Chapter 665

Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy, from the perspective of calligraphy style, is characterized by vigorous and elegant writing style in the early stage and more vigorous and elegant writing style in the late stage. Because of the great changes in the early and late period, and the number of counterfeiters in the same era and later generations, it brings a lot of difficulties to the identification. In the history of identification, there are many cases of mistaking authentic works as forgeries, or mistaking forgeries as authentic ones.

Therefore, Professor Zheng's statement is really reasonable, but Chu Chen can be sure that the work in front of him is not Zhao Mengfu's early work. In addition to the results of his powers, the differences can be seen from the methods of writing between the lines.

Therefore, Chu Chen said: "Professor Zheng, the situation you said does exist, but one thing needs to be pointed out is that in your work, the character Zhao is written with a side forward, while Zhao Mengfu himself is mostly a center forward. In addition, the style of this work is frivolous, less changeable and less charming. From the point of view of style, it should be the characteristic of Zhan Fu, a man of Ming Dynasty. "

Zhan Fu is a master of calligraphy and painting of Zhao Mengfu and ink and bamboo of Wuzhen in the middle of Ming Dynasty. He is also called he. He is also called Tieguan Taoist. At the beginning of Hongzhi's reign, he was a scholar. He studied calligraphy from Wang Xizhi and Zhao Mengfu. His writing style was strong and powerful. He was well-known as Gongqing

Mr. Liu nodded and said, "Xiao Zheng, if you want to play well in our business, you must have a good attitude. You can do whatever you want, but you can't go to the top!"

Hearing this, Professor Zheng was silent for a while, and old district comforted him: "Xiao Zheng, although this work is not Zhao Mengfu's original work, Zhan Fu's words are still good. You bought it for 300000, and you can't lose much."

Professor Zheng sighed and said with a wry smile, "it seems that it's really hard to get away with buying antiques."

"That's what you think." Mr. Liu said, "if you ask me, you shouldn't have spent so much money on it before. You know, you bought it at a stall. Don't the stall owners know the value of Zhao Mengfu's works? If it's genuine, how can it give you a chance to bargain and sell it at such a low price? "

Professor Zheng was embarrassed and said: "I also felt that things were authentic at that time. I was afraid of missing them. I was a little anxious. I didn't care much about the price!"

District old shook his head: "you ah, you this temperament, if you don't change, next time will suffer!"

"Yes, yes! I'll pay attention next time! " Professor Zheng nodded again and again, but whether he listened or not was unknown.

At this time, Liu asked Chu Chen, "ah Chen, what did you bring with you?"

"Mine is also Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy. I'd like you to evaluate it." Chuchen said with a smile.

"Ah Hearing this, everyone was very surprised. At this time, Mr. Liu understood why chuchen and they were surprised just now.

"How much did it cost you?" Professor Zheng asked.

"Four hundred and fifty thousand. The seller sold it as a fake." Chu Chen returned.

"It's so expensive!" After listening to the price, Professor Zheng couldn't help muttering.

District old ha ha a smile way: "the level of imitation is also high and low, in addition, the author's fame is different, its price of course also has a high and a low, as for the small Chu things, better or worse than your, let's take a look at it first."

Professor Zheng said he knew it. When he put away his scroll, Chu Chen took it out of the box.

Seeing the appearance of the scroll, Mr. Qu hurried forward to have a look and said, "the mounting technique of Huaiyang in the early Qing Dynasty?"

"Yes Chu Chen returned.

"Mr. Qu, is there any explanation for this mounting?" Professor Zheng asked.

"It's nothing if it's ordinary, but it's a master craft!" Said the old man.

"Is this a master?" Professor Zheng thinks it's incredible that the fake is mounted in such a high-end way.

"Yes, it also means that most of the works in it are made by famous artists. Although I don't know what kind of work it is, generally speaking, 450000 yuan is definitely not worth much. Of course, there are also those who are rich and have spent a lot of money on mounting by masters, but this kind of situation is relatively rare..."

At this point, the District old pause, frowning and muttering: "just a little strange, how I seem to have seen this thing somewhere..."

At this time, Chu Chen had already unfolded the scroll. Old Qu couldn't wait to have a closer look, and immediately exclaimed: "I said how familiar it is, it's actually it!"

It's very strange to see Mr. Qu's reaction.

Mr. Qu sighed first, and then explained: "I had identified this piece of Luo Shen Fu at the beginning, but the original owner was really strange. We just said that the postscript was wrong, and his reaction was very excited. After scolding us, he took the thing and left. We didn't have a chance to express any opinions."

Hearing this, Chu Chen understood that he had met the victim and asked, "Mr. Qu, is that man surnamed ma?"

