Live appraising treasures, I became a national treasure expert?

Chapter 177
This type of cup is called pressed hand cup, which originated in the Song Dynasty: the cup mouth is flat, the cup edge is turned outward, the upper abdomen is vertical, and the lower wall is retracted.

Both inside and outside are glazed, and there are only two blue patterns on the rim of the cup, but the outside of the cup is covered with patterns: one connected with another lotus pattern, separated by waves in the middle, the flowers bloom with six petals, vaguely There are six regular scripts the size of rice grains: Daming Yongle Nianzhi.

Good guy, Yongle blue and white hand-pressed cup with intertwined branches and lotus patterns?
Anyone who knows a little bit about blue and white knowledge will know that this thing is fake.Because there is only one such hand-pressing cup in the world, which is now collected in the Forbidden City.

Collectors who are knowledgeable take another look: the style of Yuan and Mongolia in the Yongle period is still relatively strong, and the patterns must not be so delicate... But looking at the shape and pattern of the vessel, it is a typical Ming Dynasty style, and it feels like it was imitated after Yongle?
Take a closer look: oh, the imitation after Jiajing.

Yes, it can be regarded as a good object with relatively open doors. Even if it is a folk kiln, there are still three to five million yuan.

If the level is higher, reaching Wu Weimin's level, he will be suspicious: things seem to be right, but the paste is too thick, like putting on putty?
Even if it's a daily disk, don't expect to reach this level every 80 to [-] years.

But who has nothing to do and plays with a cup every day?
Thinking about it this way, the vigilance will naturally be infinitely high. Even if it is not obvious that it is a patina made later, it will be classified into the category of "not sure".

Only at the level of scholars like Zheng Zheng, and quite authoritative experts in porcelain, can they see that this is a modern imitation of Jiajing's imitation of Yongle blue and white using ancient methods.

In short, for such a small gadget, more than 90.00% of the players will have to drill eyes, and they will all be fooled...

That's why I found it quite interesting: Big companies dare not say anything, but if they pack it casually, the auction of a small company is still not difficult.Without too much effort, Qu Yanan can earn three to five million yuan.

But she gave it to Gao Shengdong?

Of course, up to here is at most gossip about the relationship between the two. The reason why Li Dingan was surprised was because the more he looked at it, the more he felt: the old-fashioned way of wrapping this thing is very similar to the blue and white plate seen by the Anti-smuggling Bureau .

It's not just like, but more advanced... It feels like it was made by the same people, but with upgraded technology.And the degree of simulation is higher, between the blue flower plate and the copper glaze flower pot.

More importantly, can porcelain, glaze, and even tire shape and pattern be imitated like this?
Anyway, after being in the antique business for so long, it is the first time Li Dingan has seen imitation porcelain forged by traditional methods to be so realistic.

So he looked very carefully and his demeanor was very focused.

Qu Yanan's eyes became brighter and brighter, he was half joking and half serious: "My junior likes it very much, why don't I give you one too?"

Li Ding'an raised his head subconsciously: "Miss Qu has a lot?"

"I only have two pressing cups, and this is one of them, but I have a lot of friends... I blame her for her lack of eyesight, so I took several... Anyway, it's not worth much, Junior Brother Li wants to like it, next time I come back, I'll bring you one."

In fact, it is quite valuable. Even if it is a handicraft, it can be real and fake. You can still get it for 8000 yuan.

But this coincidence...

"You're welcome, Miss Qu!" Li Ding'an shook his head, "I would like to ask, where did your friend get it from?"

"I don't know the details, but her home is in the Northeast, so she probably bought it there..." Qu Yanan smiled, "If you are interested, I can ask for you."

Northeast again?

The few pieces I saw at the Anti-Smuggling Bureau were brought back from the Northeast...

Li Ding'an's heart skipped a beat, almost without hesitation: "Then please ask, Senior Sister, this is my phone number..."

Qu Yanan was slightly taken aback, then pouted again: Is this person too practical?

Called him his junior all night, but he always called himself "Miss Qu", and now he suddenly changed his name?
After remembering the phone call, Li Ding'an thought for a while: "Sister, someday is convenient, can you let me see another one?"

Haha, here we come...

Waited all night, isn't it just for this?

Qu Yanan lifted his spirits: "As long as my junior has time, I can do it anytime!"

While speaking, she bit her lip again, stretched her waist, her eyes were watery...

Swish, Gao Shengdong got goosebumps all over his body, waited until he blinked his eyelids to look again: um, dazzled?
"Then thank you so much, Senior Qu... Well, Senior Brother Gao, let me study this one first!"

His eyes and hearts are full of antique porcelain, so he doesn't care to see if this woman is discharging randomly.While still talking, Li Ding'an grabbed the cup and went to the sofa to pick up the bag.

Before Qu Yanan recovered his senses, he opened the door: "Senior Brother Gao, Senior Sister Qu, let's talk first... Sister-in-law, I have something to do, so I'm leaving first..."

"Why in such a hurry?"

