The waiter led everyone into a private room, poured everyone a cup of tea, and then said goodbye and walked out.

Knowing that Chu Chen was short of time, Peng Fangyue signaled to everyone and took the painting out of the calligraphy and painting brocade box.

This painting is also a "Picture of Erxiang", but the artistic conception of the table is different, the leaves on the paper are scattered in the wind, near or far, gathered or scattered, slowly flying and landing, the two ladies are slim and elegant, walking slightly, their expressions are resolute and slightly sad, which highlights the sadness of autumn and the theme of the work.

To say, if you look closely, this painting is indeed a rare good painting, but judging from the several places that Professor Gao pointed out earlier, this painting is undoubtedly a fake, even if the time of painting this painting is placed before Fu Baoshi fully established his own painting style, this result will not change.

Because even if Fu Baoshi had not yet formed his own style of painting at that time, he would always have his due characteristics in terms of brushwork, but there were mistakes in this aspect in this painting, do you say that this is what may happen to the real work?

In addition, there is one major flaw in this painting......

Waiting for Chu Chen to put down the magnifying glass in his hand, Peng Fangyue hurriedly asked the result nervously, it was actually normal for him to be nervous, because it was not cheap for him to buy this painting.

As the "leading stock" in China's calligraphy and painting market, Fu Baoshi's works began to enter the circulation field as early as the 40s of the last century. In 1984, a set of Fu Baoshi's "Poetry of the Tang Dynasty" album was auctioned in Hong Kong, and the price reached 1.6 million Hong Kong coins, setting a record for the auction of modern Chinese paintings at that time.

In 1996, his masterpiece of figure painting "Beauty Walk". It was auctioned for 10.78 million RMB, setting a record for the auction of modern and contemporary calligraphy and painting works in China.

And so on. Everyone should understand the value of Fu Baoshi's works. Most of the works that have been repeatedly auctioned at major auctions belong to the King Kong Po period, but if the painting in front of you excludes those few mistakes. It is not much worse than the masterpieces of the Vajra Po period. So, of course, the price is not much cheaper.

However, it was obvious that Peng Fangyue was disappointed, and Chu Chen said regretfully: "Old Peng, I am not very optimistic about this painting. ”

Peng Fangyue was stunned for a moment, then took a deep breath and asked, "Teacher Chu, I want to trouble you to explain the reason." ”

"This is the ...... as it should be"

Chu Chen first pointed out a few mistakes in the painting, and then said, "In addition. There is one of the biggest flaws in this painting. ”

"What's the flaw?" Jiang Jiachang hurriedly asked.

Chu Chen explained: "Most of the characters painted by Fu Baoshi are ancient masters, legendary ladies and other figures of the ancient era, and these figures did not leave images and statues for future generations to refer to at that time, so they can only form some general vague impressions based on his rough descriptions of written historical materials. ”

Fu Baoshi has devoted his life to the theoretical study of art, and he can go deep into traditional culture, so he has a deep cultural accumulation in painting figures. And this also allowed him to form many unique characteristics in figure painting. ”

"One of the most obvious features is 'multiple people', whether it is "Xiang Jun Tu", "Xiang Jun Wading River Tu", "Xiang Lady", "Erxiang Tu", "Mountain Ghost" in the face of the ladies painted are very plump, eyebrows and crowns are painted graceful and luxurious, and the temperament is extraordinary. The styling is very close. ”

Speaking of this, Chu Chen pointed to the face of the "Erxiang" painted in front of him and said: "But although the author portrayed the expressions of these two ladies very well, it is obvious that he has forgotten this feature of Fu Baoshi's paintings. There is a discrepancy between the face and the original handiwork, which can be seen as long as it is compared with Professor Gao's "Erxiang Picture". ”

Listened to Chu Chen's words. Professor Gao hurriedly took out his painting, and everyone found it by comparison. Sure enough, as Chu Chen said, the appearance of the ladies on Peng Fangyue's painting is a little different.

to this result. Peng Fangyue felt very disappointed, and after a while, he asked a little reluctantly, "Teacher Chu, is there any exception to this?" ”

Chu Chen shook his head: "If you want to say that there are no exceptions 100%, then I can't guarantee it, but I have admired several works of Fu Baoshi's ladies, and I have not found this phenomenon, and you can also find other related works to compare." ”

Peng Fangyue heard this, scratched his forehead, looked very anxious, and muttered: "How is this possible, I auctioned it at auction, and I have an appraisal certificate from an authoritative expert, how can there be a problem?" ”

When Chu Chen heard Peng Fangyue's words, he couldn't help but shake his head in his heart, there were no fakes in the auction? This is clearly unrealistic.

In particular, Fu Baoshi's works, due to their huge market value and market potential, have undoubtedly become the target of many counterfeiters. For example, from December 10, 1999 to January 2, 2000, the exhibition entitled "King Kong Shen Yun Fu Bouldering King Kong Slope Period Special Exhibition" was exhibited at the Shanghai Museum, and the question of the authenticity of the works caused a huge sensation at that time.

