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Chapter 755 Official Glazed Gourd Bottle

After hearing Kelly's explanation, Mina frowned and said: "It can't be that guy, I heard about what happened to your family, and knew that your father might resell the things to him, so he hid on purpose, right? "

Kelly shook her head and said, "Probably not, my father asked the owner of the shop next door, and he said that the business of that person is not good, and he planned to close the store in the past few months, but he didn't find the next one until a month ago." , officially closed, and my father happened to be dealing with matters in his company at the time, so I haven’t heard the news.”
"Hmph! Good luck to him!" Mina waved her fist angrily.

At this time, Wu Ke said: "I have seen this kind of person a lot, even if you find something wrong and want to go to him to settle the score, it is generally unlikely to recover your losses."

"How is this possible? I bought the item from him. Could it be that he is not responsible for the fake?" Mina retorted.

"Yeah, when my father bought it, there was an invoice." Kelly also felt that she could settle the bill with the other party.

"It's really not certain." Chu Chen said: "If the invoice does say a helmet from the Warring States period, then you may still recover the loss, but in my judgment, it is definitely impossible for the other party to write that. I think The invoice probably only says helmets, or simply handicrafts, right?"

Kelly was stunned for a moment, she was really right to Chu Chen, the helmet was written on the invoice, she asked weakly:
"If you don't write about the helmets of the Warring States Period, can't you claim compensation?"

"Of course not!" Chu Chen said: "The invoice can be defined as a contract, and the helmet is written on it, and even if this helmet is not from the Warring States period, you can't deny that it is a helmet, so how do you go to the seller to claim compensation? ? And if there is a work of art written on it, the same is true."

After hearing what Chu Chen said, Kelly and the others couldn't help but look at each other. They didn't think much about it at first, but now they realized that there was still such a big loophole in it.

Mina murmured: "It seems that in the future, when buying antiques and the like, even the invoice must be read carefully before it is done!"
Chu Chen smiled secretly when he heard the words. What Mina said was completely layman's words. Generally speaking, antiques are sold, unless they are authentic works that he is very sure of. Otherwise, which seller would write so clearly on the invoice?And even if the seller is sure that his stuff is authentic, in order to avoid disputes, he will write vaguely.

Of course, it is not uncommon for there to be genuine sellers, but in this business, there are too few of them, so Mina really went to buy antiques, and the way she did it only caused the sellers not to sell things to her.

Without thinking about it any more, Chu Chen took another small box into his hand, and inside this box was a gilt copper watch.Coincidentally, when he visited the Forbidden City some time ago, he saw a Qing Dynasty gilded copper enamel hanging watch, which was quite similar to this watch.

The gold-plated copper case of this watch, the gilt around the dial has been a little worn out, and the cover is inlaid with a week of rice beads and red tourmaline decorations, and what makes Chu Chen feel strange is that the front and back of this watch are set with White enamel dial with three brass hands and a string hole for winding with a key.

In the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi had a special interest in Western science and technology. The missionaries at that time also presented clocks, telescopes, calculators, surveying and mapping instruments, etc. to the emperor as gifts.The palace watch workshop was presided over by the famous British watchmaker Fastaslin at that time, and engaged in watch repair and manufacture in the palace.

The watch workshop expanded in scale during the Yongzheng period, and gathered a group of missionaries with superb skills.And this watch should be one of the Western clocks presented to the palace in the early Qing Dynasty.

The movement of this watch uses the barrel, tower wheel, and chain as the power source to drive the gear transmission system to travel time.And because it is well maintained, it is quite rare to be able to walk around now.

But the gilt of this watch was really worn out, Chu Chen made a final calculation, and at most he could only pay two thousand pounds.

At this time, Kelly was so disappointed that she was a little numb. When she heard the price given by Chu Chen, she just shook her head and smiled bitterly, and then asked Chu Chen to help identify the last antique she brought.

The last box was much bigger than the other two, and the box looked more gorgeous than the two just now. From this point of view, Chu Chen felt that the things inside should at least be more expensive than the other two.

The box was opened, and inside was a gourd bottle with a strange shape and a height of about 14 cm.

This immediately made Wu Ke exclaim in surprise: "Achen, this seems to be an official kiln!"

Before Chu Chen could speak, Kelly smiled and said, "Yes, this is indeed a gourd bottle from the official kiln of your country's Song Dynasty."

As one of the five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty, the official kiln has been introduced in the previous article. Its shape is simple, mainly made of sky blue glaze, with unpredictable patterns, and the natural glaze is used to decorate the porcelain, which is dignified. Rustic aesthetic.

