Chapter 2641: Appraisal
The night passed, and when he woke up in the morning, Shen Long booked the train ticket to go home tomorrow on the Internet. In the world of "Journey to the West", he had already thought about planting all the grapes on the back of his hometown with the grapes he had planted in the Flame Mountain. Just in time to do this while Arya hasn't started school yet.
As for today, let’s get ready first, first take out the original handwritten "Preface to the Sanzang of the Great Tang Dynasty" handwritten by Chu Suiliang, cover it with a time-space burden to make it old, and then call Shi Pu, "I recently bought it again. If you find a good thing, do you want to come over and have a look?" Let him have a look first, his calligraphy and painting appreciation level is still very good, definitely at the level of a senior expert, if he is sure that it is an authentic work, that should be enough.
"It's still the same as the ones on your wall? I said when you get the real one back, let me see it well." Although Shi Pu was complaining, he moved faster than anyone else, put down the phone and walked over rushed.
Hey, the ones hanging on my wall are actually authentic works, but you don’t believe it! Shen Long shook his head, and began to prepare refreshments. Since he is here, he has to take care of the meal, right?
In less than half an hour, Shi Pu arrived, clamoring to read it as soon as he came in, Shen Long took him to the study, took out the scroll of "The Preface to the Holy Teachings of the Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty", opened it carefully, and presented it in front of him.
"This is Chu Suiliang's handwriting, right? It is ethereal and flying, and the brush is used from the straight two-point pen that uses bones to the one- and two-point pen that uses tendons to win. The strokes are undulating and ups and downs. It is the characteristic of Chu Suiliang's late period!" Shi Pu gasped suddenly, Chu Suiliang was one of the four great masters in the early Tang Dynasty, so he was naturally familiar with such calligraphy.
"Huh? Let me go, this time it's not the real work, right?" Shi Pu finally noticed the silk that carries the calligraphy this time. There are yellow spots on the silk that have been bred for thousands of years. It can be seen that the old-fashioned method commonly used in the antique world can do it, how could he know that Shen Long still has such a magic weapon as the time-space furoshiki.
"I'm also a little uncertain, so please help me palm my eyes!" Shen Long said with a smile, how many times have I said that all the works here are authentic.
Shi Pu took out a magnifying glass and carefully examined the material of the silk, "This silk is the top grade used by the court in the early Tang Dynasty. It is in line with historical facts; as for the calligraphy style, it is indeed Chu Suiliang's style."
"As for whether it is the authentic work of "The Preface to the Sanzang of the Great Tang Dynasty", I have to study it carefully." Shi Pu said solemnly, if it is confirmed to be true, it will be awesome, even though it is not his work , but being able to identify such a famous calligraphy work in history is something that can last a lifetime.
Now that technology is advanced, Shi Pu took out his mobile phone after looking at it for a while, and found a high-definition photo of the stele of "The Preface to the Holy Teachings of the Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty". The strokes are more than 90% similar, and there are slight differences, which are more likely to be problems in the carving process of the craftsman; after all, the calligraphy written on silk and the inscription on the stele are still a little different , which are common in other works as well."
"From these aspects alone, it is extremely possible that this work is authentic, but if you want to make a final judgment, you have to use more advanced equipment to determine the age. I don't have this thing, or else Let's take it to the Palace Museum for inspection, oh, if it's inconvenient for you, just pretend I didn't tell you." Shi Pu said.
Once this thing is confirmed as authentic, it will definitely be a cultural relic of the national treasure level, and it is not easy to collect it privately. Shi Pu worried that Shen Long would not be willing to part with it, so he said so.
"I'm not going to the Forbidden City. I've made an appointment with the Shaanxi History Museum. It's more appropriate to put this thing in their place. I'll send it to them tomorrow and let them examine it. If it's true, I'll donate it to them! "Shen Long said generously, there are many authentic works in my family, and this one is not bad.
"You are so generous! There are only two authentic works of Chu Suiliang that are still alive today. The "Da Zi Yin Fu Jing" is hidden in the San Francisco Asian Art Museum. However, it is still doubtful whether this work was written by Chu Suiliang, because "Da Zi Yin Fu Jing" is inscribed as "Chu Suiliang, the official of the living man, Feng Chishu". Chu Suiliang was the living man in his middle age, but this volume has the style of calligraphy in his later years, so it is suspicious; while "Ni Kuanzan" is in the Forbidden City of Baodao , some people say it was written by Ouyang Xun, if you can confirm this, it can even be said to be the only authentic work of Chu Suiliang handed down in the world!" Shi Pu's various allusions in the world of calligraphy and painting come from his mouth.
"However, there is a big problem with this work. Why is there no inscription and seal on it? Could it be that collectors in all dynasties are not willing to use seals?" Shi Pu asked suspiciously.
Ancient collectors liked to add inscriptions or seals to their collections. For example, on the "Surfing the River During the Qingming Festival", there are works by Zhang, Zhang Gongyao, Li Quan, Wang Zhen, Zhang Shiji in the Jin Dynasty, Yang Zhun, Liu Han, and Li Qi in the Yuan Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, Wu Kuan, Li Dongyang (two postscripts), Lu Wan, Feng Bao, Rushou and other thirteen families have a total of fourteen postscripts.
And Qianlong was even more of a stamp-stamp madman. Almost none of the famous calligraphy and paintings collected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs escaped his clutches. Wang Xianzhi's "Mid-Autumn Post" has more than 30 characters, and he stamped more than 80 seals in one go. Wang Xizhi's "Quick Snow and Sunny Post" is not only covered with various "stamps" of Qianlong, but also has a huge "God" character written on it. He is not afraid of being laughed at when his own characters are placed with Wang Xizhi's!
In the field of appraisal of ancient calligraphy and painting, it is common practice to rely on inscriptions and postscript seals to judge authenticity, and to study the inheritance history of the calligraphy and painting by the way. There is no inscription or postscript on such a famous work as "The Preface to the Holy Teachings of the Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty". The seal is indeed a very rare thing.
Hey, what's so strange about this, it's been less than half a month since Chu Suiliang finished writing it, and I put it in front of you. How come other people have the opportunity to stamp and write the postscript? Moreover, there are works without inscriptions and seals. Unless there are clear records in history books, this is not a criterion for judging authenticity.
"Why don't I go to Xi'an with you tomorrow? I also want to see how those experts judge!" After Shi Pu asked Shen Long for the scheduled train number, he quickly booked the same high-speed train with him.
Early the next morning, the three of them took the high-speed rail together and arrived in Xi'an at noon. They ate a Roujiamo Liangpi at Zhang's house on Ziwu Road near the History Museum, and then brought their works to the door.