Chapter 175: Identifying Jade

As soon as Zhuang Rui's words fell, everyone gathered here looked at the old man.

The younger generation of the ancient people who paid great attention to the jade industry used to go to the jade associations around the country to give lectures or teach apprentices, and there were many people who knew him, but in recent years, the old people have become older, and they rarely go out to give lectures or attend various jade fairs.

"You stinky boy, you actually used your uncle as a shield......

Seeing everyone's expectant eyes, Gu scolded Zhuang Rui with a smile, and then untied a piece of jade from his waist.

"The way to play the ancient jade, now the more popular is the combination of fast and slow disk, just now Xiaozhuang also said, almost no one has tried the Italian plate, but the old man I was young, got a good piece of jade, these decades, is the method of using the plate, just talk to you about the experience of the plate. ”

As soon as the ancient words came out, it was immediately four shocked, Zhuang Rui had mentioned the difficulties of the Italian plate before, and it also showed that the Italian plate was almost a legendary way to play, I didn't expect the ancient to pass down this kind of plate method, and I could hear the ancient teaching experience with my own ears, everyone felt that this trip was worthwhile, and they talked in a low voice, and their eyes were staring at the jade in the ancient hand.

The ancient said while handing the jade in his hand to Zhuang Rui, and said: "Everyone knows" sincere feeling, gold and stone for the opening of these eight words, in fact, this sentence is from the ancient jade of the meaning of the plate of the law, the ancients said such a paragraph: always rubbing, thinking of the virtue of jade, enough to transform my temperament, good my temperament, so that my life pure and selfless desire blinded, sincere feeling, gold and stone for open.

I have been on this jade plate for almost 40 years, and now as long as I hold it in my hand, I will feel that I am connected with this jade, there is a feeling of blood connection, this jade is like having life, will breathe, the old man has experienced a lot of ups and downs, but as long as this piece of jade is in hand, the mood will calm down, I personally think, this is the effect of the plate. ”

The words of the old man made everyone look at the jade in Zhuang Rui's hand, there was no lack of envy in his eyes, with an ancient vision, the quality of the jade must not be bad, a piece of jade has been plated for forty years, plus the value of the jade itself, it can almost be called a priceless treasure.

The old man took out this is a jade pendant, the volume is not large, only the size of a child's palm, the front of the jade pendant is carved with a strange beast, stepping on the wind and clouds, short wings, dragon head with feet, horse body, unicorn feet, the shape is as powerful as a lion, the eyes are protruding, the mouth has long fangs, its subtleties are carved lifelike, and the hair is complete.

Zhuang Rui knows this shape, it should be the evil beast Pixiu, but what surprised Zhuang Rui was the color of this jade, in his hand, Zhuang Rui carefully distinguished, this Pixiu play, there are actually six kinds of color, you know, the color is acquired, two or three kinds of ancient jade are more common, more than four are extremely rare, five kinds of ancient jade can be called a priceless treasure, this jade pendant actually has six colors, no wonder the old man will use the method to raise jade.

Tied to the jade pendant was a crimson rope tied with a Chinese knot, Zhuang Rui pulled it vigorously, and it felt very tough.

"Uncle Gu, is this a piece of warm jade?" Zhuang Rui took this piece of jade, felt a burst of warmth and slippery in his hand, and couldn't help but ask Old Man Gu.

"Yes, this is the warm jade produced in Lantian, the quality is very high, I got it inadvertently when I was young, and I have been with it for more than 40 years, although I have played with other jade over the years, but this piece has not been changed, hehe, many times I have relied on it to drive away evil spirits and take refuge, and turn evil into good fortune. ”

The old words made a few young people quite disagreeable, this jade can ward off evil is just a legend, I have never heard of anyone with a piece of jade on his body is free of disease and disaster.

"Uncle Shi, I heard that the five colors of jade are rarely seen, and I have never heard of these six colors. ”

"Hehe, don't say you haven't heard of it, not many people have seen the six-color Qin ancient jade, there are now more than 30,000 pieces of ancient jade hidden in the Palace Museum, and there are not a few pieces of the six-color Qin. When Gu Gu talked about this, he couldn't help but show a smug look on his face.

