"Teacher, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Yu Xuan holding an incense burner, Fang Yi couldn't help but ask strangely, there were so many precious ceramic bronzes that were opened from the box just now, and he didn't see Yu Xuan put on this appearance, which was comparable to Sun Lianda's appearance when he saw those calligraphy and paintings. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Fang Yi, what you just said, doesn't it count?"

Yu Xuan raised his head, his eyes were clearly bloodshot, he had seen so many things one after another today, which really tired him and Sun Lianda, but when Yu Xuan saw this object in his arms, all the fatigue disappeared, and at this time, in his heart, there were only two words: excitement.

Fang Yi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and when he saw Yu Xuan holding the incense burner, he immediately understood, and said, "Teacher, do you mean to let the two of you and Brother Man each take an object?"

"That's right, just ...... That's what ...... said."

Yu Xuan nodded heavily, but when he and Sun Lianda glanced at each other, there was a wry smile on his face, he shook his head, and said: "Brother, I made you laugh, I have lived so long, I can't even look at it today......"

"I don't blame you......"

Sun Lianda looked at Yu Xuan and said: "Most of what I have done in my life is the identification and restoration of cultural relics, brother, you are different from me, you are a collector yourself, you will naturally be tempted when you see good things, and I am afraid that it will be ......the same."

"Alas, shame, shame, shame......"

Yu Xuanchang sighed, took out the incense burner held in his arms with both hands, put it on the table very solemnly, and said: "I should be content to be lucky enough to see this object in this life, Fang Yi, you put this thing away, I'm afraid that if I look at it again, I really won't be able to pull it out......"

"Teacher, isn't it just an incense burner...... Seeing Yu Xuan's reluctant look, Fang Yi said: "Teacher, since you like it, take it, even if this thing is precious, it is not as good as the affection between our master and apprentice!"

Fang Yi has no parents since he was a child, and has always relied on the old Taoist priest for his life, until he went down the mountain, he felt a kind of care from his relatives in Sun Lianda, to say that the relationship with Yu Xuan was originally separated by such a layer, far less close to Sun Lianda.

But after a trip to Myanmar, Fang Yi learned that Yu Xuan first went deep into the Savage Mountain to find himself, and then almost cut off the relationship with the children of his family, so he knew that Teacher Yu Xuan, who had always liked to joke with himself, did not necessarily care for him under Sun Lianda.

People want to have what they lack, so in Fang Yi's opinion, the family relationship with the two teachers, and the friendship with the fat man and even Zhao Hongtao are far from being comparable to money, not to mention that Fang Yi doesn't know what the origin of this incense burner is, but even if this incense burner is the most precious of all Fang Yi's objects, he will not hesitate to give it to Yu Xuan.

"Fang Yi, stop talking......"

Hearing Fang Yi's words, Yu Xuan waved his hand and said with a look of shame: "I have lived for decades, but I can't see it as you see, don't say it, I won't want this thing, and today you can be regarded as teaching me a lesson!"

Sun Lianda's previous reaction was just a subconscious behavior after identifying the identity of the incense burner, but when he came to his senses, he knew that he had lost his temper in front of the juniors, and his old face was already red.

After seeing this scene, the Manjun Army, who had been working hard and didn't talk much, suddenly asked, "Teacher Yu, the incense burner you are looking at, is it that object?"

"That's it!" Yu Xuan said with a wry smile: "Besides that thing, what else can make me so embarrassed!"

"Teacher Yu, this ...... Is this true?" Zhao Hongtao also asked, but his face was originally just stunned, but he showed a look of disbelief.

"If this object is fake, I, Yu Xuan, will cut out these eyes!" Yu Xuan said categorically.

"Hey, I'll tell you, are you guys guessing a dumb riddle?"

Listening to the conversation between Yu Xuanmanjun and Zhao Hongtao, the fat man and the three guns and Fang Yi in the field were all inexplicable, although they knew that this thing must be not small, but several people didn't mention its name, and the fat man who couldn't hold his breath couldn't help but shout.

"Yes, teacher, tell us what kind of thing this is?"

Although he studied the identification of cultural relics with Sun Lianda for more than half a year, Sun Lianda mainly focused on calligraphy and painting, and also studied ceramics, but he did not have a deep understanding of bronzes and some miscellaneous items, which is also one of the reasons why Sun Lianda asked Fang Yi to worship Yu Xuan as a teacher.