And because of Fu Baoshi's popularity, many auctions now have Fu Baoshi's works, as if it is no Fu Baoshi auction. There is hardly a large-scale and high-grade auction that does not have Fu Baoshi's paintings. But because of this, it is destined that quite a lot of "Fu bouldering" among them are fake.

Just think about it, a person's lifelong creation is limited after all, Fu Baoshi's paintings, except for the collection of major museums, Fu Baoshi's family and Fu Baoshi's former friends and a few collectors, the rest of the scattered in the market should be very limited. How is it possible to see something new in the auction market?

Even if it is genuine, it must be quite precious if it is in the pocket of a collector, so how can it flow to the market lightly?

Now Fu Baoshi's forgeries, in addition to some of the high imitations, there are also counterfeiters who piece together various aspects of Fu Baoshi's paintings, and some counterfeiters even remodeled some paintings that resemble Fu Baoshi's style and sent them to the auction house.

Chu Chen had heard before that at a large-scale auction in the capital, a work marked as "Fu Baoshi" was estimated at millions of yuan, and its real author was the director of the Fu Baoshi Memorial Hall at the time, and this painting was a Fu Baoshi painting that he copied more than ten years ago, which was only sold for 1,000 yuan a foot back then.

In fact, this situation is not only known to Chu Chen, but also to Zhao Qirui and Jiang Jiachang.

Unlike Chu Chen and Peng Fangyue, who had just dealt with each other, Jiang Jiachang was more familiar with them, so he briefly told them the inside story: "...... It can be seen that the proliferation of Fu bouldering forgeries in the market, and with the development of modern technology, counterfeiting has stronger concealment and deception, so all paintings with a certain authoritative appraisal must be cautious and have a few more question marks. ”

"Yes...... Ay! Peng Fangyue swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, and then politely asked: "Teacher Chu, can you delay a little longer and help me identify this work, which was taken together with this "Erxiang Picture". ”

Since the appraisal just now didn't take a long time, and there was still some time, Chu Chen nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Seeing that Chu Chen agreed, Peng Fangyue hurriedly took the painting out of the brocade box, opened it and saw that it was actually a "Pine Eagle Picture" painted by Qi Baishi

"Pine Eagle" is the subject of Qi Baishi's paintings, and he created many pictures of pine eagles, the most famous of which is the "Pine Eagle" presented to Xu Beihong in 1928.

From the perspective of composition and modeling, this "Pine Eagle" is very similar to the one he gave to Xu Beihong. The eagle stood high on the trunk of the tree, and the image of the breeze and proud bones suddenly appeared; Add a few strands of pine needles next to it, which adds interest.

The trunk is depicted roughly, sprinkled, in contrast to the delicate pine needles; The ink color is dry and wet and can be used freely, rich in changes. The beak is sharp and curved, the toe claws with sharp hooks are vigorous and powerful, the body and wings are written in the boneless method, and the pine needles drawn with sharp and delicate pine needles reveal a kind of domineering spirit in loneliness.

This painting also looks like a masterpiece, but as soon as Chu Chen saw the date of payment, he secretly shook his head, this painting is extremely likely to be fake!

Due to the relationship of time, Chu Chen quickly observed the details of this painting, and then said: "Old Peng, I'm really sorry, I am also not optimistic about this painting. ”

"Why!" Peng Fangyue couldn't believe his ears.

Although Jiang Jiachang was also surprised by this result, he saw that Peng Fangyue's love was a little unstable, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Old Peng, it's normal for us to be eye-catching in this business, besides, your two paintings were auctioned at auction, if there is a problem, we can negotiate." ”

Peng Fangyue was well-informed in the end, and after listening to what Jiang Jiachang said, after a while, the feelings calmed down.

Seeing this, Chu Chen began to explain: "Old Peng, I don't know if you know about Qi Baishi's life?" You must know that Qi Baishi is not 77 years old in the year, because the fortune teller told him that he was 77 years old and had a pass, and this year would be very sad, Qi Baishi himself hid from the world, he stuffed himself in the house for three days without seeing anyone, and the meal was also sent in through the window, and he announced that he was 78 after he came out. ”

"So, he shouldn't have works like '76 or '77. Will there be special exceptions, I dare not say absolutely, maybe there will be, but this possibility is the same as your "Erxiang Picture", very small, at least I have seen Qi Baishi's works in the past, I have not seen the 76 or 77 model works. ”

"Qi Baishi actually doesn't have a 77-year-old work?!" Peng Fangyue's eyes widened, looking very incredulous, he really didn't know about this, let alone him, except for Jiang Jiachang, who secretly blamed himself for being careless, everyone else didn't know about this matter.

And Peng Fangyue's painting was made by Qi Baishi when he was 77 years old, and from this point of view, the probability of being a fake is self-evident. (To be continued......)