golden eye

Chapter 88
Chapter 087

Boss Yu, who is in his 40s, is chubby, looks really naive, smiles kindly, and looks very friendly and enthusiastic. He is a little bit appreciative of the bronze mirror that Tang Yan brought someone to order for her. He didn't seem to be surprised, and he didn't show any discomfort. He didn't feel embarrassed from the beginning to the end, and he was very frank and natural.

When Mo Liming was holding something in his palm to look at, Boss Yu still had a thick and naive smile on his face, and he looked at Mo Liming without any anxiety.

Taking a closer look at this, Mo Liming suddenly understood that the style and decoration of the bronze mirror in his hand were very consistent with those in the Sui and Tang Dynasties in history, and it was an ancient mirror style with excellent quality.

In ancient times, bronze mirrors were closely related to people's daily life and were indispensable living utensils for people. Bronze mirrors are also exquisite handicrafts. They are well-made, beautiful in shape, gorgeous in patterns and rich inscriptions. treasure.

Mo Liming is well aware that in the current cultural relics market, the collection of ancient bronze mirrors is gradually heating up. In the past ten years, its collection value has increased by dozens or even hundreds of times, and its appreciation space is still very large. The collection fever is gradually heating up, and its price will only get higher and higher.

Mo Liming's memory is still fresh. The so-called "'Sun-shaped' Auspicious Beast Mirror" he is appreciating, if it is genuine, it will be worth a lot of money. The side that was auctioned by their company last time ——It’s the same model as this one, both of which are ancient bronze wares from the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties—the final transaction price was 38 yuan, setting a record high in the history of their auction prices for ancient bronze mirrors over the years. The bronze mirror was really popular, and it can be seen from a glimpse that its trend of fire is obvious.

"Boss Yu asks for a price of [-], so Tang Yan may make money." Mo Liming thought to himself calmly.

"Mo Liming, how do you feel?"

Suddenly, Tang Yan's voice was heard asking softly in her ear, as if she couldn't wait to know the real situation of Gu Jing.

Perhaps in Tang Yan's eyes, she has already regarded Mo Liming as a great expert in treasure appraisal in the antique shop, and she believes that the other party will be able to take this matter down.

"Oh." Mo Liming was stimulated to come back to his senses by spraying the girly fragrance from Tang Yan in his nose. He immediately turned his head and stared at Tang Yan who had a hint of anxiety on his face, squinted his eyes and smiled, "Tang Yan Miss, don't worry, I'll take a closer look."

He called Tang Yan by the usual name, but did not call her "Xiao Yan". After all, the two of them were not very familiar with each other, and it seemed embarrassing that they were not close enough to call her "Xiao Yan".

——Is it because of Mo Liming's thin skin in front of beautiful women?

"En." Tang Yan nodded with a smile.

Teacher Yu also said with a smile: "My brother, just look at it and think about it carefully. It can be seen that you are a discerning insider. If you take a few more glances, you will be almost clear."

"Boss Yu, please be polite." Mo Liming looked back at Boss Yu and smiled slightly, "Is this mirror a Tang mirror?"

"Yes, he is a mirror in the early Tang Dynasty." Boss Yu continued eloquently, "The collection of bronze mirrors was unpopular a few years ago, but it is not what it used to be today. A piece from those years Bronze mirror utensils with extremely low prices may be hundreds of thousands or even millions of high prices now. As we all know, the collection prices of ancient bronze mirrors are divided by age, and the prices of Warring States and Tang mirrors are the highest. Regardless of the value, especially in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, its artistry is top-notch, it is simply a rare collection, and I think it will always be popular!"

"What Boss Yu said is that you have learned and learned." Mo Liming said modestly.

Of course, he also knew that Tang Dynasty bronze mirrors were very popular in the market, and they were a favorite of antique collectors.

Because looking at a bronze mirror, the main thing to look at is its artistic value, its overall perfection and the exquisiteness of its decoration.

The bronze mirrors of the Sui and Tang Dynasties obviously had a new development compared with the previous generation. The tin component was increased in the copper alloy, and the texture of the bronze mirror appeared silvery, which was both beautiful and applicable. In the shape of the bronze mirror, In addition to continuing to use the round and square shapes of the previous generation, it has also created rhombus-shaped and thicker bird-beast-grape mirrors, and applied images that reflect people's lives and people's pursuit of ideals, auspiciousness, and happiness to the mirrors. , such as Moon Palace, Immortals, Landscape, etc., and there are novel themes, gorgeous decorations, exquisite and meticulous gold and silver mirrors and mother-of-pearl mirrors.

