Jianbao life

Chapter 420 Bazaar ([-])

"Only six thousand pounds!"

The stall owner said: "Sir, there are not many brushes like this, and they are from the official kilns of the Qianlong period. If you buy them back at this price, you will definitely not suffer a loss!"

[-] British pounds, [-] in RMB, the price is not too outrageous, but it is also higher than the actual market value, which made Chu Chen feel a little bit inwardly. Sure enough, very few of them are profiteers who get close with fellow villagers!

"It's too expensive!" Chu Chen shook his head and said, "How about four thousand pounds?"

"Cake seller!" The stall owner said with an exaggerated expression, "I'll charge you as much as you have for [-] pounds, the minimum is [-] pounds!"

"Four thousand and five, if it doesn't work, forget it!" Chu Chen said with a slight smile.

"Five thousand!"

Chu Chen shook his head and said, "I will only pay four thousand and five at most."

Seeing Chu Chen's resolute expression, coupled with the fact that the price was higher than his own, the stall owner thought about it, and agreed with a wry smile.

After the transaction was completed, Wu Ke pointed to several copper incense burners beside him and asked, "Achen, these incense burners seem to have an ancient charm, but why are they so new?"

"Miss, your intuition is very accurate. They are all ancient incense burners from your country, but these incense burners have been cleaned with potion." The stall owner replied.

"No way, who would buy a washed incense burner?" Wu Ke said incredulously.

Chu Chen spread his hands and said, "No way, foreigners like to do this kind of thing..."

Domestic collectors generally pay attention to the natural beauty, like the patina and patina that are naturally generated, and the protection requirements for cultural relics are also to keep the original and repair the old as old.

But foreigners are different. They like to restore cultural relics to their original state. They will use water to remove the slurry, oxide layer, and copper rust on the surface of the Xuan Furnace. Even the bronzes of the Greek period will be cleaned regularly with water.Therefore, when domestic copper ware goes abroad, it will be carefully cleaned by them.

In this way, many bronze wares that have been handed down to foreign countries in the past have been washed clean on the outside when they are returned, as if they were new.As a result, domestic collectors are entangled, because many of them judge the authenticity of things based on the oxide layer and patina, which makes some collectors dare not easily draw conclusions about this kind of reflowed copper ware.

In addition, unless it is a particularly precious copper ware, collectors generally like to collect antiques. For various reasons, the value of these cleaned copper ware is greatly reduced.

"So it's like this!" After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Wu Ke finally understood what was going on.

The stall owner said with a smile: "It seems that Mr. is also a professional. My friend asked me to sell these copper stoves. Although they have been cleaned, you should be able to tell from the shape that these are all high-quality goods. Don’t choose a few to go back, the price is easy to negotiate!”

Originally Chu Chen was planning to leave, but what the stall owner said aroused his interest. Others are afraid that these things are imitated now, but he is not afraid. Not to mention his eyesight, he still has the big killer of supernatural powers. So he began to pick and choose among those copper furnaces.

Chu Chen first picked up a plain copper stove with no pattern, the mouth of this stove is round, the ears are tall, the outline is thick, and the ear holes are semicircular.The abdomen is wide but not fat, the bottom is smooth, and the regular script of "Daming Xuande Year System" is written. The structure is rigorous and the font is regular.The whole device looks bright and straight, elegant and clean, very eye-catching.

This furnace looks quite like the Xuande furnace of the Ming Dynasty, and the casting is very delicate, and it also has natural and uniform wear, especially on the soles of the feet. Judging from these characteristics, this copper furnace is very similar to the real Xuande furnace.

But unfortunately, this copper furnace has been cleaned completely, like a new one, the oxide layer and patina on the surface are gone, so the key basis for judgment is missing.But other than that, carefully identify, whether it is the shape, workmanship or copper quality, etc., they are all the same as the genuine Xuande stove.

Judging from Chu Chen's experience, there is a [-]% possibility that this Xuande furnace is a genuine product that has been opened to generations, and the result given by the supernatural power is undoubtedly a genuine product.

He got a genuine Xuande stove casually, and Chu Chen was pleasantly surprised. He quickly looked at other copper stoves, but it made him more surprised as he looked at it, and his eyes almost popped out in the end.

He never imagined that the six copper stoves on the stall were all authentic Xuande stoves that had been open for generations, and one of them was even more precious.

This is a gilt copper pot bowl furnace, the whole body is gilt copper, the mouth is full and the shoulders are closed, the mouth of the furnace is round, the outer string is like a gold wire, and the inner edge is like a corridor.On the furnace shoulder, there are four embossed decorations of Han Dynasty-style auspicious beasts, with exquisite and vigorous decoration.The other four poems are embossed with the four characters "Shou and Tianqi" in the middle, which can be called a masterpiece.

On the bottom of this furnace, there is a two-character "Xuande" engraved in seal script. The shape is square, the writing is strong, the gold wire and iron wire, the relief is like inlays, and the knife is played accurately. It should be the official signature at that time.

