Chapter 20: The Diagram of the Teachings of Fu Sheng
Hearing what Dong Dechang said, Dong Ziyun became happy again, and glanced at Yu Fei triumphantly, as if she had taken advantage of it - now she was eager to see Yu Fei deceived.
Dong Dechang said as he took out his gloves and put them on. Although he felt that it was unlikely that the painting was an old object, he was still very careful. There are not many people like Yu Fei who hold ancient paintings with their hands, after all, the damage to the calligraphy and painting collection is very great. Rice paper is too fragile, so you should not only wear gloves, but even cover your mouth with your hands when you speak, so as not to spit and splash on the ancient paintings, and you can't turn on the flash when taking pictures, because ultraviolet rays can also damage the ancient paintings. This is also the reason why most museums prohibit taking pictures.
Dong Dechang opened the ancient painting and saw the seven words "Wang Wei writes Jinan Fusheng" in the upper right corner, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he turned his head and asked Yu Fei: "How much did you spend on this painting?" ”
"Two hundred." It was Dong Ziyun who answered, and she happily told her how she saw that Yu Fei was going to spend 200 yuan to buy old books, how she was kind enough to persuade her, and how Yu Fei insisted on going her own way, and how her attitude was arrogant and unreasonable. At the end, he said, "I also said why did you spend 200 yuan to buy that old book, you should have found the mezzanine in the old book, right?" Ha Luha, don't you know that these are all stall owners' fishing tricks? ”
The so-called fishing is a means of attracting and enticing buyers to buy by various means, and it is especially common in the sale of antiques. This kind of deliberate exposure of "flaws" for buyers to "inadvertently" discover, resulting in a leakage mentality is one of the more common ones.
Legend has it that there was a man who sold kittens, but used a kiln to wash them as a cat food bowl. Someone recognized Jun porcelain, so he pretended to buy all the kittens, and then asked the stall owner for the cat food bowl under the pretext of the kitten eating and recognizing the pot, but the stall owner shook his head again and again and said: "This cat food bowl can't be given to you, I have sold more than 50 cat cubs by relying on it." ”
This is a typical fishing technique.
"If it's two hundred, it's not a loss." Dong Dechang said: "Yu Fei, since you don't buy it expensive, then I'll say it bluntly, this painting is not real." ”
Hearing that this painting was not real, Dong Ziyun almost clapped his hands, although he immediately held back, but the smile on his face couldn't help it, he smiled like a flower, if Yu Fei could howl twice at this time, it would be more perfect.
But what made Dong Ziyun feel a little disappointed was that Yu Fei didn't have a frustrated expression on his face at all.
On the contrary, Wen Xuan seemed to be kind and said to Fei: "Yu Fei, what I am most afraid of in this industry is that I don't seem to understand it, I have some theoretical knowledge, but I lack practice, and everything looks like it's true." But they still have the mentality of picking up leaks, and they often have to pay for tuition. Although Wen Xuan's words are reasonable, they seem to be very arrogant, he is about the same age as Yu Fei, and in front of Dong Dechang, it is really not his turn to say this, and he uses a didactic tone.
In fact, Wenxuan is still very stable most of the time, otherwise Dong Dechang would not like him. But I don't know what Lu Dao is for, as soon as he saw Yu Fei, Wen Xuan's mental balance was broken, maybe he was jealous that Yu Fei picked up a big leak of 10 million yuan, maybe he couldn't see Dong Dechang's attitude towards Yu Fei, and he had a little heart to compete for favor.
Although Wen Xuan's words seemed a little harsh, Yu Fei still nodded and thanked him.
Dong Dechang didn't like Wen Xuan's attitude very much, but it was inconvenient to scold in front of people, so he said lightly: "Wen Xuan, there is nothing for you to do here, you can go out." ”
Just one sentence made Wen Xuan's face flushed, Dong Dechang usually pays attention to mentioning this student, especially when appraising antiques, he usually asks him to appreciate it together, and explains to him in detail how to distinguish the authenticity and how to determine the generation. But today he was directly driven out of Lu under the pretext of "there is nothing to do with you here", what does it mean to "have nothing to do with you here?" "Didn't you see Niuniu, a little girl of seven or eight years old, still staying next to her? What's going on with her here? Isn't he even as good as a little girl?
In order not to embarrass Wen Xuan too much, Yu Fei asked, "How can Uncle Dong tell at a glance that this painting is not real?" ”
"If you want to tell the authenticity at a glance, the old man doesn't have that ability, but the authenticity of this painting is hidden in the Osaka City Museum of Art in Japan." Dong Dechang sighed and said. Most of China's antique treasures are hidden in foreign museums, which cannot but be embarrassing. The Eight-Nation Coalition alone snatched at least one million priceless national treasures from the Old Summer Palace, and during World War II, Japan looted a large number of national treasures from China.
Dong Dechang carefully looked at the painting in his hand and said: "When I used to work in the Ningdu Museum, I went to Japan for exchanges, and I was fortunate to see Wang Wei's authentic works. However, although this painting is not genuine, it is not inferior in terms of brushwork, and it can even be fake! It's definitely a high imitation, and it may be from the hands of a master. "You must know that many ancient Chinese famous paintings have many imitations, such as Zhang Daqian is famous for his famous paintings, and some works are not even inferior to the original in terms of artistic value.
Suddenly, Dong Dechang was shocked and said, "Bring me my magnifying glass." ”
Because Wen Xuan was driven out of the city by him, Dong Ziyun got up and took the magnifying glass used by Dong Dechang for identification.
Dong Dechang took the magnifying glass and looked at the painting in front of him almost inch by inch, and admired while looking at it: "Amazing, really amazing!" ”
"Dad, what's the big deal?" Dong Ziyun is an acute child, and he has already been impatient.
"This painting is not only very similar to the real thing, but even the inscription of Song Gaozong, including the seal, is the same." There are many seals on the diagram of Fu Sheng's teaching, such as the seal of "Xuanhe Zhongmi" and the seals of Huang Bolin, Liang Qingbiao, Sun Huigu and others, which are all the same as the real thing, which shows that the people who imitated it definitely put some thought into it.
After a long time, Dong Dechang put down the magnifying glass and closed his eyes tightly, as if he had encountered something difficult to decide.
"Dad-" As soon as Dong Ziyun spoke, he was interrupted by Dong Dechang waving his hand. Dong Ziyun was still a little stunned by his father, although he was very curious, he could only keep his mouth shut.
After a while, Dong Dechang opened his eyes and said carefully: "I now suspect that the "Fusheng Sutra Teaching Map" in the Osaka City Museum is an imitation, and this one is the real thing!" ”
"Huh?!" Dong Ziyun was surprised, although she has not entered the industry, she still knows some rules. Most of the works that can be exhibited in the museum have been identified and certified by experts. In particular, Dong Dechang personally went to Japan to see this picture of Fu Sheng's teaching, and it was undoubtedly authentic, and after he came back, Dong Dechang was also depressed and drunk.
Now my father suspects that the work was copied by future generations, isn't this a disguised admission that he has lost his eyes before?
Dong Dechang said slowly: "It is not accurate to say that this painting is the same as the one in the Osaka City Museum, because there are two great differences here. ”