Although the forgery technique of filling the ink all over the body is very clever, because the ink color is supplemented, even if it is made true, it is different from the real thing.

For example, if it is a genuine product from the Song Dynasty, the ink color is not completely black, but slightly blue, which looks very pleasing to the eye, which is difficult to imitate.

Of course, such identification skills are easy to say, but if no one tells them, ordinary people will also have dark eyes.

Because of this, it is not easy to become an expert in dealing in antiques and collecting antiques, and it requires a guide to bring you into the business, and if possible, it is better to be able to learn from a good connoisseur.

Of course, the antique industry is mixed, as mentioned above, many practitioners who are not very good have become so-called experts and teachers. For many beginners or collectors, these people are not even qualified masters, and worshipping them as teachers is simply a disaster.

A good master, first of all, in addition to having outstanding strengths, must also have a certain ability to appreciate other antique items, and be able to introduce the commonality between various antiques for apprentices.

At the same time, in addition to theoretical knowledge, the master also needs to have practical experience, tell the apprentice about his own eye-piercing experience, and show and analyze the antiques he had eye-saw.

Secondly, in addition to understanding the characteristics and nature of the antique industry, the master should also have a detailed understanding of the development process of the antique industry in recent decades, and it is best to go through this stage of development, because he can explain to you in detail how he himself operated in the past when he was not allowed to operate antiques.

In addition to these, the master also needs to have connections and know and be familiar with many antique dealers. This may seem a bit utilitarian. In fact, this is also caused by the particularity of the antique industry. To put it simply, in this industry, people who don't have many connections are rarely able to eat.

In addition, when he first entered the industry, the apprentice relied on the master. When the apprentice is on the right track, the reverse is also true.

Because of this, in the past, the master was very strict in selecting apprentices, such as conducting interviews first. The interview mainly depends on whether the other party has a flexible mind, whether he is usually in order, and whether he is diligent in doing things. After passing the interview, parents also have to spend money and give gifts for their children to study in the antique shop for three years, but they only have food and accommodation for these three years, and no salary is paid.

During the three-year apprenticeship, this man was not allowed to touch or touch antiques, and could only do some odd jobs. The only opportunity to learn is when the master chats with customers and people in the industry or discusses the knowledge of antique culture, and when he goes out to buy and see goods, he eavesdrops and keeps it in mind.

In the past three years, the master has also been observing the apprentice, and if he finds that the other party's character is problematic, or does not meet his requirements, he will dismiss the person. When he thinks that the apprentice has almost learned. Talented apprentices are allowed to get their hands on antiques and assist in business.

Of course. It's a new century, and under normal circumstances, accepting apprentices is not as strict as before, but this also leads to the relationship between masters and apprentices now being much thinner than before. There are also pros and cons to this.

It is precisely because a good master is difficult to find that Meng Zitao was so excited and excited when he heard that Zheng Anzhi had taken a fancy to him. Moreover, the more serious Zheng Anzhi is, the happier he is. Because such a master-apprentice relationship is much more reliable.

In addition, Meng Zitao was not disgusted by Zheng Anzhi's test, because in this process, he could learn far more than he had paid, and some experience could not be solved by his ability, if he relied on himself, he didn't know when he would get it.

Getting back to the point, hearing what Meng Zitao said, Bao Xiaoshan stopped quibbling and said bluntly: "Okay, what do you want?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "Of course it's your family's collection." ”

Bao Xiaoshan spread his hands: "I told you a long time ago, I don't have any collections anymore, you just don't believe it." ”

"Is it really gone?" Meng Zitao's face shuddered.

Bao Xiaoshan said helplessly: "I know you are a big man, but even if you kill me, I can't turn it into an antique, of course, if you want something like that just now, I still have two more." ”

Meng Zitao stared at Bao Xiaoshan for a while and said, "Do you want me to go back empty-handed?"

