The general information about "Steping on the Snow" has been told to everyone. Even in history, it is a legendary painting, only exists in the records, and no one seems to have seen it.

From the beginning, Brother Hu went to see it with a chance attitude.

Although he found that it was not the original work of Zhan Ziqian, he still bought it for 200,000 yuan. In everyone's memory, this is the first time Brother Hu bought an item with so much money.

So, this painting should be quite precious, right?

Everyone speculated that Ms. Fang's judgment in the end might be true. Although this work is a imitation, it is very likely that it is a work by Fan Kuan, a landscape painter of the Song Dynasty.

"I'll take a look." Mr. Shen came over and took out his magnifying glass.

This kind of ancient painting is actually easy to make mistakes with the naked eye alone. Today's counterfeiting techniques are very subtle, and even with a magnifying glass, you may not find any flaws.

Mr. Fei curled his lips and thought to himself: Why are you joining in the fun? What level are you? Do you have no idea about it? What can you tell?

However, it is not easy to slap him in the face and tease him down in front of so many juniors.

Mr. Shen looked and said, "I heard that Fan Kuan is good at painting snow, which is one of his major creations. It is not impossible to say that "The Snow-Treading Picture" is his imitation of antiques."

"In fact, Fan Kuan is better at painting mountains."

Poplar smiled and told everyone that Fan Kuan's "mountain" is known as "painting mountains and bones and painting souls". The mountains and steep mountains often highlight the majestic momentum with their upright composition, and the foothills are painted with dense forests.

He pointed at the ancient painting: "Look at this place, there are traces of raindrops. This painting method is Fan Kuan's specialty."

Mr. Shen didn’t know much about raindrops, but he had heard of this term, saying it was a painting technique in landscape painting.

"What is raindrop texture?" Andy Lau has always been so active in matters and problems.

"The so-called raindrops are called Douban Pi, which are short strokes with long dots, and are often drawn with a side tip a little.

It can express the vigorous and heavy nature of mountains and rocks. A successful example of using raindrops in the history of painting was Fan Kuan of the Northern Song Dynasty, whose brushstrokes were called "spits".

Maybe it was because of this trace that the lady had argued with me before," Hu Yang explained.

Of course, not everyone appreciates this painting method. For example, Mi Fu, a famous calligrapher of the Song Dynasty, felt that this painting method could easily lead to excessive use of ink, resulting in the inability to distinguish between stone and soil.

The people in the live broadcast room suddenly laughed and screamed: Brother Hu, aren’t you snatching me from others? Why did it turn out to be someone who competed with you? It was clearly the elder sister who liked me first.

"So, is this original work of Fan Kuan?" Feiqi asked.

Xiaoli and others looked at Hu Yang, subconsciously ignoring Mr. Shen who was being identified, and seemed to be optimistic about his ability.

Hupomi nodded, then shook his head again.

"What's the meaning?"

Hu Yang said: "First of all, the picture we see now is indeed Fan Kuan's..."

Before he finished speaking, Mr. Shen discovered the problem and interrupted: "No, there is a problem! Look here, there are faint traces of writing, and you can only see a little bit of it in a magnifying glass. Brother Hu, come and take a look."

After saying that, he also gave his magnifying glass to Poplar.

Hupo Poplar didn't answer and smiled and said, "I noticed it there too. I think it's because of this that this painting was identified as a fake."

Many professional appraisers have this problem. As long as they find a flaw that they think is a flaw, they think the thing is fake, and they do not continue to study it in depth, and they think that there is no need for this.

"We might as well look at the paper first. Mr. Shen should have also discovered that this is Chengxintang paper, the best paper in the Song Dynasty. Most famous calligraphy and painting people in the Song Dynasty used this paper."

In fact, this kind of paper was not created in the Song Dynasty, but was created during the Southern Tang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. It is known for its skin and eggs as film, as solid as jade, and as thin and smooth as light. It was deeply loved by the monarchs of the Southern Tang Dynasty at that time.

Old Shen blushed. He really had no research on ancient paper and could not see anything. However, he admired this young man very much.

Paper identification is a big problem for many people and is difficult to start.

"Perhaps some people would ask, wouldn't Chengxintang paper be imitated by later generations? Yes, yes! And until the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong ordered people to imitate this famous paper. However, the materials used to make paper in each era were different.

For example, the calligraphy and painting paper used in the three dynasties of Jin, Tang and Song dynasties. Most of the Jin dynasties used hemp paper. Although the Tang dynasties also used it, the technology was more superb, and the paper produced was of better quality and more refined. By the Song dynasty, the velvet paper gradually replaced..." Huyang analyzed to everyone.

After analyzing the age of the paper, poplars are identified from the seal.

The identification of ancient calligraphy and painting is a special science. Generally speaking, the main basis for identification of calligraphy and painting is the style of the times and the personal style of the calligraphers and painters. The auxiliary basis is the seals, inscriptions, collection seals, as well as paper, silk, recordings, decorations, etc. of various eras.

"Looking at the seal, Fan Kuan's private seal just falls on this literal form, which can prevent fraud to a large extent. Even in modern science and technology, it is very difficult to copy the part where the characters and the seal overlap."

