Li Mo's idea of letting Shi Yunli learn from his senior sister was also proposed by Chen Feng. After all, the Millennium Shengzang Group's business was getting bigger and bigger, and now it also registered a jewelry company.
The reconstruction project of the first phase of the Old Summer Palace has officially begun, and there are a lot of things going on. Moreover, Li Mo also thought that in order to build Guyunxuan Southeast Asia Pavilion, he still needed to cultivate more trustworthy people.
He planned to let Yunli try to learn first, and there was no need to rush the matter. Originally, he planned to let Liu Yingying join the company, but her ambition was not there, so Li Mo gave up.
"Brother, are you serious about what you just said?"
Li Mo said while unpacking: "When you graduate, you can either join an institution or start your own business. The former is okay, but you still need to start from scratch for the latter. You can learn from my senior sister now, and you will grow up quickly. In the future, you will The condition is that your husband’s family won’t worship you as a Bodhisattva.”
"Hate, I like celibacy."
"That's not bad. You can save the dowry I prepared for you."
"Brother...I'll complain to Sirui later." Shi Yunli waved her fist at him angrily.
"I advise you not to be impulsive. She will definitely be on my side. I won't care if you get irritated later." Li Mo had slowly opened the first one, which was a painting.
To be precise, this is a picture of a hound.
The hound in the painting has jet black hair all over its body, a narrow waist, a long neck, strong legs and a hooked tail. There are small amounts of white hair under the mouth, chest, and tail tip. The most eye-catching ones are the four claws, which have a silvery white luster.
There are a few words in the upper right corner of the hound: Xue Zha Lu, Junggar Tai Jigar Dan Rong Chu, Jin.
The characters in the next few columns looked like the characters of ethnic minorities, and Li Mo couldn't read them. There was a seal on this painting, and he carefully identified the three characters "Lang Shining".
"This is a masterpiece by Lang Shining, a foreign painter from the Qing Dynasty!"
Li Mo was a little surprised, and then he frowned slightly, this was a bit evil. He once read a magazine, which reprinted a report from Wandao, about the famous painting "Ten Dogs" by Castiglione of the Qing Dynasty that was displayed in a public exhibition in Wandao Museum.
He only looked at it briefly at the time and did not read the content in detail, but he remembered that Castiglione's famous painting Ten Horses and Dogs was collected by the Bay Island Museum.
But what is going on with the picture of a fine dog in front of me?
Judging from the picture, the dog in the picture is drawn using Western sketching methods, with a three-dimensional shape and texture, and a very European flavor. There is also a background part of the picture. The flowers, grass, slopes and rocks in the painting pay attention to outline and pursue a two-dimensional decorative effect. Compared with the painting method of animals, there is a big difference between the two.
Judging from the entire picture, there is no doubt that the famous dog was painted by the painter Lang Shining, while the background was added by a Qing painter who was enshrined in the palace using traditional painting methods.
This is undoubtedly an authentic work of Castiglione, and literally, it is a hunting dog that was paid tribute to the Qing Palace by Dunggar Taijigar Danrong. This should be one of the Ten Horse Dog Pictures.
But if this is one of the Ten Horse Dog Pictures, then the collection in the Bay Island Museum must be incomplete.
Seeing that Li Mo had been silent with a strange look on his face, Shi Yunli couldn't help but asked curiously: "Brother, is there something wrong with this painting?"
"There is nothing wrong with the painting, but there seems to be something wrong with the origin of the painting."
Li Mo took out his mobile phone, turned off the flash, took a picture of the entire picture, and took two pictures of the inscription, and then sent it to Zhu Changping.
About ten minutes later, Zhu Changping called.
"Xiao Mo, where did you get the photo you sent me?"
"I just took it."
"Just taken? Are you still in Kyoto?" Professor Zhu Changping's voice rose a little, a little unbelievable.
"Of course, it's at my grandpa's house. Teacher, I want to ask you what those columns of ethnic minority characters mean?"
