Jianbao life

Chapter 561 Appreciating Treasure Activities ([-])

Chu Chen and others walked into the gymnasium through the side door. Although it was only [-]:[-] at this time, seeing so many Tibetan friends, everyone would not stick to the rules at this time. The host directly announced today's treasure appraisal The activity officially begins.

With a "Hula", the treasure holders with all kinds of things in their hands quickly rushed to the experts. Thanks to the broadcast of the program last night, a long line quickly formed in front of Chu Chen.

The first treasure holder to come on stage was a young man about 30 years old. He held a bronze Buddha statue in front of Chu Chen and said, "Mr. What treasure?"

Chu Chen was slightly taken aback, and immediately understood that this person should have participated in the event yesterday afternoon, but this person's behavior still made him a little dumbfounded, although last night, Wang Xiangong joked that in the future, someone will definitely specialize Note that there will be utensils in the belly, so he really didn't expect that one would appear immediately today.

Chu Chen said into the microphone: "Sir, I'm sorry, I only appraise porcelain and jade. Your Buddha statue is bronze. Please go to Teacher Yu for appraisal, okay?"

Seeing what Chu Chen said, the man looked back at Yu Renpeng's long line, and immediately said with a mournful face:

"Mr. Chu, it's not easy for me to line up, please help me identify it!"

"Hey! Why don't you check the category of the things you appraised before queuing up? Do you want us to appraise if you are so dawdling?"

"Yes! Yes! Your time is precious, isn't our time precious..."

For a while, the people behind spoke one after another, accusing the young man of his wrongdoing.

Seeing the expression on the young man's face that was about to turn into anger, Chu Chen hurriedly said, "Okay, okay! Let me help you take a look..."

What the young man brought was a gold-plated bronze Buddha statue in the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty. However, as soon as Chu Chen took it in his hand, he immediately felt that the Buddha statue was lighter. After carefully looking at a few details, he found that it was just a fake made in modern times. .

Chu Chen looked up at the treasure holder and asked, "Sir, can you introduce the origin of this Buddha statue?"

The young man quickly said, "I bought this at the antique market."

Hearing his heart, Chu Chen murmured to himself, could it be that he bought it yesterday afternoon?But even if he bought it yesterday afternoon, he couldn't care less, so he asked, "May I ask, how much did you spend on this Buddha statue?"

"The person who sold it to me said that he collected it from an old man's house in the countryside. The price was [-], and I paid back [-]. Teacher Chu, is there any problem?"

Chu Chen was speechless for a while, and then said: "Sir, do you know that if this Buddha statue is really from the Xuande period, it will be worth at least 300 million."

The young man immediately understood what Chu Chen meant, and said hesitatingly: "Is this... is it possible that it is an imitation?"

Chu Chen shook his head and said, "This Buddha statue of yours is machine-made and chemically old."

"Ah! Why?" The young man asked with some distress.

"Let me tell you a few minutes!"

Chu Chen explained: "First of all, the copper used in ancient Buddha statues is relatively pure and heavy, especially the thickness of the casting utensils. Imitation gold and copper Buddha statues are generally impure in copper, light in weight, and use alloy materials. And your Buddha statue It's relatively light, and it can't reach the weight of ancient bronze Buddha statues at all."

"Secondly, the ancient Buddha statues were placed on the altars for worship. After a long time of fire and fire in the world, the erosion of the sun and the moon, especially the surface color of the gilt bronze statues is dark, and the light reflected in the sun is soft. But your Buddha statue looks very beautiful. Dazzling."

"Because the Buddha statue has been enshrined for a long time and fumigated by fireworks, you can clearly smell the smell of fireworks. If it is buried underground for a long time, you can smell moldy and decayed. But what your Buddha statue smells is chemical Corroded smell, which is evidence that it is a modern imitation."

"Finally, let's talk about the craftsmanship. Due to the limitation of ancient production techniques, the Buddha statues after casting have to be processed with meticulous sculpture techniques. The traces of facial expressions, clothing, and base processing are clearly visible. But the surface of your Buddha statue is very regular. The traces of processing should be polished with modern mechanisms."

Speaking of this, Chu Chen concluded: "So, this Buddha statue of yours should be a fake made in modern times. When you go to the antique market in the future, I hope you can pay attention to it. It is not something that can be bought with 2000 yuan. In addition, I would like to say that the situation yesterday was relatively rare, and it is difficult to encounter it under normal circumstances..."

"Thank you, Teacher Chu. I will pay attention to it in the future." The young man was very satisfied with Chu Chen's answer, and after thanking him, he took his things and left. As for whether Chu Chen reminded him in his heart, only he knew.

Next, Chu Chen began to get busy, because many of the collectors who came here today are collectors who really like to collect antiques. Even if they are not satisfied with the appraisal results, they can basically listen to Chu Chen's explanation patiently. Not to mention that it's coming soon, Chu Chen and the others are also very easy to identify.

