Jianbao life

Chapter 947 A Bronze Mirror (continued)
After greeting Zhong Dingsheng, Chu Chen took the bronze mirror in his hand and observed it carefully.

This is a Boju mirror, also known as the rule mirror, which has been popular for the longest time in the development of Han mirror.It was mainly popular in the middle period, including the late Western Han Dynasty to the Wang Mang period.

On this kind of bronze mirrors, the four beasts of Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu are generally used as patterns and decorations, so they are also called the mirrors of the four gods of rules and regulations.This period has complex decorations on the mirror edge, such as zigzag, moiré, or grass.

The bronze mirror in front of me is like this, with a round shape, a round button, a round button seat, eight small breast nails on the round seat with cloud patterns in the double-string circle outside the seat, and four small breast nails on the four-leaf seat and the Bo bureau pattern. The decoration of the main area is divided into four directions and eight areas.

Each area has built-in patterns of four gods and auspicious beasts. The combination of decorations is blue dragon with feathered man, red bird with auspicious beast, white tiger with unicorn, unicorn with bear and other patterns. The bear pattern raises both hands and bends the body sideways. The posture is vivid, and the decoration is rare.

Its outer ring is decorated with a week of inscriptions: "It is famous in the Han Dynasty that copper produces Dan. Yang, the left dragon and the right tiger are ominous, and the Suzaku Xuanwu follows the yin and yang, so it is a mirror suitable for articles."

In addition, the inner ring of the two-week double-string circle on the edge of the mirror is decorated with a circle of cloud patterns.

This bronze mirror is finely and vividly decorated, and the composition configuration of the round button base and the pattern of the pattern is extremely rare. Coupled with its excellent appearance, it is indeed a very rare bronze mirror of the Western Han Dynasty.

However, if there is anything special about this bronze mirror, apart from the fact that the bronze mirror is relatively thin, Chu Chen really found nothing special when observing it with the naked eye.

That is to say, this bronze mirror may be just a very important thing to the owner of the tomb, so it is placed in a more important position.As for why other bronze wares have decayed, only this bronze mirror is so well preserved, which is actually quite normal.

The reason why Chu Chen thinks so is also derived from the formation factors of "black lacquer ancient".

Now the academic circles are not unified on the reasons for the formation of "black lacquer ancient", among which there are three mainstream views.

One is formed by the colloidal solution of humic acid produced by humic substances acting on the surface of the copper mirror together to oxidize certain substances in the bronze.In addition, there is a view that this is the result of natural corrosion after the surface of the ancient mirror is tinned.Finally, some experts believe that this was caused by the special craftsmanship at that time.

Therefore, the fact that this bronze mirror is so well preserved does not mean that it must be made of relatively special materials.

However, it may not be easy for others to find out whether there is any magic in this bronze mirror, but for Chu Chen, he only needs to use his supernatural power to estimate the price of the bronze mirror to understand.

Seeing Chu Chen put the bronze mirror back into the box, Zhong Dingsheng hurriedly asked, "Boss Chu, are you satisfied with this bronze mirror?"

Chu Chen nodded: "Boss Zhong, please make a price."

"One hundred thousand." As he spoke, Zhong Dingsheng made a gesture.

The old five was stunned when he heard the words. You must know that in the collection field, bronze mirrors have not received due attention for a long time. As mentioned earlier, it was not until a large-scale domestic auction in 2004 that bronze mirrors entered the eyes of collectors. , and prices started to rise.

And now it is only 2002. Although there are collectors collecting bronze mirrors, this category is not valued by everyone, and the price is of course very cheap. Ten years later, bronze mirrors worth millions will only cost tens of thousands of yuan now.

Let’s just say that the bronze mirror in front of me, although it belongs to the front-page model, has exquisite craftsmanship and excellent appearance, but in the current environment, twenty to thirty thousand is already a lot, and one hundred thousand is a sky-high price, which is not at all worth it. Someone will be interested.

Because of this, Chu Chen also directly shook his head and said, "Boss Zhong, even if this bronze mirror is as you described earlier, it cannot be said to be a good thing. Given the current market conditions, if I buy it for [-] yuan, the risk is too high for me. , I think [-] is about the same.”

"Boss Chu, [-] yuan is really too low. My purchase price is not cheap, and I have left it for such a long time. Let me make some money. Besides, our business is also taking a lot of risks, please Excuse me." Saying that, Zhong Dingsheng bowed his hands to Chu Chen pitifully.

Chu Chen would not believe his words. Since Zhong Dingsheng was able to open the antique shop here, and it seemed that he would maintain it for a long time, he would not be able to do it without certain strength. Therefore, what Zhong Dingsheng said was just nonsense.

Of course, even if it is nonsense, Chu Chen can't act too much. He said: "In this case, Boss Zhong, please give me another price. If it is suitable, I will buy it."

Zhong Dingsheng thought for a while and said, "Let's say [-]. If it's lower, I'm really having trouble."

Chu Chen pondered for a while, and said, "Fifty thousand, if it's okay, I'll take it."

Zhong Dingsheng thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay, that's it!"

In other words, buying this bronze mirror for 5 yuan is definitely a loss in the eyes of the fifth child, but considering Chu Chen's consistently miraculous performance, maybe there is something special about the bronze mirror, and [-] yuan is right. It was nothing to Chu Chen, and the fifth child didn't say much.

