Shen Yu coughed lightly and explained his point of view calmly.
"At first glance, this painting does look like a Song Dynasty painting, or at least a Ming Dynasty copy!"
Shen Yu deliberately raised his voice when he said these words, which instantly attracted the attention of everyone present.
“However, if you look carefully, you can find many doubtful points.
"Especially in the depiction of some buildings and characters, they simply cannot stand scrutiny."
"Taking it all together, the brushwork and ink used in this painting are not as rigorous as those of ancient paintings, so I identified it as a modern imitation!
"Of course, everyone will never agree with this alone. Please give me some time to explain it in detail to seniors and netizens in the live broadcast room."
After saying this, Shen Yu nodded slightly to Shen Xiyue and said politely: "Dr. Shen, please focus the camera on this painting."
Shen Xiyue didn't talk nonsense and immediately followed his instructions!
Shen Yu took an unused brush from the pen holder next to him, lightly touched several characters on the drawing paper, and then said to the camera: "Look, everyone, these characters in the painting cannot be said to be well drawn. Difference.
"At least at first glance there is nothing wrong with it.
"The owner of the caravan is very impressive.
"The bodyguards who follow you are brave and brave in appearance.
"The fisherman catches the old man, simple and honest.
"The herding boy is so alive.
“Everything looks good, as if the characters in calligraphy and painting should be depicted like this!
"But let's calm down and think about it. The owner of the caravan is supposed to be extraordinary, and the guards must be brave people. The fishermen and farmers are also ordinary, simple, honest and honest.
“All these things give people an extremely rigid and mechanical feeling.
"It's like what the teacher teaches us, we do.
"There may be no problem with blacksmithing, burning furnaces, wine making, etc., but for artistic creation, such a step-by-step approach will inevitably overwhelm everyone.
"Such dull calligraphy and painting with no vivid charm at all have no collection value and will never be passed down to this day!"
The impassioned nature of Shen Yu's words caused everyone to fall into deep thought.
"Ahem!"
An old man wearing a peaked cap from Binhai Collection Association stood up and smiled, "Xiao Shen, what you said can only mean that this painting does not have the charm and style of famous works, but these evidences are not convincing for dating this painting. !”
Shen Yu knew the other party. He was the owner of a famous ancient painting shop in Binhai City. His surname was Nangong, and his single name had a taboo character. "Senior Nangong is right. These cannot be used as a basis for dating, but as a necessary foreshadowing, the younger generation must Talk about it up front!”
After saying this, Shen Yu continued: "In other words, the person who drew this painting has no problem with his basic skills, and can even be said to be very strong! But why did he paint the characters in such a stereotyped way? My answer is that it is not because of the author's lack of ability. But the author deliberately didn’t want to achieve the effect of flying clouds and smoke and a transcendent artistic conception!”
After Shen Yu finished speaking, Li Bufan next to him immediately showed a thoughtful expression. He narrowed his eyes slightly and asked Shen Yu doubtfully: "Xiao Shen, do you mean that the person who painted this painting did it on purpose?" Did you do that?”
Shen Yu nodded and replied still with great respect: "That's right, President Li, that's what this junior meant."
Li Bufan gave a wry smile, shook his head and said, "I don't understand this. Forgers usually strive to be indistinguishable from the original. How could someone make something old but deliberately expose flaws?"
Shen Yu explained calmly, "Before I answer this question, I would like to say a few words. President Li, you are a collector and a senior in the industry. You must know that the ancients were much more obsessed with collecting than modern people, right?"
Li Bufan didn't understand why Shen Yu asked such a question, but since Shen Yu asked, he naturally wanted to answer it, and then nodded, "Yes, collecting is not a patent of modern people.
"The ancients were far more obsessed with antiques than modern people! Not to mention the Tang Dynasty, both Emperor Taizong and Wu Zetian were absolute fans of the calligraphy of Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi and his son.
“In the Song Dynasty, there was a wave of collecting craze!
