Chapter 688

Meng Yi first put the two boxes on the table, and Zhu Dafu asked, "Xiao Meng, what are these good things?"

Meng Yi replied with a smile: "Xu Beihong's painting of the extension of the life of the pine and crane, as well as a three legged plate of the extension of the life of the pine and crane in the period of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty

"What?! Xu Beihong's works

Together with Zhang Shuqi and Liu Zigu, Xu Beihong, who is known as the "three heroes of Jinling" in the painting world, is well-known in China.

There are only about 3000 pieces of Xu Beihong's works in the world. The reasons for the small number of them are as follows: first, he has a short life span; second, he has experienced many wars, and he does not have much time to paint at ease.

There are more than 1200 pieces of Xu Beihong's works in the Xu Beihong Memorial Hall. Except for some treasures, there are hundreds of authentic works that may be spread among the people.

Therefore, when we heard that it was Xu Beihong's work, we all felt a little surprised. Qiao Qingtai couldn't wait to let Meng Yi take out the painting first.

This painting is not big. It's only more than two square feet, but it's Xu Beihong's work after all. If it's big, it can't be worth only two or three hundred thousand.

"Pine and crane extending the year" is a traditional birthday theme, which is not much in Xu Beihong's works. The crane's shape in this work is also derived from traditional painting.

In the picture, the crane stands on a branch of a pine tree with one leg and looks back at the distance.

The crane outlines its shape with lines, and its feathers are painted in black and white with ink. Only the top of the crane is painted with cinnabar, the eyes are painted with light yellow, and the ink is thick and light. The lines are vigorous and powerful. The tall body, elegant posture and quiet mind all present the spirit of the crane.

The pine tree in the painting is made of light ink, which is rough and contrasted with the crane. In addition, the seal of the painting is "Donghai wangsun", which should be a work given to a friend in 1941.

Although this painting is a birthday theme, it is not full-bodied and enthusiastic. While explaining the basic structure, it is more elegant and elegant. Compared with many of Xu Beihong's big paintings, this painting is more leisurely and free. Immediately let Zhu Dafu and Qiao Qingtai can't help but praise loudly.

After a while, Zhu Dafu suddenly thought of a question and asked with a strange expression: "Xiao Meng, I think this work is very good, but you just said that this work is not sure whether it is genuine. What's the saying?"

"That's true!" Meng Yi nodded first and said, "the family member of the friend in this painting is my friend, but it's strange here. After I bought this painting, I went to my friend's house and asked, but he said that there was no such thing at all."

Things that had never been given to you come out. As long as you are not stupid, you will know that there is something wrong with this work. This makes Qiao Qingtai of Zhu Dafu a little incredible for a moment, because in their eyes, this painting is the same as the original, but it turns out to be a fake?

Zhu Dafu immediately asked: "Xiaomeng, will things be sent, but because of what happened during the period, or because I hide, so the family will not know."

"I've thought of that, too." Meng Yixian said: "but my friend said that this kind of possibility is not without, but it can be said that it is very small. It is impossible for his elders to conceal this kind of thing."

"Since there is still a glimmer of hope, you didn't ask others to help you identify it?" Qiao Qingtai asked.

Meng Yixian said: "no, although I collected this painting in the ghost market, the price was not high at that time. No, it was not easy to meet a painting by Xu Beihong. How could I give up. However, after I let my friends see it, some said it was true, some said it was not good. In the end, I was confused and couldn't figure out whether the painting was true or not. "

Hearing this, Zhu Dafu and Qiao Qingtai are in a bit of a dilemma. They say things are fake, but they can't see what's wrong. They say it's true. Even the master's family has already said that. Can't they make something out of nothing?

Just as Zhu Dafu was frowning, he suddenly remembered that Chu Chen had been silent since just now. Looking back, he found that Chu Chen was concentrating on the painting.

After a while, Chu Chen raised his head and found that everyone was staring at him. He couldn't help but wonder and asked, "Why are you looking at me like this?"

Zhu Dafu said with a smile, "what else can I do? Of course, I want to hear your opinions on this painting."

Chu Chen scratched his head and said, "well, I just think there's something strange. Look at the crane claws."

"Crane claws?"

At first, we didn't find any problems. But after a while, Qiao Qingtai was very surprised and said, "how do I think that the right claw of this crane has only three toes?"

After hearing what he said, Zhu Dafu and Meng Yixian also reacted. They looked at it carefully and found that it was true.

