Meng Zitao was about to continue, but Lu Jinde's wife, Weng Meichen, preemptively refuted: "Nonsense! What do you say about taste and feeling! According to what you say, antique appraisal can distinguish authenticity by smelling the smell? Is it a big joke that a blind person can also identify an antique!"

"Hey, I don't know who stipulates that you can't distinguish the authenticity of antiques by taste?" Meng Zitao felt that this woman was a little unreasonable, and why did she react so much, could it be that she bought this bronze mirror?

Meng Zitao's guess was correct, although this bronze mirror was not Weng Meichen's money, but it was indeed bought by her decision, and now that she heard that there was a problem with the bronze mirror, of course her reaction was the greatest. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lu Qingpeng saw that his daughter-in-law was still fighting, and he was also a little angry: "Do you know how to be polite!

"This bronze mirror Teacher Jiang Guanshan has recognized as genuine, is this person more powerful than Teacher Jiang?" Weng Meichen said weakly, her face was a little pale at this time, because she suddenly thought, why didn't her father-in-law take out other things to test Meng Zitao, just took out this bronze mirror, did he also think that there was something wrong with this bronze mirror?

Meng Zitao said lightly: "Let's not say that I don't know the teacher Jiang you said, it is common for the antique industry to be eye-catching, and no non-expert can 100% guarantee that he will not be eye-catching, including me, it is normal for you to say that Teacher Jiang is accidentally wrong." Therefore, no matter how famous the expert in the identification of antiques is, he still has to rely on evidence in the end. ”

The identification of cultural relics, since ancient times, has been said to be "ophthalmology", relying on eyesight and the conscience of the industry. However, in the face of great interests, moral restraint pales in comparison. Especially under the craze of national collection, due to the influence of many factors such as money, favor, and face, identification often becomes "uncertain".

In the beginning, a certificate of an expert was a proof of authority. Later, it was the certificates that flew all over the sky, and an appraisal certificate could be issued for tens of thousands of dollars, and even directly issued a fake certificate, and it was quite common to share it with people.

Meng Zitao didn't know who Jiangguanshan Weng Meichen was talking about, and he didn't know what the other party's level was, but he could be sure that there was no well-known expert in China with this name, and as for the Xiangjiang antique world, although he didn't know much, there were only a few top-level circles, and this Jiangguanshan was obviously not among them.

Therefore, whether this Jiang Guanshan really has the ability, or whether he only knows the rhetoric, he can only know if he has seen him.

Lu Qingpeng nodded and said, "Mr. Meng, you can continue." ”

"Okay. ”

Next, Meng Zitao made a comprehensive exposition of this bronze mirror from the aspects of material, modeling, technology, and pulp.

Lu Qingpeng listened attentively, and finally applauded lightly, and said with a smile: "Mr. Meng said very well, very well, worthy of being Zheng Lao's high apprentice!"

"It's over. Meng Zitao replied politely.

Lu Qingpeng turned his head and said, "Meichen, remember not to listen to biased beliefs in the future, especially for this kind of valuables, you should ask a few more experts to judge." ”

"Yes. Weng Meichen agreed embarrassedly, at the same time, she also had a lot of resentment towards Meng Zitao in her heart, and she didn't have a good face for Wei Gang, as for the reason, it was nothing more than that if it wasn't for Meng Zitao coming, she wouldn't have lost such a big face.

When Meng Zitao pointed out the problem of the bronze mirror just now, Lu Jinde had already taken out the porcelain pieces to be identified one by one.

Meng Zitao looked at it, these pieces of porcelain are almost all small masterpieces, if calculated by the market value of the real thing, their total price is nearly more than three million.

Lu Qingpeng said with a smile: "I have to trouble Mr. Meng to help me take a look, if Xiaolu and they are not deceived, forget it, otherwise there will definitely be an explanation." ”

"I'm going to do what I can. Meng Zitao smiled and nodded, thinking to himself: "That's a good thing, that shop has already closed, do you have the ability to catch the shopkeeper?"

Then, Meng Zitao picked up a plum vase and found that there was a problem with the first piece of porcelain, and it was the green material of the porcelain that was the high imitation glaze used.

However, the next two pieces of porcelain are genuine, in fact, this is normal, if you take all the fakes, the probability of being found must be high, and he is not a hammer deal, it is definitely impossible to do so blatantly.

