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    Through this entertaining and educational approach, Zhou Xia gained a lot.

    For the next few paintings, he made his own judgment based on the detailed characteristics of Bada Shanren¡¯s works explained by Fang Rujian and Fang Xue.

    However, Zhou Xia¡¯s identification results were not satisfactory because he did not use the archaeological identification system to help.

    Of the subsequent four paintings, he only identified two correctly.

    "In the other two paintings, he identified them incorrectly.

    One is Bada Shanren¡¯s early work, "Legendary Photo Album".

    This painting is really called Mottled Traces, which makes Zhou Xia feel a little strange. Although it is very contemporary, Zhou Xia feels that there are some obvious differences between the style of this painting and Bada Shanren. Therefore, he determined that it is from the mid-Qing Dynasty.  Bada Shanren's products.

    But what surprised him was that the answer given by Fang Rujian and others said that this painting was an early work of the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

    How early it is!

    ¡°Probably before Bada Shanren was forty years old, it was considered an early stage.

    ¡°Furthermore, Fang Rujian also said that the style of Bada Shanren¡¯s early works is not particularly mature, and its characteristics are somewhat different from the style of the later mature period.

    If one does not conduct particularly detailed and in-depth research on Bada Shanren, it is easy to make mistakes in identification.

    It is this painting. Fa Liangdu, the great collector of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, said that it should be a masterpiece, but it is also a work by a famous artist.  That is also because Fa Liang has not seen the early works of Bada Shanren, so he will make mistakes in judgment.

    Fang Rujian also told him not to be depressed and said that it was not easy for him to reach this point.

    But Zhou Xia was somewhat right. After Bada Shanren became famous, his works have become quite popular.

    Fang Xue also spread knowledge to him, saying that in the 19th year of Jiaqing (1814), the old man Dingxiang wrote an inscription on the Eight Great Paintings: "Fake paintings are all over the world."  This shows that during the Qianjia period, the market was flooded with fake paintings from the Bada.

    Nowadays, these fake paintings have been handed down, and they are just like fake paintings. In addition, the number of fake paintings made by recent people is even greater.

    It is not easy to see an authentic Bada Shanren product.

    Zhou Xia finally couldn't help it, and as a hindsight, asked the system to make an appraisal.

    Proved that, as Fang Rujian said, this painting was created in 1662 AD, when Bada Shanren was thirty-six years old.

    This also makes Zhou Xia¡¯s appraisal skills of Fang Rujian and Zhu Xiufang astounding. They are indeed experts in studying the works of Bada Shanren. In such appraisals, there will be basically no mistakes.

    For an artist, works of this age are indeed early works.

    Such early works are naturally very valuable and are of great significance to the study of Bada Shanren¡¯s artistic journey.

    According to Fang Rujian, according to the information they have learned, there are only four or five early works by Bada Shanren.

    Fang Xue said that it was different now, and she had to add that Zhou Xia had just bought the "Cuckoo's Cry of Blood", and she didn't know who would buy it.

    After she reminded Fang Rujian to go and see how Zhu Xiufang¡¯s appraisal was going, let the two of them communicate on their own.

    Except for the last two paintings and the other eight paintings, Fang Xue knew the true results.

    She was also happy to see Zhou Xia make mistakes in the appraisal, and she felt almost the same as when she made the mistake.

    Of course, Zhou Xia is not a professional after all. Fang Xue has not made any mistakes in identification before, and Zhou Xia also made mistakes in identification.

    It is this "Picture of Heron and Stone" that Zhou Xia regarded as an authentic work of Bada Shanren.

    But the fact is that this painting is an old painting, but it is the work of later generations. Moreover, it is not a particularly famous one, such as Wan Ge and Zhang Daqian's work.

    It¡¯s not surprising that Zhou Xia failed to identify it.

    Everyone will have different feelings about the same painting.

    The knowledge here is very deep, and Fang Xue himself needs to understand it with his heart, let alone a rookie like Zhou Xia.

    But the two of them had a great time talking to each other.

