Meng Zitao carefully observed the seal in his hand, there should be no problem in the material, and then looked at the seal, it seems that there is a shape. And yesterday he got the seal from Shu Ze, and the seal on the seal can also correspond to the seal on the seal one by one.

Then, Meng Zitao looked at the seal button again, a good seal button is the same as the seal text, and there must not be the slightest "craftsmanship", it can be used according to the material, the knife technique is flexible, the image is realistic, and it is natural.

Judging from this situation, there should be no problem with this seal, however, after careful observation, Mencius always felt that there was something wrong with this seal, and something was missing, but he couldn't find anything wrong for a while.

Meng Zitao pondered for a long time, and finally realized that the ink and pulp were wrong.

You know, if it is a real seal, it must be used, in addition to the ink on the seal, after many years of use, the pulp must be heavy.

However, this seal is not like this, although the printing surface also has ink, but it is relatively light, not like the appearance of long-term use, in addition, the pulp is not too heavy, and it does not look like a trace left by more than a hundred years.

With this discovery, Meng Zitao used the ability again, and sure enough, the production time was only eighty or ninety years, which should have been imitated in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China.

However, unlike other imitations, this seal is still good.

Generally speaking, there are two types of imitation of seals, one is that the counterfeiter imitates the style, size and text of the ancient seal due to the relationship of interests, and then follows the method of counterfeiting copper and jade to make it old. After it is made, it is exactly the same as the ancient seal, and it is easy for some experts and scholars to catch their eyes.

Another category. It is the pastime of various generations of famous artists to engrave ancient seals, for example. Some people want to copy ancient posts, make ancient seals. This is not to pass off the famous deeds of the ancients, but just for fun and practice, and they have no intention of selling them after copying them.

Moreover, in the past, it was a relatively common thing to engrave ancient seals, and if the works were more clumsy, they would be polished out and re-engraved or simply destroyed, while the good ones would be preserved and appreciated.

Until now. Many of these seals have been passed down to the people, and many collectors regard them as genuine. Although such seals are forgeries, they are not real forgeries, because the author's original intention was to pass them off as ancients, not to pass them on, but some traders deliberately passed them off as genuine in exchange for high profits.

For example, the seal in front of me should be the first type of work, otherwise, the author will definitely use various methods to make it old, and if it is good, then it is now. But it can be as if it were the real thing.

Meng Zitao thought about it, this seal has a divine meaning, although it is fake, it is also a treasure, and it is not bad to buy it and collect it.

But think again. He felt that the hope of buying it was very slim, because others could see that it was extraordinary, and it was even possible for someone to think that it was genuine. In this case, he has to pay a high price. Otherwise, how can you take it down?

In that case, it can only be abandoned.

"Xiao Meng. See something good?"

Meng Zitao put the things back, and he heard a familiar voice next to him, and when he looked back, he found that it was Zhang Jingqiang.

Meng Zitao smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, why are you here too?"

"Haha, you're here, how can I not come?"

Zhang Jingqiang smiled and blinked, and then introduced a man standing next to him with nearly fifty people to Meng Zitao: "This is Shi Bowen, Teacher Shi, a famous miscellaneous appraisal expert in Jinling. ”

Then, he introduced to Shi Bowen: "This is Meng Zitao, the shopkeeper of Meng, don't look at his young age, our President Wang has also praised him for his knowledge. ”

Zhang Jingqiang said this, also to prevent Shi Bowen from looking down on Meng Zitao, otherwise, Shi Bowen would definitely think in his heart, how can a young man like Meng Zitao open an antique shop?

Of course, Shi Bowen also thought so in his heart, even with Zhang Jingqiang's introduction, the thoughts in his heart were only a little lighter, as the old saying goes, hearing is false, seeing is believing.

"Lucky (long admiration)!"

Meng Zitao didn't care what Shi Bowen thought, shook hands with the other party politely, and asked, "Brother Zhang, have you seen anything you like?"

