This is a pair of yellow amber pendants, the quality is still very good, the carving is also very level, a section of branches on the knot three full longan, magpies perched on the branches, named "good news three yuan". Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The first place in the township examination, the meeting examination and the palace examination of the ancient imperial examination system were Xie Yuan, Hui Yuan and Zhuangyuan respectively, and the "good news three yuan" refers to Xie Yuan, Hui Yuan, and Zhuangyuan in succession and first, which is an auspicious gift or congratulatory message to those who participate in the imperial examination.

This pair of amber pendants is of excellent quality, and with the ingenuity of the workmanship, it can be considered a high-quality. Meng Zitao didn't notice what was wrong with the pair of pendants at first, but because of Mr. Tang's reminder, he felt a little unnatural when he looked closely. But for a while, I couldn't find what was wrong.

Meng Zitao observed for a while, took out some tools from his bag, and studied them carefully for a while before shaking his head and laughing: "The level of the author of this pair of pendants is really high enough, and the skin attached to it can be so natural, it is really difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and the phenomenon of joint can only be seen under a magnifying glass." ”

When he said this, Meng Zitao also sighed that the author really had a heart, and he could actually think of such a method of falsification.

In the process of amber formation, a darker skin is formed on the surface of the amber due to weathering, and its beautiful color can be used when processing the carvings, making the work more vivid.

These two works should be when the finished amber product has irremovable flaws during carving, or there are certain problems with the raw materials themselves, so the natural stone skin is used to paste the outer skin on the flaws, such as a leaf, a flower, or a small animal, so that the work is "icing on the cake".

Although this method can beautify the appearance of amber, after all, it leaves artificial traces, and some people may be able to accept the improvement of this beauty, but the average Chinese people still like the purity of nature.

Of course, as long as the merchant tells the truth about the product, for amber lovers to choose the right one for them, it is still possible. However, there are always some profiteers who deliberately do this in order to make more money, or don't say anything about it, this kind of thing is quite a headache, and it is estimated that many people will be fooled by this.

Fortunately, Meng Zitao believes that there should not be many people with such superb craftsmanship as this pair of pendants, otherwise many people will definitely be fooled.

"That's still not enough to get past your eyes. ”

Teacher Tang laughed, and was a little surprised in his heart, to be honest, he still listened to his friend's guidance to see the problem of the skin, although Meng Zitao also listened to his reminder, but he could see it with his own eyesight, and his eyesight was also very powerful, but this also confirmed his guess that Meng Zitao should be famous, which is why he took out this pair of amber pendants.

Meng Zitao waved his hand and said modestly: "Where, if it weren't for your reminder, I would definitely not be able to see it." ”

Speaking of this, he asked with some curiosity: "Teacher Tang, I don't know what the origin of this pair of pendants is?"

Mr. Tang said: "This pair of pendants is actually given to me by my friend, according to him, this kind of thing, has appeared sporadically on the market, many Tibetan friends have been fooled, and he also has an amber ornament, the leather skills are more exquisite, the joint surface is very tight, leaving only a very small gap, only under the high-power microscope can be seen." ”

"Fortunately, because the skin that matches the carved piece can be met and cannot be sought, so what is currently seen on the market is to paste the skin in the relatively flat place of the carved piece, which is easier to recognize. Speaking of which, various methods of counterfeiting are changing with each passing day, and if you don't visit the market often, it won't be long before you can buy a fake as if it were the real thing. ”

In the end, Mr. Tang couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and seemed quite worried about this form.

Meng Zitao didn't care whether his emotions were true or not, and took over: "Speaking of which, I also learned not long ago that there is a method of amber counterfeiting, which is to apply a special yellow color wax to the surface of amber, which can make the color of amber more vivid, but it looks unnatural compared to the color of natural amber. ”

However, it is worth noting that this kind of colored wax is not easy to detect with infrared spectrometers, so if you are not careful, you will become a fish that slips through the net. ”

Mr. Tang was a little surprised: "Is there still such a method?

Meng Zitao replied: "If you have experience, you can use the tip of a needle to gently push, and the yellow wax can be displaced or peeled off, and the darker yellow wax enrichment areas can also be seen in the surface micro-cracks and pits. ”

"I see, thanks to you, I learned another hand today. ”

"Me too. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and then chatted again, Teacher Tang didn't say what he wanted to invite Meng Zitao over, and Meng Zitao didn't ask, the two of them were so consumed, see who mentioned it first.

But in the end, Mr. Tang probably couldn't wait, so he let Meng Zitao sit first, and he got up and went to the back room to get something out.

The thing was placed in a huge brocade box, and Mr. Tang asked Meng Zitao to look at it first, and Meng Zitao politely opened the brocade box.

I saw that there was a jade artifact inside, but the shape of the vessel was a little rare, and it was a long stream.