    At this time, Fang Xue was not as cold-tempered as she was in front of other people. She would also be extremely excited and excited when talking about things that made her happy, especially when Zhou Xia made a mistake in appraisal.

    Zhou Xia didn't mind at all.

    The final result of the appraisal was that out of the eight paintings, Zhou Xia¡¯s appraisal was wrong on three of them.

    Zhou Xia can accept this result. If he hadn't used the archaeological identification system before, he would have made more mistakes.

    When Fang Xue appraised these paintings before, the results were on the same level as hisAlmost, the two of them could be considered a draw this time.

    If we really want to decide who is better, the key lies in the identification of these last two paintings.

    When Zhou Xia saw the last two paintings, she couldn't help but click her tongue.

    "One of these paintings, let's call it this, is "Landscape Painting Album".

    There are four in total.

    "Quarter", that is, four paintings.

    If they are all genuine, then the value will be much higher. It is worth tens of millions, which is just the easiest thing to do.  If you really want to sell it, the price of such a complete set of works will increase by more than one level.

    However, when Zhou Xia saw Zhang Daqian¡¯s collection seal appearing on these paintings.

    Instinctively, I felt that not all of these paintings were authentic.

    "If a painting like this fell into the hands of the forger king Zhang Daqian, it would be strange not to scoop up and lay several eggs based on his virtue."  For a work of several pages like this, he would usually make several volumes, and it would be quite good if he could include real paintings among them.

    In fact, Zhou Xia felt that if one of these paintings was authentic to Bada Shanren, it should be burned with high incense.

    This is not that he overreacted, Fang Xue also had the same idea.

    "If anyone really believes that Zhang Da will not cheat, then he can only laugh.

    Nothing to say, let¡¯s do the appraisal!  While Zhou Xia was doing the appraisal, Fang Xue was also looking again to see if there was anything she had omitted, and only then did she get the final result.

    The first picture is "Picture of Flowers and Stones".

    ??It is really not easy to find faults in the paper and ink of any masterpiece that has passed through the hands of Zhang Daqian.  Because Zhang Daqian has worked tirelessly and diligently to deceive all his life, he usually will not show his flaws in this.

    But Zhou Xia still carefully conducted the appraisal in order to find some clues.

    Unfortunately, what disappointed him was that this painting was really impeccable in this aspect.

    The result is obvious. His artistic appreciation and understanding of Bada Shanren still have to be tested.

    Zhou Xia took a closer look and found that the signature on this painting was also quite interesting. It was not the common Bada Shanren signature, but the word "Donkey".

    Zhou Xia knew clearly after the hard work of Fang Rujian and Fang Xue that this signature was the work of Bada Shanren when he was fifty-six or seventeen years old.

    At this time, the style of Bada Shanren¡¯s works was characterized by folding with square strokes and revealing his strength.

    And this picture of flowers and rocks.

    The brush is round and round, with a combination of hardness and softness, and the expression is relatively restrained. If it is an authentic work by Bada Shanren, it should be the style of his mature period after he was sixty years old.

    In this way, the incompatibility between the title and the painting style made Zhou Xia doubt whether it was genuine or not.

    Of course, everyone can find faults.

    Even though Zhou Xia is a little ignorant and doesn¡¯t know much about it, he can still tell a thing or two.

    In addition to the previous reasons, there are other aspects that can be found fault with. For example, the flowers are too prosperous and inconsistent with Bada Shanren's style. You know, his works have always been famous for their extreme simplicity.  There is also the signature of the word "Donkey", which is not masculine enough and so on.

    After thinking about all kinds of things, it seems that this painting must be a masterpiece.

    But at the same time, Zhou Xia was also thinking about it in her heart.

    If this painting is truly a masterpiece, then who is the author?

    The first suspect is naturally Zhang Daqian.

    Zhou Xia then wondered again what Zhang Daqian¡¯s purpose was in making such a masterpiece.

    With Zhang Daqian¡¯s connoisseurship, wouldn¡¯t he know that the title and style of such a painting would not match it?

    the answer is negative.

    Zhang Daqian knew Bada Shanren so well that he would never make such a childish mistake.