Zhang Jingqiang nodded and said: "I see how many pieces I have taken a fancy to, but I don't know if I can win the bid in the end." The bad thing about this secret mark is that there is no reference price, and it is completely based on everyone's ideas, and the accident is too big. ”

Meng Zitao joked: "Then you won't invest more, anyway, you have a lot of money." ”

Zhang Jingqiang smiled: "I'm not a mallet. By the way, I think this seal is pretty good, what do you think?"

Meng Zitao joked: "Brother Zhang, asking this is digging a corner." ”

Zhang Jingqiang smiled: "Anyway, Shu Shao is rich and generous, how can he care about such a seal?"

Meng Zitao said jokingly: "I want to say, he is here for this seal?"

Zhang Jingqiang was slightly stunned: "Are you serious?"

"Why am I lying to you about this?" Meng Zitao smiled slyly: "Actually, it's nothing for you to bid. ”

"What do you mean?" Zhang Jingqiang was a little confused by Meng Zitao's words.

Meng Zitao said: "Because this seal can be appreciated and played." ”

Zhang Jingqiang frowned slightly, and immediately understood what Meng Zitao meant: "You mean, there is a problem with this seal?"

Meng Zitao also said clearly: "Anyway, I think this seal is still good." ”

Seeing Meng Zitao say this, Zhang Jingqiang looked back at Shi Bowen, and saw Shi Bowen who was being identified and nodded lightly: "Old imitation." ”

Zhang Jingqiang asked Shi Bowen for a seal, appreciated it, and said with a satisfied expression: "Then I'm welcome." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "However, you have to prepare the silver." ”

Zhang Jingqiang heard this and understood the key: "Hehe, I will invest in a suitable price for a while, if you don't win the bid, then forget it." ”

After chatting a few more words, the two sides parted ways, after all, Meng Zitao was doing things for Shu Ze, and Zhang Jingqiang didn't want to ask more, otherwise, there would really be a suspicion of digging a corner. He didn't want to make Shu Ze angry.

Seeing that Zhang Jingqiang was here, Meng Zitao looked around to see if there were any other people he knew. As a result, what surprised him a little was that Wang Zhixuan and Ma Xingwei actually came.

may have felt Meng Zitao's gaze. Wang Zhixuan also happened to turn around and noticed Meng Zitao. He smiled and nodded to Meng Zitao, and then pointed to the antique with his finger, meaning to let Meng Zitao read it first and then talk about it, and then communicate later.

Mencius replied with an "OK" gesture and moved on to admiring other things.

After looking at more than twenty things, Meng Zitao moved his neck, and when he looked around, he found that everyone seemed to be speeding up, and his heart tightened. I hurriedly looked at the time and found that it was almost 11 o'clock.

You know, I still have more than half of my things that I haven't appreciated.

In this case, Mencius Tao didn't care about anything else, and directly used his abilities, only when he encountered a better or representative object, he looked at it carefully, so that he could do it. The speed has undoubtedly increased a lot.

At this time, Shi Bowen noticed Meng Zitao's movements, which made him have some good feelings for Meng Zitao because of the previous seal. and dissipated without a trace.

"Young people are just careless! Do you really think that antique identification is so easy?" Shi Bowen shook his head secretly, and set his eyes on what he was doing.

That said, these participate in the antiques of the hidden mark. Like the dark mark of the jade public plate, there is a lone one. There are also several pieces in one.

Just like these objects in front of Meng Zitao now, there are miscellaneous things and everything. If you don't consider the environment, Meng Zitao still thinks that what he is facing is a small stall in the market.

Meng Zitao counted, there are a total of eleven things here, most of them are small pieces, like bracelets, ornaments, etc., the materials are crystal, agate, glass, etc., but each one looks relatively old, and it doesn't look very good. However, the things are genuine, but depending on the preciousness of the quality and material, the value is not much higher.

