The Chinese bird seal script is even more difficult to recognize than the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt, because it is complex, like a painting.

What's worse is that 2500 years ago, the Chinese countries were still different languages, coupled with the different cultures of the East and the West, and the direction of study was different, just like there were few paleographs and archaeologists in China who recognized the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt.

If it weren't for the everyone-level Nong Bosheng, plus Zhang Nan would have read the research materials given to him by Comrade Curator whenever he was free, he would not have recognized the inscription on the handle of the spear.

"The Song State is a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty, and Song Jinggong calls himself 'Luan', and this 'Song Luan' should refer to him.

Jing Gong reigned for 48 years, about 500 BC, and the shape of this spear also conformed to the characteristics of the Central Plains bronze weapons in the late Spring and Autumn Period and the early Warring States Period. ”

Not only is there an inscription on the handle, but there is also a pattern in the middle of the back half of the spear. Guan Xingquan took the short spear and tried the edge, and it was very sharp, and that era was the peak of Chinese bronze weapon skills!

said in passing: "Isn't this just an era away from Gou Jian and Fu." ”

"Well, the time difference between the three of them should be within 10 years, the husband is the first to commit suicide, Jing Gong naturally dies of old age, and it will be Gou Jian's turn in a few years..."

As for the specific year, Zhang Nan couldn't remember it all at once, anyway, it didn't matter, and he couldn't check the information.

I don't know if these three people thought they had sat down to drink and brag back then.

“... Jing Gongluan, this person is said to be good..."

Zhang Nan casually said the matter of "Yingfu guarding his heart", and the story of Jinggong's reluctance to transfer the disaster to others is still very historical and educational - "Yingfu", Mars also, Mars is like fire, and its whereabouts are unpredictable, and it was called "Yingfu" in ancient China.

In fact, whether in the East or the West, Mars is considered to represent war and death.

Xiang Weirong and Guan Xingquan have long been accustomed to Zhang Nan's attainments in Chinese antiques and history, and Henry admires it to the extreme - this ability, at least ten or twenty years of accumulation can be picked up, the boss is very capable!

After a lap, the short spear was put back into the humidor.

Nor is it intended to be repackaged, this cedar-textured humidor is said to be very moisture-resistant, just in time to preserve the bronze.

The cigar box was placed on the coffee table, and the second wooden box was seventy or eighty centimeters high, and it was very heavy.

Henry's strength is average, and the things were brought in by Jacob just now, and the boxes are at least a hundred pounds. This will Guan Xingquan open the lid of the box, remove the anti-collision styrofoam, and directly lift the utensils inside.

A few years ago, hundreds of pounds of hiking bags could be carried away at will, this strength is not covered, and it can also lift weights as lightly: things are placed on the ground, so as not to smash the glass coffee table panel.

"It's incomplete, it's missing. ”

It was Xiang Weirong who spoke, and in the past few years, he can be regarded as half an antique expert.

Wei, a large-scale wine container and ritual vessel of the Han nationality in ancient China, was popular from the late Shang period to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. There are two types: square and round, the square wei appeared in the late Shang Dynasty, while the round Wei appeared in both the Shang and early Zhou dynasties.

Zhang Nan ignored his brother-in-law's words, opened his eyes without blinking, and after the things were put away, he immediately looked at the inner collar wall of the mouth edge of the utensils, "Father Cha Zunyi!"

Yi, the wine vessel, is generally slightly larger than the Wei concept, and to put it bluntly, it is a kind of thing - the shape of the utensil in front of you can be called Yi or Wei.

Turning his head, he asked Henry, "500,000?"

"Yes, 500,000. Henry DeBosson was a little apprehensive when asked, "Expensive?"

Zhang Nan didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "Do you know how much it was worth more than 60 years ago?"

Of course Henry didn't know, and he wouldn't be stupid enough to say he didn't know: he also reacted, this artifact was absolutely amazing!

Instead of putting on a score, Zhang Nan said: "In 1924, it was sold for 1 million silver dollars in China, and in the United States that year, it sold for 800,000 US dollars!"

1,000,000 silver dollars, that's how much?

$800,000 in 1924, what is that concept?

Not to mention 1924, the average annual salary in the United States in 1930 was $1,420, and $3,000 could buy a decent apartment (at that time, it was not a dream to buy a suite with a two-year salary, as for this will be 90 years, that is, the sum of four to five years of salary, and the average annual salary of $30,000 is less than a point.) ）。

"800,000, at least equivalent to $15 million, or even much more!"

After Henry finished settling the accounts, he said: "Regardless of the purchasing power of standard silver coins at that time, even if the price of pure silver would be far more than 10 million dollars.

Oh!

Boss, the antique water is really deep!"

This is a piece of 罍 (léi), and with the inscription, it should be called "Dish Heaven Quanfang Wei". The top cover is missing, take a ruler to measure, the height of the device is 63.6 cm, and the volume is huge!

The body has a rectangular mouth, a straight neck, a high circle foot, and the whole device is based on the cloud and thunder pattern, and is decorated with animal face pattern, dragon pattern, and phoenix bird pattern.

The shoulders are decorated with double ear rings, the front and abdomen are placed under a beast's head, and the corners of the four sides and the center of each side are decorated with protruding long hooked halberd-shaped ribs.

"The word 'vessel' is the clan name of the owner of the vessel, and it was a very influential family in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. "And Quan" is the name of the owner, and "Ji" is the name of the temple where the ancestor was worshipped. ”

Zhang Nan said this, the problem is here!

Henry couldn't understand, and Xiang Weirong studied this big guy weighing at least eighty or ninety pounds for a while, and had to ask: "Where is the 'and all'?"

I can't find it, I can't find those two words inside and out.

"On the lid, it is hidden in the Hunan Provincial Museum.

In 1977, a bronze of the people of the dish clan was found in Long-County, West Qin, and the age was the same as that of this vessel. The boiled rice was dug up from a noble tomb in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, and its owner and the owner of this vessel should be of the same clan.

This 'and the full' and his father, presumably moved to the south.

It was only found in the late Shang Dynasty, popular from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, and became extinct in the Warring States Period. Although it was no longer minted during the Han Dynasty, it was already a favorite collection of princes.

According to historical records, during the Western Han Dynasty, there were bloody battles in the palace caused by the descendants of King Liang Xiao for the dispute, and the Wei was a treasure in the Western Han Dynasty.

Although archaeological discoveries show that the area of Hunan Province has mastered the bronze casting technology in the middle and early Shang Dynasty, it is estimated that the ability to cast such a delicate and complex square weight is still lacking.

Moreover, the shape, ornamentation, and inscription of this piece of Fang Wei completely belong to the style of the Central Plains Yinxu, especially the color is black and bright, and the standard 'black lacquer ancient' needs to be buried in a corrosive acid environment for more than 1,000 years to form.

This is different from the color formed after a long time when the bronzes of the Central Plains were generally buried in alkaline soil, and it was obviously brought into Hunan Province by the Shang Dynasty people in the Central Plains when they moved south. ”