treasure hunt god pupil

Chapter 373 Castiglione's "Ten Steeds and Dogs"

The idea of ​​Li Mo asking Shi Yunli to learn from her senior sister was also proposed by Chen Feng. After all, the stall of the Millennium Shengzang Group is getting bigger and bigger, and now it has registered a jewelry company.

The reconstruction project of the first phase of the Old Summer Palace has also officially started, and there are too many things to do.Moreover, Li Mo still wanted to build the Gu Yunxuan Southeast Asia Pavilion, so he still needed to cultivate more trustworthy people.

He planned to let Yun Li try to study first, so there was no rush.Originally, he also planned to let Liu Yingying join the company, but her ambition was not here, so Li Mo gave up.

"Brother, are you serious about what you just said?"

Li Mo said while unpacking: "When you graduate, you will either enter an institution or start your own business. The former is fine, but the latter you still need to start from scratch. You are now learning from my senior sister, and you will grow fast. In the future, you The condition is that your in-laws don’t offer you as a bodhisattva.”

"Hate, I like celibacy."

"That's not bad. I can save the dowry I prepared for you."

"Brother... I'll file a complaint with Si Rui later." Shi Yunli shook his fist angrily at him.

"I advise you not to be impulsive, she will definitely stand on my side, and I don't care if you are stimulated later." Li Mo has slowly opened the first painting, which is a painting.

To be precise, this is a picture of a hunting dog.

The hound in the painting has black hair all over its body, with a narrow waist, a long neck, healthy legs, and a hooked tail.Below the mouth, on the chest, there is a small pinch of white hair on the tip of the tail.The most conspicuous are the four claws, showing a silvery white luster.

There are several columns of words on the upper right of the hound: Xuezhuolu, Junggar Taijigardanrong, Jin.

The next few columns of characters look like the characters of ethnic minorities, and Li Mo doesn't understand them.And there was a seal on this painting, which he carefully identified was the word 'Lang Shining'.

"This is the masterpiece of Castiglione, a foreigner painter in the Qing Dynasty!"

Li Mo was a little surprised, then frowned slightly, this matter is a bit evil.He once read a magazine, which reprinted a report from Wandao, about the famous work "Ten Steeds and Dogs" by Castiglione of the Qing Dynasty in a public exhibition in Wandao Museum.

At that time, he just looked at it for a while, and didn't read the content in detail, but he remembered that Castiglione's famous work Ten Steeds and Dogs was collected by the Wandao Museum.

But what happened to the picture of a dog in front of him?

Judging from the picture, the dog in the picture adopts the western sketching method, the shape is three-dimensional and textured, and it has a strong European flavor.And the picture also has the background part. The flowers, plants, slopes and rocks in the paintings pay attention to outlines and pursue a flat decorative effect. Compared with the painting methods of animals, there is a big difference between the two.

Judging from the whole picture, the famous dog was undoubtedly painted by the painter Castiglione, while the background part was repainted by the Qing painter enshrined in the court using traditional painting methods.

This is undoubtedly the authentic work of Castiglione, and literally, it is a hound that was tributed to the Qing Palace by Taijigar Danrong of Junggar. This should be one of the ten horse dogs.

But if this is one of the ten pictures of horses and dogs, then the collection in the Wandao Museum must be incomplete.

Seeing that Li Mo had been silent all this time, with a strange look on his face, Shi Yunli couldn't help asking curiously: "Brother, is there anything wrong with this painting?"

"There is no problem with the painting, but there seems to be something wrong with the origin of the painting."

Li Mo took out his phone, turned off the flash, took a picture of the whole picture, and took two pictures of the inscription, and then sent it to Zhu Changping.

About 10 minutes later, Zhu Changping called.

"Xiaomo, where did you get the photo you sent me?"

"I just took it."

"It was filmed just now? Are you still in Kyoto?" Professor Zhu Changping raised his voice a little bit in disbelief.