"According to "Tokyo Menghualu", calligraphy and painting, antiques, pearls, and rhinoceros jade could be bought and sold every day in the Panlou Market in the capital city of the Song Dynasty.
"Zishengmen in the capital is a place where books, calligraphy and paintings are sold. As soon as famous calligraphy and paintings appear, they are immediately bought at high prices.
"There was no electricity in ancient times. Unlike modern people, ancient people could play with their mobile phones whenever they wanted, or watch TV or movies whenever they wanted. As long as their eyes were not tired, they could watch for as long as they wanted.
"The ancients had very few ways of leisure and entertainment. When a person had money, his first thought was to collect antiques. This led to the proliferation of counterfeit goods in the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties.
"Even many of the collections in the imperial palace are fakes. Once the imperial family of the Song Dynasty wanted to collect Wu Daozi's paintings, and collected hundreds of paintings from the private sector. All of them were fakes, and not a single one was genuine.
"Collecting Li Cheng's authentic works, I found hundreds of them, but only two are authentic!"
Li Bufan couldn't stop talking as soon as he started talking, "The forgery in the Song Dynasty was so weird that many celebrities took the initiative to create fakes. For example, Mi Fu, who is known as the master of copying, imitated ancient paintings and calligraphy, especially the books of Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi and his son It's hard to tell the truth from the post.
"Forgery in the Ming Dynasty was even more sophisticated. There were many descendants of famous artists who specialized in forging the authentic works of their elders. They copied day and night, and practice makes perfect. If their own painting skills are not low, they can reach the level of 70 to 80% authentic, which is enough to fool ordinary collectors.
"In some places in the south of the Yangtze River, some counterfeiting workshops have already formed a large scale. They have a clear division of labor. They change the recent to the ancient, the old to the old, and use the works of less famous painters to replace the works of top painters. It is extremely difficult to distinguish."
What Shen Yu wanted was Li Bufan's endorsement. After Li Bufan finished speaking, he immediately answered: "With Mr. Li's explanation, everyone will be more convinced when I tell you the answer!
"Seniors present here, as well as netizens in the live broadcast room.
“In Chuzhou, there is a well-known antique shop called Jiangulou, which specializes in ancient calligraphy and painting books.
"The shopkeeper's name is Fatty Wang. His painting skills are superb. There is no calligraphy and painting by famous artists of the Tang and Song Dynasties that he cannot copy.
"His ancestors had two palace painters. Before the family was cleansed, dating back to the early Ming Dynasty, the family specialized in counterfeit calligraphy and paintings of the Tang and Song Dynasties.
“In the circle of calligraphy and painting forgery, I am definitely an expert.
"This matter is not a secret. Everyone in the Chuzhou antique circle knows it. Fatty Wang is an open-minded person and never deliberately hides the affairs of his ancestors.
"Of course, there is no need to hide it! Fatty Wang is not selling new paintings as ancient paintings when he sells them. What he sells is the price of the new paintings.
"It's just because his painting skills are really superb and there is an endless stream of people asking for his paintings that the price gradually rises.
“At the beginning of the millennium, a painting by Fatty Wang only cost three to four hundred yuan.
“By 2005 and 2006, the price had risen to 2,000 yuan per piece.
“In 2008, it rose directly to 5,000 yuan.
"But this year, a painting already costs 10,000 yuan, and it still needs to be customized. After customization, it will take two months to get the painting."
After saying this, Shen Yu asked Wang Yuqian who was not far away: "Boss Wang, how many years has this painting been collected by your father?"
Wang Yuqian scratched the back of his head and thought for a while before replying: "It's been almost twenty years, right?"
Shen Yu smiled heartily after hearing this, "Fat Wang is 47 years old this year. Twenty years ago, it was his most productive period of creation!"
Li Bufan looked solemn, "Xiao Shen, do you have any evidence for what you said?"
Shen Yu nodded confidently, "Mr. Li, each of Fatty Wang's paintings has the word '王' hidden in it. The purpose is to prevent others from selling his paintings as authentic works, and this painting also has such a '王' on it."
