Jianbao life

Chapter 882 Shapu Stone

The party is set at [-]:[-] pm. Of course, the party tonight is mainly to get in touch with everyone, and there is no hard and fast rule on the time. However, all the seniors are here, and you are still late, so it is a bit unreasonable up.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Chu Chen thought that no one would come again. Unexpectedly, just as he thought so, he saw a middle-aged man with a gentle appearance walking in with a smile on his face. Behind him was a man in his 30s. Young man, I saw that he was still holding a brocade box in his hand.

As soon as the middle-aged man came in, he bowed his hands to everyone: "I heard that the seniors are here today to exchange ideas, I can't help but come and listen, I hope you don't mind!"

Uncle Wu, who was sitting next to Chu Chen, quickly introduced to Chu Chen that this person is the organizer of this exchange meeting, Chai Pingle.

At this time, Old Yu said with a smile: "The people who come here are all friends, Mr. Chai, you don't have to be so polite."

Chai Pingle, as the organizer of this time, came to an informal gathering, so he must be pushed out.Therefore, as soon as Yu Lao finished speaking, many people at the scene echoed and expressed their welcome.

Even though Chai Pingle was only in charge of the company's internal affairs before, but he is also a good dancer, and he also knows antiques very well, so he became friends with everyone in a short while.

Seeing this situation, Chu Chen also had to say "great".

Most of the people present here are from the antique circle, or are associated with the antique circle. After getting in touch with each other, they began to chat about topics related to antiques, such as some gossip, market analysis, etc., which benefited Chu Chen a lot. .

After talking about the surrounding topics, everyone began to chat about some experience in antique appraisal. Although some of their unique unique skills are not very good at speaking, many of the experiences accumulated after long-term observation are still for everyone present. The harvest was quite fruitful, especially Qi Baofu and Fang Jinbo, who were quite hungry.

At the end of the exchange, Chai Pingle said with a smile: "Seniors, I got a hand-made inkstone made by Mi Fu the day before yesterday. From the perspective of stone quality and other aspects, it looks like an authentic work from the Song Dynasty. I have a problem, I don't know if I can ask the seniors to help me look at it?"

"Oh?" Everyone became interested when they heard that it was Mi Fu's inkstone.

Mr. Xu was rather impatient, and said directly: "You just talk and don't practice fake moves. Since you say so, hurry up and take out the things! If we don't see it with our own eyes, how will we know if it's true or not?"

Chai Pingle apologized with a smile, and then took out the brocade box from the young man who came in with him just now, and after opening it, he took out a chaste inkstone from it.

Chaoshou inkstone is to hollow out the bottom of the inkstone according to a certain specification to form a space with a low front and a high rear. take and put.It is said that this form was created by Su Dongpo in the Song Dynasty.Because of its solemnity and practicality, it has been popular from generation to generation.

Chai Pingle’s Chaoshou inkstone seems to be carved out of the old pit stone according to its shape, and the workmanship is upright and generous, simple and elegant.There is an ancient poem engraved on the back, inscribed as "Xiangyang Mi Fu". This inkstone looks deep in color, moist in paste, and strong in ancient meaning. No matter how you look at it, it looks like a genuine product.

Mr. Xu is an expert in miscellaneous antiques. After carefully reading this hand-copied Duan Inkstone, he said with a smile:

"If this is really made by Mi Fu himself, it is really a very rare treasure."

Although Mi Fu was a famous calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, he was called "Mi Dian" because of his love for stones to the point of madness.

Mi Fu and Su Dongpo are good friends. Once when Su Shi was entertaining guests, Mi Fu suddenly stood up and said to his host aggrievedly: "Everyone calls me 'Mi Dian', but today I would like to ask Mr. Dongpo to be fair. In other words, am I upside down or not?"

Unexpectedly, Su Dongpo replied with a smile: "I follow the crowd."

Immediately the audience burst into laughter.It turns out that these three characters come from "The Analects of Confucius Zihan", which are the original words of Confucius.Su Shi implicitly hinted at Mi Fu: You see, even the old master Confucius has identified you, who do you expect to "rehabilitate" you?
Mi Fu's performance was indeed just like his nickname. He once moved a strange stone into his apartment to worship, and bowed down to the stone neatly dressed, and kept calling "Brother Shi" in his mouth.From this, we can also see how much Mi Fu loves strange stones.

Of course, Mi Fu loves strange stones, and he has also made contributions in this regard. For example, the criteria for appreciating strange stones are "thin, transparent, leaky, and wrinkled", which is his first song.

It is precisely because Mi Fu loves stones so much, if this Fang Duan inkstone is genuine, it will indeed be as extraordinary as Xu Lao said.

Chai Pingle heard Mr. Xu say this, and couldn't help but asked with some disappointment: "Mr. Xu, you mean that this Fang Duan inkstone is a fake?"

Mr. Xu smiled and asked back: "When did I say it was a fake?"
Chai Pingle was overjoyed when he heard the words, and quickly asked, "Then what do you mean?"
Mr. Xu gave Chai Pingle a calm and calm gesture: "What are you in a hurry for? There are so many people at the scene who haven't watched it. What kind of communication is it if I say it!"

