Chapter 64: Antiques
Zhao Tianming turned a blind eye to the beauty's suddenly cold gaze, shook his head and said, "According to my identification, it shouldn't be the authentic work of the Bada Mountain People." ”
He was also amazed in his heart, he was able to copy it so similarly, whether it was in the style of painting, or the inscription, or the paper, etc., all of which reflected the characteristics of the Bada Shanren era, and it could be seen that the painter who copied this work really put a lot of effort into it.
"Should you?" Ye Qiushuang sneered.
She thought to herself: This kid, can't he pretend to understand if he doesn't know how to follow the crowd and say something uncertain to fool people like others. This is the kind of person he looks down on the most.
At the beginning, listening to Liang Yin's introduction, she also said that she was a very powerful connoisseur, and even people from the provincial cultural relics department strongly invited her. However, now Zhao Tianming disappointed her too much.
"I'm not 100% sure, but I can basically guarantee that it is not the work of Bada Shanren, but a modern copy. Zhao Tianming said with certainty.
Ye Qiushuang posed with his own strong evidence, indicating that this ancient painting came from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. She found a special appraisal agency to do a scientific appraisal, the paper was produced in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and it was definitely not a modern work.
"Can't others use the paper left over from ancient times to copy? Not only the paper, but also the ink, seals, etc., all have traces of the Bada Shanren era. However, it does not explain anything. Zhao Tianming said to her.
Hearing this explanation, Ye Qiushuang also had to admit that this point could not be ruled out.
However, how can you prove that it is not the authentic work of the Bada Shanren?
"Why are you so sure it's not genuine?"
"If you know Bada Shanren, you will know that Zhu Qi's works almost all have a general characteristic, an emotion, or a kind of painting soul. ”
Zhao Tianming explained that the calligraphy and painting of the Bada Shanren embody the arrogant personality, behind the strange and exaggerated image, there are not only resentment and irony based on reality, but also the vast and ethereal beyond time and space, and some works also reveal a mysterious and strange meaning.
Perhaps because Bada Shanren had escaped to Buddhism for decades and participated in meditation, such an experience and his former identity had a great impact on his art, and his works are inextricably linked with Zen science, often with other profound meanings, or mysterious, or ethereal, or distant, which can arouse people's infinite imagination and speculation.
In the eyes of many collectors, the paintings of the Bada Shanren are superior to calligraphy, and the subject matter is very rich, including flowers, fruits and vegetables, birds, strange stones, animals and animals, and landscapes.
At different stages of his life, he also paid more attention to these different painting objects, and most of his birds, animals, mountains and rocks, etc., jumped onto the paper in a peculiar manner, which gave people a great visual impact and spiritual shock.
However, the painting we see now, even in terms of style, is very similar to the style of the Bada Shanren. However, we do not feel the particularly strong arrogance, resentment, irony, and so on. Zhao Tianming analyzed.
This painting does not have much ink, but it has magical magic: a white paper, only in the middle below, there is a black bird standing sideways and one-legged, hunched back, neck shrunch, eyes turned up, a cold and stubborn air from the black bird's posture and eyes, there is a kind of horizontal eyebrows and cold to the world.
If you can feel it with your heart, you will find that the momentum is still lacking. It is because the copyist himself has no relevant life experience, so it is difficult to embody the thoughts of others.
"Is there anything else?" Ye Qiushuang still felt that this reason was not clear enough,
Zhao Tianming nodded: "Actually, there is one more important point. Maybe it's also a flaw left by the copyist himself, or to show his identity!"
"What flaw?" Ye Qiushuang suddenly became nervous.
Zhao Tianming pointed to the payment office, a place that is not easy to notice, and if you look closely, you can find that there are two words hidden in the payment date.
"Look sideways, what are these two words?" Zhao Tianming said.
Ye Qiushuang took a closer look, and there were really two words hidden that were easy to be overlooked, as if they were "Daqian".
"What do you mean?"
No matter what it means, seeing this scene, Ye Qiushuang basically agreed with Zhao Tianming's opinion. She was very surprised, the man in front of her, who was not very old, could see things really carefully.
She found so many people to help with the identification, but no one noticed that flaw, was it a coincidence, or what?
"Although your painting is an antique work, even Shen Yun has copied eighty or ninety percent, which is quite rare. It can be said that this is a very rare work, and it is also a masterpiece. Zhao Tianming said.
It was already clear to him whose work it was.
Ye Qiushuang's eyes widened suddenly: "Could it be ......?"
She thought of a possibility, but couldn't believe it, and if it was true, it would be shocking.
Zhao Tianming nodded: "If you are not short of time, you can stay in the provincial capital for a while, and then we will go to an old man to help take a look." I suspect that this is Zhang Daqian's work. ”
In modern times, there are only a few painters who have extensively absorbed the nourishment of the ancients like Daqian, who can learn from the ancients, learn from the people, learn from all things, and learn from creation, so as to achieve the realm of "the heart of the teacher".
He has spent a lot of time and effort copying the masterpieces of the ancients, especially his imitation of Shi Tao and Bada Shanren's works are even more vivid, almost chaotic, and thus took the first step of his painting. He started from Shi Tao in the Qing Dynasty, to the Bada Shanren, Chen Hongshou, Xu Wei, etc., and then extensively involved in the Ming and Qing dynasties, then to the Song and Yuan dynasties, and finally to the Sui and Tang dynasties. He singled out the representative painters of the past dynasties one by one, from near to far, and devoted himself to research.
However, he was not satisfied with these, and learned from cave art and folk art, especially the Dunhuang wall for three years, copying the murals of the past dynasties, and achieving brilliant achievements.
Zhao Tianming knows that many years ago, he saw Zhang Daqian's copy at the auction. Similar to this one, it is also an antique work, almost fake and real, and it was sold for more than two million Hong Kong dollars at that time.
If, as Zhao Tianming said, this one is worth quite amazingly.
Ye Qiushuang was a little excited, Zhang Daqian's antique works are also quite precious.
"There's time, there's got to be time!
"Where are you going?" Zhao Tianming was stunned, this sister always spoke out of tune.
Ye Qiushuang said very naturally: "Your family! Are you making me live on the streets these days? Do you want me to call Liang Yin?"
"It's inconvenient, you can find a hotel by yourself to settle down!" Zhao Tianming refused without hesitation, even if he called Liang Yin, he was not afraid.
"Hey, I don't mind a woman, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat you?"
Zhao Tianming replied very dryly: "I'm afraid!"
Nima! Ye Qiushuang almost burst into foul language!