Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1567 Giving Love

"The pressure is a bit high, but people are light-hearted without pressure. I believe in your strength." Gu Lao said with a smile: "I don't know about your little tricks? Isn't it just that you want to find some free time for yourself? ? You just said that among the eighteen subjects, how many of them do you really need to learn? Are they just three or four? Are you trying to fool me?

After being bombarded by Mr. Gu's string of questions, Zhou Zhi had no choice but to confess honestly: "Brother Fei has told me several times that he asked me to go to the Cultural Park to show love. I'm really embarrassed to refuse."

"What kind of love?" Mr. Gu didn't understand.

"It is to solve the main contradictions in current society and meet the people's growing needs for cultural life..."

"Stop talking to me!"

"I'm just going to participate in the free appraisal and private auction of citizens' cultural toys on the weekend." Zhou Zhi Nan smiled and said: "By the way, I took a look at the level of private collections in Shu."

"It's still fun." Mr. Gu said, "But the way of civility and martial arts is to relax. Go wherever you want."

"Hey! I'm leaving then?"

"Haha, the trouble with people is that they are good teachers. Go ahead, go ahead..."

The Cultural Park now holds an auction every Saturday. The Gongmei Association will bring out some small things for auction. Generally, the prices are not too high. Most of them are folk kiln utensils from the third generation of the Qing Dynasty or some miscellaneous cultural items. .

There will be a morning of free appraisals before the auction. The Gongmei Association organizes some experts in the province to serve the public. There is no handling fee. Of course, no appraisal certificates will be given. It all depends on a few casual words.

"Is the elbow coming?"

"Is the elbow coming?"

When they saw Zhou Zhi coming, several master craftsmen from Gongmei smiled and greeted him.

Zhou Zhi followed the example of several master craftsmen and took out a large teapot from his bag, filled it with water and placed it on the small table behind him. The reason why he didn't put it in front was because some people would use calligraphy and painting for appraisal and get it wet. It’s a big trouble: “Hello everyone, Mr. Sun, are you leading the team today?”

"What team should I lead? We don't have much of a team, right? How many seniors are there?" Mr. Sun was the former chief appraiser of Gongmei. Now he has retired, and he was rehired by Gongmei. The salary is higher than the retirement salary. Gao, life is quite good, and people's spirits are better after retirement. My personality seems to have changed from before, and I have become more joking: "I heard that you have done another big thing?"

"No?" Zhou Zhi didn't know what Mr. Sun was talking about, so he had to laugh: "I haven't even bought a house for a long time. Today is just because my hands are itchy. I've been here for a long time and I'm addicted to it."

"Don't be so modest." Mr. Su smiled and said, "I heard that you helped the Shanghai Museum restore a running script silk scroll by Wen Zhengming, "Fengtian Palace Early Dynasty Poetry Scroll"?"

Zhou Zhi waved his hands repeatedly: "Oh, I dare not say that! I went to work for Mr. Xu at that time and learn the craftsmanship! But thanks to Master Yang, we used the silk from the early three sleep silkworms to restore the ancient silk. Mr. Xu is very satisfied with the antique life silk."

"The Fengtian Palace Early Dynasty Poetry Scroll is the first ancient scroll to be restored using this new technology."

"Then when we repair ancient paintings, we won't have to dig out the old life silk to fill the holes like we do now?" asked an old master.

"It should be no longer needed." Zhou Zhi said: "The fiber thickness and density of antique silk is very close to that of Song Dynasty silk. With the appropriate distressing technology, the quality is quite old-fashioned."

"The only problem is that the output is still a little low, and the cost is not cheap. There are dozens of processes to make it old."

"Do you think that if Mr. Daqian gets such silk, the portrait of the Medicine Buddha will be regarded as the Song Dynasty version of Wu Daozi?" Some old men have already begun to use their imagination. "That's not possible." Zhou Zhi said: "Our silk is machine-woven, and its warp and weft distribution is very even. It is very different from the ancient hand-woven painting silk under a high-power magnifying glass."

"Then why don't you imitate a little more like me?" "Yes, I've got all the silk, so weaving shouldn't be a problem, right?" "Ninety-nine heads have been kowtowed, and this one is missing when I enter the temple..."

Zhou Zhi smiled: "Actually, the biggest purpose of our doing this is to prevent the situation that Mr. Wang just mentioned - to use it for counterfeiting by experts."

"Oh, yes, yes..." The old men then came back to their senses: "You have to be careful about this! There are more and more hot goods these days..."

At this time, Fei Guan also came over: "Guys, we are going to start releasing people. You are young, please be more tired today!"

Zhou Zhi made an OK gesture, indicating that there was no problem.

After a while, long queues formed in front of each appraiser's table.

The things in the hands of citizens can be divided into three categories at most. The first category is porcelain. This type of porcelain was the most entrusted by the Republic of China. Many of it was imitated from the Republic of China or even the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Things made from official kilns and later became popular in the dynasty.

It seems that there are not many talents in the National Treasure Gang now, and it is useless for counterfeiters to imitate Ru Dingjun, the official brother of Song Dynasty porcelain, because everyone will regard them as imitations and will not be fooled.

On the contrary, after having a deposit, everyone can recognize the characters at least, and whether it is true or false, they can take it and try their luck.

The second category is calligraphy and painting, and this one is even more complicated. Most of them are very unpopular painters. Even describing them as unknown is considered flattering. They are simply poor painters.

But we should not take it lightly, because there will be works by some famous modern artists popping up here suddenly, and it is even possible to encounter Zhang Daqian and Pu Xinshe.

What’s even more amusing is that for many works by famous artists, the treasure holders have not taken them seriously when collecting them for a long time. They have never thought of framing them and hanging them on the wall for appreciation. They usually fold them in half several times and put them in a pack of mulberry paper. Put it in a plastic bag, or roll it up and tie it with a string.

Even when the stalwarts told them that these things were worth a lot of money, worth tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, the treasure hunters trembled with joy while still handling them as they were, and then happily took away the painting cores.

The third category is purely miscellaneous. This batch of appraisals is the most difficult to test because there are so many fakes.

For example, fake Yuan Datou made of lead and aluminum, beeswax imitated by plastic, turquoise pressed by stone powder, ivory imitated by resin...

This type is relatively simple, and there are also various pottery figurines piled with earthen flowers and earthy greens, bronzes full of green rust, and jades with varying shades of green color...

This batch is a bit of a test of your appraisal skills, because occasionally the real things in this batch will pop out for you.

And there is another batch that is amazing, with thick pulp and exquisite workmanship, but it is extremely difficult to date them - bamboo carvings, wood carvings, ivory carvings, bird food cans, birdcages, snuff bottles, paperweights, inkstones, gourds, seals, and even buttons, Hat heart, books, stickers...

From objects to materials to shapes to functions to craftsmanship, they are all so diverse that it would be difficult for an average appraiser to take on such a job.

Zhou Zhi's specialty is porcelain, calligraphy and painting, and influenced by the research on mounting, he also has a certain level of miscellaneous appraisal, but he does not dare to show off in front of a real master of miscellaneous appraisal like Mr. Sun.

The two of them sat next to each other, Zhou Zhi appraising and studying at the same time, which was also a rare opportunity to repair shortcomings.