Shengshibaojian

The reason why Shen Qiu said it was a heavyweight treasure was because there were as many as ten staff who pushed it onto the booth alone.

Sixteen staff lined up on both sides, pushing this special treasure from the backstage to the booth with all their strength.

Although this collection is covered with a black veil of mystery, everyone can see its general outline. The overall height is about four or five meters, and the length is about seven or eight meters. Even the width is full. Four meters long, this level of collection is definitely second to none in the antique world.

Over the years, Shen Qiu has seen the biggest object, that is, the iron bull statue of the river god in Jiangcheng, and the mysterious treasure in front of him is bigger than the iron bull by a large circle. It can be judged from the laborious appearance of the staff that the weight of this collection must be measured in tonnage at least.

When the collection was in place, Koji came to the booth with a smile on his face.

"Everyone! In fact, I invite everyone to come today to appreciate this treasure around me!" Koji pretended to be mysterious and said: "According to the usual practice, let me first talk about the origin of this treasure. This is a treasure we received every month. At that time, I mistakenly thought it was from our Ridao collection, but after careful identification, I found that this treasure came from China! But we don’t know the exact age and circumstances.”

"All of you here are the first-class masters of appreciating treasures in Yanjing's antique circle, so I will ask you to help me find this treasure later, no matter what you say is good or bad! Hao Er is grateful!"

"Mr. Koji, how much did you pay for this treasure?" Someone asked curiously.

Koji smiled: "Everyone, let me keep it a secret first. Later, I will ask a few masters to make an appraisal first and give an estimate. I will reward the master whose price is closest to mine, and I will personally reward a big red envelope!"

The difference between the brothers' words and deeds immediately appeared. The younger brother Tiger Taiyi was domineering and unreasonable, while the older brother was modest, kind and polite.

"Brother! You see, this brother is reliable. Who controls an antique shop depends entirely on the personality of the shopkeeper. If such a large-scale antique shop is handed over to my younger brother, it will definitely close down within three months! I say that." You said it!" Master Pao quickly stood beside Shen Qiu and commented.

Shen Qiu sneered: "Master Pao, it's too early for you to say that. My younger brother is domineering and sharp, but you can see his routine clearly, but this elder brother is different. The most terrible thing is that he smiles and doesn't show his face. Master Pao doesn't believe us." Just wait and see, this Koji is by no means a fuel-efficient lamp..."

Whoa!

Koji and several experts lifted the mysterious veil of the booth collection at the same time, and a huge bronze bell appeared in everyone's sight.

Speaking of this clock, the first impression it gives people is that it is big!

It is as tall as two people, and its circular curved surface almost occupies the entire booth. The overall bronze bell presents a dark purple color, and reliefs of horses, mountains, and rivers are carved on the outer surface. The overall shape is classical and simple. The relief on it is particularly eye-catching, and the moment the veil is lifted, it releases a majestic and domineering atmosphere.

"I invite five masters to come to the stage to appreciate it!" Koji walked off the stage in person, bowing and inviting the five masters on the list of national teachers.

Shen Qiu walked up to the booth at the first time. He had no interest in this treasure at first, but when its mysterious veil was revealed, Shen Qiu was attracted by its unique temperament.

You can see some big bronze bells in the antique market, most of them are bronze bells handed down from some temples, and there are very few bronze bells that have been handed down.

The oldest thing Shen Qiu has seen so far is the temple bronze bell from the Mingchu period, but now the inside of the bronze bell has been rusted, oxidized and discolored, just like a terminally ill patient, only the exterior remains, in fact, the inside has long been Scarred, horrible, and it is no exaggeration to say that it could not even withstand an ordinary impact.

The appearance of this bronze bell is not surprising, and the reliefs are not outstanding, but it has an inherent charm when placed here as a whole, and people can't help but want to find out.

……

About half an hour later, several masters appraised this bronze bell one after another, only Shen Qiu was still touching and appraising this special bronze bell, and he was dumbfounded the whole time.