Lu Jinde brought a total of five pieces of various types of porcelain, three of which were not problematic and two were problematic, but the value of one piece of porcelain in the fake was the sum of the three genuine pieces, in other words, the other party adopted the strategy of grasping the big and letting go of the small, which is also the most common among all kinds of scams.

Meng Zitao put down the last piece of porcelain and was about to speak, when the servant came over and said that Jiang Guanshan had arrived, and Lu Qingpeng asked the servant to bring Jiang Guanshan in.

Meng Zitao suddenly realized that the person who was going to come to the appraisal today was Jiang Guanshan, who was admired by Weng Meichen, and he really wanted to see who this expert was.

Lu Qingpeng didn't care that Jiang Guanshan came, and asked Meng Zitao about the appraisal results.

Meng Zitao said the result, and when he was about to tell the reason, the servant came in with Jiang Guanshan.

"Lu Lao, I brought a few fine folk kilns from the Xuande period this time, I think you should like it. ”

Before Meng Zitao looked back, he heard a voice from behind him, he was a little surprised, and hurriedly looked back, Xue Wenguang's familiar face, with a shocked expression, appeared in front of him.

"You...... Why are you here!" Xue Wenguang was a little flustered in his heart, he thought that he would never meet Meng Zitao again in his life, but he didn't expect that it had only been a year since he met him in this place.

"Isn't this the shopkeeper Xue? When did you change your name and become an expert?" Meng Zitao said with a smile.

Through the investigation of Wang Qingbin before, Meng Zitao learned that Xue Wenguang had gone to Xiangjiang through Wang Qingbin's relationship, as if he was preparing to settle in Xiangjiang, and he was quite sorry at that time, and felt that there was no chance to teach Xue Wenguang a lesson.

Later, I inadvertently mentioned to Shu Ze that Shu Ze said that he would help with the investigation, but the result was that Xue Wenguang disappeared, and Shu Ze originally thought about increasing the investigation, but Meng Zitao felt that it was too troublesome, so he did not agree. Anyway, there shouldn't be any more intersections between the two. But I didn't expect to meet Xue Wenguang in this place.

The Lu family was also very surprised by this, it turned out that the two not only knew each other, but Jiang Guanshan actually used his real name.

Lu Qingpeng's perception of Jiang Guanshan was a little worse because of the bronze mirror, and now that he learned that Jiang Guanshan was not his real name, he felt some disgust in his heart.

The reason why people change their names is generally because they feel that the name is not good, or because of the eight characters and other reasons, but ordinary people will not change their surnames, like Xue Wenguang must have committed something by changing his name and surname, and he must not think about it. It's no wonder that the Lu family has a good impression of him.

Xue Wenguang came back to his senses and secretly shouted, "It's going to be bad", and at the same time he was very angry in his heart, is this Meng Zitao a plague god, he finally gained the trust of the Lu family, and he actually appeared here, ruining his image, is it unbearable!

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Xue Wenguang immediately made a decision and patted his head: "Oops, I forgot that there is still something to deal with, Lu Lao, I will leave first, and I will come back later." ”

With that, he turned around and was about to leave.

Weng Meichen stood up from the sofa and scolded: "Jiang Guanshan, you stop for me, you want to leave after cheating me out of my money, is there such a simple thing?"

"Mrs. Lu, what you said is so unreasonable, when did I cheat you out of your money?" Xue Wenguang turned around helplessly, if he left at this time, it would be yellow mud falling into the crotch of his pants, not but either.

"You didn't lie to me, then tell me what this bronze mirror is about!" Weng Meichen picked up the bronze mirror.

Xue Wenguang immediately recognized the bronze mirror and retorted: "Nonsense, how can there be a problem with this bronze mirror! Who said that?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "What I said, or I'll tell you the problem again." ”

Xue Wenguang was dumbfounded, even if he moved to Xiangjiang, he had never interrupted his understanding of Meng Zitao, and knew that Meng Zitao was already the number one person in the domestic antique industry.

Although he has always been very unable to figure out why Meng Zitao has become so powerful in just over a year, he also knows that his current eyesight should be inferior to Meng Zitao, and it is better not to say it if it is useless to say more.

