space fisherman

Chapter 476
Father Ye was a little embarrassed when he heard that Boss Qian asked him to help Zhang Yan.

How could he look at these ancient furniture?Even some antiques from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, he still often punches them now.

"I'm just here to see the excitement, I can't do these furniture"

Father Ye said very modestly.

"Lao Ye, it's not good to be too modest in this business, who doesn't know that all the furniture in your house is antique furniture.

If you say you don’t understand these things, who would believe it? If it wasn’t for the wrong patina on the workmanship of your furniture, people would believe that it was made in the late Qing Dynasty. "

Boss Qian praised Father Ye, he really regarded Father Ye as an expert, he thought Father Ye was being modest, after all, he was a newcomer to this industry, and being modest was normal.

But how could he know that Father Ye is really not being modest, he really doesn't understand, usually for the sake of face, it's fine not to say anything.

But if he were to appraise this imperial concubine couch today, he would really be blind to light the lamp, and it would be a waste of wax.

At this time, Father Ye had been forced to this point, and could only look to his son for help.

At this moment, he can only hope that his son can see what age of ancient furniture it is, so that he can save his own face and show his face to his colleagues.

When Ye Yuan saw Father Ye's eyes, he knew what his father was thinking. Ye Yuan didn't know much about appraising antique furniture, he just knew some simple common sense.

Generally, to identify a piece of antique-grade furniture, one must first look at the bottom and back of the furniture, whether the color and degree of oldness of the furniture surface are consistent, and whether the materials used are consistent.

The bottom of old furniture generally has signs of natural aging, while the bottom of new furniture is smooth or painted and stained.

There are some newly imitated furniture. Forgers pour rice swill or tea water on the furniture, and then let it be exposed to the sun and rain outside. The wood grain will naturally crack, the paint will crack and peel off, and the color of the log will become dark.

It shows an old air that seems to have gone through wind and rain, but the bottom of the furniture is very new, which does not match the overall color.

But these methods are only to identify whether the furniture is an imitation.

But it is impossible to identify the specific age of the furniture, after all, now everyone is entangled in whether the imperial concubine's couch is from the late Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China, so Ye Yuan's methods are not suitable.

Just when the Ye family father and son were feeling a little embarrassed, a slightly hunchbacked old man walked outside.

As soon as the old man entered the shop, Boss Qian greeted him:
"Mr. Qu, it's good that you're here, I'm just worried, you can palm my eyes for me."

Seeing Boss Qian's attitude towards the old man, he knew that this man must be an expert in ancient furniture appraisal.

The old man didn't talk to Boss Qian, and went directly to the imperial concubine's couch, stroking all the way along the fence with one hand.

Then he squatted down and looked at the carvings on the imperial concubine's couch with the magnifying glass in his hand.

The old man looked very carefully, not letting go of every carving. After watching for 20 minutes, he stood up and said to Boss Qian:

"This is a work from the period of the Republic of China, but this imperial concubine couch was made by a master, so don't let the master's hard work be buried, the price can be slightly higher."

The old man said it very easily, but the man who brought this imperial concubine couch was not happy:
"How can you be sure after just a few glances? Couldn't this be from the late Qing Dynasty? I think you are in the same group and want to lower my price."

The old man was not angry when he saw many such people, but just glanced at the young man and said:

"The decorative pattern of furniture is the same as other handicrafts, and it also has a distinct age. When identifying furniture, it can be judged by referring to handicrafts with the same decorative pattern that have a definite age.

As for the pattern on your imperial concubine couch, I have seen it on many furniture from the Republic of China, but it did not appear on furniture from the late Qing Dynasty.

If you don’t trust the old man, you can use it for carbon-14 identification. I can tell you so much, it’s because of the face of the master who made this chaise longue, and I don’t want to humiliate such a good piece of furniture.snort! "

After the old man finished speaking, he ignored the people here and came to Father Ye instead:

"Xiaoye, when will you take me to meet your son? I really can't think of anyone who can teach such a young master."

Seeing what the other party said, Father Ye immediately said respectfully:

"My boy came over today, just in time to ask you to meet."

"Oh? Take me to meet you soon"

As he said that, old man Qu was about to drag Father Ye to Guiying Antique Store.

Father Ye took Elder Qu's hand and looked towards Ye Yuan. At this moment, Ye Yuan was looking at the imperial concubine's couch in front of him with a strange expression, but he didn't notice the eyes of Elder Qu and Father Ye.

Elder Qu saw that Ye Yuan paid so much attention to this imperial couch.

I thought he was fascinated by the workmanship of the furniture because he admired it.

The old man didn't go up to disturb Ye Yuan, but stood aside and observed Ye Yuan's every move with a smile.

How did the old man know that the reason why Ye Yuan behaved like this was because he had just experienced this imperial concubine couch with his senses.

The reason why he did this was because old man Song, who taught him carpentry, told him that some ancient masters had some little bad tastes, and that was to leave their names on the furniture they made.

But the place where the name is left is very particular, and ordinary people can't find it at all.

So Ye Yuan wanted to use his perception to check whether this imperial concubine's couch also had such a name left behind.

After all, this is the first piece of ancient furniture that Ye Yuan has ever seen.

Although he has seen countless materials and pictures in the process of learning how to build a home, he has never seen a piece of real ancient furniture.

Ye Yuan felt that he had searched all over this imperial concubine couch.

I didn't find the name, but found a strange place.

It is at the end of this imperial concubine's couch, where it is rolled up, there is a hidden compartment that cannot be detected from the outside.

There is a buckskin scroll in the dark cell.Since the buckskin is rolled, it is impossible to see what is on it.

The reason why Ye Yuan is so weird is because of this.

I remember the last time I went to Wa country, I found a similar map in a wakizashi, and finally I got a stone that should be a meteorite through the map inside.

But how did you find this again this time?Did people in the past like to put things in places where others couldn't find them?

Ye Yuan couldn't figure it out, but he was very curious about what would be recorded on the buckskin inside?Could it be another treasure map or something?
While Ye Yuan was thinking about these things, Boss Qian and that young man also reached the final stage of bargaining.

"Why are you so stubborn? You said it wasn't from the late Qing Dynasty. The most I can give you is 18. It's for Mr. Qu's sake. Otherwise, I wouldn't even be able to give you 17.5."

Boss Qian lost interest in him after he knew that this imperial couch belonged to the Republic of China.

(End of this chapter)