    And, most importantly, Zhang Daqian is also very dedicated to his counterfeiting business.

    If he had painted this painting himself, he would have definitely changed it to be signed by Bada Shanren. In this way, there would not be such a problem.  This painting will become more perfect, and everyone will be less suspicious of it.

    Moreover, this can also be confirmed from another angle.

    ¡°If the painting had no signature when he received it and he had been asked to add it himself, Zhang Daqian would definitely add the signature of Bada Shanren without hesitation, instead of the signature like now.The word "Donkey".

    This can only mean one thing: this painting was not done by Zhang Daqian.

    Rather, it should be that when Zhang Daqian received it, this painting was what it is now.

    If it is said to be a masterpiece, it should have been made by someone before Zhang Daqian.

    This kind of thing is not surprising. Zhang Daqian can fake, how come others can't fake.  They may not have as advanced skills as Zhang Daqian, but this kind of fraud does not require advanced skills.

    ¡°As a result, Zhou Xia had more questions in mind.

    ¡°If it was painted by someone before Zhang Daqian, given the level of this painting itself, at the very least, it should be a famous master.

    This painting is similar in style to the works of Bada Shanren in his mature period. You must know that this is a quite remarkable evaluation, and only a few people can reach such a state.

    Therefore, Zhou Xia was wondering whether this painting might really be the authentic work of Bada Shanren Zhu Da.  And Zhang Daqian also made a mistake!  Or maybe it wasn't that Zhang Daqian was mistaken, but that he spread the painting.  If this denial had not come from Zhang Daqian, Zhou Xia would not have seen such a painting today.

    The more Zhou Xia thought about it, the more likely he felt that this painting was authentic.

    As I said before, if it was a masterpiece by a famous artist, he would definitely try his best to make it perfect like Zhang Daqian, instead of making low-level mistakes where the title and style are inconsistent.

    ¡°If this painting was made in a poor way, Zhou Xia would rather believe that it is possible.  But the level of the painting itself is quite high, if such a mistake is really made.

    Then there is only one possibility.

    That¡¯s this painting. It didn¡¯t have an inscription originally, but it was inscribed later.  Moreover, the person who inscribed the title is still a relatively newbie, and he doesn't even know the style of Bada Shanren in each period.  (It seems that Zhou Xia himself was similar before)

    If you want to identify authenticity, the key lies in the title.

    It is true that Bada Shanren did use the character "Donkey" in his inscription. He took it from the great painter Ni Zan of the Yuan Dynasty, and his brushwork was sparse.  Generally used in works when he was fifty-six to fifty-eight years old.  It is a way for him to laugh at himself and vent his inner depression and sadness.

    Zhou Xia was also very happy when she just found fault with him, and he could be demoted to nothing.

    But at this time, when I really tasted it carefully, I felt that this signature is also quite delicious.

    "At the very least, with Zhou Xia's own skills, it is absolutely impossible to write such a signature.

    Of course, if you want to say that the signature is fake, that is also possible. The signature of Zhang Qianyun¡¯s Bada Shanren painting is not fake.

    Putting aside the previous possibilities, Zhou Xia only wondered in her heart whether it was possible that this painting was really the original work of Bada Shanren!

    But if it is really the authentic work of Bada Shanren, we still have to go back to the old problem.

    How to explain that the title of this painting does not match the painting style.

    It seems that an endless loop has been formed.

    Zhou Xia also feels that the author¡¯s fault is the most reasonable explanation.

    It is not uncommon for people to make such mistakes.

    But deep down in Zhou Xia¡¯s heart, she still vaguely felt that there was something fishy about this painting.

    He stared at the painting and thought hard and thought of another possibility, which suddenly shocked his spirit.

    As we all know, the style of Bada Shanren before he was sixty years old was relatively square when it was first built, and then became rounded and dignified at the back.

    ??????????????? However, such a style is not something that can be achieved in one fell swoop.

    This also requires a process. From quantitative change to qualitative change and finally forming a leap, there will always be many test products.  Speaking of which, in fact, it is similar to alchemy and requires many experiences. The elixir has to go through nine twists and turns before you can finally achieve the path of elixir.