As soon as Gao Shengdong's lover chased him out of the kitchen, he heard a "boom", and looked again, how could there be Li Ding'an in the living room?

On the side, Gao Shengdong was a little astonished, but Qu Yanan half-opened his mouth: there was still a bit of charming charm on his face, but his smile seemed to be frozen...

It's too much, I'm giving my words to this... Are you deaf or blind?
Seeing that she looked unnatural and seemed to be showing a bit of dissatisfaction, Gao Shengdong explained with a smile: "Don't be surprised. People who do research all have this kind of personality... just like Professor Wu!"

"Oh!"

Qu Yanan twitched the corner of his mouth abruptly, squeezed out a smile, and stood up again: "Sister-in-law, Brother Gao, it's too late, I should go too!"

"Shengdong, send Yanan off..."

"Don't bother, the driver is downstairs..."

Trying hard to be polite, Qu Yanan went downstairs full of complaints, scolding in his heart:
blind……

wood……

stupid……

As if she had no energy to use, her high heels clicked extremely loudly, resounding throughout the neighborhood.

"boom……"

After getting on Daben, she closed the car door forcefully, her voice was also very cold, "Go back to Sihe and go to the garden!"

The driver nodded, not even daring to answer, and started the car again...

It was close to ten o'clock, the road was relatively smooth, and it took more than half an hour to arrive at the place.

This is a very famous high-end residential area in the capital. To the south is Caishikou, and to the north are Xuanwumen and Hepingmen.It is not far from Tiananmen Square and the National Expo, just across the street.

Looking up from the bottom, the room was dark with no lights on and the curtains drawn.But Qu Yanan knew that Feng Xiaoning must have not slept yet.

Sure enough, as soon as she arrived at the door, she heard the sound of the TV.

Opening the door, turning on the light, and flicking off his high heels, Qu Yanan sat down on the sofa with a whimper.

Feng Youning glanced at her in surprise: "Come back so early? It took a lot of time to meet someone, but you didn't want to chat for a while?"

"What are you talking about? You cast the wrong bait, and he won't take the bait at all..."

"Oh?"

Feng Xiaoning suddenly became interested and turned off the TV, "Tell me about it!"

"That's a blind eye..."

The more Qu Yanan thought about it, the more angry she became, and she kept talking.

Feng Xiaoning slowly narrowed her eyes.

Who said he wasn't hooked?

It doesn't matter if you don't like money, but whether it's female sex or something else, as long as there is something that interests him, that's enough.

For the rest, take your time...

……

"Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom, boom boom boom boom boom boom..."

Who's knocking on the drum... No, who's knocking on the door?

There is also a rhythm, the drumbeat of the authentic Changshan drum...

Li Dingan opened his eyes in a daze, picked up his phone and glanced at it.

Seven or eight missed calls, all from Lei Azhen?

You bastard... It's really time to come, I just squinted my eyes, and it's been less than an hour?
He rolled out of bed helplessly and opened the door with his bare feet.

"If I hadn't heard the phone ring, I would have thought you were going out to pick up girls behind my back...Huh?"

Muttering in his mouth, just as he was about to enter the door, Lei Ming was startled, "I'll go..."

His hair is messy like a chicken coop, his chin is covered with stubble, his eyes are bloodshot... It feels like I haven't seen him for a few days, Li Dingan seems to be seven or eight years older...

"Love lost?"

Lei Mingzhen looked at him hard, "Did you break up with Senior Sister Yu, or did your Mr. Chen run away with someone?"

"What nonsense?"

Li Ding'an pulled him in, then fell back on the sofa, yawning non-stop, "Try to keep you awake for two days and two nights?"

"This is... two days and nights of fighting? Hey...he's become a real man!"

He rubbed his hands excitedly, "Can't we have a drink?"

Li Ding'an threw a pillow over: "My boy looks like you!"

Zhang Hanguang didn't give him a chance to get to know more about it before, and it was even more impossible for the police to let him bring out the evidence.Li Dingan spent several days researching in the office, but at best he was only a weak soldier on paper.

Suddenly seeing the real thing, it is naturally like a treasure, and as a result, this research cannot stop.

No matter how I research it, it seems that the traditional proportion of soil, the traditional method of tire making, the traditional method of glaze adjustment, and the traditional method of coloring are used in this thing...but the things that are fired are ancient porcelains with a similarity of nearly [-]%. ?
If the old steps such as removing heat, peeling, and wrapping are removed, this is a Ming blue and white... because the fetal quality and release quality are indeed from the Ming Dynasty.

It would be easy to understand if it was just a clay body: smashing the broken porcelain of the Ming Dynasty to reshape the body, and then testing it with an instrument will still give the result of Ming porcelain.But this is under the premise that it will not be put into the furnace again and will not be re-fired.

If it is burned again, the C molecules will be re-oxidized. No matter what test is used, it can only be new... But this thing is a finished product, so how did this group of people do it?
For two full days and two nights, I ran various experiments in the National Expo during the day, and deduced various formulas and steps at night... How can I have time to sleep?

