Chapter 374 Royal Book Gourd Seal
None of the five old men expected that Yang Jing would create such an earth-shaking thing.
That's right, if this scroll of silk is finally identified as the original work of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", it would definitely be a shocking thing. There are no more precious paintings in the world than this one.
Mr. Xiao just measured it with a ruler. This scroll of silk is much larger than the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" treasured in the Palace Museum, with a length of 34.8 cm and a horizontal of 746.4 cm. No matter which data is, it is much larger than the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" of the Palace Museum.
I won’t mention the issue of size. The seals on the silk roll alone cannot be ignored. There are very few seals on the silk roll, only the seals of Zhao Ji, the Song Huizong Zhao Ji and Zhao Lingrang, but no one dares to underestimate the silk roll.
If this painting was really hidden by Zhao Lingrang, then the few seals on it would prove the true identity of the painting.
The "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" treasured in the Palace Museum is full of disasters and difficulties. Although no one can understand how the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" was preserved, just looking at the collection seals on the painting is enough to prove how many people have experienced the painting's hands.
Some people may say that there are so many famous collection seals left on the fragment, including many famous collectors. Can't anyone identify the authenticity of the painting with those top collectors?
But what if the fragment of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" collected by the Palace Museum was a high-quality imitation from the beginning?
Who can explain this thing clearly?
Old Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and said to Yang Jing very seriously: "Xiao Jing, we will bring five of this painting back to the Palace Museum, and then organize experts to identify the painting together. This painting involves too many aspects, even a few of us can't make the decision."
Yang Jing hesitated and asked, "Master Two, I don't believe you. You said just now that this painting involves too many aspects. What if this painting is left in the courtyard? Once this painting is identified as an authentic work, it will be a first-class national treasure..."
The old men were silent.
What kind of beatings in the hospital is? As the employees of it, they know the most. Once the hospital knows which privately collects good things, the hospital usually sends experts to lobby and strive to get the good things at a very low price, in the name of "Contributions to the Defense of the State...
They used to do such things a lot, but now it's their own disciples' turn, and they are really helpless.
According to relevant regulations, the ownership rights of first-level, second-level and third-level cultural relics can belong to the state, collectively or privately. The ownership rights belong to the state and cultural relics naturally cannot be bought and sold, which is illegal. However, the ownership rights belong to the private first-level cultural relics can be circulated in China, and as long as they are not taken abroad, it will be fine.
In terms of ownership, Yang Jing's painting belongs to Yang Jing's personal, and there is no doubt that this is not doubted. One is not stolen, the other is not robbed, and the other is not obtained from tomb robbery. They were bought through legal acquisitions, so even the country has no right to force Yang Jing to hand over this volume of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" to the country.
But once this painting is identified as an authentic work, the impact will be too great. The courtyard will definitely find a way to collect the painting.
But how much money can the yard pay for this painting? 100 million or 200 million?
Mr. Liu and the others knew very well that if the courtyard wanted to collect such precious cultural relics, they were always Zhou Bapi, and they wished they could not collect them for a penny. But is this reality? His apprentice is a serious local tyrant with a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars. There are two oil fields that are constantly generating huge profits behind him. He is really not short of money. Once this painting is identified as the original work of Zhang Zeduan, one or two hundred million will definitely not impress his disciple.
But Mr. Liu and the others also understood that once the painting is really taken back to the yard, it would be impossible to come out again.
Mr. Xiao immediately realized that he was thinking too simply. Old blushed and said, "Xiao Jing, this matter was not considered by the master."
"Second Master, it's okay, you don't have to blame yourself."
Mr. Liu and Yang Jing are master-apprentice relationships, but Mr. Huang is not. He still wants to take the painting back to the hospital to organize appraisal.
In this matter, Mr. Liu and the others of course looked at their disciples. The four of them had been looking for decades to find such a good disciple. Today they just became masters, and they had to support their disciples no matter what their master said.
Seeing that his four masters were about to argue with Mr. Huang, Yang Jing hurriedly said, "Isn't there another scroll that has not been opened? Should we open this scroll first and see what's inside? Maybe there is other information about this painting hidden in this scroll?"
After Yang Jing said this, the old men realized that there was an important scroll that had not been opened, so they immediately stopped. Mr. Guo personally took the initiative and opened the other scroll.
After this scroll is opened, there are indeed things hidden inside, but compared to what is hidden in the first scroll, there are much less things in this scroll.
It was also wrapped in a faded silk. After Mr. Guo carefully uncovered the layer of the wrapping, the things inside were exposed.
It is a small seal and a roll of silk.
Mr. Guo first picked up the small seal, but just glanced at it, and screamed in shock: "God, isn't this the "Imperial Book" gourd seal among the seven seals of Xuanhe?"
