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Chapter 227 It’s not necessarily tiger teeth

The thing is quite long, with silver inlays at both ends, a small smoking pot at the top, and a cigarette holder at the end.It was polished quite brightly, but the color was a bit dark, showing that it had been there for several years.

The key is the middle section: smooth and dense, clean and radiant, with fine tooth lines in a spiral shape, connected in a circle, with protruding bone edges in the middle, and a shallow groove on both sides, and the color of blood can still be seen vaguely.

Good guy, Huya?

It's so long, not counting the cigarette holders at both ends, it's still [-] or [-] centimeters long, and the tips are still missing.

It’s so thick: The root of the tooth on this end of the cigarette holder is almost as thick as your thumb. So how big is this tiger?
It’s not like Li Ding’an has never seen tiger-tooth toys. Guan Dehai’s shop has two pairs on display: all-natural, no carvings, and a tiger head ornament specially made of resin to hold the teeth.

Zheng Wanjiu also had one, inlaid with gold and jade, with a tiger carved on the root of the tooth. He even played with it.But those few are at most half the size of this one.

Bigger or second best, the key is the shape of the vessel.

Even now, many players directly wear this thing around their necks to ward off evil spirits.Not to mention ancient times, this thing can be used as a totem worship directly.But some people saw off the whole tiger teeth into short pieces and used them as smoking pots. This shows how arrogant the people who use this thing are?

Thinking about it this way, at least Boss Cheng didn't make big claims and he really had something good.It can be considered that you have spent a lot of money. In order to deceive yourself, you actually took out such a rare object?
If it is intact, such as the tip of the tooth is still there, the tooth alone can be worth 30 to [-] yuan.

Secretly sighing, Li Ding'an pointed at the box: "Boss Cheng, what do you think?"

"It's simple. Teacher Li will estimate the price first!" Boss Cheng looked very relaxed, "Tell me who has used it!"

Li Ding'an was startled, and then shook his head helplessly: Here again?
Why don't you just tell me which tiger's mouth it was pulled out of?

Secretly cursing, he raised his head and took a look, his eyes brightened again: "Boss Cheng, look behind you: are they two beauties?"

Boss Cheng turned around subconsciously: There were indeed two girls standing behind him. They were both young and beautiful. They were indeed beauties.

But what does it have to do with him?
He looked confused: "What do you mean?"

"Tell me, what are their names, how old are they, where are they from, who are her parents, and what are they doing here?"

"Teacher Li is talking nonsense, I don't even know him, how can I know?"

"It was Boss Cheng who started talking nonsense!"

Li Ding'an clicked on the cigarette pot, "This thing has no characters, no style, and no decorations. It's just a bone and a cigarette holder. When you come up and ask me who has used it, how can I know?" "

"Aren't you an expert?"

Li Ding'an spread his hands: "Don't talk about experts, even gods can't do it?"

After some "coaxing", the onlookers laughed again.

Qian Jinyu and Jiang Lingyu also pursed their lips in laughter, and the little girl pointed to the mobile phone on her chest.Li Ding'an nodded again, meaning that he could broadcast it however he wanted.

Knowing that Li Ding'an would not be fooled, Boss Cheng didn't care: "Tell me, Teacher Li, what can you see?"

Li Ding'an sighed: "Boss Cheng, if you look at the material, it's OK. It's OK to tell the year. How about an estimate of the price, or you can ask me to tell you about the origin of this thing. That's not impossible. You want to ask me where it was made?" Who is using it? I’m sorry, I really don’t have this ability!”

"What is the material and origin of this thing? Is it still useful to see? Who with long eyes can't see it? But since Teacher Li has said so, it is not impossible for you to estimate the value by cutting off the year... But first, let's talk about it, If you miss 20 years, you will lose!"

Boss Cheng leaned back slowly, "Besides, someone has offered me 30 yuan, and none of my friends sold it. We can't wait for any charity auctions. Teacher Li, if you don't know for sure, we don't want more. 30 yuan for you." Take it away on the spot..."

After a pause, he patted the bag in his arms again: "Don't think about it again, like that fossil before. How much did you charge me for appraisal? I've already found someone to look at it clearly, and I've brought all the information with me." It's all right, we can verify it on site..."

Learning smart?

The onlookers started laughing again, and Li Dingan also laughed: It seems that Boss Cheng is still very sober.

Thinking about it, he picked up the things.

It's very heavy to buy, the bones are very dense, the gloss is very full, and there are no traces of polishing on the surface. Whether it is the tooth lines, bone edges, or blood grooves, they are all natural. At least it means that it looks like this, and it is not suppressed by tooth powder or the like. synthetics,
The silver is very old, and both the color and patina appear to have been formed naturally rather than being aged later.

