Jianbao life

Chapter 417 Market ([-])

Knowing that this necklace was priceless, Chu Chen didn't dare to put it at will anymore. He found an excuse and put the box containing the necklace in his handbag, so he felt relieved.

Originally, the safest place for such a valuable thing was the bank, but it was still early and the bank hadn't opened yet.And fortunately today is not Sunday, otherwise Wu Ke would have to worry about it all day if he knew the truth.

Next, the two walked through more than 30 stalls. Maybe it was because they had used up all their good luck just now. They didn't like a single thing they liked, but Wu Ke was still looking at it with great interest. Girls are born The shopping attribute with it is really admirable.

After the two visited a silverware stall, they came to a stall specializing in bronze wares, and the stall owner also looked like a Chinese.

The newly unearthed traces on some bronze wares in the small stall were obvious. Chu Chen used Baojue to sift through and found that although there were many fakes among them, at least a dozen of them were genuine. Without thinking too much, Chu Chen knew that these authentic products should all be smuggled out of the country, which made him feel angry.

Bronze wares and some national treasures are not allowed to be auctioned in China. Some outlaws who have an eye for money will smuggle them abroad for their own benefit, regardless of the origin of these things. Numerous national treasures have been lost overseas over the years.

Thinking of this, Chu Chen has a very bad impression of the stall owner in front of him, but even if he doesn't have a good impression of the stall owner, it's not the time to be arrogant, the most important thing now is to see if there are any good things before receiving it. It's business.

The stall owner was a lean man in his 30s. Seeing that there was a business coming, and he seemed to be from China, he smiled and asked, "From the mainland?"

Although Chu Chen was quite disgusted with this person, Youdao didn't reach out his hand to hit the smiling person, so he nodded and said, "Boss, are you from the Mainland too?"

The stall owner said triumphantly: "I immigrated the year before last, and the little brother seems to be from the capital by listening to the accent. We are fellow villagers!"

"Oh, what a coincidence!" Chu Chen pretended to be surprised and said.

The stall owner said with a chuckle: "That's right! This shows that we are destined. Come and see my goods. It's rare to meet fellow villagers. The price of the things makes you satisfied!"

"Then thank you boss!" Chu Chen thanked him superficially, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart. How many people who do this kind of unearthed artifact business will be good people.

Chu Chen put on his gloves, and first picked up a pair of bronze wine containers, namely Bronze Jue (pronounced the same as "Jia") and Bronze Jue.

Gu is a wine vessel used for warming wine in ancient my country. It is also used as a ritual vessel. It is usually cast in bronze, with three legs, one handle (ear), two pillars, and a round mouth in the shape of a trumpet.After Shang Tang defeated Xia Jie, it was designated as the imperial wine cup, and the princes used the horn.

The bronze 斝 in Chu Chen's hand has a wide mouth, a girdle neck, a deep belly, a double fungus-shaped column, a top decorated with vortex patterns, a flat bottom, and three pointed cone feet on the bottom. Three groups, and to Chu Chen's surprise, there are four inscriptions on Gu's body.

Inscriptions on bronze wares often represent important historical value, and because the font, layout, and content of inscriptions change with the development of the times, inscriptions are also an important criterion for dating bronze wares.

Generally speaking, as long as there are inscriptions, even small miscellaneous utensils are of great value, which is why antique collectors generally like inscriptions.

The bronze zhu in Chu Chen's hand should be a product of the early Western Zhou Dynasty in terms of its style, copper quality, and rust. They were all cast. If it was in the past, he would definitely think that the inscription was fake.

However, Chu Chen has now read many materials given to him by his masters, and he also knows that there are still very few bronzes carved with sharp tools, and such inscriptions are undoubtedly more valuable for research, and the bronze in front of him Zan fits exactly this feature.

The surface of another bronze jue was also engraved with taotie pattern, which is also a typical feature of the early Western Zhou jue cup, and the rust on the surface is similar, and it also has the same four inscriptions, which are also carved with tools, indicating that this A pair of utensils should have been unearthed at the same time and in the same place.

This pair of utensils can be described as smooth in shape and exquisite in decoration. Although there are rust spots all over the body, it does not affect its appearance. The overall appearance is perfect, and the inscriptions are clear. In addition, there are rare tool engravings. It is a rare pair of treasures.

Since it is a pair of treasures, they must be taken down, but Chu Chen did not ask for the price first, but after putting down the two things, he took out a few fakes, and even showed a surprise just right. look.

The stall owner had seen Chu Chen put on gloves beforehand, and thought that Chu Chen was an expert, thinking that it would be difficult to earn some living expenses from this young man today, but after seeing Chu Chen's performance, he let his There was a burst of surprise in my heart, and after a long time, it turned out to be a stick.

