After listening to Wang Xiangfu's story, it was Lin Yi and Bai Lu's turn to be surprised.
I heard Mr. Bai talk about the "Excellent" craftsmanship of the shopkeeper of "Wen Gu Zhai", and he can make the fake look real.
Unexpectedly, this is a family tradition.
In that case, the things placed in this room.
When Lin Yi came in just now, his reaction was almost the same as Qian Sheng's reaction when he saw these things in the live broadcast room.
Breathtaking and astonishing!
Now after listening to Uncle Wang's story and turning around to look at these things, I feel even more outrageous.
Bai Lu asked directly:
"Is it possible that all the collections in your house are...?"
Wang Xiangfu waved his hand and pointed at the surrounding furnishings.
"That's not necessarily true. Many of them are my 'proud works', and some of them are original. To identify them, you may really need some skills."
Lin Yi heard what he said and looked over. Sure enough, he couldn't see any problem.
Once the "Intelligent Eyes and Golden Eyes" were opened, I finally saw some small flaws in the details that were difficult to detect.
In calligraphy and painting, in addition to the paper, ink color, personal style of different periods and the artistic connotation of the work, one of the biggest factors to distinguish authenticity is to look at the signature.
An important identification factor when signing is to look at the seal.
Seals have always played an important role in the long history of Chinese development.
From the national seal to the official seal, because of its difficult-to-replicate characteristics, it has always been an important symbol to prove identity and distinguish authenticity.
In the past, people often had a lot of seals in calligraphy and painting, not to mention the "psoriasis" seal enthusiasts like Hongli.
The name of the seal, the materials used, the strength of the knife, the depth of the carving strokes, including some knife marks and gaps formed intentionally or unintentionally, including the ink pad used, are all its unique anti-counterfeiting marks.
And even if it is the work of the same person, there will be a large difference between the early and late styles.
This is also the reason why it is so difficult to forge calligraphy and painting works.
It's not a big problem to make a few forgeries to deceive those rich and arty people who are just looking for fame and reputation.
If you want to fool professionals, or even experts, you really need some means.
If Lin Yi didn't have "intelligent eyes and golden pupils", he could only shout when he saw these things: Awesome!
"For example, in this landscape painting by Mr. Huang Binhong, he has the most profound skill in using ink. Especially in his later years, he has reached the state of enlightenment. In addition to being an old man with sufficient skills, he also uses very particular ink ingots.
This kind of ancient pine smoke ink is expensive and the craftsmanship is almost lost.
If you want to imitate his paintings, you must first go to Huizhou and find someone to restore the original pine smoke and ancient ink. "
As he spoke, he opened a mahogany box on the huanghuali note table, and inside lay several ink sticks exuding a metallic luster.
"This ingot weighs thirty-five grams, and its cost exceeds that of gold of the same weight. An ingot of pine smoke and an ingot of gold are both too little."
Lin Yi and Bai Lu were dumbfounded.
In addition to being members of the Kanyu sect, they are now considered people in the antique circle. They are also among those who have seen the most top-notch real things, and they also know a lot about the art here.
Now after listening to Uncle Wang's story, I feel that in the circle of antiques, those who imitate and forge antiques have their own way of survival.
"There is also the Eight Treasures Ink Clay, eight rare materials such as pearls, agate, musk, amber, coral, monkey dates, borneol and moxa velvet, mixed with castor oil, silver and vermilion.
Paper covered with eight treasures ink pad is not afraid of water or fire. "
With that said, Uncle Wang opened the printing box, which opened Lin Yi's eyes again.
A whole box is filled with Tianhuang and Soapstone, and the value of each piece is immeasurable.
He just randomly picked a piece, opened the ink pad box, dipped it twice, and covered it with a piece of white paper. After the ink pad dried, he dipped it in water and wiped it to prevent the color from fading.
Get a match and light the paper. The seal on it will still be clearly visible after it burns to ashes.
"Including the Fangtian Huang in my hand, the seal produced by it is slightly different from the seal produced by Qingtian Stone. If you don't understand the secrets, you won't be able to tell where the problem lies.
In other words, even if someone understands the secrets involved, he or she will not be able to tell the details of my forgery without the skills and eyesight. "
After speaking, Uncle Wang took a soft towel, carefully wiped the ink pad on Tian Huang's seal clean, and put it back into the printing box.
"This thing is not new, I spent real money to get it back."
Lin Yi suddenly reacted.
Why would this old man show these things to them?
"Could it be that when you first dealt with the 'Zi Yihou', what you sold to them were all fakes?"
Wang Xiangfu laughed twice.
After locking the printing box, he turned around and sat down.
"Spirituality, it's easy to understand! What do they do? How can they deserve to have our real things?
I spent a year sorting out the things left for me by the shopkeeper, and spent more than half a year making a few experimental products. I collected some things in the countryside along the way and mixed them together to sell them.
Along the Yellow River to the west, we passed through the four provinces of Shanxi, Henan, Qin and Gansu, then turned around and went all the way south, all the way east along the Yangtze River, and finally arrived at the big city of Huangpu. We then took a train from Huangpu to Guanwai, and finally made a circle back. Arrive in Cangzhou.
It took me six years to make this journey, and I still made a lot of money, picked up a lot of things, and hit a lot of holes. Every time I went to a place, I would first stop and understand the situation, and then work in the local area for a while. Buy and sell. "
Speaking of this, the old man showed a naive smile.
"At that time, my craftsmanship was not very good, and I couldn't stay in one place for too long. It would be troublesome if someone found out my true identity. However, as time went by, I also had a nickname in the world - 'Principal Laofu'.
After I came back from this experience, I rented a small shop in Cangzhou Antique Street and did business for several years.
There was a break of more than ten years, and then I returned to my old business and reopened it. Unexpectedly, people came to my door immediately.
The people who came here had a Shangjing accent and were dressed in a human-like manner. They also understood what we were talking about when they arrived. They walked us around. At first I thought it was a colleague from Shangjing who came to collect goods from the surrounding area, but then I realized something was wrong.
This old boy has a photo album, which contains various antique photos, some are hand-drawn sketches, and there are all kinds of foreign characters.
After asking about it later, who do you think this guy is? "
Lin Yi and Bai Lu shook their heads in confusion.
"He is the third-generation owner of Liulichang's Yongyi Hao, Lu Yulin."
Lin Yi and Bai Lu still didn't know who this person was.
"You must know his grandfather, the famous Lu Qinzhai!"
"Lu Qinzhai? Is this the same Lu Qinzhai who sold the Sa Lu Zi and Quan Mao Quan from the Six Horses Relief of Zhaoling Mausoleum of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty to France?"
"That's right, it's this old bastard!"
Hearing the appearance of this name, the images that kept flashing in Lin Yi's mind seemed to suddenly have a thread connecting them all.
The fragmented information that has been floating in my mind is being stitched together bit by bit by this thread. (End of chapter)
