Bronzes are considered a large category in the study of cultural relics and antiques, but at the same time, they are also a very small category.

It is said that it is a large category because it has been handed down to a large number of generations, and it occupies a very important position in Chinese history. Even in a certain historical period, bronze was even the artifact of the town at that time.

Later, after the bronze ware was gradually widely used, it slowly changed into soldiers, rituals, musical instruments, sacrifices, utensils, etc., etc., it can be said that in Chinese history and archaeology, bronze is an absolutely unavoidable link.

But it is said that it is a very small category because of the Cultural Relics Law. The Cultural Relics Law specifically emphasizes that the trade of bronzes before the Han Dynasty was completely prohibited.

Most of the bronzes circulating today are unearthed cultural relics, and it can be said that more than 95% of them are before the Han Dynasty, which is almost equivalent to a ban on the trade of bronzes.

Although I dare not say that as soon as this ban was issued, the trade in bronzes was absolutely banned, but at the very least, it was absolutely impossible to trade in an open and honest manner, for example, no auction would dare to accept it at all.

Of course, it is impossible to absolutely prohibit private transactions, but if you can't go to the auction house, or even show off after you buy it, then why buy the bronzes?

Bronzes before the Han Dynasty were defined as national first-class cultural relics and were not allowed to be collected privately.

In such a situation, really buy millions or even tens of millions of things, and then hide them in the basement, never see the light?

That's a hairy one.

Therefore, as soon as the ban on bronzes in the Cultural Relics Law came out, the trading volume of domestic bronzes fell to the bottom in an instant, except for a very small number of collectors who are indeed ten minutes of love, almost no one will touch bronzes.

And if there is no buying and selling, there is no ...... Motivation for research.

These bronzes can't be traded, and the chance to pick up the leak is gone, and there is not even a chance to take it out and play with it openly, so it's a fart.

Therefore, in today's antique shops, the category of bronzes really belongs to a very small category, and there are very few people who study them, except for those real archaeological experts, in order to study history and the like, such as Wen Zhiming.

And why did Qi Xiangyang come into contact with bronze ware at the beginning, which can be regarded as a "family history".

What did the three brothers of the Qi family do before, Pan Jiayuan is famous for imitation of bronze masters, more than 20 years ago, there was no bronze related ban in the cultural relics law, at that time the bronze trade can be said to be in full swing, the three brothers of the Qi family "unearthed bronzes", at least accounted for nearly one-tenth of the number of Pan Jiayuan.

If you want to imitate bronze, then at least you must have a deep understanding of bronze, so in order to imitate, the three brothers of the Qi family have studied bronze very thoroughly, and there are many related books stored at home.

This is also the reason why Qi Xiangyang's family has so many antique books, and even now many books in the Qi family are very difficult to buy outside, and they belong to real classics.

That is, he is reluctant to sell, otherwise just those books add up, and it will be no problem to sell tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands.

A copy of "Shang and Zhou Bronzes" edited by Ma Chengyuan is still the first edition, if you want to say that it may be impossible to sell it for one or two thousand, but if it is five thousand, it is definitely a lot of people who want it.

Therefore, based on Qi Xiangyang's own situation, Yao Zhiping and Zhang Kun decided that Qi Xiangyang's teaching would start with Shang and Zhou bronzes.

Although learning this can't let Qi Xiangyang make money or anything in the antique circle, for Yao Zhiping, it is a process of finding out Qi Xiangyang, looking at Qi Xiangyang's learning and acceptance ability, as well as character or something, so that the teaching tasks can be arranged.

So, Zhang Kun took Qi Xiangyang to the Palace Museum after lunch.

Speaking of the Forbidden City, everyone must be familiar with it, it is the Forbidden City, the Imperial City. When Zhang Kun faced Gong Honda Chong, he was in the Forbidden City. And the Palace Museum is in the Forbidden City.

