Jianbao life

Chapter 825 The Unreliable Qi Baofu

Seeing this situation, Qi Baolin was also very speechless, so he took out a small notebook from his pocket, handed it to Chu Chen, and said, "Young Master Chu, you should sign it!"

Qi Baofu more or less knew that his behavior was a bit naive, so of course it was impossible to object to it.On the other side, Chu Chen also happily signed his name on the notebook.

"Thank you, Teacher Chu, let's go in!" Qi Baofu looked at the signature on the notebook with great joy, then carefully put it away, and quickly greeted everyone with a smile on his face.

A group of people followed Qi Baofu to a private room. Unexpectedly, a middle-aged man who was nearly 50 years old was already sitting in it.

This made Qi Baolin very speechless. Originally, today's meal was mainly to apologize to Chu Chen for what happened at the beginning. Of course, the fewer people in this kind of meal, the better. Although it is inconvenient to have an extra cousin now, but After all, they are also members of my own family. I didn't expect that now there is an unfamiliar outsider. What is this?

"Knowing that this guy is notoriously unreliable at home, I actually agreed just now. I deserve it!"

Qi Baolin scolded himself secretly, it is not convenient to go to other places in this situation, and he can only hope that it will make Chu Chen happy for a while.

In fact, it wasn't just Qi Baolin who felt awkward, but the person who was sitting in the private room was also surprised by Chu Chen's presence.However, when he learned that the young man in front of him was Chu Chen who had been a guest of "Collection of the World", he also showed surprise on his face, and expressed a warm welcome to Chu Chen's arrival.

Although Qi Baofu is a bit unreliable, and his vision for appraising antiques is not very good, but he is more enthusiastic and likes to make friends. There are quite a few Tibetan friends in the capital and surrounding areas, and he has several friends. He is also an expert that Chu Chen is familiar with.

Through Qi Baofu's introduction, Chu Chen learned that the middle-aged man in front of him was also Qi Baofu's Tibetan friend in Wucheng, named Cao Jingde, and that the blue and white jar Qi Baofu bought before was identified as a fake by him.

Both Cao Jingde and Qi Baofu are people who love antiques. Now that they have finally met Chu Chen, the topic of course cannot be separated from antiques. Fortunately, these investigators, including Qi Baolin, have also acquired some knowledge of antiques due to their work. When chatting about antiques, he was able to interject a few words, and the atmosphere during the meeting was quite lively.

After drinking for three rounds, Qi Baofu looked at Cao Jingde, and then said to Chu Chen with a pleasant smile: "Mr. Chu, I finally met you today. I have a piece of porcelain here. I wonder if I can ask you for advice?"

"I don't dare to ask for advice, let's learn together!" Chu Chen said modestly.

"Mr. Chu, you are too polite..."

Qi Baofu chuckled, and then took out a large brocade box from the bag in the corner cabinet.He put the brocade box in front of Chu Chen, opened it, and found a large water chestnut bottle inside.

"Mr. Chu, this is a bottle that I saw in an antique shop earlier. I thought the price was not expensive, so I bought it. Please give me a review."

Chu Chen didn't look at the things first, but looked at Cao Jingde first, who laughed and said: "Just now I just helped Lao Qi look at the blue and white pot he just bought, but he just carried the things and left. This one I haven't looked at the bottle yet. Teacher Chu, please read it first."

Chu Chen nodded briskly, then took the water chestnut bottle in his hand and began to observe.

The water chestnut bottle is a bottle type popular in the Qing Dynasty, named after its shape like a water chestnut.This bottle is nearly centimeters high, dignified and heavy, decorated with pastels, the mouth and shins are decorated with wishful cloud patterns and deformed lotus petal patterns for a week, and cloud bat patterns are painted from the neck down to the abdomen. The five-color auspicious clouds are flying among the clouds, with different shapes and dense composition, implying prosperity and prosperity.

In addition, white glaze is applied to the bottom of the bottle, and the four-character regular script inscription "Shen De Tang Zhi" written in alum red.

"Shende Hall" is a group of buildings in Yuanmingyuan. It is located in the west of Jiuzhou Qingyan in Yuanmingyuan. It was built in the tenth year of Daoguang and completed in the next year. this.It is also a famous model of Guangxu official kiln porcelain.

Chu Chen looked at the bottle once, and had a judgment on the authenticity of the bottle in his heart, and then made a gesture to Cao Jingde.

At this time, Qi Baofu couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Chu, what do you think of this pastel water chestnut bottle?"

Chu Chen didn't answer directly, but asked first, "Mr. Lin, I don't know why you thought of buying this bottle in the first place?"
Qi Baofu blurted out: "Because the bottle has clam light!"

