Chapter 475

Fortunately, to Cao Hui's relief, if this is really Wu Yingmao's work, it is still of some value. Moreover, many experts have made eyes on Wu Yingmao's forged works. It is not a disgrace to have one more.

It's just that unless a big wrongdoer takes over, the value of this work will be greatly reduced. Two million yuan is likely to shrink to hundreds of thousands or even tens of thousands, which makes Cao Hui feel distressed when he thinks about it, and he can't help cursing Wu Yingmao.

From Chu Chen's point of view, Wu Yingmao's conduct is indeed questionable. At that time, with his convenience as Zhu Yunming's grandson, he forged a large number of "Zhu's handwriting", including volumes, scrolls, volumes, fans and even inscriptions, postscripts and letters.

These forgeries deceive many connoisseurs, and make them mixed into many collections of Bogu museum or private collection. Even as for the description, there are a considerable number of various kinds of plates, some of which are also known as Zhu Yunming's "representative works", "excellent works", "treasures", "exquisite works" and "classics".

These fake works of Wu Yingmao also brought considerable difficulties to the research of Zhu Yunming. In fact, what Wu Yingmao did to a certain extent also discredited Zhu Yunming. Moreover, he was Zhu Yunming's nephew. From Chu Chen's point of view, this man was an unfilial son.

Cao Hui put the work away with a gloomy look, and then said to Chu Chen, "Chu Shao, please take a look at this picture of Lu Ming's golden pheasant of plum blossom."

Lu Ji, also known as Tingzhen, was a famous court painter in the middle of Ming Dynasty. He was good at painting flowers and birds, and was well-known with Lin Liang in the art history of our country. There is a poem in the collection of Shuangxi: "in the Xianzong Dynasty, LV Jixi commanded the emperor to go straight into the Mingguang hall, and the gold and silver were given from the gold plate, and the pen was written down to look at tianyansheng.".

Lu Ji's painting style can be divided into two categories. One is mainly ink painting, with light colors and bold strokes. On the other hand, it is rich in color and exquisite in brushwork, which has rich taste of palace decoration.

However, it is generally believed that the direct reason for the change of Lu Ji's painting style, especially the change from light color painting in ink and wash to heavy color painting in fine brushwork, seems to be to adapt to the different tastes of different emperors. Specifically speaking, the appreciation taste of emperor Hongzhi is different from that of his father, Emperor Chenghua. The former admires Lin Liang's freehand flower and bird painting, while the latter likes fine brushwork and heavy color flower and bird painting. This resulted in the difference of Lu Ji's painting style.

The painting of plum blossom and golden pheasant just reflects Lu Ji's works in the changing period of painting style, which is really valuable.

This colored silk painting is mainly based on ink painting. Among them, the golden pheasant is the theme of LV Jichang's painting. At the beginning of Ruixue, there are two golden pheasants standing on the rock under a plum tree. The bright red color is around the eyes and feet of the golden pheasant. In addition, there are several plum blossoms on the plum tree.

This work can be described as a good interpretation of Lu Ji's style. The two golden pheasants show Lu Ji's meticulous painting style, and the trees and stones are the painting style of the Southern Song Dynasty, which is full of ink and momentum. The combination of the two forms the unique style of Lu Ji.

Looking at the whole work, Chu Chen thinks that it should be a masterpiece of Lu Ji when his painting art was mature and middle-aged. As one of the few works left by Lu Ji, it is also a work at the turning point of painting style. It is also a rare thing.

"Chu Shao, what do you think of this work?"

Cao Hui asked nervously. He was very worried that it was a fake. If it's a fake, it's also a big loss of image to lose money.

Solemnly, he took out two things that he thought were treasures. In the end, he found that they were all fakes. From the perspective of ordinary people, his vision must be questioned.

Chuchen said with a smile, "I like this painting very much. If Mr. Cao is willing to give up, let's talk about the price. However, before the price negotiation, I would like to say one thing. If I remember correctly, there was an auction of LV Ji's red plum dove last year. I personally think this painting is no worse than that one. "

Cao Hui was relieved to hear Chu Chen say so, and immediately said with a smile: "Chu Shao, that work is recorded after all, and the price must be higher. How about this? The two works you like add up to two million. What do you think? "

Generally speaking, collection pays attention to inheritance. Therefore, works with clear description and correct confirmation will be sought after by collectors. There is a great difference in the weight and price between the works with description and those without description.

Of course, the description also depends on what books are recorded. At least, the description written by some famous collectors is of reference value, and the most influential one is Shiqu Baoji.

