Antique Dealer

Chapter 125 Admiration
Kong Yi asked the staff to notify the calligraphy and painting appraisal experts in the company, and then took Fang Hao to the warehouse where the auction items were placed: "After yesterday's investigation, there are still five items in doubt, including three paintings, one piece of porcelain, and There is a piece of jade, you first identify the three paintings, and then check the calligraphy and paintings in the rest of the auction."

After a period of time, Fang Hao's performance at the salon has spread among the calligraphy and painting circles in the capital. Coupled with his performance at the party that day, Kong Yi invited Fang Hao to be a consultant again to be in charge of appraisal of calligraphy and painting auctions.

"Yes." Fang Hao nodded.

The two came to the gate of the warehouse, and after a series of tedious verification procedures, the two were able to enter.

As mentioned earlier, among all kinds of antiques, the identification of calligraphy and painting has been a difficult problem since ancient times, and this is true for both Chinese and Western paintings.A few years ago, Mr. Xie Zhiliu and Xu Bangda fought a lawsuit for the certification of a painting by Shi Tao or Zhang Daqian, and Mr. Xie Zhiliu thanked Shicai for the end.

The three controversial paintings are exactly like this. In addition to the company's full-time calligraphy and painting appraisers and consultants, five experts have already seen them, but they still can't come to a conclusion. If Fang Hao still can't come up with a conclusion, Kong Yi is going to Then invite the big cows in the circle to appraise it, and then decide to stay.

Why is Kong Yi so persistent and doesn't return the things?The reason is also simple, firstly, he wanted to confirm the news, and secondly, the owners of these items were related to him, so he was too embarrassed to just reject it.

The three paintings are the silk painting "Penglai Immortals" by Qiu Ying in the Ming Dynasty, the ink painting "Tongyin Elegant Collection" by Youqiu in the Ming Dynasty, and the color painting "Pine Fengshui Moon Picture" by Kun [kūn] Can in the Qing Dynasty.

Fang Hao first began to appraise Qiu Ying's paintings.

The term "color setting" is often used together with "silk book" and "paper book", and it appears in the basic information display board of traditional Chinese painting.Coloring is the meaning of smudged color in traditional Chinese painting. As long as there is color in the picture, it can be said to be a coloring work. Qiu Ying is a master of coloring painting.

While Fang Hao was appraising, a middle-aged man in his 40s appeared at the door: "Mr. Kong, is it convenient for me to come in?"

The middle-aged man's name is Qin Dun, who is an expert in Jiayi's painting and calligraphy appraisal. He learned from the staff that Kong Yi had invited another expert to appraise the controversial works, and he was too young, so he hurried over.

Of course he wouldn't question Kong Yi's vision, Kong Yi is not a brain tease, Fang Hao has no [-]/[-], how could he invite him over?But because of this, Fang Hao was very curious in his heart, why did Fang Hao gain Kong Yi's trust!

Kong Yi nodded: "Come in."

He asked Qin Dun to come here because he wanted to take this opportunity to get to know each other, and at the same time let Qin Dun have a look at Fang Hao's appraisal ability, so as not to be dissatisfied with Fang Hao in the future and cause conflicts.

But if Fang Hao didn't come to a conclusion and let Qin Dun underestimate him, then it can only be said that Fang Hao didn't seize the opportunity.

Qin Dun walked into the warehouse and saw a handsome young man in his early twenties bending over to carefully observe the paintings on the table. He took a look, walked up to Kong Yi, and whispered: "Mr. Kong, I have something to do." Let me tell you."

"Let's talk at the door." Kong Yi didn't want to disturb Fang Hao, so he led Qin Dun to the door.

Qin Dun said: "Your classmate has been contacting me for the past few days, asking me if there is any conclusion to his painting. He seems very anxious."

Kong Yi frowned slightly. Qin Dun said that the work brought by his classmate was Kun Can's color painting "Pine Fengshui Moon Picture". This painting was also quite controversial, and only one expert believed it to be authentic.

Logically speaking, he could have returned the painting, but because this classmate was his roommate in college and was very close, he wanted to save it.

Just last week, he had contacted his classmates and asked him to wait patiently and come to a conclusion as soon as possible. Why did he keep contacting Qin Dun?
Based on what he knew about this classmate, such a reaction was somewhat abnormal.

There is another problem. When the classmate gave him this painting, he told him that this painting was handed down from his ancestors. However, when they were in school, the two talked about everything, but they never talked about this painting. draw things.

He really doesn't want to see his classmate being used by his enemies. If that's the case, he won't be relentless, but at that time, he can only use mixed feelings to describe his mood. He definitely doesn't want to see this scene.

Kong Yi thought for a while, then called his classmate and asked him to come to the company now.

After waiting for a while, Fang Hao came to a conclusion.

Kong Yi first introduced Fang Hao and Qin Dun, and they shook hands and exchanged some polite words.

Kong Yi said bluntly: "Mr. Fang, do you think this painting by Qiu Ying is authentic?"

"In my judgment, it is a high imitation."

Fang Hao also gave a straightforward conclusion: "As we all know, the earliest landscapes were originally painted with color, and the top color was used very heavily. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, with the rise of literati paintings, the trend of ink and wash prevailed, and the heavy-colored green The status of Shanshui declined.

Ink landscapes are particularly favored by painters, but coloring is still an important means of landscape painting, coloring landscapes is still the main body of landscape painting, but under the hands of literati painters, coloring landscapes began to change the original appearance of green and heavy colors, with a small amount of color auxiliary Ink color, this is the so-called light crimson landscape.

And Qiu Ying is the most important painter who made such changes. For example, the part of heavy color used in his handed down painting "Jiange Tu" only accounts for less than 25% of the whole frame.Others such as "Mandarin Duck in Sha Ting" and "The Pavilion on the Fairy Mountain" use only 20% of the total area of ​​the picture.It obviously weakens the rich and temple atmosphere of the picture, but it does not affect the grandeur of the work.

In addition, his works "Book of Characters in Imitation of the Song Dynasty" and "Six Scenes of the Song and Yuan Dynasties" are also very different: the former is more imitated by the paintings of the Song Dynasty Academy.The latter is mainly based on smudging, with up to 30% of the shade being set in green, and the overall mood looks fresher and more elegant than gorgeous. "

Hearing this, Qin Dun, who is an expert in calligraphy and painting appraisal, could not know what Fang Hao expressed. The flaw of this painting lies in the heavy colors used in the whole painting, which are a bit more than Qiu Ying himself.

In other words, the excess ratio is not large, and the author of this painting has handled the whole well. If Fang Hao hadn’t pointed it out, he would not have considered this aspect at all. He has a comprehensive understanding of Qiu Ying.

At the same time, he was also very curious as to who Fang Hao's teacher was. If he wasn't a master, he probably wouldn't be able to teach such a young and outstanding student.

After Fang Hao finished speaking his point of view, Kong Yi also showed a smile on his face: "Mr. Qin, what do you think?"

Qin Dun clasped his fists to Fang Hao and saluted: "Teacher Fang is really amazing, he solved the problem that has troubled us for a long time, I admire it!"

(End of this chapter)