In comparison, this should be the treasure that took the longest time to appraise in Shen Qiu's appraisal history.

"Okay! Master Chu Linfeng, please tell me first... Please tell me your opinion on this bronze bell!" Hao Er said politely with a gesture of invitation.

Chu Linfeng pretended to shake his hair: "Everyone, this bronze clock is really unusual. First of all, it is big! This is the first time I have seen such a large bronze bell. Ancient clocks can be roughly divided into iron cast and copper cast. Yes, generally the size of the copper casting will be relatively small, because the cost of the copper bell itself is high! But Mr. Koji’s clock is different. It is a real copper bell, and its structure exceeds that of the big iron bell. What size! In ancient times, there were not many people who could have such financial resources except the emperor!"

Chu Linfeng praised the big clock first: "I took a look at this big clock just now, especially the relief sculptures on it are quite exquisite. Everyone, you can see that the carvings on the birds, animals, mountains, and mountains are lifelike and penetrating. , The ancients often said that calligraphy and painting are easy to use and embossed but hard to pinch! What do you mean? If you want to paint calligraphy and painting vividly, you may be able to find the feeling after going back and forth. This relief carving is very particular. Although it will be buried in advance, it must be done. Plasticity is much more difficult!"

"Judging from the degree of decay inside and outside the bronze bell, I can conclude that this is a bronze bell from the late Ming Dynasty, and I can tell everyone responsibly that this is definitely a big bell of a famous temple, because only famous temples have this qualification Casting a big clock of this level! Three years ago, a bronze bell of Baiyun Temple was put on the shelf at Rachel Auction in the UK. As well as the actual situation of this bronze bell, my final estimate is [-] million!"

Four hundred million!

Everyone at the scene couldn't help sighing: "Four hundred million? Is it so awesome? This big bronze bell alone is enough to become the treasure of the Shanhai Treasure Pavilion! Looking at the entire antique circle in Yanjing City, you can come up with four The stores of Yi Collection are all famous boutiques!"

"Shanhai Treasure Pavilion is about to take off! At first, I thought that Shen Qiu's Xuanbaozhai had a chance to become the next boutique store, but now it seems that Shanhai Treasure Pavilion has more qualifications than Shen Qiu! This one alone The collection will instantly kill Xuan Bao Zhai!"

Hao Er took the initiative to applaud and send Chu Linfeng off: "Master Chu's analysis is very good, come on, let's ask Master Yang Qing to talk about his personal opinion!"

Yang Qing stepped onto the stage and shook his head slightly, first towards Chu Linfeng: "Master Chu, I have to tell you about this. Just now you said that this big clock is from the end of the Ming Dynasty? You are wrong! It is not ?”

Yang Qing pointed to the rust on the bottom of the copper bell and said: "You judged from its rust just now that it was in the late Ming Dynasty, but you still lacked consideration! The degree of rust can only be used as a reference factor, and the actual situation has to be determined according to the actual situation." Judging by its own circumstances.”

"Bronze bells like this one don't have signatures or marks. We can only judge from the information fed back from its surface, such as the reliefs on its body, and its casting process. The casting process also conforms to the workmanship of the early Ming Dynasty, but it is It’s not from the late Ming Dynasty, look at the relief on the copper bell, the horse’s hoof of the wild horse extends downwards, this kind of painting technique was very popular in the Ming Dynasty!”

"Because in the late Ming Dynasty, the practice of extending the horse's feet to the outside world would be regarded as a symbol of Japanese pirates. This was very taboo by the emperor in the early Qing Dynasty, let alone a big bronze bell of this level. Unless the craftsman was tired of working, Otherwise, I would never have made such a low-level mistake."

Chu Linfeng suddenly came to his senses, and wiped his sweat again and again: "That's right! Master Yang Qing is right! You are careless! This collection is indeed from the late Ming Dynasty!"

"Beautiful! Master Yang Qing's analysis is beautiful!" Hao Er continued: "But I'm keeping a secret, there is a bigger secret hidden in this collection!"