Jianbao life

Chapter 1098 Could it be the reason?
Hearing this, Wen Haoyang also showed an angry look on his face, and said: "You are too unreasonable, obviously you didn't pay attention to your walking, how could it be my fault? The villain should file a complaint first, If you don't look at what I'm holding, will I not look at the road?"

I saw Wen Haoyang holding a [-]-[-] cm long cardboard box in his hand. Judging from the way he was holding the box carefully, he should not even look at the road when he walked.

Chen Laiming sneered and said, "It's as if the thing in my hand is very small. Besides, you hit me first, didn't you?"

Wen Haoyang said angrily: "I don't have clairvoyant eyes. I will see you jumping out from the door suddenly. You are all adults in their 40s and [-]s. Don't you know that you should be more careful at this time?"

At this time, Chu Chen had already learned about the situation from the security guard. It was nothing more than Chen Laiming coming out of the door suddenly and caught Wen Haoyang by surprise, so the two bumped into each other. However, due to Chen Laiming's quick reaction, the two did not suffer any losses. .

Seeing that the two were still arguing, Chu Chen stepped forward and said with a smile: "You two, what's the matter, let's go to my office to solve it."

After hearing this, both Chen Laiming and Wen Haoyang seemed a little embarrassed, and they all nodded in agreement.

Chu Chen brought the two of them to his office. During the period, he also introduced the two of them, but it is estimated that the two did not see eye to eye. Even if Chu Chen intervened to mediate, the reaction of both of them was relatively cold.

The three of them exchanged a few words and then talked about their purpose of coming. In fact, needless to say, everyone should know that they came to ask Chu Chen to help identify things.

First of all, Wen Haoyang took the things out of the box and said, "Curator Chu, please help me take a look at this Tang blue and white four-series jar."

After returning from Baozhou, Wen Haoyang has been in touch with Chu Chen on the Internet, often asking Chu Chen questions about antiques, and he is diligent and studious, drawing inferences from one instance to another, Chu Chen still appreciates him.

"Tang Qinghua!"

At this moment, after hearing Wen Haoyang's words, Chen Laiming was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly burst out laughing: "You actually said you have Tang Qinghua, you're so ridiculous!"

Wen Haoyang sneered: "What happened to Tang blue and white? Don't you know that blue and white porcelain first appeared in the Tang Dynasty?"

Chen Laiming said with an exaggerated expression: "Yes, there were indeed blue and white wares in the Tang Dynasty, but do you know how many pieces of complete blue and white wares in the Tang Dynasty were unearthed? I remember that you are only from the working class. Tell me how much you spent on it. Did you buy it?"

Blue-and-white porcelain first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, but the production of blue-and-white porcelain in the Tang Dynasty was still immature, and it was once interrupted with the decline of the firing kiln.But in any case, Tang Qinghua also left a strong mark in the history of ceramics.

The earliest discovery of Tang Dynasty blue and white porcelain was in the 1970s. During archaeological excavations, Tang blue and white remnants (pieces) were successively unearthed, which resolved the debate on whether "blue and white porcelain" first appeared in the Tang Dynasty or the Song Dynasty.Afterwards, blue and white porcelains of the Tang Dynasty were also found in many places across the country, but most of them were small pieces or fragments.It can be said that there are only a handful of complete devices.

Because of this, Chu Chen also felt that although Chen Laiming's words were not pleasant, Wen Haoyang's financial strength was not enough to buy a real product unless he picked up the leak or borrowed money.

Wen Haoyang snorted coldly: "If it's true or not, you'll know if you've seen it!"

After finishing speaking, he placed the Tang Qinghua he was talking about in front of Chu Chen.

When seeing this real thing, Chu Chen was slightly taken aback, because this blue and white porcelain was indeed more like Tang blue and white style.

