"Xiao...Xiaodong, this is the Chixiao Sword, the imperial sword used by Liu Bang to kill the White Snake - the Chixiao Sword!" Waiting for Mr. Li to draw the sword in his hand, he could clearly see the decoration on the sword body and the 'Chixiao' sword on the sword's jaw.
'After two small seals, the old man's eyebrows and beard trembled with excitement.
The old man has a rich family background and has been involved in the antique world for half his life. He naturally has superb eyesight. Even though he just took a look at it, he was 60 to 70% certain that it was an ancient sword. After a little verification in the end, he became even more sure.
"Haha, old man, I got this sword from an iron rod. Although it didn't cut off any copper coins, it cut the elm wood as thick as a bowl with one sword and it was very sharp! But I haven't done any carbon 14 identification, nor have I ever done it.
I asked someone to take a look at it, so I’m not sure whether it’s the ‘Red Sky Sword’ or not.” Liu Dong said with a smile.
"It must be, it must be! I have seen the bronze sword unearthed from Qin Shihuang's Terracotta Warriors and the King Wu's Fuchai sword. The sword pattern on it is the same as this one. This must be the Chixiao sword! A national treasure, this is a national treasure!" Mr. Li said excitedly
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Hearing this, Liu Dong smiled, and he naturally knew that this was the real Chixiao Sword.
Mr. Li held the Chixia Sword in his arms and checked it over and over again for nearly half an hour before putting it down under Liu Dong's persuasion. Then Shen Zhou imitated Huang Gongwang's "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" scroll, which excited the old man again.
The value of imitations by famous artists is no less than that of the original, especially when Huang Gongwang's "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" has been damaged.
Next, there were minute repeater pocket watches from the Qing Dynasty, "Zeng Guofan's Family Letter" handwritten by Tan Yankai, huanghuali armchairs from the Ming Dynasty, blue and white porcelain from Guangxu's Dayazhai, lotus pattern with entwining branches, and jade pots and spring vases. Mr. Li tasted them for a while and then put them down.
Although the antiques are good, any item in Mr. Li's own treasure house is no worse than any item in the period.
In addition, the seated statue of Sakyamuni Buddha in the Northern Wei Dynasty was imitated by Huang Binhong's "Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains". Although it is precious, Mr. Li has seen it before.
Next, what really opened my eyes to the old man was the octagonal relic pagoda carved by Wang Shuyuan of the Ming Dynasty; the "Treasure of Qianlong's Royal Pen" with the seal of Qianlong and one of the four books "The Analects of Confucius" with Liu Yong's annotations; and Liu Yong's handwriting
Also stamped with bell seals are three of the four books: "The Great Learning", "Mencius", "The Doctrine of the Mean" and Tang Yin's "Spring Mountain Companions".
"Hey, this painting is good, where did you get it?" Finally, the old man took the 'Crane Painting' Liu Dong collected from the Black Tiger Gang's treasure house and looked at it carefully.
"Oh, I bought this from an antique street stall!" Liu Dong frowned at the 'Crane Painting' and quickly replied, but he didn't dare to let Mr. Li know that he was related to a gang like the Black Tiger Gang.
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"Oh, the artistry of this painting is good, but it seems to be part of a painting. There is obviously a missing part on the right side!" The old man looked at the painting in his hand and said to himself.
Liu Dong glanced at Mr. Li with admiration. The previous owner of this painting didn't know what he thought, maybe it was also to deceive others. He stacked the good paintings together and framed them, and added the name of the painting.
And the promotion of celebrities are all covered up underneath, causing a treasure that was originally enough to become a first-class cultural relic to become unknown.
But that's not what Liu Dong is concerned about at the moment. He clearly remembers that when he first got this painting, although the painting was not damaged, there were large and small mold spots, making the painting look very worn. But now
Look, although the entire silk cloth is glowing with an old yellow color, there are no mildew spots at all, and the strokes that were originally covered by these mildew spots are clearly exposed on the canvas.
"What's going on? Could it be that my Mustard Seed Space has the function of restoring ancient paintings?" Liu Dong thought to himself. But there was no time for him to confirm his conjecture now.
"'The color of the painting has been exhausted for a long time, and the blue sky is still out of dust.' Taibai left the pen!"
"'For those who paint cranes in ancient and modern times, Mr. Xue should be the leader!' Fan Zhongli of Huayuan!"
"Li Bai, Fan Kuan's promotion!" The old man became excited again.
Originally, these two lines of promotions and some appreciation and leisure badges had been covered up, but now they were all revealed, and they were quite clear, and the old man could see them all at once.
"With so many famous paintings, who is the author of this painting? Who is the most famous painter in the history of painting?" He looked at the old man scratching his head and scratching his head, looking like he was thinking hard.
Liu Dong quickly said from the side: "Xue Ji! Xue Ji, one of the four painters in the early Tang Dynasty, is famous for his crane painting!"
"Yes, yes, Xue Ji!" At this time, the old man also thought about it.
"It is recorded in the history of painting that it was praised by Li Bai, Du Fu, and Mi Pei, a master of the Song Dynasty! Yes, yes, this must be Xue Ji's original work!" At this point, the old man became excited again.
Liu Dong understood the old man's excitement. Liu Dong was also the same when he first got this painting because Xue Ji had achieved too much in painting.
