Jianbao life

Chapter 267 Hanging Pit
"Of course, most people who make imitations will not use expensive enamel, but use other colored materials instead. Their general method of counterfeiting cloisonné is: first make copper ware, then use copper wire to make patterns, fill in After coloring, burn it with fire, and finally use a special old method to make it look like an unearthed old object.”

"The ingredients of the glaze color are generally mixed together with roughly the same color. Like blue, use silver blue, hard blue, hard green, silver blue and black to brew. For light green, use silver blue, silver green, egg white Grind the yellow into flour, and then crush the hard yellow into yellow rice."

"However, no matter what color of cloisonné is fired, it must be filled with soot. After it is fired, trachoma can be formed. After it is fired, it can be gilded with fire and polished with fine stones. Then it is smeared with dried apricot porridge to make it more beautiful. It gets rusty. After a few months, wash off the floating rust and wipe it with oil, the color and luster of the fake cloisonne will be almost exactly the same as the enamel-coated cloisonne.”

Chu Chen continued: "Boss Zheng, the glaze of your bottle was imitated using the method I mentioned. Although the imitation is not bad, if we look carefully, we can easily see that it is a fake."

Boss Zheng said with a wry smile: "It's easy? I can't even see how easy it is. I've been in this industry for eight or nine years, so it's nothing!"

Hearing what he said, the old man frowned and said: "Xiao Zheng, it is indeed not short for you to enter our industry, but I want to ask you, do you usually have a thorough understanding of the craftsmanship of copper body filigree enamel? I have always Let me tell you, in the antique business, you can only be good at everything, half-baked, and will always be the main force for eye-catching. But I have told you so many times, have you heard it?"

Boss Zheng opened his mouth and hesitated to speak, with an embarrassing smile on his face. The old man was indeed telling the truth. He used to think that he was very good, and he would be able to know everything well. A painful lesson.

The old man sighed slightly in his heart, and hoped that he could accept this lesson. Then, he smiled and said to Chu Chen: "Young man, please continue to talk, we will also learn from it."

"Don't dare to be, let's learn from each other."

Chu Chen waved his hand, and then said: "As I said just now, the enamel of this bottle is replaced by paint, so there are some differences compared with the real one. If it is the real one, then its polish must look natural and unified. , but you see, there is a cross-color phenomenon on this bottle, which is impossible to happen on the real product."

"And you can see that there are still a lot of trachoma on the bottle, which is impossible to exist on the real product."

Hearing this, Boss Zheng asked strangely: "Isn't that right? Doesn't Cloisonne have trachoma?"

Chu Chen said: "That refers to the early Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. By the Qianlong period, the phenomenon of trachoma had been reduced through improved craftsmanship, but your bottle was just imitated from the Qianlong period. Although the cloisonne at that time It cannot be said that there will be no trachoma, but it is impossible to have as many as there are on this bottle."

After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Boss Zheng could only give a wry smile. This was all the result of his lack of skill, and the lesson was really profound.

Chu Chen shook his head secretly, and then said: "Since it is the cloisonné of the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the layout of its wrapped branches and flowers must be very regular. Usually, the double-line technique is used to outline the patterns, and the size of the flowers is similar to that of the Kangxi period. The rotation of the branches and leaves It is very standardized, but it lacks a natural and smooth charm. But the flowers on your bottle are very loose, to the point that it looks like cloisonné from the late Qing Dynasty, which is also a flaw."

"Is there any more?" the old man asked.

Chu Chen said: "Actually, the biggest flaw is the inscription. You see, the inscription on it is written in chiseled Yin script "Great Qing Qianlong Year System" imitating the Song style characters, but in the current situation, there are only two inscribed frames." The inscription "made in the year of Qianlong" uses imitation Song fonts, so it must be wrong to say this inscription."

Hearing this, Boss Zheng sighed deeply. He didn't even know the inscriptions, but he would actually start to buy them. He was really dizzy.Thinking of this, he began to doubt whether he was suitable for antique business.

Seeing Boss Zheng's expression, the old man said quickly: "Xiao Zheng, don't be discouraged. Who in our line of business has never done eye contact? The key is to learn from it. You just listen to me. In the future, you will specialize in one item. Your brain will definitely achieve something in the future."

Seeing this, Chu Chen also hurriedly tried to persuade him with his previous experience, which finally made Boss Zheng feel better.

Next, Boss Zheng gave an introduction to both parties.Through the introduction, Chu Chen also knew that the old man sitting opposite him was the owner of this antique shop, He Changkun.

The two chatted for a while, and when He Changkun knew Chu Chen's intention, he smiled and said, "Xiao Chu, I don't know what you bought the carved lacquer for?"

Chu Chen said: "I originally wanted to take it as a gift for my family and elders, but I see that you have quite a lot of things here. It happens that my house is about to be renovated, so I plan to buy some furniture and decorations. Kindly go back."