For this kind of thing, Meng Zitao originally had a dispensable attitude, and he didn't think about the reaction given by the ability, but it made him feel a little surprised.

This is a necklace, the material is Hetian seed jade carved chicken heart pendant, old green jade lotus pendant, silver gilt flower holder, gray agate eight edges, glaze, old pearl, silk agate and other things.

After Meng Zitao's observation, he found that other things were not very precious, and the key was that four of them, which seemed to be glass, were extraordinary.

I saw that the diameter of the bead was about 3 cm, and there was a round hole in it for threading and hanging. The bead surface is made of reddish-brown substrate, and the array of color glazed circles is applied, and the process combines the decorative techniques such as plastic and color, and the color circle dot pattern is big and small, and the three-dimensional sense is very strong. It looks like a dragonfly eye.

Meng Zitao looked at the beads, and then had a reference to the ability, and he understood what it was.

However, there are a lot of such things that have been handed down, but they are not so exquisite, so if this is the case, Meng Zitao is actually not very surprised, the quality of the key beads is very amazing, not at all like the ones left over from that era, and the pulp is very heavy, which makes him feel a little unimaginable.

But in any case, although Meng Zitao was surprised, he still believed in the judgment given by the ability, and could only say that this was a gift from history.

Noting down the number here, Meng Zitao still used the old method, and continued the steps just now, in the process, there were surprises and disappointments.

In this way, Meng Zitao soon met with Shu Ze.

At this time, Shu Ze was holding a jade cong and meditating there, as if he had fallen into some problem.

Meng Zitao stepped forward to take a look, and it turned out to be a Liangzhu jade cong. As a typical artifact of Liangzhu culture, Liangzhu jade cong has been sought after by jade lovers since ancient times because of its exquisite ornamentation and important historical value, as well as its great artistic charm.

For example, some shadow celadon in the Song Dynasty imitated the shape of Liangzhu Yucong, and Qianlong was even more fond of Liangzhu Yucong. Huanbao Han Jing is heavy, and honest and honest gentlemen are like. The inkstone is stained with ink rain, and the world reads the fairy fish. A few accompaniments, happy and quiet. ”

Liangzhu Yucong was originally exquisite, but now with the endorsement of the emperor, it is even more sought after. In China, the jade of Liangzhu culture has risen since the eighties of the last century, and there has been a long-standing and rising research and acquisition boom, and now, it is a treasure that collectors dream of.

Meng Zitao didn't expect that there was still a Liangzhu Yucong here, but it seems. Shu Ze seemed to have a hard time deciding on this.

Feeling someone standing beside him, Shu Ze turned around. A little surprised: "Zitao, why are you here." You can't have seen them all, right?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "I haven't seen everything, but I've just seen some things that I think are pretty good." Besides, if I read everything, then I don't have the ability to read it in the allotted time. ”

Shu Ze looked at the hundreds of things around him, and said with a smile: "This is also the case, by the way, you can help me take a look at this Liangzhu Yucong." ”

"Okay. ”

Due to the relationship of time, after Meng Zitao picked up the jade cong, he directly used the ability to get the result. This way, even if there is a problem, it is easy to find.

After a while, Shu Ze asked, "Zitao, how is it?"

Meng Zitao looked around and found that there were many people gathered around, and although some people did not think much of the young Meng Zitao, they still pricked up their ears.

Seeing this, Meng Zitao put Yu Cong back, and then pulled Shu Ze aside. That's when the results were spoken.

Shu Ze said: "I also feel that there is something wrong with that thing, but I can't figure it out, especially the chicken bone white on it, no matter how I look at it, I feel like it's real." ”

"Chicken bone white" is not a jade variety designation. It's a term in the world of collecting. It mainly refers to the jade that has been buried underground for a long time, and its surface forms a white powdery oxide that does not fall off the surface of the stone, and it is also a kind of pulp.

