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Chapter 1048 The Problematic Seal (Continued Part [-])
Huang Shanyi turned over the seal curiously, and said in surprise, "It's still my surname. It shouldn't be so easy to find it, right?"

He Lihang said with a smile: "Of course, after all, although Yuan Ya Yin is relatively common, it still depends on luck to find the surname you want, and it is rare that Fang Yuan Ya Yin is so exquisite in workmanship. I also entrusted the relationship, so I finally found a party."

Huang Shanyi nodded with a smile. He admired the seal in his hand for a while and thought he liked it very much.Just as he was about to express his gratitude to He Lihang, he suddenly remembered that he also liked Fang Wu Changshuo's Tianhuang seal very much, but in the end there was a problem, which made his emotions turn 180 degrees.

That being the case, let Chu Chen take a look at it first, so as not to have problems in the end, which will affect your mood.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Old He, don't you mind if I show Teacher Chu?"

"Brothers should settle accounts clearly, this is what they should!"

He Lihang waved his hand. Although he is full of confidence in his own things, since the two are friends, they should pay more attention to this aspect. Otherwise, if there is a problem, it may affect the friendship between the two.But then again, Chu Chen is so young, can his eyesight be good?He was somewhat skeptical about this.

Afterwards, Chu Chen took over the seal.To be honest, he has never seen this kind of silver-stamped copper yuan stamp before. If it is genuine, it will be very valuable.

After careful observation, the workmanship of the seal is indeed very exquisite, and the craftsmanship of embedding silver is also in line with the characteristics of the Yuan Dynasty, but when seeing the copper show, Chu Chen frowned slightly.

Seeing this situation, He Lihang's mind tightened. Is there something wrong with this seal?It shouldn't be possible, but I carefully selected it, and there will definitely be no problem!
Even though he thought so, because of this accident, his heart began to beat. When Chu Chen finished the appraisal, he was so nervous that he didn't even need Mandarin, so he asked, "How is it?"

Fortunately, this sentence was short, and Chu Chen's language skills were so strong that he understood it, and then said with some regret: "I don't think this seal is up to date."

"How is it possible!" He Lihang expressed deep doubts about the result given by Chu Chen, and his expression looked a little gloomy.

Huang Shanyi was afraid that He Lihang's impatient temper would cause some misunderstanding, so he quickly said, "Old He, listen to Teacher Chu's opinion first."

He Lihang calmed down after hearing the words, forced a smile, and said, "Mr. Chu, I need to trouble you to tell me the reason!"

"this is necessary."

Chu Chen said: "Speaking of which, this seal is definitely made well, but the rust color is somewhat different from the real one. Generally speaking, for authentic bronze seals, the copper rust is mostly black or green, and it is born inside, which seems to be the same as the real one. The original seals grow together, which can protect the original seals. The patina on the counterfeit products is made, it looks unnatural, and most of them will fall off when you pick it up."

"Just like this seal of yours, the copper rust looks real, but it will fall off after a little movement, please look at it..."

After saying that, Chu Chen stretched out his gloved left hand, and everyone saw that the glove was indeed covered with some pattering copper rust, which is unlikely to happen on a genuine product.

Chu Chen continued: "In addition to this point, the oxidation or corrosion of the counterfeit product is different from the chemical composition and sound produced by the genuine product in terms of weight and qualitative change. This is also the basis for judgment..."

It just so happened that there was a real copper seal in the box. Next, he used some small experiments to compare.Everyone found that there were some subtle differences.

With the facts clear, He Lihang could only accept such a result, but he was also a little puzzled about it, and said: "Mr. Chu, I have a question to ask you. I also have some experience in the identification of seals. I can I feel some old atmosphere from this seal, what's going on?"

Chu Chen nodded and said: "Your feeling is right, this seal does have a bit of an old atmosphere, as for the reason, it is because it was forged in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and it has been passed down for nearly a hundred years, and it is old. The breath is also normal."

