golden escape

These two ordinary things in the eyes of the two of Fang You made Mr. Chu look surprised. He shook his head and nodded slightly to Mr. Wu. Unexpectedly, this old Mr. Wu was really temperamental. In exchange for Huadiao wine, he took There is a lot of sincerity.

Although it is said to be of the same value as Huadiao wine, Huadiao wine is so rare that without the identification of alcohol experts, Mr. Chu and the others have no way of knowing its true value. It can be used as a treasure that matches the value of Huadiao wine, even if Mr. Chu wants to say no, there is no reason.

Mr. Chu smiled. He wouldn't worry about Mr. Wu taking out some defective products in exchange for Huadiao wine. As the president of the Antique Association, if he didn't even have this bit of integrity, he might have been destroyed many times already. He just didn't expect The old man took out the two treasures at the bottom of his box.

There were two things on the table, one of which Fang You knew was a painting from its appearance, but the painting was rolled up and covered with a layer of kraft paper, so it was impossible to know what was inside.

As for the other item, Fang You looked at the bright yellow thing on the table, which looked like an incense burner in appearance.

This incense burner is bronze in color, and its color is a little dull, but when you look at it, it seems to emit a unique luster, which is not as rough as ordinary copperware. The body of this incense burner is like a beautiful woman, with smooth and delicate skin People can't help but want to go up and touch a few.

The utensils made of metal are also as delicate as silk, which surprised Fang You.

"Old Wu, I didn't expect you to bring this treasure, it was unexpected." Elder Chu smiled slightly and sighed helplessly.

Mr. Wu put the copper stove in his hand and played with it. From the loving expression, it can be seen how much Mr. Wu loves this copper stove, "Hehe, don't you know that I love wine as much as my life? As long as there is wine , I don’t care about everything, this Huadiao wine is rare in a hundred years, I naturally have to exchange it for a good treasure, otherwise, how can the value of Huadiao wine be reflected.”

Speaking of this, Mr. Wu put down the copper stove and smiled at Fang You, "Besides, I still hope to use these treasures to build a good relationship with Fang Xiaoyou. Next time I can change to Huadiao wine, so we can discuss it."

Old man Chu couldn't help shaking his head. This old man Wu is a bit greedy. There are only a few jars of such precious Huadiao wine in the world. It is a blessing to have one jar. This old man Wu is a little wishful thinking.

"Mr. Chu, is this stove really a Xuande stove?" Picking up the stove, Fang You kept flipping through it, and when he saw the deposit below, he asked in amazement that Mr. Chu had told him about the world of antiques these days Several rare treasures, among which Xuande furnace is one of them.

Although he has seen the pictures, Fang You still doesn't believe that this Xuande furnace is genuine. After all, the genuine Xuande furnace is even rarer than rare treasures such as Jun kiln and Ru kiln.

Although the former is rare, it can still be seen in some antique shops, but the real Xuande stove can only be seen in the Capital Museum.

"Hehe, Xiaoyou, as old man Wu, do you still need to use a broken stove to lie to us? Is it true? You can follow the identification method I taught you to see the deposit below." Old Chu smiled. nodded.

Fang You nodded excitedly. When introducing the Xuande Stove, Elder Chu once introduced him to a standard identification method that has been passed down from ancient times to the present. He turned the stove upside down. Engraved on it.

The big characters are straight up to the waist, the bright characters are the same height as the sun and the moon, the heart has no horizontal lines, the Xuan characters are round and round, and the waist is fat, and the clothes are made of clothes without crossing the knife. The pattern on the bottom of the stove is exactly the same as the one on the top of the jingle.

"Mr. Chu, the deposit here is exactly the same as the one on the appraisal formula you mentioned." Fang You said with a slightly shocked expression,

Elder Chu smiled without saying a word, just nodded, and upon hearing what Fang You muttered, Elder Wu looked at Fang You in surprise, "Little friend Fang, I haven't seen you for a month, your skill in antiques has greatly improved."

