Chapter 269: Unveiling
The hot coffee, like a magma eruption, poured out the whole cup!
Chongning's face suddenly turned pale and frightened!
The coffee is thick and colorful, and if it is sprinkled on an ancient painting, it will be finished!
With a bang, he fell directly to the ground, and he didn't care about the pain, so he quickly got up.
"I'll go!"
Chongning's heart instantly cooled in half, his whole head was numb, and he couldn't stop shaking.
I saw that in the upper right corner of this landscape autumn picture, a puddle of brown coffee was sprinkled, which was the size of a palm.
The coffee was steaming hot and there were quite a few bubbles.
The whole scene is simply miserable!
Chongning was completely blindfolded and stunned in place.
This is not the time to be in a daze!
He had to calm down, quickly found a paper towel, and cleaned the coffee from the surface first.
After a bit of hustle and bustle, the coffee was dry, but it left a brown stain.
If it's water, it's okay to deal with, but this coffee is too aggressive!
This stain adheres to the surface and is extremely difficult to remove!
Originally, this painting was nameless and moneyless, and with such a brown mark, the value of it plummeted!
Chongning's mood was terrible and extremely depressed.
The matter has come out, and it is useless to complain, so you can only find a way to remedy it.
Coffee stains, not dust and old spots, washing the painting with boiling water will not work.
There is only one way to get such a serious stain, and that is to uncover the painting!
The rice paper of ancient paintings is mostly several layers of rice paper. This kind of rice paper is absorbent and flat, tough and not easy to break.
In addition, the master of painting has been creating for many years, and his arm strength is amazing.
They can see through the back of the paper as they paint, and the ink seeps into the paper from the surface!
Therefore, there is an alternative method of fraud, revealing the painting!
A painting can be uncovered in two, and both paintings are exactly the same.
The paintings that are uncovered are also genuine ink treasures, strictly speaking, they are not fakes.
A powerful master of revealing paintings, you can reveal three or even four.
There are even rumors that there is a great god with nine paintings, which is incredible!
The unveiling is not simply unveiling, and the process is extremely complex.
The ink of ancient paintings does not fully penetrate the back of the paper, and there are also powerful lighter handwriting, and some of them fly white.
After uncovering, a lot of touch-ups are required.
The most restricted thing is the seal on it. The seal can only be stamped on the surface, and the bottom is full of ink.
These key skills are almost all secrets.
In fact, in the beginning, the unveilers did not do it to fake, but to restore.
The calligraphy and painting are old, aging and damp, and if they are damaged, they need to be re-uncovered and framed, and the loopholes need to be filled and so on.
It's just that some unscrupulous restoration masters, in order to make huge profits, gradually deviate from the art of unmasking.
Of course, Chongning doesn't have the ability to reveal one in two.
Besides, such a valuable ancient painting may be completely destroyed if he is not careful, and he doesn't dare to reveal it all!
Chongning was thinking about removing this small piece of brown markings.
This piece is just blank, without any pen and ink, which is a blessing.
Coffee stains, attached to the surface, as long as you peel off the thin layer, everything is good!
The simple unmasking step is not very troublesome, and only requires enough patience and meticulousness.
Chongning is also from a professional class, and he still has the professional knowledge to uncover the frame.
In the past, he had also tried to restore ancient paintings.
At the beginning, Yuan Mei's manuscript was successfully repaired by himself on paper.
Early the next morning, Chongning went to the market to buy related tools.
In fact, I don't need anything too professional, just some brushes, tweezers, scrapers and rice paper.
These things can be bought in the ordinary market.
Near noon, he had a brief conversation with Duan Jingzhi and others, and then locked the door and concentrated on preparing to unveil the painting.
The table in the room was moved to the center, and all the ancient paintings were emptied and placed on top of it.
Chongning washed his hands, took a deep breath, and then dipped a small brush in water, gently brushing back and forth on the stains on the picture.
He moved extremely carefully, holding his breath for fear of the slightest surprise.
Soon, the surface of the ancient painting was wet with water.
This humidity needs to be in place, too wet will soak into the painting core, if it is too dry, the rice paper is not good for layering.
When the humidity was just right, Chongning took a small tweezer, gently picked up the rice paper, and then used a small toothpick to move it up. Z.br>
The whole action is extremely cautious, as if picking fish bones.
Soon, he saw a very thin strand of fiber, and his hand was quick to pull it away!
This fiber directly pulled up a small piece of rice paper interlayer.
Chongning didn't dare to slack off, put the tweezers aside, and gently rubbed them with his fingers.
Tools such as tweezers are too sharp. Meticulous work, only by hand, can minimize unnecessary damage.
Chongning is like a master of watch repair, cautious and extremely cautious.
It took a quarter of an hour to barely remove two small pieces.
Combined, the two pieces are less than the thickness of the little finger.
Every time he took off a bit, Chongning lay back, panting constantly, and then wiped the beads of sweat from his palms.
This job requires a high degree of mental concentration, and if you are a little poor, you may fall short.
For every quarter of an hour of work, he had to rest for half an hour.
After most of the day's work, the effect is still very significant.
The brown stain has been more than half gone.
And there is no difference between the newly uncovered paper and the original paper.
Chongning looked at the results and was very pleased.
"Come on!" He took a sip of water, and then prepared to do it all in one go!
Suddenly, Chongning's eyes froze, and he seemed to see something on the screen!
"How is that possible? What is this?"
He rubbed his eyes, thinking that he was overworked and hallucinating.
I saw that in the corner that had just been uncovered, a faint ink blot appeared below.
Chongning looked at it carefully, and his heart suddenly shook, "This, this can't be!"
Under the surface, that is, on the rice paper in the middle, there is even handwriting!
Could it be, picture-in-picture!
Legend has it that some ancient paintings have rare picture-in-picture.
The surface is a painting, and when it is revealed, there is another painting below.
The two paintings are framed together, and the painting on the surface is visible to the world, and the painting inside is hidden inside.
Chongning's heart was extremely shocked.
Unexpectedly, there is a mystery hidden in this painting.
He tried his best to keep his emotions under control, paused for a moment, and then continued to uncover the rice paper.
Time passed bit by bit, and about another hour or so passed.
The handwriting underneath is gradually revealed.
After seeing it clearly, Chongning suddenly realized, laughed, and said, "I see, that's the case."
This painting is not a picture-in-picture, but only a piece of ink.
The palm-sized place was all revealed, and there were a few ink words written on it!