Baojian

Chapter 198 Identification

"Hey, sir, what are you doing?"

There were staff members in the Bronze Ware Hall, and he didn't know what happened just now. Seeing Qin Feng scribbling on the placed items with a carbon pen, he naturally wouldn't agree.

"Xiao Liu, don't worry about it."

Wei Hua squinted his eyes. As the boss, he certainly knew which thing was real and which thing was fake. The tiger wine vessel that Qin Feng crossed out just now was a modern imitation.

To be honest, Wei Hua was also surprised by Qin Feng's unhesitating action.

Because the imitations here, from firing to making them old, are specially made by Wei Hua, and the cost of each vessel is as high as tens of thousands. Even if they are fakes, they can also be called high imitation works of art.

Wei Hua put away the slight contempt for Qin Feng in his heart, and asked, "Xiao Qin, the cross means fake, how do you tell?"

"Bronze wine vessels were generally popular in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and were rarely used in the Qin and Han dynasties."

Qin Feng continued to walk to the next utensil, but explained in his mouth: "This tiger statue is very clever in terms of craftsmanship and old-fashioned craftsmanship...

However, most of the tiger shapes in the Shang and Zhou dynasties were abstract and exaggerated, but this tiger was engraved vividly, somewhat similar to those in the Ming and Qing dynasties. There is only one conclusion for the tigers in the Ming and Qing dynasties in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, this tiger wine vessel is fake! "

Qin Feng's words were resounding, and he explained the background and characteristics of this utensil's era. People in the venue, whether they understand bronze ware or not, couldn't help nodding their heads.

"Xiao Qin is right, the shape of the Huzun wine vessel is indeed wrong."

As the leading expert in bronze ware appraisal in China, Gan Yafu said: "The counterfeiting technology is indeed very sophisticated, but those people still lack some historical knowledge and background, and the resulting objects are somewhat different..."

Gan Yafu is also a relatively pure scholar, otherwise he would not have made such great achievements in academics. This speech is a bit too direct. He didn't see it. After saying these words, Boss Wei's face suddenly turned pale down.

The things Wei Hua asked people to imitate and make them old. Gan Yafu's evaluation like this means that he is uneducated. It's no wonder that Boss Wei feels comfortable.

"Mr. Gan, you can't say that. Boss Wei should have made this flaw on purpose. Otherwise, it's not a fake, it's just a fake and a deceit..."

Qin Feng knew that he was a bit of a spoiler today, and he didn't want to be hated by people like Wei Hua, so he immediately opened his mouth to give Boss Wei a step up.

"You are quite good at talking, let's look at other objects..."

Wei Hua shook his head with a wry smile. Just after he slapped him, he stuffed a red date into his mouth with his backhand, but Wei Hua was still dumb eating Coptis chinensis...he couldn't tell.

"The shape of this bronze zhi is correct, and this bronze horn is undoubtedly genuine."

Walking past another place where two wine vessels were placed, Qin Feng stopped, picked them up, and said: "The ancients were very particular about seniority, especially when offering sacrifices in the ancestral temple, it must be held by the venerable."觯, the humble one who raises his horn..."

After appraising the bronze wares one by one, Qin Feng casually gave the authenticity identification, but he will not be as pretentious as before. Even if it is fake, Qin Feng will hold it in his hand for a while.

Different from other people's appraising objects, Qin Feng rarely used magnifying glasses. Instead, he often held the bronze ware to his nose to smell it, and sometimes licked some objects with his tongue, which made everyone in the venue a little puzzled.

However, although the identification method is very unique, Qin Feng looked at more than 20 bronze wares, and none of them was wrong, which can be seen from Wei Hua's face.

Moreover, before Qin Feng finished reading an object, Gan Yafu would hold it in his hand for appraisal. He didn't speak, which also showed that Qin Feng's judgment was not wrong.

"Huh? This bronze sword is interesting."

Qin Feng walked to a shelf, took down the shining bronze sword from the shelf, looked at it carefully for a while, and murmured: "This craftsmanship is as good as Qin and Han. If the sword maker puts it on the In ancient times, he must be a master of the same level as Ou Yezi and others..."

