Antique Dealer

Chapter 126 Bias
Fang Hao continued to appraise Youqiu's "Tongyin Collection".

Speaking of which, You Qiu is Qiu Ying's nephew.Good at painting figures, ladies, Taoism and landscapes.

The elegant collection is an indispensable way of life for literati.Gathering friends through literature, singing to each other, talking about paintings, appreciating collections and treasures, and tasting tea by playing games are the main contents of the elegant collection. It conveys the visual aesthetic taste of the Ming Dynasty literati and is a cultural representation of the secular atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty.

After Fang Hao appraised it, he said: "This painting shows the external environment of elegant events. The wall in the corner of the courtyard divides the picture into two, and the upper part is the lake stone and plane tree coming out obliquely, which is elegant and peaceful; The lower end is for elegant scholars to talk about Pingu, which is peaceful and leisurely.

This painting method is a narrow composition commonly used by typical Wumen painters, which is in line with Youqiu's creative style.

In addition, the lake stones in the painting are painted with no bones, which are exquisite and clear; the characters are drawn with white lines, with slender and smooth lines, and the scarves, collars and cuffs are dyed with light ink, with distinct layers. This is also Yuqiu's usual painting technique .If you want to talk about the problem, it is these places, right? "

Fang Hao pointed to several locations on the scroll.

"Yes." Kong Yi nodded for confirmation.

Fang Hao expressed his judgment: "This painting should have been poorly preserved before, and there are several traces of restoration in the whole painting, and these places should also be caused by failure to handle them well during the restoration process. The level is not high, the full color and brush strokes are not handled well, resulting in a somewhat abrupt look.”

In the process of handing down ancient calligraphy and paintings, due to poor collection and storage, damp and mildew, stains everywhere, insects and rat bites, as well as natural aging of silk and paper will cause holes, rot and fractures in calligraphy and paintings. If not repaired in time, It will affect the lifespan and artistic value of ancient calligraphy and painting, and it will decay and be destroyed.

Many of the ancient calligraphy and paintings that we can see in museums, art galleries, auctions and folk collectors today are masterpieces that have been restored and mounted by restorers.

But the restoration of calligraphy and painting is not easy, the process is particularly cumbersome, requires special care and meticulousness, and requires superb painting skills.

Just like what Fang Hao said about Panchromatic and Receiving Pen.

Full color is to fill in the lost color at the leaks to make the picture unified.Masters must achieve "four-sided light", that is, no correction can be seen from all four angles of up, down, left, and right.

In the old calligraphy and painting, broken pens caused by holes need to be replaced.It is required that the recipient of the brush has an in-depth understanding of the painter's brushwork and knows the ins and outs of the brush meaning, which is equivalent to creating with the artist.

In these two steps, if the level of restorers is average, or the restoration is not meticulous, there will be problems of inconsistency with other parts of the original work.

Fang Hao believes that the reason why this painting is controversial is that it has not been restored.

Fang Hao said, "Can I bring you a blank piece of paper?"

"I'll get it!" Qin Dun quickly went outside to get a piece of A4 paper.

Fang Hao tore the paper into several small pieces, and put them in the places pointed out just now: "Look, isn't it much better after this?"

When Kong Yi and Qin Dun saw those places, they couldn't see those places, and the painting immediately went up to a higher level, and it became much more harmonious, which undoubtedly confirmed Fang Hao's judgment.

Kong Yi gave a thumbs up and praised: "Teacher Fang, you are the best. A simple solution can solve the problem!"

Fang Hao smiled: "It's nothing, maybe because I'm young and like to think wildly, I just thought of this way."

This is of course a joke. If he didn't have great strength, and at the same time his mind was quick and eclectic, Fang Hao's performance would not impress them both.

The two controversial works were resolved by Fang Hao. Apart from being happy, Kong Yi was also a little proud. Among other things, at least he still had a good eye for seeing people. If it was someone else, it is likely that he would invite Fang Hao one after another. How about it.

Kong Yi believed that Fang Hao could also give the correct conclusion, but when Fang Hao was appraised, the secretary came to inform him that his classmate had arrived, and he was not alone. here.

Kong Yi asked the secretary to take his classmate to the reception room first, and told Fang Hao and Qin Dun that after the meeting came to an end, he took the painting to the reception room, and then went out.

Kong Yi walked into the reception room and saw his classmate Gu Ce talking softly with an old man in his 50s. He frowned slightly, because he knew the old man, and it was Zhou Wu, a calligraphy and painting expert of Xingluo International.

