Such a painting is a replica.

If it is a fake, it does not mean a fake. Many imitations are of considerable value.

But what is the real value of this painting? Why did Zhu Xiufang and others collect it?

Zhou Xia had no way of knowing it before he could figure out the whole story.

Before this, Zhou Xia still asked the system to help make an appraisal, and the result was that "the work was created in 1968 AD."

This result was a little beyond Zhou Xia's expectations. He originally thought that it might be the work of anyone who was a great man during the Republic of China, so Zhang Daqian loved to do this most, and he copied countless works of famous artists.

Zhou Xia couldn't help but think in his heart that the key is that 1968 was a very special period.

When the Red Guards and soldiers broke the four old days, if they copied such works to protect the real works at that time, it would be worth collecting. At least, their purpose is the purest and most upright, not just for profit or other not pure purposes.

As for whether this painting was made by Zhang Daqian in 1968, Zhou Xia had no idea. He only knew that the painting was a imitation. It would be consistent with his previous appraisal results.

Fang Rujian saw that he had identified another painting, and hurriedly came up to ask him what the appraisal result was. He was also thinking before that Zhou Xia's appraisal level in calligraphy and painting was pretty good, but he did not specialize in this. Then his attainments in miscellaneous porcelain should not be higher. This made him look at Zhou Xia with great enthusiasm, and he was eager to know what his real level was. With such students, teachers should be proud of them.

Zhou Xia also replied with reservations, "I look at this painting, it does not look like the original work of Bada Shanren. First of all, the paper and ink are wrong, and it was not until the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Furthermore, such a "Lonely Pine Picture" should show the nobleness and arrogance of pine, which is most consistent with the personality of Bada Shanren. However, this painting is not only a little worse in terms of charm, but also has some minor flaws in the specific details. Although the seal is the same as the authentic one, if you look closely, you can still find some differences. Wu Changshuo's inscriptions seem a bit stingy. Therefore, I think it should be a modern imitation, but the level of this imitation is still quite high."

Fang Rujian exclaimed, "If Fang Xue hadn't confirmed it, I would have doubted, Zhou Xia, are you specializing in the appraisal of calligraphy and painting works. The appraisal of Bada Shanren's calligraphy and painting has always been not simple, and there are very few authentic works circulating on the market. This painting is indeed not the original work of Bada Shanren."

Zhou Xia replied modestly, "I'm just starting out, and I guess there must be a story behind this painting. Can Professor Fang tell me? I don't want to know the reason, but I don't know why. I remember that the same painting once appeared in the auction hall, and I don't know if it was this painting."

Fang Rujian immediately replied with a smile, "This painting is indeed the one in the auction hall. However, it was not us who took this painting. We only got this painting later. You may not know much about this painting. It was Wu Zhenbang, the former director of the Bada Shanren Memorial Hall. During the Cultural Revolution, he copied almost all of the Bada Shanren's works, and then sent the authentic works to the Bayi 1st Memorial Hall in the funeral home car to the Bayi ** Memorial Hall to collect them. These copied works were used instead of the authentic works and placed them in the museum. The Red Guards broke the four olds and broke into the memorial hall, burning a lot of Bada Shanren's works. In this way, all the authentic works were preserved, and this substitute that originally replaced the authentic works were fortunately not burned, and later circulated from Wu Zhenbang."

Zhou Xia couldn't help but sigh, "That's right, Mr. Wu is admirable! Not only did Bada Shanren copy the paintings very well, but his vision was also very good. If he hadn't dared to use imitations instead, we would have lost a lot of precious cultural heritage and left unlimited regrets to future generations."

"Yes! Otherwise, the Red Guards and Bing will destroy the authentic works in the collection as four old ones. Such a painting still has considerable monumental significance, so when we have the opportunity to get it, we will collect it." Fang Rujian said, "Collection does not necessarily mean that the original works are completely collected. Moreover, everyone knows that even the works in the collection may not necessarily be all original works. After all, the number of authentic works is still quite limited. As long as it is meaningful and has special value, it is not necessarily measured by money."

Zhou Xia nodded and said yes. At this time, he didn't ask how much the painting is worth or how much it costs. The same is true for the previous painting "The Ink Lotus Picture", which is Zhu Xiufang and his own secret. Zhou Xia could appreciate it with his own eyes and do an appraisal, so he felt very satisfied.

A painting like this that has stories and meanings is indeed something that money cannot measure.

Zhou Xia also found this identification quite interesting. What he could see and feel was not just the distinction between genuine and imitation.

Zhou Xia talked to Fang Rujian about the little things about this painting again, and then he went to appreciate the next painting with full expectations.

Fang Rujian is the clearest about this painting, but the content of this painting is about flowers and birds, and they are quite distinctive. They are typical characteristics of Bada Shanren, with outstanding uniqueness and novel ideas.

Moreover, in addition to the seal of Bada Shanren, there are also Huang Binhong's inscriptions, which are genuine and authentic. Huang Binhong's works were once underestimated, but now, with the improvement of everyone's level, the increase in awareness, and the influence of the market trend, Huang Binhong's works are becoming more and more accepted. Huang Binhong's fakes appearing on the market are also emerging one after another.

