Chapter 508: Strange
Jin Muchen let out an exclamation, and Belinda, who was standing next to him, and the shopkeeper, their faces changed.
Belinda had been standing behind Jin Muchen before, and she didn't make a sound, and the reason why she didn't say anything was because although she was also an expert in antiques.
But her specialty is Western antiques, and she really knows very little about Chinese antiques.
And Jin Muchen is an out-and-out expert in Chinese antiques, so she also wants to stand behind him to see how he operates, and wants to learn more from him.
That's why she didn't say anything, although Jin Muchen didn't tell her how to identify ancient Chinese paintings and antiques, but just following behind him, she just watched it so carefully, she felt as if she had learned a lot.
After all, antiques, although there are differences between the East and the West, but in terms of identification, there are still a lot of commonalities.
It's like when she looks at Jin Muchen's appraisal of the stone pot and this ancient painting, she starts with the material, then looks at the overall preserved condition, and finally looks at the carving and painting skills of a few things.
This also gave her a general idea of how to identify Chinese antiques.
But at this time, Jin Muchen snorted suddenly, and her face also changed, could it be that he found some flaws?
You know, he has already paid for this painting, whether it is an Eastern or Western antique, if the money is gone, you will say that you have found something wrong. I want to find someone to get the money back. That's very difficult.
And the shopkeeper's face changed. It is also related to the change in Jin Muchen's demeanor, he is afraid that Jin Muchen will find something wrong, and if people ask him to return the money, this will be quite painful and troublesome.
Although this is his land, he is not afraid of the other party's face, but after all, this guy's style is a local tyrant in the mainland. If you offend such a person, it will be quite troublesome for him.
However, Jin Muchen didn't react excessively after that sound, but took the painting to his eyes and examined it carefully.
His movements and silent expression made the other two feel that their hearts were hanging in their throats.
And the reason why Jin Muchen did this was also because he saw something wrong under this painting.
Before, his attention was on the main body of this painting, as well as the crazy cursive script of Pan Tianshou under the painting. Didn't pay attention to the seal below.
Just now, he just glanced at the painting so casually before he was about to put it away. But just one glance made him realize that something was wrong.
On the top of this painting is the main body of the picture of the hero standing alone, and below is a line of wild grass by Mr. Pan Tianshou.
And the bottom is the seal, at this time I saw the place of the seal, there is the seal of Pan Tianshou, as well as the inscription of Ah Shou, Shou Kanglou, Xiao Ping, Ai Lianju and several other modern and modern calligraphy and painting masters.
And behind these inscriptions, there is a small round seal, this seal does not know when it was printed, it is not big, it was originally a red seal, after a long time, the mark of the red seal began to slowly fade, if you don't pay attention, you can't see it at all.
Jin Muchen was also quite surprised to find this red seal, and when he looked so closely, he immediately saw the two words Yuemei written in small seal font in the red seal circle.
When he recognized these two words, his heart jumped wildly, how could this seal appear here?
If the average person reads the seal of the two words Cantonese and the United States, they may be dizzy and don't understand what these two words mean.
But for an expert like Jin Muchen who plays antiques, if he doesn't understand the meaning of these two words, then he will be in vain in the antique circle.
The seal of these two characters is the most powerful evidence that marks the origin of this painting, and the seal of the two words Yuemei means that this painting of "Hero Independence @ Li" was once collected by the Guangdong Provincial Academy of Fine Arts.
Now there are several well-known art academies in China, such as Beijing Academy of Fine Arts, Puhai Academy of Fine Arts, Southwest Academy of Fine Arts, Guangdong East Academy of Fine Arts and so on.
These major art academies are the cradle of the birth of modern and contemporary art masters in China.
Moreover, these colleges and universities not only produce famous painters, they also have another important function, that is, they collect well-known paintings created by well-known domestic artists in modern and modern times.
In recent years, due to the enhancement of the faculty, their collection of famous paintings is not only limited to the masterpieces of modern and modern masters, but also the paintings of some ancient masters.
