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Chapter 637 Another Picture

Yu Yao quickly closed the door, "What's the news? It's quite important to hear what you mean."

"I got news of a painting."

"It's also a painting?"

"Yes, I got the news from the United States." Shangguan Yu paused, "What? According to you, you also have news about the painting?"

"You speak first."

"That's right. There is a small private museum in California called the Langoni Art Center. The current owner is not the original owner, but a Japanese..."

Yu Yao was a little confused when he heard it, so he couldn't help but interjected, "It seems a little messy."

"I have to introduce some background first." Shangguan Yu smiled, "The owner of this Japanese hall is Yuuki Hatano..."

Yu Yao was speechless, but this time he didn't interrupt, he said in his heart, good fellow, not only his surname is Hatano, but Yuki and Yui sound like brothers and sisters.

"This Hatano Yuki claims to be a descendant of Fujiwara Hidego, a famous minister in ancient Japan. His father immigrated to the United States when he was young, so he grew up in the United States. Hatano Yuki took over the Langoni Art Center a year ago, except for retaining the He also added some of his own collection to the original collection."

Yu Yao asked, "What was the original main collection of this Langoni Art Center?"

"Mainly some European paintings, as well as a small amount of sculpture art and antique amber ornaments." Shangguanyu then talked about the key points, "Next Saturday and Sunday, the Langoni Art Center will hold an exhibition to promote On the page, an ancient painting of Huaxia appeared."

When Shangguan Yu said this, he couldn't help but paused: ""Sihao Playing Chess Picture"!"

"What? Sun Wei's work?" Although there was a lot of background introduction, Yu Yao was still taken aback.

"The Picture of Seven Sages in the Bamboo Forest" is the work of Sun Wei; "The Picture of Sihao Playing Chess" is also the work of Sun Wei.However, the fragment "Gao Yi Tu" of "Seven Sages in the Bamboo Grove" is the only handed down work of Sun Wei that has been discovered so far.

"Yes!" Shangguan Yu said, "However, according to the description in the promotional page, this silk copy of the Tang Dynasty has no signature, and it doesn't say too much, but it is highly suspected to be the authentic work of Sun Wei's "Sihao Playing Chess Picture". "

Although there is only one painting handed down by Sun Wei, there are 27 paintings that can be clearly traced, because this is recorded in "Xuanhe Painting Book".

"Xuanhe Painting Book" can be regarded as a very authoritative record in ancient times.

In the early days of the Northern Song Dynasty, great importance was attached to the search and sorting of ancient paintings and calligraphy. By the time of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the collection in the inner palace was already very rich. In addition, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty loved calligraphy and painting very much, so he compiled the paintings collected by the court into "Xuanhe Painting Book".

The author of "Xuanhe Painting Book" is unknown, but it can basically be determined that it was supervised by Song Huizong, presided over by Cai Jing and Mi Fu, and then completed by a team.

"Xuanhe Painting Book" has a total of 231 volumes, including 639 painters from Wei Jin to Northern Song Dynasty, and [-] works.

Sun Wei, a painter of the Tang Dynasty, is one of these 231 people; among the 639 works, there are 27 works by Sun Wei.

Among them, "The Picture of Seven Sages in the Bamboo Forest" and "The Picture of Sihao Playing Chess" are also included.

"Is there a picture on the promotional page?" Yu Yao asked again.

"Yes, but it's very small, which is better than the thumbnail. I can't see the details, I can only roughly see that the background should be a pine forest on a hillside. In front of a cave, there is an image of Sihao. It's roughly two people playing chess. , the two of you watched."

Shangshan Sihao is a subject that is often used in ancient Chinese paintings.

Sihao was the four high-ranking hermits in the early Han Dynasty, and they were called: Dongyuan Gong, Qili Ji, Xiahuang Gong, and Mr. Luli. (甪音路, mostly used in place and person names.)
They have white beard and hair, so they are called Sihao.Liu Bang once wanted to use them, but was rejected, and then Sihao lived in seclusion in Shangshan.

"A lot of people should know about this now, right?"

"It should be, it's already evening, and the leaflet was sent out in the morning." Shangguan Yu replied.

"You don't want to go and see it?"

"That's right, I have nothing to do next week, and it happens to be the weekend again."

"Alright. Such things are extremely rare after all."

Shangguan Yu said again, "However, I always feel that it might not be true."

"I haven't seen the real thing, so it's hard to say."

"I'm not completely subjective." Shangguan Yu explained, "Looking at the small picture on the promotional page, I always feel that the composition is imitating the "Shangshan Sihao Picture"."

"Oh? The composition is very similar?"

"Shangshan Sihao Picture", now in the Palace Museum, is set in color on silk and depicts the story of Han Huidi's hiring of Shangshan Sihao.

This work has no seal, and there are traces of digging and filling on the top of the picture. At the same time, there is still a corner of the painting, which is basically unrecognizable.Therefore, it is difficult to determine who the author is. Some people think that it is the work of Liu Songnian in the Southern Song Dynasty; but according to the current textual research, it is more likely to be the work of the Yuan Dynasty.

"I'll send you the picture that my American friend sent me later." Shangguan Yu explained, "How should I put it, I can't say it's similar, because it's different on the surface. But the underlying logic of the layout, I feel Imitation of "Shangshan Sihaotu"."

"Understood." Yu Yao nodded.If the "Tang Dynasty" imitates the "Yuan Dynasty", it must be fake.

"By the way." Shangguan Yu turned to ask, "What's your news about the painting?"

"Tan Xinding just left my place not long ago." Yu Yao replied, "It's also a painting by Sun Wei."

Shangguan Yu was taken aback, "What? The Tan family also has grandson's paintings?"

"No, it's about "The Picture of Seven Sages in the Bamboo Grove" and some information I deduced."

Afterwards, Yu Yao explained the matter before and after.

After Shangguan Yu heard this, "It's a bit of a coincidence! And according to the information we have, the Tan family and the Wa Kingdom Zhonggu family should have contacts."

"Indeed, things got screwed together." Yu Yao interjected, "The matter of Taidian Fang Ding and the counterfeit group are now involved in the United States, and he is also a Japanese."

"The matter of Taidian Fangding, Huaxia has found the real tripod here, but there has been no movement there, so let's solve it in advance." Shangguan Yu said, "Isn't the counterfeiting group being targeted by the Special Investigation Bureau?"

"This kind of thing is not a routine illegal activity, and targeting is just targeting."

"Yeah, this line is too long, and people are attacking from multiple sides, so it's really troublesome." Shangguan Yu smiled suddenly, "However, it's still the same sentence, we don't need to get too involved."

Yu Yao also laughed, "Then you still go to America?"

"When I went to see the painting, I was curious on the one hand, and on the other hand, I always wondered if there would be an authentic work by Grandson in the secret collection? And maybe it just happened to be "Sihao Playing Chess Picture"?"

"Let's go together! When Tan Xinding said 'The Fragmented Scrolls of the Three Sages', I also suddenly thought, could this 'Fragmented Scrolls of the Three Sages' be in the secret store?"

Shangguan Yu sighed, "If you care about it, you will be confused, we two are a bit imaginary."

(End of this chapter)