So, Xue Wenguang immediately changed his statement: "Mrs. Lu, when I gave the appraisal results, I also told you that my opinion is for reference only, after all, there are many eye-catching cases in our industry, and I can't guarantee that what I said must be right." ”

Weng Meichen was angry with these words: "Haha, why didn't you say that you would be wrong at the time, now I bought the thing, and there is a problem with the thing, and now you say so again, the abacus is loud enough!"

Xue Wenguang quibbled: "Mrs. Lu, what you said is biased, there was no employment relationship between us at that time, if it was an employment relationship, then it should be my responsibility, I will definitely admit it, but at that time, I just said some of my own opinions as a friend, and the bronze mirror was bought in my absence, why is it now said to be my responsibility?"

Weng Meichen was also speechless, in the final analysis, the reason why she only listened to Xue Wenguang's opinion at the beginning was because she wanted to save some money.

Don't think that the appraisal fee is very cheap, in Xiangjiang, well-known experts help to identify valuable antiques, all of which are calculated according to a certain percentage of the actual value of the antiques, but it is not like some domestic treasure appraisal conferences, as long as it costs a few hundred yuan to identify.

Lu Qingpeng looked at his daughter-in-law lightly, and then said to Xue Wenguang: "Like you said, antiques are common, so don't talk about the bronze mirror." ”

At this time, Xue Wenguang said with righteousness and awe: "Old Lu, I do have some responsibility for this matter, so I will contact the seller and return this bronze mirror as much as possible, and strive to minimize the loss." ”

"Then I'll thank you in advance. ”

"Old Lu, you are too polite, this is also my responsibility. ”

Lu Qingpeng smiled, and then said: "By the way, you just said that you brought a few pieces of folk kiln porcelain from the Xuande period, can you let me appreciate it?"

With Meng Zitao eyeing him by the side, Xue Wenguang really wanted to pull his legs and leave, and Lu Qingpeng gave him the feeling that he was like a tiger ambushing his prey, and once the prey entered his attack distance, it would give the prey a fatal blow.

Xue Wenguang was really worried that Lu Qingpeng would suddenly erupt and let himself walk around after eating, but he had already said his words, and if he left now, he would definitely not be able to, so he could only take the things out of the box.

Speaking of the works of the early Ming Dynasty folk kilns, it is generally believed that most of the blue and white kilns in the early Ming Dynasty were poorly made, and they were much inferior to the official kilns in terms of craftsmanship and art. Moreover, there are very few artifacts of the early Ming Dynasty in the folk kiln with a date, and there is a lack of standard utensils for breaking the dynasty, so it is difficult to accurately determine the blue and white of a period.

All this has led to the fact that modern people focus more on the official kiln in the study of porcelain in the early Ming Dynasty, and there is not much research on the blue and white of the folk kiln, especially the blue and white of the early Ming Dynasty.

But in fact, there are also some fine works in the folk kilns of the early Ming Dynasty, especially Xuande, the heyday of blue and white porcelain production in the Ming Dynasty. Due to the relatively stable society, the economy has developed very rapidly. Overseas trade was further expanded on the basis of the development of the Yongle Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty abolished the "craftsman household system" in the Yuan Dynasty, and changed the system of "arrangement" and "craftsman service", although the free requisition of skilled porcelain craftsmen increased the labor of craftsmen, but also promoted the production of porcelain in the kiln to absorb the production process of official kiln porcelain, so that the production of porcelain in the kiln has been improved, thus mobilizing the enthusiasm of the craftsmen. Therefore, the folk kiln products of the Xuande period have been greatly improved from quality to quantity compared with the previous dynasty.

Just like these pieces of porcelain brought by Xue Wenguang, it looks like it should be a high-quality product, and without knowing it, you may think it is an official kiln work.

However, when Meng Zitao saw a blue and white grape pattern plate, a smile appeared on his face.

This smile was captured by Lu Qingpeng, and he immediately asked, "Mr. Meng, what do you think of these porcelains?"

Xue Wenguang straightened up, he really didn't believe that Meng Zitao could pick out the thorns.

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "The others are good, but this blue and white grape pattern plate, I don't know if the shopkeeper Xue borrowed it?"

Xue Wenguang sneered: "You didn't even get started, you knew that there was something wrong with it? You are really powerful enough, worthy of being Zheng Lao's master!"

Meng Zitao also sneered: "To tell you the truth, even if I don't get started, I can see that this porcelain is not Xuande Min kiln porcelain." ”

"Why?"

