In the morning, leaving the fat elephant to look after the house, Gu Feng drove to pick up Zhong Haoqing, and the three of them rushed to an elegant farm yard near Shahe at nine o'clock in the morning.

This small courtyard does not look big, and after entering it, I realized that there is a hole in it, and it turns out that there is a garden at the back of its main building that is twice the size of the front half!

At this time, the garden was very lively, and there were voices of acquaintances greeting each other, and as soon as Li Yi and Zhong Haoqing entered, they were stopped by several old men.

"Ha, I've heard a long time ago that the two of you have taken in an apprentice together, but you have been keeping it a secret, why, today you are finally willing to bring it out to see the world? What's your name, little one? In order of seniority, you should call me Uncle Zu! ”

Zhong Haoqing rolled her eyes, there was no way, this person was indeed older than her, and he was barely a figure of the same era as her father.

"Li Yi, this is your Uncle Liu, Uncle Huang, Aunt Wang, and Uncle Ma...... The...... Hey, you can't let the little guy really ask you to call grandpa, right? ”

With Zhong Haoqing's introduction, Li Yi greeted these people one by one, and when he introduced the old gentleman who spoke just now, Zhong Haoqing's words made the sweat on his forehead flow......

Zhong Haoqing took Li Yi through the crowd for a while, and regardless of whether he remembered it or not, he introduced dozens of people to him in one go, except for the three middle-aged people in their forties who had a relationship with him at the same time, the others were either uncles and uncles or aunts, and even grandfathers had several!

This association meeting is a regular gathering in the morning, so now it is a matter of some acquaintances greeting each other and chatting. Later, these people will leave one after another, and only those who participated in the test will be let in in the afternoon, but Li Yi obviously took advantage of Zhong Haoqing's light and mixed in first.

These people are appraisers, so the topics they get together are inseparable from appraisal, and Li Yi soon found that in addition to chatting with each other about each other's recent situation, the most they talked about was some interesting things encountered during the appraisal, or collectively made fun of who and who were eye-catching.

Of course, there are also many people who bring their own collections to show off, and at this time, if the collection itself is not controversial, it is just that, if there is a controversy, even if it is a small doubt, a group of old gentlemen will be divided into several factions, arguing, that scene, many times quarrel with a group of children is no different.

However, Li Yi carefully observed their expressions and found that although sometimes they were very noisy, everyone didn't seem to be really angry, but more often they showed an expression of enjoyment, what a group of weird old men!

After Zhong Haoqing introduced Li Yi around, he didn't know where to run, and when Li Yi followed her, everyone was very enthusiastic, but as soon as Zhong Haoqing left, who else would put him in his eyes?

Therefore, except for a few curious people who were curious about Zhong Haoqing and Hu Jinquan, who actually accepted the same person as an apprentice, came to him and chatted casually, most of the time, Li Yi was alone.

But that's fine, he just happened to be idle, and he had nothing to do to walk around, listening to them tell some anecdotes from afar, or seeing someone take out the collection and take a look at it, so that he could gain some knowledge.

Maybe it was because he finally encountered a ghost after walking a lot, or maybe it was because he was affected by the pond fish, Li Yi came to him for trouble after looking at three collections in a row.

"Come on, little guy, you help us evaluate the judges, you see, where is this painting not genuine? Remember, don't disgrace your master! ”

The person who spoke was named Huang Haitao, the appraisal director of an auction company, but his specialty was the appraisal of ancient ceramics, and he was able to enter the appraiser association by virtue of his profound skills in the appraisal of ancient ceramics. This calligraphy and painting appraisal can only be regarded as a part-time item, and the level should be about the same as Hu Jinquan, and because he does not study calligraphy and painting, it is likely to be a little worse in some aspects.

But just such a master-level figure in the appraisal of ancient ceramics, in recent times, he has been obsessed with the collection of calligraphy and painting, and has made frequent moves in a year or two, and has really collected more than a dozen treasures for him, including Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong and other masters, and none of them have been eye-catching.

Therefore, his interest is even higher, this time he brought a painting is said to be one of the four masters of the sea transferred to him by friends in Hong Kong, known as "the first in the late Qing Dynasty painting garden" The Xugu monk is the best at the proud work, the vertical scroll "Squirrel Picture" on colored paper, it is said that he spent more than 15 million soft girl coins for this painting!

However, as soon as this painting appeared, it caused a huge controversy, and Li Yi also listened to it for a while just now, knowing that the controversy of this painting is mainly concentrated in two aspects, one is the treatment of the squirrel's tail, which is somewhat different from the brushwork commonly used by Xugu, and the other is concentrated on the appreciation seal in the upper left corner of the picture.

