Mr. Zhao moved his body. After all, he was old. He was a little out of breath just wiping and washing the paintings.
The eldest disciple stepped forward at this time and asked in a low voice, "Master, I am wearing a silk skirt, how about I come?"
The so-called damask border decoration, the full name is paper inlaid damask border decoration, which means that the core of the painting is decorated with paper materials of the same color and is inlaid with damask borders on the left and right sides. It is a relatively simple mounting technique.
Mr. Zhao nodded, he really needed to slow down for a while, "You clean up the core of the painting, and I will take care of it when you unveil it."
"Yes, Master."
The eldest apprentice bowed respectfully, then put on his gloves and started cleaning up.
Not long after, a piece of rice paper was peeled off. This was the layer that was mounted to prevent the real painting from being corroded and damaged.
In fact, the utility is not as great as imagined, and it still cannot withstand insect bites and rat bites. Therefore, ancient books, ancient calligraphy and paintings have always been very difficult to preserve, and corresponding professional knowledge is required.
Mr. Zhao rested for a while and felt that his physical strength had recovered a lot. He pushed his eldest apprentice away and started to do it himself.
Even though Mr. Zhao is over eighty years old, his hands are still very steady. When he picked it up with tweezers, everyone saw three thin pieces of rice paper.
He Ren introduced, "Have you seen it? These are actually two paintings. He Yu's painting is just a cover. He or the collector should have framed it like this on purpose."
My treasure friends don’t understand.
"Two paintings? Then why three pieces of paper?"
He Ren pointed at He Yu's painting and said with a smile, "This is called the painting core paper, and the middle one is called the supporting paper, which is the paper that holds the painting core. The ink on the Chinese painting will penetrate, so a piece of paper is needed to hold it. Over time, there will be an identical painting on the supporting paper. Of course, the color is lighter. For more precious paintings, a piece of backing paper is placed under the supporting paper when mounting."
"If I guessed correctly, there should be a supporting paper sandwiched between the two paintings."
"wrong!"
While He Ren was bragging, Mr. Zhao was still studying the drawing paper. When He Ren finished speaking, Mr. Zhao interrupted him.
The treasure friends were very happy.
"The anchor was slapped in the face."
"The slap in the face came so fast, like a tornado."
He Ren was also a little embarrassed, "Mr. Zhao, what do you mean?"
"Oh, you're right, I mean this painting is wrong."
"oh?"
Everyone's attention was attracted by Mr. Zhao, right? What's wrong?
Mr. Zhao picked up the tweezers again and picked at the corners of He Yu's painting a few times. The original first layer of paper was split into two, and everyone's eyes widened.
Before He Ren could speak, Mr. Zhao repeated the action just now, picked at the corner of the original third piece of paper, and split it into two again.
Three pieces of paper instantly turned into five.
"This is……"
Now He Ren doesn't know how to do it. It seems that the encyclopedia the system gave him is not encyclopedic enough, so there is no introduction to this situation.
Mr. Zhao looked solemn and sighed after a long time, "What a master! I didn't expect there to be such a powerful person in the Qing Dynasty."
Everyone was still puzzled. Mr. Zhao explained, "The first layer is He Yu's painting, the second layer is the supporting paper, and the third layer is the backing paper, which can also be regarded as a partition. The fourth layer is the There are two paintings, and the fifth layer is the supporting paper for the second painting. In fact, the two paintings are framed together."
When Mr. Zhao explained it like this, everyone suddenly realized it and couldn't help but sigh that it was really awesome.
There are actually five layers of paper pasted on a painting, and the thickness is only a little thicker than the usual framed paintings. It can be seen that the craftsman who framed the painting at that time was also a master, and his craftsmanship was astonishing!
Mr. Zhao also put away his initial contempt. He rubbed his hands and looked at Xie Baokun, "Xie, this paper is a bit thin, so it will be troublesome. If it can't be uncovered well... He Yu's painting will definitely be able to Keep it, the one below is hard to say.”
Xie Baokun frowned. If he chose not to continue, he would not be able to find a more powerful framing master than Mr. Zhao. That meant that the painting below would never see the light of day. He was afraid he wouldn't be able to sleep at night, so he might as well give it a try.
And the atmosphere has been enhanced to this point, so he will definitely not be disappointed.
"Mr. Zhao, you can do whatever you want, I don't have any objections."
"Okay." Mr. Zhao's eyes burst into light. This was the first time he had seen the five-story painting, and it was also quite a temptation for him.
"Third brother, bring me the potion."
The young apprentice had already prepared it and handed Mr. Zhao a bottle of potion and a brush. He Ren explained, "This is called boring painting. The mounting master will brush special potion on the painting and then use a semi-vacuum method to paint it." Isolate the air and let the potion take full effect..."
While he was talking, the young apprentice had already brought over a transparent glass cover and covered the painting inside.
This scene is like the intermission scene when watching gambling movies in the past, which is amazing to the fans.
Zhao Laomen spent less time painting than usual, and instead of peeling off the layers one by one, he chose to peel off three layers at once, separating the two paintings first.
easy to say, hard to do.
This revelation took another half an hour.
However, Baobao friends watched it with gusto, and some patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder were almost cured.
Mr. Zhao’s technique is much smoother than those of friends who peel off stickers at home. I don’t know why, but it looks so comfortable anyway. That’s called transparency...
Mr. Zhao sat down to rest again. The painting hidden under He Yu's painting also revealed the true face of Mount Lu. It was Ren Bonian's landscape.
"Ren Bonian...who is this?"
Not all treasure friends can remember He Ren’s science popularization last night, so He Ren had no choice but to continue the popularization, “He Yu’s master is one of the four masters of the Shanghai School of Painting. His landscape paintings are rare, and there are still some worth 600,000 to 700,000 yuan. .Brother Xie only spent five hundred yuan on the painting, so he made a big mistake."
Xie Baokun was more excited, not because he made money, but because he felt a sense of accomplishment. He had never picked up such a big leak before.
Mr. Zhao stood up at this time, took a look at Ren Bonian's landscape, and praised, "It is indeed a good thing. Now I will take off these two paintings."
The treasure friends are a little confused. They think that since the two paintings have been separated, they can just re-frame them. Why do they have to take them off?
He Ren explained, "There are two reasons. On the one hand, these two paintings are not particularly well maintained. Even if they are five-layer paper, some places need to be repaired. On the other hand, if the supporting paper we just mentioned is not If you peel it off and destroy it, it may be leaked out to deceive people..."
"Of course, it's not that Mr. Zhao doesn't believe Brother Xie, this is the rule."
Mr. Zhao looked at He Ren with a look of admiration, "Xiao He is right, this is the rule, that's why I asked Xiao Xie if he was afraid of destroying the painting... Xiao Xie, you don't have to worry, this painting by Ren Bonian I will reveal it myself.”
The implication is that He Yu's painting will be given to Mr. Zhao's apprentice...
The process of separating the core paper and the supporting paper took more than twice as long as before. After more than an hour, Mr. Zhao successfully completed it, and then he called his two other apprentices and asked them to frame the two paintings.
Mr. Zhao's face clearly showed a tired look, but his spirit was still high.
"Xiao He, come here."
He Ren didn't know why and walked up to Mr. Zhao, but Mr. Zhao grabbed his hand and said, "Xiao He, are you interested in becoming my disciple and inheriting my mantle?"
