Chapter 1126

When the party came into the reception room, Ren Yifan asked everyone to take their seats one by one and asked the clerk to serve tea.

When boss Lu came in just now, he introduced his friend. This man is also a boss, and his surname is Kai. This surname is rare. It is said that he is a descendant of Uncle Kang, son of Jichang, King Wen of Zhou.

Then, Ren Yifan also introduced Chu Chen.

Hearing that the young man in front of him was Chu Chen, boss Lu suddenly and excitedly said, "it turned out that he was the famous Chu librarian. How can I be so familiar with him?"

With that, he quickly and warmly shook hands with Chu Chen, who also politely responded.

After the greeting, the owner took out what he wanted to identify, a broken branch Peach Blossom painting signed as Yun Shouping.

In the picture, the two peach trunks extend from the right side of the picture from the outside to the inside, and the main and secondary branches are clear. The peach trunks give off many branches and leaves, and the flowers bloom like clouds, and the flowers cluster everywhere, or clump or single, or sparse or dense, or bloom or bud, and echo.

Yun Shouping is famous for his flower paintings. His paintings are simple and exquisite, with bright colors, simple and elegant, and are easy to wash, which brings a fresh wind to the painting world in the early Qing Dynasty and has a wide and profound influence on the painting world in the Qing Dynasty and beyond.

Just like this painting, the overall color charm is clear and cool, which contains a kind of desolation and sadness in the beauty, bright, clean and elegant, to some extent in line with Yun Shouping's pursuit of "ease" in painting.

However, this alone does not mean that this painting is Yun Shouping's real work, because there are many imitators like Yun Shouping, no matter he is alive or behind him. Even among the counterfeiters are the students he has worked hard to teach, such as fan Tingzhen, who is known as "the ink and brush are very similar to that of Nantian (Yun Shouping), and many of Yun's fake paintings come out of his hands".

It took a little time to appreciate the painting carefully. Ren Yifan thought it over in his heart before he opened his mouth to the owner and said, "this painting uses the technique of" boneless flower ". This kind of painting does not use ink to sketch the bone, but uses color directly. In Tang Dynasty, Yang Sheng used "boneless method" to paint landscapes, which is called "boneless landscape". Xu chongsi of the Northern Song Dynasty used "boneless method" to draw flowers. He was the founder of "boneless flower". Yun Shouping inherited and developed Xu chongsi's painting method of "flowers without bones" and created a new style of painting

"Generally speaking, Yun's painting of flowers has its own originality. His method of painting flowers is to use a white chalk with a little rouge, and then use rouge to render them, while others dye them from the root of the petals. This painting method is obviously different from others. Moreover, the effect of this painting method is obviously better than that of ordinary painters

"However, although this painting adopts the technique of" boneless flower ", I don't see much of Yun Shouping's originality. His brushwork is light and weak, and lacks the connotation and charm of Yun's painting..."

At this point, Ren Yifan saw his boss's face darkened and decided to make a quick decision, so he sped up his speech and said, "the highest goal Yun Shouping pursued in his painting life is the word" Yi ", which means to be free and free. Paintings in line with "Yi" have a high style and special charm. Although this painting has also grasped this point, on the one hand, the improper painting method has affected the overall feeling. On the other hand, the feeling is still a bit rigid, just catching some fur.... "

When he heard this, the boss interrupted him, pointed to the label of the painting and said, "you said that the painting is fake, but there are still signatures and seals written by the governor of Jiangsu Province. Is there any fake?"

Ren Yifan said with a smile, "this is exactly what I want to say. There were many treasures in the market the year before last. I don't believe you asked the curator of Chu if it was like this."

Chu Chen nodded that he did.

Ren Yifan then said: "another funny thing is that the autograph is really good. It's even better than the Title Recognition of the painting. Isn't it a joke?"

As you know, Yun Shouping is a painter worthy of the name of "poem, calligraphy and painting". His painting inscriptions and postscripts are very distinctive, and his calligraphy level is very high, which is beyond the reach of ordinary paintings. If Yun Shouping was not a painter, he would be famous for his calligraphy.

If this governor's handwriting was better than Yun Shouping's, he would have been famous for a long time. Now, no matter Ren Yifan or Chu Chen has ever heard of him in the field of calligraphy and painting?

Speaking of this, Ren Yifan saw that the boss was still dubious. He pointed to the sign of a painting and said, "look what it says," Mao Ding! "! How can a chronicle be written like this? "

"Yes At this time, boss Lu also responded: "the chronicle is Ding Mao."

"Well Maybe there was such a way of chronology in ancient times? " That is to say, in fact, the owner believed that there was something wrong with the painting. He just felt that he couldn't face up to it, so he insisted on it.

Chuchen felt funny. He was so big that he didn't Yeah! With a flash of inspiration, he thought of something that might have been useful for dating in history, which was maodingbu.