Bao Xiaoshan broke out in a cold sweat behind Meng Zitao's staring, and said with a wry smile: "I really don't have anything left, either I will share a sum of money with you, or I will give you all these things in the living room." ”

Meng Zitao was waiting for him to say this, but if his lord agreed to do so, it was likely to arouse Bao Xiaoshan's suspicions, and he smiled coldly: "Even if I am short of money, I haven't gotten to the point of complicating myself with you." Besides, what do I want all this garbage in your living room?"

Bao Xiaoshan said: "You don't want money, I don't have what you want, what else can I give you besides these things?"

"I really don't believe you don't have any other collections. Meng Zitao sneered.

"Hey!" Bao Xiaoshan sighed and said, "Meng Shao, since you don't believe it, then go to my room and take a look, it's all right?"

Meng Zitao said: "Okay, you lead the way." ”

Bao Xiaoshan was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Meng Zitao to say this, which made it a little difficult for him. However, he was also single, and after a while, he shrugged his shoulders and took Meng Zitao and Dajun to his room.

Then, Bao Xiaoshan opened the closet and pulled the clothes to the sides, revealing a door.

Seeing this, Meng Zitao and Dajun were a little surprised, and Bao Xiaoshan said a little proudly: "This is what I secretly made, and no one knows about it except you." ”

Meng Zitao was surprised: "Where is the back door?"

Bao Xiaoshan said with a smile: "The house next door, I have already bought it over there, except for the room behind the door, I have rented out the others." ”

Only then did Meng Zitao understand why he and Dajun didn't hear the movement in the room just now, it turned out that Bao Xiaoshan went next door. And Bao Xiaoshan did this, and really responded to that sentence, the most dangerous place is the safest place.

Then, with some amusement, he asked, "Then why did you tell us about it, and you weren't afraid that I would spread it?"

Bao Xiaoshan said with a smile while opening the door: "First of all, I think I still have a little eye for people, I don't think you should be the kind of person who likes to snitch." Besides, I'm going to fly away, you don't know, this kind of thing is hidden in my heart. It's going to be so uncomfortable, so I'm going to find someone to share it with. ”

Meng Zitao also smiled and said: "Since you have shared this secret with me, then I have nothing to repay, if you don't give me an object that satisfies me for a while, then don't blame me for being unkind." ”

Bao Xiaoshan smiled bitterly: "Look, I told you all the secrets. Do you think I'll be sloppy with you when it comes to antiques?"

Meng Zitao said: "That's not necessarily, you said that you want to go away and fly high, I don't believe it, you are not prepared for the future." ”

Bao Xiaoshan said: "Do you think the two suites and the money you made just now are not enough?"

Meng Zitao stared at Bao Xiaoshan with a smile: "Do you think it's enough?"

Bao Xiaoshan turned his head slightly: "If you think it's not enough, it's not enough, please ......"

After speaking, he took the lead and walked out, followed by Dajun and Meng Zitao.

Everyone went to another room. It's darker here, and when Bao Xiaoshan turns on the lights, Meng Zitao's eyes can be adjusted.

The room looked cluttered and full of things, but the room was still conspicuous with a wooden table, a few wooden chairs, and a large wooden box.

Meng Zitao looked at the table and chair and found that it was just made of relatively ordinary cork. As for the box, it is made of camphor wood, and the whole body is ungrained. It's basically not worth a few bucks.

"The room has been soundproofed by me, so we won't be discovered by outsiders despite what we say. ”

Speaking of this, Bao Xiaoshan opened the wooden box and continued: "Everything is in here, if you want it." Just take a look. ”

Meng Zitao nodded, then looked into the wooden box, and found that in addition to a bookbox and a blue and white porcelain vase, there were also two women's combing tools.

Both of these things are jade. One is a jade comb, carved from the seeds of Khotanese white jade, the whole body is white and fine, and there are no flaws. The shape is based on the theme of the phoenix, the head of the phoenix is delicate and gorgeous, and the comb teeth are the feathers, stretching and opening, and it is orderly. A few engraved thin lines on the back of the comb are neat and beautiful, full of classical, simple and simple charm.

Although this jade comb is only a modern work, it is still quite good in terms of craftsmanship, and it is worth about three or four hundred thousand yuan in the market.

