Antiques with golden eyes

Shen Yu had quick eyesight and quick hands, and he held Han Yuanchun firmly in one slip.

The complexion is normal.

Breathing is normal.

Heartbeat speeds up.

It must have been caused by being too excited after hearing about the huge amount of wealth!

With the judgment in mind, Shen Yu immediately massaged the man and pinched his throat. The effect was pretty good, and Han Yuanchun's heart rate quickly stabilized.

"Water!"

Neither of the two security guards had water in their hands, but there were two unopened bottles of Qinglianggu brand mineral water next to the stall. One of the tall security guards with short hair quickly opened a bottle and handed it to Shen Yu.

Poof!

Shen Yu squirted down the water, and Han Yuanchun immediately opened his eyes.

"Brother Shen, can this little hand cup really sell for three million???"

Phew!

When Han Yuanchun asked this question about giving up life rather than wealth, not only Shen Yu, but also the two security guards next to him couldn't help laughing.

"It's three million, yes, but you have to sell the cup to get the money. If the cup falls, you won't get a cent! Also, Brother Chun, don't be so excited. Your body is much more important than money. !"

"Oh, my blue and white hand cup!"

Without anyone's help, Han Yuanchun stood up on the spot as if he had been given a shot of blood.

As the saying goes, all the things in the world can change my mind, but money and silk can not move my heart. As long as people have money, they can say anything.

For someone like Han Yuanchun who can barely afford food, money is more important.

In other words, money is his life!

Holding the blue and white hand cup tremblingly in his hand, Han Yuanchun felt that everyone in the city was a thief!

Shen Yu suppressed a smile and said, "Brother Chun, you don't need to be like this. This is Mr. Dong's territory. No one can rob you of your things. Besides, there are more valuable antiques in your stall than this hand cup!"

Han Yuanchun said with emotion: "What? There's more? Can't be done?"

"Yes, not only yes, but it is far more valuable than the hand cup in your hand. In other words, it is more than three million!"

Shen Yu's words were like a panacea, and Han Yuanchun's hands stopped shaking immediately.

Han Yuanchun was not stupid, "What kind of object is it? Could it be that this "Picture of Swimming Fish" is really the original work of Xu Gao?"

Shen Yu nodded in response, and Shen Yu was also prepared for Han Yuanchun to faint again.

It's just that Shen Yu discovered that he had miscalculated this time. Han Yuanchun did not show the excitement he had just found out that the hand-pressed cup could sell for a huge sum of money, but looked indifferent, as if the painting was not his. It’s just like other people.

"Brother Shen, apart from this picture of swimming fish, are there any other valuable items in my stall?"

"Yes!"

Shen Yu walked over to the pile of wood carvings and took a look at them, and took out a wood carving in the shape of a black charcoal cow among the twelve zodiac wood carvings.

"Made of ebony, it's about the mid-Qing Dynasty, and the market price is 80,000-100,000 yuan."

Handing the wooden sculpture of a plowing ox to Han Yuanchun, Shen Yu pointed to a three-legged elephant-eared copper stove that looked ordinary and in poor condition and said, "There is also this copper stove with a flat belly. Don't look at it." Its appearance is shabby and the color is ordinary, and it does not have the pearlescent, crystal clear, and faint characteristics of the Xuande furnace. However, it is actually a Xuande furnace from the early Qing Dynasty, and its market price is about 100,000 yuan."

Putting the copper stove down, Shen Yu selected a few more jade items and took out a pen holder made of blue and white jade.

The overall texture of the pen holder is exquisite, and the pattern depicts a Taoist fairyland. Fairy mountains, seas of clouds, and spiritual animals and birds are carved along the entire body of the pen holder.

I saw undulating mountains in the distance, covered with seas of clouds.

There are spiritual birds perching on the fairy trees, and there are spiritual animals drinking water by the fairy waterfall.

Turning the pen holder, two more Taoists wearing Bagua Tao uniforms and Xianfeng Taogu were playing chess under an ancient pine tree.

Next to them, there are several Taoist boys refining elixirs in front of a golden alchemy furnace. They have a clear division of labor. Some sort the medicinal materials, some prepare the medicinal materials, some carry firewood, and some burn the furnace.

However, the skills of these Taoist boys in alchemy are obviously not very good, their faces are all dark, and they are so cute and cute that it makes people laugh.