Especially in painting cranes, Xue Ji achieved great success in painting cranes and had a far-reaching influence. "Records of Famous Paintings of the Past Dynasties" records: "The screen with six cranes looks like it since (Xue) Ji began." "Type" refers to the model for painting,
Xue Ji's ability to create "types" and be accepted by society illustrates his important position in the history of painting. Later, "Six Cranes Picture", this hall was renamed "Six Crane Hall" until more than a thousand years later, in the Qing Dynasty
There is also a six-crane screen painted in the palace. There have always been many people who learned from Xue Ji in painting cranes. The famous one is Kuai Lian of the Tang Dynasty, who was able to "understand its beauty". Huang Quan, a flower-and-bird painter of the tenth generation, was "the crane master of Xue Ji", and
Coming from behind, he has the reputation of being the best.
In addition to painting cranes, Xue Ji also achieved high attainments in figure paintings and miscellaneous paintings. His predecessors praised him for his painting traces like Yan Liben.
He once painted a shop of Western Buddhist murals for Xi'an Temple in Xin'an County (now Shexian County, Anhui Province). His brushwork was vigorous and graceful. He was listed as a divine product in the "Famous Paintings of the Tang Dynasty" and was considered to be comparable to Cao Buxing and Zhang Sengyao.
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Cao Buxing, Zhang Sengyao, Lu Tanwei and Gu Kaizhi became the "Four Masters of the Six Dynasties". This shows Xue Ji's achievements in painting!
In addition, Xue Ji also painted a wall of Western Pure Land Transformation murals. Du Fu wrote a poem praising: "The Western Transformation was waved again, and the ground supported the rafters. The pale walls were flying, and the color has not been filled up to this day." It can be seen that this painting has never been filled in.
The color belongs to the so-called "white painting", but it is still lively and has touching artistic power. Moreover, this kind of white painting is the precursor of the "white drawing of figures" initiated by Li Gonglin in later generations. From this, we can also see that Xue Ji
Extraordinary modeling and line drawing abilities.
In addition, the Jingde Jingshe in Chengdu has two shops of murals of Xue Ji’s characters and black animals, which are “vivid and unique for a moment.” There are murals of trees and rocks in the Shangshu Hall of the Ministry of Industry, and murals of green cows in the Yamen Courtyard of Chengdu.
They are all "along with the gods".
Of course, the most important thing is that so far, there are no authentic paintings and calligraphy works by Xue Ji handed down to the world. If Liu Dong's painting is recognized by the world as an authentic painting by Xue Ji, then his painting is likely to be the only authentic painting by Xue Ji that exists in the world.
.You can imagine how rare this painting is.
There is a saying that ‘things are valuable when they are rare’!
It was precisely because of the thought of these old men that he was so excited. If this painting was really an authentic work by Xue Ji, its value would be no less than the original "Three Hundred Miles of Jialing River Landscape" collected by Wu Daozi in his collection.
"There is no doubt that this is Xue Ji's authentic work, but my main focus is on porcelain appraisal, and ancient painting appraisal is only second-rate, so if I want to authenticate this painting, I have to let other people do it!" He said , there was a trace of thought on Mr. Li's face.
After a minute or two, Mr. Li looked calm, and he obviously had an idea in his mind.
"Xiaodong, do you have anything important to do these days?"
"Important things?" After thinking for a while, Liu Dong shook his head.
The company's affairs include Feng Jianhui, Yang Ke and Wang Qiang, so he doesn't need to worry. Li Yunfeng and Zhou Bin have returned to the capital. The stone gambling company in partnership with Xie Zhonglin has no need for him. Mr. Zhang promised to help him find a jade carving master as a master. As a result, there has been no movement after a month, and Liu Dong doesn't know what the outcome will be. Thinking about it this way, there really is nothing troublesome around him now.
Seeing Liu Dong shaking his head, Mr. Li said again: "In that case, you come with me to the capital in three days!"
"Going to the capital?" Liu Dong asked in surprise.
"Well, let's find someone who can authenticate this painting for you. Then we can also have this painting and your imitation of Huang Binhong re-pasted! It just so happens that you have time now!"
"Are you going to come too?"
"Yes, I haven't been back for many years, and it's time to go back now!" As he spoke, there was a hint of complex relief in Mr. Li's eyes.
"Mr. Li, I want to tell you something!" Liu Dong said after hesitating for a moment.
"What's the matter? Tell me?"
"Mr. Li, you have also seen that the place where I live is too small now, and there is no place to put things. It is really unsafe to leave these precious antiques here, so I want to put them at your old place. , do you think so?" Of course this is just Liu Dong's excuse. The key is that the nearly 4,000 genuine antiques in Mr. Li's secret room made him greedy. He only took a quick look at them this afternoon. Even the 20 pieces collected by Mr. Li Not even a part of it was seen. Therefore, Liu Dong wanted to continue to look.
In addition, frequent contact with these genuine antiques will also help improve his identification skills. If he sees many genuine antiques, he will naturally be able to easily distinguish fakes.
"Ha ha!"
Seeing Liu Dong looking at him eagerly, Mr. Li nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, I agree! I happen to have several shelves with nothing in my treasure house, so I'll leave them to you!"
"That's great, thank you Mr. Li!"
"Yes!" After nodding, the old man continued: "Xiaodong, do you know why I am looking for you this afternoon and taking you to my treasure house?" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and updated novels. Faster!