Su Xiaoqi is usually lively and treacherous - but when she is really doing things and studying, she can still calm down. Faced with this hard-won opportunity, she also tried her best to learn calligraphy and painting appraisal.

Although Zhou Xia felt that with her personality, she might learn to be a chef and being a foodie might be more suitable for her. But he was not good at damaging her enthusiasm, and she was indeed more attentive in her viewing, so she quickly asked, "Senior Brother, how did I find that there are many works by Li Keran in this year's autumn auction."

Zhou Xia explained to her, "Don't you know? This year is the veritable Li Kerannian. After Li Keran entered the 100 million yuan club, his works began to become popular. At this year's spring auction, Li Keran's "Shaoshan" was sold for 124.2 million yuan, and "The Mountains of Red" was sold for 293.25 million yuan. Do you think with the olfactory ability of major auction houses, will you not pay attention to the collection of Li Keran's works? Not to mention the auction, privately, Li Keran's other works also became popular. This is the Li Keran effect."

"But..." Su Xiaoru immediately replied, "I found that two different auction companies are auctioning the same works by Li Keran!"

Zhou Xia said, "It's true! Don't be mistaken. I know that Li Keran drew a considerable number of shepherd boys and cows in his life. If he doesn't look carefully, it will be easy to get confused."

Su Xiaoru put the catalogues of the two auction companies together, pushed them to Zhou Xia, and then pointed to the Ma Niu Picture above and said to him, "Alas, senior brother, if you don't believe it, you have not started to check the painting and appraisal yourself, but I can still see whether the two paintings are the same."

Zhou Xia leaned forward and took a closer look. As she said, the styles of these two items were Li Keran. The shepherd boy and cow inside were very similar in size, and the positions of the inscriptions and seals were exactly the same. Although the names given by the auction company were different, one was called the Maggot Picture and the other was called the Chunniu Picture, but the content was exactly the same!

It's really interesting to have such an erratic incident. These two auction companies, one is an auction company located in Beijing, and the other is an auction company located in Donghai. I think they have not communicated well before.

Zhou Xia also quickly apologized and said, "Sorry, I blamed you just now. These two paintings do indeed paint the same thing. It is the most suitable thing to say that they are twins!"

"Seeing that you are so sincere, I will forgivate you. I won't be the case!" After Su Xiaoru said that, she looked at Zhou Xia and smiled.

"Senior brother, tell me what's going on? Which one is true or false, the twin shepherd boy or the cow picture?" Su Xiaoru asked him for advice.

"This..." Zhou Xia was also in trouble. "I don't know much now. My skills in calligraphy and painting appraisal are no better than you. Let's study them together."

Su Xiaoru smiled and said, "Do you want to take out tools such as magnifying glass and microscope?"

Zhou Xia said, "Of course you can take it out, it's best to have tools to help you. But if two paintings are in front of you, it's really difficult to identify the auction catalogue. In this way, the photos on the catalogue may be very different from the actual items, and may be beautified, and color difference may be adjusted."

"The technology is more powerful now. But I think that if you carefully compare and analyze it, you can get some results." Su Xiaoru quickly took out her professional equipment. The magnifying glasses are all high-power magnifying glasses above 50 times, which are used to carefully identify the details of calligraphy and painting. However, when used in this photo, it is undoubtedly a killing knife, but she plans to experience the atmosphere in advance and be familiar with it.

Zhou Xia smiled and said, "If you put two paintings together like this, it feels like you guys are looking for trouble when you girls like."

Su Xiaoru laughed, "I like to play this game, but I feel that this is more like a guessing game now. Brother, do you think these two paintings are true and false, or are they both fake? Or is it possible that both are true? Didn't Master Li Keran paint a lot of paintings of shepherd boys and cows in his life?"

Zhou Xia replied, "Master Li Keran claims to be talking nonsense for three thousand nonsense. He left less than 3,000 works, but the number signed by Li Keran at the auction is far more than this number. Although Li Keran has painted many paintings of shepherd boys and cows, he creates the same exact work, and the possibility of such a thing is almost zero. Therefore, we can first rule out that both are genuine. The twins are either true and false, or both are false. There is no need to consider the possibility that both paintings are true at all."

Su Xiaoru nodded, then said enthusiastically, "I think it should be, so let's find fault together! It's rare to encounter such twins. If you observe carefully, there should be some differences. It is impossible to achieve complete consistency."

Zhou Xia and her also carefully analyzed and compared the two paintings.

Among Li Keran's works, red works have the highest market value, such as several paintings sold over 100 million, "The Mountains of Red", "Shaoshan" and "Long March" are all red works. Although the themes such as shepherd boys and cows are not expensive, they are large in number and have a high transaction rate, and are very popular in the auction market. Therefore, they have become the most popular works of counterfeiters and are the hardest hit areas.

