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Chapter 161 Black Donkey's Hoof
Yu Yao made some calculations, the preview of the autumn auction ends today, there will be an interval of one day, and the official shooting will start the day after tomorrow.

The autumn auction is divided into several sessions, and there are three days in total; two of my own things are in the same "miscellaneous" session, which is the last day.

At the same time, since Cai Pengxi promised to take pictures of the Warring States Bronze Dun, I have to go and see this one.This bronze piece is going to be auctioned on the first day.

It is impossible for Zhang Yutang to reply this afternoon, but it is also impossible to be too late, because he made up his own arrangement to say that the owner has left, so tomorrow is the most likely.

"I didn't expect him to mention a rhinoceros horn cup suddenly. So, let's think about it separately today, and have breakfast together tomorrow morning and meet?" Yu Yao said to Lao Zhou.

"Okay!" Lao Zhou nodded.

"By the way, I never asked, how much did you spend on this mirror?"

"One hundred thousand!" Old Zhou Zhou said this and got a little angry again. "The Chongzhen pen holder we got together, we couldn't find two or three buyers, and it hasn't been released yet! I'm very tight."

"Zou Suo is not in a hurry, so let's look for it slowly. As for this Han mirror, if it is a complete product, although it is not a head model, the workmanship is average, but it can still be worth about 50."

"But if it breaks in two, no one will want five thousand!"

"It's not in two halves, it's hard to see the split!"

"Pull it down! I can't fool people with it, anyway, I used to be 'moral shoulders with iron shoulders, and articles written with skillful hands'."

"I didn't fool you, I just wanted to make your wishes come true and make you feel better. However, it's really a loss for the newspaper office for a conscientious reporter like you to change careers!"

"Okay, don't bury me. I'm leaving now."

Lao Zhou packed up his things and left.

After sending Lao Zhou out of the house, and the takeaways came, Yu Yao was already too hungry right now.

He put down the takeaway, lit a cigarette first, and thought about how this Zhang Yutang was playing wildly. Most of the things that are popular in the antique shop are popular ones, and imitations are easy to find.The Han mirror and the rhinoceros horn cup are usually played by very knowledgeable players, but it is not easy to fool.

The mountain-climbing technique of this Han mirror is top-notch. I don’t know what the rhino horn cup will look like.

Zhang Yutang is very adaptable. He didn't answer the phone at the time. He thought of a countermeasure and called back. He didn't want to be fooled by himself, but Lao Zhou revealed that his friend was not short of money, so he immediately took the rhino horn cup. It is also inferred that the goods are mainly leaving Jiangzhou, and the back road is reserved first.

To deal with this kind of person, the general bureau is probably not good, and this is to buy his things, it is even more difficult to get back 10 yuan.

Yu Yao thought about it for a while, but he didn't have any clue at the moment, so he ate his meal first.

Sitting in the restaurant after eating, he casually picked up his phone and looked at Moments, seeing Pu Jie's profile picture with a famous gun, Yu Yao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Since this piece of Yutang Luzi is wild, why not give him a wilder one!

After making up his mind, Yu Yao began to sort out...

Zhang Yutang called Lao Zhou at night, and made an appointment at ten o'clock tomorrow morning.Lao Zhou took the initiative to propose a teahouse, and Zhang Yutang did not object.

The next morning, Yu Yao and Lao Zhou had breakfast together again, and made up their minds.At ten o'clock in the morning, we came to the reserved teahouse private room together.

Zhang Yutang didn't arrive until ten ten o'clock, Yu Yao looked at him, he looked rather listless, and had a silly smile on his face; but he was also looking at Yu Yao, with a hint of cunning inadvertently showing in his eyes.

Lao Zhou introduced each other, but he was very vague to both parties. When he introduced Zhang Yutang, he said that he was Lao Zhang. When he introduced Yu Yao, he didn't even have a last name, saying that it was "my friend who doesn't like to show his face".

Zhang Yutang seemed to accept it completely, without any abnormality.

The waiter served tea, and old Zhou Shun explained that he had something important to discuss, so he didn't need to come in again.

