Meng Zitao said: "These photos you took are not very clear, but there must be a problem with the style, whether it is imitated by Taixiang or not, it is difficult to say." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Lao Liu said: "Regardless of whether it is controlled by Taixiang or not, there should be a problem, right?"

Meng Zitao said: "There is indeed a problem, but what does this have to do with what you have done wrong?"

The sixth smiled bitterly: "I transferred it to Mei Lao." ”

"Are you talking about Mei Zhiming Mei Lao?" Meng Zitao was a little surprised, Mei Zhiming was already a collector with a high eyesight in Lingshi, how could he not see the problem of porcelain.

The sixth nodded and said: "It's him, I asked him for 300,000, I explained in advance, I didn't make much money at this price, but the key is that I knew in advance that there was something wrong with this thing." ”

Meng Zitao said: "Since you know that there is something wrong with something, it is not appropriate to give it back to him." He's a pretty good guy, and I remember he used to frequent your business, right?"

The sixth said: "Yes, he takes very good care of me, in fact, I didn't want to sell it to him originally, but I just felt that there was something wrong with it, so I asked him to help take a look." Unexpectedly, he took a fancy to it, and talked to me endlessly about the characteristics of porcelain imitation copper glaze in the Qianlong period. Actually, I was going to tell him there's something wrong with this thing......"

"Why didn't you tell him?" Meng Zitao interrupted him and asked.

The sixth said: "Think about it, he was saying that this thing is good, and I said that it was fake and imitated, isn't this refuting his face in person?"

Meng Zitao was able to understand the sixth child's thoughts, and said a little strangely: "It stands to reason that Mei Lao's eyesight for porcelain is very high, why did he hit his eyes this time? Besides, there is still a problem with the style, how can he see it together?"

The sixth said: "Mei Lao is old now, and his eyes are a little bad. ”

Meng Zitao thought that Mei Lao went to have cataract surgery some time ago, which may have been affected by this. Moreover, the bronze glaze is made by changing the glaze of tea leaves. When this kind of crystalline glaze is fired in the kiln, it is necessary to slowly cool down from the high temperature to master the fire, and there is knowledge in cooling. The heat is mastered, although it is imitation, it is almost the same as the real one.

He then asked, "So what do you do now?"

Lao Liu scratched his head and said: "We are Jiang Taigong fishing, the willing person takes the bait, the thing is what he looks at, and he praises it vigorously, and then asks me to transfer it to him, for example, he bites it before I take the bait, and this can't blame me." Moreover, if I go to him again now, I'm afraid that he will misunderstand, so I'll find an opportunity to compensate him in the future. ”

The sixth child's concerns are also reasonable, although Mei Lao is easy to speak, he also attaches great importance to his face, in case there is a misunderstanding, it will not be beautiful.

Meng Zitao thought for a while and said, "Since you have decided so, then don't talk about this matter, it will not be good for him and your reputation if it is spread out." ”

The sixth said: "It can only be like this first." ”

After sitting here for a while, the sixth child left with his thoughts, and after a while, Meng Zitao also went out and went to Zhengyixuan.

Walking into Zhengyixuan, Meng Zitao found that Cheng Qiheng was also there, and after not seeing him for a while, Cheng Qiheng was blessed, and his face was fat.

"Brother Cheng, the days after marriage are very nourishing. Meng Zitao joked with a smile.

Cheng Qiheng smiled and said: "This is called a wide heart and a fat body." ”

Wang Menghan snorted coldly: "If you get fat again, believe it or not, I'll give you a lay." ”

Cheng Qiheng hurriedly flattered: "That's definitely not going to happen, I'm not exercising every day now." ”

"Three days of fishing, two days of drying nets, you are embarrassed to say!" Wang Menghan said angrily: "Anyway, my words are put here, you can do it yourself if you can't do it!"

Seeing Cheng Qiheng's deflated appearance, Meng Zitao smiled secretly and gave him a look of self-begging.

At this time, Meng Zitao heard Wang Zhixuan's voice coming from the reception room: "Is Xiao Meng here?"

"It's me. Meng Zitao replied, and asked Cheng Qiheng: "Who else is inside?"

Wang Menghan said: "There are two, they should be peers, but I don't know them." They brought a porcelain plate and wanted to ask my dad to help identify it. ”

Meng Zitao heard Wang Zhixuan calling him in again, so he said, "Okay, I'll go first and have a look." ”

Walking into the meeting room, Meng Zitao found that one of them was Jiang Lexian, who had a relationship with Tongdu, and the other did not know him.

Meng Zitao was a little strange, didn't Jiang Lexian have a good relationship with Xi Zhengzhen? How could he not identify things from Xi Zhengzhen, but came here?