Mr. Guo shouted out, and the other old men were also shocked.
"Let everyone see, it's really the imperial book gourd seal among Zhao Ji's Xuanhe's seven seals?" Old Liu asked anxiously.
Mr. Guo lit up the square seal in his hand, and several old men came over, and even Yang Jing came over.
The last time he used the "perspective" skill to look at this scroll, he saw that there were not many things hidden inside and did not look closely at what it was. He did not expect that there was a seal of Song Huizong Zhao Ji hidden in it.
Song Huizong collected treasures of calligraphy and paintings from all over the world, expanded the Hanlin Academy of Painting. The inner palace collected famous works of all dynasties, achieving unprecedented abundant content. He also ordered civil officials to compile the "Xuanhe Calligraphy Book", "Xuanhe Painting Book" and "Xuanhe Bo Ancient Picture". Xuanhe's inner palace not only gathered the treasures of the world, but also devoted himself to the protection and sorting of calligraphy and paintings collected by Song Qiaonian, Mi Fu, Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng, Cai Bian and others to focus on protecting and organizing calligraphy and paintings collected by the inner palace, remounting them into volumes. Song Huizong personally wrote labels and entered them into grades.
Zhao Ji, the famous works of all dynasties, had to be personally collected. With Zhao Ji's similarity to Qianlong, it is essential to stamp collection seals on famous works of all dynasties.
Later generations summarized the seals that Zhao Ji had based on the seals on some handed down calligraphy and paintings. The most famous of them was the "Xuanhe Seven Seals", also known as the "Xuanhe Seven Seals".
The "Imperial Book" gourd-shaped seal, the "Double Dragon" round seal, the "Xuanhe" continuous bead seal, the "Zhenghe" rectangular seal, the "Xuanhe" rectangular seal, the "Zhenghe" continuous bead seal, and the "Neifu Book Seal" nine-fold seal, which is the so-called "Xuanhe Seven Seals".
It is widely rumored that the small seal of the two dragons under the inscription "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" is the second seal among the seven seals of Xuanhe. Of course, this small seal of the two dragons is round, and another one is square, which is called the "Shuanglong Square Seal".
This "Imperial Book Gourd Seal" is the first-ranked seal among the seven seals of Xuanhe. It is said to be the favorite private collection seal of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty Zhao Ji.
I had just seen the round seal of the two dragons from the suspected original "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". I didn't expect that I could see another seal of the Xuanhe Seven Seals in another scroll.
Mr. Guo brought the ink paste, dipped the seal on it, and then pressed it hard on a piece of white paper. After taking it away, a clear gourd-shaped word "Yu Shu" carved with small seal script appeared on the white paper.
Several old men took the blank paper one by one and looked at it, and finally nodded. Old Liu even said directly: "This seal cannot be fake. It is indeed the "Imperial Book" gourd seal of Song Huizong Zhao Ji."
Mr. Xiao also said: "The seal of this seal is hidden in the Palace Museum in Moth North. I have also seen the seal of this seal from some other calligraphy and paintings that have been passed down from generation to generation. Yes, this seal is real!"
Huang Laoze shook his head and said with an incredible expression: "I never thought, I really thought! Zhao Ji's private possession can be preserved. If this is said, it will inevitably cause a sensation. I thought that all of Zhao Ji's private possession disappeared in the Jingkang Rebellion, but I didn't expect that it could still be saved. It's really amazing!"
Cai Yi said: "The painting has strong evidence now. With Zhao Ji's seal, it is more powerful than any evidence. Obviously, in terms of the relationship between Zhao Lingrang and Zhao Ji, it must be that Zhao Ji encountered some unavoidable disasters, which made Zhao Lingrang hide this "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" and his "Imperial Book" gourd seal. It is rumored in history books that Zhao Ji's favorite painting is this "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".
Yang Jing took the opportunity to intervene and asked, "Fourth Master, Zhao Ji is a dignified Emperor of the Song Dynasty. What else can he think is a disaster that cannot be avoided?"
Several old men looked at each other and said in unison: "The Jingkang Rebellion!"
Zhao Ji ascended the throne in 1100, abdicated in 1125, gave up the throne to his eldest son Zhao Huan, and became the Supreme Emperor himself. He reigned for twenty-six years and witnessed the entire process of the Northern Song Dynasty from victory to decline, and was eventually kidnapped by the Jin people.
But it is undeniable that when Zhao Ji first ascended the throne, the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty was still very good. As the emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji naturally had nothing to fear. But the final Jingkang Rebellion was something he had to fear.
As several old men said, there is nothing else that can scare Zhao Ji, the Supreme Emperor, except the Jingkang Rebellion.
Chapter completed!