In order to let Fang Yi know more about jadeite and jade, Yu Xuan spent most of his time explaining to him about jade and jade, so Fang Yi didn't know much about bronzes, and he really didn't know what this incense burner was.

On the contrary, the Manchu army has been in the antique market for so many years, and he has heard some rumors about this incense burner, although he has never seen the real thing, but when he saw Yu Xuan's difficult appearance, he guessed the origin of this incense burner.

Yu Xuan had calmed down, but he couldn't help but take the incense burner he had placed on the table in his hand and play with it, and said, "Fang Yi, the teacher is mainly interested in literature and miscellaneous, do you know what this miscellaneous object is respected?"

"I don't know!"

Fang Yi replied honestly, the categories of miscellaneous items are too wide, some are precious because of the material, such as agarwood, huanghuali, ivory or rhino horn and other objects, and some have been carved by the master and doubled in value, Fang Yi really doesn't know what objects can sit on the top spot in the miscellaneous category.

"Tell you, this is the object!"

Yu Xuan looked at the incense burner in his hand with complicated eyes, and said: "This thing is called Xuande furnace, it is a product of the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a great writer in the Ming Dynasty who praised it as the first thing in the study, and the teacher spent his whole life looking for this thing, and he finally saw it until today......

Yu Xuan's words are full of emotion, he debuted for decades, and he is famous in the field of literature and miscellaneous items, although he has not yet reached the realm of not liking things and not being sad about himself, but in this life, he has read countless things, it can be said that only Xuande furnace can make Yu Xuan so gaffe.

"Xuande furnace, teacher, is Xuande furnace very valuable?"

Hearing Yu Xuan's words, Fang Yi showed a surprised look on his face, he had heard the name of Xuande Furnace, but Fang Yi really didn't know that this thing was so precious, in Fang Yi's cognition, this was just a tool for burning incense in the study.

"You take a good look at this object first...... Yu Xuan handed the Xuande furnace in his hand to Fang Yi and said, "After reading it, tell me what you think......

"Good!"

Fang Yi agreed, and took the small incense burner that was not very conspicuous at first glance in his hand, the diameter of this incense burner is only about ten centimeters, and the height of the furnace is five or six centimeters, there are three legs at the bottom, and at the bottom of the incense burner, there is also the "Ming Xuande Year System".

The whole body of the incense burner is brown, but if you look closely, the brown color is formed by black and white with red with a hint of red copper, and the color of the entire furnace body seems to be dim, but in fact there is a faint strange light, Fang Yi looked at it in front of him for a while, and he couldn't count the colors he could see.

"This ...... This thing is not simple, I can't see this material alone, it should be doped with brass, right?"

Fang Yi muttered in his mouth, he gently wiped the surface of the incense burner with his hand, and found that the place that had been wiped suddenly became as bright as new, as if it had just been fired from the mouth of the kiln, and the body of the furnace was like a woman's skin was soft and pinchable, which made people can't help but love it.

And this thing doesn't seem to be very thick, but as soon as Fang Yi started it, he had a heavy feeling, the weight was much heavier than copper and iron and other substances, but what kind of material was used to fire it, Fang Yi couldn't see it just by visual inspection.

"Teacher, could you please explain ......?"

After looking at it for a long time, Fang Yi put the Xuande furnace in his hand on the table, and looked at Yu Xuan, although he didn't know much about this object, but through observation, he could see that the production process of this Xuande furnace was extremely extraordinary.

"You see the paragraph at the bottom, the Xuande furnace is the incense burner made during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty......" For the origin of the Xuande furnace, the people who play miscellaneous items are all familiar with it, Yu Xuan didn't have to think about it at all, so he explained it to Fang Yi.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty are wonderful, there are cricket emperor Ming Xuanzong, confused emperor Ming Xianzong, naughty boy emperor Ming Wuzong, professional Taoist Ming Shizong, good master of family management Ming Shenzong, carpenter master Ming Xizong, and Emperor Xuande who has only been in power for ten years and has a good reputation, but he loves to play with the incense burner.

In order to satisfy his hobby, Emperor Xuande specially ordered the import of a batch of red copper from Siam, and instructed the imperial craftsman Lu Zhen and the Ministry of Works waiter Wu Bangzuo to design and supervise the production of incense burners with reference to the styles of firewood kilns, Ru kilns, official kilns, Ge kilns, Jun kilns, and Ding kiln famous porcelain in the imperial palace, as well as historical books such as "Xuanhe Bogu Catalogue" and "Archaeological Map".