Through Wang Zhixuan's introduction, Meng Zitao understood what was going on, it turned out that another middle-aged man was a friend of Jiang Lexian, also surnamed Jiang, named Jiang Yushun, he had previously bought a piece of Wang Qi's porcelain plate painting from Xi Zhengzhen, Jiang Lexian After reading it, he felt that something was wrong, and it was not good to find Xi Zhengzhen, so he took it to Wang Zhixuan.

Meng Zitao had already noticed the porcelain panel painting on the table, and was somewhat surprised when he heard that it was made by Wang Qi.

Wang Qi was a famous porcelain painter in the early years of the Republic of China, and the head of the "Eight Friends of Zhushan". No. Bizhen, alias Tao Midao, Zhai name Kuang Zhai. Wang Qi loved painting when he was a child in private school, and learned art from kneading and shaping faces, and at the age of 17, he made a living from porcelain kneading faces.

After middle age, he learned Huang Shen's painting style, used freehand method to paint clothing patterns, Western painting method to depict the face of the character, cursive inscription, full of new ideas. His work won the first prize at the 1915 Panama International Exposition.

In 08 years, a domestic auction house auctioned a porcelain plate painting made by Wang Qi, and finally sold it at a price of more than 2.4 million, and the porcelain plate painting on the table is larger in size, and the painting content is also very deep, for the Sui and Tang dynasties "Wind and Dust Three Heroes".

Wang Zhixuan introduced the two sides, and after a few words of greeting, Meng Zitao entered the topic.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the bearded guest, Li Jing, and the Red Whisk Girl were collectively known as the "Three Heroes of Wind and Dust". According to Meng Zitao's judgment, this porcelain plate painting should be created by Wang Qi under the guidance of Huang Shen's painting style, with a brush outlining the side of the blade, with simple and smooth lines, powerful frustration, and unrestrained.

In this painting, the artist pays attention to the changes in the light and dark of the characters, and the clothing lines are simple and smooth, strong and powerful. The bearded guest walked to the front, looked back and talked with the two, the bold atmosphere of the bearded guest, Li Jing's concern for the country and the people, and the beautiful aura of the red whisk girl jumped on the board, with a strong artistic appeal.

But as the observation deepened, Meng Zitao felt that something was not quite right, as if it was different from the Wang Qi works he had seen at his master's place?

Meng Zitao hesitated a little, continued to observe the inscription and the seal, and when he noticed the glaze around the bell seal, his heart moved.

"The porcelain is delicate, the shape is perfect, the porcelain plate is flat, the thickness is even, and there are no defects, which is in line with the characteristics of the real thing. In addition, the character hook line with the pen old spicy, frustration and force, the clothes are knotted, rigid and soft, neat but not chaotic, between the traditional Chinese subtraction brush stroke and dry wood drawing, the performance of the clothes with the center of the pen, there is Huang Shen indulgent brushwork, the lines are simple and smooth, accurate and concise, strong and powerful to show the spirit, there is cursive into the painting of the release and strength. ”

On the whole, its pen is bold, the lines are free and vivid, the use of pastel painted figures has both form and spirit, the face is very three-dimensional, the clothing pattern is painted in freehand method, rich in innovative changes, the smudge technique is unique, the upper part of the screen is left a large number of blank, only in the upper left corner of the inscription chapter, the font is strong, the penmanship is heroic, the poetry, calligraphy and painting are integrated into one, the rhyme is long, and the atmosphere is full. Who else but Wang Qi has such an artistic level?"

In the process of Meng Zitao's observation, Jiang Yushun expressed his opinion, and then said: "Brother Xian, I know that you are for my good, but the characteristics of this genuine porcelain plate painting are so obvious, the probability of being a fake is very small!"

Jiang Yushun's words were full of promise, and he almost said that Jiang Lexian was doing this too much.

Jiang Lexian said: "Don't rush to conclusions first, listen to the opinions of President Wang and Teacher Meng. ”

"Okay. Jiang Yushun agreed, but his attitude was a little impatient: "President Wang, you also appreciated it just now, I don't know if you can express your opinion?"

After thinking for a moment, Wang Zhixuan said: "Although this porcelain plate painting is very similar to Wang Qi in terms of painting style, brush and ink characteristics, and inscription printing, I always feel that there is a lack of charm. For example, the clothing lines of the characters are indeed fast and smooth, and the brushstrokes are dry and frustrating, and there are eight strange Huang Shen's brushstrokes, but the performance of Western painting techniques is somewhat unsatisfactory, such as light and shadow, the contrast between light and dark, etc., I don't think it is in line with Wang Qi's ability at this age. ”

Wang Zhixuan pointed to the time of payment, which was made in 1932, at this time, Wang Qi's pen was already very old, and it was definitely impossible to have the problem that Wang Zhixuan said.