I saw that this blue and white pot has a straight mouth, a bulging belly, and a round foot.The shoulders are decorated with four chi lines, the arched back looks back, the four claws are spread flat, and the tail hangs naturally. There are lotus flowers pasted between the chi lines. As a symbol of Buddhism, lotus flowers appeared on many works of art in the Tang Dynasty. The emphasis on Buddhism has a very close relationship.

The abdomen is still decorated with plastic stickers as the consecration, and the consecration is mainly composed of human figure patterns, and the pattern of children is pasted on the plastic between the consecrations, holding flowers and leaves, and has a naive face.The plastic part of this pot is painted with cobalt blue material, which has traces of flow, which is consistent with the use and color of cobalt material in Tang Sancai in the same period.

Chu Chen has also studied several remnants found in the Jinling Museum in the mid-70s. If this is a real artifact, it can be said that Tang Qinghua has made another major breakthrough in the study of the object.

Seeing Chu Chen's solemn expression, Chen Laiming was very surprised, and murmured, "Isn't it said that the existence of Tang Qinghua is controversial? Besides, the real thing is rarely found. Is this really a real thing?"

After hearing this, Chu Chen raised his head and asked, "What's the controversy?"

Chen Laiming scratched his head, and said with a smile: "I also heard from a friend. He said that there are five elements in identifying whether it is blue and white porcelain. First, high-temperature clean white porcelain body; second, high-temperature pure and transparent white glaze; Cobalt oxide is the raw material for blue and white; fourth, the plain tire decoration is drawn with a brush; fifth, transparent glaze is applied to the decoration, and the underglaze color fired at high temperature."

"There are only two things that Tang blue and white flowers can be sure to meet, that is, the use of cobalt materials for blue and white flowers and underglaze colors. Other aspects are somewhat controversial. For example, the fetus is not white enough, and the soil is not pure; High-temperature transparent white glaze; many underglaze patterns are at most 'blue color', not paintings, etc. Of course, these are what my friend said, I have no research on this aspect, and I don't know if it is right or not."

Hearing this, Chu Chen smiled and said: "I have heard of what you said, but I think your friend didn't understand the comparison object. Now the definition of blue and white porcelain you give is aimed at mature blue and white porcelain or directly from it. According to the definition of blue and white in the Yuan Dynasty, maturity must have its appearance, form a prototype, and then gradually develop. For example, an adult pig is called a pig, but is it true that a newborn piglet is not called a pig?"

"Uh..." Chen Laiming was speechless after hearing Chu Chen's words, while Wen Haoyang showed a complacent look on his face.

Chu Chen chuckled and said, "Let's get down to business, Mr. Wen, can you tell me about the origin of this thing?"

Wen Haoyang nodded and said: "This piece of blue and white porcelain was a few days ago when I was a guest at my aunt's house in the countryside. My uncle heard that I usually buy antiques, and told me that there is someone in the village who has old objects, so he took me there. I found out later that the price he offered was not expensive, and I didn’t know which dynasty it belonged to at the time, but I just thought it was old-fashioned, so I bought it.”

"After I came back, I checked the information carefully and found that it was Tang Qinghua, but I was not sure, so I wanted you to take a look."

Although Wen Haoyang did not say the price, if what he said is true, this four-series jar should not be expensive, which made Chen Laiming next to him look envious. If this thing is genuine, then Wen Hao Yang picked up a big leak of tens of millions.

"If we want to prove whether it is the real Tang Qinghua, then we should first know the characteristics of Tang Qinghua."

Chu Chen nodded and explained: "Judging from the unearthed Tang blue-and-white porcelain pieces, the blue material has a rich color and crystal spots. It is a low-manganese, low-iron, copper-cobalt material. It should be a cobalt material imported from Central and Western Asia. The body is coarse and loose, beige gray, and the sintering degree is poor. The bottom glaze is white and yellowish, and the enamel is relatively thick. Make-up soil is applied between the body glazes."

