Jianbao life

Chapter 784 Tang Qin?

Hearing what Chu Chen said, Wu Ke interrupted with a smile: "A Chen, you are wrong to say that, but I heard from the teacher who taught me Guqin before that the reason why the Republic of China or some traditional crafts When making Guqin, there are broken lines, that is because when they made it, the gray tires they used were not good, and all they used were tile ash, so of course there would be broken lines.”

Tile ash can be found everywhere, and the use of it combined with raw lacquer as the gray body is entirely due to production costs. Therefore, many folk-made guqins are made of this gray body.Especially after the Ming Dynasty, more and more tile ash appeared, and it was even more common in the Qing Dynasty. It is characterized by the fact that the sound is easy to loosen, and because the paint ash is easy to fall off, collectors do not like this kind of piano.

Chu Chen laughed and said: "You said it is indeed true, but what I mean is that the causes of broken lines are complicated, and most of them are related to the paint tire treatment in the production process and the post-preservation environment, so we should analyze it carefully and not just mention it. If the tortoise pattern is broken, it means that the piano is very old, and you must know that the broken patterns on some ancient pianos are still forged.”

"The pattern is broken or fake?" Wu Ke felt incredible when he heard about it.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "As long as there are benefits, of course someone will find a way, and such things as fake broken lines have already appeared in ancient times. As for the methods, there are many methods, such as roasting with strong fire, and then using ice and snow to stimulate it." Make it crack; or use egg white to infiltrate the ash and paint it, then steam it in a steamer and then air-dry it; or use gypsum to make the ash bottom and bake it, etc., and some people even use a knife to carve it."

"However, just like appraising antiques, fake ones are fake ones, and the difference between true and false broken lines is still very big after careful observation. The real broken lines are smooth in shape, the tails of the lines disappear naturally, and the peaks of the lines are like sword blades; After the process of cold and heat catalysis or knife carving, it is inevitable that it will be unnatural and have flaws."

After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Wu Ke hurriedly stepped forward to observe, and found that the lines on it should not be artificially caused, which made her very excited, and said: "Ah Chen, these lines should be formed naturally, Then the production time of this guqin should not be short, right?"

Chu Chen nodded: "Short is not short, but it is not easy to judge the specific production time of this piano based on the pattern. Generally speaking, although the tortoise pattern is the most expensive, according to the records, it was formed in a relatively early age. Gu, as for when it will be, it’s not very clear.”

"That's it!" Wu Kewen looked a little disappointed. She looked at the surface of the piano again, and found that there were other broken lines on both sides. The ox hair breaks?"

"Yes, this is indeed a cow hair break, but it was only formed in the Middle Ages. In fact, the oldest grain break should be this!" Chu Chen pointed to a grain break on the head of the piano.

Wu Ke saw that the pattern was round and clustered like the petals of a plum blossom, and said in surprise, "This is the plum blossom."

Chu Chen nodded and said, "Yes, it's the plum blossom. Generally speaking, the plum blossom is the oldest. It is said in ancient books that the plum blossom is not born in a thousand years. Therefore, when this violin was made, it must have been at least a thousand years old. "

Wu Ke looked a little excited and said: "That is to say, the production date of this Guqin must have been made in the Northern Song Dynasty at the latest, and it is probably a Tang Qin!"

Chu Chen smiled and said, "Of course it's possible to say it's Tang Qin, but why do you have to think it's Tang Qin?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense, Tang Qin is worth a lot!" Wu Ke said as a matter of course.

The ancients often used qin, chess, calligraphy and painting to discuss a person's talent and cultivation, and qin is the first of the four arts and the first of the eight tones of traditional Chinese music.Because the ancients gave guqin a cultural status, although the collection of guqin is only a minority, the price is not low.

Not to mention Tangqin or Songqin, as early as 1998, the estimated value of a Dongtianxian Laiqin made in the Ming Dynasty was as high as 120 million to 150 million, which shows the value of a good guqin.

As for Tang Qin, Chu Chen has never heard of it until now, but he feels that if it is a Guqin with good sound quality and some reputation, the price will definitely not be cheap.

On this point, Chu Chen was really right. One year later, that is, in 2003, a piece of Wang Shixiang’s old Tang Dynasty "Great Sage's Music" Qin was created at the auction for 891 million yuan. The auction world record, after nine years, when this "Great Sage's Legacy" piano reappeared, it was finally sold at a price of 1.15 million yuan, a price increase of nearly 12 times.

Moreover, 1.15 million yuan is not the highest auction record for a guqin. A Northern Song imperial qin "Songshi Jianyi" was sold for 2010 million yuan in 1.36, setting a world auction record for musical instruments.

At that time, Chu Chen discussed this matter with his friends, and everyone felt that the price of more than [-] million yuan was still a relatively cheap price.Why do you say that?

You know, this is the imperial piano of Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty. Compared with the market of Chinese calligraphy and painting at that time, Qi Baishi's calligraphy and painting can already be sold for 4 million yuan, which is Zeng Gong, one of the eight great masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties. In 2009, a small "Official Post" also sold for 1.09 million yuan.

Do you think the value of a piece of writing written by Zeng Gong can be compared with a piece of Qin used by the emperor at that time?So from this point of view, everyone feels that the price of Guqin is still cheap.As for the auction record, everyone didn't take it seriously. If the piano in front of Chu Chen appeared on the auction market now, they wouldn't be surprised if it sold for 1.36 billion, let alone 13.6 million.

Of course, this is a later story, let's not mention it for the time being.

After hearing what Wu Ke said, Chu Chen smiled and said, "You are really a little money fan!"

"I'm a money fan, you have an opinion!" Wu Ke made a face at Chu Chen.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "Of course I don't have any objections. The higher its value, the happier I am, but why do you only regard it as Tang Qin? Could it be longer?"

"How much longer?" Wu Ke seemed a little surprised, and said, "You mean, is this Qin made in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, or the Jin Dynasty? As for the Han and Three Kingdoms, it should be impossible. How can there be any wood that can It has been stored for such a long time? Besides, the wood that has been stored for such a long time will definitely become loose, how can it be as heavy as this piano?"

As she said that, she weighed the piano, it was indeed not light, and then tapped on the surface of the piano, and found that judging from the sound, there was no feeling of crispness at all, which not only made her think that the production period of this piano was impossible It is farther than the Tang Dynasty, and she even has some doubts about whether it is a Qin from the Tang Dynasty.

Chu Chen said: "Judging from the material of this piano, it really doesn't look like it is very old, but the ancient materials are richer than ours at this time. Who knows how they dealt with it. Maybe the maker at that time found a How about a way to preserve the violin for a long time?"

(End of this chapter)