Jianbao life

Chapter 598

Fatty Xu, who was in high spirits, immediately proposed to his friends to buy this porcelain pillow.But my friend heard that Fatty Xu wanted to buy the Buddha statue back, but he refused and refused to sell it!

Then, the friend continued to proudly talk about the culture and collection value of this Buddha statue, and how he took the Buddha statue home after all the hard work. His words revealed his extreme love for this Buddha statue.

Some people just think that the things they can’t get are often the best. At that time, Fatty Xu was not short of money, and the money to buy a Buddha statue was just a little rain for him, so even if he made some money, it was attractive to him. The strength is not strong, but who told him to like it?

And the more the other party doesn't sell, the more he wants to buy, so he began to use soft and hard work, and he took the initiative to bid continuously to bargain for the purchase. As a result, his friend said: "I don't care about money, I just play with it." It's cultural taste."

Hearing what his friend said, Xu Fatty felt that his friend was a real player, and his cultural taste was a good thing for him. Who told him that he didn't have much culture?Therefore, this made him more determined to collect this Buddha statue.

However, next, Fatty Xu continued to increase the price, and took the initiative to talk about cultural tastes. Only then did his friend relax and took the Buddha statue home at a price of 40.

After hearing the cause and effect of the matter, Chu Chen shook his head secretly. The scam that Fatty Xu encountered was the most dangerous and common method of antique traps, called the packaging and publicity method.

For the sake of publicity, scammers specially write a paper and publish it in famous journals and magazines, but in most cases, scammers pay high prices to publish monographs in famous publishing houses, and then distribute them to the public, giving people the feeling of orderly circulation.Some scammers even go to TV stations, newspapers, books and other media to do packaging and publicity.

After the cultural relics are packaged and publicized in this way, it will give people the feeling that famous publications and famous publishing houses are promoting this thing, and it should be no problem and spread in an orderly way. In addition, this way, the auction house is willing to accept it, and there is reason to accept the introduction of liars. s things.

What's more, some scammers still have the signatures of so-called "experts" when they advertise, which has a great influence among the masses, and the selling price is also very high, and the relative losses of the victims are also very heavy.

In fact, it is easy to crack this kind of deception. You must first calm down and analyze this thing rationally. You cannot just verify that something is true by reading magazines and newspapers. You should invite experts with practical experience and ability to seriously After careful analysis and identification, you can even get it to a testing agency for comprehensive analysis.

In this way, you can generally avoid being recruited by yourself.However, the liar that Fatty Xu met was a bit more clever. He didn't use the method just mentioned to package it, but used an antique magazine from the 80s.

This has two advantages. First, it can be done without a lot of money.Secondly, it can make Fatty Xu paralyzed, because in the eyes of many people, the 80s is still a relatively simple era, and it is unlikely that the things written in magazines are fake, and Fatty Xu obviously thinks so.

Of course, there are limitations to using this tactic. If the opponent is an old player, or has read this magazine, it is likely to be seen through by the opponent, but Xu Fatty happens to be a newbie who cannot be new again. It couldn't be more appropriate.

Afterwards, Chu Junfeng said speechlessly: "I said Fatty Xu, you are too easy to deceive, aren't you? Didn't you think of showing things to others?"

Fatty Xu said with a bitter face: "I trusted him a lot at the time, and besides, there was an introduction in a magazine, so I didn't doubt the authenticity of the thing at all!"

After a while, he still asked with some reluctance: "Third Young Master, is this Buddha statue really a fake?"

"It's a fake, and a crude one at that."

With that said, Chu Chen picked up the Buddha statue, and then explained:
"Buddha statues as Dharma seals are the characteristics of statues in the mid-Tang Dynasty. At that time, after Empress Wu Zetian changed Zhou, in order to promote its legitimacy, she called herself Maitreya Buddha "Xiansheng", vigorously advocated the worship of Maitreya, prevailed in the shape of Dharma seals, and even used other Buddha statues In terms of shape. This has been shown in several grottoes across the country, and they are all works of the prosperous Tang Dynasty with a long history."

"From the face of this Buddha statue, it has a high nose and forehead, thin lips and curly hair. This style is the style of the early Northern Wei Dynasty, because the Buddha statue was not long after it was introduced to the Central Plains, so it was also influenced by Gandhara art and Modoura art. , face and body are still following the South Asian style."

"But the face of your Buddha statue belongs to the style of the early Northern Wei Dynasty, but the rest is the style of the middle Tang Dynasty. There is a huge difference between the two. Do you think it may be authentic? Besides, this Buddha statue is just It was made with modern machines, and the gilding on the body is also chemical gold, so I said that this is a poorly made fake."

"It's over, I spent 40 at that time!" Fatty Xu really wanted to cry.

Chu Junfeng said dumbfoundedly: "I said Xu Fatty, isn't it only 40, you don't need to look like this!"