And the more he researched, the stronger his intuition became: if he understands this thing, it will definitely not lose to the big project of pearl glaze... the kind that won the national award.

Putting it in the hands of criminals, a lot of money is nothing... Whether it is a fan or a bank robber, they all knelt down and called daddy.

But for this real object, just making C-14, a cup was completely disintegrated... So even if he didn't sleep for two days and two nights, and his brain cells were almost burned out, he still didn't figure out anything useful. clue.

"No, isn't this normal?"

Smelling the smell of cigarettes on his body, Lei Ming really guessed that Lian Ming had been doing research all night in all likelihood, so he couldn't help curling his lips, "It's a big holiday, and your two girlfriends didn't make an appointment?"

Li Dingan glared at him, but said nothing.

I can't even figure out the research, about a girlfriend with woolen yarn?
Including my parents who wanted to come to the capital, they were all persuaded by him.

Before, I was mainly afraid of insecurity: in case what Zhang Hanguang said was true, I should try to keep as little contact as possible in the short term, so as not to be implicated by myself.

But now, there is no time at all: Really, if he doesn't study all kinds of things, he can't sleep well even if he wants to.

Of course, it is not necessary to understand all the technological processes and counterfeiting methods, as long as you can understand a few key points: For example, how did this group of people deceive the sophisticated scientific instruments?
It's a pity that there are too few real items. It would be great if I could get a few more... Subconsciously, the face of Qu Yanan appeared in Li Ding'an's mind.

But I remember she said that it seemed like there was only the same hand cup, so it couldn’t be tested several times.

Where can I get some more?

Looking for Zhang Hanguang...

Lei Mingzhen poked him again: "Old Lei even asked me to come and ask you to eat, and then help him look at something. But looking at you like a bird, you must not be able to go..."

"Nonsense, you don't want to open your tired eyes unless you look at me? You won't move your big head and bring things here?"

"You think I'm you?" Lei Ming sneered, "Lao Lei called several times, but you didn't answer, so I knew it was hopeless to ask you to eat, so I brought the things ..."

He took another look into his trouser pocket and took out a palm-sized box, "This is the thing, what is it called a porcelain egg cup... Lao Lei said to help him take a good look, so that he can estimate it when he returns the gift next time..."

Li Ding'an looked disgusted: "We all know it's porcelain, how dare you take it like this?"

"Nonsense, I don't have a card for the underground garage. You expect me to walk a kilometer with a 20-pound suitcase. Are you tired?"

"Why don't you get tired when you hug a two-hundred-pound girl and do body-ups?"

"Fart, more than a hundred catties, my buddies don't even look sideways..."

The two were bickering, Li Ding'an opened the box again, and just took a look at it before he gasped.

At first glance, it looks like a small white porcelain wine cup: less than three centimeters high, about four centimeters in diameter, white and moist as jade.

If you look closely, you can vaguely see that there are dark patterns under the surface of the release, and it is extremely thin.Through the body of the cup, you can even see the shadow of your fingers behind the porcelain wall.

What kind of porcelain egg cup should be called egg white jade. As the name suggests, it means "the cup wall is as thin as an egg shell and as white as jade".

Also known as sweet white glaze, it was first seen in the Yongle period. It imitated the bodiless porcelain egg curtain cup of the Song Dynasty, but because of the incomplete inheritance of techniques, it could only be imitated to a half-bodied level. It was called "Yongle Tianbai" in history.

The Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup, which sells for hundreds of millions at a time, is based on this thing and is colored and glazed.

So even without looking carefully, Li Ding'an would be able to guess that this one is also a fake, otherwise it would be Lei Yuzhang, not this stupid big guy who doesn't know the severity.

Just look at past auction prices:
In 2017, at Christie's Hong Kong Island Auction, a Ming Yongle sweet white glaze dark flower durian open jade pot spring vase was sold for 700 million.

In 2019, at Sotheby's New York auction, a Ming Yongle sweet white glaze dark engraved Baizi Hechun skimming bowl was sold for 260 million US dollars, or 800 million.

The year before last, at the Poly Capital Spring Auction, a sweet white glaze vase with engraved lotus patterns engraved in the dark was sold for 400 million yuan...

Just look at the transaction price and you will know that this thing is rising every year. Although this one is small, if it is real, it is worth 600 to [-] million.

It must be an imitation, but I don’t know when it was imitated...

Thinking about it, Li Ding'an looked at it carefully.

It seems to be in the style of the Apocalypse Year, so it is still from the Ming Dynasty.The price may drop a lot, but there are still millions of dollars...

Um, no... this patina was made later!

His pupils shrank: That's right, it was definitely the patina made later.

But the technique is almost the same as Gao Shengdong's cup.

"Where did it come from?"

"I said it was delivered by the supplier!"

"Where did the suppliers come from?"

"Oh, I heard it was brought from the Northeast... It cost more than 100 million..."

Northeast again?

(End of this chapter)