After collecting these famous paintings, they generally use these paintings as teaching materials to teach students to improve their painting skills, and usually these paintings will be carefully collected and kept by the school as treasures.
This is the wealth that belongs to the country, and whenever these schools find a good painting outside, before collecting and archiving, they will print their school seal on the painting to prove that the calligraphy and painting belong to them.
And because these colleges and universities are basically funded by the state, they will not face the risk of financial pressure, so they generally only enter but do not leave.
But as long as they take a fancy to the masterpieces of famous artists, as long as they are in their pockets, there is little reason to take them out and circulate them on the market.
And now that he is in such an inconspicuous antique shop in Xiangjiang, he sees such a famous domestic painting that has been collected by Yuemei, which can't help but make Jin Muchen suspicious.
There's something strange in this!
He put down the painting in his hand, and his originally relaxed expression suddenly became serious at this time, he turned his head suddenly, imposingly, glared at the young shopkeeper, and then paused word by word.
"Brother, I'm asking you again, how did you get this painting? You must think about it this time, it's better to tell me the truth, otherwise I won't dare to guarantee you the consequences! ”
Jin Muchen is also a person who has experienced many times of wind and waves, he has seen a lot of big scenes, and the people who died under his hands are even more unknown, at this time, as soon as his cold expression changes, there will immediately be a surge of murderous aura that will emerge.
The young man on the opposite side had just taken over the antique shop, and within a few days, he had encountered such a scene.
Originally, he was still a little unhappy with Jin Muchen's change of face like this, and he just wanted to open his mouth to drive them out, but at this time, when he saw Jin Muchen's face like ice, he immediately swallowed it back when it came to his mouth.
Looking at this guy's cold gaze, two clear sights, like blades, scraping around on his face, this young man did not collapse on the spot, it was already very good, but at this time, a sense of urine, inexplicably used in his heart, wanting to go to the toilet, but he felt a little leg and stomach tendons.
"Uh...... The painting ...... It's really my grandfather who took it back from the mainland......"
"Brother, you're thinking about it, let's be honest, I know what you cats do. So it's normal for something to happen here that shouldn't be. I don't care about anything else, I just want to know where this painting came from, and if you are sloppy with me like this, I'll leave immediately. But when someone comes back to you, I don't think they'll think I'm so kind! ”
As soon as Jin Muchen saw the guy's gurgling eyes, he knew that he was a little nervous, and then continued to put pressure on him.
Sure enough, after listening to Jin Muchen's words, the expression on his face immediately became good-looking, and his lips moved several times, but in the end, he held back the words that came to his mouth.
But as the atmosphere in the room became more and more strange, Jin Muchen's eyes became more and more aggressive, and the young man finally couldn't hold back.
"Okay, boss, I'll tell you, but don't tell anyone that I told you!"
The young man said to Jin Muchen with a bitter face, and looked up at the outside of the store and looked around, as if he was afraid that he would be discovered by other people, and he was informing Jin Muchen.
Jin Muchen smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "You can rest assured of this." I'm sure I'm not going to leak you out. ”
"Okay, then I'll tell you. In fact, this painting was not received by my grandfather from the mainland, but more than ten years ago, he bought it from a local underground auction, and he spent more than 100,000 yuan for this painting. At that time, I was young, and I didn't know much about the underground auction. Back then, I remember that my old bean had a quarrel with my grandfather over this painting, saying that he shouldn't spend money indiscriminately to buy such broken paintings, and if he has money, he should also buy Western oil paintings. After that, my grandfather never mentioned the painting in front of us, nor did he go to the underground auction. Later, I forgot about it, until a few months ago, after my grandfather died suddenly, I took over this antique shop, and when I was sorting out things, I suddenly found this painting, and I don't know much about modern Chinese paintings, so I put it at the door, and I didn't expect it to be discovered by you today......"
This time when the shopkeeper spoke, Jin Muchen kept staring at his eyes, the expression on his face did not change much, and his eyes did not roll around, this time Jin Muchen believed that what he should say was true.
"Is that underground auction still being held?"
Jin Muchen followed up and asked again, now he is interested in this underground auction. (To be continued......)