"In addition, seals like yours are actually not uncommon. In Luoyang, Quancheng and other places at that time, ancient seals were often unearthed, and most of the people who collected ancient seals sought to buy them in these areas. Therefore, forgers took advantage of this By chance, it was made according to the style, size, and characters of ancient seals, and then it was made antiquated according to the counterfeiting method of bronze and jade wares, which caused many people to be deceived."

"At that time, antique dealers still had a set of means and methods to sell fake ancient seals. For example, someone went to an antique shop and told the boss that he wanted to buy a Yuan Yiyin with the same surname as himself. The boss told him that there is no such thing as now, I will pay attention to it. I'll find it for you, and I'll let you know when I find it."

"Afterwards, the boss went to the forger and asked him to forge a yuan seal according to the buyer's surname. After the forged seal was made, the boss gave it to the buyer, saying that it took a lot of effort to buy a yuan from others. The buyer believed it was true and was very grateful. So, the boss sold it for a good price, and the counterfeiter can also make a profit."

"Because of this situation, many of the old yuan seals that are popular today are forged in this way. Maybe your Fang Yuan seal is also the same."

After listening to Chu Chen's introduction, everyone felt that their knowledge had increased, and at the same time they all lamented the pervasiveness of profiteers and forgers.

Because of this seal, He Lihang also had a certain understanding and recognition of Chu Chen's appraisal level, so he quickly asked Chu Chen to help him look at other seals.

For Chu Chen, the identification of the seals was not a waste of time. It didn't take long for him to identify them all. As for the results of the identification, he was somewhat speechless.

"Mr. He, did you choose these seals?"

"Most of them I picked myself..."

As soon as He Lihang nodded, Huang Shanyi said with a speechless face: "I said, Lao He, with your poor eyesight, you dare to choose by yourself? You have forgotten the past..."

The year before last, He Lihang bought a square seal carved by Zhao Zhichen on Tianhuang Dongshi by himself.The printed text is "Berluhammer".

Zhao Zhichen was a person from the Qing Dynasty.His calligraphy, painting and seal cutting, landscape masters Huang Zijiu and Ni Yunlin, Xiao Shu is faint, and flowers, bamboo and stone have the breath of Ming people.I like to write Buddha statues, which are treasured by laymen and forests everywhere.It is one of the "Eight Schools of Xiling".One of the sixty famous scholars in modern times.

This seal is made of the best Tianhuang jelly material in Tianhuang stone, which is less than one in a hundred.The quality is extremely transparent, integrating the six virtues of Tianhuang: "fine, clean, moist, greasy, warm, and condensed" in one.The patina is bright and pure in color, with very typical radish lines and red veins.Coupled with the excellent carving work, this side is pleasing to the eye and the eye, which is rare.

Of course, this refers to the genuine product, and it is recorded in "Ding Chou Jie Yu Yin Cun".The seal that He Lihang bought was almost the same size and shape as the original seal after a cold look, so he thought it was the genuine one in the seal book, and happily bought it.

Coincidentally, one day, He Lihang visited a collector.What he didn't expect was that the collector was actually the owner of the real product, and he also saw the real product in the collector's home.

At that time, He Lihang didn't know his imitation, and felt very strange when he saw the real one, so he asked about it.Collectors feel very strange when they hear this kind of thing, their own seal has been appraised by several experts, it should be true, does this seal have a twin brother?This is obviously unlikely.

When He Lihang asked someone to bring his seal and compared it with the real one, he found that his own seal looked like the original seal on the surface, but if you observe it from the artistic nature, you will find its seal text, In terms of spirit and spirit, it is much inferior to the real product.

Looking at the printed inscriptions, they are also engraved with "Ci Xian Zhuan Yu Tui'an". At a glance, the two are very similar, but in detail, the vivid charm and vivid brushwork of the original seal are not available in the imitation print.

However, the production of He Lihang's fake seal is not very clumsy. This can be seen from the material used. Although it is a little worse than the original, it has to be said to be a rare Tian Huang.

If you don't distinguish these kinds of things carefully, they can be completely confused with the real ones. From this, it can be seen that the person who made the counterfeit seal has a clever mind.