Those who know Huang Binhong's works can easily tell the inscription of the painting, which is indeed Huang Binhong's handwritten inscription.

In other words, this painting has been identified by Huang Binhong himself.

Generally speaking, such paintings are basically authentic.

Unfortunately, what disappointed Fang Rujian was that Zhou Xia was really the first to start, and he turned a blind eye to the most obvious information and ignored it.

When I first made an appraisal, I just went to paper and ink to make a piece.

Fang Rujian said it was not good to see whether this had any impact on his appraisal results, but he could guarantee that the paper in this painting was indeed old paper. This is also a very test-level painting. Fang Rujian was looking forward to how wonderful Zhou Xia could perform.

Zhou Xia was fully focused and had no time to care about Fang Rujian's feelings. He only followed his routine to make an appraisal.

This painting has a very modern age.

But it does not mean that this painting must be the original work of Zhu Da, a native of Bada Shanren.

As for Zhou Xia himself, he knew that there were two top masters who imitated Bada Shanren, who imitated Bada Shanren. One was naturally Zhang Daqian, the master, whose level of counterfeiting was unprecedented and unparalleled. Let’s put it this way, whenever he received a genuine work, he would copy it. The first to improve his own painting level. Copying was the best learning. Bada Shanren, Shi Tao, Dong Qichang, Tang Bohu and other calligraphers and painters of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were his earliest objects of copying.

After thinking that the copying was very similar, Zhang Daqian would take out a full copy and lay a bunch of eggs.

Zhang Daqian is a collector of all the treasures in his hands. After collecting them, he is secretly kept and as long as he does not spread the authentic ones. In this way, he can be even more unscrupulous when making fakes. His counterfeiting techniques are also diverse, and it is quite good to piece together, and it is completely fabricated, and it also accounts for a considerable number.

The works of these painters he copied are also called the eggs he laid.

He has original works to refer to, and his own skills are quite profound and talented. The works he copied, that is, the eggs he laid, are of course very high.

People outside have never seen the original works, so they have no way to know whether Zhang Daqian deliberately used various channels, auctions, private communications, or whether the paintings leaked out were genuine. Most of the time, the imitations he leaked out were regarded as genuine, because the original works were in Zhang Daqian's hands, and others did not have the same conditions as him. Please refer to the comparison to make an appraisal.

Moreover, Zhang Daqian also has a distinctive feature of fake paintings, that is, he especially likes to invite the appraisers at that time, namely his friends and friends, to write inscriptions on the imitations he made. Ye Gongchuo, Huang Binhong, Yu Fei'an and others have written quite a few works for him.

In addition to being careful of Zhang Daqian, if you want to appraise Bada Shanren's works, there is another person who must be mentioned, that is, Bada Shanren's disciples, ten thousand.

Wanzhi was a disciple who was about 70 years old. His works were similar to Bada Shanren in terms of structure, style and shape. However, Bada Shanren's works were already very vigorous in their later years, and they used bald brushes to paint. This painting method could not be drawn without deep skills. At the same time, Bada Shanren wrote a large number of calligraphy works in his later years, with the center of his pen, the lines were very strong, and the tips were rigorous. Although Wanzhi's birth and death years were unknown, they were definitely younger than Bada. His skills were not as long as decades, so in some places where the strokes were turned, the brushwork and dots and dyeing were ignored.

These are all essential knowledge for appraising the works of Zhu Da, Bada Shanren.

Zhou Xia naturally remembers it firmly in his heart.

Zhou Xia could not find any flaws in this work in front of him from the paper age.

If it was a imitation of these two people, it would be difficult to find the direction of identification from this.

Needless to say, the era he lived in was similar to Bada Shanren, and the paper and ink he used were similar. It was undoubtedly more difficult to accurately distinguish them than climbing to the sky.

As for Zhang Daqian, this master is a top master in fraud. He is very dedicated and has worked tirelessly to make fakes for life. Of course, Zhang Daqian also made a complete set of fakes, and it is not just a matter of copying.

When Zhang Daqian made fakes in his early years, he would basically search for some old paper and dye them light brown. After the painting was finished, he deliberately exposed and mounted several times to make the painting look older and have the atmosphere of the era.

Since Zhang Daqian is quite familiar with the dyeing and weaving industry, even if he has not found a suitable old paper, he will use some solution to wash it, and finally brush it with a layer of white hyacinth water to make "fake paper". He is meticulous and can even forge cracks on the paper surface, which is almost the same as the original one. He has many authentic products in his hand to refer to, and it is really difficult to distinguish it in this way. In addition, he will also use white wine and other white wine to remove the oil of the new printing color and fill it with old printing. There are countless secret methods used.

It can be said that Zhang Daqian's fake work can be said to be unprecedented and unparalleled.