The collection of the Palace Museum is also the largest in the country, with 1.8 million cultural relics, including more than 1.6 million precious cultural relics, covering almost all categories of cultural relics in the entire history of Chinese civilization.

In the Palace Museum, there are no more than 15,000 pieces of cultural relics in the category of bronzes alone, which still does not include coins and bronze mirrors.

took Qi Xiangyang to the Forbidden City, and after buying tickets, the two went to the bronze collection area, and then under Yao Zhiping's guidance and comments, Zhang Kun's relay, Qi Xiangyang began to learn the knowledge of archaeological identification of cultural relics.

Yao Zhiping's teaching is very simple, that is, to point out the differences and characteristics of various bronzes in different eras, etc., from the distinction of materials, to the characteristics of different periods of carving shapes, the writing of inscriptions, and the different ways of narration, to determine the age, and finally to judge the authenticity of a collection by synthesizing the total.

In this way, in the next few days, Zhang Kun and Qi Xiangyang soaked in the Palace Museum all day long, and with the guidance of a famous teacher, Qi Xiangyang's understanding and identification ability of bronzes rose sharply.

Although I dare not say that I have reached the level of a teacher, it is indeed the accumulation of Qi Xiangyang's years of reading books in the past, and gradually transformed it into practical experience, which can be regarded as the amateur top level of bronze appraisal.

However, through the guidance and teaching in the past few days, Yao Zhiping was pleasantly surprised to find that Qi Xiangyang's learning and acceptance ability is surprisingly strong, and he also has the ability to draw inferences, perhaps because of the reason for reading books before, but more, Yao Zhiping believes that Qi Xiangyang's antique appraisal can be regarded as talented.

Originally, I was just thinking about it, and I repaid the guilt of the year, but I didn't expect to really pick up the treasure.

At this time, Yao Zhiping's mentality changed suddenly, originally he just planned to let Qi Xiangyang learn a certain type and teach it to the extent that he could mix in this industry, but now, Yao Zhiping really wants to teach Qi Xiangyang everything he has learned, and really regards Qi Xiangyang as a successor.

After Yao Zhiping didn't say a word, he began to move to porcelain, calligraphy and painting, jade and other fields, Yao Zhiping now wants to see whether Qi Xiangyang only has a special appreciation for bronzes, or whether he has a prominent eye for the entire antique industry, all categories.

And in the following days, Yao Zhiping was full of surprises, and the smile on his face almost never stopped, Qi Xiangyang really surprised him.

And with Yao Zhiping's full smile, the smile on Zhang Kun's face gradually increased, but Zhang Kun's smile has nothing to do with Qi Xiangyang or even Yao Zhiping.

Zhang Kun smiled because, as time passed, little by little, and then he found that it seemed to be ...... It's almost the Chinese New Year.

Of course, Zhang Kun is not happy because of the New Year, the New Year, although it is a big festival, but every year, besides, Zhang Kun has long passed the age of looking forward to the New Year when he was a child.

Zhang Kun is happy because the Chinese New Year is over, and Zhou Yaqi is coming back.

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PS: @天堂画匠错别字是我的错, be sure to check it out next time. However, the reason why I went to the museum to study, rather than looking at Yao Zhiping's collection, needs to be explained.

First, Yao Zhiping's collection is exquisite, so it is small, and there are only 30 or 50 items in the collection room, and even if you add the fake collection room on the upper floor, it is only 1 or 200 pieces, which is enough to see?

Yao Zhiping's collection is fine enough, but in terms of quantity, it can never be compared with the museum.

And then there is a second point, Yao Zhiping's collections have a place to go, and in the end they are all going to be donated, now Zhang Kun doesn't know much about Qi Xiangyang's character, in case these things are displayed in front of Qi Xiangyang, if Qi Xiangyang's heart is not enough, to say, I am also a disciple of Yao Zhiping, I also have a share of these collections, and then what should Zhang Kun do?

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