Chapter 1996: "Zhao Ye Bai Tu"
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Ye Tian put on a pair of white gloves, gently opened the brown portable safe on the conference table in front of him, and then carefully took out the yellowed picture in it.
Immediately afterwards, he put the picture scroll on the dry and covered conference table with a white cloth. With the assistance of Betty, who also wears white gloves, he slowly unfolded the picture scroll.
During this process, his movements were extremely gentle, and he didn't even dare to show the atmosphere. He treated the picture scroll in his hand like his own eyeballs.
With his actions, "Zhaoyebaitu", a famous painting with a long history of more than a thousand years, lost more than 100 years overseas, and fascinated by countless Chinese people, finally appeared in front of everyone.
Although this place is still in the United States, it is still in the Metropolitan Museum, but the owner of this priceless painting is no longer the Metropolitan Museum, nor is it any other foreign devil.
After more than a hundred years of drifting away, it has returned to the hands of the Chinese people and has become Ye Tian’s possession.
The yellowed scroll slowly unfolded. The first thing that appeared in front of everyone was not the famous painting of "Zhao Ye Bai Tu", but a calligraphy of dragon and phoenix dance, that is, the postscript, eloquent, and very powerful.
After this postscript, there are several postscripts one after another.
The font size and calligraphy of these postscripts are different, but they are all made by famous masters. Each postscript is the finest work of Chinese calligraphy art, and every postscript is famous.
In addition, at the end of a few postscripts, and every blank space, they are covered with large and small red stamps, which are very dense and have different styles.
Every name on those seals has a huge weight in Chinese history, Chinese culture and art history.
After a few postscripts, the famous painting "Zhaoyebaitu" finally revealed its true face.
When this famous painting of the ages was fully presented, the movements of Ye Tian's hands immediately stopped, and did not continue to unfold the subsequent scrolls, but admired it with ecstasy.
The scale of this famous painting of the ages is very small, no more than 33.5 cm long and 30.8 cm high. The picture is yellowish, looks very old and very fragile.
But fortunately, despite the ups and downs of this painting for more than a thousand years, it is well preserved, with few damages, and the yellowing of the picture is only due to natural aging.
This ancient painting was done with water and ink line drawing. At a position slightly to the right of the picture, the famous Tang Dynasty painter Han Gan painted the image of a horse.
The horse in the painting is tied to a peg. It seems unwilling to be restrained, glaring, and neighing with its head up, trying to break free from the reins that are tied to it.
Its flowing mane, raised ears, and raised front hooves vividly show the rebelliousness of this horse, and it also strengthens the tension and drama of the picture!
Different from the flowing mane on the neck, the tail of this horse is missing, and it looks a little abrupt and weird.
In addition to the main image on the screen, this famous painting is also covered with inscriptions of different lengths and stamps, and almost every blank has been used.
The authors of the inscriptions and the masters of the seals are all famous emperors, generals, literati and inscribers in ancient Chinese history, revealing the orderly history of this famous painting through the ages.
Looking at this ancient painting, a national treasure-level art treasure, Ye Tian was immersed in it, eyes full of obsession.
But, David and Jason standing next to them, how can they understand this famous painting from the ages, let alone the postscripts on the painting.
"Steven, tell you about this famous painting from the ages, lest we get confused, where is its preciousness reflected?"
David said suddenly, his eyes full of curiosity.
As soon as his voice fell, the kid Jason said again:
"Yes, Steven, tell you about this painting. We can still appreciate Western paintings. We can't appreciate Chinese paintings that win with artistic conception.
Since you value this "Zhaoyebaitu" so much, you don't have to ask, this painting must be invaluable, but I still want to ask, how much would you value this famous painting from the ages? "
Not only the two of them, but many people on the scene wanted to know the preciousness of this painting and the value of it. Everyone looked at Ye Tian, and everyone was full of expectations.
Ye Tian, who was sober, turned his head to look at David and Jason, then glanced at the crowd, then smiled and said loudly:
"Since everyone is so interested, let me introduce this famous painting to everyone. First of all, I will talk about the most concerned issue of this painting, which is the valuation of this famous painting.
Here, I can tell you with great certainty that this is a priceless treasure, and it is impossible to give an accurate valuation. It is the same as the "Female History Zhentu" traded before!
Of course, this is for the Chinese and those who understand Chinese history and art. In the eyes of others, they may not appreciate this kind of art and disagree with its value.”
"Wow! Priceless, it's an exaggeration!"
"Another priceless treasure, it's no wonder that Steven named this famous painting of the ages, a posture that he is determined to win!"
There was a cry of exclamation on the scene, everyone was shocked by Ye Tian's words.
