Antiques with golden eyes

"Picture of Fishing in Huaxi? How could it be this painting?"

Looking at the wild and elegant five-character cursive calligraphy in the upper right corner of the calligraphy and painting, Shen Yu was slightly surprised.

Shen Yu knew the origin of this painting very clearly. It was the proud work of Wang Shuming, one of the four great woodcutter masters of the Yuan Dynasty.

Wang Shuming is Wang Meng, the top painter of the Yuan Dynasty. Because of his excellence in calligraphy and painting, he was praised as "no one like him in five hundred years". Together with Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen and Ni Zan, he was revered as the "Four Painters of the Yuan Dynasty" by later generations.

Unlike other people, Wang Meng's calligraphy and painting are all inherited from his family, and he is more famous for teaching him painting and calligraphy.

Wang Meng's maternal grandfather was Zhao Mengfu, a famous painter in the Yuan Dynasty, one of the four masters of regular script, and the first person in the Yuan Dynasty.

The calligraphy and paintings of the four Yuan families are worth tens of thousands of gold, and their reputations are astonishing, but they are still not as good as Zhao Mengfu, the crowned Yuan man.

Naturally, my grandmother is a hero among women, and my wife has risen through the ranks.

Including his uncle Zhao Yong, he was also a famous painter in the Yuan Dynasty. His famous calligraphy and paintings such as "Orchid and Bamboo", "Fishing in Streams and Mountains", and "Eight Immortals Drinking" have been handed down to the world.

Under the guidance of so many great painters, Wang Meng's achievements among the four great painters of the Yuan Dynasty were second only to Huang Gongwang's.

The original "Picture of Fishing in Huaxi" is preserved in a top-level museum in China.

So this painting is either a fake or a copy.

However, Shen Yu feels that this painting is not simple. It has vivid charm and sophisticated brushwork, which is eight points of Wang Meng's brushwork.

The bamboo forest in the village alone is a masterpiece in the painting. The yin and yang are facing away, the bamboo shoots are full, and it is full of natural beauty and elegance.

It doesn't look like a painting, but more like a real photo.

After looking at it carefully several times, Shen Yu secretly sighed, "It's true that he has such a good reputation, but after only looking at more than 20 paintings, there are two treasures from other people's shops. Sure enough, there is a big antique shop in Xuande Building. confidence."

Shen Yu asked himself that he had collected many authentic works of ancient people, which were no worse than the big guys in the back hall, and even far exceeded them.

But one thing is, those authentic works cannot be sold and must be treasured for a lifetime!

This resulted in an extreme shortage of calligraphy and paintings for sale in the store.

This Jiangu Building has more than a hundred ancient calligraphy and paintings casually displayed. This heritage is not comparable to that of the small Lanting Residence.

Envy is envy, these are just flashes in Shen Yu's mind. Time is running out, Shen Yu shakes his head and puts aside distracting thoughts and continues to look at the painting.

This time he was looking at the price tag.

The sale price is engraved on the sandalwood above the painting, with black characters on a red background, a total of four million.

Compared with the Ming Dynasty copy of "The Picture of the King Presenting His Son" just now, the price is one million higher.

Four million is already a sky-high price for an ancient painting without the signature and seal of a famous artist!

For a moment, Shen Yu wanted to take down the painting directly.

But after all, he grew up next to his grandfather, and his mind and determination are far beyond those of his peers.

I immediately stopped thinking about it.

You can't just follow the price on the label when competing for your eyesight.

If that's the case, wouldn't it be better to just take it based on which antique has a higher price tag?

The so-called competition of eyesight is actually a competition between two people to see who can spot the leaks in Xuande Tower!

In other words, who can pick up the flaw in "Xuande Tower", and it is a big flaw.

Whoever picks up the bigger leak wins.

"Is it possible that there are two copies of this painting handed down from generation to generation?"

In ancient times, painters did not paint a painting in one go. Sometimes they would paint several paintings, and the most popular one would be passed down to the world, and the rest would be burned or torn up.

In this case, there may be a servant who was lazy or did not burn it for other reasons and passed it on.

However, this probability is very small and can be ignored.

Looking at his watch, he saw that ten minutes had passed. Time was running out, so Shen Yu decided to use his golden finger to identify treasures.

I silently recited a treasure appraisal in my heart.

The next second, a ball of light cyan light emerged three inches in front of the painting.

At first, the light group was only as big as a broad bean. After it appeared, it quickly floated up and finally turned into a long cylinder about four inches high.

"One inch is one hundred years old, and the length of Baoguang is less than four inches. It is estimated that it should be a copy from the late Ming Dynasty."

"There is heaven outside the sky, and there are people outside the world. The ancients will not deceive me!"

Shen Yu's words included praise for the superb craftsmanship of this painting, but more importantly, he admired Xuande Lou for being able to identify this painting as a replica and put it up for sale.

Assuming that he did not have the gold eye for appraising treasures, Shen Yu would never have put this painting up for sale in a store. Therefore, regardless of the close and distant views, landscapes, figures, poems and calligraphy, the painting has no flaws and can be regarded as an authentic work by Wang Meng.

Shen Yu believed that he did not have a golden finger for appraising treasures and it was difficult to identify the authenticity of this painting based on his current eyesight. If he was asked to choose ten times, he might decide that the painting was authentic ten times.

At this moment, Shen Yu's curiosity suddenly aroused. Although this painting was not explicitly written as a copy, it can be seen from the price tag that this painting is a copy.

Because the price of Wang Meng’s authentic works starts at 100 million yuan.

The question is, other people don’t have golden eyes to identify treasures, so they can judge this painting as a copy based on their eyesight alone. How high is their eyesight?

Frowning his eyebrows, Shen Yu looked at the "Picture of Fishing in Huaxi" again. When he saw a line of words framed at the end of the painting, his mind was shocked, "What? It could be like this?"

…

Two flowers bloom, one on each side.

Dongjiang.

Lijing Yayuan villa area.

12th.

Shen Zhai.

The entrance hall of the villa is extremely luxuriously decorated.

It’s dazzling!

As far as the eye can see, everything is ancient mahogany furniture.

Early Qing Dynasty small-leaf rosewood Taishi chair.

Rosewood bookshelf from the mid-Ming Dynasty.

The red rosewood Bogu frame in the late Ming Dynasty.

Late Ming Dynasty rosewood screen.

Each piece is valuable, not less than a million.

Even the floor is imported big-leaf rosewood solid wood flooring.

This kind of solid wood floor is extremely expensive to fake, and the interface is special. It cannot be laid by ordinary people and requires extremely professional personnel. Therefore, the labor cost is expensive. If the hall and bedrooms of the entire villa are covered, not to mention the price of the materials themselves, just

The labor cost is six figures.

And all the home appliances and lamps, including fish tanks, bathtubs, and washbasins are all from the No. 1 foreign brands.

The most important thing is that they are all customized products.

The so-called customization refers to products specially designed and produced by merchants for valued customers.

Each one is different.

Compared with what can be bought in the mall, the price of customized items is often double or even several times higher.

It is a symbol of the status of the rich.

Buzz!

Although the electric glass door of the bathroom opened, an elegant and charming woman slowly walked out of the bathroom.

The woman has a beautiful face, with black hair like a waterfall. At first glance, she looks like she is only in her early twenties, but upon closer inspection, she looks a bit mature.

There were water droplets on my hair, it looked like I had just washed my hair.

It was none other than Pei Yuqin, the president of Gaogu Auction House.