Jianbao life

Chapter 499
"Josie, from a modern perspective, silverware certainly won't rust."

Chu Chen explained with a smile: "You have to know that in ancient times, their technology was not as advanced as it is now. Therefore, it is normal for some alloys to exist in gold and silver products. Besides, This pair of silver plates should be a pair of unearthed artifacts, and there may be copper products next to them, so it is normal to be stained with copper rust."

Liu Sizhe shook his head and said, "Yes, I knew about this kind of thing when I was five or six years old, and I don't know whether that person understands antiques or not."

Chu Chen said teasingly: "I don't know who bought the fake there yesterday!"

Hearing this, the three women couldn't stop laughing to themselves, Liu Sizhe smiled coyly: "It's not like a man made a mistake, a horse made a mistake, no matter what I do, I won't make such an obvious mistake!"

"What made a mistake?"

As soon as Liu Sizhe finished speaking, Wan Nianqing walked in with two brocade boxes in his arms, and immediately saw the pair of silver plates on the table.

"Hey, this pair of plates is not bad, can you let me do it?"

"Please!" Chu Chen smiled and made a gesture of invitation.

Putting down the brocade box in his hand, Wan Nianqing appraised the pair of silver plates carefully, and then praised: "It's really a pair of exquisite silver plates from the Song Dynasty. There are not many such good ones in the market, Xiao Chu, what are you doing here?" Where did you buy it?"

"It's at the booth just now!" Chu Chen replied.

"what?"

Wan Nianqing was stunned when he heard the words, and then said with a face of complaint: "This Xiao Huang is really, there is such a good thing, and he didn't show it to me first! No!"

Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, and asked with a little surprise on his face: "Xiao Chu, could it be that you missed this pair of plates?"

Chu Chen chuckled and said, "I bought it at [-] HKD, so it's a small mistake!"

Wan Nianqing exclaimed: "My good fellow, 30 yuan has become a leak in your mouth! It seems that for you, Xiao Chu, picking up leaks is a simple matter for parents!"

"I dare not, it's just luck!" Chu Chen smiled and waved his hands.

Seeing Chu Chen's statement, Wan Nianqing immediately understood that the joke he said was actually a true portrayal of Chu Chen. While he was surprised, he also wanted to ask what kind of mistakes Chu Chen had picked up, but After all, the two sides were not familiar with each other, so he was too embarrassed to mention this issue.

So he turned his thoughts to the pair of silver plates, and asked, "Xiao Chu, do you have any idea about this pair of silver plates?"

Chu Chen smiled slightly and said: "Wan Lao, I also opened an antique shop in the capital, and it is going to open on New Year's Day. I plan to use this pair of silver plates to communicate with my colleagues that day, so I can only say sorry. "

With that said, he also handed Wan Nianqing his own business card.

Wan Nianqing was taken aback for a moment, he never thought that Chu Chen would have opened an antique shop at such a young age, but since Chu Chen had already said that, he was embarrassed to speak again, so he said with a smile: "Little Chu, you are really young and promising! If I have time then, I will definitely come and patronize you!"

"Of course it's an honor for you to come!" Chu Chen said with a smile.

Wan Nianqing chuckled and said, "Xiao Chu, let's take a look at these two things of mine, see if you like them!"

"Row!……"

Wan Nianqing opened the two boxes, which contained a piece of porcelain and a pair of jade wares respectively.

Chu Chen first took the piece of porcelain into his hands, this was because he still liked porcelain more, and on the other hand it was because the style of this piece of porcelain was quite special, it was actually a relatively rare dice bowl.

Of course, this kind of bowl is not because it is used for gambling. It is just a bowl style. The reason why it is called this name is because it is similar to the old gambling equipment.However, there are different opinions on the purpose of this kind of bowl. Some say that it is used for game games in the palace, or for holding fruits, or for washing brushes in the study, and so on.

This kind of bowl was first created in the porcelain capital during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty. Its style is flat and open, shallow arc belly, ring foot, thick carcass, plain white inside, and blue and white or blue glaze decoration on the outside. The position of the style is either under the edge of the outer mouth, or on the inner bottom of the device.The same is true for the dice bowl in Chu Chen's hand.

The diameter of this bowl is about 29 cm. There is no pattern on the plain surface inside the vessel. The pattern on the outside of the vessel is decorated with blue and white flowers.All kinds of flowers are painted on the abdominal wall, including peony, chrysanthemum, hibiscus, lotus and other eight types of flowers. The painting is exquisite and delicate, the lines are smooth and free, beautiful and pleasant.

In addition, the circle of the bowl near the foot is painted with deformed lotus petal patterns, which is a unified decoration for the dice bowl.The six-character regular script of "Xuande Annual System of the Ming Dynasty" written along the double string line at the mouth has a strong character and fresh brushwork, which should be written by Emperor Xuande's imperial pen.