Seeing Wang Zhixuan say this, Jiang Yushun was a little disapproving, and said: "President Wang, I think what you said is okay, everyone has their own judgment, unless you want to say that the two styles are too different, otherwise, I don't feel that this matter is easy to use as evidence of imitation, right?"

Jiang Yushun's words do make sense, in fact, Wang Zhixuan, like Jiang Lexian, felt wrong about this porcelain plate painting, but he couldn't find a specific problem with this porcelain plate painting, so he asked Meng Zitao to come over to help.

At this time, Meng Zitao spoke: "Everyone, wait for me for a quarter of an hour, and I'll go and get something." ”

Jiang Yushun was a little dissatisfied and said: "Hey, you say things first, whether it's right or not, my time is very precious, how can I waste my time here!"

Meng Zitao was a little unhappy when he heard this, and said in his heart, my time is much more precious than yours!

Thinking that this person was brought by Jiang Lexian, for Jiang Lexian's sake, he didn't want to be like the other party, so he said: "You have a problem with this thing, as for the reason, you will know it after I take the thing!"

After speaking, without waiting for Jiang Yushun to react, he walked out of the reception room.

Jiang Yushun frowned: "Who the hell is this person, talking so well!"

"Xiao Meng's eyesight is much better than mine, it's normal to be a little bullish. ”

Wang Zhixuan was also very dissatisfied with Jiang Yushun's attitude, although he did not introduce Meng Zitao's background, and it was impossible to expose Meng Zitao's background once if he didn't know anyone, but he also introduced that Meng Zitao had an antique shop under his name.

"Okay, you don't have to say a word!" Jiang Lexian gave Jiang Yushun a look, his friend is a little bad, when he gets along with others, he is easy to be high, but he does have high-ranking capital, but these capitals are not worth mentioning in the face of Meng Zitao.

Jiang Yushun was not ignorant, and when he received Jiang Lexian's eyes, he knew that Meng Zitao was not small, so he kept silent.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Meng Zitao walked in with a glass vial in his hand, and inside the vial was some light blue liquid, and he didn't know what it did.

Meng Zitao didn't explain much, and said directly: "Mr. Jiang, I'm going to show the evidence next, but this will damage your porcelain plate painting, if you don't want to, I won't verify it." ”

Hearing that there would be damage, Jiang Yushun was worried: "What kind of damage?"

Meng Zitao said: "My injury is to show the fraud, and the damage should have existed in the first place. ”

"Won't destroy the body?"

"Yes. ”

"Then do it. ”

"Well, to avoid future troubles, I suggest you can record with your phone. Meng Zitao made another suggestion.

Jiang Yushun felt that it should be like this, and hurriedly took out his mobile phone to prepare for the video.

Meng Zitao took out his tools, dipped a little liquid from the bottle and painted it on the porcelain plate painting: "Let's try it in a good place first...... See, there's no damage, right?"

Jiang Yushun took a closer look and nodded, "There is no damage." ”

"Then we're officially getting started. ”

As he spoke, Meng Zitao applied the liquid to the place where the seal was made, but he didn't expect that after a while, the seal slowly disappeared.

"What's going on?" Jiang Yushun was dumbfounded.

Meng Zitao said: "This is a forgery technique, I don't need to say more about the specific effect, you should be able to understand, in addition, according to my judgment, the author of this painting is likely to be Wang Pu." ”

Wang Pu is Wang Qi's younger brother, the hand-me-down works are very rare, occasionally there is a painting style, pen and ink characteristics, inscriptions and prints are very similar to Wang Qi, in terms of the style of the work, there was Wang Pu is Wang Qi said, but after many research, Wang Pu is not Wang Dafan with a stage name, but Wang Qi's third brother, and with Wang Qi to learn porcelain painting and inherit his painting style.

In a book photocopied and published in 1921, there are 48 porcelain paintings on paper by Wang Pu and Wang Qi, Wang Dafan, Wang Yeting and others.

Wang Pu, like Xu Jianyuan, Le Zi'an, Zhang Yushan, etc., should be the widow of porcelain painting in the late Qing Dynasty, and an important member of the Porcelain Industry Research Society. His works are very similar to Wang Qi's paintings, and Wang Pu's paintings that have been published so far also have the same content and form as Wang Qi's porcelain paintings.

It is said that after Wang Qi suffered a stroke in 35 years, he has been supported by the third brother Wang Pu, because the brothers have completed many works together in the early years, in about 36 years, all Wang Qi's style works are all Wang Pu's style, and the style is very similar to Wang Qi's style, Wang Qi died in 1937, Wang Pu returned to his hometown, and on the way back to the porcelain capital, Wang Pu was killed by bandits.

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