He Changkun seemed very happy to hear what Chu Chen said, and said with a smile, "Oh, it seems that you are planning to make a big purchase! Well, let me accompany you to choose furniture first!"

Chu Chen nodded when he heard the words, and picked up the brocade box on the table and the plastic bag on the ground.

Seeing this, He Changkun said: "Xiao Chu, is it something valuable that you are holding? If it is not expensive, you can put it here, otherwise it is not convenient for you to hold it like this."

Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "It's the painted pottery from Majiayao I bought just now, and a pair of Tang blue-glazed lady portraits."

After hearing what Chu Chen said, He Changkun couldn't help being stunned. The painted pottery was fine, but Tang Lanzi's portrait of a lady was something special. He quickly said, "Xiao Chu, you're talking about Tang Lanzi?"

"Yes!" Chu Chen nodded affirmatively.

After receiving Chu Chen's affirmative answer, the two looked a little excited. They all knew that the blue glaze was the most precious among the glaze colors of Tang Sancai, whether it was a single-color blue glaze or a blue glaze blended with other colored glazes. They are all sought after by collectors, and the price of blue-glazed Tang Sancai is often ten times higher than other Tang Sancai.

"Xiao Chu, I wonder if I can let the old man study!" He Changkun asked with a smile on his face.

The value of Chu Chen's pair of figurines of ladies is around one million, and it is not something that is kept secret like the Chang Man Cup, so he put the brocade box back on the table, opened it, and said, "Please give me some advice. .”

With Chu Chen's instruction, He Changkun and Boss Zheng looked at the brocade box impatiently, but after seeing it, Boss Zheng frowned and said, "Why does this thing look so new!"

Before Chu Chen could answer, He Changkun reprimanded: "Xiao Zheng, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, this is called "hanging pit" blue-glazed Tang Sancai!"

"What is the "Xuankeng" blue-glazed Tang Sancai?" Boss Zheng asked with some doubts.

He Changkun carefully took out the lady figurines with his gloved hands, and explained:

"All the blue-glazed Tang Sancai are placed in the hanging pit of the tomb. The so-called "hanging pit" is placed on the stone table and stone bench without touching the soil. This is because the blue-glazed Tang Sancai is blue and white. The imported Sumaliqing is as expensive as gold, and this kind of precious thing, even if it is an artifact, must be placed properly."

"Among the unearthed Tang Sancai, the blue-glazed Tang Sancai called 'Xuankeng' is amazing in its brilliance. The blue-glazed Tang Sancai horse auctioned at a high price of 374 million pounds is a A piece of Xuanpi blue-glazed Tang Sancai shows its popularity."

While admiring the portraits of ladies in his hand, He Changkun exclaimed: "This pair of portraits of ladies should undoubtedly be flawed, they are so beautiful. Xiao Zheng, remember not to regard all the brightly colored Tang Sancai as imitations in the future, otherwise, you It is very possible to miss the real Tang Sancai."

Hearing He Changkun's words, not only Boss Zheng suddenly realized, but also Chu Chen nodded. If it wasn't for the characteristics of Xuankeng Sancai that the stall owner didn't understand, he wouldn't have sold this pair of things to him as handicrafts.

After careful observation, He Changkun's face was full of admiration, and he said, "Good thing, really good thing! Xiao Chu, I don't know where you got this pair of lady buckets!"

Chu Chen chuckled and said, "I bought it at a stall in the market!"

He Changkun said enviously after hearing the words: "Xiao Chu, you are lucky. I walk around the market every day, but I haven't come across such a good thing."

Chu Chen said with a smile: "It's really lucky, this pair of things was put in the box, and I just happened to see it, so I bought it."

Hearing this, Boss Zheng was full of envy, and said: "Brother Chu, it seems that you must have missed it!" After finishing speaking, he laughed at himself again. taste.

Chu Chen said modestly: "It's just a small leak, it's not worth mentioning!"

He Changkun shook his head with a smile. As far as the appearance of this pair of lady figurines is concerned, the value should be around one million, and it will definitely be higher at the auction. Even if it is bought for one hundred thousand, it is a big mistake.However, at street stalls, the business of [-] yuan is rare. When Chu Chen bought it, it must be lower, maybe it only cost a few thousand.

Although he knew that what Chu Chen said was very modest, but in order not to make Boss Zheng think of sad things, He Changkun didn't say much about this matter, he said with a smile: "That person really doesn't know what to do, this pair of ladies is quite typical." "Fly fin", with such openings, it can basically be concluded that this is a Tang Sancai."

Hearing this, Chu Chen chuckled and said, "It's true that that person may not have much experience, but the phenomenon of fly fins needs to be carefully observed now."

(End of this chapter)