Chapter 268: Eight Friends Before and After

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"These paintings were beautiful at the time, but they all seem to be modern, so they can't be considered antiques, right?"

Jin Muchen asked tentatively and said, when he said this, the eldest brother on the other side was not in a hurry, and that Henry was in a hurry.

"Jim, you can't say that, in our Europe, such a porcelain panel painting, even if it is modern, is the best work of art."

This Henry leaked out of his mouth, and it seemed that he did not know much about the author of the porcelain plate painting, otherwise he would not have said so.

Jin Muchen also knows that in fact, porcelain plate painting has always been a relatively mainstream type of art ceramics in Europe, and many European kings have such art ceramics in their palaces.

However, in China, porcelain panel painting has always been in the art ceramics and cannot be regarded as the mainstream.

In fact, this kind of thing was born as early as the Ming Dynasty, but at that time, this kind of artistic creation could only be the decoration on the furniture, and not as the decoration of the interior of the house, or the ornamental ware.

It was not until the emergence of the eight friends of Zhushan in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China that the porcelain panel painting was pushed to an artistic peak and was sought after by the majority of art lovers.

However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially after the revival of the antique market, in fact, for a long time, the artistic value of porcelain panel paintings was not recognized by domestic art lovers.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were actually many masters of porcelain panel painting, but because of the experience of that special period, most of their creations were regarded as a kind of building materials. Plainly. It's just being treated like an ordinary tile. and not recognized by the art world.

Such an attitude towards porcelain panel painting lasted until the nineties of the last century, with the gradual activation of the domestic antique circle, the gradual revival of art collections, and a large number of wealthy people began to go abroad to bring the latest international information, porcelain panel painting in the field of art, only to be recognized by people.

Especially after many wealthy people have gone abroad to participate in several large and small art auctions. When they saw those Western porcelain panel paintings, which could be auctioned at a sky-high price of millions at every turn, people remembered that during the Republic of China, there seemed to be a group of porcelain panel painting creation masters, called Zhushan Bayou.

So from that time on, the works of Zhushan Bayou began to gradually be known and recognized.

And in recent years, as the antiques market has gone from flat. Towards popularity, and even finally madness. The works of Zhushan Bayou are chased by many collectors, which also creates the artistic status of Zhushan Bayou in the Chinese porcelain panel painting industry today, and many people regard them as the originators of modern Chinese porcelain panel painting art.

So the price of their works, of course, is getting higher and higher in the current market.

But the two French thieves here in front of them obviously don't know any Zhushan Bayou, they just treat these porcelain plates in front of them as exquisite modern porcelain plate paintings.

Jin Muchen made a small temptation, and he probably had the bottom in his heart, and he was not in a hurry to argue with Henry, but continued to look at the remaining porcelain paintings.

Sure enough, he guessed correctly, and the next thing he saw was a porcelain plate landscape painting, which is the strength of Wang Yeting in Zhushan Bayou, you must know that Zhushan Bayou These people have their own expertise, for example, Wang Dafan's characteristic is that he is similar to the Western oil painting style of the figure statue.

Wang Qi is very good at Chinese ink-splashed style figures, and this Wang Yeting is the best at landscape painting.

Looking at the inscription on the seal on this porcelain plate painting, it was the monk Chuanfang, who directly matched the road number of Wang Yeting, and Jin Muchen was very determined.

Looking down, what you see is a porcelain panel painting of Pisces playing algae, which is the work of Deng Bishan.

Then there is Bi Botao's hibiscus kingfisher, and what kind of people release cranes in the lonely mountain, Cheng Yiting's flowers and birds compete for spring, Liu Yucen's Dajitu, as well as Xu Zhongnan's rock pine picture, and Tian Hexian's pastel winter plum picture.

This is the work of ten porcelain panel painting masters, and some people may ask when they see here, aren't you the eight friends of Zhushan?

How is this the work of ten people? Isn't that the Ten Friends of Zhushan?

In fact, it was because there were two masters in the early Zhushan Eight Friends, because their health was not very good, and they died of illness within a few years after they worked together.

Later, the remaining six masters invited two porcelain panel painting masters to join their full moon meeting, so the eight friends of Zhushan were divided into the first eight friends and the last eight friends.

So when it comes to the eight friends of Zhushan, if the latter two are counted, it should really be said that it is the ten friends of Zhushan.

A few porcelain panel paintings, and those famous artists are all on the same number, Jin Muchen is also determined, that's right, this is a complete set of porcelain panel paintings of Zhushan Bayou.

