Divine Perspective: Married to President Bai Fumei

Du Heng naturally clasped his fists together: "Then respect is worse than obedience, let me explain!"

Read the calligraphy and painting expert group to discuss with Du Heng.

Mr. Lu immediately picked up the microphone and announced: "The fake painting and calligraphy missed by the painting and calligraphy expert group is No. 56 "Picture of Eighteen Arhats in Line Drawings". Next, Mr. Du Heng will explain the flaws of the fake to all colleagues in the antique industry and all the guests here. "

"For other flaws and loopholes in fake antiques, you can wait until the end of the competition and ask the Hong family to come and personally appraise them to increase your knowledge."

Du Heng took the microphone and walked to the cart with the "Pictures of Eighteen Arhats in Line Drawings".

The car was just in front of the seat area where everyone in the antique world sat.

After walking in front of everyone, He Feng excitedly waved to Du Heng in the first row, shouting Brother Heng Niubi!
"You be quiet, I'm going to talk."

"If you are sitting in the back, if you can't see clearly, you should listen to it first. When the competition is over, ask the Hong family to come over and have a look at this painting. It won't take long. Please don't worry."

"Mr. Du, tell me quickly, we have been staring at the appraisal, and it looks like the real thing!"

"That's right, we've been seeing it until now, and we don't think it looks like a fake. I'm so curious, Mr. Du, please explain it to us."

These are all the juniors in the antique circle are urging.

Some of the old men have actually seen that this painting is a fake, but they thought that Du Heng could speak anyway, so they didn't bother to speak.Although some people didn't see it, but after all, young people are not impatient. Although they are also curious, they can still sit still for a while.

Du Heng spoke clearly and continued: "Everyone thinks it looks like the real thing, but it's actually not surprising."

"Because this painting can be regarded as genuine!"

These words confuse all those who don't know the inside story, Mr. Du, are you going to use this brain teaser or a tongue twister?
Du Heng didn't give a shit.

Instead, he first lifted the well-mounted "Picture of Eighteen Arhats in Line Drawing" from the tray and unfolded it: "Everyone, take a closer look. Do you think that this court painting by painter Leng Mei is shorter than it should be?"

After hearing this, an old man who didn't understand before heard this.

Suddenly realized!

In order to take care of those who haven't reacted or simply don't understand, Du Heng immediately added an explanation.

"If this painting is genuine, it was drawn by Leng Mei, a court painter of the Qing Dynasty, for Emperor Yongzheng to appreciate. This is recorded in detail in the original notes on daily life in the Qing Dynasty. Leng Mei went through three dynasties from Kangxi to Qianlong, as a court Painters are always careful and follow the rules."

"All of his paintings are fixed common calligraphy and painting lengths, ranging from sketches to Zhangliu whole paper."

"If you don't take a closer look at this "Picture of Eighteen Arhats in Line Drawings", it seems to be a common calligraphy and painting of eight feet full paper. But please compare it with this painting that is really eight feet full paper. Is there any difference?"

Du Heng found another painting of similar length from the exhibition.

Put it together with the "Picture of Eighteen Arhats in Line Drawing", so that everyone can have a clearer comparison of the size.

"Hey, this arhat picture is indeed shorter than the normal eight-foot full paper!"

"However, it would be too arbitrary to say that this painting of Arhats is a fake just because the size does not conform to the painter Leng Mei's habit of using paper. From paper material to ink mixing, from layout composition to coloring with brushes, in my It seems that everything is in line with the signs of authenticity!"

"That's right, what if the painter Leng Mei had a whim when he was making this Arhat picture, just wanted to not be so conformist, just wanted to use paper of an abnormal size?"

"And Mr. Du, you said just now that it can be counted as genuine. What does that mean? The more I listen, the more confused I become."

Du Heng continued to answer unhurriedly.

"This starts with the origin of this imitation."

"Everyone knows Mr. Leng Zhishan, a master of traditional Chinese painting, Mr. Leng?"

A junior in the antique circle flaunted and replied immediately: "Of course I know, not only do I know, but I also know him. I just participated in his old man's [-]th birthday last month!"

The other antique appraisers also nodded to show that they knew Mr. Leng.

"Since everyone knows each other, everyone should know whether Mr. Leng is the great-great-great-great-grandson of Leng Mei painter? Sorry, my memory is a bit muddled and I can't remember clearly. What I want to say is that everyone, especially everyone Seniors, do you remember that Mr. Leng loved to imitate the court paintings of his ancestor Leng Mei when he was young?"

An old expert replied: "How can we only say that one remembers so lightly, it should be said that the memory is deep!"

"Mr. Lengzhishan was famous for his ability to perfectly imitate court paintings when he first became famous in the calligraphy and painting circles. At that time, everyone knew that he was an imitation painting, and he himself was big. He generously admitted that he learned the painting skills of his ancestors through imitation, but his Painting is still popular with countless people!"

"In order not to confuse the authentic works, no matter who asks for the paintings, the old Mr. Leng Zhishan will write his name on the bottom of the calligraphy and paintings, so as to distinguish them from the original works of his ancestors."

"Originally nothing happened, until one day, Mr. Leng discovered that someone had cut off his signature and re-framed it to forge the authentic work of his ancestor Leng Mei. He was so angry that he would never allow his imitation paintings to flow out. If someone When I ask for paintings, I am only willing to give my own original paintings.”

"In addition, Leng Lao spent most of his net worth to recover all the imitation paintings he had sold or given away, saying that they could not enter the market to shame the ancestors! So far, Leng Lao has not revoked the recovery."

"That's why Leng Lao's imitation palace paintings are rare and expensive, so the prices in the collection circle are often not lower than his original paintings, and may even be higher!"

"Lao Leng's actions to protect the honor of his ancestors and the consequences of raising prices have always been talked about by the collectors. This unique and typical example, we old people often talk about it when chatting, and the memory is always deepening. "

The old experts said it so clearly.

Everyone naturally understands what Du Heng said just now about the origin of the imitation painting.

"So this "Blank Drawing of Eighteen Arhats" is actually Mr. Leng Zhishan's painting after his ancestors?"

Du Heng nodded: "Exactly!"

"Just now some people questioned the use of paper, ink, and painting skills. It can be explained from this aspect. The inheritance of the Leng family's painting skills has not been cut off because of the turmoil in China, so the old Mr. Lengzhishan's painting skills are passed down from his ancestors. , paper, ink, etc., have all been passed down from the original formula.”

"In this world, if it is difficult to tell who is the most authentic imitation of Leng Mei's paintings, there is no one who can stand beside Leng Lao."

"And the reason why the size of this "Picture of Eighteen Arhats in Line Drawings" is a bit shorter is that, as Mr. Wang mentioned just now, the signature of Mr. Leng was cut off and re-mounted to forge the authentic Leng Mei."

"So, although it is currently impossible to tell whether it is true or false on the surface, at this moment, just ask someone to uncover the painting paper and see if the cutting marks on the four sides of the painting paper under the paper are consistent. This is the first identification. method. But it’s not accurate enough, the traces are too subtle.”

"More accurately, the painting ink should be used for chemical analysis to determine the age, so as to identify the authenticity. Leng Lao used to imitate the painting just to learn the painting skills, not deliberately make it old, and did not use ancient ink to paint, so it is very easy to determine the age."

"Then hurry up and submit it for inspection! Otherwise, just talking about it won't convince everyone, especially laymen!"

Someone blurted out the suggestion in a daze.