Jianbao life

Chapter 469 Painting and Calligraphy

Fortunately, what made Cao Hui feel a little relieved was that if this was really Wu Yingmao's work, it would still be of some value, and many experts had checked Wu Yingmao's forged work. It's not something to be ashamed of.

It's just that unless someone who has been wronged takes over, the value of this work will definitely be greatly reduced. The 200 million is likely to shrink to hundreds of thousands or even tens of thousands. This makes Cao Hui feel distressed when he thinks about it, and he can't help cursing From Wu Yingmao.

From Chu Chen's point of view, Wu Yingmao did have a problem with his conduct.At that time, taking advantage of his status as Zhu Yunming's grandson, he forged a large number of "Zhu's calligraphy", including scrolls, scrolls, volumes, fans, and even inscriptions and letters.

These fake works have deceived many connoisseurs throughout the history, making these fake works mixed into the collections of many museums or private collections, and even the catalogs have published a considerable number of various plates, some of which are also known as Zhu Yunming. Calligraphy's "masterpiece", "masterpiece", "treasure", "boutique", "classic".

These fake works by Wu Yingmao also brought considerable difficulties to later generations' research on Zhu Yunming.Therefore, Wu Yingmao's actions were actually discrediting Zhu Yunming to a certain extent, and he was also Zhu Yunming's nephew. From Chu Chen's point of view, this person was completely unfilial.

Cao Hui put away the work with a sad expression, and then said to Chu Chen: "Young Master Chu, please continue to take a look at this picture of Lu Ming's golden pheasant with plum blossoms!"

Lu Ji, styled Tingzhen, was a very famous court painter in the middle of Ming Dynasty. There is a poem in "Shuangxi Collection": "Lv Jixi was in the Xianzong Dynasty, commanding straight into the Mingguang Palace, and the gold plate bestowed gold and silver, and the pen and ink gave birth to hope."

There are not many surviving works of Lu Ji. His painting styles can be divided into two categories.The other type is rich in color and exquisite in brushwork, which has the taste of rich palace decoration.

However, it is generally believed that the direct reason for the change of Lu Ji's painting style, especially the change from ink and wash with light color painting to fine brushwork with heavy color painting, is to adapt to the different tastes of different emperors, specifically, Emperor Hongzhi's appreciation His taste is different from that of his father, Emperor Chenghua. The former admired Lin Liang's freehand flower and bird paintings, while the latter liked fine brushwork and heavy color flower and bird paintings.This caused the difference between Lu Ji's painting style before and after.

And this picture of "Plum Blossom Golden Pheasant" just reflects the work of Lu Ji's changing period of painting style, which is really commendable.

This painting on silk with color and ink is mainly composed of ink and wash paintings. Among them, the golden pheasant is the subject of Lu Jichang's painting. I saw two golden pheasants looking left and right standing on the rock under a plum tree. There are two places around the eyes and feet of the golden pheasant. It is bright red, and there are several plum blossoms blooming on the plum tree.

This work can be said to be a good interpretation of Lu Ji's style. The two golden pheasants reflect Lu Ji's exquisite and rigorous painting style, while the trees and stones are painted in the Southern Song Dynasty, dripping with ink, and quite imposing.The combination of the two forms Lu Ji's unique style.

Looking at the whole work, Chu Chen felt that this should be a masterpiece of Lu Ji's mature painting skills in his middle age. It is a rare thing.

"Young Master Chu, what do you think of this work?"

Cao Hui asked nervously, feeling very uneasy, worried that this was another fake.If it is really a fake, not to mention the loss of money, it is also a big loss of image.

Seriously, he took out two things that he thought were treasures, but in the end they were found to be fakes. From the perspective of ordinary people, not to mention other things, his vision must be questioned.

Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "I like this work too. If Mr. Cao is willing to part with you, then let's talk about the price. But before we talk about the price, I want to say one thing, if I remember correctly If so, last year there was an auction of Lu Ji's "Turtledove and Red Plum Blossoms", and I personally think that this work is no worse than that one."

When Cao Hui heard what Chu Chen said, he was also relieved, and immediately said with a smile on his face: "Young Master Chu, after all, that work has been recorded, and the price must be higher. How about it? The two works you fancy add up to 200 million, what do you think?"

Generally speaking, collections pay attention to well-organized inheritance. Therefore, works with clear descriptions and confirmation will be sought after by collectors.However, the value and price of recorded works and unrecorded works in the minds of collectors are very different.

Of course, the description also depends on what kind of book it is described in. At least the reference value must be written by some famous collectors, and the most influential one is "Shiqu Baoji".

"Shiqu Baoji" is a large-scale documentary document compiled by the court during the Qianlong and Jiaqing years of the Qing Dynasty. It describes the calligraphy and painting collections of the Qing court in the past. It is divided into nine categories: scrolls, scrolls, and volumes. Calligraphy and painting masters or authoritative calligraphy and painting research experts.

