Shengshibaojian

Yanjing's Spring Night.

There was still a hint of the coldness of winter night in the air, the cold outside the window was overwhelming, but the few people in the room were sweating profusely.

Especially Curator Lin, since Shen Qiu entered the arena, his nerves couldn't help but tense up.

"Master Shen Qiu..."

Curator Lin pointed to the bluestone jade carving in front of him and said, "At first, we never doubted whether "Dayu's Water Control Map" was authentic or a fake, but since last month, we have realized that something is wrong."

"First of all, we asked people to investigate the relevant information of Ichiro Kuramoto, and found that he was a father-son relationship with the president of a research institute in Hijima. This is not the key point. The key point is that we found several historical records from the Palace Museum! Yes Information records about "Dayu Water Control Map"!"

Curator Lin immediately found several sheets of A4 paper, on which several pages of literature records about jade carvings were printed.

"Master Shen Qiu, the contents of these papers are all recorded in the Qianlong period. It is recorded in the 16th year of Qianlong. The Changxiang left a relatively obvious imprint on the jade carvings, which is reflected in Dayu's water control map on a mountain halfway up the mountain. According to our calculations, it is probably at this position! It is in the shape of a plum blossom."

Curator Lin pointed to the position of the mountain peak in the work: "But after we came back, we didn't find the imprint of plum blossoms on this work. question!"

"Are you worried that this jade carving is fake?"

Shen Qiu responded, put on the gloves prepared by the museum, walked around the jade carving, and carefully looked at the appearance of this jade carving.

In fact, the main feature of this work is the mountain, and the Yu who is portrayed shuttles through the mountains, and the mountains are carved with streams, figures, scenery, flowers and trees.

The name of the collection is sapphire carving, but it is actually carved with a combination of sapphire and Hetian jade. The whole is a huge piece of sapphire jade, and the decoration in the middle is replaced by Hetian jade, embedded in it. Before that, Shen Qiu was only separated by glass. Looking at it, and checking it from a quiet distance at this moment, Shen Qiu felt the essence of this work.

Then Shen Qiu stretched out his hands to feel this special collection, and there was a warm temperature on the outside, only based on this, Shen Qiu judged that its age was correct, and it was in line with the heat of the Qianlong period.

Immediately afterwards, various pictures about the production of "Dayu Controlling the Water" appeared in Shen Qiu's mind.

The two characters who appear most often in these pictures are the master sculptor from Jiangnan Province, Master Cao Yangchun, and the other should be the chief designer of this work, Emperor Qianlong!

This work alone is from material preparation, design, to processing and production.It took a full 11 years, which was enough to be called a heavyweight project in the Qianlong period, but Shen Qiu did not find the plum blossom-shaped imprint recorded in the history, which was indeed different from the history. Facts have proved that not necessarily the things recorded in the history books are true, and the so-called three people become tigers probably came about in this way.

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After about a stick of incense, Shen Qiu let out a long sigh of relief: "Director Lin, you can sleep well tonight, the "Dayu Controlling the Water" in front of us is authentic! 100% authentic !"

Curator Lin and the others still didn't dare to relax in the slightest, and asked cautiously: "Master Shen Qiu, can you explain in more detail?"

"There are three difficulties in "Dayu Water Control Map". The first thing to talk about is this huge piece of sapphire. To make such a level of jade carving, you need to prepare at least one huge piece of material. This level of material is now extremely rare. Even in the Qianlong period, it took the whole country to find it, and if counterfeiters want to find a piece of material of the same level, it is almost as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack, this is the first difficulty!"

"The second difficulty is Cao Yangchun's unique carving. Curator Lin, we looked carefully at the characters and scenery we encountered. Almost every detail was polished smooth and delicate. It was smooth and soft to the touch. It seemed like a different person. The eye-catching details are precisely the difficulty of time-consuming and labor-intensive operation. The authentic work took 11 years to polish and manufacture. The counterfeiters do not have this level of strength. Exhausted!"

"Look again, everyone, the most special part of this work is here!"

Shen Qiu pointed to the position where he met the end of the work. By the side of the stream beside the valley, there were eight children playing in the stream: "The water flow of this stream is made of jade from the old ice species of Hetian jade. This kind of emerald is translucent inside. From a certain point of view, it looks like an endless stream of water. This is the most difficult factor to counterfeit. There can't be two identical ice heart emeralds in this world. It is equivalent to our fingerprint password, it is easy for counterfeiters to find Bingxin Jadeite, but it is almost impossible to find the exact same emerald pattern!"

"The most worth mentioning is the master craftsman who made this jade carving. Master Cao Yangchun. Master Cao started making it at the age of 45. With dozens of apprentices, he has been carving for more than ten years day and night. It is also in this jade carving. In the second year after the delivery of the work, master Cao fell ill and passed away. It can be said that this work embodies the painstaking efforts of master Cao Yangchun for most of his life. Unless it is Cao Yangchun himself, it is impossible for anyone in the world to make the same quality. phase works."

After listening to Shen Qiu's analysis, Curator Lin and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief. Shen Qiu is currently considered one of the most famous masters of appraising treasures in Yanjing. If Shen Qiu believes that it is an authentic work, it will be on their hearts. Finally, the stone of the Hongshan Museum can be relaxed, and the Hongshan Museum can finally confront Ichiro Kuramoto with confidence.

"The ancients said that listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books. Master Shen Qiu's words made us realize that there are so many unknown highlights in this work. If Master Shen Qiu reminded us, I am afraid we will I may not be able to notice it in a lifetime, but I don't understand something about Master Shen Qiu, why the plum blossom-shaped brand recorded in the history book is not reflected in this work?"

Shen Qiu seriously analyzed: "Just now I checked on purpose, the area Director Lin pointed out, the polishing saturation of the jade is very good, there is no trace of sandalwood scalding at all, let alone scalding marks It’s just that there are no ordinary frictions or scratches, and it’s really not easy for such a huge piece of work to be preserved so well.”

"correct!"

Shen Qiu suddenly remembered something, and he pointed to the two inscriptions on the base, one was a round seal and the other was a square seal, which were printed with "Prince Treasure and Wang Treasure" and "Wang Yi Wang Dao" respectively.

"These two seals are both Qianlong's seals. We all know that Qianlong is a famous seal wholesaler in history. He has at least 100 seals in his hand. Although there are many seals, Qianlong's seal has a very obvious feature. , flat on the outside and convex on the inside!"

"What is flat on the outside and convex on the inside? That is to say, if you touch the body of his seal with your hands, you can clearly feel that the touch of the entire seal is uneven. This is the same as our current technology for making banknotes. Banknotes At the anti-counterfeiting mark, you can clearly feel the raised lines on the neckline of the great man."

"Thus, combining these characteristics, it is not difficult to find out how difficult it is to forge an identical "Dayu Water Control Map". You have to prepare a whole piece of bluestone, and then hire a skilled engraver. I have to forge the two big seals of Qianlong first. All these details are indispensable. In this way, I can guess it without going to the scene. Counterfeit!"

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