The white glaze of this bowl is thick, and the accumulated glaze is crisp and deep, commonly known as "bright green glaze".On the unglazed part of the sole of the foot, there are flint red spots. Under the red spots, the meticulous and hard carcass is exposed, which is a typical style of Xuande blue and white porcelain.

This bowl of blue and white is made of imported Sunibo green material, which is slightly smudged, bright and colorful, and there are iron crystal spots in the dark part, which penetrate deep into the fetal bone.

The decoration is painted with a small brush, and the strokes are round and smooth. The painted flowers are full of branches and leaves, and the lines are elegant and free. Due to the high content of iron in the cobalt material, the rich and elegant colors are harmonious. The ink painting is also in line with the characteristics of Xuande blue and white.

Therefore, this dice bowl, no matter in terms of shape, body, glaze, blue and white, and painting, should be an authentic product of the Xuande period, which is quite rare.

However, although this bowl is good, its market value is only about 90 million. If Chu Chen trades it for him, it goes without saying that he will lose money.

Fortunately, Wan Qingnian is also a sincere person. After Chu Chen put the bowl back to its original place, he said with a smile: "Xiao Chu, I know that the value of this bowl is not as good as those three silver coins. If you want to If you want to change it, you can go downstairs and choose the ones you like, or I can give you money!"

Chu Chen is very satisfied with Wan Qingnian's attitude. You must know that in the antique industry, if you exchange things for things, it is impossible to say that two things must be equivalent. Generally, as long as the prices are similar, and you have special You can change it if you like.

Therefore, even if this bowl is 20 million less than the three silver coins, if Chu Chen really likes it, he will change it. If the value difference is too big, then it's another matter.

"Okay, let me take a look at this jade article first!" Chu Chen nodded with a smile.

"OK!……"

The utensils in the other brocade box are a pair of jade biscuits, the shape and decoration of this pair of jade biscuits are the same, and they are all made of sapphire.

One side of the jade wall is decorated with grain patterns, and the other side is carved with flower patterns. The carved patterns are exquisite, smooth lines, and sophisticated craftsmanship, which are typical characteristics of Han Dynasty jade wares, and the unearthed traces are natural and very beautiful.

Chu Chen believes that if it is genuine, it should be worth between 30 and [-] yuan.

As for why an if is added, it is because at a glance, the pair of jade walls look genuine in terms of shape, craftsmanship, and unearthed traces, but Chu Chen's sixth sense He has become more and more sensitive. As soon as Yubi was in his hand, he felt a little weird feeling in his heart, which immediately made him feel that there might be problems with Yubi.

Sure enough, although this pair of jade walls is made enough to make it look like the real one, but the fake ones are fake. Under the observation of the magnifying glass, some details of the jade walls are still different from the real ones.

But you must know that Chu Chen's eyesight is quite terrifying now. Even for him, it is not easy to find those details. One can imagine how terrifying it is for Yubi to confuse the real ones.

Chu Chen put the jade wall back into the brocade box. At this time, he didn't know whether it was appropriate to talk about his discovery. After all, he and Wan Nianqing were not familiar with each other.

However, Wan Nianqing is very good at observing words and expressions. From Chu Chen's expression, he vaguely saw some problems, which made him somewhat nervous, so he quickly asked: "Xiao Chu, is there any problem with Yubi?" ?”

Perhaps thinking of Chu Chen's thoughts, he added another sentence: "It doesn't matter if you say it directly. I like to be straightforward. If you don't believe me, you can ask Xiaoqian."

Seeing what Wan Nianqing said, Chu Chen said directly: "I'm not sure about this pair of jade walls!"

Really worried about what was coming, Wan Nianqing shook his head secretly, then frowned and said hastily: "Xiao Chu, I don't mean anything else, I just want to ask you, where is this pair of jade walls really? "

"It doesn't matter, our business is also expensive to communicate! And you should ask such a question!"

Chu Chen waved his hand, and then explained: "Wan Lao, you must know that in the Han Dynasty, the processing technology of ancient jade was still at a relatively primitive stage. When making jade, basically all hand tools were used, so , the traces on the jade are different from the traces left by the tools used to carve jade today."

"For example, when unpacking jade materials in ancient times, the original mound was used to add water and quartz sand, or a saw (leather or metal) was used to bring water and sand. , or due to the uneven force when sawing, and the uneven thickness of the sand, it will cause the surface of the sheet material to be uneven and leave a concentric parabola."

Hearing this, Wan Nianqing nodded repeatedly: "Yes, that's true!"

Chu Chen went on to explain: "Such traces are quite special. Generally speaking, no matter how superb the craftsmanship of modern people's imitation, and how close the tools used are to ancient tools, some traces are still difficult to imitate. , such as these places..."

(End of this chapter)