After the transaction was completed, the group walked out of the teahouse, and when Xiao Xue and his wife left happily, Xu Xinqing opened his mouth to invite Meng Zitao to sit in his shop, and Meng Zitao agreed when he saw that the time was still early. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Xu Xinqing's shop is relatively small, and the goods in the store are mainly ancient inkstones, seals and some porcelain, but according to Xu Xinqing told Meng Zitao in private, in fact, he also sells bronzes, and actually prefers bronzes, but because the trade of bronzes has some restrictions in China, it is basically not famous.

In addition, Xu Xinqing feels that the price of the three generations of bronzes is too cheap now, and he is reluctant to sell them, and he believes that with the passage of time, the price of the three generations of bronzes will definitely return to its own rightful value.

Meng Zitao still agrees with Xu Xinqing's view, which is influenced by commercial values, the antiquities market is constantly changing, and collectors are increasingly giving up art and focusing on investment and appreciation rates.

For people nowadays, at the same price, many people like to play with Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain, and will not go to buy a bronze piece that is laborious to carry. Although the rare Xia Shang Dynasty bronze ware is a rare treasure, its price is not as good as a Qing Dynasty official kiln porcelain, which is really sad and lamentable!

In the past, Meng Zitao also talked about this problem with some friends, and they often said that the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties were very old, and they did not understand the history of the time, and the bronzes were too complicated, and some of them could not even be called or inaccurate, and there were ornaments and inscriptions that could not be understood, and many people felt that the rust color did not look good, so they were not interested.

In fact, as long as you observe carefully, you can find that the bronzes made at that time are all excellent copper, no gravel impurities, fine workmanship, beautiful style, size fit, beautiful patterns, and even words, which can indeed be regarded as a magic workmanship. True connoisseurs, collectors, and antiques throughout the ages are proud to have acquired three generations of bronzes.

Moreover, now as people's appreciation level increases, more and more people begin to appreciate the three generations of bronzes, and the value will definitely return to its original level.

But then again, after all, three generations of bronzes have been so long away from now, due to historical reasons, many of them are unearthed cultural relics on the market, and the state has clear regulations in this regard, so there is still a long way to go to restore their due value.

The two chatted about the topic of bronzes, and because of Meng Zitao's erudition, Xu Xinqing became more and more interested in chatting, and then asked Meng Zitao to wait for a while, and he went to get a bronze and came over.

This is a bronze retort, which is a kind of cooking steamer in ancient times, which is composed of a retort and a tripod. The upper part of the retort is extravagant, narrow-margined, short-necked, round-bellied, but the lower abdomen is constricted, the bottom is grate-grated, and the ears are outward-skimmed. A wide plain stripe divides the abdomen into upper and lower areas, the upper area is decorated with a dragon pattern, and the lower area is only decorated with a wide range of superficial thunder patterns and triangular vertical leaf patterns. The lower part of the tripod is round-mouthed, flat-edged, short-necked, round-bellied, and three-hoofed. There is a button ring on each side of the upper abdomen, and the middle of the abdomen is decorated with a convex string pattern.

This bronze is not high, the whole body is less than 20 centimeters, it looks relatively small, and the whole body is thick and heavy, it should be a heirloom.

Xu Xinqing asked with a smile, "Teacher Meng, what do you think of my bronze ring?"

Meng Zitao said: "The workmanship is relatively fine, it should be an old object, what period do you think it is?"

When Xu Xinqing heard the latter sentence, he suddenly felt bad: "Isn't it from the Warring States Period?"

Meng Zitao shook his head: "The rotation pattern of this reinforcing ornament is still different from that of the ancient bronzes, in fact, the most critical difference is the use of wrong gold on the eyes, which has not yet been found on the bronze decorative belts of the middle and late Western Zhou Dynasty. There is no fan line on the surface of the body, and it should be made using the lost wax method. ”

On the one hand, it is due to the problem of copper, on the other hand, the lost wax method is a whole mold casting, the wax tire is tight, there is no air hole, and there are often places where the copper liquid can not be injected, and a small shrinkage hole is formed. Meng Zitao had seen a Song imitation Western Zhou bronze three-legged tripod before, and there were also a lot of trachoma on the abdomen. The bronze ware cast by the Tao Fan method rarely appears this kind of sand hole. ”

With Meng Zitao's guidance, Xu Xinqing really found out about the problem with this bronze ring, and couldn't help but be depressed.

