Chapter 673: Offering Treasure
After a night of nothing, the next day, Li Yi came to the house of the two masters with gifts, and briefly talked about this trip to Europe, Li Yi took out the work of Zhang Ruitu and Wang Duo. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Huh? Zhang Ruitu's words? β
Hu Jinquan swept the payment at a glance, and after looking at it carefully for a while, he made two strokes in the air with his fingers, and said with a smile:
"Xiaoyi is afraid that he has picked up a big leak again, this word is not expensive, right?"
Li Yi nodded, three genuine works plus an old imitation cost him a total of 1 million euros, this price seems not low, but in fact, even if all the works are auctioned according to the real and fake, these four pieces, it may be a little difficult to auction 2 million, but 1 million is definitely not able to beat it is true.
"There is a bit of a problem with this word, I'm afraid it can't be explained by a simple sentence......
Hu Jinquan was about to say more, Zhong Haoqing suddenly interjected, and then picked up the magnifying glass and stared at the blurry seal carefully.
"In the history of Chinese painting and calligraphy, there are countless literati and Moshi with the Taoist as the name, but after Zhang Ruitu, there are not many calligraphers and painters with the Taoist as the name and the four characters, but there are two of them at the same time, and they happen to be quite famous calligraphers......"
Zhong Haoqing took the magnifying glass to look at the handwriting for a while, and looked at the seal for a while, and slowly said his reasoning while thinking.
"You mean this seal? What does that mean? β
Hu Jinquan hadn't figured out what was going on, but Li Yi had already exclaimed in his heart, sure enough, he was worthy of being a master, and he grasped the key point at once, it seems that the secret of this calligraphy is mostly impossible to hide in her eyes.
"What does it mean? Hehe, look at these words. β
Hu Jinquan took the magnifying glass, carefully looked at the words pointed out by Zhong Haoqing, and asked with a frown:
"What do you want to say?"
"Hehe, look at the two words next to each other, they use different inks......"
Hu Jinquan is also a calligrapher, Zhong Haoqing only said a beginning of this sentence, and he understood it at once,
"That's right, that's right, according to common sense, if you write one word and then write another, the ink of the two words must be different, but the former word should be heavier than the next ink. But the latter is slightly heavier than the previous one. In this case, either the ink is re-dipped or the pen is changed, but looking at the ink in front of it, there is no need to do this. β
Hu Jinquan was as excited as a machine gun, and explained the truth clearly, Li Yi was stunned for a moment, but he still knew that this was a work of two people, so he wanted to find out the difference from the handwriting, but he didn't expect that there was such a big flaw in the ink.
"If it is like this in one place, it can also be interpreted as an accident, but if the words you pointed out are like this in every one of them, then it can only explain one problem, this word was not written by one person! Well, if you look at the words with this conclusion in mind, you can indeed see some subtle differences......"
Li Yi also stretched out his head to look at the words, which were at the end of the poem, if it weren't for this, this would not have happened. It's just that the difference between the inkblots is actually really small, and ordinary people really can't see it.
But who are they? If you don't care and don't see it, and you can't see it after being reminded of it, you will be called a calligrapher in vain.
"Well, in this way, it should be written by one person and one word by word...... So, two people are really fighting? β
Hu Jinquan took a magnifying glass, first looked at the end of the poem, and pushed forward backwards word by word, and the subtle differences in handwriting coupled with regular reasoning made him understand the secret of this calligraphy at once.
After speaking, he focused his attention on the unclear seal, muttered for a moment, and said:
"You also said just now, in the same age as Zhang Ruitu, there are two people with four-character Taoist people, it should be said that Fu Shan and Wang Duo, and these two people's characters are the same as Zhang Ruitu, they are known for their strange stubbornness...... This is Wang Duo's word! This seal is an idiot immortal! Hahahaha, it's amazing! β
Seeing Hu Jinquan's categorical conclusion, Zhong Haoqing smiled and glanced at Li Yi,
"Xiaoyi, you are the first to take out this character today, do you have the intention of taking the exam? You kid, you really have a lot of courage! β
"Hehe, Master, I just guessed that this might be a poem written by two people, but I can't make up my mind. By the way, Master, how do you know that it must be Wang Duo and not Fu Shan? β
"Hehe, people have an age, and words also have an age. Whether it is calligraphy or painting, the final expression is the voice of the calligrapher and painter, so the handwriting of a person is different at different ages. This character should have been written by Zhang Ruitu in his later years, so the handwriting is sophisticated but the edge is slightly hidden. On the other hand, another person is different, he should be in the prime of life, although he is mature with pen and ink, but his mind is different. β
"Although these three are of the same era, Zhang Ruitu is 22 years older than Wang Duo, and even more older than Fu Shan, so he should be in his 30s, right?"
