Teng Kunwu was not modest, and said proudly, "Lu Zhen, who made the Xuande furnace back then, is also a human being; if he can make it, I can also make it! ”

"From Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, to the Qing Dynasty, to the Republic of China, copper incense burners with Xuande models have emerged in an endless stream, but it is difficult to see the 'true Xuan'. It is said that even if only more than 3,000 pieces were made at that time, after all, they were first-class good things, and originally, they should have been preserved and handed down a lot. ”

Yu Yao said, and couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity, the Xuande Furnace has experienced too many catastrophes!"

There were more than 100 styles of Xuande furnace in those years, which were used for the temple and the inner court for sacrifice, the palace for use, and the use of rewards, and some of them were stored in the warehouse.

But before the Ming Dynasty fell, the Xuande furnace suffered the first catastrophe.

Emperor Chongzhen, smelting bronze and minting coins.

In order to make up for the emptiness of the treasury and deal with the dilemma, Chongzhen once sent all the bronzes in the inner treasury and idle bronzes in the palace to the Baoyuan Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, and minted coins after melting. Inside, there are not only Xuande furnaces, but also precious bronzes from the last three generations.

Qianlong spoiled cultural relics, that is, carved a word, inscribed a poem, stamped a seal or something, Chongzhen directly "realized". There's no way around it, the emperor is almost out of work, how can he manage so much?

In the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor's life was also very sad, and he used the same method to smelt the bronze ware of the past dynasties in the palace and use it to mint money.

These two catastrophes are well documented, and they must include the Xuande furnace.

In the war years of the Japanese invasion, it was one thing to rob cultural relics, and it was also one thing to use copper to make guns. The more famous event is the bronze Guanyin statue of Dahui Temple, which was destroyed by the Japanese people and replaced with a wooden Guanyin statue.

In recent decades, it is estimated that just a dilapidated four old can destroy a lot. In short, to this day, the Xuande furnace may still have genuine products, but it should be rare. This has also become an "unsolved case" in the history of Chinese cultural relics.

Many museums have the so-called "Xuande furnace", but it is difficult for one to be recognized as "true Xuande" by all experts.

Not to mention the "true Xuan" of Xuande for three years, Wu Bangzuo, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, who supervised the work that year, later summoned craftsmen to imitate a batch of Xuande furnaces, which are the most sophisticated imitations;

"If one day, the Secret Treasure of the Devil's Eye Gate can be rediscovered, and maybe this unsolved case can be solved. Teng Kunwu said slowly.

Yu Yao silently put the "Xuande Furnace" away, and then picked up the largest brocade box.

The big guy in this brocade box is a three-dragon gluttonous pattern round venerable, more than half a meter high, but the diameter of the trumpet-shaped mouth is larger than the abdominal neck, and it is a foot long.

The shoulders of the three dragons are a combination of round carving and relief, of course, this is casting rather than carving. The heads of the three dragons protrude out of their shoulders, and their bodies spiral in an oblique plane over their shoulders.

The abdomen, homeopathically cast with three ridges, separating areas of the same size, are all the same gluttonous ornamentation. On the lap foot, there is a string pattern.

The craftsmanship is extremely delicate.

"Heavy weapons in the late Shang Dynasty!" Yu Yao sighed.

The three dragons are very reminiscent of the four sheep square statues, all of which are bronze vessels of the late Shang Dynasty, and the three dragon heads and the four sheep heads are also similar.

It's just that if it is a round venerable, the three dragons are more suitable than the four dragon heads, and if it is a square venerable, the four sides and the four sheep heads are more suitable.

In the late Shang Dynasty, there was a peak in the development of bronze ware, with many types and exquisite and complex ornamentation. The Taidian Fangding was also a heavy weapon in the late Shang Dynasty.

"There is another one, which is also from the Shang Dynasty, but it is early!" Teng Kunwu was no longer surprised by Yu Yao's eyesight. Although the real product is not there, this is just a high imitation, but judging from the characteristics of the shape and decoration, it is from the Shang Dynasty, which is not a matter for him.

What Teng Kunwu said was naturally the short and wide brocade box.

When Yu Yao opened it, he found that it was a bronze plate.

The diameter of the handicap is about 40 centimeters, and there is a round-bellied circle foot under the disc, and the height of the circle foot is about 8 centimeters. The surface of the plate is surrounded by a bird pattern in the center, and the outer part is a fish pattern and a dragon pattern.

The inside of the plate is rusty like emerald, and the outside of the plate is mixed with red spots.

The whole is very complete, and there is not a single defect. However, in terms of craftsmanship, it is a cut worse than the Taidian Fang Ding and the Three Dragons Gluttonous Pattern Yuanzun.

After Yu Yao observed, he found that there were two inscriptions in the inconspicuous place: Mu C.

In the early Shang Dynasty, inscriptions on bronzes were rare, and there were not many, that is, one or two characters. For example, this "mother C" should be cast this Xuanniao pattern plate, which is to worship the mother, and the mother's name is C.

"There is also an inscription! This Xuanniao pattern plate, not to mention the market value, the value of cultural relics is immeasurable. Yu Yao sighed in admiration, "Xuanniao is a merchant to sacrifice his mother." ”

The Divine Destiny Xuanniao, descending to give birth to business, is a sentence in the Book of Songs. Legend has it that the ancestor of the Shang clan was named Qi, who was "born by feeling the sky" and "born without a father".

How could anyone be born of a bird? It is just a reflection of the early Shang people's worship of bird totems. However, the appearance of such a Xuanniao pattern plate in the early Shang Dynasty also happens to be a corroboration, the original Shang family, and later established the Shang Dynasty, but there is still the imprint of ancestral totem worship.

"The craftsmanship value of this thing is so average that I have a bit of a hard time making it. Teng Kunwu continued, "But this thing is worth keeping secret! There are too few bronzes from the early Shang Dynasty that are intact on the market! Not to mention that the Xuanyao ornament and the inscription of the mother sacrifice on this piece really complement each other!"

Yu Yao nodded repeatedly.

Subsequently, the two of them faced this Xuanniao pattern plate together, you and I said one sentence, and I couldn't help but look at each other and laugh.

In this world, it is not difficult to find a person with similar interests, but if you reach a certain level of interest, it is not easy to find it. The lower it is, the easier it is to find, and the higher it is, the harder it is to find.

For example, if you like to play snooker, if you just learn to move, it is easy to slide the bar, then you can go to a random ball room, and it is easy to find someone to talk to, and it can be quite fun. But if you can pass 100 in a single stroke, it will be difficult for you to find someone willing to communicate among amateurs.

The master is lonely.

Teng Kunwu has been lonely for many years, especially in the past ten years, and even He Wenguang has not been able to communicate.

Yu Yao was also very happy in the exchange, but he still couldn't help but glance at the smallest brocade box several times.

It's only the size of a cigarette case, but what exactly will be in it?

"Don't think about it, the purpose of this thing is still a bit controversial, but anyway, it's also made of bronze. Teng Kunwu noticed Yu Yao's gaze, and as he spoke, he took the initiative to open the smallest brocade box.