Some experts and scholars who have been in the Yin calligraphy and painting for the rest of their lives are prone to be fooled by Zhang Daqian's fake works, not to mention newbies like Zhou Xia who have just entered the industry. Dong Yuan's "Story Banks" has caused a lot of controversy in the past because everyone is arguing whether this painting was created by Zhang Daqian.

At present, Zhou Xia has not been able to find any fault in the paper and ink paintings of flowers and birds.

If this painting was created by Zhang Daqian, it would definitely not be revealed in these places. With Zhou Xia's skills, if he did not need to systematically identify the authenticity, he would not be able to distinguish the authenticity.

Finally, it depends on the artistic performance of this flower and bird picture itself to make the final identification results.

This flower and bird picture, no matter how you say it, gives Zhou Xia the feeling, is not particularly good.

He felt that this painting lacked the charm of Bada Shanren.

If you want to identify a painting, you have to figure out what the painter thought at that time and what kind of mental state he was in.

As we all know, Zhu Da, a Bada Shanren, was wandering all his life, with his homeland in his heart, and was always angry. His rich life experience and vicissitudes of life are something that imitators cannot imitate.

Even the top fakes, Zhang Daqian and Wanzhi, the imitation works of Bada Shanren, cannot be exactly the same as the original works of Bada Shanren Zhu Da.

Speaking of this, there may be some subjective idealism, but it is indeed the case.

Let’s take this painting!

Zhou Xia felt that whether it was using the brush or the ink, it felt a little floating, not like the thick and solemn feeling of the Bada Shanren Zhu Da. Moreover, although the flowers and birds are similar to Zhu Da's works, their aura is completely different.

This picture of flowers and birds, in which this bird that carries the spiritual theme lacks the aura of independence and loneliness and pride.

Especially after carefully appreciating Bada Shanren's "Blood Crying of the Cuckoo", Zhou Xia has a deeper understanding of Bada Shanren's artistic appeal that uses brush and ink that penetrates into people's hearts and is magical.

Zhu Da, the Bada Shanren, has always been known as the "Van Gogh" in the East. But Zhou Xia felt that Zhu Da, the Bada Shanren, was one level higher than Van Gogh. At least, Zhou Xia could understand the mood he wanted to express in the works of Zhu Da, and the proud, cold and elegant style was not something that others could imitate.

As for the inscription on this flower and bird picture, and the inscription on the inscription on the Chinese painting master Huang Binhong, Zhou Xia naturally would not miss it.

Although he did not study Huang Binhong in detail, he could also see that this inscription was indeed true.

But Zhang Daqian's fake works have always been indispensable for the inscriptions of famous people.

Therefore, Zhou Xia did not regard this inscription as the only criterion for identifying the authenticity. He would not, like some novices, see a famous inscription and confirm it as true, and think that this painting must be true. You should know that even if you collect it, there will be times when you can get it. Of course, they will be troubled by human feelings more often. When friends come to ask you for help, it is difficult to give you face, so just write one.

They couldn't give up their face, but they brought considerable trouble to the appraisal of later generations, which might have been what they could have expected at the beginning.

After such a riot, Zhou Xia felt more and more that he needed to improve his aesthetic taste and artistic appreciation ability, which was too important in the identification of French works. Even if most of them rely on talent, acquired efforts can still be changed.

At this point, Zhou Xia could basically conclude that this painting should have been done by Zhang Daqian, the fake master.

As for whether the result is correct or not, the system must make a judgment.

The system quickly concluded that "the work was created in 1936 AD."

There is no doubt that this "Flowers and Birds Picture" signed by Bada Shanren cannot be an authentic work, nor will it be made by Wanzi of Bada Shanren's disciples. The author, the most likely one, is the counterfeiting expert Zhang Daqian.

After completing the identification of this painting, Zhou Xia felt that his energy was exhausted.

Zhang Daqian's fake level can indeed reach the point of being fake and real, but as long as you practice more and improve your eyesight and artistic appreciation ability, you can still distinguish the authenticity.

Seeing that he had completed the appraisal again, Fang Rujian also came to inspect the results.

Zhou Xia didn't have so much energy to go around the corner, so he gave the result directly, "I have carefully read this painting. The paper and ink look very old. From this aspect, I can't find any special problems. However, I have carefully admired this painting and always felt that there was something missing in this painting. It was not a formal thing, but a little bit of the unique aura of the Bada Shanren Zhu Da. Especially this bird, I felt a little listless, which was not very consistent with the arrogant and independent image of Bada Shanren's paintings. So, I still think that this painting is a replica. But the level of imitation of this painting is more clever than the "Loneliness Pine Picture" just now."

Fang Rujian smiled and reminded him, "Zhou Xia, don't you think Huang Binhong's inscription on this is indeed true?"

Zhou Xiaze replied, "The inscription is real, but it does not mean that this painting must be authentic, right?"

"Then who do you think this painting is most likely to be made by." Fang Rujian knew that he would still stick to his own opinions, but he still had to ask clearly.

Zhou Xia said, "I can only think of Zhang Daqian if I can have this skill in fraud. If others want to make fraud, it will be a bit bad if they want to make fraud."
Chapter completed!