In addition, the golden water of the gilt is very thick, and it is yellow and white, which is also in line with the characteristics of the genuine Xuande furnace, and in the past Xuande bowl furnaces, there is no such whole body gilt, if it is not for various Both characteristics and abilities give the conclusion that it is genuine, and it is really hard for him to believe his own judgment.

It can be said that this furnace can be regarded as the best of the Xuande bowl furnace, and even the best among Xuande furnaces, in terms of copper quality, shape, craftsmanship, etc.

The excitement in Chu Chen's heart right now is beyond words. If he hadn't got the item yet, he might have jumped up excitedly.

"Boss, the copper stoves here are all made like that. It's not bad to buy them back and use them as handicrafts!"

"What handicrafts!" The stall owner said with a displeased face: "I am here to open the door to the next generation of good things, okay?"

Just now the stall owner said that these incense burners were sold by him, and the other things on the stall were stationery, Chu Chen guessed that the stall owner should not be proficient in Xuande stoves, and the stall owner also said that he opened the door He already knew the old ones, and the stall owners probably didn't like these incense burners either.

The reason is very simple, if the stall owner really thinks these things are genuine, how could he put them on the stall at random, and they would have already sold them at the auction.

Chu Chen said with a half-smile: "Boss, if these incense burners are all Xuande burners that have been open for generations, I don't think you would set up a stall here, right? Well, let's not play tricks, these three I'll give you £[-] for the younger one, £[-] for the other two, and £[-] for the other, so there's a total of £[-], how about it?"

"NONONO!" The stall owner waved his hands again and again: "Sir, your price is too low. These six copper furnaces are at least [-] pounds!"

Hearing what the stall owner said, Chu Chen couldn't help but feel happy, but of course he couldn't just agree so easily, he shook his head and said, "It's not that I have too much money and no place to spend it, if the amount is doubled, I can still consider it! "

"You didn't lie to me?" the stall owner asked back.

Chu Chen was taken aback when he heard the words, could it really be?
"Okay, as long as you can produce a workmanship as exquisite as these six copper furnaces, as long as there are six, I will buy them at the price you said, and if there are more, it will be [-] pounds each!"

"Hey, that's what you said!"

With that said, the stall owner took out a cloth bag from the back, put it in front of Chu Chen, and said slyly: "Look, the workmanship of these copper furnaces is equally meticulous."

Chu Chen opened the cloth bag and saw that there were indeed copper stoves inside, but they were all very small, and they were all small hand stoves and sleeve stoves.

Hand stove is a small stove for warming hands in winter, mostly made of copper, with charcoal fire inside, so it is also called "fire cage".The hand stove that can be put into the sleeve is also called the sleeve stove, and the sleeve stove can also be used to smoke clothes.

Due to the exquisite and elegant craftsmanship of the hand stove, this ancient winter hand warmer is both practical and enjoyable.

Chen Mei, a famous court painter in the Qing Dynasty, painted hand stoves in two of the 12 "Moon Man Qing You Tu". step forward.

There is also an imperial poem on the picture scroll: "The family letter invades to find the plum outside the sill, wanders together by leaning on the chanting and holding the candle, if the cold does not enter the deep courtyard, the female companion can come with the stove."

There are eight hand stoves and sleeve stoves in the bag. They look like the copper stoves just now. They are exquisite in workmanship, but they have been washed clean by the potion. They look golden and shiny, like new ones.

Chu Chen looked carefully at the past one by one, and found that among these copper stoves, five were used by the court from the late Ming Dynasty to the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, and they were quite exquisitely made, while the other three hand stoves were all exquisite products made by Hu Wenming. Let him be overjoyed.

It should be known that Hu Wenming was a famous bronze and gilt craftsman in the late Ming Dynasty. He made Yiding Zunyou according to the ancient style, which is extremely fine, which is very different from the orthodox Xuande furnace, which advocates lines and does not emphasize decoration. People at that time called his products "Hu Furnace" and Hu Wenming swore not to teach it to outsiders, so the bronze wares he made are of high value.

Hu Wenming is deeply loved by collectors because he likes to carve out patterns such as landscapes, magical instruments, and auspicious animals on the furnace surface.

These three hand stoves are also adhering to Hu Wenming's consistent style. Not only the surface of the stove, but also the body of the stove are exquisitely carved, and the gilding is complete, and the appearance is very good. They are all rare treasures.

After seeing these copper furnaces, Chu Chen was excited, but his face showed displeasure, and said: "Boss, you are a bit unkind, how can you use these things to fool me! Look at this one, it's just a big slap!" , so small, can it be compared with these copper furnaces?"

In Chu Chen's hand is a hand stove with double dragon patterns. This stove is made of brass, with fine and exquisite copper quality. The furnace body is square, regular and thick, but the length is only seven or eight centimeters. Flying up and down, fierce and vigorous.The bottom of the furnace is engraved with the "Made in Kangxi Year of the Qing Dynasty".

The shape of this hand stove is simple and decent, but it does not lose the royal grandeur, and the workmanship is quite exquisite. Even if you buy a hand stove like this for [-] pounds, you can laugh.

(End of this chapter)