There is also soot residue at the bottom of the cigarette pot and in the hole of the cigarette holder. It has become integrated with the thing itself and cannot be removed by picking it off.It shows that this thing is indeed quite old, with a history of less than 80 or [-] years.

Take a closer look: the smoking pot is a bit small, only about the size of your index fingernail, and the inside of the pot is even smaller, and can barely hold a soybean.Looking inside, you can see that there are many scratches on the inner wall of the pot, like marks dug by a needle and a spoon.

Seeing this, it is not difficult to guess the specific use of this thing. If you give a conclusion, it is roughly: a silver-inlaid tiger tooth smoking pot used by the princes and nobles to smoke Fushou tobacco paste in the late Qing Dynasty.It should also come with white fungus and silver needle, but they are probably lost.

Li Ding'an always felt that it wasn't that simple: If it were so easy to identify something, it wouldn't be worth the trouble and trouble Boss Cheng had to have his friends send it over so far and make all the preparations?

When it comes to problems, there are indeed some: for example, the teeth are too big.For example, most of the tiger teeth commonly seen in domestic toys are those of Bengal tigers, which are generally only half the size.Even for the largest Siberian tiger, there are not many teeth that exceed ten centimeters, and they must be the upper teeth of an adult tiger.

But this one is a bit ridiculously big. Counting the tips of the teeth, it should be at least [-] or [-] centimeters.

Although it may not belong to a tiger, all the features do not match: one bone edge, two blood grooves, and the tooth pattern is spiral-shaped.

Among all cats, dogs, and even bears, the tiger has the largest and longest teeth, the brown bear ranks second, the lion only ranks third, and the leopard and the like are even smaller.

And it's definitely not carved from ivory or large fish teeth... Li Ding'an still has this kind of discernment.

I felt stuck for a moment, but based on my eyesight, there seemed to be nothing wrong with this thing.But speaking of intuition, there is definitely a pitfall here.

Think about what Boss Cheng is here for. If there is nothing wrong with it, he may not have brought it here.

After thinking about it, he still didn't open the system after all: points don't just come with them, they will be of great use later, so it's best to save them as much as possible.

Furthermore, if you apply what you have learned, you have worked hard for so long, visiting the library and looking up information, so why don’t you just learn it?
While he was thinking about it, Boss Cheng became a little impatient:
"Teacher Li, I just asked you to look at the material, cut off the year, and then estimate the value. How long did it take you to look at it? Are you not sure? How about we change it? And there are so many experts around, please ask for advice It’s not impossible, we agree!”

"You don't need to ask an expert, just ask me." Someone nearby cheered, "Silver tiger tooth cigarette pot, late Qing Dynasty, look more closely: a heavy smoker!"

Someone next to him laughed: "It does look very similar, and basically looks real, but such big tiger teeth are indeed rare!"

"This is not a big problem. He should suspect that there are other pitfalls in it." "The structure is so simple, almost clear at a glance, what pitfalls could there be? I think this expert Li is just too careful!"

"Be careful not to make a big mistake, otherwise 30 yuan will be lost due to a small oversight!"

There were endless discussions around him, but Li Ding'an didn't care. He just smiled and looked at Boss Cheng again.

I don’t know if his smile was too weird, but Boss Cheng’s eyes subconsciously drifted.

Look, you know there is a problem?
Otherwise, why are you hiding and asking me to find someone for advice? Is this not deliberately misleading people?
Li Ding'an was even more certain: there was something wrong with the thing.

There must not be one outside. As the guest just said, the structure is as simple as that, with a cigarette pot, a cigarette holder, and a drilled tiger tooth in the middle, which is clearly visible at a glance.

So if there is a problem, it can only be inside...

Um...inside?
A bright light seemed to flash in his mind. Li Dingan stretched out his hand, pulled the tool box on the table, and took out a needle.

Instinctively, Boss Cheng's expression paused slightly, and the three companions behind him also looked at each other subconsciously.But no one said anything, they just watched Li Ding'an operate quietly.

The needle was very thin and quite long. Li Ding'an held one end and inserted the tip of the needle from the cigarette holder, turning it while pushing.

It was smooth at first, but there was a slight stumbling sensation, indicating that the hole in the middle of the dental tube was not drilled too smoothly.It's just a craft job, understandable.But as I turned and turned, my hand paused slightly, and it felt like the tip of the needle was stuck in some gap.

Looking again, I saw that the nearly fifteen centimeter needle was only the butt of the needle in my hand. Calculating the length, I found that the position where the needle tip was stuck is exactly where the smoke pot and the tiger tooth are connected.