"The ornamentation is wrong, the grape pattern shouldn't be here!"

"Aren't you talking nonsense? Grape patterns were widely used in the Tang Dynasty, and you told me that grape patterns shouldn't appear here, don't you have a problem with your brain?" Xue Wenguang couldn't help but sneer.

According to expert research, grapes are a fruit variety introduced to China from the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty. As a pattern, grapes have been widely used as early as the Tang Dynasty, and the most famous is the Rui Beast grape pattern on the bronze mirror. The Tang Dynasty regarded grapes as an important decorative pattern, and valued its Rui appearance, so grapes can also be called "Ruiguo" to correspond to "Rui Beast".

Before the Tang Dynasty, various decorative patterns in China were dominated by animals. Since the Tang Dynasty, the theme of patterns has gradually changed from animal-based to plant-based. Therefore, the "Rui Beast Grape Pattern" on the bronze mirror of the Tang Dynasty can be regarded as a classic combination of China's pattern transition period.

The second peak of the application of grape patterns was the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty. Yuan blue and white is mainly exported to Central Asia and West Asia, and grapes are the favorite patterns in those regions, so the grape pattern on Yuan blue and white occupies a large proportion.

Meng Zitao said to Xue Wenguang: "So you don't learn and don't know, indeed, the official kiln porcelain in the early Ming Dynasty inherited the tradition of Yuan blue and white porcelain, and there are also many grape-based patterns, and its meaning is also the same 'Ruiguo' nature." However, in the case of blue and white porcelain from folk kilns, the situation is different. During the Hongwu, Yong and Xuan periods of the Ming Dynasty, there were almost no grape patterns on the porcelain of the folk kilns. It was not until the beginning of Chenghua that a large number of grape patterns appeared on the porcelain of the folk kiln. ”

"The grape pattern of the folk kiln is very different from that of the official kiln, they no longer highlight the Rui phase of the grape fruit, but emphasize the branches, leaves, fruits, vines and other aspects of the grape. Obviously, the grape pattern painted by the folk kiln is no longer auspicious 'Ruiguo', but has another new meaning. This can be confirmed by the relevant physical objects, and you don't know that you are completely unheard!"

Lu Qingpeng asked with some curiosity, "Why is this?"

Meng Zitao explained: "Actually, this is related to a historical figure named Yue Zheng. ”

Yue Zheng, the word Ji Fang, he has had a rough life. In the thirteenth year of orthodoxy, Yue Zheng took the first place in the imperial examination and the third in the court examination. He was an upright and heroic official, daring to speak out, and was a member of the Cabinet University. Later, he was degraded for offending Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang, and was exiled for a time. It was not until the early years of Ming Xianzong Chenghua that he was reinstated and became an official again. Yue Zheng loves painting, especially good at painting grapes, and once wrote an article "Painting Grape Theory".

Meng Zitao continued: "Yue Zheng summarized the meaning of grapes in "Painting Grapes", and compared the characteristics of grapes in terms of stems, knots, branches, leaves, vines, fruits, taste, flexion and stretching, etc., to compare the virtues that a gentleman should have as a man and an official. Since Yue Zheng's 'grape theory' came out, grapes have become the image representative of 'righteous men and gentlemen', and have a huge influence in the society of the Ming Dynasty. Many literati painted grapes to express their 'gentleman' feelings. ”

"In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, a large number of grape patterns were used on the porcelain, which should be said to have a lot to do with Yue Zheng's 'grape theory', and it is also a moral to highlight the righteous man and gentleman. The characteristics of these kiln grape patterns are that the branches, leaves, vines, and fruits of the grapes are painted more completely, which is precisely to express the character of the gentleman mentioned in Yue Zheng's 'grape theory'. ”

What Meng Zitao said was reasonable, and Xue Wenguang was also a little short of words, but in order to redeem it, he found another reason: "You also said just now that during the Hongwu, Yong, and Xuan periods of the Ming Dynasty, there were almost no grape patterns on the porcelain of the folk kilns, not that there was no grape pattern. ”

Meng Zitao sneered: "What is the image of the grape pattern on this porcelain plate? It is basically developed from the porcelain of the folk kiln after Chenghua, are you a god, can you take the later decorations to the early Ming Dynasty to use?"