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Chapter 521 Zodiac Album
Shen Ge quickly waved his hand, "It's about antiques, don't you want to hear about it? I just went to see a client, and there is something very special."

"Sit down and talk!" Yu Yao raised his hand.

The three sat at the table of the Eight Immortals.

"What?" Yu Yao asked

"It's an album." Shen Ge responded.

"Album?" Yu Yao looked at her, "Aren't you in the Miscellaneous Department of Porcelain? Besides, didn't your boss Chen say you were on vacation? Even if you go back, you should arrange leisure work, why change departments? gone?"

"Yeah, it was a holiday, but I didn't mention it, I went to work as usual. It's not about changing departments, he said that I'm going to be flexible and take turns to exercise, so I went to the Painting and Calligraphy Department first. I went with Director Zang for this. of."

Zang Guanxun, Director of Painting and Calligraphy Department of Tianhe Auction, Yu Yao, had seen it before, and he was the one who came for the painting of Fu Qingzhu, which was owned by the upstairs neighbor Tu Wenhai at that time.

The batch of porcelain on Hong Kong Island is going to be auctioned in the spring, and the spring auction is about to start; the so-called mobile rotation is nothing more than allowing Shen Ge to avoid the auction process of that batch of porcelain.

"It's a good thing, only those who focus on training will be rotated." Pu Jie didn't know the reason, so he said something casually.

Shen Ge smiled, and Yu Yao asked, "Is this album the work of one person, or a collection?"

Album, in the painting and calligraphy mounting style, is the most convenient to preserve and appreciate.Of course, the works that can be framed into album pages are not large in size, and they are all sketches; therefore, they can be framed into books, one volume at a time.

Album pages first appeared, probably in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, in order to solve the problem of inconvenient appreciation of long scrolls, some people adopted the method of breaking them into parts. After cutting, each page was mounted separately and then assembled into an album.

At that time, it was not called album, but page album.This primitive processing method is a bit reckless, so the degree of promotion is not high.

However, cutting long scrolls is not recognized by people, and the method of assembling them into books has been borrowed. Small works of similar size can be mounted in this way.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, albums became very popular. Original calligraphy and painting sketches were easy to lose. This method is not only conducive to preservation, but also conducive to appreciation.

Moreover, it also gives calligraphy and painting collectors an opportunity to display their subjective initiative, and they can collect them in different categories according to authors or themes.It's like collecting stamps, one on characters, one on animals, one on a certain designer, and so on.

"One person's work by Tang Shen in the Ming Dynasty. There are not many pages. There are only twelve sheets in total. The paintings are about the twelve zodiac signs." Shen Ge introduced, "The paper and brush and ink all look old. Same style."

"Tang Shen?" Pu Jie was slightly taken aback.

Yu Yao asked, "Is it Tang Yin's younger brother Tang Shen? It's hard to say whether he is good at painting or calligraphy, and it seems that he has no works handed down from generation to generation!"

"Judging from the album itself, it should be Tang Bohu's younger brother Tang Shen. The year matches, and the inscription has 'Zhengde Three Years' and 'Wuzhong Tang Shen'. In addition, on the zodiac sheep, zodiac tiger, and zodiac monkey, there are also There are markings, indicating the zodiac signs of father, brother and myself." Shen Ge replied.

Tang Yin was born in the sixth year of Chenghua, and the year of Yin was a tiger, so he was named Tang Yin.There is a false rumor here that Tang Yin was born on the Yin day of the Yin month in the Yin year. In fact, he was born on the fourth day of February, which is the Chou day of the Mao month in the Yin year.

Tang Yin's younger brother, Tang Shen, was born in the 12th year of Chenghua, six years younger than Tang Yin, and the year of Shen was a monkey, so he was named Tang Shen.The 12th year of Chenghua is 1476, the third year of Zhengde is 1508, and Tang Shen is 32, which can indeed be matched.Moreover, Tang Yin's paintings also fell behind "Wu Zhong Tang Yin".

The father of Tang Yin and Tang Shen is Tang Guangde, and it is difficult to find historical information about his birth year.However, according to this zodiac album, if it is a sheep, it should be Tang Yin, born in 1451 and 19 years old.Because Tang Yin is the eldest son of Tang Guangde, if Tang Yin was 12 years later, at the age of 31, it would be too late in the Ming Dynasty.

Yu Yao asked Shen Ge again, "Apart from these, is there anything else?"

"In addition to Tang Shen's inscription and seal, there is another place on the last blank page of the album, which may have been left by the collector." Shen Ge introduced, "The inscription is: very interesting; the inscription is: Jinghua Sanren. But , this inscription is too random..."

"Jinghua Sanren?" Yu Yao couldn't help interrupting Shen Ge, "Where is this album now?"

"Director Zang brought it back to the auction house."

"Have you signed the auction agreement?"

"No, I just got the owner's consent, signed an appraisal agreement first, and brought it back for discussion."

Yu Yao nodded and pondered.

This album is really not easy to identify.Because Tang Shen has no works handed down from generation to generation, it is also difficult to find historical materials on calligraphy and painting.Therefore, it can only be identified from the paper and mounting.

But even the old paper and old ink of the Ming Dynasty may not really belong to Tang Shen.It may be a forgery of the Ming Dynasty, or it may be a forgery of the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, or even modern times.

With Tang Bohu's reputation so great, it is possible to make a fortune by ingeniously producing an album of his younger brother's album, taking advantage of it and using it to create momentum.

"What do you think, Director Zang?"

"Director Zang said that there is no problem with the paper and ink of the album, but it is not the original mounting. It should be re-mounted during the Republic of China."

"With Director Zang's eyesight, it shouldn't be wrong." Yu Yao tapped the table, "So, even if it's a fake, it's from the period of the Republic of China, not modern."

"Yes, at least some years." Shen Ge nodded, "But Director Zang also has a headache if he wants to judge Tang Shen in the Ming Dynasty."

"Old paper and old ink, after the painting is completed, as long as the old-fashioned skills are superb, there is almost no way to confirm it." Yu Yao sighed, "I guess it's enough, the key is who knows Tang Shen's painting skills and brushwork!"

"You can't help it either?" Shen Ge couldn't help but sighed.

"But we still have to take a look." Yu Yao looked at Shen Ge, "Does Director Zang agree?"

Of course Yu Yao had to watch it!This "Jinghua Sanren" actually "emerged" again, how could he miss this opportunity?
"He couldn't wish for it!" Shen Ge said, "This thing is very pleasing in every way; the theme of the twelve zodiac signs is liked by many people; Tang Yin's younger brother is a gimmick; it's still an album, which is convenient for appreciation and preservation! If it is genuine, Maybe you can get an unexpected high price!"

At this moment, Pu Jie burst out laughing.

Yu Yao and Shen Ge couldn't help looking at him together, "What are you laughing at?"

Pu Jie lit a cigarette, shook his head, "Didn't you find a way?"

"Lu Zi?" Shen Ge was puzzled.

Yu Yao rubbed his nose, "You mean high imitation or the way of forging calligraphy and painting?"

"That's right! It's not easy to imitate Tang Yin, so you can imitate Tang Shen. By analogy, find a brother or nephew of a famous person or something, those who are not well-known and have poor historical materials, as long as the paper and ink are used correctly, and the contemporaries can be used for reference. The painter's brushwork, and then make it old—isn't it difficult to identify such a work? But it is likely to sell for a high price!"

(End of this chapter)