Su Xiaoru wanted to do calligraphy and painting appraisal, and she had to be familiar with Li Keran's works. The identification of the shepherd boy and the cow picture is just the most basic thing.

In addition, Zhou Xia also revealed to her that at the autumn auction of their Tiandi Auction Company, there were also pictures of Li Keran's shepherd boy and cows.

Su Xiaoru suddenly opened her eyes widened, "Senior Brother, you didn't lie to me, then it looks better now. Wouldn't you show triplets and multiple twins?"

Zhou Xia smiled and said, "You're thinking too much. I just said it was a picture of the shepherd boy and the cow. Actually, I didn't look at it carefully, but when I think back, I feel that it is still a little different from this painting. The position and background of the shepherd boy are somewhat different. But I dare not make a 100% guarantee, not similar to other pictures of the shepherd boy and the cow. After all, I am not from the company's calligraphy and painting department, and most of the calligraphy and painting items I collected have not passed by my hands."

Su Xiaoru muttered, "It's really not easy to do an appraisal, you have to remember a lot of things."

"I'm going to give up now!" Zhou Xia laughed at her.

"How can this be? This is more interesting, right? I feel that this picture of cow shepherds in Beijing is more charming, and the shepherd boy is more lively, more like Li Keran's creation in his later years. In comparison, this picture of spring cow in the East China Sea feels that the taste is a little worse." Su Xiaoru immediately became motivated again. She had read the information and knew that Li Keran's paintings of cows and cows were also relatively long. The signatures on these two paintings were from 1900, which belonged to his more mature painting style.

Zhou Xiake was not as arbitrary as her and said to her, "Well, we can't just rely on our feelings and have to find some standard tools for reference. At the auction, Li Keran's works by Shepherd and Niu are quite a lot, and it is impossible for each of them to be imitated. Therefore, compared with the identification of other calligraphy and paintings, it is still easier to identify. Compared with the identification of these two paintings, I can say that the worst must be fake, but the good may not be real. It is very likely that the authentic products are still not taken out, and the two twins thrown out are all used to test the waters. Let's compare and analyze them carefully, and it will not be too late to draw conclusions."

Su Xiaoru nodded and said yes. The two of them also took action. In addition to comparing and analyzing the auction catalog, they also turned on Zhou Xia's laptop and searched the Internet for the authenticity of Li Keran's shepherd boy and cow in the auction transaction records. They also found some high-definition large photos from the museum's collection. They did not give up until they found out the truth.

However, such calligraphy and painting appraisal is more fantastic than physical appraisal, because it can only be compared and analyzed from the photos in the auction catalogue.

Finally, after carefully appreciating the pictures of the shepherd boys and cows in all periods, including several pictures with more than one million yuan on the spring auction, the two came to a relatively reliable conclusion.

Zhou Xia also said that Su Xiaoru's previous judgment is not without reason. The painting in Donghai called Chunniu Picture is very similar to Li Keran's style, but it always feels more like the early taste, with some traces of depiction.

Moreover, through careful comparison of the two paintings, they found that the picture of the cow shepherd in Beijing was more natural and calm, and the details were also very relaxed. Unlike the one in the auction company in Donghai, they felt that they would use the pen more cautiously, and they deliberately sought excellence in every stroke.

This also proves that even twins have quite a few differences.

As for things like bell seals and seals, they are not now like in the past. They are fought alone by one person, and they are all group-based fraud and assembly line operations. In this regard, it is not particularly difficult to make fakes and real ones fakes.

As for other criteria for the identification of calligraphy and painting, such as the material of paper and ink, the style of color, the degree to which the pen and ink penetrate into the paper, there is no way to achieve the most accurate identification before seeing the actual object.

In this way, the two of them can roughly identify the Spring Ox Picture with worse quality as imitations.

But Zhou Xia felt that it should be an older imitation, at least, it should be a imitation from five or six years ago. The traces of the tracing are all drawn by people.

Both of them were optimistic about the picture of the cow shepherd in Beijing, although there seemed to be nothing particularly worth picking about in all aspects, and the styles of the shepherd boy and cow shepherd in his later years were similar to Li Keran's later years of painting.

But it is precisely because of the appearance of such twins on the market that people appreciate their appearance and there are many suspicious things.

Zhou Xia even felt that the most likely picture of the cow shepherd was a replica of the authentic one, so the details were done well.

The specific details still have to be visited in person. Only after getting started can we know the results. As now, when you appraise the photos, no matter how awesome the appraiser is, he cannot guarantee the accuracy of millions. Zhou Xia is no exception. The most important thing is that he cannot use the archaeological appraisal system to appraise the photos! (To be continued)
Chapter completed!