Chapter 440: Picture-in-Picture

Huo Sining rubbed the knife against the corners, apparently to layer the paper. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ma Liwen began to feel apprehensive in his heart, did he really look away, under this drawing paper, there was really another article?

Huo Si rather didn't care what kind of expression and thoughts Ma Liwen was at this moment, she carefully and intently grinded the corners.

The layer of paper on this picture is raw rice paper, and on the premise of not damaging the paper itself, it takes a lot of patience to separate the paper from the underlying cooked paper pulp.

Huo Sining has theory but lacks practice, this is the first time she has done this, so she is not skilled, and when she grinds the drawing paper open, fine beads of sweat appear on her forehead.

But she didn't care about this at this moment, and gently lifted the first layer of rice paper.

Seeing the complete drawing below, everyone's eyes widened in surprise.

After Huo Sining slowly tore open the first layer of cooked paper, under this complete imitation of "Li Duanduan's Registered Map", there was a hidden mystery!

No one could have imagined that another "Li Duanduan's Residence Map" was hidden under the fake, and on this drawing, the first red seal on the left side was the four words "Xueputang Seal", which was Tang Yin's private seal.

What surprised everyone even more was that on this painting, in addition to Tang Yin's private seals, there were four or five other private seals, and Huo Sining didn't recognize many of the private seals inside, only two of them could tell the origin, the old man Qingxiang and Mr. Banqiao.

"Qingxiang Old Man", formerly known as Shi Tao, is a generation of masters with great aura in painting in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

Shi Tao's life was bumpy, and after becoming a monk, he traveled for half a lifetime, and it was this experience that made his painting style unique.

Whether it is figure painting or landscape painting, he can depict a charm that is different from others, using the pen to indulge, the ink method is dripping, and the grid method is changeable.

"Mr. Banqiao" is naturally Zheng Xie, that is, the world is commonly known as Zheng Banqiao, he is a painter of the Qing Dynasty, one of the eight strange Yangzhou, his poems, books, paintings are independent, known as the "three uniques".

Both of these people have stamped their private seals on this famous painting of Tang Bohu, which is enough to prove the authenticity of this painting.

At this time, everyone's attention fell on this painting, Tang Bohu's "Li Duanduan's Registered Map", in the center of the author is a scholar wearing a Wensheng scarf and a mustache.

The scholar sat at the table, his facial expression and leisurely sitting posture all showed his elegant bearing and grace.

On both sides of the bookcase on the left side are two maidservants, one woman wearing a red skirt and the other woman wearing a white shirt, with bright colors and a great sense of layering.

The visitor on the right seat is Li Duanduan.

She holds a white peony in her hand, her posture is elegant, Chu Chu is moving, and her smile is full of charm and charm.

There were a total of four attendants behind Li Duanduan, surrounding Li Duanduan, like the stars holding the moon, highlighting the importance of Li Duanduan's status.

The background of the picture is a large landscape screen, and the inscription on the screen is Cui Ya's poem:

Li Duanduan in Shanhe Fang, believes that he can do white peony. Who believes in Yangzhou Jinman City, the price of rouge is poor and sour.

Compared with the first imitation of "Li Duanduantu", the characters in this picture are particularly vivid in terms of demeanor and demeanor, and even the lines of the characters' clothes are smoother and thinner than the first one. The whole painting is colorful and elegant, free and easy, and the style is elegant.

Most of the beauties of the Tang Dynasty were plump and graceful, and their expressions were lazy and comfortable, which had something to do with the folk customs of the Tang Dynasty and the prosperity of the time.

It can be seen from this painting that Li Duanduan and many handmaidens do not have inferiority complex as women, on the contrary, there is a faint feeling of looking down on everything, which is the style of the ladies of the Tang Dynasty.

No one thinks of this picture-in-picture as a fake anymore, and everyone is amazed at it.

It doesn't matter whether Pu Yi brought this painting to New Manchuria or not, what makes everyone curious is who exactly got this painting into his hands, and who wanted to fake this painting, using such an ingenious technique to hide this painting under the fake.

In ancient times, landscape figure painting mostly used raw rice paper to depict, such paper has good water absorption and strong ink wetting, especially suitable for splashing ink painting and freehand painting.

Painting on such paper, the brushstrokes are delicate, dry, wet, thick, and light are varied, and the layers are clear.

Therefore, in the Ming and Qing dynasties and even the Republic of China, the vast majority of calligraphers and painters used raw rice paper.

Ancient paintings are framed after they are finished, and a layer of cooked rice paper is usually placed under the scroll.

Cooked rice paper is made of raw rice paper through alum, lightning, slurrying, powdering, darkening, sprinkling gold, waxing, sizing and other processes.

Because of the pulp, cooked rice paper paper is very thick, not easy to breathe, this kind of paper calligraphy and painting is not easy to go ink smudge, but it is suitable for Kaili book, and it is resistant to preservation.

Therefore, this kind of paper is mostly used for mounting, and the raw rice paper paste is attached to the raw rice paper when pulping.

The counterfeiter took advantage of the thick characteristics of cooked rice paper to press two pieces of raw rice paper together, and used a special method to hide the real "Li Duanduan's Residence Map" in it.

In addition, this person also painted an identical "Li Duanduan's Residence Map" on the first piece of raw rice paper, covering up the red bell mark that is most easily visible on the genuine product below.

The most ingenious thing is that such a "imitation" "Li Duanduantu" can easily judge that it is a fake, thus losing interest in collecting.

It is to take advantage of everyone's psychology that they are not interested in fakes, and this fake person hides a real thing in a fake painting, and it is completely impossible to see from the surface that there is something else underneath.

This "imitation" of "Li Duanduantu" has been wandering around, and I don't know how many people have passed through it, but no one has seen the clues of this painting.

"No wonder I haven't heard any news about this picture for so many years, it turns out that it is hidden in a fake!"

Seeing a sky-high unique product in the world, Qin Lao was excited and emotional: "Although this painting is framed using the most traditional method, it is definitely from the hands of a famous artist, and the pasting method can achieve such a superb memory, this person is definitely not a nameless." ”

"If I'm not mistaken, he's probably using the lost Fog Concealment Method. ”

"Fog Concealment Method?" Several people had never heard of it, and they immediately looked at Qin Lao curiously, and pricked up their ears to listen.

Qin Lao nodded and told the lost memories he knew:

"The fog concealment method is said to be a very famous framing technique in the Song Dynasty, which was originally intended to restore some damaged ancient paintings, and to conceal their flaws to make the paintings appear more perfect. ”

But then there was a gradual change, and the scope of the use of the fog concealment method became widespread, and many people used the fog concealment method to hide the collection of antiques, making it look like they could not see through the essence, so that people mistakenly thought that it was a fake, so they would not covet it. (To be continued.) )