title for 4 years.
And Daguan Dinghai is the first year of Daguan, which is the first year that Song Huizong used the title of Daguan.
The imperial pen is naturally the handwriting written by the emperor.
There is something interesting about the world. People who are not familiar with antique appraisal will not know what it means. In fact, this is what Song Huizong wrote about himself.
Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was known as the Taojun Emperor. He was proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. He considered himself to be unprecedented and unparalleled, and he was truly the best in the world, so he had the monogram of "the best in the world".
After finding the irrefutable identification evidence, Shen Yu did not finish the picture immediately, but continued to look to the right for other possible identification evidence.
Yes, not down, but to the right.
When writing inscriptions on calligraphy and paintings, the first choice is to write in the blank space on the upper right side of the painting.
When there is no room to write in the upper right corner, change to the upper left corner.
If there is no room in the upper left corner, then go down further. If there is more space, write it there.
Shen Yu also looks at the upper left corner of the painting diagonally.
Sure enough, something was discovered here.
It's not an inscription, but a four-character seal.
