"It's Master Yuan Nandou. Master Yuan is a national-level connoisseur.”
"I haven't watched Master Yuan Nandou's appreciation for a long time. I even watched his program when I was young.”
"However, I hope that this young man's painting is really interesting. Otherwise, it will ruin everyone's mood.”
As soon as the old man stood up, everyone's eyes turned over and they nodded with interest.
"Teacher." Xu Yourong respectfully called out.
"Then I'll have to trouble Grandmaster Yuan to come forward and take a look.”Zhou Bai wasn't afraid. He just smiled and said.
With the high return rate of the system notification as his confidence, he knew that there must be something mysterious about this painting. It just depended on whether it could be seen through.
"Good, this young man is not bad." Yuan Nandou was actually quite satisfied with Zhou Bai's performance. He nodded and walked forward.
Zhou Bai and Xu Yourong worked together to slowly unfurl the ancient painting.
Under the light, the painting was soon displayed in front of everyone.
"This is Master Shen Zhou's painting of Mount Lu from the Ming Dynasty?”As soon as it was unfolded, some sharp-eyed people immediately recognized the painting. After all, most of the people present were from famous society and were quite knowledgeable.
"That's not right. Shouldn't this famous painting be in the Palace Museum in North Taiwan?”Someone immediately asked.
"Yes, Mount Lu is ranked as one of the top 100 famous ancient landscape paintings in our country. It can be said to be very precious. The Palace Museum in Beitai usually only uses replicas. The real thing should never appear here.”A middle-aged man who seemed to be rather cultured said. This was one of Xu Yourong's clan uncles, a university art professor.
"So this painting is fake?”The moment these words sounded, everyone's eyes became a little strange.
Everyone knew that the real thing was in the museum in North TV. Now that there was no need to appreciate this painting, it was self-evident whether it was real or fake.
Zhou Bai openly took out a fake painting and let a master like Yuan Nandou appreciate it. It was a bit of a joke.
" I already told you…" Shen Youyou knew this was going to happen. She couldn't help but put her hand to her forehead, looking speechless. She had already warned Zhou Bai, but he still insisted.
Now, he was destined to make a fool of himself.
However, at this moment.
"Haha, good!" Yuan Nandou, who had been the focus of everyone's attention, suddenly let out a loud laugh after carefully looking at the painting.
"Didn't you say it was a fake painting? Master Yuan actually said yes?" This caused everyone to be stunned for a moment, and they were somewhat puzzled.
"This is obviously an imitation. Why would Master Yuan praise it?”Xu Yourong's uncle frowned slightly and could not help but ask.
"Because this painting is indeed extraordinary.”Yuan Nandou smiled at his disciple, Xu Yourong, then asked,"Yourong, take a look and appreciate this ancient painting.”
"Yes, teacher." Hearing this, Xu Yourong seemed to relax a little. With her teacher's acknowledgment, at least Zhou Bai wouldn't make a fool of himself in public.
Hence, she started to watch it seriously.
This painting depicted the scenery of Mount Lu. There were white clouds, miscellaneous trees, stone steps, paths, and people in the painting.
The two paintings looked extremely magnificent.
In terms of technique, he drew on the style of the Yuan Dynasty painter Wang Meng. His strokes were steady, imposing, and had a strong sense of rhythm and power.
What was special was that the famous Lushan Waterfall was the center of the middle scene. The water curtain hung high and the water flowed down. The wooden bridge between the two cliffs crossed diagonally, breaking the dullness of the white water and injecting the soul into this painting.
Mount Lu was tall, but this painting was even more skillful.
"Teacher, although this painting is an imitation, the technique of the brush is extremely superb. It has almost reached the point where it can pass off the real as the fake. Moreover, there are some places that have their own style, which even adds some color to this painting.”A moment later, Xu Yourong slowly said," Also, from the looks of this paper, it's very likely that it was imitated by an artist of Shen Zhou's generation…"
"Good!" Hearing this, Yuan Nandou couldn't help but clap his hands in approval. He smiled at Xu Yourong in admiration and said in satisfaction,"It is already very difficult for you to tell that this painting was imitated by a painter of the same generation as Shen Zhou.”
"Even if it's an imitation from the same generation, an ordinary item is still an imitation. Why would Master Yuan give such a high evaluation?”Xu Yourong's uncle could not help but ask again.
This made Liu Min very happy. He wasn't happy that Zhou Bai had stolen his limelight tonight, but there were some things he couldn't say himself, so it was best for Zhou Bai to take the initiative.
"It's very simple, because I feel that the author of the imitation is not weaker than Shen Zhou's authentic work.”Yuan Nandou smiled and said something shocking.
Shen Zhou was the head of the Four Schools of Wu (also known as the Four Schools of Ming), and was also known as the best painter of the Ming Dynasty.
Whether it was then or now, his paintings had a very high artistic value, especially in his generation. There were not many people who could compare to him.
Now, Yuan Nandou actually said that the author of the imitation was comparable to Shen Zhou, which was really surprising.
"Could it be that the true author of this painting is…" At this moment, Xu Yourong suddenly had a thought and once again examined the brush strokes of this painting."It's really him, Tang Yin!"
As soon as these words fell, everyone present could not help but be somewhat surprised.
Tang Yin, also known as Bo Hu, was known as Liu Ru Ju Shi!
Tang Bohu!
She was indeed from the same era as Shen Zhou, and she was also Shen Zhou's student.
If it was this person's painting, it would indeed be comparable to Shen Zhou's.
In the Ming Dynasty, Tang Yin might not be as famous as Shen Zhou, but in the modern era, Tang Bohu's reputation was even better than Shen Zhou's, and he was very popular among collectors.
"It's actually Tang Yin's imitation?" Hearing this, Xu Yourong's uncle could not help but grimace. He could not help but come forward to take a closer look.
"Not bad. Yourong, with your current level, you can already graduate.”At this moment, Yuan Nandou looked gratefully at Xu Yourong and said,
"This painting is indeed an imitation of Tang Yin's. This was even mentioned in 'Tang Bohu's Surprise with Brush and Pen.' Tang Bohu had indeed imitated Shen Zhou's Mount Lu's height, and there was more than one. It is said that there are related imitations in the Beitai Museum, but I feel that the skill and level of this one is very high. It should not be inferior to the collection in the museum.”
"Not bad, not bad at all! In my opinion, this painting is worth at least 10 million. If we find a suitable collector, the value will be even higher.”The more Yuan Nandou looked, the more he admired it.
"Thank you, Zhou Bai. I really like this painting.”At this moment, Xu Yourong looked at Zhou Bai and sweetly said.
Tang Yin was a historical figure, and she liked both his poems and paintings very much. She had never thought that she would actually own an authentic work of art. Even though it was an imitation of someone else's painting, it was still very precious.
As for selling it, she would definitely not consider it.
"Master Yuan, can you take a look at this painting again and see if there are any other mysteries?”Just then, Zhou Bai thought for a moment and suddenly said again,"
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