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    Su Xiaoqie is usually lively and lively - but when she is actually doing things and studying, she can still calm down. Faced with this hard-won opportunity, she also tried her best to learn calligraphy and painting appraisal.

    Although Zhou Xia felt in her heart that with her temperament, she might learn to be a chef and becoming a gourmet might be more suitable for her.  But he didn't want to dampen her enthusiasm. Moreover, she looked at it carefully and quickly asked, "Senior brother, how come I discovered that there are so many works by Li Keran in this year's autumn auction."

    Zhou Xia explained to her, "Don't you know? This year is truly the year of Li Keran. After Li Keran entered the billion-dollar club, his works began to become popular. At this year's spring auction, Li Keran's "Shaoshan"  124.2 million was sold, and "Ten Thousand Mountains Are Red" was sold for 293.25 million. Do you think that given the sense of smell of major auction houses, they will not pay attention to the collection of Li Keran's works? Let alone at auction, privately, Li Keran's other works  It also became popular, this is the Li Keran effect."

    "But" Su Xiaoru immediately replied, "I found that two different auction companies are auctioning the same work by Li Keran!"

    Zhou Xia said, "It's real or fake! Don't be mistaken. I know that Li Keran painted a lot of shepherd boys and cows in his life. If you don't look carefully, it's easy to get confused."

    Su Xiaoru put the catalogs of the two auction companies together, pushed them to Zhou Xia, then pointed to the picture of cattle herding on it and said to him, "Sigh, brother, if you don't believe it, I haven't started to inspect and appraise the paintings myself, but the two paintings  I can still tell whether they paint the same thing or not.¡±

    Zhou Xia came forward and took a closer look. As she said, the two lots were of the same style as Li Keran. The positions of the shepherd boy and the cow inside were very similar in size. The inscriptions and seals were also in the same position.  Although the names given by the auction company are different, one is called Herding Cows and the other is called Spring Cows, the content is exactly the same!

    It¡¯s really interesting to have such an unexpected incident happen.  These two auction companies, one is an auction company located in Beijing and the other is an auction company located in Donghai. It seems that they did not communicate well before. 0

    Zhou Xia also apologized quickly and said, "I'm sorry, I blamed you wrongly just now. These two paintings indeed painted the same thing. It is most appropriate to say that they are twins!"

    "Seeing that you are so sincere, I will reluctantly forgive you. I won't do it again!" After Su Xiaoru said this, she looked at each other and laughed with Zhou Xia.

    "Brother, tell me, what's going on? Which of these twin pictures of a shepherd boy and a cow is true or false?" Su Xiaoru asked him for advice.

    "This" Zhou Xia was also in a dilemma. "I'm not sure yet. My ability in appraising calligraphy and painting is not much better than yours. Let's study it together."

    Su Xiaoru smiled and said, "Do you want to take out the tools, such as a magnifying glass or microscope?"

    Zhou Xia said, "Of course you can take it out. It's best to have tools to help. But it would be better if there are two paintings in front of you. It is really difficult to authenticate the auction catalog. In this way, the photos in the catalog are different from the actual objects."  The gap may be huge, or it may have been beautified, and the color difference may have been adjusted.¡±

    "The current comparison technology is too powerful. But I think that through careful comparison and analysis, we can get some results." Su Xiaoru quickly took out the professional equipment. The magnifying glasses were all high-power magnifying glasses with more than 50 times.  Used to carefully identify the details of calligraphy and painting.  However, using it in this photo was undoubtedly overkill, but she planned to experience the country in advance and become familiar with it.

    Zhou Xia smiled and said, "If you put these two paintings together, it feels like you girls are trying to find fault with each other."

    Su Xiaoru chuckled, "I just like to play this game, but I feel that this is more like a guessing game now. Senior brother, do you think these two paintings are one true and the other false, or are both paintings false? Or, are there  It¡¯s impossible, both paintings are real. Didn¡¯t Master Li Keran paint many paintings of shepherd boys and cows in his life?¡±

    Zhou Xia replied, "Master Li Keran claimed to be nonsense three thousand. He left less than three thousand works, but the number of works signed by Li Keran at the auction was far more than this number. Although Li Keran painted many paintings of shepherd boys and cows  , but the possibility of creating an identical work is almost zero. Therefore, we can first rule out the idea that both are authentic. For these twins, either one is authentic and the other is fake, or both are fake.  .There is no need to consider the possibility that both paintings are true.¡±

    Su Xiaoru nodded, and then said enthusiastically, "I think so, let's find fault together! It's rare to encounter such twins. If you observe these twins carefully, there should be some differences. It is impossible to be completely different."  Consistent.¡±

      Zhou Xia also joined her in carefully analyzing and comparing the two paintings.

    Among Li Keran¡¯s works, red works have the highest market value. Several paintings that have sold for over 100 million, including ¡°Ten Thousand Mountains Are Red¡±, ¡°Shaoshan¡± and ¡°Long March¡± are all red works.  Although the prices for themes such as shepherd boys and cows are not high, the quantity is large and the transaction rate is high, making them very popular in the auction market.  Therefore, it has become the most popular work for counterfeiters and belongs to the hardest-hit area.