Why did Gu Ce bring Zhou Wu over?This Xingluo International is an established art company, and it must have more channels for antiques than him. If Gu Ce knew Zhou Wu, why bother to entrust the painting to him for auction?
Is it really the same as he thought?
Gu Ce noticed Kong Yi, got up to greet him quickly, and introduced Zhou Wu to Kong Yi.

However, as soon as the words were out of his mouth, Kong Yi said with a smile: "This is Mr. Zhou Wuzhou, I have known you for a long time!"

Zhou Wu also smiled slightly, and shook hands with Kong Yi: "Young Master Kong, you are welcome!"

After saying a few polite words, Kong Yi looked at Gu Ce and said, "Old Gu, you are too mean. You know Mr. Zhou and you didn't tell me."

"Where! I just met Teacher Zhou just now."

Gu Ce's expression was still a little nervous, maybe he didn't want Kong Yi to misunderstand: "Before, when you called me, I happened to be with my relatives and Teacher Zhou."

Zhou Wu took over the conversation and said, "To be honest, I have seen Kun Can's "Pine Fengshui Moon Picture" through Gu Ce's father before, and I confirmed that it should be an authentic work. Therefore, when I heard that it was controversial , I was very surprised, so I also came here to listen to opinions, and please forgive me for being presumptuous!"

Kong Yi didn't believe Gu Ce's words, he sneered in his heart, and kept his face calm: "Mr. Zhou is here, I'm too happy, and as for the painting, I don't want to believe it's a fake, so I invited many experts Appraisal, but the final conclusion has not been given yet, but it should be soon."

Zhou Wu became interested: "Oh, may I ask, which teacher is doing the appraisal now?"

"It's Teacher Fang Hao." Kong Yixin said: "I must be very surprised!"

"Fang Hao?"

Sure enough, just as Kong Yi thought, after a while, Zhou Wu's eyes flashed a hint of surprise. He thought he had a better understanding of the dynamics in the industry, and naturally he had heard of Fang Hao, who has been very popular recently.

And the reason why he was surprised was not because Kong Yi invited Fang Hao to come to the appraisal, but because he knew that Wu Hongchang and Fang Hao had a feud and often suffered under Fang Hao's hands.

Last time at the Salon Charity Auction, the painting that Fang Hao missed was said to be related to Wu Hongchang. If Wu Hongchang hadn't been following the auction and made Fang Hao think that the painting was tricky, Fang Hao would not have bid , thus picking up a big leak.

This incident reached Wu Hongchang's ears, and he was so angry that he was furious. He was eating at that time, and he directly turned the table over, threatening to disown Fang Hao.

To say that the relationship between Kong Yi and Wu Hongchang is acceptable, he should also know about the mess between Wu Hongchang and Fang Hao, but he did not expect to invite Fang Hao over. If Wu Hongchang knew, he would definitely blame Kong Yi.

Could it be that Kong Yi thought Fang Hao was irreplaceable?

After a while, Fang Hao and Qin Dun came over with the painting.

Kong Yi introduced the two parties. Gu Ce was very dissatisfied when he saw that the expert Kong Yi mentioned was so young. He felt that Kong Yi was perfunctory.

Kong Yi said, "Teacher Fang, please give me your opinion."

Fang Hao unfolded the painting, pointed to one of the seals and said, "I don't think this work is authentic. The main problem is that there is a problem with the seal..."

Gu Ce interrupted Fang Hao's speech: "That's not right, this seal is clearly 'Kun Can', and it matches his name, so why is there something wrong with the seal?"

Gu Ce's tone of voice was a little excited, and he almost asked if Fang Hao would read it.

Fang Hao took a look at him: "Inspecting the signatures and seals of some of the more reliable surviving works under his name, the single 'Kun Can' No. [-] never appeared. On the contrary, almost every work appeared 'Stone Creek (xi)', or signature or seal. As far as the artist's name is concerned, the signature and seal of the work are undoubtedly the most important.

So far, I have only seen one work at auction that has a seal related to "Kun Can", and it does not appear alone, but the seal of "Kun Can Dao Zhe". "

Gu Ce was stunned, and turned to look at Zhou Wu.

Zhou Wu coughed lightly: "Teacher Fang, I know what you mean, but, although the 'Kun Can' seal is rare, it is not without it. I once handled a work of Kun Can, and it also has this seal. And That painting has also been confirmed by Mr. Zhu Yingshou."

Fang Hao smiled and didn't say anything, he didn't want to say a word, he had never seen a painting with the seal of "Kun Can" in the market, why did you Zhou Wu often see it?

(End of this chapter)