This gourd bottle is exquisite in shape and unique in shape. It is in harmony with the concept of "the sky is round and the earth is round". Circular.

The fetus is firm and dense, with brown fetal bones exposed at the bottom, and the whole body is glazed with fat and moist enamel, which is as warm and moist as jade.Although it is said to be artificial, it seems to be made by nature, and the charm of the Song people is all in it, which demonstrates the aesthetic concept of the Zhao and Song literati who put simplicity, elegance and cleanliness as the top priority.

However, if it is said that it is an official kiln work of the Song Dynasty, after Chu Chen carefully read it, he disagreed. He shook his head regretfully and said, "Kelly, I have to say sorry again, this gourd bottle Although it is indeed an official kiln, it is not an official kiln from the Song Dynasty, but an imitation from the Ming Dynasty."

Kelly was stunned immediately after hearing what Chu Chen said, and after a while, she came back to her senses, shook her head repeatedly and said:
"Impossible! This is definitely impossible!"

Everyone looked at her expression, as if she was about to collapse, so Mina quickly hugged her into her arms and comforted her softly.

Seeing this situation, Chu Chen could only smile wryly. He really didn't expect that Kelly's reaction would be so big. If he had known earlier, he would have said it more tactfully.

After a long time, Kelly wiped her tears and raised her head to express her apology to everyone.

"Chu, let me ask first, is the official kiln from the Ming Dynasty worthless?" Kelly asked.

"Of course not!" Chu Chen shook his head directly: "Even if it is an imitation, the level is still high. Like this gourd bottle, it is worth [-] pounds."

"Is it really worth a hundred thousand?" Kelly asked with surprise.

Chu Chen smiled and said, "That's true. If you want to sell it, I can take it now."

Although, if he buys it for [-] pounds, he won't make much money, but with the unique shape of this gourd bottle, as well as its extraordinary performance and workmanship, he won't lose money if he buys it for [-] pounds , what's more, the things are good and the collection value is high. In this way, he can still make a profit after buying it for [-] yuan.

"If it is sold, I will also ask my father. If he agrees, we can trade immediately."

Speaking of this, Kelly still asked a little worried: "Chu, is this gourd bottle really worth one hundred thousand?"

Chu Chen nodded with a smile on his face.

Seeing Kelly's performance, Mina said a little strangely: "Kelly, why are you so surprised? Could it be that your father still made money from the imitation?"

Kelly nodded excitedly and said, "Well, yes, when my father bought it, the other party only wanted [-] pounds, so he could earn [-] pounds!"

At this time, she suddenly realized that she had revealed the purchase price, so she glanced at Chu Chen with some guilt.

Chu Chen smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely not lower the price, and it has nothing to do with me at all, just like the watch just now, even if you bought it at a loss, I will not Make up for your losses, don't you think?"

Kelly chuckled. Although she is not proficient in business, she also knows that if a product reveals the purchase price to the customer, it will probably suffer a loss during the transaction. Chu Chen said so, it is just his Just good manners.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "Actually, I think the person who sold the thing at the beginning should have sold it to you as a fake. Otherwise, it is unlikely that he only wanted [-] pounds."

Everyone heard what Chu Chen said, and they also thought it was very possible. Kelly asked with some doubts: "Chu, my father said that this gourd bottle looks similar to the Song Dynasty official kiln in the museum. How do you say it is from the Ming Dynasty?" What about imitations?"

Chu Chen didn't answer directly, but asked first: "Kelly, may I ask, how does your father usually learn about antiques?"

"He generally prefers to go to museums and read some magazines and books." Kelly replied.

"Is it a professional book?"

Kelly recalled it for a while, and then said: "There should be professional books, the ones with illustrations."

Hearing what she said, Chu Chen and Wu Ke immediately understood that Kelly's father's level of antiques is probably about the same as that of a beginner, and he just bought antiques based on his experience in museums and professional books on illustrations. Possibly not eye-catching?
Seeing the strange expressions on the faces of Chu Chen and Wu Ke, Kelly also immediately understood what her father might have done wrong in this regard, and she quickly asked, "Chu, is it wrong to do this?"

Chu Chen replied: "Doing this is indeed a way to learn, but if you buy antiques based on these, it is very likely that you will buy fakes."

Kelly really wanted to ask how to learn this knowledge, but considering the current situation of her family, her father probably didn't have that much money to buy antiques, so she took it back when she said it.

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