The bronze sword Qin Feng held in his hand was about 90 centimeters long. The sword head, sword grid, copper, copper pig and other accessories were all in place, but the wood on the hilt had long since rotted away. The blade was sharp and shone with cold light.

"Qin Feng, what do you mean, this sword is fake?" Wei Hua, who had been following behind Qin Feng, couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he could catch you boy.

Qin Feng nodded, and said without hesitation: "It's a fake. Although the shape of the vessel is correct, and there are similar bronze swords unearthed, this one is still fake."

"Haha, Xiao Qin, you've missed your mark."

Wei Hua laughed loudly, his voice was extremely carefree, and he said after the laughter: "I got this bronze sword at an auction in a small town in England. The grandfather of the seller once came to our country. ..."

Wei Hua had lived abroad for a few years. When the domestic antique boom was on the rise, he immediately realized that this was a business opportunity. However, Wei Hua did not compete with those antique dealers in China, but set his sights on foreign markets. .

Because Wei Hua knows that in the past 100 years of modern times, due to various wars, the precious antiques lost abroad have actually far exceeded the existing domestic cultural relics.

When Wei Hua was quietly purchasing cultural relics in various European countries, he found that there were quite a few people who had the same idea as himself. In several auctions, he had encountered Chinese people bidding for them.

This is the case with this bronze sword. Originally, Wei Hua could have bought it with 100 pounds, but because of the participation of a compatriot, Wei Hua finally spent a full [-] pounds, converted into RMB, which is more than [-] million.

Now Qin Feng dared to say it was fake, Wei Hua consciously caught Qin Feng's braid, he wanted to see if this kid could be more arrogant?

Looking at the proud Wei Hua, Qin Feng said leisurely: "Boss Wei, the moon abroad may not be rounder than the moon in China..."

"Huh? Xiao Qin, what do you mean?"

Wei Hua was really angry this time. If he misread it, he would misunderstand it. No one would do anything to Qin Feng, but if he misunderstood it and refused to admit it, there was something wrong with his quality.

Wei Hua is also a person who has been in a high position for a long time, and when he put on a sullen face, he has an aura of power without anger.

People like Feng Yongkang and others around Qin Feng felt unnatural for a while. This is a kind of "power and influence" created by wealth and status!

"It's nothing interesting, Boss Wei. A fake is a fake. I can't say he's real, can I?" Qin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, Wei Hua's aura didn't have the slightest effect on him.

Putting the bronze sword back on the shelf casually, Qin Feng said: "The shape of this bronze sword is correct in everything. The formula of the material should be from ancient recipes. The matching of various metals is correct. It can be made old." Confusing the fake with the real..."

"but……"

Qin Feng changed the topic and said: "However, Xunzi, a great scholar in the late Warring States period, once said: Punishment is upright, Jinxi is beautiful, craftsmanship is skillful, and fire is the same. If you don't exfoliate and don't sharpen, you can't do it." Cut the rope, peel it off, and sharpen it, then chop the bowl, cut down the ears of cattle and horses..."

There were many master-level scholars in the venue. Before Qin Feng could speak, Gan Yafu asked, "Qin Feng, are you talking about Xunzi's sword-making theory?"

"That's right, Mr. Gan, you can see that the material formula of this sword is correct, but there is something wrong with the craftsman.

Teacher Gan, look at the texture of the sword here, it is obviously stripped from the sword, that is to say, the material used to make this sword is far more than this one..."

Pointing to the beautiful texture on the sword, Qin Feng shook his head and said: "But in ancient times, when making bronze swords, they were all cast from sword molds. Is it true or false?"

The reason is actually very simple. The cost of counterfeiting such a high imitation bronze ware is too high, so counterfeiters are naturally unwilling to only make one at a time.

So they will first use the material to burn out that kind of bronze, then use a machine to cut it into the shape of a sword, and finally grind it, but the marks cut by the machine cannot be completely eliminated.