Because the style of this painting is more relaxed, the left foot on the picture seems to be handled more casually, but no matter how casually, the number of toes has to be shown. It is impossible to say that four toes become three.However, when the forgers draw, they may be wrong if they don't draw properly. However, the biggest feature of Xu Beihong's works is "accuracy", which makes this problem the biggest flaw of the whole painting.

As for the reason that no one has found this problem before, it is also because the counterfeiter may deliberately deal with something specious. It seems that he is right, and the other foot is right, so it is easy to ignore the mistake.

See this situation, three people already don't know what to say is good, Meng Yi first long sigh a way: "ah, false is false, again how also can't really!"

Zhu Dafu patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "there are many fake works of Xu Beihong, many of which can be confused with the real. Even some experts have made eye contact with them. What's more, the level of imitation of your work is very high, and it still has some collection value. "

In today's calligraphy and painting market, Xu Beihong's works are very popular among collectors. Therefore, counterfeiting and selling are common. At present, the number of Xu Beihong's fake works has exceeded the number of genuine ones, and the methods of counterfeiting, such as original cloning, head changing, transplanting, patchwork and so on, can be said to be multifarious.

As a matter of fact, after listening to his friend's answer, Meng Yixian also knew that it was very likely that his things were fake. Therefore, although he was a little depressed now, he was not too sad. Besides, after all these years of antique business, it was nothing to him.

After hearing what Zhu Dafu said, he nodded with a smile and said, "it's the same. Anyway, I only spent 200 yuan on this painting. It's definitely worth it at the level of this painting."

Zhu Dafu laughed and then asked Chu Chen, "Xiaochen, don't you say there are two problems? Where else is it? "

Chu Chen pointed to the Title Recognition and said: "Xu Beihong's calligraphy is usually easy to use, with natural strokes and smooth lines. His temperament is naturally revealed in it. However, I think the Title Recognition of this work is less free and easy. Compared with the painting, it has less flavor. If it is an authentic work, it should not be like this..."

Since they knew that this work was a fake, when they came back to observe it, the more they saw it, the more different it was. Although there were subjective factors in it, it was mainly because the forgers were not competent enough.

"Well, let's take a look at this tripod." After seeing it, Meng Yi first shook his head and put the painting away. Then he took out the three legged plate of copper, silk and enamel from another brocade box.

When he took out the things, Zhu Dafu didn't look at them first, but asked, "Xiaomeng, what's wrong with this tripod plate?"

"I received this plate yesterday afternoon. At that time, I thought it was good, and it cost me 2000 yuan. But when I came back and looked at it again, I always felt that there was something wrong with it, but I didn't know what the problem was. Originally, I was going to ask someone to give me a hand today, but I didn't expect you to come here, which just saved me At the end, Meng Yi laughed a few times.

Zhu Dafu said: "I said Xiaomeng, you are more and more daring to buy things. I remember that you don't know much about cloisonne, and you will spend 2000 to buy it because you feel good!"

"It's not because it's cheap!" Meng Yi said with a smile.

"Cheap?" Zhu Dafu said with a smile: "is it cheaper for us to buy things? Meng Yixian, Meng Yixian! Do you feel too good about yourself, or do you go back the more you live? This is a truth that even new people know. Do you, the shopkeeper who has been playing for more than ten or twenty years, forget? "

Not only Zhu Dafu, but also Chu Chen and Qiao Qingtai feel that since Meng Yixian has been in the antique business for so many years, he should not have such a mentality.

As I said earlier, you should not be greedy for cheap antiques. If you buy antiques with the mentality of picking up and leaking, there are countless examples of losing money in the field of antiques. Of course, it's also possible that Meng Yi thinks things are cheap, even if they are fake.

However, counterfeits in the antique market are always "produced". If you think it's cheap today, you can buy one tomorrow. Even if you can't buy it, you can't buy it all. What you get in the end is a lot of counterfeits and thanks from counterfeiters and sellers.

This kind of behavior, which sounds good, is called atmosphere, and what sounds bad, is that people are stupid and have a lot of money.

After listening to Zhu Dafu's words, Meng Yi can't help blushing with shame. He also understands the truth of Zhu Dafu's words. However, the favorable weather in recent years has greatly reduced his vigilance. Therefore, sometimes he just buys things based on his own feelings.

Fortunately, he was lucky and didn't suffer a big loss during this period. However, if he goes on like this, he will suffer a big loss sooner or later.