Maoding cloth is one of the most popular cloth in spring and autumn. To the right of the face, there is a text similar to the seal character "Maoding", so it is named. Because there is doubt in the interpretation, this kind of empty headed writing is interpreted as "maoliu", "Maoniu" and "Liubu"."Mao Liu, is it related to that poem?" Chu Chen couldn't help thinking.

"All right!" Boss Lu patted him on the shoulder: "antique, drilling is a common thing, occasionally once or twice there is no shame."

The boss said bitterly, "this is the first painting I bought. It's too bad luck!"

Boss Lu said with a smile: "you are just too superstitious. I used to come here like this. Isn't it good? However, I was surprised when you went shopping for the first time. Why didn't you ask an expert to help you check it out? "

"Well, I didn't know how to be obsessed at the beginning, so I listened to the seller's deception and bought things."

Speaking of this, the boss sighed again, with a look of chagrin on his face. After a while, he asked again, "is this painting worthless

Ren Yifan thought about it and said, "I can't say that. After all, although the author can't reach Yun Shouping's skill, and his handwriting is a little poor, his skill in painting is really good."

The boss also heard that Ren Yifan didn't think highly of this painting, so he said, "Ren Lao, I don't know if you accept this painting?"

Of course, Ren Yifan was not interested in accepting such works. However, just as he was about to refuse, Chu Chen, who was sitting next to him, suddenly said, "boss, can I have this painting?"

Chu Chen's words let everyone be one Leng, Ren Yifan surprised asked: "Chu curator, you this is?"

Chuchen said with a smile: "I mainly think the paper of this painting is good, and there is no traces of artificial antiquation on it, so I want to buy it back and study it."

"Paper?" After getting this reminder, Ren Yifan quickly looked at it again, and then said with some embarrassment, "I also made a preconceived mistake. The paper of Qing Dynasty, which is really practical for this painting, should have a history of more than 100 years."

"But what's the explanation of this" governor of the Soviet province " Boss Lu pointed to the autograph.

Ren Yifan explained: "it should be written deliberately by later generations in order to sell things. You can see the ink color."

"That is to say, this painting is really an antique?" The boss asked in surprise.

Boss Lu shook his head: "it's really an antique, but it's imitated by later generations, so it's of little value. Moreover, this place that adds to the snake's content further affects the value of the painting. Judging from my experience, it's estimated that it's worth hundreds or thousands of yuan."

The owner thought that this painting was his first collection after all. If it was worth tens of thousands of yuan, he would collect it. Unexpectedly, it was only worth such a little money, so he immediately gave up the idea of collecting it.

"Curator Chu, do you want this painting?" The boss asked again.

Chu Chen nodded and said, "yes, I'll give you a thousand. I don't know what you think?"

"Er..." At this time, the owner hesitated. Sometimes people are so strange. Knowing that there is something wrong with the painting, he always wanted to get rid of it. He even had the idea of losing the painting. But now Chu Chen is willing to buy the painting. He is worried that if the painting is a treasure, he will lose money?

However, he immediately reflected that everything in the painting was so obvious, and Ren Yifan had explained it in detail just now. Even he who had no experience knew that there was a problem. How could he have a chance to come back from the dead?

Although a thousand yuan is really nothing to the boss, he is superstitious and always feels that it's bad luck to leave the painting in his own hands. After thinking about it, he still agrees.

After completing the transaction, the two bosses sat down for a while and then left.

When they were sent to the door, Ren Yifan walked back quickly and asked with a smile, "director of Chu Museum, is there anything to say about this painting?"

Chuchen asked with a smile, "why do you think so?"

Ren Yifan said with a smile: "I don't believe that with your eyesight, you will like such works."

"I'm not sure." Chuchen said with a smile, "besides, if this painting is really a treasure, and the owner knows it, you are not afraid that he will come to you to settle accounts?"

Ren Yifan said: "what's the matter? This painting is just like this, that is, experts like you and Mr. Liu. Otherwise, I don't believe it can turn waste into treasure."! What's more, he wanted to sell things himself, and we didn't force him to make a decision. "

Chuchen smiles. Even so, if it turns out that it is really a treasure, it will definitely affect Ren Yifan's reputation. "To tell you the truth, I just think the paper of this painting is a little thick."

"How thick is the paper?" After listening to Chu Chen's words, Ren Yifan quickly picked up the paper of the painting with his hands. He immediately found that the paper of the painting was indeed thicker than that of ordinary paintings, and it was at least two layers thicker.

With this discovery, Ren Yifan asked pleasantly, "so, the real painting is hidden below?"

"It's true." Chu Chen nodded.

"The hidden painting is at least a fine one. Let's go to my house and uncover it..."Being pulled out by the excited Ren Yifan, Chu Chen smiles to himself. Although there is a painting hidden underneath, it is just a picture of Mao Ding Bu, which is not a masterpiece. Otherwise, how can he spend only 1000 yuan to buy things? He has to consider the influence on Ren Yifan after the event. He is not very able to do things at the expense of others and himself.