Chapter 296: Savage Rust
"The names of the ancients are complicated, this 'Shan' is the clan of this person, 'ι¨' is its name, this character is 'Uncle Five Fathers', of which 'Uncle' is its ranking. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
He is called 'Uncle Five', and his wife Meng Qi is called 'Uncle Shan', which is the ancestral examination, that is, the altar, the cup, the ding, and the plate that make sacrifices for the ancestors call themselves 'Shan Five Fathers' or 'Shan Wu'.
The nine mustaches were made for his wife. β
Speaking of this, Xiang Weirong had some doubts: "So many precious bronzes are buried underground, and it is estimated that it is the same reason as the Song Qian cellar you said in the late Southern and Northern Song Dynasty." β
"Probably, it should be. However, I have seen the walls of the cave in the cellar, and the passage to the upper steps was very carefully backfilled with rammed earth, and the time was not particularly rushed. β
Guan Xingquan said: "The porcelain in Xichuan was not buried so carefully that time. β
There are not many secrets between the three of them that can't be said, Guan Xingquan mentioned it.
Sui-Ning celadon cellar is the kind that was buried in a hurry, and this time it is fully prepared - counting the height of the superior platform, even if you subtract the 2,800-year-old loess accumulation, the original cellar passage was dug at least two meters and five deep, and more than four meters and five meters long!
Regarding Brother Guan's words, Zhang Nan said: "Probably the attack speed of the dog Rong is not as fast as that of the Mongols. β
"Inujun?"
"The ancient clan name was originally active in the area of present-day Shaanxi and Gansu. β
Historically, the Zhou Dynasty in the period before the eastward migration was called the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the social contradictions in the later period of the Western Zhou Dynasty, including the contradictions within the ruling group, became increasingly intensified, and the struggle for land and political power accelerated the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
The rebellion of the Chinese people shook the foundation of the rule of the Western Zhou Dynasty, in 771 BC, due to the legend of the Beacon Fire Opera princes of the Zhou You King abolished the heir, and set up the son of Bao Xi as the crown prince, the original prince's grandfather Shenhou united with the State of Zhang, Xiyi Dog Rong to attack the King of Zhou You, as a result, the King of Zhou You was attacked and killed by the barbaric and powerful Dog Rong clan.
History tells us that it is not necessarily a good thing for my mother-in-law to be too strong. β
"Don't digress and get down to business. β
Zhang Nan shrugged his shoulders and said: "In this battle, the favorite concubine of King You, Bao Xi, was taken captive, and the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Haojing and the northwest of Fengjing, were occupied by the dog Rong, and the Western Zhou Dynasty, which had been strong for 352 years, played with eggs.
In 770 B.C., Shenhou and some other princes established Yijiu, the king of Zhouping, as the king, and the king of Ping moved Kyoto from Zongzhou to Luoyi, which is now Luoyang, Henan Province, and the Zhou Dynasty after the eastward migration is called the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in history.
I guess these things were buried during the war, and it is unlikely that they were buried when the capital was moved: the largest thing was only a hundred pounds, and bronze was also one of the most precious items at the time, and should not be buried temporarily.
Only war would make that single fifth father leave these treasures. β
At this time, Guan Xingquan was standing in front of the huge copper plate by the shelf, and suddenly thought of something: all the bronzes here, some of them were full of patina, such as the two huge pots;
Some only have a few small patches of green rust, and the rest of the parts still have the original metallic luster of copper, just like that one: more than 2,800 years old, except for a few small pieces of green rust, just like something that was just cast decades ago!
Regarding Guan Xingquan's question, Zhang Nan said: "Bronze bronze, because the dug up is basically covered in patina, this is called bronze." In fact, its original color is like this one, quite bright.
The primitive conditions for preserving antique cultural relics in the loess in the Yangjia Village area are much better than those in our southern part of the Yangtze River! Our soil here is acidic, and their soil is neutral or slightly alkaline.
