Pick up treasure

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Just when Wang Ding was going to appreciate the treasure, Xiao Changyi and Lao Qian also appeared in this "Huayutang".

It turned out that Lao Li knew that Xiao Changyi and Lao Qian didn't play much in Macau Antique Street, and knew that the two were interested in antiques, so he specially found time for them. As for himself, he took a rest in the hotel.

Wang Ding saw Brother Xiao and Mr. Qian coming over, and after saying hello, he continued to walk towards the treasure he found.

Because of the aura and seeing the golden light, Wang Ding knew that this must not be a mortal thing. At this time, what Wang Ding touched in his hand seemed to be a mirror.It's just that it is different from ordinary mirrors, but the mirror surface of this mirror is a layer of flowing, crystal clear and dazzling glass.

"Brother Xiao, Mr. Qian, come and have a look too. The piece of glass in my brother Wang's hand is very beautiful."

"Qian Le, don't talk yet." Wang Ding walked up to the boss and said with a smile, "Boss, how much is this thing?"

The boss of Hua Yutang glanced at the thing in Wang Ding's hand, and stretched out three fingers, "Three thousand, a fixed price, no bargaining."

The boss of Hua Yutang was happy, but Qian Le felt that no matter how beautiful a glass mirror was, it would not cost 3000 yuan, but who knew that Wang Ding would take out [-] yuan and hand it over to the proprietress.

After selling this "glass", Wang Ding did not continue to stay in Huayutang, because there was really nothing worthwhile, and just now, after Wang Ding took a fancy to that piece of glass, Xiao Changyi and Lao Qian also discovered something. , Maybe Wang Ding missed this item again, but it's a pity that I came a step late.

Out of the store, not far.Qian Le asked in puzzlement.

"Brother Wang Ding, I don't know why you spent 3000 yuan on this piece of glass?"

"Glass? This is not glass, but colored glaze." Before Wang Ding finished speaking, Xiao Changyi spoke first.

To be honest, Xiao Changyi has seen a lot, and since Wang Ding saw this treasure, Xiao Changyi had already confirmed it. "If I'm not mistaken. This should be ancient colored glaze."

"Ancient glass?" Qian Le didn't understand at all, and asked with a blink of an eye, "What is that?"

"You don't even know Liuli?" Xiao Changyi frowned.Lao Qian was a little ashamed. "Qian Le, what have you been doing? Didn't I tell you about Liuli?"

"I must know the glass, one of the seven treasures of Buddhism. Isn't the Drifting Monk in Journey to the West demoted to the mortal world because he broke a glass cup of the Jade Emperor?" Qian Le said that it was true, " What I don't know is the ancient method Liuli, what's going on with the ancient method."

Xiao Changyi smiled. "One meaning is just to distinguish the modern colored glaze from the ancient colored glaze, so the colored glaze fired with ancient techniques is called ancient colored glaze. The production process of ancient colored glaze is quite complicated. It takes dozens of processes to complete. And It is mainly made by hand, and it is quite difficult to grasp the various links, and the difficulty of controlling the temperature can be said to be half dependent on skill and half dependent on luck, so it is much more precious than ordinary colored glaze."

"Oh." After hearing Xiao Changyi's explanation, Qian Le suddenly realized, pointing to the glazed mirror in Wang Ding's hand, and said with a smile: "Then the thing in Wang Ding's hand should be an ancient thing. It should be worth a lot It’s money, but I really don’t seem to see this kind of colored glaze on the market. Is it just admired in ancient times, but now it’s gone?”

Seeing that Qian Le is very interested in ancient colored glaze, Lao Qian popularizes it. "In fact, the history of firing colored glaze in ancient times can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty. By the Han Dynasty, the production level of colored glaze was quite mature. However, the smelting technology was in the hands of the royal family and nobles, and it has been kept secret. Because it is difficult for the people to obtain , so people have always regarded colored glaze as a treasure more precious than jade."

"There are five famous utensils in China, namely glass, gold and silver, jade, ceramics, and bronze. Among them, glass ranks first, which shows how much everyone cherishes it." Speaking of this.Old Qian still shook his head and sighed: "However, as you said, in the Yuan Dynasty, there was a fault in the production technology of colored glaze, so in the early Ming Dynasty, colored glaze became something that only appeared in myths and legends... …As for things like Liuli, there are very few of them now.”

"Yes." Qian Le felt the same way, because the preciousness of colored glaze can be seen in the creation of Journey to the West novels.Sha Monk, a dignified rolling shutter, was demoted so miserably just because he accidentally broke a glass cup, which is enough to show how precious glass was in people's minds at that time.

"Then it seems that Liuli is very valuable?"

Wang Ding can speak now. "It cannot be concluded that modern colored glaze is definitely worthless, because it is difficult to reproduce the glazed craftsmanship before the Yuan Dynasty, but modern colored glaze is worthless, but it does not mean that ancient colored glaze is worthless in modern times. You must know that ancient colored glaze can be passed down to the Now, it is also a very precious art treasure. Besides, there are different types of colored glaze. Most of the colored glazes on the market are water colored glazes, which are imitations of colored glazes. The colored glazes that are really fired with ancient methods are very expensive, and It has a certain collection value."