Hearing this, Cao Jingde raised his head and said: "I said, Lao Lin, you are a little erroneous. I read a book before, which introduced that the clam is only due to some metal elements in the glaze color, after nearly 300 years. Over the years, it gradually dissociated to the porcelain surface, thus forming a 'clam light'. Therefore, only the colored glaze of porcelain aged above the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties in the Qing Dynasty could have this kind of 'clam light'."

After listening to Cao Jingde's explanation, Chu Chen immediately understood that Cao Jingde's level of porcelain appraisal was not much higher.

And Qi Baofu immediately retorted: "Old Cao, what you said is too absolute. I have seen clams on a Jiaqing colorful bowl from my friend before. Besides, look at this one If the decorations on the bottle were not artifacts from official kilns, would they be able to show such a high level?"

"This..." Cao Jingde looked at the bottle in his hand, but couldn't explain why for a while, so he turned his eyes to Chu Chen, wanting to hear his opinion.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Chu Chen said with a smile: "Mr. Lin is right in one point about clam light. Clam light has been found, and even some colored porcelain from the Tongzhi and Guangxu years, which are only more than 100 years old, have this kind of halo. So if this bottle is genuine, it is also possible to have clam light.”

After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Qi Baofu had a smile on his face, but Chu Chen changed his mind and said:

"However, this is based on the premise that the thing is genuine. As for your bottle, Mr. Lin, I'm sorry I don't like it!"

"How could it be?!" Qi Baofu was stunned, and the words before and after made him feel as if he fell from heaven to hell all of a sudden, and he felt cold all over.

At this time, Qi Baolin said: "Young Master Chu, my cousin often does not cry when he sees the coffin. You can just tell me the specific reason."

Regarding Qi Baolin's words, Qi Baofu didn't care at all. Now he was full of thoughts about how his own things could be counterfeit, and asked eagerly: "Mr. Chu, please be more clear."

Seeing what he said, Chu Chen directly explained: "The clam light is metallic luster. The reason for the metallic luster is that the metal elements contained in the color material gradually gather on the surface of the color material after oxidation and fusion. It is also basically the same as the anti-copper principle of bronze ware, these metal ions gather on the surface to produce a metallic luster, which is what we commonly call clam light."

"The activities and changes of metal elements cannot be formed in a short period of time, but now that science and technology are advanced, and everyone knows the cause, it is easy to handle. Just add more metal elements in the glaze, so most imitations will There are clam lights, but the clam lights are very dead, just in that place. Unlike the real thing, there are many places, and it looks very natural."

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, when Qi Baofu looked at his bottle again, he became more and more awkward, and the more he looked at it, the more he understood that his own bottle was probably a fake.

But there was one more thing that he found very strange, so he asked, "Mr. Chu, why is the painter of this bottle so good? Could it be that the person who made it also has a particularly superb painting skill?"

Chu Chen shook his head: "Of course not, as I said just now, our current technology is so advanced and we have computers, so many things can be copied..."

Hearing this, Qi Baofu immediately understood what Chu Chen meant, and said in surprise, "Mr. Chu, you mean to say that the decoration on my bottle was copied from the real one?"

Chu Chen nodded and said: "That's true. Its principle is similar to the painted tiles on the market. And have you noticed that the decoration on this bottle is actually a bit crooked. I guess it may be that it was not adjusted when it was made. Okay, so it's printed crookedly."

When Cao Jingde heard the words, he quickly put the bottle on the table. Everyone saw that it was exactly as Chu Chen said, the decoration on the bottle was really crooked.

This made Qi Baofu stunned, and kept blaming himself for not being careful when looking at things.

At this time, Qi Baolin said earnestly: "I said cousin, you have been playing with antiques for so many years, after which time did you buy something, didn't you say that it was caused by your own carelessness? After so many years, you have played so much in this area Seeing that you have lost so much money, but your level has not improved at all, I think since you have no talent in antiques, you should stop early!"

Qi Baofu was a little embarrassed when he heard the words, he touched his nose, and said firmly: "Antiques are my only hobby, how can I just stop it! And my level has been much better in recent years than before , I don’t know how to bargain when I buy things like before, isn’t this all progress!”

Qi Baolin was very speechless, and secretly said: "Your progress is piled up with money, and the proportion of progress is not proportional to the money spent. What's the point of this kind of progress?"

Even though he thinks so, Qi Baolin also knows that his cousin is very obsessed with antiques, and he is quite good at making money, so that his family's economy will not be affected by the loss of antiques.

Therefore, after seeing that Qi Baofu had no intention of repenting, Qi Baolin let him go.

　Happy Christmas Eve, everyone!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)