golden ear

Chapter 137
"This is No. 156 Longma Road?"

According to Niu Feng's information, Wu Tianyuan found a small villa. It looks a bit old, with a small garden in front. It was Tan Jing's former residence in Hong Kong during the Republic of China.

On the eve of the liberation of Shanghai in May 1949, Tan Jing came to Hong Kong with calligraphy and painting and served as the director of the Hong Kong Chinese Entrepreneurs Association.Later, because of a driving accident, he suffered a life lawsuit and was sent to prison to serve his sentence.After being released on bail, he planned to leave Macau. In order to raise funds, he sold some of the real and high-quality goods at hand, and the proceeds were equivalent to 5 taels of gold at the time.

Wu Tianyuan had already inquired before coming here. The current owner has immigrated to Canada for several years, and the house has been for sale, but the price is high and no one cares about it.

"Boss Wu, many big bosses from mainland China are now investing and settling in Hong Kong. You can see that this house has a large area, and it also has an independent garden and garage..."

The real estate agent introduced the house eloquently, and showed Wu Tianyuan around, the first one was the study room.

Wu Tianyuan touched the bookshelf, and suddenly asked: "Is there a basement here?"

"Yes, there is a basement of more than 100 square meters, which can store sundries, which is very convenient."

The two came to the basement again, Wu Tianyuan looked around carefully and decided to buy it.

"Boss Wu, you are so refreshing, 3000 million is definitely worth the money!"

After finishing the formalities very quickly, this place officially became Wu Tianyuan's foothold in Hong Kong. After sending away the real estate agent, he hurried to the basement, and pressed the switch in a hidden corner in the corner, and a hidden compartment appeared in front of him.

"I just said, can that old fox Tan Jing keep his hand? The cunning rabbit's three caves!"

Satisfied, Wu Tianyuan took out the box inside and began to inspect the loot. First, he picked up a hand scroll, opened it excitedly and said, "It's finally all ready! The last one is Wang Jian's Qingming Riverside Picture!"

The hand scroll of Wang Jian, the last king of the four kings of the Qing Dynasty, is officially announced that all the authentic works of Wu Tianyuan's four kings have been obtained!The big local tyrant Liu Yiqian only has three kings, and he is short of Wang Shimin.

"Wang Hui's Fuchun Mountain Dwelling Picture, Wang Yuanqi and Wang Shimin's Ten Scenes of the West Lake, and now Wang Jian's Qingming Riverside Picture Scroll, the four kings have come to an end!"

"What are the four kings? Our four monks are powerful!"

"Yes, I am Shi Tao, a bitter gourd layman. The [-]-page album of landscapes has been handed over by Wang Shouzheng, Hu Xuefan, and Chen Shi, the great collectors of the Qing Dynasty. It is better than Wang Hui."

"And me, I'm Zhu Da from Bada Shanren's calligraphy and painting album. There are nine copies in total. It was collected by Qi Baishi back then, and was snatched by Tan Jing at a high price."

"Let me tell you! I am Hongren's landscape album in 1663, in ten pages. It was painted for my friend Cheng Zhengkui, and there are very few existing ones."

"The sea of ​​clouds and strange peaks with shattered bones and twelfth bloom are treasured by the old man of Shixi..."

Wu Tianyuan was studying the four albums excitedly, all of which were masterpieces, representing the highest level of the Four Monks in the early Qing Dynasty.

At that time, the northern Qing court regarded the "Four Kings" as orthodox, but a group of individual painters emerged in the Jiangnan area. They were quite different from the style of painting that the four kings of the northern court advocated for imitating ancient times.The four monks are representatives of the group. They became monks and had a strong national consciousness. Among them, Shi Tao (Zhu Ruoji) and Bada Shanren (Zhu Da) were descendants of the Ming clan.

"It's good luck. Not only have the four kings been collected today, but even the four monks have been collected at once. The Qing Dynasty landscape has been collected!"

Tan Jing is worthy of being a great collector with high taste. Hand scrolls are the number one painting and calligraphy, but there are too few of them in existence.Then there is the album, which best represents the growth process of a painter.Because the album pages are not necessarily painted at the same time, many of them are collected by collectors over a long period of time, sorting out similar themes or styles, which is especially rare.

"Is this a painting of three bamboos by Zhao Mengfu in the Yuan Dynasty?"

"And Ni Zan's "Yushan Forest and Valley" and Ke Jiusi's "Shangjing Palace Ci"?"

Wu Tianyuan took out three tightly wrapped paintings, exchanged them curiously, and cursed: "It really is a fake, grandma's!"

Tan Jing was Tan Jing, and he didn't forget to lie even after he ran away. He brought three masterpieces by famous Yuan Dynasty masters with him, probably saving them for turning around in the end.

"There are also seals of famous masters imitated by Hu Jing, so many?"

Wu Tianyuan took out the bottom seal box, which contained six to seventy yuan of famous seals of various materials.