Mr. Qu was still very impressed with Ma laocai. He nodded and said, "yes, that's the surname. Did you ask him to buy it? However, it's been several years. Hasn't this man asked other people for their opinions? If you want me to tell you, there's a good chance that this work is authentic. ""He has asked others, but..." Chuchen said the whole story simply with a smile.

They all shook their heads and laughed at the news.

Mr. Qu sighed: "the ancients said that treasures should be inhabited by virtuous people. Although it's very mysterious, sometimes it's true. Although I was angry at the beginning, later I thought that my baby was buried because of our words, which was really sinful. But at that time, I didn't have the contact information of that person, so I had to give up. I didn't expect that today's Luo Shen Fu made me meet again, so I was relieved. "

"Mr. Qu, according to your opinion, is this Luo Shen Fu an authentic work?" Professor Zheng asked in shock.

Old Qu shook his head: "I'm not sure, but I can't see anything wrong except that Zhu Zhishan's postscript is a fake. As for what's going on, you can take a closer look at it!"

"Let me see..."

Because the scroll is quite long, even if three people watch it at the same time, it's not crowded at all. After Liu finished reading it, he couldn't help but praise it: "the pen is round and elegant, the structure is rigorous and elegant. It's worthy of Zhao Mengfu. It's really a good word! However, this postscript is like a fly in a good dish. It's really disgusting

District old also frowned and said: "yes, I don't know why the guy surnamed Wu left this paragraph on it. If he wanted to leave it himself, it's nothing. Why should he leave the name of Zhu Zhishan? It's really annoying!"

"Mr. Qu, who are you talking about?" Professor Zheng asked.

"Ah Chen, do you know who it is?" Old Liu asked.

Chuchen said with a smile, "who else can I have but Zhu Zhishan's grandson Wu Yingmao?"

"It's him Both Wu Shuyi and Zhao Xueyi suddenly realized.

Professor Zheng suddenly said: "in the past, it was said that Wu Yingmao imitated Zhu Zhishan very much. I didn't expect that when I saw him today, he really deserved his reputation."

"What's his reputation? He didn't have a good heart! A man who makes money by imitating his grandfather's calligraphy and painting is not much better in character! "

"I think the reason why Wu Yingmao left the word" Zhu Zhishan "on this painting is that he wanted to use the name" Zhu Zhishan "to enhance the value of this painting. You know, there is a big price difference between a work without a collection seal and a work with a postscript of Zhu Zhishan and a collection seal. "

"Mr. Qu, do you mean that the owners of the other two seals came later than Wu Yingmao?"

Old Liu said with a smile, "Xiao Zheng, you are still a professor of history. Don't you even know when Xiang yuanbian and Gu Wei lived?"

Professor Zheng said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Liu, you know that I mainly study the history of Tang and Song dynasties. I really don't know much about literati in Ming Dynasty. Although I know some about yuanbian, I only know that he is a painter in Ming Dynasty. As for his life, I'm not very clear."

"The old man said:" then you should learn something about it. Although you don't need to be familiar with it, you still need to know something about it. Otherwise, you may lose money in buying antiques in the future

"OK, I remember that..."

"Ah Chen, you should know these two people?" Old Liu asked.

"I still know that..."

Xiang yuanbian was a collector and painting connoisseur in Ming Dynasty. Zi Jing, the word, is called Mo Lin, No.1 man of Mo Lin mountain, also called Xiang Ya Ju Shi, the master of Tui Mi Zhai. Family is rich by good governance and production. Ink bamboo, plum blossom, orchid and grass are very interesting.

He is good at appreciating and collecting gold and stone relics, French calligraphy and famous paintings. His collection of "Tianlai Pavilion" is exquisite. Whenever he meets Song Dynasty carvings, he invites Wen Peng and Wen Jia brothers to appreciate them together. At that time, Xiang yuanbian in Jiaxing and Fan Qin in Yinxian were the first collectors in Yuezhong. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, after the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty went south, his collection was plundered by Wang Liushui, the chieftain of the Qing Dynasty

Gu Wei was also a collector and lived in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. He has a name of Kailin and a name of Hedu fisherman. After the death of Ming Dynasty, he refused to be an official of Qing Dynasty. It is specially for collecting books and reading. He attached great importance to the collection of Ming Dynasty's maps and books, claimed to be the adherents of the Ming Dynasty, and engaged in the collection of ancient books and books in the mood of nostalgia for his country. Therefore, there are many Ming Dynasty historical materials

After introducing the two characters with the seal of collection, Chu Chen said: "I think the reason why this piece of Luoshen Fu is so unknown is closely related to the experience of Xiang yuanbian and Gu Wei. I estimate that this painting should be included in Xiang yuanbian's numerous collections plundered by Wang Liushui. "

"Later, Gu Wei got the work, but because he hated the Qing Dynasty, he might be afraid that after it was publicized, it would be taken away by the rulers, so he kept it secret. This led to the obscurity of this work