Tianyan Jianbao

Chapter 34 Appreciating Treasures ([-])

For a time, all kinds of counterfeit antiques flowed into the market, and the old and counterfeiters were so skilled that they could almost mistake the real ones. Even some well-educated experts often reported that they were at a disadvantage.

The famous private collector Mr. Ma Weidu once said that in the early 80s, sandalwood, huanghuali and other tables, chairs and benches were piled up everywhere in various waste furniture stores in Beijing. Picking, but also responsible for delivering to your door.

But at the end of the 80s and the beginning of the 90s, the antique market was flooded with fakes, and Mr. Ma paid a lot of tuition, which shows the high level of those counterfeiters.

People who often walk by the river don't get their shoes wet, and even those who have been in this business for decades often miss it.

Naturally, Wang Haoming didn't feel that he could tell the authenticity of the objects piled on the table by reading a few books on antique appreciation at home a few days ago.

What he relies on in his heart is still spiritual power, but what he has to do now is to find an object to see through it, and then judge whether it is genuine or a fake by whether there is spiritual power in it.

There were only three objects placed in front of Shopkeeper Lu. Seeing Wang Haoming approaching, Shopkeeper Lu stood up and gave way to Wang Haoming for identification.

Yang Wei, who was sitting next to shopkeeper Lu, also moved the chair under him exaggeratedly to the side, and looked at Wang Haoming playfully.

In his eyes, the young and inconspicuous Wang Haoming dared to offend Ms. Luo, and he must take this opportunity to teach this young man how to behave.

Wang Haoming didn't care about Yang Wei's gaze, his attention was attracted by the three objects in front of him now, Wang Haoming first picked up a wooden carving of a water-sprinkling Avalokitesvara about 2 cm high and observed it, and he couldn't tell it was made of water. What wood carvings.

But the shape of this wood carving is very beautiful, the face of Avalokitesvara is lifelike, the surface of the wood carving is gloomy and quiet, when you hold it in your hand, you can only feel that it is smooth and gratifying, and the paste color is thick, revealing a kind of gentle old spirit, giving people a sense of vicissitudes .

In the past few days, Wang Haoming has also read some books on antique appreciation. According to the introduction in the books, this wood carving should be an old object with some years due to its engraving and padding.

However, compared to his half-baked appreciation level, Wang Haoming was still willing to believe his eyes, and lowered his head slightly, Wang Haoming released the spiritual power in his eyes to the wood carving.

"Depend on……"

After withdrawing the spiritual power, Wang Haoming couldn't help but swear in his heart. He found that after the spiritual power entered, the wood carving didn't respond at all, which disappointed Wang Haoming who originally wanted to add some spiritual power.

Although Wang Haoming was not sure that objects without spiritual power must be fake, he still chose to believe in the spiritual power in his eyes.

Looking up, Wang Haoming looked at the wood carving in his hand and said: "This wood carving of Avalokitesvara is exquisitely carved and thickly coated, like an old thing...".

"Of course, this Buddha statue is definitely authentic from the carving to the padding. I can tell it without holding it in my hand."

Before Wang Haoming finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yang Wei who was next to him. Yang Wei had been observing the wood carving, and he also believed that it was genuine. It's a bargain.

Taking a casual look at Yang Wei, Wang Haoming ignored him and continued, "However, I personally think that this item was made later. To put it bluntly, this item is a fake."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was taken aback except Shopkeeper Lu's expressionless expression. Yang Wei blushed even more and looked at Shopkeeper Lu, hoping that he could speak out to refute it.

"Xiao Wang, there are two more items there, you should take a look too."

To everyone's surprise, shopkeeper Lu didn't say much, but asked Wang Haoming to comment on the remaining two items as well.

After hearing shopkeeper Lu's words, Wang Haoming was convinced that the Avalokitesvara woodcarving was probably a fake.

He came to participate in this treasure appraisal activity, although his main purpose was to find items that could replenish spiritual power, but he didn't want to be ashamed in front of everyone, and he didn't want to invite this group of people to the Mingdu Hotel at his own expense.

Wang Haoming was not satisfied with just absorbing a little spiritual power from those chairs. Shopkeeper Lu asked him to continue looking down, which was exactly what he wanted, so he didn't refuse immediately, and continued to pick up the second object in front .