After a while, Li Ding'an had a rough judgment, but he remained calm and started poking again.After poking it seven or eight times, I pulled out the steel needle: there was a tiny bit of black stuff stuck to the tip of the needle.

Look carefully, isn't this soot?

Otherwise, the tip of the needle is slightly lit, like oil or something.

Haha... smoke oil?
If it were an old object from more than a hundred years ago, how could this thing be taken down?Just like the layer on the cigarette holder of a tobacco pot, it's even tighter than rust. It can't even be scraped off with a knife, not to mention poking it with a needle.

Just to be on the safe side, he twisted a little on his finger, put it under his nose and smelled it.The more I smelled it, the brighter my eyes became, and by the end, I laughed out loud.

Isn’t it just smoke oil?

“It’s hard work for Boss Cheng!”

He sighed and put the smoking pot on the table: "Who is so arrogant as to use such a long and thick tiger tooth as a smoking pot...it turns out that the tooth is broken?"

"What you say is broken is broken..."

The person who brought the things over was immediately unhappy, but before he could finish his words, he was stopped by Boss Cheng and said: Who knows whether it’s broken or not?

As long as the smoke pot is opened, anyone with eyes can see it.

He nodded: "What else?"

"Smoking pots and cigarette butts are all old items, at least from before the Republic of China. Including the layer of soot that accumulates, they are at least a hundred years old, and most likely they are from cigarette smoke... But this is not it!"

Li Ding'an pushed forward the needle that had penetrated the dental canal: "This is ordinary tar. It means that some people used this thing to smoke cigarettes some time ago, and they smoked ordinary cigarettes..."

Boss Cheng narrowed his eyes: "What do you mean, Teacher Li? Why can't you understand?"

He smiled softly: "Boss Cheng can actually understand it, but it doesn't matter. Let me explain it in detail: This tiger tooth should have been just a decoration before. It must not have existed in a hundred years. It should be about the same in 30 to 30 years, but I don't know what it is. The reason is broken. The most valuable thing about a tiger tooth is the tip. Once the tip is broken, it could be worth [-] to [-] yuan. It is estimated that no one wants [-] yuan.

In order to recycle waste, I made the thick end into a cigarette holder. Not to mention, it is quite unique and has been used for a long time.It may be a coincidence that I came across an old silver smoking set, and then I had an idea, sawed off the smoking pot and cigarette holder, and installed them on the tiger teeth...

It has to be said that the person who made this thing put a lot of thought into it: bone glue was used for bonding, and even the grouting was done with soot and pulp scraped from old smoking sets. No chemical materials were used. What's more, There is no rush to make it old, but it is naturally air-dried and exposed to the sun... so there is no trace of modernity at all.

In this way, this thing has become an old object with a history of hundreds of years, and at first glance: good guy, if you use tiger teeth to smoke big cigarettes, you must be at least a prince... It's a pity that the flaws on the outside can be easily made up for. But it doesn’t work inside, at least there’s no way to stick old soot stains into the dental canal…”

Boss Cheng lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking. The other three looked at each other, as if saying: Can you guess this?

So the people who eat melons also know: nine times out of ten, this is the fact.

At first glance, it seems quite simple: isn’t this the same technique as adding a new bottle to an old one in porcelain, or joining a famous model with an unknown painting in calligraphy and painting?
But if you think about it carefully: it’s really not the same thing!

Not to mention that the main value of porcelain and calligraphy and painting lies in the brand effect and how carefully buyers will see it, but the technical content required for the two is not at the same level.

The first two involve welding, gluing, glazing and re-firing, ink filling and complementary colors. Not only are they difficult, but the processes are complicated.But this thing is so simple: just saw it, try it again, and it’s done.

The silver-inlaid cigarette pot and cigarette holder must be old, the tiger teeth must be old, the soot must be old, and even the cracks are filled with old powder. How do you know?
It's not an exaggeration. We knew that Boss Cheng was coming with bad intentions, so Li Ding'an kept it in mind.If this had been sent by an ordinary Tibetan friend, he would most likely have had it punched.

Secretly sighing, he nodded on the table again: "Boss Cheng, am I right?"

"Awesome...well-deserved!"

Boss Cheng gave a thumbs up, "What about the conclusion?"

This is totally different. What else do you want to conclude?
I understand, but I still won’t give up.

Li Ding'an thought for a while and sighed: "Boss Cheng, if you have to ask me to estimate it, I'm sorry, I can't estimate it!"

"why?"

"Because this thing is not necessarily a tiger tooth!"

Everyone was stunned: What the hell?

(End of this chapter)