My system is not decent

Chapter 805
In front of Chen Wenzhe was a whole gold plate with Ying Yuan on it. These things were like seals left on the gold plate. When using it, just cut off a piece.

Chen Wenzhe is not very interested in this item. If it is genuine, he can still buy some for his collection, and forget about fakes.

If you really want to buy it, you might as well buy the [-]-jin golden beast!

At the very least, those gold wares still have a certain level of craftsmanship. After they are bought, they can be used as a reference.

However, Mu Xiaolong did not disappoint him. Soon, Chen Wenzhe saw a series of imitation gold wares from the Tang Dynasty.

It must not be an authentic product from the Tang Dynasty, otherwise, the Mu family would be too proud.

For example, the gold cup with Capricorn pattern in front of me is too well made.

This kind of thing must belong to the royal family. If it goes up for auction, it won't be worth a few million.

Getting closer, Chen Wenzhe took a closer look.

The shape of this gold cup is a four-petal crabapple.

In the center of the cup, there is a capricorn playing in the water.

On the inner wall of the cup, craftsmen divided it into four sections with petal bars, and carved two groups of symmetrical Baoxiang flowers in each section.

On both sides of the Baoxiang flower, there are also wishful patterns, and a circle of petals is decorated on the edge of the mouth.

The production is very fine, and it doesn't look like a fabrication, so what are they imitating based on?
As for this being genuine, it's unlikely.

The identification method of goldware is not difficult. First of all, we need to understand the importance of gold in ancient times.

Because of its rarity and difficulty in mining, it is rarely used by ordinary people, and almost all of it is used by royal nobles.

When dealing with a utensil, after understanding its material, you must have a good grasp of its characteristics and uses.

In ancient times, goldware was commonly used in women's headgear, noble pipe hats, tableware, sitting utensils, or set on porcelain, and its characteristics changed with the items.

For example, the gold cup in front of me is very high in terms of attainment level, and its alchemy is relatively difficult, and it is very difficult to peck the pattern on its small side.

To see if it is an old thing, first of all, we should appreciate the whole, whether it is well matched, whether the workmanship is smooth, and the bruises on the key parts of the utensil.

Because there were no modern tools in ancient times, there was often a connection between manual grinding and modern machines.

When dealing with goldware as a whole, it is necessary to start with the small aspects, which are often neglected in modern old-fashioned techniques, but the smallest details are often the support for the final appraisal.

There are only a few crafts to make goldware, and as early as the Xia, Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties in my country, the ancients had used fan casting, hammering, forging, chiseling, hollowing out, cutting and other techniques to make goldware.

The goldware in front of me is just made in this way, that is, it is made more finely.

These are replicas and the signs of distress are obvious.

In fact, the most natural way to make goldware old is to put it in an oxygen chamber or a humid place. After a long time, it will look naturally aging.

Next, Chen Wenzhe saw the red gold basin and the gold cup with the pattern of gold baskets and treasures, all of which belonged to the gold wares of the Tang Dynasty.

The golden basin is a common washing utensil in the palace. Three days after the birth of the prince (female), a grand baby washing party will be held in the palace, and the golden basin is used when washing the prince's body.

Therefore, some people also call the golden basin a washbasin or a bathtub.

The one here is obviously not genuine, because Chen Wenzhe knows that only two have been unearthed in China.

Those are also the only two Tang Dynasty gold basins discovered by archeology so far, and they are also the earliest and heaviest ancient gold basins in the extant era.

Naturally, those two pieces would not come here, but the imitation here is not bad.

However, gold pots are easy to imitate, but it is not so easy to imitate gold cups with patterns like golden baskets and treasures.

"Golden Basket Treasure Tin" refers to the surface of utensils, welded with a frame made of gold wire, and fine gold beads, and then inlaid with precious stones.

From this, one can imagine the production process of this gold cup.

Such a thing, if there is no real thing to compare, it is difficult to imitate.

This is also the reason why Chen Wenzhe was willing to participate in this event. The previous Ming Dynasty cloud dragon pattern high-legged gold cup was very complicated to make. He also suspected that the Mu family had an authentic one, otherwise the imitation would not be so good.

In fact, through Mu Xiaolong's fragmentary words, Chen Wenzhe can also infer that his family specializes in imitating gold wares.

Looking at it now, this is really the case.

There are quite a lot of gold wares here, but he doesn't have much money to buy them.

Because gold products, let alone works of art, even if only the value of gold itself is calculated, the value of gold wares here is not low.

For example, the [-]-jin gold beast, or the bell-shaped ornament in front of me, the imitation is really too fine.

Even if he saw this kind of thing, he could learn a lot of advanced crafts.

This piece of gold must have been imitated from the "Yi Zi Sun" bell-shaped gold ornaments in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

According to the introduction, this thing is only 2.3 cm long, 1.7 cm wide, and weighs only 1.8 grams.

This gold ornament is bell-shaped as a whole, with a button at the top in an inverted trapezoidal shape, and a small hole in the center for fastening.

In the middle, three characters of "Yi Zisun" are listed vertically with filigree, with S-shaped cloud patterns on both sides, and the edges are decorated with filigree and welded gold beads.

The entire piece of gold ornaments is small and exquisite, using the techniques of filigree and welding gold beads. The dense arrangement of large beads and small beads shows the extremely high level of gold and silverware production in the Han Dynasty.

Seeing the workmanship on it, Chen Wenzhe had gained something, so he continued to read happily.

It's just that the craftsmanship of goldware is just a little, and if you look at it again, you won't gain more.

Therefore, soon Chen Wenzhe lost interest.

"How are these things traded?"

"This one is [-] yuan. If you want it, you can take it after paying!" A security guard behind the counter said.

After looking at those exquisite things, Chen Wenzhe slowly walked to a remote counter, where there were some small items.

Almost at a glance, Chen Wenzhe discovered that the things here are really antiques.

It's just that these gold objects have not existed for a long time, such as the gold bracelets that he is very familiar with.

The craftsmanship of these gold bracelets is considered very good, but the price is too expensive, so he will not buy them.

However, after just a few glances, he saw a strange thing in a corner.

Apparently it was also a piece of gold, but it had a blade.

Seeing this, Chen Wenzhe immediately thought of one thing.

Get closer, and take a closer look. From a visual inspection, the whole body is about 7 cm long. The upper part is a hollowed-out double fish shape, which is carved lifelike. Not sharp.

Most people certainly don't know such things, but he does.

Because of this kind of strange ancient cultural relic, he has learned about it specially.

He knows what others don't know, so he will miss it!
For example, the one in front of me is not expensive.

(End of this chapter)