Thomas, who was also on the scene, and other people at the Metropolitan Museum, heard Ye Tian’s words, and suddenly felt even more painful and regretful, but it was a pity that no regret medicine was sold!
When the voice on the scene fell slightly, Ye Tian immediately continued:
"After talking about the valuation of this famous painting, let's introduce the famous ancient Chinese painter, Han Gan, who created this top-level artwork, and the famous painting itself.
Han Gan, lived more than 1,300 years ago in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. He was a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty. He is especially famous for painting horses. This "Zhao Ye Bai Tu" is one of his most outstanding representative works.
In addition to this painting, Han Qian has several other paintings that have been handed down. The Metropolitan Museum houses another painting by Han Qian, "The Painting of a Man in a Horse", which is also a top art.
Although it is also a painting of horses, "The Picture of a Man in a Horse" is slightly inferior to "The White Picture of a Night". Among all the paintings of Han Gan, this "White Picture of a Night" can be called the most outstanding .
In fact, Han Gan’s "Picture of a Man in a Horse", I also want to trade it over and display it in my own private museum, but unfortunately, the Metropolitan Museum rejected me.”
At this point, Ye Tian turned his head and looked at Thomas and others.
The guys at the Metropolitan Museum rolled their eyes together, and Thomas smiled bitterly and said:
"Steven, you guys are so greedy. You want to take everything good to yourself. You are not afraid to hold on. You have to leave us some good things. Could it be true that our Asian Art Department will close?"
"hahaha"
There was a burst of laughter at the scene, everyone laughed, but their moods were different.
After a few jokes, Ye Tian returned to the topic and continued to introduce this famous painting through the ages.
"This "Zhaoyebaitu" depicts a favorite mount of Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty, "Zhaoyebai", which is famous in Chinese history. This is the image of the famous white horse.
It can be seen on the screen that Zhao Yebai is tied to a black wooden stake, his mane is flying, his nostrils are wide, his eyes are turned, his head is screaming, and it seems to be breaking free.
Han Qian not only drew Zhao Ye Bai Bian's fat and healthy appearance, but also focused on showing his unruly heroic look. The brush is concise, the lines are slender and strong, giving people the feeling of being on paper.
In the painter's pen, this unruly horse, the whole body exudes infinite strength and movement, but at the same time, looking at this horse from another side, it seems to be galloping in the sky.
When admiring this painting, visitors can feel that this is by no means a secular horse, but a horse full of spirit, striving to free himself from restraints and longing for freedom. The picture is very dramatic.
"Zhao Ye Bai Tu" with flexible, vigorous lines and slightly rendered painting techniques, just right shows the vigor and galloping momentum of the horse, and it has become a masterpiece of ancient Chinese horse painting.
As you can see, in addition to the main picture, there are many beautiful postscripts of different lengths and shorts on this famous painting, as well as large and small red seals, all over the painting.
This is a unique phenomenon of Chinese painting and calligraphy. All these postscripts and seals are from ancient Chinese emperors, generals, literati and celebrities, showing the orderly history of the spread of this painting.
In ancient China, "Zhao Ye Bai Tu" was the treasure that the emperors, generals, literati and ink men, and top collectors of all dynasties chased after each other. These postscripts and seals on the painting are the best proof.
It is also the handwritings of these emperors and literati in the past that make this "Zhao Ye Bai Tu" jump out of the scope of painting and become a national treasure-level cultural relic that integrates painting, calligraphy and printing ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Next, Ye Tian continued to introduce this "Photo of White Night" to the audience, and gave these Yankees a vivid class of Chinese painting and calligraphy.
More than ten minutes later, he finished the introduction.
Then, he carefully rolled up the priceless treasure, put it back in the brown portable safe, locked the safe, and gave it to Betty so that she could hold it in his hand.
Immediately afterwards, he entered his fingerprints and passwords one by one, locked the other dozens of large and small portable safes one by one, and prepared to transport them away.
Soon, the time has come to around 5:30 in the afternoon.
The opening hours of the Metropolitan Museum for one day have come and it is about to close. Many tourists who came to the Metropolitan Museum to visit the Metropolitan Museum have left various exhibition halls and then walked out of the museum.
At the same time, they left the Metropolitan Museum, as well as Ye Tian and the others, who returned with a rewarding experience.
Ye Tian and their **** convoy drove out of the Metropolitan Museum violently, carrying a large number of valuable Chinese antiques, along Fifth Avenue, and headed straight for Midtown Manhattan.
Just like when it came, the place where this huge motorcade has passed caused a commotion again, attracted countless envy and hatred eyes, and made the atmosphere on the streets of New York tense again.
But on the streets of New York at this time, no one dared to play the idea of this team or those top Chinese antique works of art, unless they thought they had lived too long!