Fang You scratched his head with a smile, feeling a little embarrassed, but his earth escape clairvoyance had no effect on substances other than earth, and he couldn't see the color of aura inside, so he could only use the method taught by Chu to identify, but Fang You You were not disappointed.

Only in this way will it be helpful to my attainments in antiques. Otherwise, if you encounter an antique, you can know its authenticity by looking at the color inside. Then it is not called playing antiques. s story.

Sometimes when appraising antiques, in the end, no one cares about its authenticity, and they are all obsessed with the bizarre stories of antiques told by experts.

"Old Chu, what is this Xuande stove? Is it very valuable? I think it is similar to the incense burner in a small temple next to my house." While joking, Wang Hao interjected.

Mr. Chu and Mr. Wu laughed dumbly, and were a little speechless to Wang Hao, a stunned young man. He is not an antique player, so if he said a few rash words, no one would despise him, but would only find it ridiculous.

"Fang Xiaoyou, since you know something about Xuande furnace, please tell Wang Xiaoyou the value of Xuande furnace." Wu Lao smiled and looked at Fang You, and there was no lack of intentions about the school exam.

When you encounter an antique, you can know its origin and identification method without thinking about it, which can be considered very good in the antique world.

Most of the collectors of antiques are full of dissatisfied and half-bottled goods. Based on the fact that they have read two antique books, they think that they are in heaven and earth, and I am the best at picking up leaks. In fact, most of the imitations are It was bought by these people.

Fang You pondered for a while, recalling what Elder Chu said in his mind, then sorted out his thoughts, and began to talk.

Xuande stove is an incense burner created during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty. It is usually used in mausoleums, temples and powerful houses to burn incense, worship Buddha, and worship ancestors and gods.

And its casting method and history are enough to explain the preciousness of Xuande Furnace and its rich and colorful cultural connotations.There are two kinds of legends in its casting history folk and some documents, one is Ming Dynasty

When Emperor Xuande was in power, in order to satisfy his hobby of enjoying incense burners, he ordered to import a batch of red copper from Siam, which is now called Thailand, and ordered the royal craftsman Lu Zhen and Wu Bangzuo, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, to refer to the firewood kiln hidden in the imperial palace. , Ru Kiln, Guan Kiln, Ge Kiln, Jun Kiln, and Ding Kiln famous porcelain styles, as well as some ancient antique books and pictures, designed and supervised the production of incense burners.

In order to ensure the quality of the incense burner, Lu Zhen once frightened the emperor to tell the emperor that to make a good incense burner, the copper had to be refined six times.After smelting once, the copper will be less, and after six times, only half of the raw materials will be left.

At that time, Emperor Xuande was rich and powerful, and had a strong sense of quality. He immediately decreed that the number of refining times should not be reduced, but doubled (refining twelve times), and precious metals such as gold and silver were added.

A total of 3000 incense burners were cast from this batch of red copper, and they were never produced again. When Emperor Xuande saw these incense burners that he personally took care of, each of them had an unusual atmosphere and radiant light, which gave him a sense of accomplishment.

Most of these incense burners were displayed in various places in the palace, and a small part was rewarded and distributed to relatives of the emperor, close officials with prominent reputations and various temples with large-scale incense.The ordinary people of these Xuande stoves only know their names but not their shapes.After hundreds of years of ups and downs, the real copper incense burner cast in Xuande for three years is extremely rare.

Another legend is that when Emperor Xuande was in power, it was said that the Buddhist hall in the palace caught fire, and the gold, silver and bronze statues were mixed into liquid.It is also said that the Buddhist scriptures caught fire, and the gold, silver, jewelry and copper were all sintered together, so Emperor Xuande ordered it to be cast into a copper furnace.

Emperor Xuande asked the casters, how many times can copper be refined?The caster replied that if copper is smelted with six fires, the brilliance of jewelry will appear.So Emperor Xuande ordered twelve fires to be smelted to make copper strips.Then melt the copper strips with a red fire, place them on a steel sieve, and select the purest ones that drop first to make a furnace.

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