Fatty Xu smiled wryly: "To me, 40 was really nothing, but now 40 is a relatively large amount to me."

Hearing this, Chu Chen smiled to himself. Even if this Buddha statue was put up for auction, it would only cost around 20 yuan at most. If it was bought for 40 yuan, it really took him as a fool, but seeing Fatty Xu's current appearance, Chu Chen also Don't irritate him anymore.

In addition, Chu Chen also thought that since the liar allowed Fatty Xu to earn more than 60 yuan, it must be impossible to only lie to Fatty Xu this time. Sure enough, Fatty Xu said quickly: "Third Young Master, look at these two things Well, I bought them from him earlier."

The two belongings are a jade ornament and a large white porcelain plate with floral patterns.

The jade ornament looks antique and is carved from white jade. The quality of the jade is very lustrous at first glance, and the shape looks quite delicate.There are one big and five little pigs carved on the ornaments, which are called Wu pigs, which is a unique theme of works in the Ming Dynasty.It symbolizes family happiness, more children and more blessings, promotion and wealth.

The other large dish has a round mouth, a shallow curved wall, a flat bottom, and short circle feet.The whole vessel is covered with white glaze, the glaze is flashing yellow, and there are traces of flowing glaze on the outer wall.The inner wall of the dish is decorated with two string patterns along the edge, the lower edge is decorated with curly grass and peony patterns, the center of the dish is decorated with consecrated patterns for a circle, and the interior is decorated with curly grass and lotus flower patterns.

After Chu Chen looked at it carefully, he shook his head and said, "This jade ornament is not right either."

Although Fatty Xu had already prepared himself mentally, when he heard what Chu Chen said, his heart felt as if he was dead.

Chu Junfeng took the jade and looked it over, and then asked a little strangely: "I think this thing is not bad, how can it be fake?"
"Jade is not fake, but this thing is made of Russian jade. The reason why it looks good is three reasons: imitation of old craftsmanship, local dyeing and fire baking, and waxing."

Chu Chen explained: "The imitation of the old is very simple. You only need to use antique tools and process the traces of the old mound at a low speed. As for the black part, it is dyed black with fire. This identification is very simple. If If it is real white jade with ink color, then there will be a clear boundary, black and white are distinct; if it is fired, there will be no distinction between black and white, and cracks and reticular stripes will easily appear."

"The last step of waxing refers to putting the jade in the melted wax, so that the jade will look shiny. Anyway, this jade ornament can only be used to fool newcomers, a little ancient jade If you have knowledge, you can basically judge it.”

Chu Junfeng chuckled, and said: "So I like to look at antiques, but I really don't like to step into this industry. It looks like real things, but they are fake. The twists and turns inside give me a headache. Fatty Xu, I think you should stop doing this stuff in the future. If you really want to buy it, you can go to the store of my third child, he is so innocent."

Fatty Xu let out a long sigh, and said with a gloomy expression: "Yes, my wife told me before, telling me not to play with this thing, saying that I can't play it with my brain. I lost 300 million, it really killed me!"

"However, Young Master San, this Ding Kiln dish is definitely not fake. I took it for a scientific appraisal, and the appraisal report said that the dish is indeed from the Northern Song Dynasty, and its style is also the same as that of Ding Kiln. "

Chu Chen said: "This plate is indeed from the Northern Song Dynasty. It can be said that the Ding kiln is also acceptable, but it is not an orthodox Ding kiln, but fired at the mouth of the Tuding kiln."

"What is Tuding?" Fatty Xu asked hastily, at this moment he had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Chu Chen explained: "The Tuding refers to imitation products of folk kilns in the vast areas of the Fen River and the Zhang River, except for the central kiln of Qu Yang Ding Kiln. The kiln is the same, the reason why it is called Tuding is because the raw material processing is not refined, the carcass is thick and thick, the sound of knocking is not clear, and the decoration is simple or without ornamentation."

"Because the porcelain clay in these areas is essentially the same as the Ding kiln, not only the shapes, types of utensils, and decorative patterns are the same, but also the carcass and enamel. But since it is called Tuding, its rough workmanship cannot be changed. , you can see that the carcass of this plate is too rough compared to the real Ding kiln products, and the lack of crisp knocking sound is its biggest flaw."

Speaking of this, Chu Chen even knocked on the plate lightly a few times, and as he said, his voice was muffled.

Fatty Xu really wanted to cry at this time, but after thinking about it, since the thing is indeed from the Song Dynasty, it must be worth some money, so he asked hopefully: "Third Young Master, since this thing is Really, there's some value in that, right?"

Chu Chen replied: "Speaking of which, your Tuding large plate can be regarded as a fine product made by Tuding Kiln, but Tuding is a folk kiln work after all, and the production process is a bit rough, and the market price is not high. Based on the appearance of this large plate, it can probably be worth one or two thousand!"

(End of this chapter)