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Chapter 427 A Representative of an Artifact (Seeking Subscription Monthly Pass)

Looking at the Nautilus cup in his hand, Chen Wenzhe felt a little bit emotional. This thing just fell into his hands, or else it should be regarded as a forgery and pushed out of the door again?

Few people know that there is such a wonderful flower in the wine bottle!
In modern archaeological excavations, wine bottles and utensils are often unearthed. In terms of appearance, they are almost the same and can be recognized at a glance.

However, a few years ago, a different type of wine bottle was unearthed from a thousand-year-old tomb, which puzzled experts.

In 1975, on a construction site in Xiangshan, Nancheng City, the construction team accidentally discovered a thousand-year-old tomb.

Soon, the archaeological team carried out rescue excavations on it.

In the end, hundreds of precious cultural relics were unearthed, including various gold, silver, jade and bronze wares, proving the noble identity of the tomb owner.

Among the many cultural relics, the one that attracted the attention of experts the most was a bronze vessel with a peculiar appearance, which turned out to be a large conch.

The shape of this conch was obviously carved by craftsmen.

As for its use, the experts were at a loss, so they had to take it back to the research institute.

After reviewing historical materials, experts finally confirmed the use of conch.

It turned out that it was mentioned in Li Bai's poems that it was the "parrot cup".

It is said that the volume of the parrot cup is huge, and the wine hidden inside can never be drunk.

Later, marine biology experts told that the conch was called Nautilus, which lived in the Indian Ocean and was a shellfish.

After cleaning the flesh inside the shell, the capacity inside is enough to hold 4 catties of fine wine.

Because of the uniqueness of the parrot cup, this creature eventually attracted great disasters and became the target of hunting by the ancients.

At that time, the nautilus could be said to be all over the world, but now it is almost extinct, and it is difficult to find it again.

The reason why the parrot cup has the saying "can't finish drinking" is because of its unique structure.

There are more than 30 cavities in the nautilus, which are separated from each other, and each cavity is only connected by a small hole of about 2 cm.

Therefore, when the parrot cup is filled with fine wine, the fine wine will seep out slowly when the ancients were drinking, and they can only take a small sip each time, giving people the illusion that they can never finish drinking.

Therefore, due to the winding cavity and the deep cave, the Nautilus Cup is also known as the "Nine-curved Conch Cup".

It's just that, after all, this thing is made of snail shells, so it's not easy to preserve, and it was accidentally broken, and I don't know how this pair was preserved.

Zhao Fei and Ye Chengfeng naturally saw Chen Wenzhe's series of actions clearly.

When they saw through the computer that a pair had also been unearthed in Nandu, the two of them started to murmur.

"How can there be exactly the same thing?" Zhao Fei asked directly, rather bluntly.

In the antique shop, if there are exactly the same things, most of them may be imitations.

"What? Something wrong?"

She didn't think much of it at first, but after seeing Chen Wenzhe attaching importance to it, the woman was also secretly happy. Who wouldn't want to sell it for more money?

But now Zhao Fei's performance is obviously wrong.

Chen Wenzhe glanced at the woman, and directly comforted him: "Don't worry, the things are right, and they are worth a lot."

Chen Wenzhe was very happy in his heart, he can be regarded as a good man with good rewards!

He didn't expect to send him these three treasures in the afternoon without deducting other people's money in the morning.

Think about the performance of women, if Chen Wenzhe did not perform very well on the previous Nautilus, would she still take out this pair of Nautilus cups?

So, don't underestimate a woman, especially a woman who has a child and the child is still sick, she is not stupid!

"Don't worry, this thing is a representative of a kind of utensil, called a buckle, have you heard of it?"

Zhao Fei shook her head resolutely, but Ye Chengfeng understood a little bit.

"I've heard it before. You said that there are clasps in the wooden utensils, right?"

"This kind of thing is a utensil that was popular thousands of years ago. For example, Wang Xingzhi came from a wealthy family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is very normal to have the popular buckle at that time."

The pair of Nautilus cups unearthed in Nandu was unearthed in the tomb of Wang Xingzhi and his wife in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Wang Xingzhi is a descendant of Wang Dao, the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and his uncle and brother with the great calligrapher Wang Xizhi.

The Wang family was the head of the wealthy families in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and its influence extended to future generations.

The nautilus cups should be something that Wang Xingzhi, the owner of the tomb, enjoyed during his lifetime. In terms of the category of production technology, these nautilus cups should belong to buckles.

Buttons were a household name more than a thousand years ago, but they are almost extinct in today's life. Most people don't know what a button is.

Xu Shen, a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty, said in "Shuowen Jiezi: Jinbu": "Button, the mouth of a gold ornament."

Gold in ancient times refers to metals in general, such as gold, silver, copper, etc., which are collectively referred to as gold.

Therefore, in Xu Shen's explanation, any metal that is used to reinforce and decorate the rim of the utensil is called a clasp.

The buckle was first produced in lacquer ware, and the lacquer ware with a metal reinforced mouth first appeared in the Warring States Period, and began to be mass-produced in the Han Dynasty, and became widely popular in society.

According to the grade from high to low, buckles are mainly divided into three categories: gold buckles, silver buckles and copper buckles.

Among them, copper buckles can be divided into gilt copper buckles and non-gilt copper buckles.

The vast majority of buckle ware are lacquer ware, but there are also a small number of jade, ivory, tortoiseshell, and glazed ware.

Archeology found that some lacquerware with copper buckles in the Han Dynasty had copper buckle reinforcements, not only limited to the rim, but also a few copper hoops were added to the edges, corners, or the body of the vessel to make it stronger and more beautiful.

For example, the ears of the ear cups are the most touched parts during use. For reinforcement, copper buckles are often used.

These nautilus cups use the shell of precious marine organisms as the cup body, and the rim, ears and edges are inlaid with copper, which is extremely rare in the actual buckles excavated by archaeologists.

Judging from the existing appearance of this thing, it should belong to a gilded copper buckle, because the gilt layer of the copper buckle is extremely thin, and after thousands of years, the gilt will always fall off, so the appearance is mottled.

These two cups are yellow in color, translucent, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The smooth curves of the cup body transition naturally and are decorated with petal patterns.

It can be said that the shape is exquisite, even if it is passed down to the present, it looks antique.

Otherwise, Chen Wenzhe wouldn't be able to tell at a glance that this is an antique.

Most importantly, parrot cups are not uncommon in ancient poetry.

It can be said that parrot cups are often mentioned in Tang and Song poetry, and there are many famous lines besides Li Bai.

For example, King Luo Bin of the Tang Dynasty wrote in "The Prodigal Son Joins the Army": "Stop playing the flute in the Phoenix Tower, and stop persuading wine in the parrot cup."

Lu Zhaolin's "Chang'an Ancient Ideas" poem: "Jin Wu of the Han Dynasty rides a thousand horses, and the emerald Tu Su parrot cup."

Lu Fangweng's poem: "Grape brocade covers Tong Sungu, and nautilus pours jade and scallions."

It seems that the parrot cup was quite popular among alcoholics in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

Of course, Chen Wenzhe also likes it very much, especially the pair in his hand, which is very carefully made.

Things like this are sure to sell well!

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