"Of course, it's at my grandpa's house. Teacher, I want to ask you what the words for ethnic minorities mean?"

"I have consulted experts in this area. It is Manchu in the Qing Dynasty, and it translates to 'silver-hoofed horse mule'. This painting should be Castiglione's "Ten Steeds and Dogs: Snow Claw Lutu". Mo, why are you interested in fakes?"

This is a bit interesting, Li Mo can be 100% sure that this is one of Castiglione's original ten dogs.That means that the pictures of ten steeds and dogs in the Wandao Museum are either missing or fake.

It's just that a long time has passed, and he has forgotten the specific content of the reprinted report.

"Teacher, how do you know this is a fake?"

Zhu Changping smiled and said, "The painting of Ten Steeds and Dogs, a famous work by Qing court painter Castiglione, has been collected by the Bay Island Museum, but judging from the photos you took, both the layout and the artistry are really good."

"Teacher, what if I tell you that this "Ten Horse Dogs: Snow Claw Lutu" is an authentic work by Castiglione?"

"impossible."

Zhu Changping immediately said affirmatively, and then he paused for a moment before he said doubtfully, "Xiao Mo, are you sure that the Snowclaw Lutu in your hand is the real one?"

"I'm just sure it's an authentic painting by Castiglione, but I'm not sure if it's the same painting as the "Snow Claws" in the collection of the Bay Island Museum."

"I didn't hear that there are two pictures of the same Snowclaw Lutu in Castiglione's masterpiece. I'll go and find out about it, and I'll tell you as soon as I get any news."

Li Mo hung up the phone, first rolled up the first painting, and then unwrapped the second one.After he opened it, he felt a little uneasy, and it was still a picture of a horse.

Judging from the inscription, this painting is Castiglione's "Ten Horse Dogs: Frost Flower Harrier Picture". The horse dogs in the painting were tributed to the Qing court by Jidan Darison, the fourth-class station in Horqin.

"Yun Li, carefully take apart the remaining paintings."

Li Mojuan finished the second picture of a horse and dog, and he began to look forward to whether the following paintings were Castiglione's other pictures of a horse and dog.

"Brother, the third picture is also a picture of a hunting dog."

"Let me see."

Li Mo took the third painting and looked at it carefully, and it was indeed Castiglione's "Ten Steed Dogs: Mo Yuli Picture", which was a famous dog given to the Qing court by Wei Huajin, the foreman of the guards.

Shi Yunli took apart all the rest, and then became more and more surprised, and finally couldn't help asking: "Brother, all you got back from the search this time are pictures of hunting dogs, and the paintings of hunting dogs are quite energetic, but who is it? Your masterpiece?"

Li Mo looked at the seven paintings one by one, and said after a while: "In the history of the Qing Dynasty, there were two foreigners in the imperial palace who were particularly valued by the emperor. One was a foreigner named Tang Ruowang, who was even gracious to Emperor Kangxi." Call him Grandpa Tang. The second person is the author of these paintings, named Castiglione. He is an Italian. He has been engaged in painting in the Qing court for about 50 years during the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties. One of the big names. It's normal that you don't know him well, after all, you rarely come into contact with him."

"However, among the returned national treasures that I exchanged with major European museums, there are Castiglione's masterpieces "Gedeng E La Chai Camp" and "The Chrysanthemum Maze in the Old Summer Palace". He also has "Ten Horses and Dogs", "Hundred Horses", " Qianlong Great Reading Picture" and other masterpieces."

"Hearing what you said, the painting of Castiglione is very valuable?"

Li Mo thought for a while and said: "As far as I know, the auction price of his most expensive painting is as high as 2.4 million, which is still the price in the early years, and it must be more expensive now."

When he said this, he rubbed his chin, looked at the seven pictures of dogs on the table, and his thoughts flew to the bay island.

"Little Mo, what are you thinking, so engrossed?"

Grandma and aunt came in with a plate of fruit, and called Li Mo twice.

(End of this chapter)