"Old Zhang, when will the owner come?" Lao Zhou took a sip of his tea.

"Oh, he's very busy these days, so he won't come here! I wrote him a note, deposited my ID card, and entrusted me with all the things!"

Lao Zhou nodded, but said in his heart that he had no partner, so he ate alone.

Yu Yao lit a cigarette and said expressionlessly, "Then let's read something first!"

"Okay. Teacher Zhou is right, what a happy person!" Zhang Yutang smiled, opened the bag, and took out a small square brocade box.

After putting the brocade box on the side of the tea table, he also took out a pair of disposable gloves from the bag, "The owner said that this is a rhinoceros horn cup from the Ming Dynasty, and it is easy to fade, so you should wear gloves."

He was right.Since the Ming Dynasty, many rhino horn cups have been dyed to make them brighter and more beautiful, and natural plant dyes are often used.It may not fade at that time, but today, many of them will fade.Of course, there are also unstained ones.

Yu Yao nodded, didn't say much, Mie Yan put on his gloves, opened the brocade box, and directly picked up the rhino horn cup to look at it.

The body of the cup is reddish brown, and it is indeed slightly faded.

The shape is very simple, just a short straight cup.It's just that the mouth is slightly larger than the waist, and there is a slight curvature in the mouth.flat.

Generally speaking, the whole rhino horn will be made into a noble-style cup with a wide mouth, a waist and a small bottom.Most of the small cups similar to this shape are cut from a section.

Although this cup is simple in shape and small in size, the carvings on the outer wall are very brilliant.

The outside of the mouth and the foot of the cup are shallowly carved with cirrus patterns, and the body of the cup is full of shallow relief.There are mountains and forests, a thatched hut by the stream, and in front of the thatched hut, there is a small bridge across the stream. In the open space, there is a stone platform on which two people play chess.

In the blank space under a rock, there is a square seal: Made by Jiang Lieqing.

Objectively speaking, the carving of this cup is really not weak. Although it is definitely not as good as Jiang Lieqing's genuine one, the knife technique and charm are still in place.

But Yu Yao didn't need to study the engraving anymore, he already judged that it was a fake!
Because the material used to make this cup is not rhino horn at all!
It's a black donkey's hoof.

This black donkey's hoof, in addition to being said to be able to restrain the "big zongzi" and deal with the dangers of ancient tombs, is also the best raw material for imitating rhinoceros horns.

There is a key point in the identification of rhino horns, which is the caviar pattern.When viewed vertically, the rhinoceros horns look like strips of bamboo silk; however, when viewed from a cross-section, the tops of the fibers are densely packed, like fish eggs, so they are called caviar patterns.

The characteristic of caviar pattern is that the horns of ox horns and goats do not have, but the hooves of horses and donkeys have them.The hooves of black donkeys, or the "nails" of black donkeys, except for the caviar pattern, are also closer in color and texture.

Of course, the hoof of a black donkey and the horn of a rhinoceros are not the same thing after all, and there are still differences.The caviar pattern of the donkey's hoof is a bit sunken, while the rhinoceros horn is protruding; the donkey's hoof has a fishy smell after being rubbed, but the rhinoceros horn has a unique fragrance.

Therefore, if you want to imitate rhinoceros horns with black donkey hooves, you have to soak them in a special potion.After treatment, the fishy smell is gone, the fiber head can also expand, and the caviar pattern will be more prominent and more realistic.

How to prepare the potion, it is estimated that each family has its own prescription, of course Yu Yao does not know.But this one, the standard is undoubtedly extremely high, not only does it have no fishy smell, but it also has distinctive caviar patterns, and it also has a faint fragrance.

Moreover, the cup-making process and embossed knife work are all excellent, and they have gone through a series of processes such as ancient dyeing, meticulous aging, and pulping treatment, which are extremely confusing.

This is a high imitation boutique!I don't know where Zhang Yutang got it, presumably the cost will not be low.

It's just a pity that it ran into Yu Yao.

　Let's make three changes today.Thanks again for your support!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)