Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1375 Output and Harvest

In the next few days, Zhou Zhi repaired the paintings in Rongbaozhai. In the process, he also used the "burning lead" method to restore a precious painting for Rongbaozhai, Yi Yuanji's "Two Monkeys with Columbine Leaves".

Yi Yuanji was a famous ape painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. The apes he painted were vivid and lifelike, and they were already famous all over the world at that time. Countless celebrities wrote poems to praise his paintings.

For example, Huang Tingjian has "Praise to the Paintings of Yi Sheng", Qin Guan has "Guan Yi Yuanji's Pictures and Songs of the Deer Ape", Zhang Lai has "The Pictures of the Deer", and Liu Zhi has "Yi Yuanji's Paintings of the Apes", all after seeing his paintings. Poetry left behind.

Even throughout the history of ancient painting, critics regarded the deer ape paintings as Yi Yuanji's "specialist" and believed that "one cannot get a glimpse of his vassal from a secular place", and no one else could paint at his level.

The roe ape is the white-cheeked gibbon. The characteristic of this ape is that its whole body is pitch black, and its face is covered with white hair except for the top of its head, hands and feet, making it extremely cute.

The paint used to represent these parts in Song Dynasty paintings is white lead. After years of collection, the white lead has turned into black lead. The details of the roe ape's face have become indistinguishable, and it is dark and extremely ugly.

The same problem also occurs in the hands and feet of the two apes.

There is also a problem with the collection seal on the painting. People in the Northern Song Dynasty did not have the habit of using red seals, but they could not stop future generations from stamping such precious ancient paintings.

The main ingredient in these seals is cinnabar, which is mercury sulfide. However, the mercuric extracted by the ancients is not pure and also contains lead.

Now the "Two Monkeys in the Columbine Leaves" has been restored. Rongbaozhai was so wealthy that he directly used a Ming Dynasty silk silk as the frame of the "Picture of the Two Monkeys in the Columbine Leaves" in the form of "inner buckle and border". .

This technology has been lost for many years, but laymen are watching the excitement, and experts are watching the door. After seeing Zhou Zhi's restoration skills of Song Dynasty Buddhist statues and Ming Dynasty ancient paintings in Shu, several mounting masters from Rongbaozhai immediately restored the lead color on them. The white technique was associated with the ancient method of burning lead on fire, and believed that it would never be possible to restore it so naturally without this method.

The world of ancient painting restoration is not a large one. There are only one or two masters in each province at most. This has to exclude many provinces and autonomous regions in the northwest and southwest. Therefore, Zhou Zhi used the lead burning method to restore "Ru" in the Suzhou Museum. Ye Ruixiang's "Dragonfly Picture" and "Spring Mountain Picture", as well as the video recording of the restoration of "Spring Mountain Yin Oh Picture Scroll" at the Sichuan University Museum, were quickly transmitted to Jian Changchun.

Although Zhou Zhi can make up for it by taking advantage of Yanggong's characteristics of "straight seams, consistent parquet, and neat edge turns" and can achieve seamless seam splicing, it is only an appearance compensation.

The advantage of this kind of decoration is self-evident, that is, the entire damask frame is a whole, and the pattern is also a whole. The visual effect will of course be much more beautiful than four spliced ​​borders.

Another big advantage of inner buckle edging is that the edge strength brought by this method is much higher than that of spliced ​​edging. On this point, careful techniques cannot do anything.

The so-called "inner buckle border" is to use a complete piece of fabric, cut out the middle, and use the remaining part as a frame for mounting.

This change in lead color is even more frightening. When the white lead turns into black lead, the original bright seal turns into a disgusting oil color between chocolate and asphalt, which is as ugly as possible.

The only flaw is that it is a bit extravagant and a waste of materials.

In ancient times, this was also the most expensive method of framing.

This is a sensational event in the capital's calligraphy and painting collection circles recently. Many big shots come to Rongbaozhai every day to observe the restoration process of this important collection. Even after the restoration is completed, there is an endless stream of people coming to observe it every day.

Of course, Zhou Zhi is not "pure output" during this period. Where is Rongbaozhai? It is a large unit mainly engaged in art collection, appraisal, restoration, imitation and sales. Its collection strength is beyond the reach of many provincial museums.

The experts here casually leaked a little bit to Zhou Zhi, which was enough to make him suffer endlessly.

Zhou Zhi even had an illusion because of this, that is, the teaching level of the masters of Rongbaozhai was extremely high, even higher than that of Mr. Wang and Mr. Qi.

Otherwise, why would you study with them for a few days and be treated as if you were being tutored by an elder for a few years?

In fact, the real reason is that under the careful training of his second elder and fourth cousin, Zhou Zhi is close to masters in collecting, appraising and repairing. In many places, the only difference is the slightest touch on the window paper.

And this kind of skill is simply not easy for the masters of Rongbaozhai.

In fact, it was because the two elders had grasped Zhou Zhi's progress in cultivation that he was sent here to receive education. However, these were good intentions that Zhou Zhi could not understand for a while.

The masters of Rongbaozhai were both surprised and in love with Zhou Zhi, because this baby was a monster. Rongbaozhai's departments were divided into several departments, but this baby seemed to be able to stand up in every department!

In addition to the "essential work" of mounting and repairing, this boy is actually proficient in the collection of calligraphy, painting and porcelain. In addition, he is also quite expert in miscellaneous cultural objects such as bamboo, wood, jade, and even paper, ink, silk, brocade and other unpopular items. In the category of appreciation and collection, all are masters of appreciation.

Of course, in addition to porcelain, you can also say that the rest are closely related to the restoration and mounting of paintings and calligraphy, but I have never heard of anyone in this industry who can make them all transparent and white. .

Therefore, this child is not a framer, but more like the ancient literati, who got involved in ceramic creation, drama creation, and even incense and tea making because of his love. It has been improved.

Although there are still deficiencies in some aspects, I can't resist this child's eagerness to learn, and because his self-cultivation and taste have reached a certain level, when he asks a question, it must be the key or the details that go through the veins.

This makes the masters both painful and happy, because the explanation of such a problem is often a long topic, and it takes a lot of patience and energy to explain it clearly.

For example, the double-hook method that is often used in repairing and copying calligraphy and paintings. The level of thoroughness itself has reached the expert level. What he cares about is only the little difference between the Yang School and the Beijing School, and what Rong Baozhai has accumulated in many years of work. With a wealth of experience, Zhou Zhi doesn't even know how to ask simple questions, and the masters can't even think of getting rid of him by fooling him.

What's more, Rongbaozhai has inherited such a huge favor. "Two Monkeys with Columbine Leaves" is an object handed down from the Northern Song Dynasty. No matter where it is placed, it is a treasure of the museum. The blurry and dirty pictures in the past have now been The restoration was clearly outlined, and it was brand new but still full of ancient charm. Several masters privately evaluated it and believed that it was no worse than Zheng Zhuyou's level back then.

What's more, they also sent two copies of the ancestor's writings. The masters are now vying to pass them on, and they have lost two big favors. If they have questions, why don't they answer them with all their heart?

What's more, in addition to these, this kid is also a "VIP" of Rongbaozhai, a major customer.

(End of this chapter)