The other is a jade mirror, the jade quality is similar to the jade comb, the jade mirror is round, the round button, the round button seat, the outer ring of the button seat is decorated with the embossing technique. The forelimbs of the beast are extended, and the mane is flying, as if dancing and playing, and the momentum is mighty.

From the whole point of view, this jade mirror is atmospheric, regular, and exquisitely carved, which is in line with the style of the Qing Palace's office, and should be used by the royal family. The specific production age should be in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.

After seeing these two things, Meng Zitao looked at the bookbox and the blue and white porcelain vase again, and there was nothing wrong with the porcelain vase at a rough look, but there were many flaws when you looked closely.

In addition, the contents of the bookbox, as Meng Zitao guessed, are the remaining five volumes of "Xiyutang Post".

"Are you really planning to live in a strange place?" asked Meng Zitao with a smile.

Bao Xiaoshan shook his head: "The main reason is that these books have big flaws, and it is easy to see them when they are taken out." ”

Meng Zitao smiled, pointed to the two pieces of jade, and said, "Okay, I don't care so much about you, how much do you want for these two things?"

Bao Xiaoshan hurriedly said: "One piece, you can only take one at most." ”

"Oh, at this time, you still want to bargain with me?" Meng Zitao put away his smile.

"To tell you the truth, these two things were left to me by my wife when she divorced, and I had no intention of selling them. ”

Speaking of this, Bao Xiaoshan waved to Meng Zitao and said, "Meng Shao, seeing that you don't look like you're short of money, please leave me one." ”

Meng Zitao laughed and said, "What good do I do in doing this?"

Bao Xiaoshan said: "Just make a friend!"

Meng Zitao suddenly laughed: "Do you think you are qualified to be friends with me?"

Bao Xiaoshan said: "If you think I am qualified, I am qualified, and if I don't, I won't." ”

Meng Zitao looked at Bao Xiaoshan for a while, and said with a smile: "Interesting! When you get to your new residence, give me a call, is there a problem?"

Bao Xiaoshan was silent for a while, and then said, "Okay, I will definitely contact you then." ”

Meng Zitao said lightly: "I hope you don't lie to me, otherwise even if you dig three feet into the ground, I will find you!"

"Definitely, definitely!" Bao Xiaoshan hurriedly said, "I don't know which one you want?"

"Just this jade comb. Meng Zitao picked up the jade comb from the box.

"Count your auspicious number, 280,000, what do you think?" Bao Xiaoshan said.

"Why not 180,000?" Meng Zitao looked at the jade comb in his hand and said casually.

Bao Xiaoshan smiled: "You are an expert. Besides, if you ask for 180,000, I'll agree, but will you still believe me then?"

"Humph!"

Meng Zitao sneered and said, "Give me the bank account number." ”

"Okay......

After the transfer, the three of them returned to the next door. At this time, Bao Xiaoshan said with a smile: "Meng Shao, do you want to take a few things with me in my living room?"

No matter how stupid Meng Zitao was, he realized that something was wrong, and he turned his head and asked, "Why?"

Bao Xiaoshan didn't answer, walked straight to a vase placed in the corner of the living room, pulled up a very hidden data cable from behind, and said, "You must know why, right?"

Meng Zitao really didn't think this was the case. This made him very depressed.

Seeing this, the army next to him also felt very ashamed that he had not found out about this.

Meng Zitao was silent for a moment, and then asked, "In that case, why did you take the initiative to mention it?"

Bao Xiaoshan did not look proud because of this, and said: "It's nothing, it's just a waste of money and a disaster." ”

"Is it that simple?" Mencius asked.

Bao Xiaoshan spread his hands: "I'll tell you the truth, at first." I do want to keep it for myself, but it's something in the house. I've read it all carefully, and I'm short of money, and I've thought about the plot of the novel to see if there's any treasure hidden there. ”

"Because of that, I know that the censer is not something I can handle. Rather than that, it might as well be used to befriend you. But can you tell me what's going on with that incense burner?"