The collection and appreciation seal is known as "the world's most famous" Chinese painting and calligraphy collector, and the collection seal of Pang Yuanji, who ranks first among the six major collectors of the Republic of China.

It is said that Pang Yuanji collected thousands of paintings and calligraphy in his life, including not only famous works such as Ni Zhan, Tang Yin, and Wen Zhengming, but also some people said, "Yan Liben, Zhao Ji, Wang Wei, and Huang Gongwang are all in his pocket"!

Pang Yuanji's "Catalogue of Famous Paintings of Xuzhai" and "Catalogue of Famous Paintings of Xuzhai Continued" are 20 volumes, and 634 pieces were carefully selected from his collection to be recorded.

Pang Yuanji's appreciation seals are numerous, such as "Xuzhai", "Xuzhai Collection", "Xuzhai Treasure", etc., all of which were engraved by the famous seal carvers Zhao Shuru, Wang Daxi, Wu Changshuo and others at that time. To this day, the collection of "Xuzhai" has become one of the important symbols to identify the authenticity of calligraphy and painting.

It's just that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, most of the calligraphy and painting cultural relics in the Pang family were donated or sold to the three museums of Shanghai Museum, Jingnan Museum and Sioux City Museum.

And on this squirrel picture, what is left by the appreciation seal is the four words "Xuzhai Treasure", and from the font, regulation, etc., there is no obvious abnormality, which should be true.

However, the opinions of those who oppose it are also very reasonable.

They believe that Xugu is one of the most famous painters of that era, and squirrel painting is his best field, and it can even be said that there is no one else in the world who paints squirrels!

So, the question is, if Pang Yuanji really collected this painting, why is it not mentioned in the 20-volume length of "Xuzhai Famous Paintings" and "Continuation of Xuzhai Famous Paintings"? Could it be that his collection is so terrifying that even Xugu's "Squirrel Picture" can't rank in the top 634?

Obviously this is not the case, then, there is only one possibility left, he has not collected this painting, and he has not even seen it!

Moreover, although the two squirrels in this painting are agile and lively, they are very different from the little squirrels on the "Squirrel Picture" in the Palace Museum's collection.

At present, the surviving Xugu squirrel works, the squirrels painted are clearly depicted with a fine brush on every hair on the squirrel's body, and the tail of the squirrel is basically about the same thickness from head to tail, and the long tailbone surface is more obvious.

In this work, not only is the squirrel's hair different from the brush, but compared with the clear roots of other paintings, this painting is obviously much more blurred, and the squirrel's tail is even more varied, not only can not see the tailbone, the whole shape has changed, and a furry thickness is painted into a long tail with a thin front end and a thick ball at the tail end.

Of course, there are also people who support Huang Haitao, the painter paints, and in the later period, he mainly looks at the meaning, and the brushwork and some habits have become secondary things, just in the case of this painting, who can be sure that it is not Xugu who is making a new attempt? You draw tigers and horses in a variety of ways, so who stipulates that squirrels must always be the same?

Then there is the problem of appreciating the seal, which is better explained, Pang Yuanji first collects and then transfers, or at the request of a friend to help others appreciate the authenticity of the possibility, absolutely not because it is not in the famous painting catalogue to bite the appreciation seal as fake!

What's more, even if the appreciation seal is fake, it cannot be concluded that there must be something wrong with this painting, because later it was indeed found that there was a fake seal of "Xuzhai" on the authentic handiwork, which is said to be to enhance the value of the painting itself, and some counterfeiters have made a false appearance!

So, who's to be sure that this painting isn't like that?

This is the focus of the dispute between the two sides, and Li Yi has been watching from a distance, so although he can hear the content of the dispute clearly, if you ask him whether this painting is real or false, hehe, I'm sorry, even if it is not a question and three questions, but in front of these big experts, it is definitely the level of revealing more than three sentences!

"Huang Lao, I have only been learning from Master for a long time, this ...... The level is limited, and I dare not speak or comment. ”

However, there are some things that can't be avoided by hiding, and appraisers can reach this level, and it can be said that all of them are well-versed in the past and the present, and they are amazingly talented. Such people have an absolute self-confidence and pride in their bones, although they usually seem to be a ball of harmony, but the phenomenon of disagreeing with each other is definitely not one or two cases.

However, Zhong Haoqing is one of the objects that some people secretly disobey, and Li Yi, as a disciple she values very much, even does not hesitate to rob her husband of an apprentice for this reason...... How could he let him get out lightly?

Therefore, as soon as they saw Li Yi being arrested, the two groups of people, whether they thought it was a fake or a genuine work, didn't even say hello, so they tacitly merged in an instant and quickly made way for him. Come, take a closer look, look hard, don't embarrass your master! For mobile phone users, please visit wènhttp://mnet

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