Chapter 1080: Playing Crazy
“You should know that when we were in the 1980s, we formed a traveling appraisal team and traveled across the country?”
“Well, that was part of the cultural world. It's a big deal." Zhou Zhi said, "You. At the request of the country, I and several old gentlemen formed a traveling appraisal team of ancient Chinese paintings and calligraphy to conduct appraisals of almost all the existing paintings and calligraphy in my country. "
"When we were at the Dian Expo, we discovered hundreds of scrolls donated by Mr. Gao." Qi Lao said with a smile: "In addition to dozens of paintings and calligraphy by the painting monk of the Ming Dynasty, we also found Guo Xi's "Travel to Streams and Mountains" "Travel Picture"; Huang Gongwang's "Visiting Dai in Yanxi"; Xia Yong's "Yellow Crane Tower", "Yueyang Tower"; Ren Renfa's "Bamboo Birds"; Qiu Ying's "Xi Zhi Shu Fan"; Lu Ji's "Summer Scenery of Flowers and Birds", "Two Geese in a Willow Pond".
"Huh?" Zhou Zhi was so shocked that he was almost speechless.
Guo Xi is a painter of the Northern Song Dynasty and the master of green landscapes; Huang Gongwang is a great painter of the Yuan Dynasty, and his "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" is considered a household name; He's good at ghost work"; Ren In addition to being a painter, Renfa was also an expert in water conservancy. He was best at painting horses, and "his workmanship rivaled that of Zhao Mengfu." Qiu Ying was one of the "Four Wu Clan Masters" after Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming, and Tang Yin; Lu Jize was known as "The first person to have flowers and birds in the Ming Dynasty".
Every painting by these people can be called a national treasure. Not to mention others, even the least famous Ren Renfa, his "Five Kings Returning Drunk", later sold more than 300 million.
There are less than ten paintings like Guo Xi’s in the world, and they are even more precious.
“When we discovered these paintings, they had been gathering dust in the Dian Expo for several years.” Qi Lao said with a smile: “The funniest thing is Guo Xi’s “Travel to Streams and Mountains”. It was originally collected by the Qing Palace, but there are three characters on this painting, "Chen Guo Xi", which makes people doubt its authenticity."
"After Qianlong's own review, he believed that this painting should be authentic, but these three words may have been written by later generations. However, for the sake of rigor, he did not select this painting for inclusion in the Shiqu Pavilion. He also personally wrote down the process of identification on the upper left side of the painting.”
"Later, we brought this painting to the capital and compared it with many paintings of Guo Xi. In the end, everyone determined that this painting was the original work of Guo Xi. The three words 'Chen Guo Xi' were indeed added later. Qianlong The level of appraisal of calligraphy and paintings is still very good."
"Huh?" Zhou Zhi was completely amused by this: "It means that the counterfeiters first took the authentic ones. Treat it as a fake, and then think that the degree of fraud is not enough, so you add a fake signature to the real painting?"
"And Qianlong, the appraiser directly wrote the appraisal opinion on the ancient painting, what happened..."< br>
Obviously it is a precious authentic work of the Song Dynasty, but it was almost turned into a fake because of the superfluous additions made by later generations, which made the emperor and his painting and calligraphy appraisal team uncertain.
If not for this, this painting probably would not have been leaked out of the palace and was obtained by General Gao.
Finally, it was re-researched by later generations, and the famous painting was restored to its original appearance.
Pearls are covered in dust, but there will eventually be someone who knows the goods. Zhou Zhi truly admired this General Gao to the extreme.
"What's the matter? You received a piece that Gao Baidan once collected?"
"Yes, I received a piece of "Mo Mei Tu" by Li Fangying, with a stamp on it. With his collection stamp.”
“I heard from Wanqiu that we went hunting for a house together and gained a lot. Is this one of them?”
"Yes."
"I heard that you also collected a rhinoceros needlepoint box. Is there anything weird about it?"
"Yes, the workmanship of the thing is of the imperial standard, but the bottom It was redone for Qianlong, and then the double lines of regular script "Qianlong Year System" were engraved. Filled with gold."