This is amazing, this whole set of porcelain panel paintings of Zhushan Bayou has its own characteristics, and they are all exquisite paintings, which should be regarded as their pinnacle works.

If such a work of art is taken to China, according to the current market value, it must be more than 30 million, and if it is to participate in a special auction, it is not impossible to finally sell for more than 50 million.

Now it's going to make a lot of money, and when he thinks of this, his heart jumps violently.

But then, there is another very important part, that is, how to bargain with the two guys opposite.

Henry's answer showed that in their eyes, these porcelain plate paintings should only be a set of porcelain plate paintings with very exquisite paintings, and as for their inheritance and origin, they should not be very clear.

It seems that these guys should be some thieves who know Chinese antiques very well, but they should not know much about some modern Chinese artists.

"I have just seen these porcelain panel paintings, and it is true that the painters are very beautiful, but considering their age, they can only be regarded as very exquisite works of art, and there should be a certain distance from antiques. How much are you going to buy? ”

Jin Muchen put down the porcelain plate painting in his hand, and then looked up and asked the two opposite.

That Henry's boss has always been very cautious, and at this time, he didn't put down the scarf on his face, and he didn't seem to plan to introduce himself to Jin Muchen or anything.

Jin Muchen didn't know what to call him, so he simply didn't get close to him and asked the price directly.

"Such porcelain panel paintings, even in Europe, should be top-notch works of art, according to the current price of top art porcelain panel paintings in Europe, these porcelain panel paintings, any one of which should be able to buy about 80,000 to 100,000 euros. Well, if you really want to buy it, then $20,000 per porcelain plate painting. ”

The boss opened his mouth and quoted the price, according to today's exchange rate of the dollar against the euro, his offer is equivalent to giving Jin Muchen a twenty-percent discount.

However, Jin Muchen felt that this price was not enough, and he heard the tone of the other party's offer, and he was not particularly insistent, which showed that he was not particularly confident, and he should still be able to bargain.

"$20,000 is a bit too much, so let's do it, fifteen thousand per picture."

Jin Muchen paid back a price, but he didn't expect the other party to answer very simply.

"Okay, deal."

Rub, it seems that his offer is still high, Jin Muchen scolded secretly in his heart, but then he was shocked and secretly happy.

In China, it is already very remarkable that you can get together the works of the first eight friends, or the last eight friends, and you can get together the works of ten people before and after the eight friends, and it only costs a total of 150,000 US dollars.

If Tibetan friends in China knew that they had spent such a price to get together the works of these ten people, and in the end it was too expensive, I am afraid that they would be able to drown themselves with spit.

So Jin Muchen simply stopped bargaining with the other party: "Okay, that's it, please, help me paint these porcelain plates in a new package?" ”

"No problem!"

This time, the boss and Henry on the other side could no longer hide the excitement in their hearts, and then they began to help Jin Muchen pack the ten porcelain plate paintings.

And Jin Muchen counted out 150,000 US dollars from the lockbox, and directly slapped it in front of the two opposites, looking at such a thick stack of banknotes, Henry and his eldest brother were crazy.

They also came to participate in this ghost market every year in the past few years, and they also brought a lot of good things in the first few times, but they didn't meet a high roller like Jin Muchen in those few times, and the last few times they came down, the price of the total transaction was not as high as today!

Soon the porcelain panel painting was packaged and put aside along with the three-legged bowl, and Henry and his eldest brother began to check the money, while Jin Muchen continued to rummage through the travel bag.

In fact, after a few porcelain plate paintings were turned out, the bag was already a lot empty, and Jin Muchen didn't think there were any good things in it.

But just as he was about to finish his search, he suddenly felt as if he had touched a roll of paper on the edge of the bag, which felt a little different from other papers, and he moved his heart and took the roll out of his pocket.

This roll of paper looks, judging from the shape of the roll, Jin Muchen feels that this should be an ancient painting in Chinese style, after all, Western oil paintings are not made of such materials, and if it is a Western oil painting, these thieves must be reluctant to just roll it up and throw it in a travel bag.

Looking at the appearance of the painting, Jin Muchen estimated that the other party should not understand this painting very well, and when he thought of this, Jin Muchen felt relieved.

What's more, although this painting has not yet been unfolded, just looking at the back of this painting, Jin Muchen has already felt that strong yellow light.

Estimating in his heart that this painting should be a good thing, Jin Muchen was also very careful when he opened it, for fear of damaging the painting.

However, when the whole painting was unfolded and he saw the statue on the painting, Jin Muchen was still stunned, he never thought that he would be able to meet this painting when he was here today! (To be continued......)