"I consulted a textual expert in this area. It was Manchu in the Qing Dynasty. When translated, it means 'horse and mule with silver hooves'. This painting should be Castiglione's "Ten Horseful Dogs: Snow Claws", Xiao Mo, why are you interested in fakes?"
This is a bit interesting. Li Mo can be 100% sure that this is one of the authentic works of Lang Shining's Ten Horse Dogs. This means that the picture of the Ten Horse Dogs in the Bay Island Museum is either missing or there are fakes.
It's just that a long time has passed and he has forgotten the specific content of the reported report.
"Teacher, how do you know this is a fake?"
Zhu Changping smiled and said: "The famous painting Ten Horses by Lang Shining, a painter from the Qing Dynasty, is collected by the Bay Island Museum. But judging from the photos you took, both the layout and the painting skills are really good."
"Teacher, what if I tell you that this "Ten Horseful Dogs with Snow Claws" is an authentic work by Castiglione?"
"impossible."
Zhu Changping immediately said with certainty, then he paused for a moment before saying doubtfully, "Xiao Mo, are you sure the Snow Claw Lutu in your hand is authentic?"
"I am just certain that this is an authentic painting by Castiglione, but I am not sure whether it is the same painting as the "Snow Claw Tu" collected in the Bay Island Museum."
"I haven't heard that there are two identical Snow Claw pictures among Castiglione's masterpieces handed down from generation to generation. I'll go find out about this and let you know as soon as I have any news."
Li Mo hung up the phone, rolled up the first painting, and then unwrapped the second one. When he opened it, he felt a little uneasy. It was still a picture of a fine dog.
Judging from the inscription, this painting is Lang Shining's "Ten Horses and Harriers with Frost Flowers". The dogs in the painting were presented to the Qing court by Horqin Fourth Class Taiji Dandali Xun.
"Yunli, be careful to take apart the remaining paintings."
Li Mo finished scrolling the second picture of fine dogs, and he began to look forward to whether the following paintings would be the other pictures of Lang Shining's fine dogs.
"Brother, the third picture is also a picture of a hound."
"Let me see."
Li Mo took the third painting and looked at it carefully. Sure enough, it was Lang Shining's "Ten Horseful Dogs in Ink and Jade". This was a famous dog given to the Qing court by Wei Hua, the foreman of the bodyguard.
Shi Yunli took apart all the rest, and then became more and more surprised. Finally, he couldn't help but ask: "Brother, what you got back this time are all pictures of hounds. The pictures of hounds are quite energetic, but who are they?" His masterpiece?"
Li Mo looked at the seven paintings one by one and said after a while: "In the history of the Qing Dynasty, there were two foreigners in the palace who were particularly valued by the emperor. One of them was a foreigner named Tang Ruowang, who was even friendly to Emperor Kangxi. I called him Grandpa Tang. The second person was the author of these paintings, his name was Castiglione. He was an Italian who lived through the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties. He had been engaged in painting in the Qing court for about fifty years and was a member of the Qing Dynasty. One of the famous people. It’s normal that you don’t know much about him, after all, you rarely come into contact with things about him.”
"However, among the returned national treasures that I exchanged with major European museums are Castiglione's masterpieces "Gedengola Camp" and "Chrysanthemum Labyrinth of the Old Summer Palace". He also has "Ten Dogs", "Hundred Horses", " Qianlong's Great Reading" and other famous works."
"Listen to what you said, then this Castiglione painting is very valuable?"
Li Mo thought for a while and said: "As far as I know, the auction price of his most expensive painting is as high as more than 240 million, which is still the price in the early years. It is definitely more expensive now."
As he said this, he touched his chin, looked at the seven pictures of fine dogs on the table, and his thoughts flew to the bay island.
"Xiao Mo, what are you thinking about, so absorbed?"
Grandma and aunt came in carrying a plate of fruit and called Li Mo twice.
