SFS Chapter 118 Painting
Chapter 118 Painting
He couldn't wait to pull out a painting from the box and slowly unfold it.
There are particular requirements for calligraphy and painting. When looking at an ancient painting, first look at the mounting, then the paper or silk. If everything is correct, then look at the brushstrokes, then the signature, and finally the seal!
The painting that Ning Yuan is opening now has no problems with the scroll and the paper and silk. Looking at the signature, it is from Yu Zhiding, an early Qing court painter.
Yu Zhiding was a renowned painter during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. He excelled in figure painting, particularly portraits. After entering the imperial court in Beijing, his reputation spread throughout the capital, and he became known as a painter who often painted miniature portraits of famous figures.
Ning Yuan had actually heard of this man's name. Yu Zhiding was ranked among the top three among the ten royal painters of the Qing Dynasty.
There are not many paintings by this person left in the world. Around 05 and 06, four authentic paintings of Yu Zhi Ding were brought back to the mainland by a collector from Taiwan Province. At that time, they became treasures that were sought after by many calligraphy and painting collectors.
The transaction price of "Xixi Thatched Cottage" was 5,170,000 yuan.
The transaction price of "The Complete Picture of Prince Fenyang's Bed and Hu" is RMB yuan.
"Small Portrait of Xu Lichen" by Qian Moushan, RMB 10,000.
"Portrait of Wang Shizhen" was sold for US$344.25 million (approximately RMB 2350 million).
The work in Ning Yuan's hand is a painting of "Viewing Flowers in the Imperial Garden", an eight-foot work. The characters and flowers in the painting each have their own charm.
A rare masterpiece!
After Ning Yuan slowly put away the painting, he opened other paintings one after another.
The eighteen pieces of calligraphy and paintings in this box are all masterpieces handed down from Qing Dynasty court painters.
(It should be noted here that many paintings by Qing court painters have been handed down. They not only painted for the royal family, but were also often invited by officials of high rank to paint for them. However, most or even most of these paintings were destroyed during this period!)
There are three works by the Western court painter Lang Shining, namely "Immortal Music and Eternal Spring", "Horse Herding in Nanshan" and "Flowers and Birds in Lingering Garden".
It is no exaggeration to say that with Lang Shining's fame, if these three paintings were put on auction in 07 and 08, they would definitely be worth no less than million RMB.
The painting "Viewing Flowers in the Imperial Garden" by Yu Zhiding is worth at least 500 million RMB.
The rest include Jiao Bingzhen's "The Holy Traces of Confucius" and "The Southern Tour of Emperor Kangxi".
Ding Guanpeng's "Subduing the Dragon and Subduing the Tiger"
Jin Tingbiao's "Burning Picture" and "Appreciating Springs"
Leng Mei's "Summer Resort" and "Magu Offering Longevity"
Tang Dai's "Overlapping Green Mountains" and "Winding Stream"
Xu Yang's "Prosperous Suzhou" and "Wang Xizhi Writing Scriptures"
Yao Wenhan's "Avalokitesvara" and "Manjusri"
Yu Sheng's "Chrysanthemum and Rock"
Ning Yuan couldn't put these paintings down.
After a while, Fatty Fan became impatient waiting outside the door and knocked on it and came in. Only then did Ning Yuan reluctantly put down the paintings.
Old Man Cheng just watched Ning Yuan's actions silently without saying a word.
"Grandpa, are these paintings passed down from our ancestors?" Ning Yuan collected the paintings, put them back in the box, and asked the old man.
"Of course it was handed down from our ancestors. Although my Cheng family isn't part of the banner family, from my grandfather onwards, they were all high-ranking officials of the Qing Dynasty, above the third rank. These palace paintings and calligraphy are all excellent items that have been passed down in an orderly manner! Alas!"
Old Cheng looked at the scroll in the box, sighed, and couldn't help turning his head away.
"Old man, I've just looked at all these things. There are some paintings in them that are enough to make your later years miserable. But don't worry, I, Ning Yuan, am not so mean as to embarrass an old man like you just for the sake of your paintings!"
It was only after seeing these paintings that Ning Yuan finally understood why the old man wanted him to come alone.
Some paintings can really bring you fatal disasters.
"Well, I just counted them. There are eighteen paintings here. I'll give you eighteen hundred yuan. What do you think?"
Ning Yuan looked at old Cheng again.
Old Man Cheng remained silent and just nodded.
Yes, the fact that he can take these things out shows that he has accepted his fate.
No matter how good or valuable something is, you have to be alive to spend it, right?
When Ning Yuan saw the old man nod, he didn't hesitate and took out 1,800 yuan from his wallet (actually the space).
One hundred and eighty great unity bills, two stacks of big bills.
After handing it to Old Man Cheng, he did not pretend to be generous, but started counting the money in front of Ning Yuan and the others.
After turning the money over and over and counting for a long time, the old man nodded to Ning Yuan and said, "Young man, money is no problem. You can take these paintings. They have been passed down for many years. Alas!"
"Old man, just stop thinking about this. It's just the root of trouble!"
Ning Yuan closed the box, lit a cigarette for the old man and said.
However, seeing that the old man was not in the mood to talk, Ning Yuan did not want to make himself bored. He winked at Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang, and Fatty Fan who was standing at the door, and they all went out together.
Ning Yuan and Fatty Fan were carrying the wooden box, while Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang were walking in front.
After leaving the hospital, everyone outside stopped joking and playing.
The matter was settled, and Ning Yuan hurried away with everyone.
Although today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone is having a hard time this year.
Among their group, except for a few like Zhang Haiyang whose parents were not under investigation, most of them spent the New Year miserably with their younger brothers and sisters.
On the way to Ningyuan, he discussed with Zhong Yuemin that they would be alone if they went home anyway, so they might as well take everyone back to the No. 2 yard, prepare a few big pots of food, and have a meal together so that it would be lively.
Just like that, a group of people excitedly followed Ning Yuan and the others back to Yard No. 2.
Zhong Yuemin's house is big, so after entering the yard, these guys went to Zhong Yuemin's house first.
Ning Yuanze entered his house alone, carrying a box of calligraphy and paintings.
After receiving his New Year's money, little Ningwei had no idea where to go to play.
Ning Yuan opened the door on his own and put all the calligraphy and paintings in the box into the space.
After his consciousness entered the space, Ning Yuan felt a little disgusted when he saw Pan Changzhu's body.
This space of mine is filled with food and drinks, it would be too unlucky to leave a corpse here.
Right now there's no good place to clean it up. I've been thinking about it these days when I'm not busy, maybe finding a steel mill or somewhere else.
Just burn it all to ashes!
After putting away the calligraphy and paintings, Ning Yuan took out the more than ten pounds of pork he had bought from the space.
Then he got some sweet potatoes, vermicelli, and cabbage and piled them all in the house.
During the Chinese New Year, it would be nice to have a meal of pork, cabbage and vermicelli stew.
Ning Yuan carried more than ten pounds of pork to Zhong Yuemin's home.
As soon as they entered the door, more than 40 guys inside and outside the room started exclaiming.
You really can't blame us guys for making such a fuss. There's really not much good to eat these days. It's good enough to be able to eat your fill. Why eat meat?
This is why these guys only had a few days of good life with Ningyuan Zhong Yuemin and his brother.
But that’s not to the point where I can’t eat pork!
(Wuhu saw a lot of familiar names on the backstage list of urging for updates and small gifts. It has been half a year since I last saw this book. I didn't expect that the brothers still support Huzi as always. Thank you. At the same time, I sincerely thank the new friends who have spared no effort to give good reviews, send gifts and recommend it. Thank you very much!!)