"37 years old!"
"Yes, when Zhang Ruitu is old, Fu Shan should be young, not to mention whether he has this pen power, but his heart should be higher and more flying than this word shows. At that time, Wang Duo was in the prime of life, so this must be Wang Duo's words! β
"Moreover, at that time, Wang Duo and Zhang Ruitu were both brought together with Dong Qichang and said that there was a saying that there was a South Zhang and North Dong, and a South Dong and North Wang, so it was very possible for the two to be unconvinced by each other."
Hu Jinquan said smoothly and simply told everything he saw.
"You see, the average collaborative work should be one person and one sentence, and it will not deliberately pursue the same handwriting, but this one is different. This one not only has extremely similar handwriting, but also changes word by word, which is already in hand-to-hand combat. So I guess that this should be an appointment between the two of them, and neither of them wrote in the most customary font, but the taste of calligraphy can't be hidden, and they don't dare to hide it, because whoever hides it loses......"
Hu Jinquan said as he stared at the calligraphy and painting.
"This word, the more you look at it, the stronger the taste, it seems that the two of them are doing their best, it's amazing, it's amazing, it's priceless!"
Zhong Haoqing knew more clearly about Li Yi's appraisal level than Hu Jinquan, and saw that his old Hu was excited for a while, and he actually talked about so many things with an axe, and couldn't help but glance at Li Yi a little helplessly, but he didn't expect to see that he would listen to it with relish, and couldn't help but be stunned, and then nodded with satisfaction, this kid is really filial, this is coaxing Lao Hu!
However, what she didn't expect at all was that Li Yi really listened. Because although he worshipped her as a teacher, because of his level of identification, she rarely told him about these aspects, and when she was with him, she talked more about his calligraphy.
Therefore, although Li Yi usually evaluates calligraphy works from the aspects of artistic conception, handwriting, and ink, it is not easy to hear others so systematically and rigorously appraise a work for the first time......
Seeing that Hu Jinquan couldn't put it down, Zhong Haoqing shook his head helplessly, pointed to another scroll brought by Li Yi and asked:
"Whose work is that?"
"Hehe, it's a work imitating Tang Bohu, but it should be a Ming imitation, so it also has a certain collection value."
Li Yi took the imitation of Tang Bohu that he bought from FranΓ§ois and spread it out on the coffee table.
"Well, this painting is indeed a good painting, at least it has Tang Bohu's sixty percent skills, and it is rare that it is indeed a Ming painting...... I've been going for so long this time, and I've gained so much? β
Zhong Haoqing picked up the magnifying glass, looked at the painting carefully, raised his head, stared at Li Yi with a smile and said.
She likes Li Yi's behavior very much, it is like a child getting something good outside, and then proudly offering treasure in front of his parents, which represents the child's intimacy with his parents.
"How can it, there is a big guy, I don't know if the two masters are interested, so I put it in the car and didn't pick it up."
"Oh? What is it? β
Hu Jinquan lowered his head and studied for a long time, but he vaguely felt that this painting of Tang Bohu was not true, but he couldn't make a direct conclusion like Li Yi and Zhong Haoqing, and he was a little discouraged, and when he heard that there was something, he couldn't help asking.
"A Ming Dynasty gold cloud dragon pattern vermilion lacquer top box, not small......"
Li Yi said as he called Gu Feng, who was guarding the car, and asked him to send the box up, as for how to uncover the more precious treasures hidden inside, he had already arranged it.
He had considered this problem when he was thinking about bringing the top box back to China, and if it was still the same as before, there would be no flaws at all, but he was afraid that no one would be able to discover the secret inside, so after he decided to open it in China, he did something on the top cover of the box.
He gently cut a long gap between the edge of the wooden board that formed the mezzanine lining the top cover of the box, and if the average person didn't pay attention, he would think that it was a warped edge of the wood caused by poor storage, but he believed that although Zhong Haoqing was not good at identifying ancient furniture, with her eyesight, if she looked closely, she would definitely find this flaw.
Moreover, even if she can't find out, he can guide him on the side, as long as he pretends to inadvertently arouse the old lady's suspicions, then he can take care of it next, anyway, it is just a layer of lined wooden planks, even if it is destroyed, it will not affect the value of the wooden box.
Soon, the box was sent up by Gu Feng, unlike Hu Jinquan, who only knew how to marvel at the exquisiteness and well-preserved wooden box, Zhong Haoqing, who was as careful as a hair, really did not disappoint Li Yi, and soon discovered that suspicious place. (To be continued.) )