It’s not that imitations have no artistic value or market value. On the contrary, if they can be fake and authentic, imitations are worth collecting. The most typical example is Mr. Daqian, who only comes out once every five hundred years. Even works imitating Tang Yin, Shi Tao, and Bada Shanren are very popular in the market, and there are many imitations worth 10 to 20 million yuan.
Li Mo had seen the original painting "Spring Outing" by Zhan Ziqian of the Sui Dynasty in the Palace Museum. To be honest, if someone could imitate that painting to look like the real thing, the level would definitely be high.
That's why Li Mo wanted to see it with his own eyes.
Franke walked aside and made a phone call, probably arranging for his family to send the fake "Spring Outing" over.
The happiest moment for Steven and Gulish is when they return to the hotel, and a check is indispensable every day. They really wanted to follow him and serve him every day.
"You go and rest first. I'll call you if I need anything."
The two of them took the check and left respectfully. Franke also made a phone call and came back to sit down and said: "My daughter will be able to arrive at eight or nine tomorrow morning. Mr. Qin, what do you think about the cooperation I just mentioned? ?"
"I won't sell that Ming Xuande cloisonné dragon-patterned lid jar, but you said you could introduce me to the seller, and I'm a little interested. But since you've participated in it a few times, I'd like to tell you the situation first. Be prepared."
"To put it simply, a lot of the business done by the underground forces is shady. The origins of many antiques are unknown, and many antiques cannot be identified. Anyway, every time I take a certain boss there, it is like Taobao. Of course, there are things missing. There are also those who have a good eye. As you can guess, Mr. Qin is an expert in antique appraisal. Only when you get there can you give full play to your abilities. "
Franka was eloquent, for fear that Li Mo would not be interested in that underground deal.
"Mr. Qin, there are three religions and nine streams gathered over there. It's a mixed bag of fish and dragons. It's very dangerous."
Dashan reminded from the side, "The United States is not like the country. It is very chaotic here. If the two underground forces really work, they will use all kinds of firepower. We are not familiar with the place here, so we still put our own safety first. .”
Franke quickly explained: "Mr. Qin, you can rest assured about safety. The people who go to trade there are either rich or expensive. They don't want to cut off their own financial path, let alone be joined by those big chaebols and the police." Fight against the pursuit.”
"Dashan, let's go take a look tomorrow."
Li Mo made a decision, and Dashan couldn't say anything else.
The next morning, Li Mo was sitting on the sofa and scrolling through the news on his mobile phone. The country was still so busy recently. Two hot searches were actually related to Qin Sirui. One was that she was about to star in a costume drama, and the other was Said she might be married and have children.
"boring."
Li Mo said to himself, this is May carrying a plate of fruit and pushing the door open, followed by Frank and a young woman with blond hair and blue eyes.
"Mr. Qin, good morning."
Li Mo turned to look, smiled and said, "Mr. Franke, sit here. This beautiful girl, please sit down."
"Hello, Mr. Qin, my name is Ruth." Ruth spoke normal Chinese. She put a painting tube in her hand on the table and looked at Li Mo with curiosity in her eyes.
"My daughter, she sent over a copy of "Spring Outing" overnight."
Ruth pulled out the scroll painting from the painting tube. Li Mo put on clean white gloves, then untied the rope and slowly unfolded it.
The theme of this painting is spring outing. The painting is not large, but the scene is very open. The picture is framed using a bird's-eye view, bringing the distant and close shots together toward the middle ground, so that all the scenery is completely and harmoniously unified into one picture, with clear layers.
The whole picture is quite ancient in terms of coloring and brushwork. The lines of mountains, rocks and trees are full of changes in light and heavy. The author uses thick green color as the main tone of the whole painting. The rich turquoise tone is also the characteristic of spring natural scenery. This use of color is called the "green method" and creates a unique style of Chinese landscape painting.
This is Li Mo’s most intuitive feeling when he first sees the whole painting.
Looking at the details carefully, the picture shows a spring landscape where water and sky meet. There are green mountains and a harmonious lake. Tourists are riding horses or stopping by the lake. Beautiful ladies are boating on the water. The wind is warm and the water is sparkling. . On the shore, peaches and apricots are blooming, and the green grass is lush, depicting the bright scenery and the look of tourists enjoying themselves in the mountains and waters.
Various flowers and trees dot the mountains and fields, complementing each other beautifully. The whole picture shows a kind of spatial beauty everywhere. The painter used green and gold to depict landscapes, and used ocher to fill in and dye tree trunks, creating the first golden landscape. The characters and landscapes in the painting are arranged in an appropriate density, showing the artistic characteristics of mountains and rivers far and near, and thousands of miles away.
At the end of this painting is Zhan Ziqian's small seal script seal.
The more Li Mo looked at it, the more he felt that the artistic conception of this painting was very high, and it was definitely not something that anyone could imitate. If compared with the masterpiece collected in the National Palace Museum, there is almost no difference in the overall layout, except for slight changes in the details of the characters, green mountains, and lakes.
The biggest difference is that except for Zhan Ziqian's seal, there is no other person's inscription or seal on this silk painting. The one collected in the National Palace Museum has an inscription signed by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, as well as poems written by literati such as Feng Zizhen, Zhao Yan and Zhang Gui of the Yuan Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, the powerful official Yan Song hid the seal. After entering the Qing Dynasty, it passed through the hands of some people and was finally collected by Puyi and finally taken out of the palace.
It can be said that Zhan Ziqian's "Spring Outing" in the National Palace Museum is a priceless treasure that has been inherited in an orderly manner.
But this picture in front of me.
. The more Li Mo looked at it, the more extraordinary he felt. Finally, he used the strange boy to look at it. A red and black halo suddenly appeared from the picture, and then turned into countless circles of light that spread around, endlessly.
This is definitely a masterpiece painting from the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and its artistic level and status are comparable to those of Yan Liben from the Tang Dynasty. Li Mo was stunned at this moment. What on earth is going on? The one collected in the National Palace Museum in China is absolutely authentic, but there is actually another authentic one here in the United States.
If it weren't for the evidence of the strange child, Li Mo would never believe that an almost identical "Spring Outing" would appear in the world.
"Mr. Qin, do you think this is a fake?"
Franke saw a slight change in Li Mo's face and was worried that he might not appreciate such a fake, so he couldn't help but ask cautiously.
Li Mo came back to his senses, calmed down his emotions, rolled it up again, took off his white gloves without haste, sat back on the sofa and said with a smile: "To be honest with you, if I hadn't seen it in the Palace Museum, I would have seen it I even suspect that this fake is the original "Spring Outing" by Zhan Ziqian of the Sui Dynasty."
"Hey, the artistic level of the faker is really too high." Franke sighed deeply, he was almost bankrupted by the trick, "Mr. Qin, if you like it, how much are you willing to pay for this fake?"
"Hahaha, Mr. Franke, you are also an expert in this field. How can any buyer bid for it? If you make a price, I will buy it if it suits you."
Li Mo took a piece of apple with a fork and ate it.
"Regardless of its true or false identity, this "Spring Outing" is also very impressive in terms of its artistic level, so I priced it at US$100,000."
