Live appraising treasures, I became a national treasure expert?

Chapter 312 Must go and see it

The crew gradually dispersed, leaving only seven interns in the venue.

You looked at me and I looked at him, looking at each other in silence.

"Buzz buzz..." The phone vibrated twice, and the chubby girl quickly answered the call.

"Teacher Cheng, I am Lu Xiaohui. I asked you for advice last time I recorded a program..."

"Yes, I have been filming locations in Baoding for the past two days... the guest teacher is Researcher Cui..."

"I haven't encountered any problems. I just want to ask you, Li Ding... Oh, do you know Mr. Li Ding'an?"

"Oh, yes... He came to the set today and helped to read something... Teacher Cui said he was a guest librarian of the Forbidden City? The students were surprised and admired, and wanted to learn... Ah, we can't learn? "

……

Gradually, the facial features twisted together and the round face wrinkled into a ball.

Six people gathered around tightly, their expressions getting more and more ugly...

……

The restaurant is on the eighth floor, just downstairs.

There were not many people, including Ning Jing, Su Xiu, Li Ding'an, Yu Huiyin, the assistant director, and Cui Li.

After a few greetings, Cui Li took his seat and looked back and forth at the faces of Li Ding'an and Yu Huiyin.

It's completely subconscious and you can't control it even if you want to.

"Teacher Cui, what's wrong?"

"Oh, nothing much..."

Seeing something wrong in Li Ding'an's eyes, Cui Li was quick to think, "Just now in the conference room, a group of young people were very excited. They said they were all about the same age, but you are so outstanding, Teacher Li... I just remembered that you are only in your early twenties!"

excited?

It should be a thriller.

Li Ding'an didn't take things seriously at all, which made several interns feel like the sky was falling: they all had to worry about it, so don't even think about doing anything.

Yu Huiyin didn't take it seriously and pursed his lips slightly.

"Oh, right……"

Cui Li remembered something again and quickly took out his mobile phone: "Teacher Li, could you please take a look at this thing."

Li Ding'an tilted his head: Spoon?

It is indeed a spoon: the head of the spoon is about the size of a fist, the handle is about thirty centimeters long, and the whole thing is dark and shiny. Enlarge the picture and you can vaguely see the fine particles.

At the first moment, Li Ding'an thought of the cast iron spoons that had been used in rural areas for more than ten years and had never been washed: the coating was black and shiny, smooth and crystal clear, and even had a jade texture.

But this handle is definitely not it: it is brass or copper buried in dry soil, producing a layer of copper oxide and gold oxide similar to "electrochemical corrosion".

Even if the burial time is short, it will take at least two hundred years. Because it is like black lacquer, the archaeological community calls it "black lacquer ancient", and the antiques and appraisal circles also call it "passed-down ancient".

There are at least two layers: the first layer is copper oxide, and the second layer is gold oxide. The gold oxide is not very stable, so this kind of coating cannot be faked. It is also one of the basis for identification of red copper and red copper.

It was just a photo, and there was no way to give a specific age. Li Ding'an could only infer that the time when this thing was unearthed was roughly two to three hundred years ago. It was even harder to determine when it was unearthed. You would have to see the actual object to know.

The shape of the vessel is a bit strange: three hundred years ago during the Kangxi period, no one knew how to use a copper spoon, but other than a spoon, I really can’t think of any other use for this thing.

Suspicious, Li Ding'an enlarged the photo again and took a closer look: there seemed to be patterns in the middle of the long handle.

It looks a bit like...a lotus?

"This is a tantric magical weapon, the round magic spoon!"

Cui Li was stunned.

He saw this thing a few days ago. To be honest, he really didn't recognize it. I just thought it was strange, so I took a photo and showed it to my colleagues at the Forbidden City.

After a few rounds, I went to the metal and stone group of the utensils department, and then I came to the conclusion: Tibetan esoteric religious artifact, a round dharma spoon.

But it was already the next day when his colleagues came to a conclusion. Now, Li Dingan only watched it for three minutes?

Upon hearing that "Tantrism" was a magic weapon, Ning Jing also became interested. She stretched her neck and looked at it: "What is it used for?"

Li Ding'an hesitated for a moment: "It is a magic weapon for practicing the "Dharma of Calming Down Disasters". 'Calming Down Disasters' is the transliteration of Sanskrit, which means silence, annihilation, tranquility, and elimination of disasters. It means to stop disasters and burn away troubles and sins." Practicing exercises... To put it in layman's terms: Tantric Buddhism believes that fire can burn everything, so this thing is used to add fuel to the fire when practicing..."

Ning Jing and Su Xiu didn't take it seriously, thinking that the appraiser should know so much, and it was impossible to say that Li Ding'an happened to know a little bit of relevant knowledge.

But Cui Li raised his eyes: This is Tantra, not Han Buddhism. Who is a serious appraiser who studies this?

He was stunned for a moment, then moved closer: "The seller is selling it for 460,000, Mr. Li, do you think it's worth it?"

Li Ding'an just took a sip of tea and almost spit out: Is this a problem of more money and less money?

Teacher Cui, don’t tell me that you don’t know the true purpose of this thing, and I said it so clearly: silence, annihilation, burning of sin...

To put it bluntly: this thing is used by Tantra believers to pour oil on the corpse when they are cremated after death. The oil poured on the corpse is the corpse oil refined from the corpse itself... just burn it, scoop it up, and pour it at the same time!

