My identity as a collector was exposed by the village flower

Chapter 357 The Collection of the Eldest Princess of the Yuan Dynasty
"Boss Fang, can I go with you?" The young man wanted to hug his thigh after enjoying the sweetness!

Fang Xing smiled: "I don't care, but we will stay in San Francisco for about five or six days, and a lot of time will be at the expo, what's your situation?"

"San Francisco is my last stop, so I'm fine. Coincidentally, I haven't been to the expo either!"

But in fact, he planned to return home the day after tomorrow.It's just that they happened to meet Fang Xing and the others. It was a rare opportunity, so they immediately overturned the previous plan and continued to stay for a few more days.

"That's no problem!"

A group of people strolled and chatted, and came to the second floor without knowing it.The displays here are all ancient calligraphy and paintings, both Chinese and Western.

"No! Bian Du will be Liu Gongquan's name? Look..."

In the front, two little old men were arguing over a piece of writing. Judging from their language, they should be from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau.

Fang Xing and the others looked at it, and it was indeed a willow script.

Liu Gongquan was a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, the summarizer and innovator of the regular script style.His calligraphy is well-proportioned, lean and hard, following the Wei stele firmly, his stippling is neat and straight, his bones are strong, and his body is tight. "Books are expensive, thin, hard, and open to the spirit." His regular script is a little more even, thin, and hard compared to his face style, so it is called "Yan Jin Liu Gu".

People today still prefer calligraphers such as Yan, Liu, Ou, Chu, and Yu in the Tang Dynasty to start learning calligraphy. In particular, the set of regular script standards established by Liu Gongquan is still a model for people to learn today.

"Boss Fang, what do you think?" the young man Li Zhen asked.

"It should not be the authentic work of Liu Gongquan."

As soon as these words came out, the two old men who were arguing looked over.One of the shorter ones was not convinced: "Young man, what do you know?"

Li Zhen didn't like to hear these words.

"Old man, although you are old, you can't rely on your old age to sell your old age. Our brother Fang is amazing! He said it didn't belong to Liu Gongquan, so it must not be..."

Fang Xing hurriedly stopped this guy from bragging, and said to the old man: "Old man, although this calligraphy is in willow script, it does not conform to the writing style of Liu Gongquan of all ages."

People who play calligraphy know that Liu Gongquan's characters have also changed a lot.

In the early days, that is, during the period from his twenties to his 60s, although his handwriting was favored by the rich and powerful, there were heavy traces of imitation in his handwriting, from which it can be seen that he learned the styles of hammers and Wang Xizhi, imitating Yu Shinan, The postures of Ouyang Xun, Chu Suiliang, and Lu Jianzhi.

At this time, Liu Gongquan's calligraphy had not yet formed its own style, and did not form a family of its own.

However, Liu Gongquan lived long enough, more than 80 years old.

If Liu Gongquan cannot enjoy a long life, then before the age of 60, although he has a good reputation, he will not be able to become a giant in the book world.

In the ten years after the age of 60, Liushu entered its heyday, with the "Mysterious Pagoda Stele" and "Shence Army Stele" as the typical Liu style, with the most outstanding reputation.

"When he was 60 to 70 years old, the willow style has been completed. It has changed into the fat style of the Tang Dynasty. It is injected with the strength of the pen bone, crisp, quick and vigorous. It is mainly square, and it is round. There are thin, hard and straight lines between the brushes. It is also the calligraphy at this time that we call willow bones."

Between the strokes, there are already their own features. The horizontal strokes are tall and thin, and the horizontal strokes are short and strong; Heavy; the pressing must be heavy, showing vigorous strength; the hook, kick, and pick must be paused, and then return to the front quickly.

Liu style in terms of knot characters, also like Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy showing people from the front, the left and right sides are more evenly balanced, but the vertical length takes the trend, and the center is dense and the outside is sparse.

"In the ten years after the age of 70, Liu Gongquan entered a new period of development. In the eight years after the age of 80, Liu Gongquan entered the late stage of life and calligraphy creation. He still let life and calligraphy interact and nourish: life is in the book Moving forward in artistic creation, and calligraphy embellishes and reflects life."

Liu Gongquan's ability to become a giant in the book world all depends on the next 20 years.

Therefore, the peak period for men may not be at the age of 40, but may also be after the age of 60.

"However, this calligraphy has a bit of history. It should have been copied in the Song Dynasty. There is also the seal of the eldest princess of the Yuan Dynasty. You may not know it. The eldest princess of the Yuan Dynasty is the first female collector with a long history in our country. She collects The things they buy are basically high-quality goods," Fang Xing said.

Following Fang Xing's guidance, everyone saw that there was indeed a collection seal of Xiangge Laji's "Emperor's Sister Book" on it, as well as postscripts by a group of Yuan Dynasty writers.

"Emperor's Sister Book" is actually the eldest princess of the Yuan Dynasty, named Xiang Ge Raji.

She is the great-granddaughter of Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, and the younger sister of Wu Zong Haishan.He has a strong interest in calligraphy and painting, and is very good at collecting, and invited a special person to inscribe and describe the calligraphy and painting in his collection.

In addition to the description and postscript, the calligraphy and paintings in the princess' collection can also be identified from the two seals of "Huangsister's Book" and "Huangsister's Treasures".

"Of course, seals can also be forged. This requires careful identification and comparison to determine the authenticity. You can see here. Generally speaking, the seal is slightly wider at the top and narrower at the bottom, almost square..." Fang Xing told everyone Analyze them one by one.

The two seals of Princess Dachang have the same style and size, and the fonts are both in seal script, which may be from the same handwriting.

In terms of its quality, it is not as good as the seal of Song Neifu, and it is not as good as the two seals of "Tianli" and "Kuizhang Pavilion" of Yuan Wenzong. Its structure is relatively loose and uneven, and the style of seal script is not high. From the hands of a professional seal carver, it may have been entrusted to the inner prison and invited people to engrave it at will.

The special status and status of the Eldest Princess endow her with particularly favorable conditions. Therefore, in addition to directly obtaining her calligraphy and painting collections from the palace’s collections, she can also have enough money to purchase collections, which is why she has a considerable personal collection. This is beyond the reach of others.

Being able to become a collector is also created by the environment of the times.The era in which the princess lived was the stage when the Yuan culture was flourishing, and there were many great painters and scribes around her, which had a great influence on her.

"Not only that, the princess' younger brother Renzong and nephew Wenzong are both very interested in the collection and appraisal of calligraphy and painting, and later became very good collectors and connoisseurs."

The two old men were taken aback by Fang Xing's words.

It's no wonder that Fang Xing's professional level can't be compared with many experts.

"So, this painting is still very valuable, right?" Finally, the short old man rolled his eyes and asked.

"Well! Indeed, but the price tag is 20 US dollars, more than 100 million RMB. I'm afraid, there is not much room for profit." Fang Xing told him.

(End of this chapter)