Chapter 1302 Comparison
So today, people call the ancient brocade Baotou they see as "imitation Song brocade".
Judging from the mounted brocades handed down from the Song Dynasty, there are purple luan magpie brocade, inverted fairy peony brocade, purple hundred flower dragon brocade, persimmon red turtle back brocade, Fang Shenglian magpie brocade, Bada halo brocade, and silver hook halo brocade. etc., but although the patterns are ancient, they are actually mostly imitations from the Qing Dynasty.
Starting from the Qianlong period, Suzhou Weaving made brocade bags specially made for Qing palace calligraphy and painting hand scrolls. The colors were magnificent, the patterns were rich, and they had auspicious meanings. During this period, the hand scroll bags began to become extremely delicate, and the materials used were more sophisticated. Rich and luxurious.
Even the "Kesi works" of the Song Dynasty have been inherited from the Song Dynasty. For example, Qianlong's "Yubi Mid-Autumn Post Ci" of the Qing Dynasty is collected in the Forbidden City. There are ten volumes in total. The decoration took several years and was finally framed into a set. Each volume is The shape and size are the same, and the bag head and title label are all made of tapestry. However, the patterns and decorations of each roll are different, and the coloring is elegant and unique, very exquisite.
In the past, Zhou Zhi was weak in inferring the overall picture of the work collection through the mounting features. Even his fourth cousin was not good at this. Mr. Wang and Qi Lao also knew it but did not know why.
It was not until Zhou Zhi met Master Yang, the inheritor of Shu Brocade, that the two began to carry out the restoration project of ancient brocade, and Zhou Zhi was able to make up for this shortcoming.
Famous ancient literati were very particular about the use of pen, ink, paper and inkstone. The paper used in He Shaoji's couplet is called pink wax paper. It was more popular in the Sui and Tang Dynasties and became a common special paper for calligraphy and painting in the Qing Dynasty.
The production process of powdered wax paper is complex and expensive. It organically combines water-absorbing powder with waterproof wax to create a paper that is bright in color, soft to the touch, and not susceptible to moisture. , writing is smooth, not easy to absorb ink, and can prevent insects.
It not only retains the characteristics of paper that is easy to calligraphy and painting, but is also very smooth and shiny, and can last for hundreds of years and remain as strong as new.
In the earliest times, this kind of paper was used for writing imperial edicts. Later, when it became popular among the people, it became more sophisticated. In addition to being colored with medicine, hand-painted patterns were often added.
For example, those who paint flowers, bees and butterflies are called flowers, bees and butterflies on pink wax paper, and those who paint cloud and dragon patterns are called cloud and dragon pink wax paper. The patterns themselves are also divided into grades. Some patterns can only be used by the emperor. .
This couplet by He Shaoji was written on wax paper with Songlu holding Zhizhi. The painting also conforms to the style of the late Qianlong period, which fully illustrates the solemnity of He Shaoji when creating this couplet.
As the saying goes, "As soon as an expert stretches out his hand, he will know whether there is something there." The old man knew that the person in front of him must be an expert as soon as he saw the way he carefully examined the couplets, the elements he chose to examine, and the order in which he checked the elements. .
Although he is too young, he can no longer treat him as an outsider, so he smiled and said: "I was disrespectful just now. If you like me, little brother, you can give me a yuan discount."
This is a slang that only people in the industry understood in the old days, and it comes from the allusion of the "Nine Elders of Huichang".
According to legend, during the Tang Dynasty, nine friends over seventy years old, including Hu Gao, Ji Mei, Liu Zhen, Zheng Zhi, Lu Zhen, Zhang Hun, Bai Juyi, Li Yuanshuang, and Zen monk Ruman, lived in the east of Longmen in Luoyang. Xiangshan formed the "Jiu Laohui". In March of the fifth year of Huichang, Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty, they gathered at Bai Juyi's home (some say it was in Ludaofang, Xiangshan, Luoyang). They got drunk and composed poems, wrote poems about Jiu Lao, and drew pictures of Jiu Lao.
Since then, this allusion has become an important theme in Chinese calligraphy, painting and sculpture, and everyone in the literary and entertainment industry understands it.
Li Yuanshuang ranks eighth among the nine elders, so the "Yuan Shuang discount" the old man said actually means a 20% discount on the listed price. Of course, it also means being more thoughtful.
Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "Uncle, when I pick up movies at Shudu Gongmei Mall, they always come from Xiangshan."
"Oh?" The old man looked at Zhou Zhi with some surprise: "Soft film or hard film?"
"Both soft and hard films." Zhou Zhi smiled.
"I believe that little brother will not lie to others." The old man also laughed, and even changed his name to Zhou Zhi: "In this way, I will ask a question. If the little brother answers correctly, Xiangshan Come on, let me look at something good with my little brother, as a sign of disrespect." "What if I can't answer it?" Zhou Zhi asked.
“If we can’t answer the question, how about we just stay the same as before?”
"Then let me tell you, uncle."
The old man said with a smile: "There are two pieces of hard film in this showroom that I have always felt that I am not sure about. Which two pieces do you think they should be?"
Jiang Shuyi and the onlookers felt that this old man was so unreasonable. There were a lot of things in this hall. It was your old man’s own business to know which one he was unsure about. How could others know?
Also, even if Zhou Zhi is right, wouldn’t it still be possible for you to deny it?
Unexpectedly and thoughtfully, but not taking it seriously at all, he pointed directly at a pair of strange-shaped vases on the shelf behind the counter in the exhibition hall: "Can I get my hands on those pair of halberd flower vases?"
Now the old man couldn't hide the shock in his eyes, but he didn't say anything more and took down the pair of halberd flower goblets from the shelf.
The goblet is originally a style of ancient bronze ritual vessel. It has been made in all dynasties since the Song Dynasty. It has a trumpet mouth, gradually tapering at the bottom of the mouth, sloping shoulders, a protruding abdomen, thin shins under the abdomen, and The feet are outstretched, also trumpet-shaped, and flat-bottomed.
In the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, convex rib decorations were added to the four edges of the imitation bronze goblet, which looked like the crescent moon of Fang Tian's painting of the halberd, which was called "Bing Chu Si Ji" or "Four Chops". It is called the halberd flower goblet.
The pair of flower goblets in the shop are also decorated with four sets of halberds. The bottom is concave with a shallow circle foot, and the shape is solemn and simple.
The carcass is slightly thick, and the whole body is covered with gray-green glaze. The color is clear and plump, and the exposed areas around the feet are also covered with a sauce-brown protective glaze. It is obviously imitating the characteristics of Ru kiln porcelain.
Looking at the bottom foot, you can see the blue and white seal script inscription "Made in the Qianlong Year of the Qing Dynasty" with six characters and three lines.
After looking at both flower vases, Zhou Zhi solemnly put the things back on the table: "The price marked by the cultural relics store obviously used the bottom payment as a deposit, and set the utensils in the Jiaqing year. "
"My uncle thinks that this pair of artifacts may have come from the Qianlong Dynasty, but he is also a little confused, so he feels that he is not sure. Please tell me. Is that so?"
"The young gentleman is really an expert. It can be seen that he will definitely be able to solve the puzzle." The old man was really shocked, because Zhou Zhi's inference was completely correct, so he changed the answer. Zhou Zhi's title was changed, and he handed over his hand again and again: "Sir, please don't hesitate to ask for advice!"
"Wow--" What was even more surprised were the onlookers, who even made a little commotion.
It's incredible that this young man can deduce the old man's thoughts so accurately.
But Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "Actually, the reason is very simple, because these are a pair of imitation Ru kiln porcelain."
(End of this chapter)
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