It's not that I can't tell it, but I'm afraid that if I tell it, the three lesbians at the table won't want to eat anymore.

I asked my colleagues to take a look at it, and Cui Li knew a little bit about it. He smiled dryly and said, "I just think it's very novel, and some people will definitely like it!" I understand, I just want to try it out and see if I can make some money.

But honestly, it's hard.

Because religious cultural relics are inherently niche, like the magical artifacts he encountered in Nanchang, the prices were not high whether Li Dingan appraised them himself or the system appraised them.

Unless you meet a thief who is rich and a devout believer, or a wealthy person like Lei Mingzhen or Duan Mu who has a big business and likes to seek psychological comfort.

Moreover, it is a Taoist magic weapon, and its influence is relatively high. Like Tantra, it is really a niche among niches, not to mention that the purpose of this thing is so strange?

Cui Li wanted to take action. He couldn't sell this thing without making three or eight trips to XZ.

Li Ding'an didn't want to say it directly, so he just clicked: "Why is this thing so expensive?"

"It's not that this one is expensive, it's that everything is expensive... Like the flower pot before, the seller offered 2.6 million! But because they are the sponsor of the column, they said they would pay the cost price..."

"With the flowerpot?"

"Yes, they are all Mr. Wen's collection. This one is not the only one that is weird. Teacher Li, look at it again..."

Cui Li pulled up the screen and tilted the phone towards himself and Li Ding'an, as if he was afraid that the three female guests opposite would see it.

His expression is also a bit strange: his eyes are wandering and evasive!

No... Looking at an object, why do you look like a thief?

Surprised, Li Ding'an glanced at it.

A lotus-shaped copper ornament, about the size of a palm, looks like a half-opened lotus on the outside, an eye in the middle, and a cracked abalone shell.

The other piece is 30 centimeters long, a bit like a vajra, but without horns at both ends and completely round...

He sighed, not knowing what to say: Teacher Cui, why do you like such weird things so much?

It is indeed a magic weapon, and it does belong to Tantric Buddhism, but the meaning of these two items is even weirder than the one just now: female and male, to put it bluntly, they are genitals.

The magic weapon used when participating in Huanxi Zen... No wonder you have such a strange expression?

Cui Li also felt that it was not appropriate to stare at this thing for too long, so he quickly pulled it and said, "Teacher Li, there is another one!"

This time it was more serious: a bottle of porcelain, with a rising lotus on the top, a covering lotus on the bottom, and an octagonal wish-fulfilling orb on the top of the rosette.

This is a sacred jewel among the seven hidden treasures. In the Tantric teachings, the jewel is transformed from the relics of the Buddha. It has powerful magical power and can break all ignorance and delusions, and can destroy all internal demons and external obstacles.

Not available to non-living Buddhas...

"This one is good!" Li Ding'an nodded sincerely, "It's still enamel porcelain, at least it was during the Qianlong period..."

Well, enamel porcelain from the Qianlong period?

Just halfway through his sentence, he was suddenly startled: What nonsense are you talking about?

XZ in the Qing Dynasty, where did this thing come from?

All enamel porcelain must have been fired in the imperial kiln, painted in Ruyi Pavilion, and re-fired by the Ministry of Internal Affairs... So if this thing is real, it is either a gift from the emperor of the Qing Dynasty to the Living Buddha, or it was handed over to the Imperial Household by a descendant of the clan to be customized, and then Either sent to the Potala Palace, or when the living Buddha comes to Beijing, he will perform tantric mantras to bless his power, and be buried in the mausoleum after his death.

Because the Manchus believed in Tantric Buddhism, all burials must be accompanied by Tantric Buddhist instruments, and they must be blessed by living Buddhas reciting mantras. This is the origin of all the Tantric instruments unearthed from the tombs of Qianlong, Cixi, and Guangxu.

Looking back, it is not that Cui Li is being serious, but he is giving him a hint: Teacher Li, look, do these things look like royal tombs from the Qing Dynasty?

Then tell me clearly, I thought you liked weird things...

Li Ding'an suddenly became energetic: "Where is the thing?"

"President Wen's collection room is where the photographer knocked over the flowerpot."

"Is there a lot of stuff?"

"Many, not to mention others, there are more than a hundred pieces like this alone, but the price is too high: whether you buy one piece or ten pieces, the price is the same!"

"When will we go and see it?"

Isn't that why you go around and around for a long time and do it in a vulgar way?

Cui Li was immediately overjoyed: "Anytime is fine, it depends on Teacher Li's time!"

"Okay, I'll call you tomorrow!"

The two people were talking head to head, staring at their phones, but their voices were not quiet, and others could hear them clearly.

"Teacher Cui is talking about Mr. Wen's collection, right?"

The assistant director also became interested, "I also made a video and asked Wu Yuan to watch it!"

Professor Wu has also seen it?

Li Ding'an asked subconsciously: "What did the teacher say?"

"Wu Yuan said it is difficult to judge through the screen. It is quite in line with the characteristics of the tomb objects of the Manchu royal family, but even if it is genuine, the premium is too high!"

I get it: there are a lot of genuine ones, but none of them are worth the price.

Li Ding'an was even more curious: apart from the Forbidden City, this was the second time he had seen so many royal artifacts.

Think again of the Qingxi Mausoleum at the foot of Yongning Mountain... Was it stolen by someone upside down?

Haha, there are more than a hundred pieces, maybe they dug up the imperial mausoleum.

Must go and see it...

(End of this chapter)