Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1532 Repaired Silk

The two joked a little at the door and walked into the studio.

Zhou Zhi couldn't help but laugh angrily when he saw the landscape painting on the wall. Old man Xu was really unreasonable.

Xu Bangda introduced Zhou Zhi seriously: "You are familiar with Tang Yin's landscape, so I don't need to introduce it further. The content of this landscape painting is a small scene, but it uses a near-to-far perspective to outline the overall layout of the picture. The painting style It is clear and unrestrained. The dead wood branches bend from left to right, stretching in different directions, vigorous and straight. In the middle of the picture, two figures can be clearly seen chatting and communicating in the hut. The picture is real and full of imagination, and the clouds are lingering outside the mountains in the distance. It adds a fresh and tranquil atmosphere like after the rain, which is a rare work from Tang Yin’s mature period.”

"Why didn't you tell me the size?" Zhou Zhi glanced at the wall again: "This is just a small painting. The core of the painting is at most half a meter long and thirty centimeters wide."

After saying that, he patted the painting silk in his hand and said, "I brought such a big roll here. I thought it was an extraordinarily large painting!"

"Hehehehe..." Xu Bangda smiled proudly: "You didn't ask, just look at the paintings..."

Diagnosing a painting disease is like a doctor examining a person, it also requires excellent eyesight. Zhou Zhi knew that this test was indispensable, so he simply made a diagnosis: "This painting is in really worrying condition due to the aging of the silk core. ——The whole painting is yellowed, with serious creases and holes. From top to bottom, there are seven creases that run through the entire core of the painting, and there are countless other small creases. "

"There are also these large and small holes. Most of the holes are caused by corrosion after being eaten by insects. They are irregular and cover the entire painting core."

“The most serious thing is the damage caused by these cracks and deletions to the meaning of the painting - the branches in the core part are seriously damaged, the misty expression of smoke and water in the distant view above, the painting is also very damaged, and the handwriting on the upper right corner reflects the artist’s calligraphy skills. There are also varying degrees of incompleteness. The important part that can best prove the authenticity of the painting - the signature, as well as the seal below the signature, and the seal in the lower left corner, are also severely damaged, wait..."

Xu Bangda was very satisfied with Zhou Zhi's diagnostic skills. Although this small painting had been carefully cleaned, sterilized and dusted, initially removed from glue and acid, and then mounted on the wall, it was far easier to diagnose than to see it in its original state, but Zhou Zhi I only watched it for less than a minute, almost just a glance, and I was able to tell the same story, which is already a very powerful level.

Now that Zhou Zhi had discovered more than that, he immediately asked, "What else can you see?"

After careful observation of the core of the painting, Zhou Zhi picked up a bamboo stick commonly used by framers and drew circles on several places in the core of the painting: "Here, and here, the longitude and latitude lines of the silk are inconsistent with the direction of the painting. This is The painting had been restored and remounted before, but...even the mounting directions were wrong in some places."

Several young staff members in the studio were ready to applaud, but saw that Xu Bangda had not spoken yet, so they had to hold back.

Xu Bangda's silence indicated that he still needed Zhou Zhi to continue to perform, so Zhou Zhi checked the painting core more carefully and became more confident: "This Tang Yin landscape painting was originally mounted on a lens, and the painting core was seriously worn. , Insect infestations and holes of all sizes are all over the painting core.”

"Through careful observation, we can find that this cultural relic was originally repaired and framed, and a whole piece of old silk was used as a patch to hold the painting core."

"The reason why I chose this old silk for repair is probably because the silk in the longitude and latitude lines is different, but it is closer to the coating, gloss and smell of the painting core, and the color is slightly lighter than the original painting core, which is very suitable "This is probably the reason why the framer at that time chose this old silk for repair. However, this old silk itself is also incomplete, or it may be a less precious ancient painting. Lining silk, and this piece of lining silk itself has undergone one, two...no, three, three larger later repairs, indicating that this old piece of silk repair itself is also defective. "

"The longitude and latitude lines of the later patching silk are inconsistent with the longitude and latitude lines of the old silk and the core of the painting. Therefore, when this part of the later patching silk coincides with the missing part of the core of the painting, it will form what we have discovered now. There are some places in the patched part. The situation of different longitude and latitude.”

"It is precisely because of these differences between the old repair silk used in the restoration and the silk of the original painting core that the surface of the repaired painting core may have become hollow in many places after a short period of time, and some parts of the painting core are damaged. , and there is also the phenomenon of forced overlap in order to bridge the meaning of the painting.”

"In the final framed painting, cracks formed in these places, which tore the core of the painting and caused more serious secondary damage."

Except for Xu Bangda, the rest of the staff couldn't bear it anymore and all applauded. These problems were only diagnosed after Xu Bangda led his team to conduct a long and careful analysis of the scroll. Although the ancient paintings at that time It has not been cleaned and mounted, so the diagnosis work is much more difficult than Zhou Zhi's now, but Zhou Zhi was able to discover all these details one by one in such a short time. It can be said that Zhou Zhi's level is not far behind that of Xu Bangda.

"Hahaha..." Xu Bangda really felt that he had a successor in this industry, and said to the excited staff around him: "Did you see it? Who said that other people can't see it except me? As long as you work hard on weekdays, you can see it on the spot. A true master, there is a living example right in front of you.”

"So don't complain that I have too high demands on you and supervise you too strictly. As long as you reach the level of elbows, I will go to the park to make tea and chat with you every day. Who cares about asking you to recruit people?" People hate it?”

Xu Bangda was also a sharp-tongued man, and it seemed that the students had figured out his temper. After hearing what he said, gentle laughter erupted in the studio.

However, no one took these words seriously. Although Zhou Zhi was young, in the small circle of Rongbaozhai Restoration Room, he was originally a teacher, so no one thought about comparing with him.

After all, Zhou Zhi’s instructional video on igniting lead and the video showing the Southern style craftsmanship last time are still materials for everyone to study seriously, and the two books "Decoration Chronicles" and "Appreciating Yan Su Xin Lu" introduce ancient mounting techniques. Manuscripts are now required reading, so age has no impact on everyone's impression of him.

Experts will know if there are any at the first glance and diagnose Tang Yin's landscape painting. Although the eyesight is very sharp, it is almost a normal display of thoughtfulness.

"Teacher Xiao Zhou," a staff member handed over a book of information and said eagerly, "How about you help us take a look at our repair plan this time?"

Seeing Zhou Zhi looking at Xu Bangda with a little embarrassment and not taking the information, the staff quickly added: "Teacher Xu guided us in cleaning and core uncovering in the early stage, and then stopped, but time cannot wait, so we did it ourselves first Prepare and formulate a repair plan.”

(End of this chapter)