The second object on the table is a snuff bottle, which is very small and exquisite, only seven or eight centimeters high. If it is hidden in the palm of your hand, it will be difficult to notice it if you don't pay attention.

Among the knowledge of antiques that Wang Haoming had acquired a few days ago, he happened to see an article introducing snuff bottles in the miscellaneous category. He knew that this thing was somewhat similar to the grasshopper gourd, and it had its special function at the beginning. , but in the later stage it becomes an object for some people to play with.

When it comes to snuff bottles, we must first talk about snuff. Snuff is refined from high-quality tobacco through drying, fermentation, and filtration. It has the effect of relieving pain and eliminating fatigue.

So in the 14th century, it became popular among the royal families and aristocrats of all European countries.

Later, at the end of the 16th century, Western missionaries introduced it to China.

Originally an imported product of snuff, it did not expect to bring a great exhibition of snuff bottle craftsmanship after it was introduced to China. Moreover, Chinese snuff bottles became popular in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries, and became noble handicrafts presented and collected by the royal family and nobles.

The snuff bottle in Wang Haoming's hands is a shrunken vase, oval in shape, with the top and bottom only as big as a little finger, and the body of the pot is half the width of a palm.

This snuff bottle is an enamel vessel, on which are painted two Western figures wearing top hats and holding civilized battle sticks. The whole picture is colorful and lifelike, without any trace of time.

If Wang Haoming saw this object in a handicraft store, he would definitely think it was made by an assembly line, but after the wood carving just now, Wang Haoming really didn't have much confidence in his own judgment.

Well, don't be pretentious yourself, just use your spiritual power to look at it directly. The brown glasses on Wang Haoming's face played a very good role in blocking other people's sight. When you look intently, your spiritual power instantly came to the snuff bottle.

There is a joke, when the spiritual power penetrated the glass-blown snuff bottle, Wang Haoming immediately felt a trace of cool breath merge into the spiritual power in his eyes.

Although the breath was very weak, only slightly stronger than the spiritual power in the previous chair, Wang Haoming was still very satisfied, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.

Putting the snuff bottle on the table, when Wang Haoming was about to speak, he suddenly remembered that the spiritual power absorbed from Sanhe Liu's gourd yesterday was almost the same as the spiritual power absorbed in this snuff bottle.

And the spiritual power I absorbed in the couplet for the first time was far higher than these two times, not to mention the spiritual power I absorbed in the manuscript. Compared with it, it is simply not the same.

"Could it be that the spiritual power contained in the book is more than the spiritual power in other objects?"

Since the emergence of spiritual power, it is obvious that the spiritual power absorbed from the manuscript is much greater than the last two times. Is there any necessary connection between them? Wang Haoming lowered his head and thought.

For a moment, he forgot the occasion he was in, and others were still waiting for him to express his opinion on this snuff bottle.

"Haoming, Haoming, you fell asleep, why are you in a daze?"

Li Zhi's voice rang in Wang Haoming's ear, waking him up from his contemplation. He raised his head, but found that Yang Wei, who was sitting beside him, was talking eloquently with the snuff bottle he was looking at just now.

"If this is an object that is hundreds of years old, the color will definitely not be so gorgeous, so I think this object should be a modern handicraft, but this is what I see personally, everyone should listen to Mr. Wang's opinion, see Mr. Wang looked thoughtful just now, so he must have a different opinion on this snuff bottle."

This is what Wang Haoming heard Yang Wei said after waking up, and when he raised his head, what he saw was Yang Wei's complacent look, and he felt a little irritated for no reason.

I can't wait to punch that Xiaobai's face hard, and I haven't provoked him, so why do I always blame myself.

With a heart of disgust, Wang Haoming's speech became unpleasant.

"Mr. Yang is really knowledgeable and talented. He not only has a deep research on jewelry, but also has a deep knowledge of wood carvings, snuff bottles and other miscellaneous items. However, I think this snuff bottle is real. It should be between Kangxi and Qianlong. between."

"Hehe, don't worry, whether it's me talking nonsense, or Mr. Yang, you're talking nonsense, you'll find out after a while."

(End of this chapter)