The accuracy of Hu Jing's tracing of seals back then is not only the same as that of photography, but also has both fiction and reality, and the spirit is full. The zinc plate is also good at hand, which is enough to compete with RB zinc plate.Hundreds of seals of various sizes have been made successively, ranging from celebrities in the Song and Yuan Dynasties to public and private collections of successive dynasties, and the calligraphy, painting, seals and paper silk are old-fashioned and lifelike.

Identifying the authenticity of the seal is the most important part. In order to prevent counterfeiting, famous artists have put a lot of effort into the seal.Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi carved their own seals to prevent others from imitating them.Therefore, the most difficult thing for high imitation is not the painting, but the seal.This is also where printed books are precious.

"Keep them all, they will be used in the future, especially the high imitation, cheating the dead will not pay for their lives!"

Finally, he picked up a thick stack of rare ancient books and said, "Needless to say, the Shiqu Baoji compiled by Qianlong is also used to make fake materials!"

Wu Tianyuan looked at the 44 volumes of Shiqu Baoji. These must be an important basis for the Tan Jing gang to make fakes.

"Shiqu Baoji" is a large-scale bibliographical document during the Qianlong and Jiaqing years of the Qing Dynasty. It was first compiled in the tenth year of Qianlong, with a total of 44 volumes.It describes the calligraphy and painting collections of the past dynasties collected by the Qing court, divided into nine categories: scrolls, scrolls, and volumes.

"Shiqu Baoji" has gone through the first compilation, continuation and third compilation, and there are tens of thousands of collections.The calligraphy and painting collections of the past dynasties collected by the Qing court are divided into nine categories: calligraphy and painting scrolls, axes, and volumes; For the second class, the description is very brief.

According to their collection places, such as Qianqing Palace, Yangxin Palace, Sanxi Hall, Chonghua Palace, Yushufang, etc., they are compiled separately.One set exists in BJ Palace Museum, and the other set exists in Taipei.

"This set should be the third set of genuine Qianlong Shiqu treasures in China. Tianyuan will also hold a special exhibition of Shiqu treasures in the secret collection of the inner palace in the future."

Wu Tianyuan checked again, there was nothing else missing, and went upstairs with the box.The villa looks old on the outside, but the inside is not bad. After cleaning, this is a residence in Hong Kong.

"It's not bad here, and the price is reasonable. In the future, brother, you will come here often, and it will be convenient to have a place to live."

After Zhai Jianmin and Wang Dagang finished their visit, the three of them went to have dinner together. Tomorrow is the official opening of the antique exhibition. Many experts from foreign countries gathered together to exchange collections for three consecutive days.

"Liu Huasheng will be here at night, and you will help me to receive him. This time he is representing Osaka to perform a tea ceremony. He is also a collector, and he is very influential."

Wu Tianyuan has already made contact, and will pick up Liu Huasheng at the airport when the time comes. I haven't seen him for more than a month, so I just have a good chat.Uncle Liu didn't come to the opening of the museum because he had something to do, but it was just a trial run, and his own people had plenty of opportunities.

In the evening, Wu Tianyuan received Liu Huasheng, so he didn't stay in the hotel, but came to the villa, which was convenient for chatting.

"Is this the villa you just bought?" Liu Huasheng turned around, and the two sat down to chat.

"It turns out that so many things have happened, Liu Meizi told me a few words, it seems that you guys are having a wonderful life!"

After listening to Wu Tianyuan's recent experience, Liu Huasheng sighed: "Now Zhongzheng can finally gain a firm foothold in the capital, and the Tianyuan Museum is also in trial operation, and everything is on the right track. What are your plans for the next step?"

"Isn't this just a trip to Hong Kong, where I met a few great collectors from Minqiu Abode, which was an eye-opener."

Wu Tianyuan sighed: "Compared with my predecessors, I am still much worse. There are hundreds of blue and white heavy utensils in Tianminlou, and there are many unique items. Ye Chengyao's furniture is magnificent, covering all types. Zhang Zongxian's level is higher without looking at it. Motivates me to keep working hard."

"Your boy is still young, and there are plenty of opportunities. They have achieved what they are today after decades of accumulation, so don't worry."

Liu Huasheng said with a smile: "Now that you have a museum, the next step is to constantly improve your collection system. I suggest the principle of preferring shortages to excesses. The number does not need to be large, but it must be representative. Only the most peak works of the same dynasty are collected, and only the works of the same person are kept. The finest collection."

Wu Tianyuan agrees very much. In the future, it will be determined to walk on two legs. The good ones will be collected in museums, and generally will be auctioned by Zhongzheng.Each category is broad and profound, and it is impossible to collect them all.The main targets are porcelain, calligraphy and painting, furniture, and bronze ancient coins, which are also the essence of Chinese culture.

"When the antique exhibition is over, I'll take you to Macau. I have friends there. They are high-level pawn associations. It's also a way to find treasures. It's the most suitable for you kid."

(End of this chapter)