Under the personal supervision of Zhu Zhanji, he personally participated in the entire production process, including copper smelting, modeling, etc., and selected the shape that meets the applicable object and the elegant style, painted it into a pattern, and after screening and determination, it was cast into a physical sample for the emperor to see, and he was allowed to start casting after being satisfied.

The firing of Xuande furnace is very complicated, and the materials are very exquisite, in addition to copper, the firing of Xuande furnace also needs to have gold, silver and other precious materials to add, so the furnace quality is particularly delicate, the general charge material has to go through four refining, and Xuande furnace is to go through twelve refining.

The craftsman selected dozens of precious metals such as gold and silver, and after more than ten careful casting with red copper, after great efforts, Xuande three years, the best copper incense burner was finally successfully made.

This batch of red copper cast a total of 3,000 incense burners, because of the material, there is no production in the future, Emperor Xuande saw this batch of incense burners that he personally asked, each one is abnormal atmosphere, treasure light, very sense of achievement, so most of these incense burners are displayed in various places in the palace, and a small part of them are rewarded and distributed to the emperor's relatives, famous ministers and temples with strong incense.

It stands to reason that more than 3,000 pieces of Xuande furnace were fired, and a lot should be preserved in future generations, after all, this thing is made of metal, not as fragile as porcelain calligraphy and painting, but the fact is just the opposite, because it is made of metal, it has gone through many tribulations.

The first catastrophe experienced by Xuande furnace is from Chongzhen coinage, Chongzhen is the last dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, internal and external troubles, years of war, empty treasury, Chongzhen has been the treasury of the past dynasties of all kinds of bronze, all sent to the Baoyuan Bureau, to melt coins, including the three dynasties of antiquity and the bronze of the Xuande period.

The second catastrophe of the Xuande furnace came from the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, when the Qing Dynasty was also suffering from internal and external troubles, the treasury was empty, in order to issue coins, the Xianfeng Emperor did not hesitate to save all kinds of bronze utensils in the imperial palace and the inner court, including the copper furnace, the furnace, the copper turtle and crane in the old collection of the royal family, etc., to destroy it for coinage.

And in the period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese made guns and cannons lack of copper materials, so they collected bronze utensils in various parts of our country, melted them and changed them to guns, such as the bronze Guanyin statue that was originally as high as more than ten meters in the main hall of Dahui Temple in Beijing, which was destroyed by the Japanese during the Republic of China and replaced with a wooden Guanyin statue is an example.

After these three catastrophes, the Xuande furnace handed down from the palace is almost extinct, and among the people, the Xuande furnace has also not escaped the catastrophe, but that is after the liberation.

In the early 50s, during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the country needed a large number of guns and ammunition, so it mobilized the people to collect "old copper".

As soon as the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea ended, the country began to ****** and large-scale iron smelting, and the whole people collected copper and iron, and the bronze utensils in the people's homes, such as copper basins, copper pots, copper spoons, copper furnaces, etc., were contributed, and many folk Xuande furnaces were smelted out during this period.

Ten years later, the unprecedented revolution began, and all kinds of old bronze objects, including copper furnaces, were collected and melted in the copper factory as superstitions.

In addition, there are some ignorant people, see the Xuande furnace treasure overflowing, it will be melted and refined in the gold, the history of the Xuande furnace can be said to have experienced many disasters, heavy losses, so it has also caused today's true Xuande furnace has become rare, even after the imitation furnace and private furnace have become rare historical relics.

"Although there have been many of these things in history, they are also called Xuande furnaces, but it is the first time I have seen the real thing in my life......

Yu Xuan'er has a lot of wry smiles today, although he is known as the first person in antiques and miscellaneous items after Wang Shixiang, but Yu Xuan has always thought that he is not worthy of his name, because there are no less than 1,000 Xuande furnaces that have been identified in his life, but including the collections in the Beijing Museum, Yu Xuanquan thinks it is fake.

And Yu Xuan's teacher, Wang Shixiang, the old man's collection of dozens of Xuande furnaces, after the joint appraisal of the two, there are actually no authentic works, which even once made Yu Xuan have an illusion that the real Xuande furnace has become extinct in the world.

But after seeing this Xuande furnace today, Yu Xuan found that this Xuande furnace slurry is calm, elegant in color, dexterous and delicate in the thickness, and after integrating all aspects of the shape and material of the instrument, Yu Xuan, who was excited, asserted that it was genuine. (To be continued.) )