Jianbao life

Chapter 1036 Preview
Since there is a preview of the auction today, everyone just enjoyed some local delicacies in this famous food street, and went to the nearby scenic spots for a while, and then came to here, which is only a 5-minute drive away a private club.

The auction this time is not open to ordinary people, so the guards' inspection is also relatively strict.When they arrived at the door, both Chu Chen and Zhao Qirui took out their respective invitation cards. After careful inspection and registration, the guard gave Chu Chen and them each a temporary ID, and explained some things to pay attention to, before smiling and indicating that they could enter.

The decoration style of this club is more business-oriented. When you walk into the club, there will be waiters leading you to the exhibition hall for the preview.

There are not many guests in the exhibition hall, which is related to the fact that there are not many people participating in the auction this time. Of course, the main reason is that many guests have visited in the morning, so it is normal that there are few people in the afternoon.

This is good news for Chu Chen and the others, otherwise it would be inconvenient for so many people to see clearly around a lot.

Next, everyone began to appreciate these auctions.

The first thing they looked at was porcelain. After walking around, Chu Chen found that the auction items here were all hot items in the market. As far as porcelain was concerned, there were all Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and they were all works of famous kilns or official kilns.

But at the end, Chu Chen's complexion was not so good. This is because some of the lots have obvious unearthed traces, so there is no need to say more about their origins.

You know, this auction is not only attended by Chinese people, there are now two foreigners with yellow hair and blue eyes in the exhibition hall studying with a magnifying glass.At that time, if these things were taken away by them and legally scattered abroad, Chu Chen would feel a little angry when he thought about it.

But this is not Chu Chen's territory after all, and the organizer has not violated the law, so even if he wanted to, he couldn't manage it.

As for the solution, in addition to spending money to buy some important things, the most is to raise the price and let those foreigners spend more money. Although this will still benefit the organizer, it is better than watching It is better to let foreigners take pictures of these cultural relics easily.

Next, among the bronze wares and jade wares, more cultural relics were unearthed, which made Chu Chen feel even more angry and powerless, until the calligraphy and painting works were better.

Seeing Chu Chen's sullen look, Zhao Qirui said softly: "In the eyes of these people, they only care about money, and they don't care about other things, so there is nothing to be angry about."

Chu Chen smiled bitterly and said, "Well, I understand this, but seeing this makes me somewhat uncomfortable."

"Don't think too much." Zhao Qirui patted Chu Chen on the shoulder: "In this world, the strong are respected. As long as our country becomes stronger, these things will come back one day. As for us, we just need to be ourselves and contribute a little to the country." Strength will do."

Chu Chen nodded and stopped thinking about it, and then continued to appreciate the rest of the lot.

Compared with the porcelain and bronze wares just now, although there are many calligraphy and painting works here, the only famous works are Shi Tao's "Five Hundred Arhats" hand scroll and Jin Nong's "Ink Bamboo Picture".

As one of the missions of coming to Haojing this time, of course Chu Chen first appraised Shi Tao's works.Part of this scroll work refers to the version of "Five Hundred Arhats" painted by Zhou Jichang in the Southern Song Dynasty. Of course, although the name is "Five Hundred Arhats", there are actually eight Arhats in the painting, which is more than Zhou Jichang's version. Three more.

The style of the hand scroll is indeed Shi Tao's painting style in his later years, but the first impression he gave to Chu Chen was that although the performance of these arhats seems to be Shi Tao's authentic works, their charm is not as good.

Moreover, the date of this painting is 1694, which is the peak period of Shi Tao's painting creation.

During this period, Shi Tao's landscapes were painted with unrestrained brushwork, dripping and joyful, with thick ink on the rough parts.Vertically and horizontally, it is as fast as lightning and thunder.He dared to break through the old methods of his predecessors, such as rubbing rocks with ochre instead of ink, using stone green as rice dots, and using gamboge and rouge as miscellaneous dots to depict burning peach blossoms, all of which are methods that have never been used by predecessors.

These are Shi Tao's unique characteristics, but they are not well presented in this painting, which should not be the expression that an authentic work should have.

Combined with the information given to him by Mr. Liu before, Chu Chen can basically conclude that this painting should still be an imitation of Zhang Daqian, and the result given by the ability is exactly the same.

However, this result was also seen by Chu Chen, who said that Zhao Qirui admired the painting very much at this time, and said that it was a pity that if Chu Chen didn't want to take this painting, he would have done it.

Chu Chen joked with a smile: "Uncle, since you like it, then I will let you. As for the master, I will explain it to you. He will definitely not blame you."

Zhao Qirui blinked, and asked in disbelief, "Really?"

"Of course it's true, how can I lie to you about this?" Chu Chen said with a suppressed smile.

"This..." Zhao Qirui seemed very moved, and after a while he said hesitantly: "Let's forget it, I can't bear to rob the old man of his things!"

Chu Chen chuckled and said, "There's nothing I can't bear, anyway, he won't want this painting."

"What do you mean?" After hearing this, everyone was confused for a while.

"Wow! You're kidding me!" After a while, Zhao Qirui finally realized what was going on, pointed at Chu Chen and cursed with a smile.