It is a utensil for washing and watering before the princes and nobles held sacrificial ceremonies and important ceremonial activities in ancient China, and there is a record of "Feng Wo Xu" in the 23rd year of Zuo Chuan (637 B.C.). The early claw was made of bronze. After the Han Dynasty, gold and silver, lacquerware, and jade as drinking utensils appeared.

In 1968, a silver piece was unearthed from the tomb of Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty. This is a small pot similar to this jade with a long mouth, the body of the pot is flat and round, there is a skull, there is a lid, this silver utensil, after several research, it was finally confirmed that it is a "medicine filling device" for the use of medicine for critically ill patients with silence.

In the medical literature of Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Typhoid Fever" in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there is a record of irrigation to treat comatose patients. This shows that as early as the Western Han Dynasty, the ancients were inspired by the shape of the "匜" of the utensils for holding water and washing, and created and invented the utensils for rescuing seriously ill children who could not open their mouths or were disobedient.

This is done by pinching the patient's chin, using the long, pointed beak, to pry a small slit between the patient's upper and lower teeth, and then lifting the hand to pour the medicine in. In later generations, there were also silver, copper, porcelain and other similar medicine filling utensils for coma patients.

But the jade long stream, to be honest, Meng Zitao has never seen it before, only to see this jade is an oval flat pot shape, with a slender flow and a fang, a button on the cover, and a ring on the soles of the feet; the jade is long, about 20 centimeters, of which the flow accounts for almost half of the length, and the thickness of the wall is as thin as a piece of paper.

The top surface of the cover button is bas-embossed with four-petal persimmon pattern, and the center of the persimmon pattern is engraved with a three-pronged cloud pattern; the cover is decorated with a circle of yin line back lines; the cover is the head of the dragon.

The outer side of the body and the long stream are also decorated with a circle of yin lines, and the hand is a symmetrical hollow of the double body of the dragon, and the inner light element is not marked, and the soles of the feet are slightly outwardly skimmed.

The ancients used the whole piece of white jade to carve meticulously, the lines were smooth, the polishing was delicate and smooth, and the craftsmanship was exquisite. The colorful colors that penetrate into the texture record the vicissitudes of more than 2,000 years. Meng Zitao could see at a glance that this was an unearthed jade artifact that had been opened to the next generation.

However, the time for this thing to be unearthed should not be short, and there is already a layer of pulp on the surface, indicating that it should be a jade artifact unearthed from generation to generation.

Teacher Tang smiled and asked, "Presumably my brother should be able to recognize what this thing is, right?"

Meng Zitao put the things back in the box and replied: "This is Changliuqi, there are more copper ones, and I haven't seen jade ones before." ”

"Oh, does that person think the door can be opened?" Teacher Tang looked at Meng Zitao with a blank gaze.

Meng Zitao took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Well, it can only be said that the benevolent see the benevolent, and the wise see the wise, I don't know how much you want to pay for this thing?"

Teacher Tang smiled slightly, since Meng Zitao asked so much, the answer was obvious, he smiled and said: "Actually, there is another artifact below, and the others will be talked about after you have seen it first." ”

Meng Zitao was still a little curious, why a small Changliuqian was put in such a large brocade box, took out the wooden board in the middle layer, and found that it was a rare artifact than Changliuqiu.

It is a black lacquer disc, made of wood, divided into two parts. There is a round hole in the center of the two plates. The front of the upper plate is engraved with six dots, and the hole in the center of the plate is connected to form the image of the seven stars of the North Dagger. There is a light mark reticle over the circle, and the disc is divided into four equal parts. A small round hole is drilled on the edge of the disk, a total of 365, all of which do not penetrate. The counterclockwise unequal hand of the lower disk is engraved with the names and distances of the 28 Nakshatras, and the names of the Nakshatras are connected with the small round holes on the upper plate.

In the seventies of the last century, a similar lacquerware was unearthed from the tomb of Xiahou Zao Han of Ruyin, the stars and distances engraved on the plate are consistent with the data and names recorded in the "Ganshi Xingjing" and "Kaiyuan Zhanjing", which is a new discovery of astronomical archaeology in China.

Presumably, this disc is also from a similar period, but compared to the one found earlier, this one is in perfect condition except for its larger size, and it looks as if it was not long after it was made.

However, Meng Zitao obviously would not think that it was a fake, because if it had been buried in a relatively closed environment before, the preservation environment was good, and the excavation time was not long, it would also have such a performance.

Moreover, when Meng Zitao saw this twenty-eight Suzhou disc at a glance, he felt as if there was a mysterious force in the disc that was attracting him, but when he used the ability, he didn't react, and it felt like there was something in front of you, and you wanted to reach out and grab it but couldn't catch it, and you were very depressed.

However, Meng Zitao knew that intuition should not deceive him, and judging from the various performances of the disc, this should also be a genuine product. As for the origin of this thing, with another layer of Mr. Tang's identity, needless to say, you can know which ancient tomb it should have been dug up from. (To be continued.) )