Antiques with golden eyes

"Xiao Shen, Xiao Shen?"

"Ah?"

When Shen Yu heard someone calling him, Shen Yu immediately came to his senses and looked up. It turned out that it was Zhang Zongbao who had come to him at some point.

"Xiao Shen, this painting by Old Wei is anonymous. It's difficult for you to tell who painted it in a short time.

"I just don't know if you can date it? Is it a Tang painting, a Song painting, a Ming painting, a Qing painting, or a modern fake?

"Knowing the age will help me make an estimate. Is it my real wood kiln that is more valuable, or his broken painting?"

Zhang Zongbao said these words while looking at Old Wei, and his tone was full of pride. He has now determined that his three-legged brush washer remnant from the wood kiln can definitely overwhelm this picture of Eighteen Bachelors.

Lao Wei just sneered and said nothing, looking calm and composed.

Zhang Zongbao's eyesight in ancient painting appraisal is really average. He really can't tell which dynasty or generation this painting by Lao Wei belongs to.

He can still handle the Ming and Qing calligraphy and painting with signatures, but he is really powerless with the Tang and Song Dynasty ancient paintings.

This is also a common problem for those who are self-taught. There is no real master who can give advice every day. Some identification difficulties will ultimately be difficult to understand by just studying on your own.

When he was young, he spent 100 yuan to pick up the original Wuzhen works of the Yuan Si family that had been built into someone else's house. It was just a blind cat that stumbled upon a dead mouse.

Although he had already seen the age of the painting, Shen Yu still pondered for a moment before slowly speaking, "If I read this painting correctly, it should be a Song Dynasty painting."

"Tell me carefully."

"Mi Fu of the Song Dynasty wrote in "History of Painting" that all ancient paintings were made of raw silk until the early Tang Dynasty. Wu Daozi, Zhou Fang, Han Gan, Zhang Sengyao, Yan Liben, all the calligraphy and paintings of these celebrities were handed down to the Song Dynasty without exception. All are raw silk.

"It can be seen from this that Tang paintings are all made of raw silk, but this painting uses cooked silk. This is a point worthy of scrutiny.

"Another point is that most of the silk used for calligraphy and painting in the Tang Dynasty was woven from monofilament.

"The silk used in this painting is fine and even. The warp is double wire and the weft is single wire. It is very similar to the silk used in "Sketching of Rare Birds" by Huang Quan, a famous painter of the Five Dynasties in flower and bird painting."

Zhang Zongbao gently twisted the drawing paper, then nodded and agreed with Shen Yu's statement.

"This painting is said to be a Song Dynasty painting mainly based on its era style.

"Look, Mr. Zhang, the person painting under the tree in this painting is wearing a double peach scarf, also called a peach crown, or a fairy peach scarf. This is a unique style of scarf in the Song Dynasty.

"The two players playing chess wore court clothes and gauze hats, which is very similar to the dress of the two people listening to the piano in the "Picture of Listening to the Qin" written by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.

"Look at the person admiring flowers in the lower right corner. This person is wearing a bandana, a long gown, and a cloak on the outside. This was the standard dress of scholars in the Song Dynasty.

"The person next to him, dressed as a Taoist priest in yellow crown and silk robes, enjoying tea, is also dressed the same as the Taoist priests in some handed down paintings from the Song Dynasty.

"Based on this, it can be inferred that this painting belongs to an unknown artist from the Song Dynasty.

"But it's true as you said, I really can't tell the author of this painting for a while."

"Xiao Shen, this is not an unknown painting, but a hidden painting." Old Wei said with a smile. Although he was over sixty years old, he still obviously had a naughty temper.

Shen Yu frowned and asked in confusion, "Hidden money, Mr. Wei, is there any author's mark hidden in this painting?"

Old Wei chuckled and said, "Use a magnifying glass to take a good look at the bottom of the poem on the screen in the painting. Are there any small words that you haven't seen?"

Shen Yu picked up a magnifying glass and looked at the screen and saw that there were eight tiny characters in regular script: "Hanlin awaits the edict from Yan Wengui's pen".

"It turned out to be an authentic work by the great painter Yan Wengui." Shen Yu's heart moved slightly.

Yan Wengui, a famous painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, also known as Yan Wenji, was good at painting landscapes, houses, and figures.

