Jianbao life

Chapter 484 Apologize
After watching Gu Jianming's operation, Chu Chen already has a basic understanding of jade polishing. I believe that with his mind, he should be able to master it proficiently after a few actual operations.

Just when Chu Chen was about to communicate with Gu Jianming again, Zhou Wenping walked in and said that someone downstairs was looking for him.

"Oh? Do you know that man, Brother Zhou?" Chu Chen asked.

"I don't know!" Zhou Wenping shook his head, and continued: "But this person came here at three or four o'clock yesterday afternoon, and I told him to call you if he needed anything, but he didn't say anything afterwards. , and left. Oh, by the way, that man's face is full of youth beans, I don't know if you have any impression."

Hearing what Zhou Wenping said, Chu Chen immediately knew that Zhou Wenping was talking about Qian Xueyou.

Wu Ke said with disgust on his face: "So it's this guy, Brother Zhou, just send him away!"

"Let's meet each other!" Chu Chen smiled and waved his hands and said, "If we don't see him, he will definitely not leave. You don't want him to haunt us like brown sugar, do you?"

Hearing what Chu Chen said, although Wu Ke was still reluctant, he had no choice but to agree.

So, Chu Chen said to Zhou Wenping: "Brother Zhou, please go and bring him here!"

"OK……"

Zhou Wenping nodded and went downstairs, while Chu Chen led Wu Ke into the VIP room and sat down.

After a while, Zhou Wenping walked in with Qian Xueyou with a flattering look on his face.

Qian Xueyou nodded and walked up to Chu Chen, then put the things in his hand on the table, bowed to Chu Chen and Wu Ke with a smile on his face, and said:

"Young Master Chu, I was in a daze before and offended my sister-in-law. Today I came here just to apologize to my sister-in-law. I hope you have a lot of adults. Don't bother with a small person like me!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Chu Chen and Wu Ke nervously, for fear that they would not accept it, but with his face, smiling was uglier than crying. If it was night, a timid child might be caught He cried.

Seeing his dignified appearance, Wu Ke even turned his head to the side, not wanting to see him again. This scared Qian Xueyou so much that he trembled all over and almost knelt down for the two of them.

Seeing his frightened appearance, Chu Chen smiled secretly, waved his hand and said, "We accept the apology, but you should take this thing back!"

Hearing what Chu Chen said, Qian Xueyou became anxious immediately, and said with a bow and bow: "Don't tell me! Young Master Chu, I really know that I was wrong, so please let me go!..."

"That's enough! That's enough!" Chu Chen said dumbfoundedly: "Where are you going? Although I'm not a person who promises everything, I still keep my word. If I say I won't trouble you, I won't." I’m looking for trouble for you, but what about the things, you’d better take them back!”

Hearing what Chu Chen said, Qian Xueyou felt relieved, but if he took the things back, he was really afraid that Chu Chen would settle accounts with him in the future. What kind of temperament would the princeling of Ren Liu be!

"Young Master Chu, you see, this is just my little idea, and it's not worth anything. You can take it home and use it as a vase!"

Chu Chen looked at him with a half-smile and said, "It's really just a worthless thing? Don't forget that my master is still Mr. Liu!"

"This...that..." Hearing what Chu Chen said, Qian Xueyou faltered and hawed, and didn't know what to say, but he definitely didn't want to let him take it back.

Although Chu Chen didn't want to have anything to do with Qian Xueyou again, but judging by his appearance, he probably refused to take the things back, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay! Let's see what it is first. If I like it, then I will spend money to buy it, what do you think?"

Qian Xueyou couldn't think of any other good way to make Chu Chen accept this thing, so he could only agree.

Chu Chen opened the lid of the brocade box, and found that what was inside should be a Langyaohong Guanyin Zun.

Avalokitesvara Zun is a style of Zun, with a wide mouth, long neck, plump shoulders, the abdomen is gradually retracted, and the bottom is turned outward. The shape of the vessel is named after the water purification bottle held by Avalokitesvara.

The outer wall of this statue is covered with Shilang kiln red glaze, the glaze color is rich and bright, the glaze surface is more fluid, and the red becomes thicker as the bottle goes down, showing a typical "ox blood red" color.There are ice-cracked pieces on the glaze, and the edge of the mouth is white because the glaze layer hangs down, commonly known as "the edge of the lamp grass", and the bottom is white glaze.

In addition, there is a four-character regular script inscription of "Kangxi year system" on the bottom of the vessel, which looks neat, but it is precisely because of this inscription that Chu Chen immediately knew that only the Lang Yaohong Guanyin Zun was a fake.

Langyaohong is a kind of red glaze imitating the characteristics of ruby ​​red glaze in Xuande period of Ming Dynasty.The glaze is thick and glassy, ​​and the best products are bright red.Because it was a famous product fired by the governor Lang Tingji during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty when he was also the supervisor of the Imperial Kiln Factory in the Porcelain Capital, it was called Lang Yaohong.

