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Chapter 222 Prince Ning and Tang Bohu
At first glance, this is just a simple Chinese painting.
In the picture, there is a lotus as big as a pot, with flowers blooming in the middle of the lotus.
You can feel it emitting fragrance through the painting.
Unlike other paintings, the overall tone of this painting is turquoise, as if it has been filtered by PS.
Therefore, it looks a bit rustic.
The main subject of the painting is a lotus field, but there is a pair of mandarin ducks playing in it.
The two mandarin ducks look at each other, with simple and vivid shapes.
The most amazing thing is that its brushstrokes are sharp, and it can paint the feeling of mandarin ducks swimming in the water just through details.
The pastoral romantic atmosphere is exuded, and because of the green color of the picture, this painting looks particularly dated.
This painting is none other than "Lotus and Mandarin Ducks" by Ren Bonian!
Ren Bonian is slightly less famous than other painters, but he is good at painting portraits. He once worked as a court painter, but later resigned because he saw the struggle in the palace.
He returned to his hometown and concentrated on studying landscape painting. His painting style was more inclined to the Northern Song Dynasty style.
It often has the meaning of meditating and going alone, indulging in the mountains and rivers, away from the hustle and bustle of the world, wouldn't it be fun?
This solitary and unrestrained temperament is integrated into his calligraphy.
Calligraphy is the meaning of painting, and this calligraphy and painting expresses his image vividly.
These two paintings were actually mixed with second-hand goods and sold to the boss. It was a waste of money!
Lin Ran looked at the waiter, who was introducing jade to Li Yuanhao.
Li Yuanhao was obviously very interested in jade and started chatting with the guy.
None of them noticed their own demeanor and expression. Perhaps, this was a good opportunity to pick up the slack.
Lin Ran put the painting away and asked, "Boss, how do you sell this painting?"
The man in Tang suit had been paying no attention to him just now. After hearing that he wanted to buy a painting, he stood up with a smile.
He looked at Lin Ran's age, like a young man who had never experienced anything in the world.
He didn't like all the high-quality products in the store, but he chose his most worthless calligraphy and paintings.
"Which one do you want to buy?" the Tang Dynasty man asked with a smile.
"Hello, I think these two paintings are quite interesting. I hope I can buy them and hang them in my study." Lin Ran took the two paintings he selected to the counter.
Only then did the boss open the calligraphy and painting, and then stared at Lin Ran suspiciously.
The kid in front of me definitely doesn't know how to play, and buying things basically relies on sight.
The two paintings in his hand look rough and sloppy compared to other works.
Moreover, he had collected these paintings from the previous store at wholesale prices. His family was bankrupt, and it could be seen that these calligraphy and paintings were not valuable at all.
However, he still wanted to kill the young man in front of him!
After all, he is the first customer in his shop today. The so-called good start means that if you don't kill him, you won't lose.
"Little brother, this is "Mountain Spring Picture" by Master Wu Shan. The market price is 500 yuan, but since we are destined, how about selling it to you for 400 yuan?"
The boss looked like a profiteer, and Lin Ran saw through it instantly.
Lin Ran pretended to be innocent and said, "What is Wu Shan layman?"
"That's it..." The boss thought for a while. He just saw the characters stamped on it, and he was speechless for a moment. "It's a famous painter from the Tang Dynasty."
Li Yuanhao saw Lin Ran checking out, so he also ended the visit and came to Lin Ran's side.
Hearing this, he laughed heartily: "Boss, where in the world did Wu Shan lay Buddhist come from?"
In fact, the seal on this painting was actually stamped by a friend of Tang Yin. However, because his friend was a rebel, a pseudonym was used in order not to implicate Tang Yin.
"Yes, yes." The boss still refused to admit his mistake.
Lin Ran found the steps and said with a smile: "The Wushan layman the boss mentioned should be the pen name of a painter friend of yours, right?"
"Is that so?" The boss was also a little confused.
In fact, he had some knowledge of history, otherwise he wouldn't have opened an antique shop.
It's just that he never got the right number on the person who sealed it.
After Lin Ran reminded him, he remembered that the previous owner of this store was also named Wu.
It turned out to be a painting by the original owner, and he was immediately disappointed.
"Little brother, you are right, this is indeed left by my friend." Now that he had been seen through, he was embarrassed to raise the price again, but said: "These two paintings together, I will sell them to you for 100 yuan." , our first customer’s welfare has been improved.”
"Thank you very much, boss." Lin Ran said with clasped fists. He didn't expect that the boss would be so considerate that he wouldn't even argue about the price in order to find a way out for himself!
After leaving the Treasure Pavilion, Li Yuanhao muttered: "Mr. Lin, why do you buy other people's works?"
He really believed what the boss said. Lin Ran smiled and asked, "How are you studying the pictures of ladies that I showed you this morning?"
"I should be able to imitate it almost exactly. If Mr. Lin, you can tell me the second half." Li Yuanhao was very confident in his memory.
"That's good, but I have already found the scrolls from the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty." Lin Ran said, "All you need to do is draw the scrolls from the Tang Dynasty."
Li Yuanhao was slightly startled. Isn't this exactly what they came out for today?
Could it be that the two paintings in his hands were from the Ming and Qing dynasties?
"Mr. Lin, can you show me the scroll?"
"Okay, but not here." Lin Ran glanced at the alley where people were coming and going. If the people in this alley who knew the goods were recognized by them, he would inevitably become famous again.
In order to make it easier to pick up leaks in the future, Lin Ran decided to keep a low profile.
The two bought a bowl of water tofu and sat down on a stone bench by the river.
Lin Ran looked around and saw that due to the hot weather, not many people appeared in the park at this time.
So he carefully handed the scroll to Li Yuanhao.
Although Li Yuanhao has never seen the authentic works of Tang Yin and Ren Bonian, he has also done some research on ancient paintings. Both paintings have strong realistic techniques of the Song Dynasty.
It is obviously not the research direction of contemporary painters.
But this layman Wu Shan...
"It's Prince Ning!" Lin Ran said calmly.
"Actually, the seal was originally the word Ning Wang, but in order to cover up that he was Ning Wang's staff, Tang Yin modified the seal, and it became what we see now."
Lin Ran drank the water tofu and said nonchalantly.
Li Yuanhao on the side was quite shocked. He didn't even notice that the seal had been modified unless he reminded him.
Lin Ran actually found this painting in such a short period of time and figured out the mystery inside it. It was a miraculous skill!
"Okay, now that we've finished eating, it's almost time for us to go back to the workshop." Lin Ran returned the bowl to the merchant at the entrance of the factory.
Li Yuanhao followed him silently. He originally thought that Lin Ran was just good at forging cultural relics, but he didn't expect that he was really good at picking up things.
Wei Chengbin really wasn’t lying to himself!
I have indeed followed the right person!