The piece that Boss Ma moved out is very different from the Zun and Yi just now - this piece is a familiar pit, that is, an old collection, and it has been unearthed for at least several decades. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"My friend's family was a wealthy man in Shanghai 49 years ago, and it is said that it cost 2,000 oceans to buy this piece.

Both of his children are now working in the UK and are planning to emigrate with his family in the near future. ”

Nowadays, there are many rich people in Xiangjiang who are ready to emigrate, not because of 97 as most people think, but in fact, the biggest reason is that the pace of life in Xiangjiang is too fast and stressful.

Zhang Nan didn't care about why others immigrated, but noticed the original price: 2000 oceans, which was a huge amount of money before liberation!

The collection of the Guangsheng Xia Temple in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York cost 1,600 oceans for the murals of the Oriental Three Saints of the Yuan Dynasty, and the family of that person would have spent this money at the beginning, either the huge rich or the people who really liked bronze antiques.

The bronzeware is beautiful, this piece is already the overall black and brown, the collector obviously often plays with this piece, and it should have been treated with more professional rust removal and protection before, the oxide layer on the surface has been very natural, and there is no patina on the body.

The length and width of the whole device are about 18 by 22 cm, the height is 30 cm, the cross-section looks oval, the mouth is straight, the neck is short, the abdomen is bulging, the foot is low, and there is a short fold edge below.

The cover surface is slightly raised, the arc is folded to the edge of the cover, and the eaves angle stretches out on both sides of the cover, and the top of the cover is a bud-shaped button, which is full of six-winged cicada patterns.

The body handle is set longitudinally, and there are round carved ox heads at both ends.

The middle of the short diameter of the cover surface of the whole device, the lower neck and both sides of the abdomen along the mouth are edged, and the circle foot is divided into four equal parts.

The cover and abdomen are decorated with horns and gluttonous patterns, and the eyes are huge, and they are blazing!

The face of the beast is also extra-large, and the shape is extremely exaggerated: the body, legs and claws are separated, the body is raised, and the tail is rolled downward;

The overall handle is decorated with a quilt pattern, the body is slender, and the arched back and tail are rolled.

The whole body is decorated with thunder patterns to fill the ground, and the main gluttonous patterns are outlined with yin lines, forming the full work of "three-layer flowers" - the decoration is cumbersome, but the layers are clear, the decoration is gorgeous, and the production is excellent.

And although the volume of the artifact is not particularly large, it can give the person who looks at it the feeling of the majestic shape, and it is an extremely rare Bronze Age art treasure.

Zhang Nan opened the lid, took the small flashlight handed over by Boss Ma, turned on the light and looked carefully at the inner abdomen.

There are no signs of repair on the inside, but no inscriptions have been found.

On the inside of the lid, an inscription was found, but Zhang Nan didn't know what it was called, Boss Ma couldn't say it, and even no one in the world could say it - because Zhang Nan knew that this was a word that had disappeared in the long history of China.

Boss Ma pointed to the inscription on the inside of the lid and said: "My friend and I have found many people to identify this word, but we can't recognize it, and we can't find it on the information."

This has been hidden for decades, and it is also a pity for my friend. ”

It's going to be sold, and I haven't figured out what it's called or what it means, so it's a pity.

At this point, Zhang Nan smiled and said, "What is the price of this?"

Seeing that Zhang Nan didn't answer, Boss Ma knew that this was a matter of not wanting to talk about the inscription for the time being, so he would talk about the transaction first.

"It's not expensive for yours, $350,000. ”

There is only one inscription, but the ornamentation and shape are extremely exquisite, and the value far exceeds that of the late Shang Dynasty Yi that I bought last time.

He didn't bother to bargain, and gestured, and Randy paid immediately.

Now that the deal has been reached, this piece is his own belongings, and Zhang Nan doesn't mind doing something good at this time, so that Boss Ma and his friend who is going to immigrate have no regrets.

The word in this lid is like the shape of an axe and a owl's head, what is it called, Zhang Nan doesn't know, but he knows its meaning.

Why?

It is included in the professional research book that the curator has spent many years writing, and there are several photographs attached to it.

This character represents a powerful tribe in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and it should also be a tribe with extremely strong force. ”

"You know?"

Boss Ma was pleasantly surprised, it has been more than 20 years since he first saw this word!

This will meet someone who can answer your questions, and of course it will be an unexpected surprise.

"It's not that I know about it, but a friend of mine has studied it, including the shape of this type of slab from the late Shang Dynasty to the Western Zhou Dynasty. ”

To pass a blank piece of paper, Zhang Nan "draws" the inscription on the lid, and then writes two early gold inscriptions on the side.

"The second word should be a king, and the third word is a bit like, but it shouldn't be a king. ”

The three words look like the shape of an axe and a owl's head, but they are different: the king represents power, and those who dare to challenge are losing their heads!

Zhang Nan pointed to the third word and said: "This is the county that first appeared on the early Jin Wen, and it is the county where we are now the county magistrate and the county seat."

The word county is not yet in the oracle bone inscription, and this administrative unit does not seem to have been invented by Qin Shi Huang, and began to appear in the Jin inscription in the late Shang Dynasty......"

Well, in ancient times, the county level could also cut off people's heads, and the people of the Shang Dynasty told us a truth in words: don't take the county magistrate as a cadre!

Defy?

Chop off your head!

Zhang Nan said again: "Boss Ma, your friend may still not be sure whether this is an object from the late Shang Dynasty or the Western Zhou Dynasty, right?"