Meng Zitao comforted: "Actually, this bronze is still good, and the market value should be about 150,000 yuan. ”

Xu Xinqing immediately breathed a sigh of relief and looked happy: "It's okay, it's okay! It seems that if you don't have enough eyesight next time, you still can't start this kind of thing." ”

Speaking of this, Xu Xinqing got up personally and respectfully poured a cup of tea for Meng Zitao: "Teacher Meng, thank you for being able to solve my doubts, but I don't know if you can talk a little more?"

"What's not to do with that. ”

What Meng Zitao said was just very simple knowledge for him, and he couldn't talk about any hiding at all, so he said some ways to judge the authenticity of the three generations of bronzes.

In fact, in the final analysis, this line of work still depends on practice, and no matter how much book knowledge you learn, it is in vain if you can't practice your eyesight without practice. ”

Xu Xinqing said that he understood, and said some words of gratitude to Meng Zitao, these were nothing to Meng Zitao, but they helped him a lot.

After drinking tea, seeing that the time was not early, Meng Zitao was about to say goodbye, and at this time, a young man walked into the house with an old man in a cloth shirt.

When Xu Xinqing saw the young man, his brows furrowed: "Xiaoyue, why are you running here with me?"

The young man named Xiao Yue smiled and said politely: "Brother Xu, this uncle has a bronze to sell, you know, we don't accept this thing, so let me bring him over to show you." ”

Xu Xinqing said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Ye has a heart. ”

As soon as he heard this, Meng Zitao somewhat understood, this young man named Xiaoyue was probably a guy in Ye Yuqi's shop, so Xu Xinqing was not very polite.

Xiao Yue didn't seem to hear the modulation in Xu Xinqing's words, and stepped forward and said to Xu Xinqing carefully: "I just took a few photos and passed them to my shopkeeper, and he said that things are okay." ”

Xu Xinqing's stomach was full of resentment towards Ye Yuqi, especially after learning the truth about holding the pot, the resentment was a little bigger, but as the old saying goes, it is reasonable not to call the doorman, and Ye Yuqi is a gesture of goodwill, so he is more polite.

Xu Xinqing smiled and said, "This uncle, can you let me see your things?"

The uncle took out the things that were in the cloth bag, and it turned out to be a beam.

It is an ancient wine container. Ancient documents and bronze inscriptions often have the words "秬鬯 (juchang Yin Ju Singing) 一卣", which is a kind of fragrant wine used in ancient sacrifices, and it is an important category in wine containers, and there are many archaeological discoveries. The shape of the vessel is generally oval mouth, deep belly, circle foot, covered and handled, the abdomen or round or oval or square, some are also cylindrical, as an owl (chixiao sound eats away, owl and other birds) shape, or as a tiger eats human shape, and so on.

"I won't tell you anything, this thing of mine is my grandfather's generation, dug out of the ground, it must be an old object, and there are words in it, I don't believe you look at it. ”

As he spoke, the uncle took off the lid and put it aside, pointing to a place inside the utensils for everyone to see.

Meng Zitao and Xu Xinqing looked at the surface of the vessel, and it was really a four-character inscription, and the inscription was natural, and it didn't look like a problem.

In addition, the two ends of the handle are decorated with sheep faces, and the horns of the sheep are coiled into a circle, which is unique. The copper color is moist, blue-green spots, and its luster is like jade, which is a naturally formed rust color in the soil.

Judging from the various characteristics of the body, this should be a tiliang made in the Western Zhou Dynasty, plus there are inscriptions inside, which is still relatively precious.

After Xu Xinqing looked at the body, he felt that there was no problem, this kind of utensils were not common in these years, and when he saw that he was happy, he asked about the price.

The old man gave a fixed price of 500,000 yuan, and indicated that he could not bargain.

Xu Xinqing was a little hesitant, the price of 500,000 yuan was not high, but it was not low, plus he didn't have any bottom in his heart, so he gave Meng Zitao an inquiring look.

Meng Zitao originally thought that this piece of Liang was fine, but when he was about to reply, he noticed that the old man seemed to be a little nervous.

"Okay, why are you nervous, is there something wrong with something?"

Meng Zitao thought for a moment, then noticed the lid on the old man's left hand, and looked at him to know what the problem was.

"Uncle, why are you hiding this lid so tightly? ”

The old man was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly broke out: "How can you speak, the lid is on the table, what does it mean to hide it tightly? I won't sell anything!"

After saying that, he just took his things and left. Xu Xinqing and Xiao Yue were left looking at each other.