"Tang blue and white utensils are mainly small pieces, including bowls, pots, lids, etc. Except for one pot with fish and algae patterns, the rest are flower patterns. Among them, flower patterns are divided into two categories, one One type is typical traditional flowers and plants, mostly small flowers such as carnation and plum blossom; the other type is a typical Arabic pattern with scattered leaf patterns sandwiched in rhombus and other geometric figures."

"From this point of view, combined with the places where Tang blue and white porcelain was unearthed more, it can be proved that Tang blue and white porcelain is mainly for export."

Hearing this, Wen Haoyang became a little uneasy, and he asked urgently: "Curator Chu, if you say so, Tang Qinghua with my decorative technique is actually a hysterical product?"

Chu Chen shook his head: "Isn't that right? After all, we don't have many Tang blue and white flowers unearthed now, and we are not sure how many decoration methods there are. Therefore, although this utensil is different from the Tang blue and white flowers unearthed in the past, the key It still depends on whether its body, glaze, green material, etc. meet the requirements of Tang Qinghua."

Wen Haoyang quickly asked: "Does it meet the requirements?"

Chu Chen shook his head regretfully: "I'm sorry, although this thing is similar to Tang Qinghua in other places, it is said that Tang Qinghua's hair color has crystal spots, but it does not, and here... Therefore, I think it should just be a fake."

Hearing this result, Wen Haoyang felt very disappointed. Although Chen Laiming next to him had no expression on his face, he could see a hint of gloating in his eyes, which made Chu Chen feel disgusted with Chen Laiming.

Originally, because Chen Laiming suspected that he might be a member of Cai Jianxuan's gang, Chu Chen had a bad first impression of him.In addition, it was obviously just an accident just now, and the main responsibility was still on Chen Laiming, but Chen Laiming has been relentless, which made Chu Chen's impression of him even worse, and now he is even more disgusted.

Wen Haoyang said with a wry smile: "Fortunately, the price is not expensive, only a thousand dollars, so let's buy a high-end handicraft."

"Thousands of dollars?" Chen Laiming said with some doubts: "Isn't that right? Based on the appearance of this thing, I think it took a lot of effort to make it, which means that its cost is not low. , Why did the seller sell it for only a thousand dollars, didn't he even calculate the cost?"

After hearing these words, both Chu Chen and Wen Haoyang were a little stunned. This is indeed contrary to common sense. The fakes are made to sell money, especially this kind of high-end fakes. No one will believe it!

In this way, there are two possibilities, either the person who sold to Wen Haoyang is a fool, or Wen Haoyang lied, in comparison, the latter possibility is still higher.

Thinking of this, Wen Haoyang opened his mouth, he didn't know what to say, after a while, he smiled bitterly and said: "Curator Chu, I swear, I definitely bought this thing from my aunt Cunshang. "

Chen Laiming sarcastically said, "Then you mean that the person who sold you is a fool?"

"You..." Seeing Chen Laiming's sarcasm, Wen Haoyang also became a little angry, but when he opened his mouth to speak, his cell phone rang.

"What? Uncle, can you say it again?"

Wen Haoyang gestured to Chu Chen, and went to the side to answer the phone. After a while, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and he quickly walked back to his original position.

The hands-free function of the mobile phone was turned on, and Chu Chen heard a middle-aged man's voice coming from the mobile phone, and the other party said, "That's what happened, old man Shen told me that he wanted to buy back the jar that he sold you. .”

"Why?" Wen Haoyang asked.

"He said that his son didn't ask him to sell this item. He made a mistake. He also said that if you return it to him, he can pay an extra 1000 yuan. How about it? Do you agree? ?”

"Uh..." Wen Haoyang looked at Chu Chen, indicating that he did not deceive Chu Chen.

"Haoyang, you didn't see the old man Shen's bruised nose and swollen face when he was beaten by his son. Your aunt and I both felt pain when we saw it. I think he can pay 1000 yuan more. Of course, if the jar is really There is no need for us to accommodate this baby."

"Uncle, did he say why his son put the jar in his place?"

