Antiques with golden eyes

"An unknown painting, but there are inscriptions and postscripts by Huang Gongwang, one of the four masters of the Yuan Dynasty? Isn't this a Yuan painting? Today's first auction is a rare treasure of Yuan Dynasty calligraphy and painting. Old Dong is really generous this time!"
In the audience, a middle-aged man who was as skinny as a stick but had extremely shrewd eyes muttered this in a low voice.

Sitting next to him was a middle-aged man who also had no flesh on his face. This one was even thinner, as if a gust of wind could blow him away. He asked in confusion: "Brother Feng, something is wrong with this."

!Since it is Yuan painting, why did Lao Dong say it was the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty? He directly said that Yuan painting is better? You must know that the calligraphy and painting of the Yuan Dynasty are much more valuable than the calligraphy and painting of the Ming Dynasty, more than ten times!"

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"Yes, what this brother said makes sense. This is also what I, Lao An, am confused about. The painting is named "Ancient Pictures Drawn by Ming Dynasties", but it has an inscription and postscript by Huang Gongwang, one of the four masters of the Yuan Dynasty.

, This is not in line with the character of Lao Dong, a profiteer! I doubt whether this painting is authentic or not!" A fat man with thick eyebrows and big eyes in the row behind the two thin men also echoed.

"Haha, it's not what you think. Although some painters were born in the Yuan Dynasty, they lived in the Ming Dynasty most of their lives. Then they are Ming people. If Lao Dong insists that it is a Yuan painting but is found out, then

This auction is a mess!"

"Why are you arguing about this? Let's take a look at the painting later. Although Dong Heixin sells antiques, he is a profiteer among profiteers, but his brain is not stupid."

"Brother Li is right. Let's talk about it after seeing the painting. There is no point in arguing about it now. Anyway, I think it is impossible for a profiteer like Lao Dong to make the low-level mistake of pretending to be fake."

Dong Yuner, who was sitting in the VIP seat, heard these words of the buyer behind her clearly.

She blinked her beautiful eyes, with a hint of imperceptible anger on her face.

A group of people in their 40s and 50s could just call an old man something like "Lao Dong", but calling him "a profiteer" is too much. How can a granddaughter tolerate this?

Just when Dong Yun'er was about to call the bodyguards to beat up these people, Shen Yu gently held her back, and then said in a low voice: "Yun'er, I know you are angry, but your mouth is on others, as long as you don't say anything

If it’s too unpleasant, just let them go for a while.

"It is definitely not easy for Mr. Dong to organize an auction of such a large scale. You must be very aware of how much effort he has put into it. Now to attack the guests on the spot is to disrespect all the guests.

"If the clouds open and the moon shines, if Mr. Dong is so impulsive, he will not accumulate tens of billions of net worth in just twenty years. Mr. Wu, what do you think?"

Wu Laowen, who was looking through the auction catalog next to him, put down the catalog and looked at Dong Yun'er, a glint suddenly appeared in his slightly hazy eyes, "Yun'er, what Xiao Shen said is very right, even if you let me go now.

They suffer a little, but how can you care if they say even worse things behind their back?

"Old man, my name is Wu Ben. Why don't people call me Wu Sanniu behind my back?"

Dong Yun'er pouted and said, "Grandpa Wu, people say that appreciating antiques makes you proud, and collecting antiques can cultivate your character. Why do these people have such nasty mouths?"

Mr. Wu shook his head, "The cool breeze washes the eyes, and the antiques wash the heart. The so-called self-esteem in appreciating antiques does not mean people like them.

"These are second-rate dealers in the antique business, who sell antiques to make a profit. The antiques will change hands within a few days in their hands, so how can they have time to appreciate them? Money is the most important thing to them, and It’s not worth their while to be angry.”

Dong Yun'er thought for a while and sat down gently, "But when they talked about grandpa like this, Yun'er felt really angry. When buying and selling, one is willing to buy and the other is willing to sell. It's not like forcing them to buy. Why talk about an old man behind his back? ."

A naughty smile suddenly appeared on Mr. Wu's face, "If you can earn their money, Mr. Dong won't be angry. Besides, what Xiao Shen just said is not to make trouble here. You should understand what to do when the auction is over, right?"

"Okay, let's take a look at this anonymous Ming painting collected by Old Dong! With Huang Gongwang's inscription and postscript, Old Dong has spent a lot of money on it."

The entire painting was now displayed on the big screen.

It is a huge vertical scroll painting in ink on silk.

The painting is full of ancient buildings, and they are groups of buildings.

Flying eaves and brackets, carved beams and painted columns.

But that's not the point.

The focus is on six middle-aged scribes sitting or standing under a few plum trees in the yard.

These six people are somewhat interesting. They are not drinking and watching the scenery, nor are they playing the piano and composing poems, but appreciating antiques.

