Chapter 115: Cracking the Ancient Inkstone, Removing the False and Preserving the True
Fang Yong pulled the small trailer while opening it and used his mind magic to absorb all the aura on the inkstone. Through the historical image of the ancient inkstone itself, Fang Yong was suddenly pleasantly surprised, this inkstone turned out to be a Yan Yan.
This is a guqin-shaped inkstone, the carving is simple and generous. Because of the material inkstone, the carving is exquisite, the shape is simple, the knife is very beautiful and powerful, beautiful and practical and generous, frank and natural, never kitsch, rich in ingenuity and few ingenuity, and the unity of heaven and hand complements each other.
The bottom of the inkstone is engraved with the inscriptions of "the fashion of the world" and "the neighbor of the road", which is estimated to be engraved by the famous artist himself.
It's really a good baby, but it's a pity that Gu Yan is dirty. This dirty appearance is artificially made, Fang Yongtong watched the historical images, and knew that this was the time of the war at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and this Fang Yan was changed several times. In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the owner at this time did not know what had happened and fled with his family. In the process of escaping, I didn't know what to do to disguise it as it is now, so it was retained, and finally it ended up in Fang Yong's hands.
There is no information on this method of camouflage in the historical film, and it seems that you still need to look for information when you go back, and ask the master.
Originally, Kang Lao was going to come to Spring City this time, but who knew that there was also a collection activity in the capital, and the master had no skills, so he could only stay in the capital.
In the afternoon, Fang Yong went to the raw material area again, and also found two pieces of yellow and green jadeite. Unraveled a piece on the spot and auctioned it to a price of 3.2 million, which made Fang Yong's slightly tight funds replenish somewhat.
After the transaction, Fang Yong returned to the hotel to sort out today's harvest. In fact, what Fang Yong wanted most was to crack the disguise on Fang Yan's appearance.
As one of the four treasures of the study, the inkstone has a history of five or six thousand years, and the inkstone has been "immortal through the ages, as usual after disasters, and eternal for thousands of years", and has become a witness of the inheritance of Chinese civilization for thousands of years. In the long process of evolution, the inkstone has been injected with a literati and artistic temperament, and it is the favorite thing of literati and scholars in all dynasties.
After checking the information, Fang Yong was surprised to find that this ancient inkstone was still related to a historical celebrity.
It turns out that the inscription "Daolin" engraved at the bottom of the inkstone is actually the name of Shi Kefa, the political and military commander of the late Ming Dynasty, and "the fashion of the world" is also a sentence in Shi Kefa's famous saying "The shame of the minister, that is, the fashion of the world".
Shi Kefa was a well-known figure in the late Ming Dynasty, and he was a teacher of Zuo Guangdou. Shi Kefa was a scholar of the Nanjing Military Department of the Ming Dynasty and a scholar of Dongge University. He was persuaded to surrender by Dolgon, but Scofa refused to surrender in the Book of Dolgon. He was captured for resisting the Qing Dynasty and died unyieldingly, and he is a famous national hero in my country. The Southern Ming Dynasty was loyal to Jing. Later, he was posthumously praised by Emperor Qianlong as Zhongzheng.
Fang Yong looked at this precious Yan Yan and didn't dare to move lightly. After checking the information, I didn't find a way to crack the dirty things on the ancient inkstone.
Fang Yong had no choice but to ask his master for help, and when Kang Lao knew that Fang Yong had found another treasure, he couldn't help but praise Fang Yong's good luck. Unexpectedly, it was only two days, and Fang Yong picked up treasures one after another, which made Kang Lao regret not coming back to Spring City.
After listening to Fang Yong's description of the surface object of this Fang Shi inkstone, Kang Lao was also unsure, saying that he wanted to consult Duanmu Yaohan, an expert who has studied the four treasures of the study.
Kang Lao's efficiency was very fast, and after a while, Kang Lao told Fang Yong about the method Duanmu Yaohan said.
It turns out that this is a hidden technique, called the "dust method". It needs to be cleaned with soaphorn water and a few flavors of Chinese medicine with a loofah.
Knowing the method, Fang Yong hurriedly went downstairs, drove to the pharmacy and cultural market, and bought all the items he needed for more than 20 yuan.
After returning to the hotel, Fang Yong smashed the soaphorn he bought with the life-saving hammer in the car, wrapped the soaphorn and Chinese medicine with gauze, used the electric kettle in the hotel as a pot, and boiled the soaphorn and Chinese medicine after adding water.
After the water boiled for more than ten minutes, Fang Yong unplugged the power of the electric kettle. At this time, the hotel room was already filled with a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine.
When the water temperature dropped to normal temperature, Fang Yong poured the potion into the ceramic basin that had been prepared long ago.
Looking at the brown and somewhat blackened potion in the ceramic basin, it was hard to imagine that this kind of thing could wash away the dirt on the inkstone.
Fang Yong gently put the inkstone into the potion and soaked it for a while. I saw a reaction on the surface of the inkstone, some bubbles appeared, and the dirty things on it also fell off.
According to the method that Kang Lao said, Fang Yong picked up the loofah and gently wiped it back and forth on the surface of the inkstone. In this way, it can not only remove dirt and stagnation, but also will not hurt the inkstone.
After a while, all the dirt attached to the surface of the inkstone was washed away. After Fang Yong took the inkstone to the bathroom and rinsed it again with clean water, the true face of this Fang Yan was gorgeously displayed in front of Fang Yong.
This is a Venus inkstone, so beautiful!
Fang Yong carefully looked at the Fang Yan in front of him, which was exactly the same as what he saw under the detection of consciousness, with exquisite carving, simple and generous.
The inkstone contains iron sulfide crystals, sprinkled with golden yellow dots, shining gold, and Venus of different shapes is like gems inlaid in the ink stone, like stars shining in the night sky.
It is rumored that the ink used to grind the ink of Venus is not easy to be eaten by insects and mold, which may be due to the fact that the color of Venus contains iron sulfide crystals.
The stone quality is excellent, smooth and fine, and there are eight virtues of "firm, moist, soft, healthy, fine, greasy, clean and beautiful".
Tender and firm, inkstone texture fine, both hard, moist quality, astringent does not leave the pen, slippery does not reject the characteristics of ink, buckle sound, caress like skin, grinding such as the edge, suitable for ink, long-term use, inkstone residual ink dirt, into the water that is clear, as new. It is known as "the stone crown mountains" and "the famous pearl of the inkstone".
The most famous of the inkstones is the Venus inkstone. Since the Tang Dynasty mined the rock, the fame of Venus inkstone has always been in the first place, and it is considered to be the representative of Sheyan.
Venus inkstone has high hardness, firm and wear-resistant, and the more it is grinded, the brighter it is, it is easy to rinse, and it is as bright as ever, and it is the best product in the inkstone.
After Fang Yong finished appreciating it, he hurriedly reported the good news to Master Kang Lao. When Kang Lao learned about it, he asked Fang Yong to bring this Fang Yan next time he came to the capital, and then Kang Lao wanted to appreciate it well, and by the way, he used it to calligraphy and painting.
Fang Yong applied the wax he bought from the cultural market around the ancient inkstone and temporarily maintained it. I thought that when I got home, I would ask a carpenter master carpenter to create an inkstone box as a storage place for this inkstone.
Su Yijian of the Song Dynasty once said: "A good stone inkstone is like a good stone field, which is left to future generations, so that they can work hard for generations." ”
It seems that there are still many benefits to collecting ancient inkstones!