"Speaking of which, it was his son who didn't tell his wife when he was shopping, and made his wife blame him, so she temporarily put the jar at Old Man Shen's. At that time, he was in a hurry and didn't explain clearly. Something was sold to you."

Hearing this, everyone understood what was going on, and Wen Haoyang also heaved a sigh of relief. He immediately agreed to the matter, chatted for a few more words, and hung up the phone.

Putting away the phone, Wen Haoyang chuckled: "What did I say, nine times out of ten I made a mistake!"

Chu Chen nodded with a smile. He still admires Wen Haoyang. If today's incident is not explained, his impression of Wen Haoyang will definitely lose a considerable amount of points. Now that he has learned the truth, how does he feel? It's also a lot more fun.

"Curator Chu, please take a look at my things."

At this time, Chen Laiming put the things he brought in front of Chu Chen with a big smile on his face.

To be honest, if Chu Chen hadn't promised Chen Laiming before to help Chen Laiming identify things, it would be no wonder that he would agree based on Chen Laiming's impression in his mind now.But since he had agreed to it at the beginning, it was inconvenient for him to refuse.

Chen Laiming brought a total of two things. One is the three-slap lock mentioned earlier. It looks really inconspicuous, but it is an authentic product from the late Qing Dynasty. The lock is quite simple, just an ordinary copper lock, although it has some collection value, but it is not high.

The other thing is a pagoda in carmine pink.

As mentioned earlier, the imperial family of the Qing court all believed in Buddhism, and among them, Qianlong called himself the "Son of Heaven with a Buddha's Heart".

Because, at that time, there was a great demand for all kinds of ritual utensils. In addition to the traditional gold and copper materials, the porcelain Tibetan Buddhist treasures fired by the Royal Kiln Factory of the Porcelain Capital were quite distinctive, exquisite in craftsmanship, and amazing in number. , extremely prosperous for a while, opened a generation of unprecedented wonders.

The painted pagoda like this one is an excellent representative of Qianlong porcelain ritual utensils. It was only owned by Qianlong. It can be divided into two types, one with Buddha at four corners, and one without Buddha at four corners. The pagoda brought by Chen Laiming is The latter kind.

The whole body of the pagoda has compact and dense decorations from top to bottom. For example, the upper part of the pagoda is a gourd Ruyi treasure top painted with golden color decoration and beaded patterns;

The shoulders are painted with patterns of gods and beasts and wreaths and flowers unique to Tibetan Buddhism; the main pattern of the abdomen is decorated with twigs and flowers; Curly grass pattern, raised lotus petal pattern, covered lotus petal pattern, fretwork pattern, bead pattern and floral decorative belt...etc., it can be said that the painting is exquisite, the color materials are exquisite, gorgeous and brilliant, showing the solemn and magnificent royal temperament.

In other words, in terms of painters and other aspects, this pagoda has to be said to be a treasure, but because of speculation about Chen Laiming's identity, Chu Chen felt something was wrong as soon as it came into view.

Chu Chen had seen quite a few of this kind of stupa before, and the lowest height was more than 40 centimeters. Chu Chen estimated that this stupa was only about [-] centimeters, and it was the first time he had seen it.

Two, the luster of the pagoda is not right, and there is also a problem with the hand feel. After carefully observing a few details, the traces of Cai Jianxuan's craftsmanship should not be too obvious in Chu Chen's eyes. It is self-evident who made it.

"Is this the only way?"

Chu Chen sneered in his heart. Originally, he thought that the trip to Baozhou was too strange, and it shouldn't be that simple. The reason why he didn't do it at the beginning, now seems to be the idea of ​​​​hanging the big fish for a long time, but It took so long to close the net, which really made him feel too disappointed.

"Curator Chu, what do you think of these two items?" Seeing Chu Chen put down the things in his hands, Chen Laiming asked quickly.

Chu Chen shook his head slightly: "I'm not sure about this pagoda."

"Ah! No way!" After hearing the result given by Chu Chen, Chen Laiming was stunned.