Meng Zitao said: "The chicken bone white on it is indeed more realistic. But the flaws are still not small, and we don't have much time now. Let me make two brief points. ”

"One is that chicken bone whiteness is due to calcification. No matter how calcified the jade is, it still retains the visibility of a jade quality, and the hardness of its texture is greatly reduced, but it still retains the texture of the original growth.

"The second is opacity. In addition to this general feeling, there is also a kind of natural beauty, primitive beauty, and verve beauty in these chicken bone white jade, which is a very important point and cannot be ignored. It's also difficult for imitators to do. ”

"If you think about it again, does the chicken bone white on the jade cong just now have the texture of primitive growth? Does it have a natural feeling?"

Shu Ze recalled carefully, and suddenly said: "I said that I always felt that something was wrong just now, it turned out to be like this, and not only did I feel unnatural, but I also had a feeling that the whole was not very coordinated, what was going on?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "You see that the time is not early, shall we put the bid first?"

Shu Ze took out his mobile phone and looked at it, and found that it was already past 12 o'clock: "I didn't expect the time to pass so quickly, I haven't finished reading half of it, and the time schedule is too tight." ”

Meng Zitao said: "It may be that the organizers feel that the longer the time, the higher the risk. ”

"That's right. Shu Ze agreed, and then asked, "By the way, did you find that seal?"

Meng Zitao said: "I found it, but it's just an old imitation, although it can be hidden and played, but it is not a genuine product that should not meet your requirements, right?"

Shu Ze said: "Since you want to change, you must use the real thing, have you found any other better seals?"

Meng Zitao said: "There are a few good parties, which should be able to meet your requirements, but there may be a lot of people fighting, and the final price is not expected to be cheap." ”

Shu Ze waved his hand: "Money is not a thing, as long as the thing is real." ”

Seeing Shu Ze's indifferent appearance, Meng Zitao was a little envious, it is good to have money, and he can buy whatever he wants.

Next, Meng Zitao took Shu Ze to see the seals, and Shu Ze was very satisfied, so he simply voted for all the bids. Subsequently, Shu Ze took Meng Zitao to see a few things he had previously fancied, some of which were true and some were fake, but more than eighty percent of them were genuine.

Listening to the reason given by Meng Zitao, Shu Ze said with a smile: "Zitao, I find that you are becoming more and more capable now, I think it won't be long before you can do everything, everything will be fine, right?"

"I hope so, too, but do you think it's realistic?" Meng Zitao said secretly: "With special abilities and good memory, it is too normal to achieve this goal." ”

Shu Ze smiled: "I hope you can be like this, and then you will be a more powerful master than my uncle." ”

Meng Zitao hurriedly waved his hand, said a few words modestly, and then asked, "Do we want to discuss the bidding with Uncle Wang and Brother Zhang?"

"Well, that's fine......"

When they found Wang Zhixuan, Wang Zhixuan and Ma Xingwei were arguing endlessly about the authenticity of a painting, and no one could convince anyone. In that way, it's almost a full martial arts. It made Meng Zitao feel quite funny.

"Xiao Meng, you come to comment. Who is right and who is wrong?" Zhang Xingwei wanted to pull Meng Zitao into the battle group.

Meng Zitao hurriedly said: "You also know that I am not proficient in Chinese painting, so please be smart about this matter." ”

There are a total of five paintings here, all of which are famous calligraphy and paintings, but there are some problems with them to a greater or lesser extent, but he has not carefully identified those paintings, and he does not want to and cannot say the result.

Shu Ze said with a smile: "The appraisal of calligraphy and painting will not be able to discuss any results at all for a while, let's discuss the bidding, and then for a while." The deadline is almost up. ”

After listening to Shu Ze's words, everyone immediately reacted, and hurriedly took out the list they had written down and began to discuss.

Although everyone is a friend, in business, you can't let any party suffer, but fortunately, there are many things here, and everyone doesn't have too many worries.

After some discussion, we finally came up with a plan that everyone was satisfied with. Also, the bid price for something. Wang Zhixuan also mentioned his own opinion.

