After He Ren finished describing the characteristics of this mountain, even Mr. Xue couldn't help but sigh.
He didn't know He Ren's strength, and he came to judge because he couldn't stand Zhou Wei's arrogance and domineering. On the day when they were celebrating the opening of a store, Zhou Wei came to ruin the place, which was a bit bullying.
Originally, Mr. Xue was leaning towards He Ren, but he didn't expect He Ren to say this.
Just when Mr. Xue was about to speak, He Ren smiled slightly, "Although it seems that this mountain is Zhou Hao's style, it is actually not Zhou Hao's work, but an imitation?"
"Um?"
Mr. Xue's eyes lit up, Zhou Wei's smile froze on his face, and the others looked confused. You, He Ren, have been talking for a long time, but it turned out to be a fake?
Naturally, a compliment is needed at this time. Xu Qingjie asked, "Fake? Where is the fake?"
He Ren secretly gave Xu Qingjie a thumbs up and explained, "The problem lies in the seal."
"Seal? Didn't you just say that Zhou Hao is called 'Zhiyan'?"
"Yes, but that's not how the words are written."
He Ren asked Liu Fei to get closer, pointed the camera at the seal, and said, "Zhou Hao has used many seals, among which 'Zhiyan', 'Zhiyan' and 'Zhifu' are the most used. Most of them are used in paintings. The word "Zhi" is "Zhi", and the simple character "Yan" is generally used on the engravings. There are also a few seal script seals. Because there is no word "Zhi" in "Shuowen", Zhou Hao's seal seal seals will use " "Zhi" is used to replace "Zhi", and occasionally there will be a chapter like "Zhiyan". But there has never been a signature of "Zhiyan"..."
What He Ren said was like a tongue twister, and the treasure friends were confused. He simply asked Zhang Nuo to get a pen and paper, write down all the inscriptions he just mentioned, and then pointed to the inscriptions on the mountain and said , "Do you understand this time?"
"So this mountain is an imitation, but judging from the patina of the bamboo, it's obviously from the Qianlong period. I speculate that either the imitator didn't know Zhou Hao's habits, or he did it deliberately. The imitation was for the sake of living. But some people don’t bother to lie, so they deliberately leave some backdoors..."
Everyone nodded, and Mr. Xue looked at He Ren with admiration in his eyes. It was rare for someone so young to have such knowledge.
Zhou Wei, on the other hand, looked ashen. He had carefully selected this mountain, and he felt that He Ren shouldn't know about the niche stuff. He didn't expect that He Ren would be involved in such a wide range of things.
It was really difficult for He Ren to judge the authenticity at first, but once his eye for treasures was opened, it was clear at a glance. In addition, Zhou Hao was also a painter, and there was a record about him in the "Encyclopedia of Calligraphy and Painting".
For He Ren, this is no different from an open-book exam...
He Ren looked at Zhou Wei and said with a smile, "Teacher Zhou, although it is an imitation, it is a good imitation. It is worthy of Zhou Hao's true biography. The market price is about 200,000 to 250,000. I will pay 200,000 for Zhou Hao." The teacher has no objection, right?"
Zhou Wei shook his head. At this point, what else did he have to say? I can only hold my nose and admit it.
But Zhou Wei still had hope. He waved his hand. The sturdy man opened a brocade box and took out a scroll. He Ren was amused. Is this guy Zhou Wei using calligraphy and painting to cause trouble? I'm afraid you're not here to give me a bracelet, right?
He Ren felt happy in his heart, but his face was expressionless. He opened the scroll with a solemn expression, which was a picture of plum blossoms.
The painter's brush strokes are elegant and unrestrained, vigorous and unrestrained, reaching the state of having both form and spirit, but without losing the rules and elegance.
He used colors to render the painting and used dots and dyes to make the painting extremely realistic, almost like a real flower. Immediately a name jumped out of He Ren's mind. He quickly looked at the signature, which included "Uncle Zheng" and "Shou Ping". The seal turned out to be Yun Shouping.
Yun Shouping was one of the six masters of the Qing Dynasty and the founder of the Changzhou School of Painting. He was expert in landscapes, flowers, and figures. He was best at painting flowers. He studied the "boneless flower" painting method of the Northern Song Dynasty painter Xu Chongsi and innovated it. Known as the "Crown of a Generation" in the Qing Dynasty.
There is also a little story here. Yun Shouping focused on landscape painting at first. Later he made friends with Wang Shigu and felt that his landscape paintings were not as good as his. Then he voluntarily gave up landscape painting and focused on flowers. He single-handedly created the most famous painting in the Qing Dynasty. The influential "Changzhou School of Painting".
He is also a person who would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.
The prices of Yun Shouping's works vary greatly, with paintings costing tens of millions and fans costing tens of thousands, which is very difficult to distinguish.
The main reason is that his life is not very smooth. He often cannot afford to pay the rent and eat, so he can only make a living by selling paintings. There are relatively many handed down works.
Moreover, Yun Shouping is very famous, and many people make a living by imitating his paintings. As a result, there are not many paintings of Yun Shouping's style.
This plum blossom picture looks like a work by Yun Shouping during his peak period. If it is authentic, it will be sold for two to three million without any problem, but in this case, the eye for treasures will not be useful.
He Ren had expected this. If it was easy to distinguish, Zhou Wei wouldn't be able to use it to cause trouble.
However, other treasures He Ren may still panic, but he is still somewhat confident about calligraphy and painting.
Appraisal of calligraphy and painting is similar to pulse detection in traditional Chinese medicine, which emphasizes smelling, seeing, correcting, and taking photos.
Smell is on the physical level, that is, you use your nose to smell the calligraphy and painting to see if there is any peculiar smell. If it is old calligraphy and painting, it will usually leave some special smell.
The most common methods of distressing are direct dyeing and fumed dyeing. Vinegar is used in the direct dyeing method. If there is a vinegar smell on the calligraphy and painting, you should pay attention to it. It is likely to be old.
The law of incense is to use incense, which is to smoke. This method is used by many people. After smoking and baking for a long time, the paper will show a light brown color, more like old paper.
Of course, some people who are eager for quick success will directly use chemicals to make the paintings old, which will leave a very pungent smell on the calligraphy and painting.
And if it is really an old object, no matter how well it is preserved, it will still smell like a musty smell. Just like the painting that He Ren took before and was suspected to be by Jing Hao, it had a bit of a musty smell.
Legend has it that some experienced experts can even smell the ancient charm from real ancient calligraphy and paintings. He Ren doesn't believe it, it's a bit too weird.
He Ren used this judgment method at this time. He leaned down, put his nose in front of the plum blossom picture, and took a deep sniff. A musty smell accompanied by the smell of incense came over, and He Ren frowned. , something’s not quite right.
It smells like incense. Could it be that it was made by dyeing?
At this thought, He Ren raised his head and prepared to try the second identification method of "looking". The so-called "looking" refers to paper, ink marks, or even ink pads.
Generally speaking, due to oxidation, the paper of calligraphy and painting that is more than a hundred years old will appear more delicate to the touch, and will also become a little yellow and brittle. This effect cannot be completely achieved by simply aging it, which requires time to settle.
But when He Ren looked up, he suddenly saw a faint smile flashing across Zhou Wei's face. He Ren's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Zhou Wei deliberately created this incense smell?
