Chapter 33 Dong Qichang’s paintings
The next day, Lin Yuan slept until he woke up naturally.
After a simple wash, he went to the living room and found that Chen Shiquan, who had come back at an unknown time, was leaning on the sofa and sleeping soundly. He probably couldn't wake him up even if the sky collapsed.
Lin Yuan didn't wake up Chen Shiquan and asked him to sleep on the bed, which would be more comfortable. He just brought a blanket and gently covered his old uncle with him to avoid catching a cold.
After coming out, Lin Yuan looked for breakfast at home, asking for a basket of steamed buns, a fried dough stick and a cup of soy milk.
After the time was almost up, Lin Yuan walked to Uncle De's antique shop.
When I came to the antique store, I didn't find Uncle De. There was only a boy cleaning the dust on the antiques.
Seeing Lin Yuan walking into the store, the clerk stopped what he was doing and greeted: "Hello! What do you need?"
Lin Yuan was a little surprised. He came to Uncle De's place twice and found for the first time that there were other clerks.
"Where is your boss? I have an appointment with him, today..."
The waiter in the store was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Mr. Lin? Sit down for a while, Uncle De will be back soon."
Uncle De told him that someone would come over today and asked him not to neglect.
Not long after Lin Yuan sat down, Uncle De brought someone back from outside.
It's still the same, Uncle De's clothes haven't changed at all. Those who didn’t know, thought he only had this one trick!
Standing next to Uncle De was a middle-aged man with a Mediterranean face, a round face, and a pair of shrewd eyes. He was dressed in a Tang suit, and his figure was a bit fat, and the clothes made him round.
Lin Yuan quickly stood up and said hello: "Hello, Uncle De!"
Uncle De nodded and introduced: "He is my good friend Wang Defa. You can call him Uncle Wang."
"Hello, Uncle Wang!"
Wang Defa squinted his eyes and smiled: "Okay! Xiao Lin is young and promising! I heard that your uncle is Chen Shiquan?"
Lin Yuan was stunned: "Uncle Wang knows my old uncle?"
Wang Defa chuckled: "We were still together last night!"
Of course, he would not tell Lin Yuan that he and Chen Shiquan went out to drink, wash feet, get massages, call girls, etc. last night.
Wang Defa is a principled person. When others ask him to drink, he refuses to drink for three reasons:
If you don’t get a pedicure after drinking, don’t drink because the other person is not caring and does not do charity;
If you don’t go to KTV after drinking, he won’t drink because he doesn’t understand the music and the style;
If you don't wash your feet after drinking, he won't drink because he doesn't like to be clean.
"Xiao Lin, let's get straight to the point! In fact, your uncle also told me about the situation of the square inkstone last night. Now I mainly want to see the real thing." Wang Defa entered the topic.
Lin Yuan nodded and without any nonsense, took out the square inkstone and placed it on the table.
Wang Defa's eyes widened when he saw the article on the inkstone.
He immediately put on his glasses, and his round face looked even more comical after putting on the glasses. However, Lin Yuan did not dare to laugh at this time.
Wang Defa took out his magnifying glass again and began to identify and study the inkstone for ten minutes.
The more he watched, the happier he became.
"Okay! It's really a good thing, yes! It's the Qunxing Inkstone that Ji Xiaolan collected." He had already recognized the details of this Fang Inkstone. In fact, he checked the information last night.
Looking at it now, I am even more certain of the true "identity" of Fang Yantai.
"Since Xiao Lin and Lao De know each other, and your old uncle and I are friends, we are our own people, and our own people will not lie to our own people. If your inkstone is put up for sale at an auction, it should fetch about 250,000 US dollars. I'll pay 230,000. As you know, the auction will require a commission, I..."
Before Wang Defa finished speaking, Lin Yuan said: "Okay, just do what Uncle Wang said!"
Wang Defa raised his thumb: "It's refreshing! I like it. I will wash my feet in the future..."
Uncle De immediately glared at him: "Just go by yourself, don't lead Xiao Lin into trouble."
Wang Defa chuckled and said nothing more.
The transaction was successfully completed, and Lin Yuan received another US$230,000, more than one million yuan.
This wealth came so easily that Lin Yuan himself was no longer as excited as he was at the beginning. After discussing the deal, Uncle De took advantage of the fact that his old friend was there and told him that he had a treasure for everyone to appreciate and enjoy.
Uncle De went to the back of the store and soon took out a painting.
"You all take a look."
Lin Yuan and Wang Defa took a closer look.
Both of them were slightly shocked.
Lin Yuan was surprised because the painting was a fake and because there was no movement in the treasure hunter, he believed that his treasure hunter would not go wrong.
Wang Defa was surprised because this painting was painted by Dong Qichang.
Who is Dong Qichang?
Those who are interested in antiques, calligraphy and painting, and archeology should be familiar with it. He was not only a high-ranking official in the late Ming Dynasty, but also a very famous painter and calligrapher at that time. He was a great master of his generation.
Dong Qichang's calligraphy is known as "Xing Zhang Mi Dong", which means he is juxtaposed with Linyi Xing Dong, Jinjiang Zhang Ruitu, and Xutian Mi Zhong; in paintings, he is said to be "South, Dong, and Bei Mi". Mo Shilong and Chen Jiru advocated the theory of "Northern and Southern Schools", that is, dividing "courtyard style" landscape painting and "literati painting" into two schools: northern and southern schools.
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Dong Qichang created countless calligraphy and painting works throughout his life, of which imitation of ancient paintings and poems is an important part.
"Damn! Lao De, when did you get this kind of calligraphy treasure?"
Uncle De was speechless, this old guy kept saying shit.
"Some time ago, you could take a look, appreciate, appreciate, make comments, communicate with each other, and learn from each other!" Uncle De said.
"Then I'm welcome."
Wang Defa got into full swing.
For people in their profession, it is an honor to appreciate this kind of calligraphy.
For almost fifteen minutes, Wang Defa tilted his head and remained silent for a while.
"How is it?" Uncle De asked him.
Wang Defa was envious: "It's very good, I can't fault it. Old De, how much did you get it for?"
Dong Qichang's paintings usually fetch high prices. It seems that none of the works entering the auction market are priced less than 10 million. "Small Landscape with Painting and Calligraphy" fetched the highest price of more than 70 million.
And that’s not even counting the museums!
You should know that the truly top-notch works collected by the museum are the ones collected by the museum, such as "Dwelling on the Rock" and so on.
"$50,000." Uncle De said.
"Only 50,000 US dollars?" Wang Defa exclaimed.
Can this kind of painting be picked up? This luck is too good, right?
Wang Defa didn't notice that when Uncle De said $50,000, there was no joy at all on his face. He was still envious of his old friend, who got lucky and got Dong Qichang's original work for a mere $50,000.
Uncle De ignored him and turned to look at Lin Yuan: "Xiao Lin, what do you think?"
"Me? I can't tell."
When Wang Defa heard this, he frowned slightly. Generally, when people in the industry say this, they mean that it is a lie, not that it is really inaccurate.
Seeing through but not telling the truth is to save face!
"Do you think it's a fake?"
Lin Yuan said bravely: "I'm not sure, I just feel that this painting is not quite right and a bit awkward."
Uncle De sighed.
(End of chapter)