Generally speaking, even if a painting is an original, it mainly depends on who the author is. After the author is determined, it often depends on how much effort he has spent on the painting, whether it is his work from his mature period, whether it is his expertise and size, etc.

With Dong Qichang's status in the history of Chinese calligraphy and painting, and his age, in theory, even small-sized social works should have a great collection value as long as they reach a certain level, but he is an exception.

According to historical records, Dong Qichang is a very productive calligrapher and painter. This can be seen from the number of works he has passed down to this day, but the problem lies in the number of works heirlooms that surpass ordinary people.

Dong Qichang was very famous during his lifetime. Many people wanted to paint, so many of his paintings were social works, and many of them even asked someone to write for him. These related records seriously affected the value of his calligraphy and painting works.

Moreover, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it was a period when calligraphy and painting were flooded. As a famous calligraphy and painting masterpiece at that time, Dong Qichang's works were very popular in the market, so they became the hardest hit area for forgery. However, in order to promote his reputation, this guy also lets his attitude towards these fakes besides it. After hundreds of years of precipitation, many of these works are difficult to distinguish between authenticity today, which is also an important reason why the price of his works has never risen.

"The prices of Dong Qichang's works are generally low, but they do not mean that they have no collection value. They are just too much influenced by the ghostwriting and fake works. In fact, once it can be confirmed that it is indeed the original work of Dong Qichang, its price is still very amazing. It is like the hand scroll of "Sparse Forest and Thatched Hut" that set the auction record of his works. The transaction price is as high as 69 million soft sister coins, and the size of that painting seems to be still large..."

Obviously, Luo Guofu has put in some effort in this regard, but this will not affect Li Yi at all. Not to mention how much water there is in the 69 million yuan, just for the work in front of him, it is hard to say whether it is true or false, let alone anything else.

The third one is also a landscape work. The author is a work by Wang Hui, a famous landscape artist in the Qing Dynasty and known as the "Sage of Painting in the Early Qing Dynasty".

Wang Hui studied under Wang Shimin and Wang Jian, but he was better than his superiority. Not only was he known as the landscape painter "Four Kings" along with his two masters and Wang Yuanqi, but he also had the potential to lead the army.

However, in terms of fame and quality of the works, Wang Hui could not compare with giant-level figures such as Dong Qichang and Huang Gongwang. In addition, they were photos rather than original works, so Li Yi just took a simple look and then jumped over.

The fourth and fifth... Because they are all photos and there are no particularly famous works by famous masters, Li Yi just simply looked at the picture, then paid attention to the author and flipped over it quickly. After seeing more than 30 pictures, he exclaimed softly and slowed down.

What attracted his attention was an anonymous work. Anonymous means that the author cannot be determined. This type of work occupies a considerable proportion of small-sized ancient paintings, and there are many fine works.

The theme of this work that attracted Li Yi's attention is the scene of a literati cooling off in a small pavilion on a pond covered with lotus leaves. Although the size is not large, it still uses a panoramic composition, from the nearby slopes, pavilions and corridors to the distant Qingfeng and Zhouzhu in the distance. The layers are well-known and the changes are rich. Just by looking at it, it gives people the feeling of a masterpiece.

The introduction information next to the photo shows that this should be an ancient painting of anonymous in the Song Dynasty. However, after Li Yi carefully looked at the style of the painting, he suspected that the painting might be a work of Li Tang. Even if it is not, it might be a imitation of his disciples or other master figures. In short, this painting should have high collection value.

"Can you get all the things in this catalogue to Paris?"

The porcelain is fine, but many of them are open, and even if you look at the photos, you can see eight or nine, and even if you look at the photos, you can't see the 100th. But when you change to calligraphy and painting, you can't see many details clearly. Secondly, if you only look at the photos, you can't appreciate the artistic conception in the painting at all. Li Yi could still bear it before, but after seeing this anonymous painting from the Song Dynasty, he felt that if you can't see the real thing, it would be better not to see this catalog because you are too anxious.

"If the quantity is not large, it should be fine, but I suggest that if you have time, it is best to go to Moscow in person, because these in the catalog are only a small part of my collection... Well, it's about one-fifth."

One-fifth? Li Yi shook his head speechlessly. This news was really a bit shocking.

"Since that's the case, I'll just stop watching. When will you go back to Russia? If I'll go back to the near future, I should be able to run with you."

"Is that so good news! Or we'll set off when the exhibition is over?"

The exhibition ended? Li Yi calculated the day. Today is the third day of the Biennale. He has to wait until the exhibition ends for five days. Shi Chongxuan, whom he met during the calligraphy and painting competition, had to wait ten days later. If you hurry up, you should have time to go to Russia for a walk. However, this guy is not an exhibitor, so do you have to wait until the exhibition ends?

"Uh, that's it. I received an invitation half a year ago to attend the opening ceremony of a friend's gallery a few days later. In your Chinese words, they are our parents for food and clothing, so..."

Li Yi shrugged and ignored this guy's inappropriate metaphor, but Luo Guofu's words did remind him that if he only bought it with financial resources, Luo Guofu's collection alone would probably be enough to make him lose everything, and this was on the premise that others were willing to exchange it with him.

Compared with this trading model, replacing cultural relics with cultural relics is undoubtedly the best and cheapest one. If you want to advance this model, you must hold a certain number of Western antiques in your hand, and they must be all high-quality. This may be extremely difficult for other appraisers, but for Li Yi, as long as he has it and wants it, it is not particularly difficult to find some big leaks that make people surprised their eyes open.

After arguing with Luo Guofu, Li Yi stood up to say goodbye. However, when he said goodbye, Luo Guofu's friend kindly invited him to visit his antique shop, but he didn't know that he had accidentally invited a robber... (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!