¡°The most detailed parts of Song Huizong¡¯s flower-and-bird paintings are the feathers and eyes.¡±
At this time, an expert spoke eloquently: "It is said that when he painted feathers, he used to use double hooks to make the feathers loose and the shapes vivid and natural. Especially when depicting the eyes of birds, he often used raw lacquer to accentuate the eyes, which is subtle. Dou Xu, higher than the paper, almost want to move."
"The birds in this sketch of rare birds are just like this. It is full of superb sketches with both form and spirit. It has changed from a simple and sincere interest to a subtle and agile one. That is, the resemblance in appearance is better than the interest of things, and the resemblance in spirit is better than the interest of nature "
During the comments, Wang Guan and others also nodded. Everyone has an intuitive feeling about whether a painting is good or not, and naturally they prefer the view that things are authentic. After all, the so-called doubts are sometimes just speculation by some people.
This is not surprising. Regardless of ancient or modern times, no matter what the matter is, there are speculators. The same is true for the appraiser industry. When you find faults with something, you may not necessarily think there is something wrong with it, but you may be trying to be new or different, or you may be taking a gamble. After all, with the advancement of science and technology, some things that were considered authentic before may now be judged as fakes.
For this reason, some people are naturally opportunistic and want to gamble on luck. If he happens to say it right, then this matter will be his honor and pride, and he will definitely talk about it from time to time. It is for this reason that the industry is full of different voices, there are a lot of ghosts and monsters, and all kinds of messy things happen from time to time.
Therefore, outsiders think that antique collecting is in deep trouble, largely because some people are afraid of chaos in the world. After all, only when there is chaos can they fish in troubled waters and reap huge benefits.
"However, Mr. Zhou and others are very ethical. They always say what is right and what is right. If it's wrong, it's wrong, and naturally there won't be any selfish motives. After careful identification, it was agreed that the item was authentic.
"It's definitely no problem, that's it." An expert smiled and sighed: "With these three treasures, it's really a worthwhile trip."
"Your demands are too low, the good things are yet to come."
At the same time, the expert next to him whispered: "Did you see it, Jade Seal!"
??The jade seal is of course not a jade seal that is ordered by heaven to have a long life and a long life. It is the seal of the Qing Dynasty emperor.
After all, in addition to the Twenty-Four Treasures, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty also carved many seals. For example, Emperor Qianlong made countless inscriptions in his life. It is said to be more than 10,000 pieces. Most of these jade seals were plundered and lost overseas in the late Qing Dynasty. In recent years, these emperor's jade seals have been seen frequently in major auctions around the world, and the prices have been very high.
someone said. This is because one plunder was not enough. Seeing that the Chinese were rich, they changed their methods and carried out a second plunder. Although this statement is somewhat biased, it is not unreasonable.
However, the situation is better now, someone opened the door to the secret vault safe. Let everyone pick whatever they want. This kind of situation is rare. Zhou Lao and others will naturally not miss such a good opportunity, and their eyes must be as wide as possible. Never let go of any precious treasure.
Jade seals are naturally treasures, especially the emperor¡¯s jade seal, which is a rare treasure. Modern people may lack a sense of empathy, which was actually the case in ancient times. A seal is equivalent to an identity card and a symbol of a person's power and status.
Such examples can often be seen in some ancient documents. When a certain city was conquered, the officials in the city were directly killed, and then the official seal was used to order the soldiers and civilians, and the soldiers and civilians were very obedient.
????????????????????? Another example is that a certain official died of illness or was killed by a gangster on the way to his appointment. Then someone pretended to be an official, and there was an official seal as evidence, but no one suspected it at all.
For such cases, modern people probably regard them as legends. In fact, this is a true story. You must know that transportation in ancient times was very backward. Although it is not as exaggerated as Laozi's small country with few people, and the villages never communicate with each other until death, some people really never went out of a hundred miles in their lives.
This is the so-called hometown complex, it is difficult to leave the hometown. Mainly because once you leave, you often never have the chance to return to the countryside. It is not uncommon for people to die in a foreign country and be buried elsewhere.
The backwardness of transportation naturally resulted in information asymmetry. In an era without cameras and telephone networks, sigils naturally became a token to test a person's identity. So with the official seal, you can naturally pretend to be someone else. In other words, the official seal is a symbol of power. Everyone recognizes the seal but not the person. The seal is more important than the person.
Knowing this, Mr. Zhou and others naturally understand the value of the jade seal better. Not only the economic value, but also the traditional cultural value behind it. So after discovering the jade seal, they all gathered around to take a look.
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: And isUnlike ordinary square seals, this jade seal is round, like a pillar. There are simple carvings on the pillars, similar to the shape of a mountain, but with the edges and corners polished off.
At this time, an expert picked up the jade seal and looked at it, focusing on the words on the printed surface. Although the words on the printed surface are reversed, the expert has rich experience and can identify it after a little inspection: "Wufutang."