If we were to bury it for 2,800 years, the cave would have been filled with mud and become solid soil, not to mention, this Dading would have been rotten beyond recognition. β
"I didn't mean that, I looked at this plate carefully, there was no inscription at all, the plate was full of rust, and it was completely different from the one opposite. β
"Ahh
Zhang Nan really hasn't looked carefully at this super large copper plate known as the pan, but now take a closer look: yes, the plate is full of green patina, and I can't see a word!
"Kill it!"
Now it's the turn of brother-in-law and Brother Guan "ah"!
"Dry the patina inside, not the plate. Zhang Nan said and glanced at the warehouse, "Not here, go to the kitchen." β
Let's go.
The brother-in-law hugged the plate, which was quite heavy.
"I weighed, 37 pounds. It is 20.4 cm high, 53.6 cm in diameter, 41 cm in diameter, 10.4 cm deep in abdomen, and 4.2 cm tall in four animal feet. β
This plate has square lips, folded edges, shallow abdomen, attached ears, and paved heads, and four animal feet are attached under the circle feet: the abdomen and circle feet are decorated with stealing patterns, and the auxiliary head is the beast rank ring.
The craftsmanship is exquisite, but this will not see a word of inscription - Zhang Nanke knows that the inscription of this "pan" is 372 words, and the number of words exceeds the famous wall plate!
......
Out of the underground arsenal, lock the door, these guys outside are still playing, and they all make a huge mountain villa smell of fireworks!
"Tang Gui, Tang Gui!"
Zhang Nan roared directly.
Comrade chef will go home for Chinese New Year's Eve tomorrow after cooking Chinese food, and he will still be there today, and he will also set off fireworks, and he will bring a big bag back tomorrow.
As soon as he heard the boss call him, he hurriedly ran over.
I saw that Xiang Weirong was holding an antique in his hand, but he didn't ask much, he knew that the boss had a lot of treasures, and he heard about it: And the matter to the boss is the same as to the military secret!
Don't know what you shouldn't know, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't say what you shouldn't say, don't listen to what you shouldn't hear!
"Boss. β
"Go to the kitchen and get me some bottles of vinegar. β
At this time, Tang Gui was dumbfounded, and he could only say: "Boss, there is no vinegar in the kitchen." β
Ma Guanhu explained to him: Zhang Nan is not jealous, he is allergic to vinegar!
There wasn't a drop of vinegar in the villa, not even in the kitchen where the bodyguard sometimes fired!
Now it was Zhang Nan's turn to be embarrassed and forget about it.
"Yongqiang, do me a favor, go down the mountain and buy a few bottles of vinegar. "As he spoke, he looked at the big copper plateβtrouble is coming!
Zhang Nan's math is rotten to death, how many bottles of vinegar does this cost?
"A bottle is 750 milliliters, right?
When asked Guan Xingquan, the latter smiled and said, "Do you want to fill it up?"
He guessed what Zhang Nan was going to do.
"Half-time. β
"Yongqiang, go buy a 20-bottle bottle. β
Fortunately, it is not very late, and some private consignment shops should still be open. Yongqiang immediately set off on the Cherokee, but waited a while before returning.
20 bottles of vinegar, still different varieties.
"It took 3 stores to buy it all. β
Listening to Yongqiang's explanation, Zhang Nan didn't know what to say: "Who would buy 20 bottles of vinegar at night, Yongqiang is estimated to be a monster by the one who opened the store." β
How do you rust bronzes?
There are many ways to do this, and Zhang Nan plans to use the simplest and most barbaric one: soak it directly with edible vinegar!
Of course, it's not that the entire bronze plate is soaked in vinegar, so one is blind and a few bars are brutal, and the other is also harmful to antiques. He's pouring vinegar into a copper basin to rust away β don't be surprised, the archaeological team sometimes does that!
But even then, it's barbaric enough.