During the firing process of Lang Kiln red glaze, the requirements for firing atmosphere, temperature and other technical indicators are very high. It is very difficult to fire a successful product. Porcelain was very expensive at that time, and there was a saying in the folk saying, "If you want to be poor, burn Langhong".

Because Lang Kiln red wares are difficult to fire and rarely circulated, there are many imitators in later generations, some of which are so superb that they can almost resemble the real ones.

As far as this Avalokitesvara Zun looks at first glance, no matter in terms of shape or glaze color, it is a good imitation, but Chu Chen doesn't know what the forger is, and he actually adds a mark to it, which really makes him feel a little funny.

You must know that most of the real Langyaohong in the Kangxi period did not have any inscriptions. Chu Chen has heard that some have entrusted inscriptions, but there are no four-character regular script inscriptions made in the Kangxi period, and this kind of utensils are very special. It's rare, and he hasn't seen it with his own eyes.

Therefore, when Chu Chen saw that this Avalokitesvara was actually recognizable, and found that there were some differences between it and the real one, he knew with certainty that it was a fake.

The thing that was used to make an apology turned out to be a fake, and I don't know what kind of expression Qian Xueyou will have when he finds out about it. Chu Chen thought it was a bit funny, so he looked at Qian Xueyou with a half-smile Xueyou asked: "Where did you buy this Guanyin Zun?"

"I bought it from a friend who opened an auction house. Is there anything wrong with it?" Qian Xueyou asked with some doubts.

"I don't like this Avalokitesvara!" Chu Chen shook his head and said.

"Ah! You don't like it!" Qian Xueyou said with a look of surprise. You must know that he bought this thing for 30 yuan. He thought it was a very good thing among antiques, but he didn't expect Chu Chen actually didn't like it.

"You are so stupid! Ah Chen is saying that your thing is a fake!" Wu Ke said angrily.

"Ah! How is this possible!" Qian Xueyou was shocked when he heard this, and then he shook his head again and again: "Impossible, how could my friend lie to me!"

"Cut! A person like you can only make friends with a few cronies. Don't lie to you!" Wu Ke said with a snort.

Qian Xueyou felt a little embarrassed when he heard the words. To say that he could be regarded as a true friend, there are indeed only one or two people, and the other friends can only be said to be able to play together. If he is really in trouble, probably not Helping him, but although these friends are not very reliable, he thinks that they should not deceive him like this.

Seeing that Xueyou Qian still didn't believe it, Chu Chen shook his head secretly, but in order not to let Xueyou Qian think that this was an excuse he made, he said: "This Guanyin statue is indeed a fake, although it is very realistic, but Some of them are still different from the real thing.”

Speaking of this, Chu Chen pointed to the mouth of Guanyin Zun and said: "For example, the opening at the mouth of this bottle is very small, and it looks like there are cracks in the glass. In addition, there is no opening on the inner wall of the bottle mouth, only pure white Glaze. If it is genuine, the inner and outer walls of the bottle mouth should have openings, and the openings should be natural, in the shape of a "well".

"Young Master Chu, let me ask, what do you mean by filming?" Qian Xueyou raised his left hand and asked.

"Cracking is a natural cracking phenomenon on the glaze of porcelain."

Chu Chen explained briefly, and then turned the Avalokitesvara over, facing everyone:

"Look at this again. If it is genuine, then the color of the white glaze at the bottom should be yellowish. The term in our industry is called "rice soup white", and it has cracks. But your Guanyin Zun, the white glaze is snow white , and the movie hasn’t been released yet, which obviously doesn’t match the real thing.”

"In addition, there is a clear demarcation between the red glaze and the ring foot. It can be judged that the counterfeiter polished the ring foot to create the "false" that the red glaze only flows to the bottom of the utensil, which is not as natural as the real product. And this There is only one biggest flaw in the Avalokitesvara, there is an inscription on the bottom, and the real product does not have such an inscription."

Having said that, Chu Chen erected the bottle again, taking the opportunity to weigh the bottle, shook his head and said:

"The weight of this Avalokitesvara statue is also wrong. It is obvious that the top is light and the bottom is heavy. The weight of the real product should be even. Also, do you see if this Avalokitesvara statue looks a little new?"

"It is indeed relatively new." Qian Xueyou said with a sad face: "But my friend said that this kind of bottle just looks like glass."

Chu Chen said with a chuckle: "The surface of the genuine product is indeed like glass, but if this thing is real, then it has passed through nearly 300 years of history, often affected by time, the surface will look heavy, How could it be like it is now, a burst of fireworks, like something that just came out of the oven!"

"Let me tell you, fakes like this are still easy to spot. Besides, your friend runs an auction house. Even if he doesn't understand, how could the master he hired couldn't see it? So Well……"

Speaking of this, Chu Chen smiled slightly, and the meaning behind it was self-evident.

(End of this chapter)