9th: Wu Daozi's The Presentation of Buddha. Peeled a layer of old silk to fake the ash backing.
12th: Wang Wei's Snowy Brook sketch. Treated with alum water to blur the edges.
15th: Zhang Xuan's Court Ladies Preparing Silk duplicate. Patched with Tang silk and stamped with a fake seal.
21st: Gu Kaizhi's Biographies of Exemplary Women. Fumed with bird droppings to mimic wormholes.
23rd: Han Gan's Night-Shining White imitation. Mixed horsehair and hemp to forge the frayed edges of ancient paper.
26th: Jing Hao's Myriad of Peaks scroll. Boiled for an aged tint, painted with moss, and rubbed with soy paste.
28th: Xu Xi's Pomegranates fan. Dropped ink and sealed the dye with animal glue and alum.
30th: Huang Quan's Exotic Bird Sketches folio. Took a ruined draft from the Royal Academy and faked the artist's name.
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