The stall owner felt relieved when he thought about it. Chu Chen looked only in his twenties. How can there be such a young expert in the antique industry? He probably wears gloves because he wants to show off in front of his girlfriend or because he is afraid of getting dirty!
After seeing a few fakes, Chu Chen turned his attention to a large utensil, a bronze handle.

You (pronounced "you") is also a vessel for wine.The specific time of appearance is unknown, but the popular use period was the Shang Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty.

The body of this bronze girder handle is oval in plane, with a straight mouth and neck, a bulging belly and a round bottom, and a high ring foot.The long cover has a high straight edge, and there is a ring-shaped lifting beam on the top of the cover. The lower part of the lifting beam is decorated with round carved animal heads, and the inside and outside of the lifting beam are decorated with Kuilong patterns.

The cover is decorated with two retrospective pairs of phoenix patterns, the upper edge of the vessel is decorated with a narrowly spread phoenix pattern on both sides of the animal head, and the abdomen is decorated with large phoenix patterns. The feather crest is extremely gorgeous and hangs down on the chest. Roll up and hang down the back.

There are fine cloud and thunder patterns as the ground pattern on the cover, the upper part of the body and the gap between the phoenix and bird patterns on the abdomen, making the main pattern more three-dimensional.

Chu Chen learned from the detailed observation of the whole body of this bronze beam handle that it should also be a product of the early Western Zhou Dynasty. The characteristics of the pit, such as rust, are also the same as the pair of vessels just now. The same four-character inscription as the pair of vessels just now.

When he got here, Chu Chen didn't understand that these three things should have been dug out of the same pit, and they were also smuggled abroad at the same time. This made him angry, but at the same time felt deeply helpless. After all, it's not his territory. If it's in China, the stall owner would have to "decently" interrogate him.

Suppressing the boredom in his heart, Chu Chen looked through all the remaining valuable bronze wares, and found that there were two bronze wares among them. Except for the lack of inscriptions, the characteristics of the pit mouth were basically the same.

"Boss, how much is this bronze cup?" Chu Chen asked, pointing to a fake bronze cup.

The stall owner said with a smile on his face: "This one originally cost [-] pounds, but we are fellow villagers, I think it will be cheaper for you, how about [-] pounds?"

Chu Chen sneered in his heart when he heard the words, even if this kind of bronze cup is genuine, it is only [-], let alone you are a fake, but he did not say this, but asked pretending to be puzzled:
"I seem to have seen a similar one at an auction in Beijing in the first half of the year. Why is the estimated price of that one only seven or eight thousand?"

Seeing what Chu Chen said, the stall owner didn't show any embarrassment on his face, and said with a smile: "Little brother, you also said that it was the first half of the year, and you should know the price of antiques now. To describe it in four words, it is It’s changing with each passing day, and my price will definitely not let you suffer.”

"It's no wonder if you don't suffer!"

Chu Chen sneered secretly, then shook his head, and asked a few more prices, including the carrying beam you just saw.After this trial, he almost knew the level of the stall owner. To put it simply, one bottle was not full, and half of the bottle was dangling.

This person does have knowledge of antiques, but the dating of antiques is not very good. It is obviously from the Western Zhou Dynasty, but he said that it was from the Spring and Autumn Period. The dating is wrong, and the price can definitely make a big fuss.

And after this trial, the stall owner felt that although Chu Chen's appraisal was not good, he knew the price very well, which made him feel a little pity. In this way, it seemed impossible to make a lot of money from Chu Chen. .

However, Chu Chen kept inquiring about the price, but he had no intention of buying it, which made the stall owner a little impatient, and said, "I said little brother, do you want to buy it or not?"

Chu Chen said: "Buy it, why don't you buy it, but boss, your things are too expensive. If you follow your quotation, I might as well buy it directly in China!"

"Little brother, this is a bronze ware, can you buy it in China in a fair way?" The stall owner said with a half-smile.

Chu Chen said with contempt: "Why can't I buy bronze wares in China? If it weren't for the fact that the capital has been stricter in this area recently, I wouldn't have gone abroad to buy them! Boss, to tell you the truth , I am interested in more than one or two of your goods, if you only pay this price, forget it, I can't believe that you are the only one who sells bronze wares in England!"

The stall owner's eyes lit up suddenly when he heard what Chu Chen said, and he said with a smile on his face: "Little brother, tell me first, what do you like, if you really choose a lot, I will cover the price You are satisfied."

"Oh well!……"

As he said that, Chu Chen picked out all the bronze wares he had specially selected. Apart from the five pieces mentioned earlier, there was also one genuine bronze bean from the Spring and Autumn Period, and the other two were fakes to deceive people.

The stall owner was very happy when he saw that Chu Chen had chosen so many, but at the same time, he was also a little puzzled. Why did this young man choose six genuine products?If it is Tibetan clumsiness, then the price must be raised a little bit.

(End of this chapter)