Jianbao life

Chapter 241 Test
The next day, a director surnamed Wang from Longxi brought Chu Chen and the four of them to the Longxi Museum to look for Professor Qin from yesterday.

When Chu Chen and the others came to the museum, that Professor Qin hadn't come yet, so Director Wang led the four of them around the museum.
Longxi is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation, where Dadiwan Culture, Majiayao Culture, Fuxi Culture, Zhou Culture, etc. all developed and grew up. Moreover, Longxi is also the key place and golden section of the ancient Silk Road.Such a special geographical environment and a long history of historical and cultural relics also make Longxi one of the provinces of cultural relics in my country.

The Longxi Museum is a platform to display and understand Longxi culture. It has a rich collection of more than [-] pieces of historical relics, modern cultural relics, ethnic cultural relics, and paleontological fossils and specimens.

Among them, from the paleontological fossil specimens of the Cretaceous to the painted pottery culture of the New and Old Stone Ages; from the bronze ceramics and jades since the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the Silk Road civilization of the Han and Tang Dynasties; including Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing porcelains, wood carvings, silk fabrics, There is a very rich collection of paintings and so on.

With such a rich collection, everyone who has seen it is worthy of this trip, especially the treasure of the town hall "Ma Treading Feiyan", which makes everyone really amazed.

"Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow", also known as "Ma Chao Longque" and "Bronze Galloping Horse", was unearthed in Longxi in 1969.It is a classic work of Eastern Han artists, a rare treasure of ancient Chinese sculpture art, and represents the highest artistic achievement of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the history of Chinese sculpture.

The image of the whole work is vigorous and handsome, with unique charm.Fat and healthy, well-proportioned body, neat mane, tough and powerful hooves.Its head is slightly tilted back and slightly tilted to the left, its tail is raised back, and its mouth is wide open, as if neighing.

Moreover, the artist was ingenious, letting the horse's hind hoofs step on a flying swallow.

The weight of the whole body of the bronze galloping horse is concentrated on the right heel, how can it maintain balance?This is a difficult problem.The artist intentionally retracted the horse's head and neck to move the center of gravity as far back as possible.At the same time, make Tayan's hind hoofs stretch forward as far as possible, so that the horse's support point and center of gravity are exactly on a vertical line.

Coupled with the two legs protruding forward and backward and the raised tail, it not only keeps the overall balance of the horse, but also makes the shape of the horse more graceful.

In this way, the speed of flying swallows and galloping horses is obvious to all by using swallows to line the horses.

After appreciating such a bold and wonderful idea, romantic technique, and exquisite craftsmanship, Chu Chen and the others couldn't help but be overwhelmed.

Not long after Chu Chen and the others watched "Horse Stepping on a Flying Swallow", the staff notified them that Professor Qin had arrived.

Under the leadership of the staff, Chu Chen and the others came to a room where there were many cultural relics.Many of these cultural relics should have been unearthed not long ago. I saw several staff members carefully cleaning up the cultural relics. Their expressions were particularly focused. Even Chu Chen and the others came in without raising their heads.

Under the leadership of the staff, Chu Chen and the others came to Professor Qin's side, only to see him admiring a sapphire le.

Lezi, also known as "waxzi", has two types: round lezi and square lezi. It is a jade ornament hung on the chest or waist. It can be hung alone or combined with other jade ornaments.

Chu Chen saw that the sapphire lezi in Professor Qin's hand had dirt on the surface, carved multiple sets of deformed Kui dragon patterns on the whole body, and drilled a long and thin hole at both ends for wearing it, and it was in good condition.

Looking at the appearance and carving techniques of the decorative patterns, Chu Chen thought that this should be a sapphire lezi in the early Warring States period. Thinking of this task, and seeing the characteristics of the pit and the shell of this sapphire lezi, he felt that this It is very likely that it was unearthed from the same pit as the previous Baiyuding.

After a while, Professor Qin put down the sapphire leash in his hand, pointed to some bronze and jade wares on the table in front of him, and said:
"Xiao Chu, these things here are all confiscated by us based on clues. We think these should be unearthed at the same time as that white jade tripod. Haven't you seen that white jade tripod? Then can you identify it for us? Give it a go!"

Chu Chen didn't feel disgusted when Professor Qin asked him to appraise it. After all, you are a young man who is called an expert, especially an expert in an industry that takes time to accumulate experience in antiques. Let alone Professor Qin, even Chu Chen When Chen didn't have supernatural powers, he didn't believe it either.

"Professor Qin, let me tell you something first. I have no problem with the identification, but I can only classify them according to the age of the things and the characteristics of the pit and the shell. As for whether they were unearthed from the same pit, then I really can’t guarantee that it will be.”

There is also a reason for Chu Chen to say this. Taking ancient jade as an example, different pits, different jade wares, and different eras present the same color, and the depth, light and dark, new and old are all different.This is the uniqueness and non-identity of genuine ancient jade.