Chai Pingle smiled wryly, the things belonged to him, of course he was anxious to know the result, but today was mainly for communication, no matter how impatient he was, he could only wait.

Although there were quite a few people sitting there, some of them were not very good at appraising the inkstone, so they simply read it together with others. Therefore, after more than half an hour, the Shoushou inkstone came back in front of Xu Lao.

Mr. Xu looked around, and asked with a smile: "What do you think of this inkstone? You young people, tell me first!"

The young people that Mr. Xu refers to are those under 40 years old. There are six people including Chu Chen. Among them, except for Chu Chen who wants to keep a low profile and the newcomer Fang Jinbo, the remaining four look around and are all silent. There is no way, everyone present is the top part of the antique circle, if you say something wrong, you will lose your face.

"You guys! You're all cowards!"

Mr. Xu cursed with a smile, and then said: "Xiao Chu, you are the youngest at the scene, you can speak first, be bold, it doesn't matter if you make a mistake, no matter who you are, you are not born to judge."

He already called his own name, so of course Chu Chen couldn't shirk it, so he said, "Then I'll just say a few words. If there is something wrong, please correct me seniors. First of all..."

Speaking of this, he stepped forward, took the inkstone in his hand, explained it, and then said: "So, in terms of the system and craftsmanship of the inkstone, it is in line with the characteristics of the Song Dynasty. The old atmosphere makes this inkstone really look like a genuine product..."

"Like it?" Hearing this, Mr. Xu interrupted Chu Chen and asked, "Xiao Chu, what do you mean that this is a fake?"

Chu Chen nodded and said, "That's true. Of course, it's okay if you insist on calling it a fake. After all, it's very rare to be able to make it so realistic."

At this time, Chai Pingle frowned lightly and asked, "Teacher Chu, I would like to ask, what is the reason why you judged it to be a fake?"

"Because of its inscription and inscription."

Chu Chen explained: "The characteristics of Mi Fu's calligraphy are stable, not dangerous, old and not dry, and not fat. The inscription on this inkstone seems to have met these four requirements, but when you look closely, it is not Empty has its shape, but it has no meaning, so it is impossible for this to be Mi Fu's authentic work. In addition, the same is true for the inscription."

Chai Pingle heard what Chu Chen said, looked left and right, and felt that the word was no different from an authentic Mi Fu painting in his home, but he really didn't know whether Chu Chen was right when he said that.

At this point, Mr. Yu said with a smile: "Mr. Chai, don't look at it. With your calligraphy and painting appraisal level, you must not be able to see the spirit contained in Mi Fu's calligraphy."

Hearing what Mr. Yu said, Chai Pingle could only smile wryly. It seems that his inkstone is indeed a fake.

Elder Xu was very satisfied with Chu Chen's answer, and asked with a smile, "Xiao Chu, besides what you said, what other discoveries do you have?"

Chu Chen replied: "Apart from the inscription, the biggest flaw of this inkstone is its material."

"Material?" Chai Pingle couldn't figure out what he said to Chu Chen, because no matter how he looked at it, he felt that this inkstone should be old material, and there should be no problem with it.

Chu Chen nodded and said, "Although the material of this inkstone looks like old pit materials, it is actually a newly discovered inkstone called Shapu Stone."

"Shapu stone?" Chai Pingle was very surprised. He had never heard of Shapu stone before.

Yu Lao said: "Yes, the color of this stone is similar to that of Laokeng or Mazikeng at first glance, and it has some unique stone products of Laokeng inkstone, such as fish brain jelly, banana leaf white, blue and white and even stone. Eyes, etc. If you don’t carefully observe and compare, it’s hard to tell the real from the fake, I was almost punched in the eye by a Shapu stone pretending to be an old pit inkstone before.”

"Actually, this kind of Shapu stone is very good, and a good stone can also be used to make inkstones handed down from generation to generation. Many inkstone masters also use this material, and they mark the new Kengzai inkstone generously, and everyone can accept it. , and the price is quite high. But some people just like to do crooked ways and sell it as old stuff.”

"Yeah, I was abused by Sha Pushi a few years ago!"

A 37-year-old man said somewhat angrily: "Shapu material has good materials, and its color is very similar to Duanxi stone, so it is very normal to sell Shapu materials as pockmarks and pits to customers in a certain place. I didn’t know much about this kind of material before, and all the Mazikeng and Kengzaiyan I bought were Shapu materials, and I was cheated out of 60 to [-] yuan by those profiteers!”

Some people may ask, in this case, why don't men return the goods?
In fact, the reason is very simple. Since they are selling like this openly, how can they have no back-up?And once the money is in the hands of these profiteers, it will be extremely difficult to return the goods.

These people either use nonsense that this kind of stone is a material collected from a new pit that is so far away from the old pit, or they are simply rogues. The goods can be returned, but they have no money!In such a situation, where do you go to reason?
(End of this chapter)