His writing is like a god, and his depictions of characters are subtle and detailed, and their expressions and appearances are all lifelike.

Writing about landscapes is clear, beautiful and full of vitality.

He was initially a ninth-grade bookkeeper, but later resigned and went to Bianliang, the capital, to sell paintings on the streets. By chance, he was discovered and recommended by Gao Yi, the Northern Song Dynasty Painting Academy, and later entered the Hanlin Painting Academy. He truly became famous under Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty. time.

Yan Wengui's strongest point is that he is good at combining landscapes with boundary paintings. He intersperses temples and pavilions with cornices and brackets among streams, mountains and water banks, and then uses figures in ferries, villages, mountain roads, wild shops and other places to depict the world. Called "Yan Family Scenery".

Yan Wengui's painting method is unique in the history of painting.

When Old Wei saw Shen Yu being silent for a long time, he couldn't help laughing: "Xiao Shen, my authentic painting of Yan Wengui is much more valuable than his broken three-legged brush wash. Is it enough to exchange for your Mingxuan painting?"

Unfortunately, Lao Wei did not get a satisfactory answer from Shen Yu.

"Mr. Wei, to be honest, your original painting by Yan Wengui is indeed more valuable than Dong Zhang's, but I still can't exchange it with you."

Old Wei was startled: "Why is this?"

Shen Yu said very seriously: "Because after all, it was Director Zhang who said it first, and he also gave me a double-checked and ink-filled clear version of "Lanting Preface."

"I can't turn around and sell the items that Director Zhang also likes at a high price and make money on both sides. This is against the rules."

Old Wei also seemed to really want to get Shen Yu's Xuande furnace, and continued to increase the amount: "In this way, I will give you another platinum VIP card from Yiyuan. Within one year, all chain hotels, restaurants, and leisure centers in Yiyuan can be used as long as you spend no more than 100 yuan. For purchases over 500,000, all orders are free of charge."

"This, Mr. Wei, I really..."

At this time, Shen Yu's cell phone suddenly rang.

"Sorry, there is a very important call that I need to answer."

After walking a dozen steps to the side and pressing the answer button, Xu Duofu's voice rang on the phone, "Just raise the price of that copper stove. Neither of them is short of money."

"Where are you? Why can't I see you?" Shen Yu asked in confusion.

Xu Duofu chuckled, "I'm staying in the reception room. The main purpose of my visit today is the grand finale of the Zhengyang Green Eighteen Zi Bracelet. I'm not interested in any other items.

"It's actually better if I'm not there. If I were on stage and these sly old guys asked me to intercede with you, I would still have to fight with them."

Shen Yu: "What do you want to say quickly? I'm busy right now. What do you want to say? We'll find a restaurant to eat and talk while we're done."

Xu Duofu: "You should be on the appreciation table now, right? Don't you want to know why Zhang Zongbao and Wei Junjie both like your Ming Dynasty xuanlu?"

Shen Yu gave a soft hum and accepted.

Xu Duofu said in a very gossipy way: "Zhang Zongbao and Wei Junjie were brothers in the same discipline when they were young. They both learned boxing from the famous Youlong Quan master Shen Qishan, and they both liked their little junior sister very much.

"Baoyuan and Yiyuan both have the word "yuan" because Zhang Zongbao's lover is called Shen Yuan.

"In the end, Zhang Zongbao naturally won, but Junjie was not convinced, so he opposed him everywhere.

"You can tell from their body shape, walk, and spirit that they are Lian family members. This old man Shen is the Jiangzhou Shen family. Counting it up, he is the same as your Chuzhou Shen family or Chineda."

"Fat man, let's make a long story short." Shen Yu reminded again.

"Okay, Mr. Shen Qishan turns 90 this year. It is said that he loves the Xuande stove the most.

"As apprentices, Zhang Zongbao and Wei Junjie certainly want to give Master something he likes most on his birthday.

"Especially Boss Wei. He is going all out to embarrass Zhang Zongbao at the birthday banquet, so you can just raise the price. Okay, that's it, I'm done."

Then Xu Duofu hung up the phone very simply.

"So that's what happened."

Shen Yu finally understood the cause and effect of the whole thing, but he was not ready to raise the price any more. A copper stove bought for 500,000 yuan had already doubled more than 20 times in just a few hours.

If he is greedy again, he will not be able to pass this test himself.