"This piece is three generations of ancient jade, when it will be in the hand, it has not been unearthed for a long time, the surface color is similar to lime, the texture is like clay, and the jade color can not be seen in the bright light, and now it is barely ripe, this red place is commonly known as the child's face......"

Gu Gu took the jade pixiu from Zhuang Rui's hand and rubbed it in his hand very lovingly.

"Ancient, how much is your piece of jade worth?" The boss, a layman, asked about the price as soon as he opened his mouth, but this was also what everyone wanted to know, and they all pricked up their ears and listened.

"Hehe, this jade has been with me for decades, if you bring a mountain of gold, I won't change ......"

The old man replied with a smile, but he didn't point out the real price of this jade pixiu, and the boss scolded in his heart: Old fox.

"Ancient, this intention plate is not up to our realm, can you always talk about the identification method of this ancient jade, I have been playing with jade for a few years, and I have spent a lot of money, and none of the ancient jade I bought is real, and the water in this jade industry is too deep." ”

A voice came out of the crowd, and everyone nodded their heads, and among the people present, including those jade merchants, all of them had bought fake jade.

"Now the antique market of ancient jade, ten ** is fake, the real price of ancient jade is very high, I don't agree with the beginners to play ancient jade, it is difficult to find good things, not to mention spending money in vain, but also to make themselves in a bad mood.

Not long ago, a large number of counterfeit jade from the Warring States and Han dynasties suddenly appeared on the market. Like the jade chariot and horse people, as well as the jade chime, the jade cane, including the jade horn cup, some people spent hundreds of thousands, and some people spent millions to buy this batch of jade. ”

"Old man, it must be fake, right?" someone in the crowd laughed.

"That's right, what's more, a person bought six sets of gold-threaded jade clothes, and it didn't take long for these things to appear in the antique market in a steady stream, and they are getting cheaper and cheaper, this doesn't need to be identified, and you know that it's fake, so don't deliberately look for ancient jade, otherwise the next person to buy fake jade may be you." ”

Old Man Gu's words immediately caused a burst of laughter from the onlookers.

Gu Gu waved his hand, waited until the side was quiet, and said: "Don't laugh, don't laugh, don't say it's an outsider, it's an insider, and it often makes eyes, the batch of fake Gao Guyu just mentioned is something that happened in the life of an old friend of mine."

It was a Ph.D. student of mine with an old friend, majoring in archaeology and museums, and the young man would often go to the antique shop to pick out some small objects, and last year, he saw a batch of ancient jade in an antique shop, including jade, jade knife, jade bi, jade huang, jade horn cup and other objects.

According to the owner, the age of these jade objects is the Han Dynasty, and some of them even date as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, especially some of the types of jade in them, such as jade horn cups, jade bi, jade huang, etc., which are typical artifacts in the jade of the Han Dynasty.

As we all know, the jade of the Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago is considered to be the highest peak of the development of jade in China. Among them, the most representative of the level of jade craftsmanship in the Han Dynasty are living jade, furnishing jade and ornamental jade.

The jade horn cup is a very important utensil in the jade of daily life, it is a kind of drinking vessel used by princes and nobles, and jade bi and jade huang are not only ceremonial jade, but also can be used as ornamental jade. These jade objects generally use round carving and high-relief carving techniques, reflecting a superb and noble artistic style.

This antique shop attracted many peers in the circle to appreciate it, and some of them were also known to the student, and the owner of the shop found out that he was very interested in these jades, so he told the student that if he wanted to buy them, he could transfer them at a preferential price.

The student, who was also thirty-five or sixteen years old and had a certain economic foundation, bought the jade horn cup and some other jade objects after several rounds of bargaining, among which the jade horn cup was the most expensive. Since then, I have been to this store many times to buy ancient jade, and in one year last year, I bought more than 70 pieces of jade from the Han Dynasty, spending a total of more than 400,000 yuan.