Boss Ma nodded.

When trading just now, Boss Ma didn't say what era this thing was, because he couldn't be sure.

The Shang Dynasty had 卣, the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the shape and type of the Shang Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty had continuity, which was difficult for ordinary people to judge.

The antique dealers in Xiangjiang relied on the inventory before the liberation and the smuggling of bronze in recent years, and this research is far inferior to that of the archaeological circles on the mainland, let alone the expert who has studied this in depth with Nong Bosheng.

Zhang Nan smiled and said: "This is a piece of the late Shang Dynasty, and its shape and ornamentation are quite similar to the gluttonous pattern of the Liang Gong unearthed from the Shang and Zhou cemeteries in Luoshan Tianhu, Henan Province, the Zuxin Shan unearthed in Hui County, Henan Province in 1965, the Ge Gong unearthed in Nanxiang Township, Hunan Province in 1970, and the Yava Cave unearthed in Beihe in 1978, and there are many similar pieces in the mainland.

The age of this kind of block is mostly concentrated in the third and fourth phases of Yinxu, so I think the era of this piece is the late Shang Dynasty.

The inscription in the lid should be used as the name of the clan, and the artifacts of the clan that began to appear in the Shang Dynasty should have been found in the mainland so far, and many of them are still heirlooms unearthed in the early years like this one, and it is impossible to determine its specific location until now.

The era is mostly concentrated in the late Shang Dynasty to the early part of the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, indicating that this ethnic group is the old Yin Shang clan, and it continued in the Western Zhou Dynasty like other Yin relics. ”

When Boss Ma heard this, he sighed: Xiangjiang is too small, too small!

I didn't ask what it reads, I asked if it was a fool, and why was this clan so powerful that had disappeared into history?

After the Yin Shang is finished, he can still be strong enough to be at least until the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and he can still use the word cutting off people's heads to represent his own clan, can he not be strong by force?

According to today's research, the centralized system of the state 3,000 years ago cannot be compared with the current one, and the autonomy of tribes and small states is very large, and the kings of the Xia and Shang dynasties are not as completely in control of the country as the monarchs after Qin Shi Huang, and the power of the lower tribes should be very large.

However, the backwardness of the productive forces led to the longest continuation of the three earliest dynasties in China, which is also very strange.

As for why this is the case, the history before the Eastern Zhou Dynasty is now too little known, so it should be regarded as a mystery.

Of course, Zhang Nan liked the antiques this time, although the price was sky-high compared to the black market in Beijing, but it was not expensive.

Besides, this ancient bronze can be called the important weapon of the country, and the porcelain, calligraphy and painting of two or three thousand years at night are a bit fluttering.

Yuan Qinghua is very expensive after speculation, and the official kiln porcelain of the three dynasties of Kang Yongqian is the plaything of the official family, as for the twelve beast heads, hehe...... Royal faucets.

What an interesting thing to be able to peek into the life of the ancients 3,000 years ago from the ancient bronzes!

said goodbye to Boss Ma, and asked Weng Qianhui to tell his brother to be careful and careful.

The next day, he asked that Chen Fang to have a meal at the Peninsula Hotel with his dragon head, and gave the other party two scripts by the way.

Everything was happy.

On New Year's Day in 1989, Weng Qianhui took a flight back to Beijing, Jiang Aihua and a stick came out of nowhere, with two large boxes of dollars and Zhang Nan asked him to bring back three bronzes from Yan County, from Shatoujiao to the mainland.

The ancient bronzes purchased by Xiangjiang can be returned to the mainland with the receipt issued by Boss Ma's antique shop, and the law allows the cultural relics to flow back, not to mention the mysterious figure of the stick.

Jiang Aihua asked Zhang Nan before: Where are you going to donate this time?

In the next few years, I will open a private museum in my hometown, striving to catch up with the Palace Museum and the National Museum. ”

Comrade Aihua scoffed: ", you! Do you still want to catch up with and surpass those two?"

Zhang Nan didn't care, "When the time comes, you can just look at it." ”

"By the way, where did you open the museum?"

"My hometown, of course. ”

Now it was Jiang Aihua's turn to smile: "Then even if you make it into a museum with the world's largest collection, few people will go to see it, and it will be a place for primary school students in the county to go on a spring outing every year?"

Do you want to compare with the Palace Museum?

You dream!"

"I said Comrade Aihua, don't you know that half of the Forbidden City I invested in my hometown has been built, and the design drawings of the Qin Imperial Palace researched by a group of experts have also been basically completed.

The funds are available at any time, didn't your construction company also help pull a ticket for northern ancient architecture professionals to go to our county, where did you go?

When the time comes, I will build the museum in the scenic area, do you think anyone will see it?"

Speaking of this, Comrade Aihua, who was already a little annoyed and angry no matter how much Zhang Nan looked at it, continued triumphantly: "There is only one museum, and the Forbidden City is a classic, I have lived together for five thousand years, and it is a good place to receive history education, and I can play everywhere." ”

Jiang Aihua didn't have a point, and finally held back the sentence: "There are cannons in the National Museum!

His concept was still before the National Museum was separated.

"I have cannons, I have two in my house, and I put them in the yard.

This time, you go to my hometown, don't stay in a hotel, I'll say hello to me, you and your people will stay in my hilltop manor......"

To be honest, if the law allows, Zhang Nan will not be able to get fewer old weapons than the Museum of Revolution-Destiny History, except for things like the U2.

Because there are really not many old weapons in this world that can't be bought with money!

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