He Lihang couldn't help but blush when Huang Shanyi told the embarrassing things about his age, and then he said with a little embarrassment: "This is an old thing two years ago. After these two years of painstaking research, my eyesight How can it be regarded as broken? Look at these seals from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which one is fake, you should point it out!"

Huang Shanyi spread his hands and said with a smile, "I'm not an expert. You should ask Teacher Chu for this kind of question."

Seeing everyone looking at him, Chu Chen shook his head and said, "I think most of these seals are still problematic."

He Lihang was stunned and exclaimed after hearing this: "What? Is there a problem? Most of it?!"

Although this reality may be a bit cruel to He Lihang, Chu Chen continued to nod to confirm, and explained some of the problems.

The seal cutting works of some artists since the Ming and Qing Dynasties represent the highest achievement of my country's seal cutting art, and have extremely high aesthetic value and appreciation value.Their seals, like calligraphy and paintings of celebrities, are also treasures for collectors.And with the passage of time, the seal cutting works of famous masters who are gradually lost become more valuable and rare.

And precisely because of this, it can be said that the seals of famous masters of the Ming and Qing Dynasties are imitated by others. Many of them are the works of Wen Peng, He Zhen and Zhejiang School. It can be said that they are almost everywhere in the market. , this kind of situation is probably related to their big names and their early age.

The seals imitated in the names of seal masters in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and modern times are mostly stone seals, and some are made of jade and copper.For example, some imitate the original works of famous artists and make a seal that is almost identical to the original seal, just like the one that He Lihang bought before.Some use old materials to imitate the printing style of celebrities and pretend to be works of famous masters.

These counterfeit seals not only imitate the original seal text and style, but also mostly burnt the seal stones to make them old, so as to fill the ancient meaning.To identify such a seal, it mainly depends on whether it has the air of a famous artist.

For example, one of the seals of He Lihang is the Shoushan Stone seal carved by He Zhen.

He Zhen was a famous seal carver in the Ming Dynasty, and Wen Peng Qiming. His seal carving works are simple, fresh, vigorous and rich, and are known for their fluency, elegance, elegance and simplicity.At that time, people praised him as "the modern famous player, the number one in the country".

When Chu Chen commented on this seal, he said: "This seal looks weak, inflexible and lifeless from the printed text and the stamp. The seal stone is also an old one made by later generations with fire forging. Generally, it will not be worn off. These have revealed flaws in the disguise..."

"However, not all of the seals that resemble those made by famous artists were intentionally forged by others."

Chu Chen said: "It's like someone copying an ancient post. He doesn't intend to pretend to be the authentic one, but the writing is indeed at the same level as the famous one. In private peppers, it cannot be compared with deliberate forgery. But if such works are mixed with famous seals, it will inevitably be false and authentic, which makes it difficult for us to identify, such as this seal..."

After Chu Chen explained all the problematic seals one by one, He Lihang felt like crying without tears. Although the seal was not intentionally forged and gave him a little comfort, the result still made him extremely depressed.

He said a little madly: "How could this happen! I have carefully observed it countless times, how can I still make mistakes! This should be impossible!"

Seeing his old friend's appearance was really pitiful, Huang Shanyi stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and after a few words of comfort, he said: "You are not born with the talent in antique appraisal, so let the experts help you when you buy things in the future. You don't need this money."

"I just want to verify what I have learned... Hey! Don't talk about it!" He Lihang shook his head and let out a long sigh of disappointment.

At this time, Huang Shanyi asked: "Old He, there is something strange to me. It's only been a few days. How did you get so many seals?"

"Actually, apart from these seals..."

Speaking of this, He Lihang paused, picked out a few of these seals, and continued: "I bought the other seals from one person."

"Handed by one person?" Huang Shanyi was very surprised when he heard this.

He Lihang smiled wryly and said: "Yes, that man is an old man. He said that he was going to emigrate, and these seals were not convenient to take out, and it was not convenient to collect them when he went abroad, so he wanted to dispose of the seals. I was happy, so I went to his house, and thought these seals were good, so I bought them with money, but I didn't expect the result to be like this..."

(End of this chapter)