"What the hell is going on?" Xiao Yue was still a little confused, and he couldn't figure out what was going on.

"Why are you so stupid, don't you know what's going on? The lid of the beam is the back. ”

Xu Xinqing glared at him: "Okay, you go back, take me to the shopkeeper Ye to say 'good'!"

Xiao Yue smiled bitterly in his heart, originally listening to the meaning of his shopkeeper, he wanted to use this matter to owe Xu Xinqing, but he didn't expect that the debt would not be said, and it also increased the estrangement, seeing that this matter was so troublesome, he didn't know how to explain it.

After Xiao Yue left, Xu Xinqing scolded Ye Yuqi a few words, and Meng Zitao didn't say anything, although on the surface, Ye Yuqi's idea was to ease relations with Xu Xinqing, but who knows if Ye Yuqi saw the problem of the cover?

After Xu Xinqing scolded a few words to relieve his anger, he expressed his gratitude to Meng Zitao, to be honest, if it wasn't for Meng Zitao, he would have started just now, and the loss would not be one or two points.

Xu Xinqing thought about it for a while, and felt that he had to thank Meng Zitao for this matter no matter what, so he asked Meng Zitao to wait for a while and went to get a piece of porcelain.

"Teacher Meng, if it weren't for you, I would probably have suffered a big loss, and I can't thank you, this candlestick was obtained by accident the year before last, and this thing is not a particularly valuable thing, but the workmanship is very exquisite, but the glaze does not meet the characteristics of the official kilns of the past dynasties, which is very strange......

While speaking, Xu Xinqing put the things in front of Meng Zitao.

When he saw this artifact, Meng Zitao suddenly felt a shock in his heart, because his intuition reminded him that this object was very important to him.

Curious, Mencius took it to his hand to watch, only to see that the candlestick is composed of three parts: the lotus platform, the lotus pond pillar, and the lotus Ruyi high foot. Open-mouthed, sharp lips, deep carved quadruple petals along the lower lotus, short columns, carved dense curly lotus leaf vines, high-footed dome outward-skimming, dome relief double lotus followed by three wishful flower arches, lower with three handles such as accidental roll high feet.

Just like Xu Xinqing said, judging from the technical characteristics of the candlestick, it is very similar to the characteristics of the official kiln in the early Ming Dynasty, but the bottom of this vessel is exposed, the tire is extremely fine and smooth, and the enamel is white and yellowish, but it is as thick as fat, which is completely inconsistent with the characteristics of the early Ming porcelain that Meng Zitao has seen in the past.

And what made Meng Zitao feel even more strange was that the ability could not absorb even a little bit of aura from the candlestick.

This surprised him and used his ability to investigate, but as the ability approached the core of the candlestick, he suddenly felt a barrier preventing him from continuing to explore inward, and he also noticed a phenomenon that the barrier seemed to be circular and divided into two sides, with the left side giving him a burning sensation and the right side giving him a chill.

"What's going on?"

Meng Zitao was a little confused in his heart, and he couldn't figure out what was going on, but since his intuition reminded him, this candlestick must be useful to him. In addition, he vaguely felt in his heart that there was a sense of déjà vu about what he had detected just now, but he couldn't think of where he had seen it for a while.

"Teacher Meng, do you like candlesticks?" asked Xu Xinqing.

Meng Zitao came back to his senses and said with a slight smile: "This candlestick is not bad, and it is indeed different from the official kiln ware I have seen before." ”

Xu Xinqing guessed: "It may be made by a master of the folk kiln, but unfortunately in ancient times, craftsmen were not taken seriously, and there was no record of relevant aspects, so I didn't know where to find it if I wanted to find it." ”

Meng Zitao agreed, but felt in his heart that this candlestick could not be made by ordinary masters, otherwise there would be such an abnormality as just now.

Xu Xinqing then said politely: "Teacher Meng, if you like it, please take it back." ”

Meng Zitao waved his hand: "This is not good. ”

Xu Xinqing hurriedly said: "To tell you the truth, I bought this candlestick for less than a hundred, and it is too insignificant compared to the loss you just asked me to avoid, please accept it." ”

"It's really not good, I don't have such a habit, and besides, what happened just now is just a gesture, if you can pay attention, you can also see the flaws in it. ”

Having said that, the candlestick Meng Zitao definitely wanted, so he said: "Of course, I still like this candlestick, please open a price, don't give it to me at cost price." ”

Then the two negotiated a price that both parties felt was suitable, and they were both happy......

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