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This is the largest of the three Chinese ink landscape paintings. It is about two meters long and over one meter wide. It is a vertical ink landscape painting.

Due to the long history, the picture has turned yellow and cracked, which should be related to the hot and very dry climate in Egypt, but the appearance of this painting is still very good.

The main part of the painting is a majestic and towering mountain. The mountain is so majestic and majestic; the jungle is lush on the top of the mountain, and there are many mountains, and a waterfall in the valley is like a line, flying hundreds of feet.

The huge rocks under the mountain are abrupt, the trees are straight and lush, the foreground of the picture is running, and there is a group of business travelers carrying goods on the mountain path, which adds a bit of vitality to the quiet mountain forest.

If you understand Chinese ink and wash landscapes, you can tell at a glance that what this painting depicts is a typical northern scenery. If you understand the history of Chinese traditional painting, you must know which famous painter it is.

There is no other reason, because this Chinese ink landscape painting is so famous, it can be regarded as one of the most famous Chinese traditional paintings, well-known and priceless!

This is the "Traveling in Streams and Mountains" by Fan Kuan, a famous painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, a Chinese painting that can be called a priceless treasure!

In the upper right corner of the painting, there are ten characters written neatly in regular script by Dong Qichang, a famous calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty. 'Word inscription.

In addition, on this famous ink and wash landscape painting, there are inscriptions and seals of emperors, generals, ministers and literati of all dynasties, especially the red seals, which are very eye-catching.

For example, the printed text and color of the "Treasure of the Imperial Book" with obvious characteristics of the Song Dynasty, and the seal of the "Treasure of the Imperial Book" specially used by Emperor Qianlong for collection on the scroll.

All these evidences are enough to show that this is the masterpiece of Fan Kuan, a famous painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, "Traveling in Streams and Mountains", and the inheritance is orderly and the context is clear!

However, everyone who knows this priceless treasure knows that Fan Kuan's "Traveling in Streams and Mountains" is collected in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, China. It is the treasure of the National Palace Museum in Taipei. How could it appear in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt?

Another point is that the "Traveling in the Mountains and Streams" collected by the National Palace Museum in Taipei is an ink brush painting on silk, while the "Traveling in the Mountains and Streams" in front of you is an ink landscape painting on paper. The difference between the two is obvious!

Except for the difference between the paper version and the silk version, there is almost no difference in the content of the picture, the inscriptions and seals and other aspects of the two "Traveling through Mountains and Streams", and it can even be said to be exactly the same!

Even the "Fan Kuan" signature hidden among the trees and grass in the lower right corner of the painting,

Also exactly the same, can't see any difference!

Faced with such a paper version of "Traveling in Mountains and Streams", everyone would have doubts. When Fan Kuan painted "Traveling in Mountains and Streams", did he paint two paintings at the same time, one on silk and one on silk? Paper!

Ye Tian stood in front of this "Traveling in Mountains and Streams" and carefully admired it for about five or six minutes. He used a magnifying glass and other equipment to make some appraisals, and he was very devoted.

After the appraisal was completed, he fell into deep thought again, looking thoughtful.

Seeing his appearance, the rest of the people at the scene couldn't help but also greatly increased their interest in this Chinese ink landscape painting. They looked at the painting with eyes full of curiosity and anticipation.

Especially the two Caucasian tourists who were also in the store were already a little eager to try.

They seem to want to take down this Chinese ink and wash landscape painting. Even though they don't understand Chinese painting at all, they just think it's cloudy and foggy, but this painting is really beautiful and very artistic!

The reason for this is because these two guys believe that Ye Tian's vision, a painting that can make him devote himself so much must be extraordinary, it may be a priceless top-level artwork!

For them, this may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as they can win this Chinese traditional painting, they will probably make a fortune. Of course, they don't want to miss it.

Compared with them, the owner of this antique shop and the young clerk were much calmer, without even a hint of excitement!

After pondering for a moment, Ye Tian turned his head to look at the antique shop owner Leah, and said with a smile:

"Leah, this Chinese painting is very good. I guess you should know the origin of this painting, its status and fame in the history of Chinese art, and why those Chinese tourists who come to Mount Sinai only appreciate it but not Buy this painting, can you tell everyone about it?"

Hearing this, Leah immediately nodded with a wry smile, and then said helplessly:

"Indeed, Steven, when I bought this "Journey through Streams and Mountains" in Cairo, I only regarded it as an ancient painting, which is of great artistic value and looks beautiful, so I bought this painting and The remaining two paintings.