It is precisely because of the authority of "Shiqu Baoji" that every collector wants to buy the works described in "Shiqu Baoji".

However, there are always too many monks and too few things in the description, and some of the utensils in the description are not accurate, just like whether it is calligraphy, painting or ancient bronze wares in "Shiqu Baoji", not all of them are authentic, let alone high-quality goods, fake utensils, There are quite a few who have not been conclusively determined.

Therefore, the utensils in the description can only be used as a reference. If you really buy according to the above, even if you buy the utensils in the description, you may not be able to guarantee that they must be genuine.

Chu Chen thought about it secretly, and felt that this price was not much different from the market price. After thinking about it, he still couldn't buy it according to the market value. If he really had to do that, it would be too unreasonable. After all, as a colleague , it is very likely that they will deal with each other frequently in the future, so they nodded and agreed.

"Okay, I'll ask someone to wrap it up for you now."

Cao Hui said excitedly, but just as he was about to call someone to come in, the waiter came in again, looking at his expression, there should be something to report.

"What's the matter?" Cao Hui asked.

"Mr. Cao, that Mr. Song is here again, can you see him?"

"Come to sell his paintings again?"

"Yes! From what he said, it seems that they are still the same ones, and now he is willing to sell them to you at a lower price!"

Cao Hui waved his hand and said, "Let him go, just tell him, if he is still like that, don't come to me anymore!"

"Okay! I see!" The waiter nodded and was about to go out.

"Wait!" Cao Hui stopped her and said, "Help Young Master Chu wrap these two works, remember to wrap them well!"

"OK!……"

After the waiter left, Chu Chen asked curiously, "Mr. Cao, what happened to Mr. Song?"

Cao Hui shook his head and said: "What else can happen, take off the antiques, and ruin the family business!..."

It turned out that Mr. Song's name was Song Lei, and he was the boss of a company in Beijing. Although the company was not big, it made a lot of money.But because the company makes money, Song Lei has played with everything, and Xiaomi has hired several people, and gradually he finds it boring. Later, through the introduction of his friends, he gradually fell in love with collecting calligraphy and paintings.

Song Lei is not too serious when buying things, he just buys what he likes, it doesn’t matter if it’s modern or Ming and Qing, and he doesn’t take it seriously if he pays or not, since the company makes money anyway, in today’s words “I’m not short of money” .

But one thing is very strange, Song Lei doesn't know calligraphy or painting, he just likes it.And there is another thing that makes Chu Chen feel unbelievable. This person is playing calligraphy and painting collection, but he has never studied calligraphy and painting collection. Good or bad, and how much it is worth, is entirely up to the seller.

Moreover, Song Lei is also very diligent in shopping. Today he heard that a famous person held a painting exhibition, and tomorrow he heard that a province had a calligraphy exhibition. He would go there excitedly, and every time he went to buy something or not, he would feel at ease in his heart. .

In addition, Song Lei has a bold personality and a local tyrant style. He often invites friends to eat, drink, and reciprocate courtesy. I will give it away, anyway, it is not enough for his treat money, so those things are no different from what I bought.

Except for calligraphy exhibitions and painting exhibitions, as long as Song Lei hears that there are auctions, except for foreign auctions, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, he will mostly never fail.Of course, the antique shop must be a place he visits every day, and Cao Hui basically comes here five days a week, so that the employees here are already very familiar with him.

In addition to playing calligraphy and painting, Song Lei also plays porcelain.But he plays porcelain mainly to make money, the purpose is to buy calligraphy and paintings.And what's different from the treatment of calligraphy and painting is that he learns the appraisal of porcelain. After all, this porcelain is used to make money, and if you buy a fake one, you can't sell it for money.

To say that someone who can start a very profitable company is definitely not a fool. Since he has not studied porcelain for a long time, he is almost half an expert, so it can be seen that it is average, but when it comes to calligraphy and painting, his IQ instantly drops. When it dropped to zero, Chu Chen thought it was funny.

Not to mention, Song Lei is still very good at doing business. Cao Hui once heard him proudly mention that once, he spent 1000 yuan to buy a piece of export porcelain in the late Qing Dynasty, which was worth only two yuan. 3000 yuan.Just such a piece of exported porcelain, he transferred it to a friend of his at a price of 50 yuan as soon as he changed hands.

Hearing this, Chu Chen interjected in disbelief: "Are you bragging?"

Cao Hui spread his hands and said, "I'm not sure if it's true or not, but Song Lei is really good at fooling around, and it's possible to sell it for 50 yuan, and this person only needs to drink a few sips of wine, and what he says is quite credible." High, this matter still has a high degree of credibility."

(End of this chapter)