Even if a pair of jade wares unearthed from the same pit mouth, there are obvious differences after careful identification.Only contemporary imitations produced in the same furnace, same pot, and same tank will have a large number of symptoms of the same skin color.

It is precisely because of this feature of the jade wares that although the features of the jade wares unearthed from the same pit mouth are somewhat similar, for the sake of caution, Chu Chen really does not say that things must be unearthed from the same pit mouth.

Hearing what Chu Chen said, Professor Qin's impression of Chu Chen has changed a bit. No matter how good Chu Chen's cultural relics appraisal level is, at least his attitude towards cultural relics is rigorous. This attitude is very important when studying cultural relics. important point.

"Hehe, it's okay, no one is perfect, and we're not machines, so there's a slight discrepancy, as long as it's not too serious."

"Ok."

Chu Chen nodded with a smile, and then began to look at the cultural relics on the table.There are still many types of cultural relics, including jade huang, sword case, jade pendant, bronze 盉, bronze mirror, and piano buttons, etc.

Chu Chen carefully looked over one by one. Among these things, there are many high-quality goods, but since it is the test of Professor Qin, of course it will not be simple. Among these things, there are a few things that are not a pitfall according to various characteristics. In addition, several of them are fakes.

What made Chu Chen even more ridiculous was that there was actually a copper peck in the middle.This copper peck is also true, but what makes him laugh is that the copper peck was mainly popular in the Dian Kingdom in the southwest of the pre-Qin period.

The Kingdom of Dian is an ancient kingdom established by the ancient ethnic groups in the southwestern frontier of my country, and its existence time is equivalent to the Qin and Han Dynasties of the Warring States Period.During the Warring States Period, the metallurgical industry of the Dian Kingdom became the country's pillar industry, relying on rich mineral resources to produce a large number of bronze wares.It includes not only the edible utensils and shell storage containers used in daily life, but also various weapons and ceremonial weapons.

To say that this piece of copper is also good for pecking, it is in the shape of a "T" as a whole, with slender spines, a diamond-shaped rear end, and an arc-shaped front, which is sharp and easy to prick.The circular 銎 is horizontally installed, and the two ends of the 銎 are three-dimensional round carvings of two fat bullocks.The cow stands firmly on all fours, with its horns raised high, nodding its head and looking directly at it, its shoulder blades are high, its fat buttocks are high, and it looks like a mighty and high-spirited posture.

The cow is a symbol of wealth and power, and has special significance for the ancient Yunnan Dian Kingdom.This type of ox-shaped decoration is mostly seen on bronzes from the Dian Kingdom, and the most well-known one is the four-ox gilt knight shell container now on display in the Southern Yunnan Museum.The device is decorated with gorgeous and vivid cattle, indicating that it is no longer used for pecking on the battlefield, but has become a ceremonial weapon.

However, you said something from southern Yunnan, with a Bashu sandwiched in the middle, how could it come to Longxi?Even if he came to Longxi, this thing is obviously a trace of corrosion at the mouth of the southern pit, which is also different from the climate conditions in Longxi.

Chu Chen held the copper peck and asked with a smile, "Professor Qin, where did you get this copper peck?"

Professor Qin was taken aback when he saw this copper peck. Isn't this the copper peck he bought in the antique market some time ago?Why did he come here, but he immediately remembered that some of the things inside were brought by his students last night for him, and he probably didn't pay attention to them, so he took them all at once.

After trying to figure out what was going on, Professor Qin couldn't help scolding the student secretly. It's really a waste of studying with him for so long, and he didn't even understand the southern and northern pits. Now, he has lost such a big face.

"This, haha, my student probably took it wrong." Professor Qin said a little embarrassedly.

Chu Chen smiled slightly when he heard the words, and didn't say anything else. After that, he quickly classified the results of the previous appraisal, and said, "Professor Qin, well, the result of my appraisal is like this."

Professor Qin was very surprised when he saw Chu Chen's appraisal result. He didn't expect it to be all right.

You know, there are two items in it that are high-quality imitations that he has checked out, and he has studied them for a long time before he found out that these two things are high-quality imitations. He did not expect the young Chu Chen to spot them so quickly. , which really made him a little unbelievable.

Professor Qin picked up a bronze mirror and asked, "Little Chu, how can you be sure that this bronze mirror is wrong?"

Chu Chen chuckled, and said: "It's actually very simple. The entire inscription engraved on the bronze wares of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods appeared, but the original inscriptions were carved shortly after the bronze wares were out of style. Because there were no steel knives in ancient times, small wheels were used to draw the inscriptions." It was polished on a bronze ware, so the font is relatively smooth, with only scratch marks, but no knife marks."

"After the Song Dynasty, many fake inscriptions were made on bronzes without inscriptions. The fake inscriptions were carved with a knife, and several knives were carved in one stroke, which often left traces of the blade. This bronze mirror is indeed very realistic, but The knife marks on the inscription reveal its true colors."

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Professor Qin said with a smile: "Haha, you are indeed an expert from the capital. Hey, if I had your level back then, I wouldn't have punched my eyes!"

(End of this chapter)