"Well, but how can we tell that this is ancient colored glaze? I have seen ancient colored glaze, most of which should be small and exquisite things like beads, and most of the time it should be in the shape of jewelry, so it is unlikely to be made into a mirror. You must know that colored glaze is not very transparent, and there are many colors, which cannot be reflected at all."

"Well, it's really strange." Xiao Changyi agreed: "Ancient mirrors are usually made of copper, because the surface of copper mirrors will become dull after being used for a long time, but they can be polished again to restore their original appearance. It looks radiant. Other metals are not so convenient, and I have never heard of glass being used to make mirrors, unless..."

"Unless what?" Qian Le hurriedly asked.

Next to him, Wang Ding listened attentively, with a curious look on his face.

"Unless, this is not a mirror for ordinary people to wash and wash, but a magic mirror." Xiao Changyi laughed.

"Dharma mirror?"

Qian Le didn't understand.Wang Ding picked up the leak just now because of the aura and brilliance, more, in fact, he is not sure, the seal script on the jade plate Wang Ding has not paid attention to since he came out of Huayutang, and is more interested in Xiao Changyi's words.

"That's right." Xiao Changyi said with a smile: "Mirror is the so-called feng shui magic tool. After all, in ancient times, the mirror not only had the function of tidying up the appearance, but also had other special meanings. For example, town house, evil spirits etc."

"Remember, the demon mirror in Fengshen Yanyi looks like this." Qian Le exclaimed suddenly.

"Yes, I remember that there was also a mirror hanging at the gate of my hometown before. Every household has similar mirrors, and those mirrors are similar in shape to this mirror."

At this time, Qian Le noticed that the mirror in Wang Ding's hand was not the most common round shape, but formed a regular gossip shape like a stone box.

"Wang Ding, show me something."

Lao Qian was a little curious when he heard Xiao Changyi say that it was a feng shui magic weapon.He stretched out his hand, and after taking the glazed mirror from Wang Ding, he first looked at the mirror surface, only to see that the glazed layer on the surface was still brilliant and dazzling, with no fading at all.

Sure enough, this is the real colored glaze, which will never change color for thousands of years.Unlike the water glass on the market, it starts to fade after only one or two years. The longer it takes, the more it looks like plastic, and the crystal clear feeling is gone.

The most important thing is that the texture of this layer of colored glaze is very strong, even if it is mixed with various colors, it is still so crystal clear, and it feels smooth, without the stagnant feeling of crystal and glass.

After appreciating the colored glaze on the mirror surface, Lao Qian felt that there were many patterns on the back of the mirror. The patterns were so beautiful that Lao Qian couldn't help but look at them lightly. After a while, he saw a crouching unicorn engraved in the center of the mirror back. The four corners of the body are turtles, dragons, phoenixes and tigers, and corresponding to the four corners are the eight trigrams, and there are twelve celestial signs and zodiac signs outside the eight trigrams.

However, even though there are so many things carved in this space of seven or eight inches, the back of the mirror does not appear chaotic, but very orderly, and the patterns of various creatures are clearly visible and lifelike.

Like a master's handwriting!

Laoqian also found 24 characters written on the outline of the mirror besides the four images, the eight trigrams and the twelve zodiac signs.In his opinion, these characters are very similar to official script, with clear stippling, but he doesn't recognize any of them.Obviously not a modern text.

"Old Xiao, look at the characters." Qian Lao raised his hand and asked Xiao Changyi to come over and read the characters.

Xiao Changyi spent a long time there and discovered the mystery of it. Even though he didn't know the words, Xiao Changyi was sure that his judgment was correct.

"Well, it really is a Fengshui magic mirror, a bit like the Four Gods and Twelve Zodiac Mirrors. But it has one more unicorn button, eight trigrams directions, and 24 characters than the Four Gods and Twelve Zodiac Mirrors."

"Mirror of the Four Gods and Twelve Zodiac Signs!" Wang Ding murmured, at this moment he looked at the jade plate with more thought, and the seal script on the jade plate immediately made Wang Ding understand everything.

In the next second, Wang Ding's eyes lit up, "This is Tang Jing, a very precious ancient mirror."

When Wang Ding said it, Xiao Changyi immediately agreed.

"Yes, you are right. At present, the ancient mirrors of the Warring States Period, Han Dynasty, and Tang Dynasty are the most exquisite and have the most collection value. However, the ancient mirrors of the Tang Dynasty are, to a certain extent, imitated from the ancient mirrors of the Han Dynasty. Mirrors. For example, the four gods and twelve zodiac mirrors in the Tang Dynasty actually imitated the specifications and shapes of the gods and beasts mirrors in the Han Dynasty, and then developed and improved on the basis of the gods and beasts mirrors. The two are also in the same line."

"I'm even more curious about what these words are. Brother Xiao, can you tell me?"

"You brat, you really don't have the slightest sense of sight. Didn't you see that I didn't read it out after staring at it for a long time? Didn't you expose my shortcomings and laugh at me for being uneducated?"

Xiao Changyi really did research on this writing for a long time just now, but he was also very disappointed in the end result, that is, he didn't know what the writing on it was.

I just feel like official script, but the strokes here are not modern characters at all.can not tell. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. )