Seeing this situation, Chu Chen felt a little funny. He felt that Chen Laiming's refusal to become an actor was a great loss to the country. Now that he looked like this, it seemed that he was showing his true feelings. This acting skill could instantly kill most actors.

After a while, Chen Laiming asked with a sad face, "Mr. Chu, please comment on my pagoda."

Although Chu Chen already believed that Chen Laiming was acting, he didn't want to break up with Chen Laiming for the time being, so he pointed out a few flaws.In fact, he originally planned to point out all the flaws, but after talking for a while, he suddenly had an idea, what if Cai Jianxuan planned to use him to make up for the lack of craftsmanship?

As the old saying goes, the enemy who knows oneself best is often the enemy. Cai Jianxuan's current level of fraud is almost the bottleneck. To improve a little, it takes a lot of energy.For people like Cai Jianxuan, it is often not scary to spend energy, but the scary thing is not knowing what is wrong with them.

In this case, Chu Chen's comments might be able to play a role, but it's hard to say, maybe because of Chu Chen's words, Cai Jianxuan broke through a difficult problem that he hadn't thought about for a long time.

Perhaps it was precisely for this purpose that Cai Jianxuan arranged a seemingly clumsy round.

Chu Chen, who was in deep thought, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility was relatively high. Although Cai Jianxuan was about to be arrested, he would never do such an act of "benefiting an enemy".

After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Chen Lai was obviously very disappointed. He packed up his things and said goodbye to Chu Chen without even asking about the authenticity of the three-slap lock.

After Chen Laiming left, Wen Haoyang shook his head and said, "Although this man is not very polite, he is also pitiful. Such a thing should cost a lot of money, right?"

"If it's genuine, it should be hundreds of thousands." Chu Chen nodded. Since he was related to Cai Jianxuan's gang, he didn't say much to Wen Haoyang.

Wen Haoyang didn't care much about Chen Laiming. Next, he asked Chu Chen some questions about Tang Qinghua. This attitude of learning as soon as he had the opportunity reminded Chu Chen of his original self and his good impression of Wen Haoyang. It also rose a lot.

Chatting until noon, Chu Chen invited Wen Haoyang to have a light meal in the cafeteria of the museum. Don’t think it’s a poor place. The chef Chu Chen hired is not simple. Swallowed.

After dinner, Wen Haoyang happily bid farewell to Chu Chen, and Chu Chen also drove to his antique shop, ready to welcome Song Jun's arrival.

Originally Song Jun said that he would not be able to arrive in the capital until evening, but when he was eating at noon, he called again and said that all difficulties had been overcome, and he was boarding the plane at the Shanghai Airport, and he would arrive in Beijing in the afternoon.

When they arrived at the antique shop, Zhu Dafu and Zhao Xueyi also arrived.

Zhu Dafu said with a smile: "Xiao Song is really too, it only takes half a day, why are you in such a hurry, things won't fall off, and his temper is a little too impatient."

Zhao Xueyi laughed and said, "Being able to become a master in a certain field is often due to the persistence in your heart. If Master Song is not like this, I feel strange. Besides, don't say that you won't be like this when you meet something you like!"

Zhu Dafu chuckled: "What you said is also reasonable, but it's a pity that I didn't become a master, otherwise it would be my turn for Mr. Liu to snatch Xiao Chen over and become his apprentice. Speaking of which, this is my regret for the rest of my life!"

Chu Chen laughed quickly and said, "Uncle Fu, although you are not my master, you will always be my respected and beloved teacher, but you are just short of apprenticeship."

Zhu Dafu laughed: "I feel comfortable hearing Xiao Chen's words..."

After talking and joking for a while, under the guidance of the clerk, the travel-worn Song Jun appeared in front of everyone.

"Song..."

Just as everyone was about to say hello, Song Jun hurriedly said to Chu Chen, "Where's your azure mud, show me quickly..."

(End of this chapter)