Wang Zhixuan is an old man in the end, and everyone attaches great importance to the advice he gives. After that, combined with their own ideas, everyone went to vote.

After the deadline for bidding. It will take half an hour to get the results of the bidding, so everyone will go and have something to eat first. Take a break.

The organizer has set up an area in the warehouse for guests to rest. There are snacks and meals, but most people just have a snack. Drink some tea.

Half an hour passed quickly, and everyone didn't want to stay here, so they hurriedly went to check if they had won the bid.

The process of inquiry is very simple, the staff checks the stub and will tell the bidder how many bids he has won, and if the bidder has any doubts, he can also check the amount of the winning bid.

To Mencius's delight, he voted for twelve bids and won seven, and the two items he cared about the most won the bid, and the prices were within his affordability. As for the remaining five, although it is a pity, he is also content.

After swiping the card to pay, Meng Zitao went with everyone to pick up something, and then, under the arrangement of the staff, took the car back.

Unlike when they came, in order to exchange experiences, Meng Zitao and they took the same car.

Not long after the car started, Shi Bowen took the lead in asking: "Shopkeeper Meng, I don't know what is so special about No. 247 just now?"

The reason why Shi Bowen asked this question was actually because he was not convinced just now, why did everyone ask Meng Zitao's opinion before bidding? If it was Wang Zhixuan and them, he would feel a little better.

Meng Zitao also noticed the trace of unconvincing in Shi Bowen's heart, if in normal times, he was too lazy to take care of it, what does it have to do with him whether he was convinced or not? But now that everyone is looking at him, he took out the necklace and gave it to everyone to appreciate.

"What is this?" Wang Zhixuan was the first to notice the extraordinaryness of the four beads, and a look of surprise immediately appeared on his face.

When the others saw Wang Zhixuan's performance like this, curiosity rose in their hearts, and they hurriedly surrounded him to check.

After a while, Ma Xingwei's eyes suddenly widened, and he looked incredulous: "This is the Warring States Feyance Dragonfly Eye?"

"What, it's really the Warring States Feon Dragonfly Eyes?" the others also had shocked expressions on their faces.

Glass is a product made of quartz as the main raw material and melted at high temperature, among which the original glass that is not completely melted is called Fians. In China, like Egypt and India, the earliest glaze belongs to Fians.

The so-called Warring States Fianse Dragonfly Eye is called a dragonfly eye because it resembles a dragonfly's eye.

The glazed beads of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are divided into three materials: one is the original glazed glaze attached to the pottery tire, the other is the pure glazed tire of amorphous inorganic material, and the third is the bead of the combination of the pottery tire and the glaze. In the early Warring States period, the dragonfly eyes were all inner tubes of pottery, and the outer layer was glazed.

These two pairs of Warring States Fianse Dragonfly Eye Glass Beads are larger in size and have many layers, both of which are made of pottery and glazed on the outer layer. The ancients believed that these eyes represent the good eye, to resist the evil eye, and the more eyes they have, the greater the mana, so the more layers, the stronger the mana, and of course, the more precious it is.

Warring States Fianse Dragonfly Eye Glass Beads, the production process is very complicated, and each bead consumes a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources. It takes dozens of processes to complete, the production of ancient glaze is quite time-consuming, and some of the production process alone takes more than ten or twenty days, and mainly relies on hand-made.

It is quite difficult to grasp each link, and the difficulty of grasping the heat can be said to be half by skill and half by luck. Only one of the products is baked, and the yield rate is only 70%. The probability is such a thing as you can imagine, saying that it is 70%, and if you are unlucky, you must not have it.

What's more, the ancient method of glass is not recyclable, unlike gold and silver products, that is to say, once there is a little problem, more than ten days, dozens of processes, how many people's efforts will be immediately in vain. So there are no two identical glasses in the world. (To be continued.) )

PS: It's out there today, the update is a little late, sorry!