After buying this painting, I found a friend who worked in an auction house and sent him a photo of this Chinese painting, asking him to help identify it and give a rough estimate, but the result was very disappointing .

The friend told me that this is a fake! The original work is collected in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, China, and it is the treasure of that museum, and the original work is on silk, but this painting is painted on paper, which is completely different.

After hearing this result, I was very disappointed, and then I consulted some antique art collectors and appraisal experts, and the answer was the same. Everyone said that this is a fake, and the original one is collected in the National Palace Museum in Taipei!

Those Chinese who have traveled to the Sinai Peninsula and visited this antique shop will stop for a long time at this "Traveling in Streams and Mountains" and admire this painting intoxicated, but few people propose to buy this painting.

For this reason, I also asked some of the tourists, and the answer they gave me was that this "Traveling in Streams and Mountains" is beautiful and very famous, but unfortunately it is a fake, and they are naturally unwilling to spend money to buy a fake one. Back to China.

Since then, this painting has been hanging here, and no one cares about it! But what confuses me is that I have done some scientific tests on this painting, such as carbon fourteen detection, the paper and ink of this painting are very old!

Especially ink, it can be basically confirmed that it has a history of nearly a thousand years! If this is a fake, why the paper and ink used for the painting are very old, basically the same age as the original, it doesn't make sense! "

Hearing this, everyone at the scene suddenly realized that this is a fake, and it is a replica of a very famous Chinese ink landscape painting!

Looking at the two Caucasian tourists again, a look of disappointment quickly flashed in their eyes, and they gave up the idea of ​​buying this Chinese painting in an instant!

In their view, since this is a fake, it has no value!

This is the case in the field of Western antique art collections. Even if it is Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa", no matter how perfect a replica is, it is not worth collecting, but it is no problem for decoration!

But how did they know that the collection of Chinese antique art is another matter!

"Hahaha"

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and Ye Tian burst out laughing.

After the laughter fell, he nodded and said:

"That's right, Leah, this Chinese ink landscape painting is indeed "A Journey Through Streams and Mountains", and it is indeed a fake. The real one is collected in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, China, and it is a top-notch work of art at the treasure level!

As long as you know something about Chinese ink and wash landscapes, as long as you know something about Chinese antique art, even a layman who is a Chinese in antique art collection basically knows this famous painting.

Even tourists who don’t understand anything, while admiring this painting, just need to use their mobile phones to search the Internet or ask someone for advice, and they will know in an instant that what they are admiring is a fake of a famous painting.

In this case, those Chinese tourists who come to you to admire this painting, of course, will not buy this painting, who will buy a fake and return to China? For the face-saving Chinese, no one can afford to lose this face!

As for what you just said, the rice paper and ink used in this painting are very old, even more than a thousand years old. This happens to be the shrewdness of the counterfeiter, which can perfectly avoid the detection of modern technology!

In the field of Chinese antique art collection, there is a miscellaneous category, which is the collection and appreciation of ancient Xuan paper and ancient ink. In China, ancient Xuan paper and ancient ink from the Tang Dynasty can still be found, and they are very valuable!

With these ancient Xuan papers and ancient inks, when a painter needs to copy famous ancient paintings or make fakes for profit, in order to make the real ones look like the real ones, he will often choose the ancient Xuan papers and ancient inks of the same period for copying!

The fakes produced in this way cannot be detected by modern scientific and technological means, such as carbon fourteen! Coupled with some other old-fashioned methods, it is completely possible to make the fake ones look like the real ones. This method can also be called an art!

Since ancient times, Chinese literati have had the tradition of copying famous paintings, and many people have used this method to make fakes for profit. The "Traveling in Streams and Mountains" in front of us is a fake made by this method, and the level is quite good!

Using modern technology to detect this painting, there is no fault at all. This requires the use of eyesight and experience. According to my appraisal, the history of this painting is no more than 60 years. The apricot yellow on the surface of the painting is artificially aged !

In order to achieve the goal of confusing the real ones, the counterfeiters will also start with various aspects such as calligraphy, seals, and mounting, and strive to make them exactly the same as the authentic ones. In fact, some of the counterfeiters themselves are famous painters! "

"Wow! So that's it, this method of making fakes is simply unbelievable!"

Leah said with emotion, somewhat disappointed.

Everyone else at the scene was the same, and they were completely stunned by this miraculous counterfeit manufacturing method!