    The more Zhou Xia thought about it, the more she felt that there was such a possibility.

    At the moment, he also put more energy into the flowers and stones in the painting instead of just staring at the signature.

    At the same time, he also quickly recalled in his mind the authentic paintings of Bada Shanren that he had seen before, including the one he bought himself, and the one that Fang Rujian and Fang Xue had just pointed out as the authentic paintings of Bada Shanren.  of several paintings.

    In his mind, Zhou Xia also followed the chronological order, letting them pass through his mind one by one like a slide show.

    He wanted to use this to understand the changing characteristics of Bada Shanren¡¯s style.

    With this, he gained quite a lot. Combined with what he had just learned from Fang Rujian and Fang Xue,What I learned and the life experience of Bada Shanren naturally formed a very intuitive impression.

    It sounds a bit mysterious, but Zhou Xia clearly felt that the charming style of this painting was in the same vein as Bada Shanren's other works, and Zhou Xia therefore believed that this was the authentic work of Bada Shanren.

    Such an identification method is actually not unusual. It is based on iconography. In Western countries, such identification methods exist.

    Usually, such image analysis and identification methods cannot be used as final evidence.

    It is necessary to combine the identification factors such as paper, ink, inscription, bell seal, and circulation to make the most comprehensive consideration, and finally make a judgment of authenticity.

    But Zhou Xia, a rookie who has just started, can do this by himself without the help of the system, which is already quite good.

    Zhou Xia made up his mind that no matter what, he would identify this painting as the authentic work of Bada Shanren.

    He convinced himself in this way because he was actually a little impatient and wanted to know the truth.

    ¡°Compared to Professor Zhu Xiufang, Zhou Xia still trusts the archaeological identification system more. This also brings with it confidence in his own judgment.

    Although his confidence caused him to identify three paintings incorrectly, he still identified several paintings correctly, right?

    After Zhou Xia made up his mind, he immediately used the system to appraise the painting.

    The system did not look down upon him at this moment, and still gave the identification result in a cold voice, "This work was created in 1684 AD."

    Zhou Xia immediately calculated that Badashan was born in 1626 AD and died about 15 years ago. In 1684 AD, Badashan was fifty-eight years old.

    Such an era undoubtedly proves that this painting is indeed an authentic work of Bada Shanren.

    This also made Zhou Xia feel excited, which showed that his previous judgment was the most correct.

    To appraise a painting, you really need to consider many factors and consider them all.  This logical reasoning is also necessary.

    Of course, if you have good eyesight and a deep understanding of painters, you may not need to go to such trouble and just look at the paintings.

    But Zhou Xia has only been in the industry for a short period of time and cannot reach that level at all. He can only weigh it from multiple angles before making a final conclusion.

    He thought carefully, weighed it repeatedly, and stared blankly at the flowers and stones on the painting without losing his mind. The time he spent on this painting was quite long.

    Even a fool would find something wrong, let alone Fang Xue, who is as smart as ice and snow.  She felt quite confused. When he finally looked away, Fang Xue couldn't help but ask him, "Zhou Xia, do you have a different view on this painting?"

    Zhou Xia finally came back to his senses from his own fantasy world. He was in a good mood and felt particularly comfortable seeing Fang Xueming's bright eyes.

    In Fang Xue¡¯s eyes, Zhou Xia was stunned for a moment and then asked, "Is it okay for us to discuss like this? Will Professor Zhu say we cheated?"

    After hearing this, Fang Xue couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Zhou Xia, you are stupid!"

    Zhou Xia touched his head. He felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said!  Why have you become stupid?

    Seeing his confused look, Fang Xue felt even happier now, and explained to him, "Professor Zhu is not that pedantic person. You are so smart, couldn't you see that she said she was testing us, but actually she wanted to reciprocate.  You worked hard to scoop up the precious "Cuckoo's Cry of Blood", and she scooped out all the Bada Shanren's works from her collection for you to enjoy. The last two paintings were something I had never had the chance to see before!  "
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