I happened to go to that city last month, and my old friend asked me to take a look, hehe, and everyone knows that it is all modern jade, and the reason why these fake jade looks antique and realistic on the outside is that some professional dealers use special means to make it. ”

"Old man, how can this Qin color be fake? How can I identify it? I planted it on this last year, and I bought a three-color Qin ancient jade of the Han Dynasty for 80,000 yuan, who knows if it is fake. A voice came from the crowd.

"Hehe, that's your greed, in the current antique market, Han jade is almost rare, you must know that the jade of the Han Dynasty, it is not circulated as a commodity, it is a monopoly of the emperor to make and use.

When did the common people start to use jade, it was the Three Kingdoms period, because the Three Kingdoms were in chaos, tomb robbery became a trend, and some people stole and dug out the golden jade clothes of the Han Dynasty.

Larger Han Dynasty jade, the market is basically not seen, now can be handed down, only some small pieces, such as jade sword ornaments, small jade ornaments and the like, and only a very small chance will go to the market, other things, ten are fake.

As for jade fraud, there are many ways to form a color, no less than a dozen, I will roughly say it, one is the method of soaking with liquid medicine: that is, the jade is put into a chemical solution mixed with color, and after a few days of soaking, this color will appear on the surface, usually showing reddish-brown, yellow-brown and other colors.

This is the most common method of "aging" jade, also known as "artificial dyeing", and most unscrupulous merchants use this method.

There is also a method of counterfeiting the formation of black-brown color on the surface of jade, which is called the smoking method, that is, the utensils are smoked in a fire, and after a short period of smoke, the surface of the jade will show a black-brown feeling buried deep in the ground, which has the taste of black lacquered ancient jade.

In fact, it is very simple to identify the authenticity of the color, the fake color is usually bright and shiny, if you have doubts about the jade you want to buy, you may wish to take the alcohol cotton, wipe it on the jade for a while, and see if there is a color on the cotton, if there is, it is doubtful, most of them are fake.

There is also that under strong light, the color of jade is very consistent, and with fog, lack of transition color, and the color is relatively single, then this kind of jade is also doubtful.

Alas, people nowadays are becoming more and more impetuous, before the liberation, those old jade old people, or talk about a little "integrity", that is, "hide the age and do not hide the material", that is, on the old or new Hetian white jade, carve new work, make old and then sell it for a large price.

If these things were put to this day, they would be considered "good things"! It's a pity that the so-called jade, glass, plastic, and quartz on the market in front of us dare to sell anything. ”

When the ancient said later, he was a little excited, the emergence of these unscrupulous businessmen is extremely unfavorable to the development of the jade industry, it is because of these people that many people who are interested in jade collection are discouraged, the reason is very simple, let me ask you, if you buy jade, even suffer a few losses, do you dare to buy it next time.

Now these people who are cheating, although the level of education is not very high, but to figure out the psychology of people, all of them are good hands, what jade is popular on the market, what kind of they can make, whether it is workmanship, materials or color, that is all able to fake the real, not to mention the newcomers who have just entered the industry, that is, the old birds who have been rolling for decades, and the "eyes" will pay tuition fees if they are a little worse.

"Ancient, you see that there are so many people here, the hotel has opinions, do you want to go upstairs to rest first? Seeing that the onlookers were still talking about questions, the middle-aged man who was with Gu couldn't sit still, so he walked up to Gu and whispered.

After Gu Gu heard this, he wanted to look around, and it was indeed surrounded by water, so he said helplessly: "Okay, let's go upstairs first, Xiaozhuang, I don't have time in the evening, let's have dinner together at noon tomorrow." ”

Zhuang Rui was already uncomfortable with these people, and hurriedly agreed: "Okay, uncle, you go to rest first, and I'll call you tomorrow." ”

Zhuang Rui and Viagra wasted their old noses, escorted the old man to the elevator, and his body was covered in stinky sweat, and the fourth man said with a smile: "Old man, you also pay attention to chasing stars in the antique world." ”

"Alright, let's go upstairs and take a shower. ”

Zhuang Rui saw that the people on the other side of the sofa area had not dispersed, so he couldn't help but shudder, and when the next elevator came, he hurriedly got in.

"Wait a minute......"

Just as the elevator door was about to close, Zhuang Rui suddenly saw a familiar figure walking in at the door of the hotel......