Chu Chen spread his hands with a smile: "Why am I kidding you, this painting is not bad in itself, as long as the price is right, it is indeed a good choice to take pictures."

Zhao Qirui curled his lips: "Why should I take pictures of the fake ones?"

Chu Chen said with a smile, "This is not a fake painting, but an imitation, and I think the artist should be Zhang Daqian."

Zhao Qirui asked excitedly when he heard the words. "The real Zhang Daqian?"

"It's not certain, I can only say that the probability is very high."

Chu Chen smiled, and then asked curiously, "Why are you suddenly interested again?"

Zhao Qirui looked around and saw no one around them, so he said: "This is Zhang Daqian, even if it is not an authentic work, it has investment and collection value. If you really don't want to take pictures, then I will do it!"

"OK, no problem."

Chu Chen nodded in agreement, and then walked towards Jin Nong's "Ink Bamboo Picture" next to him.

After a while, Chu Yulan asked, "Brother, I heard that many of Jin Nong's paintings were written by someone else. Is this painting the same?"

In the history of Chinese painting and calligraphy, Dong Qichang and Jin Nong are the two who have the largest number of ghostwriting paintings and the most complicated problems. Unlike Dong Qichang, Jinnong, who was born more than 100 years later than him, is very high-profile. Claims that most of his paintings are ghostwriters.

At present, the calligraphy and painting circles generally believe that the number of paintings handwritten by Jin Nong is less than one-tenth of the paintings handed down from generation to generation, and 90% of Jin Nong's paintings circulated in the market are ghost paintings or fakes.At the same time, the artistic level of Jinnong's paintings varies greatly, because he invited different people.For example, Jinnong's students Luo Pin, Xiang Jun, and Wang Shishen all had very different styles in painting plum blossoms.

Fortunately, most of Jinnong's inscriptions on behalf of his strokes are inscribed by himself, and Jinnong likes to inscribe long postscripts.The authenticity of the inscriptions is now an important criterion for distinguishing the strokes of the Jinnong Dynasty from those that are completely counterfeit.

Ordinarily, the existence of a large number of ghost paintings will naturally affect the rise in the price of paintings, but Jinnong's handed down paintings have set new highs in the current auction market, which is also a rather miraculous phenomenon.

After pondering for a moment, Chu Chen said, "I think it should be an authentic painting."

Zhao Qirui was surprised when he heard the words: "The real work? You mean that this painting was painted by Jin Nong himself?"

"I think the possibility is very high." Chu Chen said: "Look at the bamboo in this work, the author uses the brush to show the wind bamboo, just like willow leaves flying, laughing against the wind, flying into the air. The outline of the cloud..."

Gao Yiya interjected: "But it's too weird to paint like this. If it's really authentic, then Jin Nong must be a weirdo!"

Chu Chen explained with a smile: "This is the characteristic of Jin Nong's authentic works. Judging from Jin Nong's authentic works, his paintings are like water without a source, trees without roots, and are very different from the ancients. In short, it is The shapes are weird, and the brushwork is simple. For example, some of the horses he painted are like dogs, and some are like pigs. And his brushwork is like leeks blown by the wind, with many knots, which looks weird , is entirely his unique creation."

When Zhao Heyan heard this, she giggled and said, "He actually drew horses as pigs and dogs, so he is still a kid's painter!"

Chu Chen smiled and said: "Isn't that right? His animal paintings are mainly taken from the animals on the brick portraits of the Han Dynasty, and his characters are transplanted from Buddhist statues such as Feitian, Arhat, and deity in the Longmen Grottoes. I am very confident, thinking that my level should be at the level of Zhang Sengxuan and Lu Tanwei, and at the same time, with the inscription "how many masters have been created in future generations", I claim that I can open up many schools in the painting circle of later generations."

Zhao Heyan said with a smile on her face: "Isn't this person too self-conscious? I think he should be a narcissist."

Gao Yiya reprimanded: "How do you talk, girl? He has real skills, and he's not boasting. What's wrong? If you have skills, you can say the same, and I guarantee that no one will say anything about you."

"Why don't you just talk casually, why are you so serious!" Zhao Heyan muttered softly.

Gao Yiya's eyes widened, and when she was about to speak a lesson, Zhao Qirui said, "Okay, okay! Don't even look at the occasion, how rude!"

"Go home and clean you up!" Gao Yiya gave Zhao Heyan a cold look, and Zhao Heyan shrank her neck, but she didn't care.

The mother and daughter are already used to this. Chu Chen continued to explain: "Jin Nong's bamboo paintings are based on calligraphy. Because of the previous decades of calligraphy skills, the style is particularly simple. Compared with predecessors or other bamboo painters at that time Compared with the chic and beautiful bamboo paintings of famous artists, it has a different style. For example, he claimed... Therefore, I think there is a high possibility that this work is authentic." The mobile phone is waiting for you! Follow up~click/official account on Chinese website (add friends on WeChat-add official account-enter qdread), and participate immediately! Everyone has a prize, now follow qdread WeChat official account immediately!)

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