Next, Lao Wu took out two more things, namely an incense burner and a famille rose jar from the late Qing Dynasty, but these two things had more or less problems, and none of them satisfied Chu Chen.

After paying the money, Chu Chen and the others cleaned up and prepared to go back.But just as the three of them stood up, an old lady in her 60s and [-]s walked in from the door. She also held a big box in her hand. Chu Chen felt that the old lady might have something to sell. .

"Boss, do you collect things here?" The old lady confirmed Chu Chen's judgment as soon as she opened her mouth.

"It's up to you, but it depends on what it is." Zhong Dingsheng nodded.

The old lady thought for a while and said, "It's some kind of water chestnut bottle from the Qing Dynasty. It seems to be. Do you want it?"

"Oh!"

Zhong Dingsheng nodded calmly: "I have to see how it is. If it is really old and in good condition, I will accept it."

"Okay, let's take a look." The old lady put the box on the table and opened the lid.

Chu Chen looked into the box and found that there was a bottle of water chestnuts glazed with tea powder.

Tea powder glaze is one of the important varieties of iron crystal glaze in ancient my country. It belongs to high-temperature yellow glaze and is fired by high-temperature reducing flame.The glaze is devitrified yellow-green, with yellow-brown dots like fine tea leaves flashing on the dark green background, which is simple and beautiful, and intriguing.

Many tea powder glaze wares of the Tang Dynasty have been unearthed in my country, and products of the Song and Ming Dynasties have also been found frequently.The official kilns in the early Qing Dynasty deliberately imitated the tea powder glaze before the Ming Dynasty.During the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty, Tang Ying, the pottery supervisor of the imperial kiln factory, innovated this glaze color on the basis of the black glaze wares produced by the Cizhou kiln in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, most tea powder glaze wares in the Qing Dynasty were produced in the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods, and the firing in the Qianlong period was the most successful.The green one in the tea powder glaze is called tea, and the yellow one is called powder.During the Yongzheng period, there was tea but no powder, and during the Qianlong period, there was both tea powder.The glaze color is mostly green, and some are hung with bronze rust color.Because it has the calm tone of bronze ware, it is often used to imitate bronze ware, so it is also called "bronze color".

When Zhong Dingsheng saw such a utensil in the box, a gleam of joy flashed in his eyes, and then he quickly started to observe carefully. After more than ten minutes, he put the bottle back to its original position.

At this moment, Chu Chen said, "Boss Zhong, can I make a move?"

"No problem!" Zhong Dingsheng nodded with a smile. He believed that such a prestigious figure as Chu Chen would definitely abide by the rules of the antique business.

This water chestnut bottle is round and full in shape, dignified and regular, and fine in workmanship.The carcass is delicate, the porcelain is compact, the tire wall is slightly thicker than that of Yongzheng, the glaze is even and clean, the glaze color is yellow and green, which looks like fine tea leaves, and the color is elegant and deep.

The exposed tire on the bottom foot is dark brown. After careful observation, Chu Chen found that there is a circle of small jagged edges unintentionally left by scraping at the junction of the glaze on the foot and the exposed tire glaze.The base money is engraved with the official six-character seal script of "Great Qing Qianlong Annual System".

Judging from various characteristics, this water chestnut vase is one of the most successful tea powder glaze display and ornamental vessels made by the imperial kiln factory during the Qianlong period. It is full of royal style and is a very rare treasure.

While Chu Chen was admiring it, Zhong Dingsheng smiled and asked the old lady, "Ma'am, I don't know how much you are going to sell for this water chestnut bottle?"

The old lady said directly: "25."

Zhong Dingsheng was taken aback when he heard this, because this price was almost the highest in the market, did anyone remind the old lady before she came here?Otherwise, how could such a price be said.Or did she just happen to think of the price?

Zhong Dingsheng: "Ma'am, your price is too outrageous, let alone 25, [-] is too expensive."

The old lady was unmoved, and shook her head directly: "Without 25, I definitely wouldn't sell it."

Seeing the old lady's firm expression, Zhong Dingsheng frowned and asked, "Can't it be cheaper?"

"If you think it's expensive, then I'll sell it to someone else."

"Auntie, to be honest, no matter which store you sell at this price, no one will ask for it."

"Then I'll take it home and put it away."

Seeing that the old lady still insisted on this price, Zhong Dingsheng really had no choice but to think about it, although in terms of the current antique market, buying this water chestnut bottle will definitely increase in value and make money in the near future.

However, this water chestnut bottle is not the only one on the market that will appreciate in value. There are many things for him to choose from for 25 yuan. Instead of spending so much money on this bottle, he might as well buy something else. Buy this bottle more often.

Of course, it doesn't mean that no one is really willing to spend 25 yuan to buy this bottle. Some wealthy people who are particularly fond of this bottle and don't lack money will still buy it.For example, Chu Chen standing next to him.

When the old lady walked through the gate of the antique shop with the box in her hands, Chu Chen took Lao Wu and Zuo Shan to chase after her.

"Grandma, please wait a moment."

The old lady stopped and asked suspiciously: "Young man, what do you want? If you want to buy this bottle at a lower price, then forget it."

(End of this chapter)