During the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty, the main theme of bronze mirrors was auspicious animals, and auspicious animal mirrors were more popular. Auspicious animal mirrors were an important type in the development process of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In addition to inheriting the tradition of ancient Chinese bronze mirrors, they also have new ones. The "Auspicious Beast Grape Mirror" is an eye-catching mirror category of Tang mirrors, and it opened the prelude to the theme decoration of mirrors in the Tang Dynasty.

In short, it is reasonable for the bronze mirror to come from behind in the antique market and be recognized by everyone.

At that moment, Mo Liming looked at the mirror, from the front to the north, he saw it in detail.

Suddenly, he raised his right index finger and tapped lightly on the mirror twice, "Ding-dang--", and then the sound from the bronze mirror was clear and long, which seemed a bit harsh.

Hearing this, Mo Liming suddenly frowned slightly involuntarily.

Because he is well aware that due to the different proportions of copper, tin, lead and other raw materials used in the production of new and old bronze mirrors, the sounds they make are also different. The sound of the newly imitated bronze mirror is relatively crisp, even harsh.

"No wonder why it feels so 'new', mercury rust is not quite right, this group seems to have moisture!" Mo Liming thought.

Even so, it seems that something abnormal has been detected and that something is wrong, but it cannot be judged from this point alone that it is an imitation fake. Most of the bronze mirrors are unearthed as sacrificial objects. Due to the erosion of groundwater vapor for many years, they have a strong smell of earth rust and copper rust), so it is possible that they are relatively new.

When Boss Yu saw that Mo Liming's face changed slightly when he was looking at something, his face also darkened a little, his eyes trembled thoughtfully.

And before they knew it, Mo Liming secretly drove the "Seven-eyed Buddha Spirit" on his left eye towards the mirror. And the texture can be seen more clearly, which is something that others cannot do.

To distinguish the authenticity of bronze mirrors, in addition to a thorough understanding of the characteristics of the ancient bronze mirrors in various periods-of course, the nature, decoration, and content of the bronze mirrors are the basis of the identification method. Start with several other aspects.

That is listening to the sound, looking at the shape, distinguishing the rust, smelling the smell, etc. Just now Mo Liming recognized the sound and felt that it did not meet the characteristics of the genuine product, but he was inconvenient to be sure, so he expanded to the next three aspects. But there is no clean water on the table, so we can only start from "looking at the shape".

"Looking at the shape" refers to observing the shape of the bronze mirror, and distinguishing the authenticity of the bronze mirror from the shape. In order to ensure that the bronze mirror can have a real and clear effect, when the ancients cast the bronze mirror, the size and radian of the mirror had a certain effect. Strict proportional relationship, generally speaking, a smaller bronze mirror can see a relatively gentle arc, and a bronze mirror over 20 cm is basically a plane, with no obvious arc fluctuations, while the new imitation bronze mirror has the same arc. The size of mirrors is generally out of proportion. After all, most of the top craftsmen and crafts used in the manufacture of bronze mirrors in ancient times are not comparable to the imitation "quick finished products" of rough work.

Under observation with the help of the see-through light of the "Seven-eyed Buddha Spirit", the effect is absolutely no less than that of a high-power magnifying glass, and it can do things that a magnifying glass cannot do. Mo Liming drives the light to gradually penetrate from the outside to the inside Inspecting the past carefully, every inch of the entire mirror was not spared.

"Hey--"

After an unknown amount of time, Mo Liming couldn't help but sigh again in secret, and a look of disappointment flashed across his eyes.

"Boss Yu, please take a step to speak."

Mo Liming suddenly put the mirror back into the exquisite brocade box, then raised his head and said to the boss with a calm expression.

"Yes." Boss Yu nodded without hesitation.

"Hey, Mo Liming, what's wrong?" Tang Yan asked in surprise.

Mo Liming said indifferently: "It's nothing. I'll talk to Boss Yu. Oh, by the way, Miss Tang, let me ask you, do you really like this bronze mirror?"

"That's needless to say, if I didn't like it, I wouldn't ask you to help me today." Tang Yan replied with a charming smile.

"Oh, that's good. Just wait, I'll be back soon." Mo Liming said with joy.

Afterwards, he and Boss Yu took the Tang mirror and went to an inner room to discuss something. Tang Yan sat there, staring at their backs with some inexplicable confusion.

After about seven or eight minutes, Mo Liming walked out with a big smile on his face.

"Mo Liming—" Tang Yan, who was impatient with waiting, immediately stood up to greet her.

Mo Liming walked over in high spirits.

"Miss Tang, since you like this mirror, I will give it to you." Mo Liming gently handed the small brocade box in his hand to Tang Yan's hand.

"What?! You gave it to me?!"

Tang Yan was taken aback.

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