"Xiao Qin, you are right..."

After looking at the place pointed by Qin Feng for 10 minutes, Gan Yafu let out a long breath, looked at Wei Hua, and said, "Mr. Wei, this... this is a high imitation bronze sword of the Warring States Period."

"This... this is impossible, I... this bronze sword was collected from abroad!"

Wei Hua was a little confused when he heard the words. In his mind, there are countless fakes in the domestic antique industry, but foreigners are very law-abiding. He has been abroad since the early 80s and has never bought any fakes.

"Mr. Wei, Xiao Qin is right. The moon abroad may not be rounder than the moon in China!"

Gan Yafu repeated Qin Feng's words, and said with a wry smile: "In the past few years, we have identified many cultural relics recovered from abroad, and found that there are many fakes and high-quality imitations among them. Keep your eyes on foreign countries..."

"Really fake?"

Wei Hua's voice was a little bit bitter, he really lost his face today, fortunately he didn't tell anyone how much he paid for this bronze sword, otherwise it might spread to the whole capital's antique shops tomorrow.

"is fake……"

Gan Yafu nodded and said, "Mr. Wei, when you go abroad to buy antiques in the future, it's best to participate in the auctions held by those big auction houses. Counterfeiters can't penetrate into those places."

In foreign countries, there will be some family-style auctions, which are often held in a small town or a village. Those counterfeiters will seize this opportunity and spend money to bribe the local residents to perform such a show. .

However, those world-renowned auction houses, for their own reputation, are very strict in reviewing the auction items. It is difficult for such high-quality fakes to enter large-scale auctions.

"Xiao Qin has good eyesight. If I take you there, I won't be fooled."

Wei Hua is quite open-minded, he laughed at himself, and said, "This object is considered to be the tuition fee, Mr. Gan, the tuition fee I paid is not too much, right?"

"Of course, let's tell a joke here."

Gan Yafu heard that Boss Wei was looking for the steps, and smiled immediately: "Last year, a boss asked me to go to his house to help him identify antiques. Good guy, that villa is full of antiques from the first floor to the third floor. antique.

I appraised him for three days and went through all the objects. Guess how many real things are there? "

Without waiting for everyone to talk, Gan Yafu said: "Three pieces, out of more than 400 pieces of antiques, only three pieces are authentic, and they are all things from the late Qing Dynasty. One more thing."

"Well, Xiao Gan is right."

Mr. Qi, who had been silent since entering the arena, suddenly said: "Xiao Wei, you don't have to worry too much. I didn't waste my money when I was an old man..."

With old master Qi and Gan Yafu's words, Wei Hua's expression suddenly became natural. Today's antiques industry's Taishan Beidou-level figures have all bought fakes, so what is it for him to look away once?

After figuring it out, Wei Hua felt admiration for Qin Feng, who was still appraising the bronze wares. The others had just entrusted him with greatness, which was because he had real talents and practical learning, not just grandstanding.

Qin Feng's appraisal was very fast. In less than an hour, he walked to the last place. On the table covered with red silk satin, there were more than a dozen ancient mirrors.

After looking at the ancient mirror for 10 minutes, Qin Feng raised his head and asked, "Eh? Mr. Wei, where did you get this ancient mirror?"

"This... I bought it from a street stall in the early years, and it didn't cost much."

Seeing those ancient mirrors, Wei Hua looked a little weird. After explaining a sentence, he asked, "Xiao Qin, what happened to these ancient mirrors? Are they also fake?"

To be honest, in order to make the Bronze Ware Hall more substantial, Wei Hua really hired someone to make these ancient mirrors.

However, Wei Hua couldn't figure out Qin Feng's routine at this time. He was afraid that he would say something wrong after talking too much, so he simply said that he had received it. Anyway, strictly speaking, this thing is not considered bronze, but a category of miscellaneous items.

"Boss Wei, you have good eyesight, you've made a lot of mistakes!"

