Easy Tycoon

Chapter 85 Meizhou Paper and Jiajiang Paper

It turns out that the old curator is proficient in calligraphy and painting, so he has a lot of research on the paper used for calligraphy and painting.

The old curator said that the paper used in this painting is a kind of leather paper that only appeared in the north during the Yongqian period of the Qing Dynasty.And Zhu Da was from the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, especially Zhu Da spent his whole life in the south and rarely came to the north.The most important thing is that when Zhu Da died, Kangxi was still alive. How could he use this kind of leather paper that only appeared in the Yongqian period to paint?

In the end, the old curator judged that this painting was a very well-made imitation. If there were no problems on the drawing paper, it would be difficult to distinguish the authenticity of this painting.

Grandpa didn't give up at first, so he took the painting to his hometown and asked someone to ask an expert from the Palace Museum to give him an eye. As a result, the expert didn't even see the authenticity of the painting at first. When my grandfather said that there might be something wrong with the paper used in this painting, the expert asked a friend of his who specialized in paper to have a look. As a result, the answer given by the man was the same as that of the old curator.

However, the expert also said that the imitation of Zhu Da's painting is probably the work of a certain master. If there is no such authentic work in the world, the price of this painting will definitely not be much lower. .

So far, Grandpa gave up.However, my grandfather never let outsiders touch that painting, so I haven't figured out who imitated it until now.

A family handed down jade card has been replaced with such a counterfeit, this medicine is taken, so grandpa has nothing to say.

It's not that my grandfather has never taken medicine for his eyes before, but this time the medicine is too powerful.Leaving aside the value of the family-passed jade token, the key point is that the old man planned to keep this jade token for his son Li Long.As a result, this jade tablet that has been passed down for three generations is gone just because of one drilling.
Grandpa was very depressed for a while because of this incident, and he didn't even go to the ghost market.

But grandma is very good and has been silently caring for grandpa. In the end, it took grandpa more than a year to get out of the shadow of that time.

Grandpa learned from the painful experience and decided to stand up again from where he fell, and began to ponder over the paper.

He spent money to buy a camera, and every time he went to the ghost market, he took the camera with him, took pictures of the ancient books and paintings on paper, and then studied the paper used in those ancient books and paintings.Later, Tianqu had its own antique market, and more people flocked to the antique market, so Grandpa had more opportunities to take pictures.Sometimes my grandfather would buy some fragments of ancient books as samples.

In this way, from 2010 to [-] before Grandpa’s illness in the new century, Grandpa has accumulated a total of five volumes of paper photos and samples of ancient books and paintings, including thousands of papers produced in different times and places. Paper photos and samples, Yang Jing has been ordered by his grandfather to read these five books frequently since he was a child, and he has read them countless times.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the five volumes of my grandfather's books were seen by people in the store, they would definitely pay a lot of money to buy them.

Even the most professional books about ancient books and painting paper that can be seen on the market are not as detailed and comprehensive as these five books made by my grandfather.

Yang Jing had heard his grandfather talk about it countless times when he was a child.

Yang Jing clearly remembered that his grandfather summed up a sentence for himself: "How to play with antiques? First of all, you have to understand antiques. If you don't understand antiques, you can play with antiques, and you will fall into a big somersault in the end. But the antique industry in our country is extensive and profound. It is never possible to master everything, so you have to keep learning, and only by constantly learning and enriching yourself can you avoid taking medicine as much as possible.”

Yang Jing was only six or seven years old when Grandpa said this sentence, but Yang Jing remembered this sentence very, very clearly.It is also this sentence that has been urging Yang Jing to keep learning.

In addition to these five books, my grandfather also made many other types of books, such as porcelain and miscellaneous antiques. Although they are not professional books, they are more detailed than professional books.These books are basically Yang Jing's extracurricular books when he was a child, and Yang Jing read them not once or twice, but many times.
Thanks to his grandfather, although Yang Jing has never received professional training on antiques since he was a child, because he has a grandfather who is known as a master of folk antiques, Yang Jing is also very proficient in the knowledge of antiques.

Grandpa also noticed that grandson looked up at the fake painting, and the old man smiled and said, "Xiao Jing, how many times have I told you that since you want to set foot in this industry, you can't be afraid of taking medicine and playing with antiques. One who has had his eyes pierced and taken medicine is not considered a real expert. Those so-called experts and professors only slowly improved their level by taking medicine over and over again."

After a pause, the old man took the book from the old uncle's hand with some difficulty, and continued to say while flipping through it: "The two pages in the book you found are quite different, and they were made so Well, I wonder if these two pages are from the Song Dynasty, otherwise that person would not have used such a method to cover up the two pages of the book."

The old man's hand paused for a moment, and he muttered to himself: "Well, it's here." The old man used a magnifying glass to compare the sixth page of "Hua Jian Ji" with a certain photo in the book, and studied for a while. Grandpa shook his head disappointed.

For the next time, grandpa kept repeating such actions and kept busy for almost an hour. In the middle, the aunt called grandpa to come over for dinner, but he also scolded him and left.

As long as grandpa is studying a certain antique piece of literature, he hates others to disturb him the most. Yang Jing and the old uncle know the old man's temper, so they have never dared to mention the matter of eating.

Suddenly, the old man excitedly patted the armrest of the chair and laughed loudly.

"That's right! If I'm not mistaken, the old man, the paper used for these two pages should be a kind of bamboo paper produced in Meizhou under the jurisdiction of Chengdu Dufu Road in the early Southern Song Dynasty! Xiaojing, what do you remember? ?"

Yang Jing said: "Grandpa, you mean Mei Shanqishi?"

Grandpa nodded with a smile and said: "That's right! If I'm not mistaken, the paper used for these two pages of the book should be the paper used by Jingdu Jingxianmeng when he presided over the engraving of Meishan Qishi! I know that the Song Shu engravings are precious, and the pinnacle of the Song Shu engravings is the Seven History of Meishan. In the early Southern Song Dynasty, the Shu version was the best engraved version in the entire Southern Song Dynasty, and the Shu version is the best. It’s just that Later, when Zheben and Jianben came up, the status of Shuben gradually declined, mainly because it was too difficult to walk in and out of Sichuan and Shu. In the Ming Dynasty, the status of Shuben was even lower. But in the Southern Song Dynasty , The bamboo paper used in Shuben is mostly a kind of bamboo paper produced locally in Meizhou, and in the Ming Dynasty, the paper used in Shuben is mostly Jiajiang paper. Here, this is Meizhou paper and Jiajiang paper.”

Grandpa said, pointing to the two samples in the book, "Look at the difference! Although the technology of Jiajiang paper was invented in the Tang Dynasty, it started in the Ming Dynasty and Song Dynasty. The paper is not well-known, at least as far as I know, the Yinmei and Shanqishi presided over by Jing Dujing Xianmeng did not use Jiajiang paper. So, if my inference is true, then the two The collection of pages and flowers is very likely to be carved in Song Shu."

After a pause, the old man took off his presbyopic glasses and laughed, "Xiao Jing, you probably picked up a big leak! If these two pages of Hua Jian Ji are really engraved by Song Shu, their value is incalculable. Especially the Song and Shu carvings in thin gold body are really rare."

Yang Jing also laughed, "Grandpa, in fact, when I bought this book in the morning, it was because I felt that these pages were not quite right, so I spent 1 yuan to buy this book. And this book It’s not just these two pages that are wrong, there are five pages in this book.”

Hearing this, Grandpa's mouth couldn't help opening.

(End of this chapter)