¡°Oh, it¡¯s the seal of Emperor Yongzheng.¡±
When the people next to you heard this, they immediately came to a conclusion. After all, every emperor has his own private space in the palace, and then takes various elegant titles. For example, Emperor Qianlong's Sanxi Hall was a collection of calligraphy and paintings. As for the Wufu Hall, it was the place where Yongzheng usually relaxed and cultivated his character.
"It's a pity, it's just the official seal."
At the same time, an expert sighed: "If it is the treasure of Yongzheng's royal family, the treasure of Yongzheng's forgiveness of life, the treasure of trouble for the king, respecting heaven and ancestors, loving the virtuous and loving the people, etc., it would be even more precious."
"It would be nice to have a seal with a title." Mr. Zhou said with a smile: "After all, Yongzheng was not Qianlong. He didn't have many jade seals made by people, and even fewer of them survived in the raging war. Now you can see One piece is a relatively lucky thing, so don¡¯t make any other extravagant requests.¡±
"That's right" With this thought, everyone agreed. They no longer focused on the content of the seal, but instead appreciated the texture of the jade seal and the technique of seal cutting. After all, the quality of a seal is largely reflected in the material, carving, and seal cutting. Good materials and good workmanship complement each other. If the carving and seal cutting are not good, then it is just a waste of things.
However, the emperor¡¯s jade seal has no such worries at all.
Not to mention the jade material, even though Yongzheng cleaned up a lot of messes for Emperor Kangxi, he was relatively frugal. But where the status is, no matter how frugal you are, you will never lack a piece of good jade. As for the carving and seal cutting, they were all done by master craftsmen of the palace. The seal characters and iron hook silver paintings are very beautiful among the vigorous lines and have a free and light beauty.
Produced by the royal family, it is a guarantee of quality. There is no doubt that the things must be rare treasures.
"This is to be determined!"
Even if it is a jade seal belonging to the emperor, after all, it is only a first-class personal seal, not a treasure decreed by the emperor to the world. Its cultural value is definitely inferior to the few calligraphy and paintings just now, so it can only be included in the scope to be determined. . After all, the amount of things exchanged is limited, so you must be careful and cannot make a hasty decision.
"By the way, what is this."
At this moment, someone discovered a strange thing next to the jade seal.
"What?"
Everyone also took a look and saw that the thing was about the size of a disk, but the material was not obvious, which was a bit strange. Suddenly, everyone became more interested, and Mr. Zhou directly picked up the things and looked at them.
"Huh."
After weighing it for a moment, Mr. Zhou was slightly surprised: "It looks like a tortoise shell."
At the same time, everyone also saw clearly that the thing looked like a disk. Just now, the center of the disk was pointing upwards, so naturally there was no clue. But now it is facing upwards, so everyone can naturally see some textures. Judging from the texture, you can tell that the thing is a tortoise shell, and it is not a whole piece of tortoise shell, but a piece of tortoise shell.
In addition, on the tortoise shells, there are some seemingly chaotic carvings, including lines and dots, which make people confused and do not understand their meaning.
If it were before, everyone would definitely be confused about its meaning, but after visiting Mr. Xu yesterday, and now seeing this piece of tortoise shell, everyone's eyes will inevitably have a bit of a strange look, and there is a feeling that it is a coincidence.
"Is that it?"
At the right time, an expert whispered: "It feels like it."
¡°It¡¯s not just like it, I think it¡¯s it.¡±
"Look, these lines and points are exactly the same. But the corners seem to have been polished. I don't know if they were deliberately cut or if they were accidentally broken apart"
"No matter what the reason is, there is only one piece of the thing. It's a pity."
Hearing this, everyone nodded. It is generally accepted that a broken body is worse than a whole body. Although it is often said that the leopard can be seen in the tube, it is also helpless. Who wouldn¡¯t want to have it all if they could?
You must know that the fragments are just fragments. Even if you can understand some situations through the fragments, sometimes it will happen that you cannot see the whole thing. It is because we understand this that everyone feels so sad.
"Let's see if there are any other tortoise shells"
At this time, some people were determined to rummage through various safes. It's a pity that there is nothing gained, but what is lost is reaped in the east, like mulberry trees and pieces of tortoise shell.However, the man found another rather strange object.
"Come and see, what is this?"
Under that person¡¯s greeting, everyone naturally looked around and saw that the thing was actually a stone, but there was a faint dragon floating on the stone. The scales, head horns, feet, and neck hair were all clearly visible. The most important thing is that the dragon-shaped pattern on the stone is not artificially carved, but a naturally formed texture.
"The strange stone with dragon pattern."
At first glance, everyone was amazed, but they temporarily put the tortoise shell thing out of their minds.
After some inspection, everyone can be sure that the stone texture is really naturally formed, the dragon pattern is natural, and full of fun. If placed in ancient times, it would definitely be a sign of auspiciousness