When Wei Hua was thinking wildly, Qin Feng suddenly raised his thumb and said, "These bronze mirrors should be unearthed, but they are some years old, and they are all genuine!"

"What? Is it true?" Wei Hua's mind was a little confused at this moment. He thought that the things that were made of real gold were fakes, but these things made by someone else were actually real?
"Yes, it should be true."

The whole appraisal is coming to an end soon, and Gan Yafu, who is already indisputable about Qin Feng's professional knowledge, will also be appraising with a bronze mirror.

Pointing to a mirror in his hand, Gan Yafu said: "Xiao Qin is right, this should be a bronze mirror from the Sui and Tang Dynasties or earlier, but the value of this thing is not high, Xiao Qin, how can you say that it is a big leak? gone?"

As a small category of miscellaneous items, there are not many collectors of bronze mirrors in China. Even for real ancient mirrors, the price is often between tens and hundreds, which is not valued by those collectors.

"Wait, two, this...is this thing really real?" Wei Hua interrupted Ganyaf, he really didn't understand how this fake mirror made by someone else could become real Woolen cloth?
However, Wei Hua didn't know, because the price of ancient mirrors was very low at this time, and the production process was very troublesome. Bought a bunch of them at the market.

The buddy who took over Wei Hua's business was moved by this idea. It happened that he knew a group of tomb robbers in Yu Province. He spent 600 yuan to buy twelve ancient mirrors that had just been unearthed, and one of them was broken in half. of.

It's just that the buddy charged Wei Hua thousands of dollars for the production, so naturally he wouldn't say that he collected the bronze mirrors. After getting the bronze mirrors, Wei Hua even praised the man for doing a good job.

It wasn't until the end of Qin Feng's appraisal today that Wei Hua found out the man and questioned him, and finally learned the truth. In his heart, he was full of admiration for Qin Feng. Of course, these are all things for later.

"Boss Wei, the thing is true..."

Qin Feng nodded solemnly, picked up the two broken bronze mirrors, and said, "And these two bronze mirrors have a lot of history!"

"There is a lot of history?"

Now not only Wei Hua's head is muddled, but even Gan Yafu is a little confused, let alone a bronze mirror broken in half, no matter how good the quality is, it may only be worth a thousand dollars Bar?
Qin Feng smiled slightly and said: "Everyone, have you heard the story of reunion after a broken mirror?"

"What? A broken mirror reunited?"

"This... is this the mirror?"

"Impossible? How can there be such a coincidence?"

As soon as Qin Feng said this, there was a commotion in the arena. Almost everyone rushed up, just to see the mirror that was broken into two pieces. Even Qi Gong couldn't sit still, and he squeezed under Li Ran's support. come over.

The story of reunion after a broken mirror is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The story tells the story of Xu Deyan, the servant of Prince Chen of the Southern Dynasty, and his wife, Princess Lechang, who feared that they would not be able to meet after the country was broken.

So Xu Deyan split a bronze mirror, and the two each held a half, and sold the broken mirror in the city around the first lunar month of his year, hoping to borrow the bronze mirror to be able to meet each other.

After the fall of the Chen Dynasty, the princess disappeared into the home of Yang Su, the Duke of Yue in the Sui Dynasty. Xu Deyan arrived in Beijing as scheduled, and saw a Cangtou selling a half-mirror.

Yang Su is also a man of temperament. After learning about this incident, he returned the princess to Xu Deyan, so that the two were reunited and returned to Jiangnan to die together.

In later generations, people often use the idiom and story of "reunion after a broken mirror" to describe the reunion or reconciliation of husband and wife after separation or breakup.

The most important thing in the antique business is inheritance. The more stories and inheritance the object is, the more precious it is. Even a toilet, as long as you can cite scriptures to prove that it was used by Lord Qianlong, it is worth a thousand gold.

So if Qin Feng can really prove that these two bronze mirrors are the mirrors in the idiom, I am afraid that Wei Hua's club will become popular in the entire domestic antique circle tomorrow without any publicity.

　PS: I wrote a big chapter of 1000 words, and today it has more than [-] words.

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