This is why, when making a contract, many people like to stamp the seal on the signature.

There are two collection seals on the painting, which shows that this painting has been collected by at least two collectors. Putting your own seal makes you feel like "going here".

In this regard, Qianlong was the maniac of stamping. As long as he liked the works, he would stamp his own seal on them, sometimes not even one or two.

For example, the "Spring Outing" we mentioned earlier, Qianlong covered a lot of crazy, filling almost all the blank spaces of the picture, causing later researchers to numb their scalp.

Fortunately, this person is quite a bit public and has not covered the collection print on the screen, otherwise everyone would have greeted Qianlong's mother.

"The Book of Emperor Sister? Who is this? The name of a person?" After reading it for a long time, Fei Qi recognized one of the words in the collection seal.

"The first female collector in my country's history is the eldest princess of the Yuan Dynasty. This is not a human name. The emperor sister means the emperor sister. The seal means the emperor sister's calligraphy and painting. The eldest princess's real name is Xianggelaji." Hu Yang replied.

The female viewer in the live broadcast room immediately shouted 666.

"This name is really...well, unique!" Feiqi was surprised.

When I heard the name, who would have thought it was a woman? No matter how you look at it, it was also a boy’s name! However, when I think of the naming style of Mongolian brothers, I don’t go into it in depth.

"This eldest princess has a strong interest in calligraphy and painting, and is very good at collecting it. She also asked someone to write inscriptions and records of the calligraphy and paintings she has collected. With her collection seal proof, it will basically not be fake." Hu Yang said.

The calligraphy and paintings she has collected can be identified from the two seals of the eldest princess, "The Book of the Emperor's Sister" and "The Book of the Emperor's Sister". Of course, the seals can also be forged, so we need to carefully identify, compare, and determine the authenticity.

Hu Poplar heard that the two seals of the Great Princess are of the same style and size, and the fonts are both seal scripts, which may be from the same handwriting.

Among the princess's two seals, the more commonly used is "The Book of the Emperor Sister". The seal is slightly wider at the top and narrow at the bottom, almost square, just like the seal I see now.

Another "Emperor Sister Zhenwan" seal is rarely seen in calligraphy and painting, and it is extremely rare for two seals to appear on one calligraphy and painting at the same time. As far as we know, only Wang Zhenpeng's "Bianbiao Picture" has two seals at the same time.

Seeing the female audience in the live broadcast room discussing enthusiastically, it was obvious that the rhythm of treating the eldest princess as an idol, Hu Yang would say a few more words.

It is understandable that in history, women were usually a vulnerable group, and it was natural that a celebrity appeared, and it was rare to be admired.

"This princess' ability to become a famous collector in history has a lot to do with her status and environment, and plays an important role.

Because of this kind of identity, there will definitely be no financial difficulties. In addition to obtaining the collection of calligraphy and paintings directly from the collection of the palace, his calligraphy and paintings can also have enough money to buy collections, so he has a considerable personal collection, which is beyond the reach of others.

Moreover, the era in which the princess lived was the stage when the Meta-culture was heading for prosperity, and there were many great painters and scholars around her, which had a great influence on her."

In fact, as long as you really like it, many princesses in history can become big collectors, and they have this kind of capital. Chinese feudal society has been around for thousands of years, and so many dynasties can't count how many princesses there are.

The eldest princess of the Yuan Dynasty was quite good at cultural activities in the Yuan Dynasty royal family. She was proficient in Chinese, was good at collecting, and admired Confucianism and Taoism. She was a female celebrity in Chinese history.

As netizens often say, China may have lost in the war, but never lost in culture. All the minority groups who entered the Central Plains will be assimilated by the profound and profound culture of the Han family.

This is the strength of our country's civilization and the biggest reason why Chinese civilization has never been cut off for thousands of years. It is too inclusive.

Unlike the West Asian Mesopotamian civilization, if the country is destroyed, the civilization will disappear. If it weren’t for the archaeologists from later generations, they wouldn’t have known that there was such a civilization that had been once glorious.

Finally, Poplar Hu talks about using the pen. Every calligrapher and painter has his own style and habits of using the pen.

"What we mean by using the pen is actually looking at the lines." Hu Yang said.

Fan Kuan’s use of “lines” has two most fascinating points: one is its turning point and the other is its depth.

Long-term turning is the most difficult. When you first start writing, you should be attracted leisurely. When you encounter a corner of a rock, you should turn it. When you are intent, you should be smooth and smooth. When you are intent, you should be implicit when you are intent.

But in Fan Kuan's hands, he was very agile, as if the drifting turns of a professional racer, which was pleasing to the eye.

A careful analysis made almost everyone believe that this is Fan Kuan's work.

"If Fan Kuan's works are worth at least millions." Mr. Shen began to feel a little envious.

He knew that due to the age, there were not many authentic works of Fan Kuan, but the only few remaining ones were fine.

Everyone was surprised, then, Brother Hu nodded and shook his head before, what does it mean?

"But what's going on here? Has someone written a handwriting here, but later someone didn't like it and wiped it off?" asked Mr. Shen. Although it was very light, the traces could still be seen.
Chapter completed!