Meng Zitao said in his heart: "If it weren't for scaring Boss Guan away just now, I guess you wouldn't be so happy." ”

Come to think of this. He took out a hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it to Bao Xiaoshan.

Bao Xiaoshan was slightly stunned, then understood and took the money.

When Bao Xiaoshan took the money, Meng Zitao went to bring the incense burner and said, "It's okay to tell you the reason, but don't regret it then!"

Bao Xiaoshan waved his hand: "Since I have already decided, of course I will not regret it." ”

Meng Zitao looked at Bao Xiaoshan's indifferent expression, and said in his heart: "Just don't vomit blood for a while." ”

Although Bao Xiaoshan said so, Meng Zitao was still a little uneasy, and said: "Let's be a villain first, then a gentleman, and sign an agreement." ”

When Bao Xiaoshan heard Meng Zitao say this, he hesitated a little, but when he thought that Mu Yicheng was in the boat, he had accepted Meng Zitao's money, and what else was there to object, so he could only agree.

After signing the agreement, Meng Zitao used the method used by Zheng Anzhi before to prepare to remove the treasured glaze.

Seeing that there was such a strange method, Bao Xiaoshan couldn't help but be amazed, and then watched the operation of the army with full attention.

When it was almost over, the army fished the incense burner out of the pot, and used a knife to remove the treasure glaze from the surface of the porcelain, and the original appearance of the incense burner suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

I saw this vessel, the whole body is full of glaze, the glaze is blue-gray, the glaze is warm, the glaze is covered with open pieces, as if the ice is cracked, and the color of the circle is black like iron, and the characteristics are very obvious.

Bao Xiaoshan wiped his eyes, was stunned for a moment, and said with a stammering mouth: "This ...... This is a kiln?!"

Meng Zitao ignored him, walked in front of the army in three or two steps, picked up the incense burner, and looked at it carefully.

As one of the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty, the Ge kiln has always been the object of many collectors' collections, however, due to the lack of contemporaneous documents, and the documents of later generations are often fragmented, fragmentary, and some contradict each other. Therefore, the original appearance of the kiln is still very mysterious.

Of course, Meng Zitao did not have the idea of getting to the bottom of it for the time being, he just judged whether the incense burner in his hand was a kiln according to the experience summarized by current experts and scholars.

First of all, the glaze of the kiln is a matte glaze, the glaze is like a "ghee" like luster, the color is rich and colorful, there are beige, pink green, milk white colors.

This incense burner is such a performance, its color is beautiful and natural, soft and pure, the glaze and the carcass are closely fitted, and the appearance is large and upright, which fully shows the superb design and firing skills of the ancients.

Secondly, the most significant feature of the kiln is the "gold wire", which refers to the glaze of the kiln with a network of open pieces, or overlapping like ice cracks, or into fine small open pieces, with "gold wire iron wire" as a typical, that is, the coarser black cracks are intertwined with fine red and yellow cracks.

There is such a description in the Ming Dynasty's "Gegu Yao": "The Ge kiln pattern is taken from the ice crack and eel blood, and the plum blossom piece ink pattern is second. Fine broken lines, under the lines also. “

If you use a tool to smash the ice, sometimes there will be many white lines that explode, which people call ice cracks.

This incense burner is like this, the glaze looks like transparent ice, and the opening piece is like a plum blossom piece, layered on top of each other, with a strong three-dimensional effect. This is the manifestation of ice cracks, which belongs to the top grade of the glazed opening of the kiln.

Seeing this, Meng Zitao has basically determined that this is the real brother kiln, and it is also the top grade in the brother kiln, and the quality is also perfect, which can be called a treasure.

Although he has made an accurate judgment, thinking of the various characteristics of the kiln, Meng Zitao still took out a magnifying glass to observe the phenomenon of "accumulating beads and gathering balls".

The glaze layer is usually very thick, the thickest part is even equal to the thickness of the tire, and the glaze contains bubbles, such as beads looming, as if the beauty of "gathering beads and gathering balls", which is a traditional way to distinguish the real and false kilns. (To be continued.) )

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