    Su Xiaoru wants to appraise calligraphy and paintings, so she must be familiar with Li Keran's works. Appraisal of the picture of the shepherd boy and the cow is only the most basic thing.

    In addition, Zhou Xia also revealed to her that in the autumn auction of their Tiandi Auction Company, there was also a picture of a shepherd boy and a cow by Li Keran.

    Su Xiaoru¡¯s eyes widened immediately. ¡°Senior brother, you didn¡¯t lie to me. It looks even better now. Isn¡¯t it going to be triplets or multiple births?¡±

    Zhou Xia smiled and said, "You are overthinking. I just said it was a picture of a shepherd boy and a cow. In fact, I didn't look at it carefully, but thinking about it, I feel that it is somewhat different from this painting. The position and background of the shepherd boy are somewhat different."  But I can¡¯t make a 100% guarantee that it will not be similar to other paintings of shepherd boys and cows. After all, I am not from the company¡¯s calligraphy and painting department, and most of the calligraphy and painting auctions collected have not passed through my hands.¡±

    Su Xiaoru muttered, "It's not easy to do an appraisal. You have to remember a lot of things."

    ¡°You¡¯re giving up now!¡± Zhou Xia laughed at her.

    "No way, it's more interesting this way. I feel that the picture of cow herding in Beijing has more charm, and the shepherd boy is more lively. It is more like Li Keran's creation in his later years. In comparison, this picture of spring cows in Donghai  The picture, I think the taste is just a little bit different." Su Xiaoru immediately became more motivated. She had read the information and knew that Li Keran's picture of the shepherd boy and the cow had a relatively long painting time span. Both paintings were signed in 1900.  , belonging to his relatively mature painting style.

    Zhou Xia was not as arbitrary as she was. He said to her, "Well, we can't just rely on our feelings. We have to find some standard instruments for reference. There are many works by Li Keran on shepherd boys and cows at the auction, and it is impossible for every piece to be the same."  It is a fake. Therefore, compared to the identification of other paintings and calligraphy, it is relatively easy to identify. Comparing these two paintings, I can say that the bad one must be fake, but the good one may not be real. Very good  Maybe, the real thing hasn't been taken out yet, and the two twins thrown out are just for testing the waters. Let's compare and analyze it carefully, and it won't be too late to draw a conclusion."

    Su Xiaoru nodded, and the two of them immediately took action. In addition to comparing and analyzing the auction catalogue, they also opened Zhou Xia's laptop and checked online to see how Li Keran's shepherd boy and cow were authentic in past auction transaction records.  They also found some large high-definition photos from the museum's collection, and the two of them vowed not to give up until they got to the bottom of it.

    ¡°But this kind of appraisal of calligraphy and painting is still more mysterious than the appraisal of physical objects, because comparative analysis can only be done from the photos in the auction catalog.

    In the end, the two of them came to a relatively reliable conclusion after carefully appreciating the different forms of shepherd boys and cow paintings painted by Li Keran in almost all periods, including several paintings that sold for more than one million yuan at spring auctions.

    Zhou Xia also said that Su Xiaoru¡¯s previous judgment was not unreasonable. The painting called Spring Cow Picture in Donghai was very similar to Li Keran¡¯s style, but it always felt more like the early period, with some traces of imitation.

    ¡°Moreover, through careful comparison of the two paintings, they found that the painting of cattle herding in Beijing was more natural and leisurely in writing, and the details were also very liberal.  Unlike the painting from the auction company in Donghai, I feel that I will be more careful with my brushes and strive for perfection every stroke.

    This also proves that even twins have quite a few differences.

    As for things like bell seals and seals, they are not like in the past, where one person works alone, and they are all group counterfeiting and assembly line operations. In this regard, it is not particularly difficult to distinguish the fake from the real one.

    As for other criteria for the appraisal of calligraphy and painting, such as the material of paper and ink, the style of coloring, the degree of penetration of pen and ink into the paper, etc., it is impossible to achieve the most accurate appraisal before seeing the actual object.

    In this way, the two people can roughly identify the Spring Ox Pictures with worse quality as imitations.

    ¡°But Zhou Xia felt that it should be an older imitation, at least, it should be an imitation from five or six years ago.  Where traces of tracing can be seen, they were all hand-painted.

    Neither of them are very optimistic about the painting of cowherds in Beijing, although there seems to be nothing particularly noteworthy in all aspects. The style of painting is similar to that of Li Keran's paintings of shepherd boys and cows in his later years.

    But just because such twins appear on the market, people appreciate its appearance, but there are also many suspicious things.Come everywhere.

    Zhou Xia even felt that the cow herding picture was most likely a replica of the real thing, so the details were done very well.

    How specific it is, you still have to go to the scene in person and get your hands on it to find out. Like now, if you make an appraisal based on photos, no matter how good the appraiser is, you can't guarantee millions of accuracy.  Zhou Xia is no exception. The most important thing is that he cannot use the archaeological identification system to identify the photos!  (To be continued)

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