Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1368 Identification

Haichao Nunnery has been completely transformed. It uses bricks, pillars, and tile roofs that were salvaged from old houses in the capital. Under the auspices of the master craftsmen of the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace, it has been restored as it was before.

The entire Haichao Nunnery also includes the British Private Garden, but it used to be a small house with a big garden, but now it has become a big house with a small garden.

A total of nearly 500 square meters of built area, now more than 300 are courtyards and more than 100 are gardens. The layout of the space is more in line with the practical rules of modern people.

In order to increase the practical area, the curved courtyard screen wall design at the entrance of the old courtyard was also cancelled, and the large-opening pattern of nunneries, temples, and palace yamen was retained.

However, this large door with red lacquer and copper nails is not open on weekdays. What is always open is the side door concierge next to it that can also be used as a garage.

Zhou Zhi came here again. A door and an alley separated the tranquility and leisurely life from the fireworks of the world into two different worlds. Thinking that this place would soon belong to others, his heart ached.

The only thing that can comfort me is that this is not the best place. There are many other places to go in Zhouzhi, such as Houhai, Qianmen and Zhouzhi.

The main hall, which is over 100 square meters, has not yet had any partitions or furnishings. It now looks unusually empty. There was a wooden table built during carpentry work. After the project was completed, no one was allowed to dismantle it without knowing who's idea it was. Instead, the surface was planed and polished. , made into a very large table that looks rustic.

Everyone sat down at the table, and Zhou Zhicai said: "I know Teacher Cui wants to make a big painting, because I saw that you are using the horizontal table as a vertical table, and there is a large pile of manuscripts beside the table, which must be able to be put together. Together.”

"My little brother is really smart." Cui Ruzhuo said with a wry smile: "If I didn't need a big place to paint, I wouldn't be willing to release this album by Shi Tao."

"Old Cui, you're not at a loss." Mr. Ma smiled and said, "Who doesn't like this house after seeing it? Although it only cost 600,000 at the time, it cost at least that much to decorate it. Now, you can get 2 million for it." Not coming down anymore.”

Mr. Wang smiled: "He has something in his hand, but it is much more delicate than yours. He has to compose a poem to open it."

"But the elbow is not a loss." Qi Lao said with a smile: "Let's take a look at the thing first. After you see the thing, you will know that it is worth the price."

"Did you see it?" Qi Lao said with a smile: "When we first said this, Xiao Cui was still not convinced."

This set of things was also in the standard style of the high-end treasury of the Qing Dynasty. Zhou Zhi was familiar with it, so he reached out and opened the mechanism hidden among the pine deer, revealing the album pages inside.

Zhou Zhi put on his gloves, took out the album, carefully placed it on the table, then pointed at the album and then at the box: "These two things are not the same set."

"Yes, let's look at things first." Cui Ruzhuo put the box on the table: "I told Mr. Ma before that if I am willing, I am willing to use Shi Tao's "Arhat Baikai Album" in exchange for Create in this house.”

Zhou Zhi opened the box. Inside was a red sandalwood bookcase. It was made with standard Neifu craftsmanship. There was a fine red sandalwood lock in the middle. There were also bas-reliefs of Nine Lao Pictures carved around it. It was thickly coated and Zhou Zhi broke it roughly. It should be from the mid-Qing Dynasty.

"Hey, little brother is an expert." Cui Ruzhuo couldn't help being a little surprised when he saw Zhou Zhi opening the box easily.

"But we didn't tell Xiao Cui in detail at that time." Mr. Wang smiled and said: "How about taking this opportunity to tell him about it?"

"Although the album pages and the book box fit perfectly, the box is in the Neifu style and the framing is in the Su Yang style, which is not the same place." Zhou Zhi smiled and opened the cover of the album and explained to Cui Ruzhuo: "These silk materials are all from the Qing Dynasty. Although the fabrics in Suzhou and Hangzhou in the mid-dynasty were fine, they were still different from those in the imperial palaces."

"In order to show the dignity of imperial power, the decoration of the pages of the imperial books belongs to an insurmountable ritual system. Regardless of the book jacket, bookmark, book binding, book box, book cover, etc., its color, material, shape, size, etc. There are strict specifications." "Take book covers as an example. Brocade, Hangzhou fine and cloth with various colors and patterns are used as the surface, and nan board, bin board and 60-laminated backing paper are used as the inner board to make various kinds of books. The forms include the insert set, the four-in-one set, the six-in-one set, the swastika set, the wishful thinking set, the cloud head set, etc.”

"Most of the book bindings used for the sleeves are camel bone bindings, and some are ivory bindings, jade bindings, wood bindings, copper-plated bindings, silk enamel bindings, etc., in various forms."

"Book boxes and book boxes are mostly vermilion carved lacquer book boxes, red sandalwood book boxes, and nanmu book boxes. The outside of the book boxes are often decorated with inlays, gold plating, carved lacquer, gold tracing, filigree and other techniques."

"Bookmarks are mostly made of yellow damask, blue damask, clay-gold paper, gold-sprinkled paper, Tibetan scripture paper, or printed, or signed by famous people and sealed with red seals."

After speaking, he pointed at the book cover of the album: "This kind of blue damask pattern cardboard book cover is not used by the imperial government, and the sticker of this bookmark is calendered plum blossom watermark cocoon paper, which is something that the literati in Su Yang area like. , It’s not used by the inner government.”

"The calligraphy on this bookmark is also unrestrained. It was imitated by Shi Tao's regular script by a master of calligraphy. If such calligraphy is used on the inner palace books, it is a serious violation of the regulations. It is a blatant challenge and destruction of the imperial power and will be severely punished."

"There is also this Biezi, bone Biezi. Camel bones are mostly used in the north, and cow bones are mostly used in the south, but this one is special because it uses elephant bones."

"Can you still see this?" Cui Ruzhuo was dumbfounded.

"Well, the ancient bone carvings used the leg and wrist bones of camels and cows, whichever was thickest and densest." Zhou Zhi said: "But it can't be compared with the leg and wrist bones of elephants. The difference is obvious."

"Little brother, can you see so much information at a glance?" Cui Ruzhuo was even more surprised: "Mr. Wang, Mr. Qi, could this be simple common sense in the industry?"

Mr. Ma rolled his eyes as he listened. He was not very clever with this method of identifying collections and dating: "This common sense is not simple. It is a unique skill passed down to him by my fourth uncle."

"It's all heresy." Zhou Zhi smiled and pretended to be modest: "I don't know how many times the ancient calligraphy and painting has been framed since it was passed down to this day. We can only judge the age of the most recent framed by looking at these. In fact, it's not very useful. What's more, Even for framing, you can also use old materials..."

"Well, it's just like the batch of ancient calligraphy and paintings from Shu University this time, right?" Mr. Ma teased angrily: "It was repaired as before using the techniques of a certain master, except that the paste was newly boiled. The cultural relics used to fill the ink capital? How extravagant can you be!"

"That's what I donated, it's not public property. Do you care about me?!"

"You can make it as hard as you can, and I'll see how long it lasts for you..."

"Hehehe, Cao Sugong and Wangjie'an are not bad at this..."

Seeing that the two were about to start their daily bickering mode, Qi Lao nodded at the table: "Looking at something, looking at something, why are they getting further and further apart..."

"Wait a minute..." Cui Ruzhuo looked at Zhou Zhi as if he were looking at a ghost: "What do you mean? Those calligraphy and paintings in the new building of Shu University were restored by a little brother?!"

(End of this chapter)