And because Chu Chen and others are very strict, even if they are not sure, they will ask other experts to help make a decision. Therefore, from yesterday to now, there is basically no wrong identification of a thing, which also makes some people who want to fish in troubled waters have no choice at all. There is no chance of cheating.

In this way, as time went by, it was already [-]:[-] in the morning, and today's treasure appraisal activity has come to an end. Although there are still many people outside who want to come in, due to the control of the staff, they are still being ruled out. There are not many people left.

Suddenly, Guan Guokang, who was appraising the porcelain, said to Chu Chen: "Everyone, can you put the things in your hand and help me look at these two things..."

Everyone was slightly taken aback, Guan Guokang is a senior with rich experience in the field of antiques, except for a few fakes made by "Zhang Huoxi", which stumped him, there are really few pieces of porcelain that he can't identify , which made everyone curious, and hurriedly stood up and walked over.

The two things Guan Guokang mentioned are the blue-and-white unicorn-patterned platters from the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, and the blue-and-white vases with twining patterns from the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty.

The big blue and white plate has a diamond-shaped mouth, a shallow arc belly, and ring feet.The center of the pan is painted with a unicorn pattern. The unicorn, together with the phoenix, turtle and dragon, are called the four spirits, representing auspiciousness.Surrounded by a wave pattern.The shallow arc abdomen is painted with peony patterns, rich and beautiful.The edge of the mouth is still a circle of sea water waves.

The shape of this vessel is dignified and straight, petite and exquisite, which is different from other plum vases with plump shoulders and restrained feet.Banana leaf pattern is painted on the shoulder and foot wall, and four lotus flowers are painted on the abdomen.

The blue and white colors of these two items are rich and lustrous, and the brush strokes are delicate. Although they are exquisite, they are not weak, and the utensils are complete. If they are all authentic items, they can be regarded as the most important items among the treasures.

The appearance of one such artifact is already rare, but now that two have appeared directly, most experts were shocked.

"Old Wang, what do you think of these two things?"

As mentioned earlier, among the on-site experts, apart from Guan Guokang himself, Wang Xiangong and Chu Chen are more proficient in porcelain. In addition, Yu Renpeng has also studied this, because Wang Xiangong sat next to him and had already put the plum vase I have seen it, and I am carefully observing the market at this time, so Guan Guokang first asked Wang Xiangong for his opinion.

Wang Xiangong put down the twenty-fold magnifying glass in his hand, then frowned slightly and said: "Most of the bases of Xuande dishes and bowls have edges, and the inner walls of the bases are cut from top to bottom outward, so it is impossible to use them with your hands. Catch it. But the inner wall of the bottom foot of the big plate is vertical, and the ridge of the foot is rounded like the back of a loach. This situation should be the characteristic of Qing Yongzheng's imitation of Xuande."

"But if you want to say that this is Yongzheng's imitation of Xuande, the body and glaze look the same as the blue-and-white porcelain of the Xuande period, and the performance of the blue-and-white porcelain also conforms to the characteristics of Subo Niqing. I am a little confused about this situation."

Guan Guokang nodded, this is also one of the reasons for his hesitation, although the difference in the base is already a big flaw, but for this reason alone, this large plate cannot be sentenced to death, at best it can only be said to be a suspected imitation .

"What about this plum bottle?"

Wang Xiangong replied: "I don't see anything wrong with Mei Ping's words, but I always feel that something is wrong. Of course, this is just a personal idea."

Guan Guokang frowned. Not only did Wang Xiangong have a bad feeling, but he also felt that there was something wrong with this plum vase, but he couldn't figure out what the problem was. It has been encountered in several fakes made of "clay".

This can't help but make him doubt whether these two things are also the works of Zhang Huo Ni.

"Ms. Guan, these two pieces of porcelain were given to me by a business partner of mine. After I got them, I also showed them to several experts and teachers in Shimen. Most of them said that these two pieces are genuine. Only Mr. Sun X Sun said that it didn't feel right, but he could only point out the problem at the bottom of the plate, so I took this opportunity to ask you to help me identify it."

The person who spoke was a fat middle-aged man. Judging from his attire and behavior, he should also be a successful person.

Sure enough, the staff next to him quickly introduced: "Mr. Niu is a member of our Shimen Collection Association and the chairman of XX Group."

Guan Guokang nodded, and then asked: "Mr. Niu, I would like to ask, how much did you pay for these two items?"

The value of two treasures like this must not be low, but if the value of the original owner's mortgage is low, it will be a bit suspicious.

"500 million RMB!"

Hearing this, Guan Guokang frowned again, and then said. "If it's real, it's worth the money."

(End of this chapter)