I saw a huge square table with more than a dozen antiques.

There are jades, calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, and even several bronzes such as jue, tripod, goblet, horn, goblet, and pot.

You guys look at this one and I look at that one, their love is beyond words.

There are far more characters in the painting than just these few people.

Not far behind these people were several servants.

They may use vessels to warm wine, use stoves to boil water, or run around with wine vessels in hand.

What's more, there is a fat scholar who is leaning against a tall willow tree and taking a nap.

The fat book boy's sleepy and naive look adds a bit of comedy to this painting.

Seeing this, Shen Yu nodded secretly. His painting skills are very good, giving people the feeling of traveling through thousands of years.

The content of the painting also suits Shen Yu's taste. Shen Yu believes that collecting is never about keeping rare treasures secret from others, but should be appreciated by three or five friends together and complement each other.

There are three seals in the upper right corner of the painting, which may have been blurred due to its age and are basically unrecognizable.

What was highlighted on the big screen was Huang Gongwang's inscription and postscript: In June of the first year of Zhizheng, the great idiot Taoist and his friend admired the ancient times. In his spare time, his friend made a small sketch of ancient antiquity, which is truly divine!

What is an ancient appraisal map?

To put it simply, antiquity pictures are a large group of ancient people appreciating and playing around with a bunch of antiques, and then someone painted this scene.

The meaning of Huang Gongwang's inscription is that he was appreciating antiques with a group of friends.

Then one of his close friends drew a picture of this "Treasure Appraisal Exchange Meeting" where they exchanged their experiences on antiquity.

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Then Huang Gongwang thought that this painting was very good and was a masterpiece, so he wrote such an inscription.

"Brother Yu, do people in ancient times also like antiques?"

Shen Yu smiled: "Of course I do!

Many people think that only people nowadays like antiques. In fact, this is not the case. Ancient people liked antiques more than modern people.

It can be said that Chinese people’s love for old objects has not changed for thousands of years.

For example, Li Shimin was very fond of the calligraphy of Zhong Wang, that is, the calligraphy of Zhong Yao and Wang Xizhi.

Wu Zetian also loved calligraphy and painting very much.

By the time of the Song Dynasty, when the economy and culture were developed, it had become a trend to be knowledgeable about, appreciate and collect ancient things.

And there was a new science in the Song Dynasty called archeology and epigraphy.

The first antique appraisal book, "Dongtian Qinglu", came from the Song Dynasty.

This ancient book that sounds like a Taoist scripture is actually the first enlightenment book in China that systematically introduces how to identify antiques.

Many antique appraisal books of later generations quoted the knowledge contained in it.

This book provides a systematic explanation of ancient paintings, guqin, ancient inkstones, bronzes, etc., which is of great help to people who appreciate antiques."

Mr. Wu said with a smile: "I need to correct what Xiao Shen said, old man, this "Dongtian Qinglu" can actually only be regarded as the second antique appraisal book.

The first ancient book for identifying antiques should be "Collection of Hundred Treasures", but that book does not have the author's name, so it is not as famous as "Dongtian Qinglu".

In addition to describing how to identify antiques, "Dongtian Qinglu" also introduces most importantly how the ancients identified antiques at that time.

Life is like a fleeting moment, and the storm and sorrow often occupy two-thirds of it.

Those who have leisure during this period only have one-third of their ears.

Little do we know that we have our own happy place.

What pleases the eyes is not the color, and what pleases the ears is not the sound.

The open windows are neatly arranged.

Arrange burning incense in the center.

Dharma calligraphy, famous paintings, guqin, old inkstones, and appreciation of views.

Bird seal script and snail script, strange peaks and distant waters, rubbing bells and tripods, seeing Zhou and Shang in person.

Duanyan Yongyanquan.

Jiao Tongming Jade Pendant.

I don’t know that living in this world, what is called the so-called blessing, is there anyone who can surpass this?

Langyuan Yaochi may not be the past!

From these profound and enlightening sentences, we can know how much the ancients loved antiques.

During the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, as a literati or scholar if you knew nothing about antiques, you would be out of date.

Especially during the Tang and Song dynasties, you simply couldn’t fit in when there was a banquet-like occasion.

Is the style of the wine glass from the Qin Dynasty or the Han Dynasty?

Are the calligraphy and paintings on the wall by Wu Daozi or Gu Kaizhi?

Play the guqin and listen to music. Which period was the shape of the guqin?

People sitting at the same table often feel embarrassed if they can’t tell you something.

It's a long way from saying that, as Shen Yu said, in fact, appreciating the past, appreciating the past, collecting the past, and learning about the past are all concepts passed down by the ancients.

The ancients painted thousands of pictures, and antiquity pictures are a kind of painting theme in ancient times.

To be precise, it is a niche subject, and I don’t know where Lao Dong got such a precious calligraphy and painting!”