Shiqu Baoji is a large-scale bibliography compiled by the court during the reign of Qianlong and Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty. It describes the collection of calligraphy and painting of the past dynasties collected by the inner government of the Qing Dynasty, which can be divided into nine categories: painting and calligraphy volume, scroll and volume. The persons in charge of the compilation were all masters of calligraphy and painting or authoritative experts of calligraphy and painting research at that time.

It is precisely because of the authority of Shiqu Baoji that now every collector wants to buy the description works of Shiqu Baoji. It can be said that the supply exceeds the demand, and the description works are sold at an unexpected high price.However, there are more and less things in the description, and some of the artifacts in the description are not accurate. For example, in Shiqu Baoji, whether it is calligraphy and painting or ancient bronze ware, they are not all authentic works, let alone exquisite works. There are a lot of fake artifacts that can not be determined.

Therefore, the description of the utensils can only be used as a reference, if you really follow the above to buy, even if you buy the description of the utensils, it may not be able to guarantee that it must be genuine.

Chu Chen thought to himself that the price was not much different from the market price. He thought that it was not good to buy it according to the market value. If he did, it would be too inhuman. After all, as a peer, he would probably deal with it often in the future, so he nodded and agreed.

"Yes, I'll have it wrapped for you now."

Cao Hui said excitedly, but just as he was about to call someone to come in, the waiter came in again to see if he had something to report.

"What's the matter?" Cao Hui asked.

"Mr. Song is here again, Mr. Cao. Can you see him?"

"Selling his paintings again?"

"Yes! Listen to him, it seems that they are the same. Now he is willing to sell them to you at a lower price! "

Cao Hui waved his hand and said, "let him go, just tell him, if it's still like that, don't come to me!"

"Yes! I know! " The waiter nodded and was ready to go out.

"Wait!" Cao Hui stopped her and said, "help Chu Shao to wrap these two works. Remember to wrap them better!"

"OK!..."

After waiting for the waiter to leave, Chu Chen asked curiously, "Mr. Cao, what's the matter with Mr. Song?"

Cao Hui shook his head and said, "what else can I do? I've taken off playing antiques and ruined my family business!"

It turns out that Mr. Song's name is song Lei. He used to be the boss of a company in Beijing. Although the company is not big, he makes a lot of money. However, because the company makes money, song Lei has played everything, and Xiaomi has wrapped up several of them, so he gradually feels meaningless. Later, through the introduction of his friends, he gradually likes collecting calligraphy and paintings.

Song Lei doesn't really buy things when he likes them. It doesn't matter whether they are modern or Ming and Qing Dynasties. It doesn't matter whether they pay or not. Anyway, companies make money. In the current words, "I'm not bad at money.".

But there's one thing that's wonderful. Song Lei doesn't know how to write or paint. He just likes it. Unbelievable, it has been a matter of fact that he has never studied calligraphy and painting collection. He never studied it. It is not yet known. The key is that he buys things without asking a master to help him identify something, which is worth the price has the final say.

Besides, song Lei is very diligent in shopping. When he hears that a famous person has held a painting exhibition today and a calligraphy exhibition in any province tomorrow, he will go there in a rush. And every time he goes to buy something or not, he feels at ease.

In addition, song Lei is a local tyrant. He often treats his friends to dinner and drink. His friends know his hobbies and will send him some painting and calligraphy works, but it won't be good. Anyway, it's not enough for him to treat. Therefore, those things are no different from what he bought.

In addition to calligraphy and painting exhibitions, generally speaking, as long as song Lei hears that there will be an auction, besides foreign ones, most of them are from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Of course, the antique shop must be his place to visit every day, and Cao Hui will be there five days a week, so that the staff here are very familiar with him.

Besides calligraphy and painting, song Lei also plays porcelain. However, he played porcelain mainly to make money, in order to buy calligraphy and painting. What's more, unlike the treatment of calligraphy and painting, he studied the identification of porcelain. After all, the porcelain was used to make money, and he couldn't sell it even if he bought a fake one.

If you can start a profitable company, you can't be a fool. Since he didn't study porcelain for a long time, he has been almost half an expert, which shows that he is average. However, when it comes to painting and calligraphy, his IQ immediately drops to zero, which makes Chu Chen feel funny when he thinks about it.

Not to mention, song Lei has a good way of doing business. Cao Hui once heard him mention it triumphantly. He said that once, he spent 1000 yuan to buy an export porcelain of late Qing Dynasty, which was worth only 2000 or 3000 yuan. As soon as he changed hands, he transferred such an export porcelain to a friend of his for 500000 yuan.

Hear here, Chu Chen inconceivable inserted a: "brag?"

Cao Hui spread out his hand and said, "I'm not sure whether it's true or not, but song Lei is really able to cheat. It's possible to sell 500 thousand yuan. Moreover, as long as he drinks a few drinks, his words are highly reliable. It's still highly reliable."