"The Ming Dynasty Hetian green and white jade pen holder is worth about 250,000 to 300,000 yuan."

This time Han Yuanchun didn't show any excitement. He had a strange expression on his face, "Brother Shen, did you miss this pen holder?"

Shen Yu raised his head and was startled, wondering: "I didn't get it right? I didn't get it right somewhere."

"Look at this pen, it is clearly written on it. It is for the Emperor Daojun of the Northern Song Dynasty." Han Yuanchun pointed to a row of handwriting as big as millet in the lower left corner of the pen holder and said with a serious face.

"Brother Shen, the Northern Song Dynasty is what our descendants call it. When Emperor Daojun, who was Zhao Ji, was in power, people called it the Song Dynasty, or the Great Song Dynasty and the Imperial Song Dynasty. How could there be a Northern Song Dynasty? And these words are too perfunctory. Some of them actually use simplified Chinese characters."

After finishing speaking, Han Yuanchun pointed to the unfolded picture of Xu Gao's authentic fish swimming on the ground and said: "There is also this painting. Isn't Xu Gao of the Southern Tang Dynasty deceiving people? The Southern Tang Dynasty was called Tang Dynasty at that time, not the Southern Tang Dynasty."

"Hey, Brother Chun, do you still know these things?"

Han Yuanchun's words really impressed Shen Yu. Without him, everything they said was right.

"Let's not talk about calligraphy and painting. You can safely sell this pen holder. It is best to find one of those famous antique stores. If the price is less than 250,000, you can just bring it back to me. My store is called "Lanting Ju". On the second floor of Chuzhou Antique Market, even if you go tomorrow, I will definitely pay this price."

The words on the pen holder were deliberately engraved by someone, not wanting buyers to miss them. As for who made it and what the purpose was, Shen Yu didn't have the heart to think about it.

Passing the pen holder to Han Yuanchun, who was confused, Shen Yu focused all his energy on the picture of fish swimming by Xu Gao of the Southern Tang Dynasty in front of him.

Shen Yu did not fully understand this so-called authentic work of Xu Gao.

Although this "Picture of Fish Swimming" is slightly inferior to Shen Yu's own painting of Liu Cai's "Picture of Fish Playing in the Water", overall, the painting skills are definitely better than all the paintings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Fish Master.

Just now, Shen Yu also looked at it with the golden eye of treasure appraisal. Both the color and size of the treasure light proved that it was a precious painting from before the Song Dynasty.

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But the question is whether this painting is authentic by Xu Gao remains to be discussed.

As Han Yuanchun said, the signature of this picture of swimming fish: "Xugao of the Southern Tang Dynasty" must have been filled in by later generations, because it was written in thin gold script, and the thin gold script was invented by Song Huizong. Tang Ke is more than a hundred years behind.

Moreover, the Southern Tang Dynasty was the name of later generations, and the Southern Tang Dynasty was called "Tang Dynasty" at that time.

However, the four characters "Xugao of the Southern Tang Dynasty" were of great help to Shen Yu's identification.

After Shen Yu knew that this was a Tang painting, the following identification steps became much simpler.

The first step is to identify who wrote the four words [Xugao of the Southern Tang Dynasty].

The ancients must have their basis for identifying this painting as an authentic work by Xu Gao. If this person has a high status and this painting of swimming fish is highly accomplished, then it can basically be concluded that it is an authentic work by Xu Gao.

No need to look for other evidence.

Some people may say that this is a bit too hasty, right?

No, it’s that simple!

The ancient people's conditions for appraising calligraphy and paintings are simply incomparable to modern people. Nowadays, many museums regard rare calligraphy and paintings as rare treasures and do not easily display them. In the Song Dynasty or Ming Dynasty, they might just be ordinary calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall.

They may not even be qualified to be hung on the wall, they are just placed in a quiet room to gather dust. For example, there are too many calligraphy and paintings collected by great ancient collectors such as Mi Fu, Xiang Yuanbian, Wang Shizhen, Gu Congyi, and Zhang Chou. , can’t be hung on the wall at all.

A calligraphy and painting that now costs tens of millions or hundreds of millions might have been worth more than a dozen taels of silver at that time.

Modern people look through countless ancient books to find a basis for identification, and they are ecstatic, but in ancient times, the person drinking, sipping tea, and chatting across from others might be the author of this painting.

How do you compare this?

But who wrote these four-character thin gold script?

Shen Yu fell into deep thought for a while.