"Wanqiu said there are any traces on the side of the box?"
"Yes, but most of the traces were filled in by the subsequent paint layer. I can vaguely see that there are three characters, but I can’t see them clearly. ”
"Then you may have to find your cheap master to break it off." Qi Lao joked.
Master Cheap is the nickname that Mr. Qi gave to Mr. Wang in Zhou Zhi's place. It means that Zhou Zhi himself did not ask for it, but Mr. Wang was particularly interested in him, and it felt a bit like a warm face but a cold butt. Transferring all the furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties for one million US dollars is really cheap for the master. It's not like the two of them can't do this.
But both Zhou Zhi and Mr. Wang interpreted it as jealousy of their close relationship. Yes, it was jealousy.
"Then I'll call him later." Zhou Zhi said, "I also want to give the old man a good news."
"What a good thing?" Qi Lao became interested, and Zhou Zhi said it was good news, so it was definitely not a small surprise.
“I want to say that I currently have three large albums by Chen Baiyang and three by Xu Qingteng. In addition, there are postscripts by Wen Zhengming, Wang Shizhen, and Yuan Mei at the end of the volume. They are currently being restored. Do you believe it or not? ?”
“If I don’t believe it, are you going to bring the scroll to the capital and slap me in the face?” Qi Lao said with a smile: “If that’s the case, then I don’t believe it.”
“Hahaha Ha..." Zhou Zhi couldn't help but laugh, and the fatigue of repairing the ancient paintings disappeared: "Mr. Qi, you are so humorous."
"Then let's just say it's not a joke, Wanqiu is ready to initiate. A "Three Gorges Cultural Conservation Charity Auction", we old men are going to participate, will you come?" Qi Lao said: "If you want to come, bring your scroll and that rhino picking box, and we will see how it goes. ”
"When?"
"Probably during your winter vacation, either a few days before the holiday or a few days after the holiday."
"Huh? But I'm still planning to go to XJ Cousin An Xin is looking for gifts."
"Then I'll tell Wanqiu that you won't come?"
"No, no, no, no..." Zhou Zhi quickly said, "Come, you must come!"
After chatting with Mr. Qi, Zhou Zhi called Mr. Wang again and got another piece of information. The collection stamp on "Mo Mei Tu", "Collection of Green Sky Caotang", belonged to an unknown painter in the late Qing Dynasty - Tian Qi. .
This painter is extremely unpopular. His activities can only be found from the 25th year of Guangxu to the 2nd year of Xuantong. Very few calligraphy and paintings have been handed down. Even Mr. Wang cannot tell whether he is an official or a wealthy gentleman. .
This painter is also a standard literati painter with very high attainments, but it seems that he painted only out of hobby and very little has been handed down.
Similar to Gao Yinhuai, Gao Yinhuai can actually be called a very powerful calligrapher. However, because he is low-key, or is overshadowed by his legendary life, people who know his calligraphy attainments do not know. many.
People even talk about his contribution in the Anti-Japanese War, and he is like the celebrities who retreated to their countryside after the end of the foreign war.
After figuring out the inheritance sequence of "Mo Mei Tu", Zhou Zhi was satisfied.
As for the origin of "Six Albums of Baiyang Ivy", Mr. Qi and Mr. Wang were separated by a layer after all. Zhou Zhi did not tell them, and no one would have thought that it was the harvest of this search for the old house.
Although the calligraphy and painting shop emphasizes the principle of "leaving the deal after buying it, and not recognizing it when you go out", after all, we are now in a new society, and there are still two concepts of "major misunderstanding" and "unjust enrichment" in law.
Of course, Zhou Zhi is not so pedantic that he would turn around and make up the difference to the Yang family and his son, just treat it as an unexpected gain.
In order to avoid trouble, Zhou Zhi decided not to tell anyone except his fourth cousin and fourth aunt, who were close relatives who were very strict with old rules.
Just then, the phone rang again. As soon as Zhou Zhi picked up the phone, Zhao Xing's anxious voice rang: "Damn it, where have you been these past few days?! No one can be found on the phone, and there is no pager." Are you crazy?"
(End of this chapter)