After the beggars had gone away, they gathered together again, and the guy in the lead was depressed.

This time he didn't get a penny, and his members had a pair of brothers, and they even threw away their belongings for mixed food.

"You're really brothers!"

The two men smiled indifferently: "It's okay! Anyway, the broken bowls are all picked up from the thrift market, and they are worthless. ”

The leading beggar rolled his eyes: "Don't want new ones, you go pick up some shabby ones." And you, are you professional? They told you not to wash your shoes, they are so white, are they decent? How much do you only earn this month? Look at the fourth child, tsk! I can't help but throw two dollars at him. ”

As soon as these words came out, a large group of beggars burst into laughter.

……

Zhao Tianming saw that Ye Qiushuang and Lao Huang were still bargaining, and said with a smile: "Don't argue, this is not the Xuande bronze you imagined, it is an imitation of Xuande." ”

"Fakes?"

Ye Qiushuang and Lao Huang were stunned, their feelings were all a waste of saliva just now?

What's even more speechless is Ye Qiushuang, she also deliberately went to chase the beggar and kicked someone before she got the copper bowl in her hand. If it's a fake, the act just now is like a joke.

"It's an imitation!"

Ye Qiushuang immediately turned his head to look at Lao Huang: "Old man, do you want 500,000 more? or 200,000." ”

Lao Huang almost didn't scold: I was called an old guy just now, but in a blink of an eye, the sky is dawning?

Ever since he introduced his girlfriend, this girl has been looking at him unpleasantly.

Moreover, they all say that it is a fake, so what more do I want? I don't want 500,000, 200,000, or 50,000 yuan. How much is a pound of old copper? What am I going to do?

"Or I'll transfer it to you, 100,000 will do. Lao Huang snorted.

Zhao Tianming's eyes lit up and he looked at the two guys: "100,000? Then transfer it to me!"

Ye Qiushuang's reaction was very fast, which could make Zhao Tianming's heart move, and he was willing to pay 100,000, even if it was an imitation, it should be more than that. She also suddenly remembered that some imitations were also very valuable.

So, she hurriedly nodded: "Okay, then 100,000, old man, you have to talk and count!"

Lao Huang was not stupid, and immediately pretended to be stupid: "What 100,000? What do you say? I don't understand." ”

Zhao Tianming felt that he had no love. These two guys, none of them are good people.

Ye Qiushuang was so angry that his nose was crooked, and he said secretly: I will never pay attention to this old guy in the future, I won't talk about this old girl, my words don't count, and I don't have any credibility.

She turned to Zhao Tianming: "What's the matter? Didn't you say it was a fake?"

Zhao Tianming rolled his eyes: "I just said imitation, not fake." Of course, strictly speaking, it is still a fake, not an authentic Xuande bronze. ”

Judging from the pulp, almost everyone can see that it is an object that is a little old.

Pulp, in the antique circle is a more frequently used word, commonly known as "heirloom ancient", refers to the metal surface due to oxidation, rust and sweat, over time the natural formation of a layer of compounds, there are black bronze and other colors, so that the utensils have a natural sense of obsolescence.

It can be said that the pulp is slowly polished by the passage of time on the millstone of time, and the faint glossy surface is so subtle that it is difficult to distinguish without careful observation.

These heirloom antiques such as jade, printed stones, bronze pieces, inkstones, porcelain, etc., which are not "oily" themselves, can produce pulp after a long period of play.

The first thing to look at is the pulp.

"Look at the pulp, it doesn't look like a new product!" Lao Huang also said.

Aged natural rust, generally from the outside to the inside longitudinally divided into three layers, and most of the antique bronzes due to their short experience, usually only one layer of floating rust, single color, poor adhesion, if the floating rust will be directly exposed fresh copper.

Secondly, in addition to the damage and erosion experienced in the process of use, there are also such as atmospheric corrosion, soil corrosion, etc., showing a natural and harmonious style.

"It should be something old!" Ye Qiushuang said.

Not only porcelain, wood, jade, bronze, ivory carving, etc. have pulp, but even calligraphy, painting, stele and other paper silk products as thin as cicada wings are also pulped in the eyes of insiders.

Since the pulp supports the years, the older the thing, the thicker the pulp. To give a simple example, the newly bought bamboo mat, no matter how smooth it is, is not considered to be pulped, but the bamboo mat that the old grandmother has slept on for 50 years is red and bright. The handle of the new hoe is not covered with pulp, and the handle of the hoe of the old farmer is all thick with pulp.

In Zhao Tianming's eyes, "pulp" is actually "luster", but it is not an ordinary luster, but a special luster, which refers to a layer of luster on the surface of the utensil.

After many years, such a natural luster will form on the surface, that is, the so-called "pulp".

"Pulp is something that can sometimes be easy to deceive. However, these two copper bowls are also suitable for pulp. The imitation I am talking about is not a new imitation, but a previous imitation, which is considered an antique today. Zhao Tianming said.

Imitations, cottages, etc., are not new to today's society, they have appeared hundreds of years ago, or even thousands of years ago.

All precious things, valuable things, there will always be fakes, trying to make some similar fraud money.

Xuande bronzes, as the most famous bronzes of the Ming Dynasty, how can it be that no one imitated them?

In Zhao Tianming's impression, the most famous person for "Fangxuan" is undoubtedly Wu Bangzuo, and it is rumored that this person is the ancestor of Fangxuan.

Wu Bangzuo, as an official of the former Ministry of Labor, participated in the production of Xuande furnace, resigned in Xuande five years, and hired some workers who had participated in the casting of Xuande furnace to imitate Xuantong furnace. Wu is the ancestor of the imitation of Xuan, and his style, or store number is Qinshu, which has made a great contribution to the promotion of copper incense burners.

In the early days, the fake Xuan furnace was mostly dark, and later the color became lighter and lighter, which may be related to the fact that the price of zinc was getting lower and lower at that time.

In the Ming Dynasty, where the hierarchy was strict, it was inconceivable for an official to resign from his official position to set up a factory and make a copper furnace. This is also the reason why many copper furnaces are printed and called Wu Bangzuo as an official of the Ministry of Industry and has no official title.

As for some copper furnaces, the words calling Wu the Ministry of Works, or the Ministry of Works, should be a means of promotion for merchants. In fact, all those who have the words "Wu Bangzuo Producer" on the copper furnace should not be Wu's producer.

Lao Huang's eyes began to shine again, and they were all people with a little knowledge, knowing that Xuande bronzes had imitations even in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.