Chapter 1428 Six Dragon Pictures
The two of them took photos with their cameras from the moment they unpacked the box. Fujita introduced to everyone: "This is a staff member of Taisho Insurance. The collection must be supervised by them to ensure our handover. , every piece is a complete product."
"Goto. Tian Art Museum will add a huge insurance policy to the collection, which is responsible for the art.”
The staff of the art museum began to pull up the exhibition area with red velvet barriers, and there were a group of men and women, dressed in fragrant hair. As Ying watched, he took out the porcelain and paintings one by one and began to display them on the spot.
The paintings were arranged much faster than the porcelain. After all four paintings were arranged, Zhou Zhi found that the staff actually took out a small scroll from inside.
"Huh? What is that?" Zhou Zhi felt strange. The paintings used for exchange this time were all large paintings, and the previously unfolded works were all correct. Why are there more of them here?
Ma Ye said with a smile: "I heard that my works will be used in exchange for ancient Chinese collections. Mr. Fan wrote a special note. Firstly, in this way, he confirmed that these paintings are in his collection. Secondly, it is to express my approval for this grand event."
"This. Mr. Nori's calligrapher's works will also be donated, together with four paintings, to the Fujita Museum of Art for collection. "
Fujita was both happy and worried. What he was happy about was that he had received a painting donated by Nomi in vain. And with the embellishment of this "elegant thing", the value of these paintings will definitely increase again.
What’s worrying is that after all this effort, if you release a hand-made photo in a short period of time, you might have to poke someone’s spine again. Even if you release it, it will probably be the same as the six-hand scroll, which is no longer good. If you want to split it up, you may have to package it up and auction it as a whole, which will reduce the potential customer base.
After all, the number of customers who can buy four paintings at a time is much smaller than the number of customers who can buy one painting at a time.
But these are all things for later. Now we still have to continue to follow the process. When the exhibition venue is decorated, the staff removes the guardrails that are actually useless and pretentious. Everyone starts to walk into the exhibition area and appreciate it. stand up.
Zhou Zhi actually wanted to lie down on the display case of six-hand scrolls like Mr. Ma, but Kenzaburo Fujita wanted to use him as a living advertisement, especially the introduction of Hong Xianci and Mao Ci. It would be impossible without him. .
As for paintings, Zhou Zhi is not a pure layman now. At least he is very familiar with several allusions to the contents of Fan Zeng's paintings. It is not difficult for him to tell casual stories to fool the island audience.
Actually, these pictures are all of traditional themes. The reason why they are so valuable is mainly because of the large number of characters.
The only painting with only one person and one ghost, Zhong Kui riding on ghosts, is great because the artist made some changes to the traditional theme.
Zhong Kui is shown in the painting with a shaggy beard and a high-spirited look, but the one who is stepping on the ghost is not him himself, but a horse sitting down with an exaggerated posture, four hooves flying in the air, and two front hooves raised high in the posture of a dancing horse.
Such a change is rarely seen with Zhong Kui, and due to the artist's profound skill, the horse's demeanor is as arrogant as its owner, which greatly enhances the expressive tension of the painting.
Using Western perspective techniques, Zhong Kui and Pegasus almost want to jump out of the painting, and anyone who looks at them can't help but be amazed.
This small-scale "internal invitation exhibition" was indeed very successful. After being thoughtful, I gradually came to realize that this was probably Sakamoto Goro's idea for the Fujiwara family.
But he was very happy with this trap.
However, the people of the island seem to be very active in promoting the arrival of two generations of Jurentang porcelain and four paintings by Fan Zeng in the Fujita Museum, but they seem to have kept a low profile about the leakage of the six hand scrolls. So much so that the program that recorded Zhou Zhi was not broadcast, but was shown on the TV station through a translator, using Japanese broadcasts and close-ups of the exhibits. Zhou Zhi's camera only shook a little at the beginning of the exhibition, and he was almost like an ordinary guest. Even Ma Ye, who is wearing a Tang shirt, and Ikeda Qiu, who is wearing a Hepburn skirt, are more popular than him.
But these are not important. Kenzaburo Fujita is still a very courageous person and directly asked Zhou Zhi and Ma Ye to take away the six hand scrolls.
Zhou Zhi now has a lot of precious collections, many of which are more precious than six-hand scrolls, but this is almost the first time that he has done so openly and openly.
Just like Sakamoto Goro's purchase of a large Yuan blue and white underglaze red jar, Zhou Zhi's move basically gave him a ticket to an international auction, a transaction worth a total of 70 million yuan, or almost 10 million US dollars. , enough to make him a guest at major auctions.
Although the condition of these six hand scrolls is worrying, it is due to historical reasons and preservation conditions. In fact, in terms of accessories, they are all accessories of the Qianlong Dynasty when they were brought out from Prince Chun’s Palace. , but there are not many of them.
The decoration of the hand scroll is the most complicated. Take "Six Dragons" as an example. The outermost part is the green silk wrapped by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After opening the hand scroll, the first thing you see is chicken wing wood. The made "celestial axis" has a silk ribbon "roller belt" used to tie the hand scroll and an ivory "long roll buckle" on the axis.
After unfolding, a piece of yellow silk tapestry with five claws and a golden dragon decoration is displayed. This is called the "Tiantou", which is the outermost layer when rolling up the hand scroll to protect the center of the painting.
To the left of the head is the "introduction". The introduction is usually an article, similar to a "preface", which is made by the collector himself or by a master. It can be regarded as an introduction and foreshadowing before appreciation.
If there are two articles, the second article is called the "Vice Head".
The "Yin Shou" first appeared in the Ming Dynasty. It was used to inscribe the name of the hand scroll. It was made of dyed antique paper.
The introduction and subtitle of "Six Dragons" are simpler, made of light brown silk, with two and three seals respectively left on them.
There is a section of 10,000-character palindrome silk between the main head and the deputy head, which is called "the deputy water barrier".
Continuing to the left, after the sub-head, there is another section of ten-thousand-character palindrome silk between the center of the painting and the sub-head, which is called "zhengshishui".
Then the scroll enters the center of the painting, which is the main part of Chen Rong's painting.
It is said that before Chen Rong painted the dragon, he had to "bring two jars of green and red wine and tie a thick iron chain outside the door." This is called "inviting the dragon behind closed doors." It is a famous allusion in the history of painting. After that, he went crazy. Drink until you are so drunk that you can't tell the difference between east, west, north and south. Then you stand up from the recliner and take off your clothes. He wiped the scarf on his head with ink and shouted wildly: "Are you drunk? You are not drunk!" Yan Bi held up the scarf with both hands and swayed it on the paper, then crumpled the scarf into a ball and shouted: "Go!" "Throwing the headscarf into the empty wine jar, he raised his fine pen and smeared it a few times, and a dragon appeared on the paper.
History records that he "splashed ink to form clouds, swirled water to form mist, shouted when he was drunk, and soaked in ink after taking off his clothes", which is no longer a myth.
Although the legend is too exaggerated, once the scroll of "Six Dragons" is opened, it is like a fishy wind blowing into the night, the turbid waves are emptying, and several ink dragons flicker and appear in the mist of the sea waves, writhing willfully. It's like hearing its sound and seeing its shape.
Although it is only a hand scroll with a height of one foot, it has a grand and far-reaching feeling like the vast ocean of the East China Sea. It is the best.
(End of this chapter)