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Huo Sining didn't have any excited expression, just stared at the thing in the old man's hand with a smile.

As soon as the old man came out, he put the black thing on the ground.

Only then did everyone notice that this black thing was the imitation Xuande furnace that the old man had brought in before, but it was already one size smaller than before, and a layer of copper seemed to have been stripped off on the outside.

At this time, the outer layer of the Xuande furnace was taken off, revealing the middle layer of wrapping such as fire tin, and the old man wore a pair of special gloves, and directly ripped off the fire tin little by little, and the real Xuande incense burner inside was completely taken out.

As soon as he saw the true appearance of this Xuande furnace, not only Li Quan, but even Zhou Shitao was stunned.

This inner layer of incense burner, round belly, girdle neck flat bottom, bottom with three legs, mouth and ears, at first glance the shape does have some Xuande furnace rhyme, but Zhou Shitao is very clear that this is not a real genuine Xuande furnace.

It was also at this time that Zhou Shitao noticed that this incense burner did not have the gorgeous and smooth shape and high-end atmosphere of the Xuande furnace he saw in the past, but gave people a sense of depression.

This incense burner is slightly flattened overall, with semi-ringed ears and a slight collapse in the middle, making it look like a person.

Zhou Shitao couldn't help frowning, and thought for a long time before he came up with a suitable description, this incense burner was placed on the ground, as if a person was kneeling down and praying and repenting sincerely.

Seeing this, Zhou Shitao was a little puzzled, and his intuition told him that this incense burner was strange, and he couldn't help but reach out and take this incense burner in his hand, looking at the casting seal at the bottom of the copper furnace.

Seeing the square regular script at the bottom, even Zhou Shitao couldn't help but widen his eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh after a while: "I see!"

After Li Quan found that there was still an incense burner hidden in this incense burner, the eyes of the three of them lit up, and they all realized that this incense burner was definitely not an ordinary object, and now they saw Zhou Shitao staring at this incense burner in a daze, and became more and more curious, Li Quan couldn't hold his breath for the first time, and couldn't help asking: "Old Zhou, is this incense burner a Xuande furnace, how can it be hidden so tightly?!"

Zhou Shitao turned the incense burner over, so that those people could see the sixteen-character inscription on the bottom of the incense burner.

After reading the inscription, Li Quan and the others were still very confused, but Huo Sining on the side was very calm, and Zhou Shitao knew that this girl must be clear about the origin of this incense burner as soon as she saw her.

"What do you mean by this, Old Zhou?" Li Quan is a halfway monk, and he doesn't know much about history, although Qiao Zhenhuan vaguely guessed what it was, but his mind still seemed like a mess, as for Jiang Xiaoqin, it was even more needless to say.

Seeing that these people really didn't understand, Zhou Shitao couldn't hide it, so he opened his mouth and slowly explained: "This sentence explains the origin of this incense burner, but to determine the origin of this incense burner, you must first find out who the owner of this cloud platform refers to......

Zhou Shitao spoke step by step, Huo Sining also listened with great interest, her eyes fell on this Mingding incense burner, and she secretly said in her heart, no wonder she felt that the original shape of the incense burner was strange, it turned out to hide the original face of this incense burner.

In order to confess to his ancestors, Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict in Yihai in October, and it was precisely because he felt ashamed of his ancestors, so he made such a Ming Ding incense burner that seemed to kneel and repent.

Of course, this copper furnace naturally cannot be made by Emperor Chongzhen himself, but this incense burner is of excellent copper quality, skilled pulp, and excellent craftsmanship, Huo Sining is sure that this incense burner is very likely to be guided by Emperor Chongzhen's opinion, and from the charm and kneeling shape of this incense burner, it also reflects his inner state at that time.

Huo Sining is still imaginatively here, and Zhou Shitao has already explained the origin of this incense burner clearly.

Li Quan and Qiao Zhenhuan were still a little stunned after hearing this, but Jiang Xiaoqin on the side was not very happy, and frowned: "Speaking of which, this incense burner can only be regarded as a Chongzhen furnace, not a Xuande furnace? ”

Hearing Jiang Xiaoqin's muttering, Huo Sining's feet were unstable and she almost fell, she looked at Jiang Xiaoqin, the corners of her mouth twitched, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

Zhou Shitao on the side also smiled bitterly: "How did you come to this conclusion, who told you that this incense burner is not as good as the Xuande furnace?"

Jiang Xiaoqin's face was taken for granted: "I have read the bronze appreciation book, which says that the most valuable bronze in the Ming Dynasty is the best incense burner in the Xuande period. ”

Zhou Shitao smiled and nodded: "It's reasonable for you to analyze it like this, but you only know it and don't know why, I want to test you, you have been saying that the Xuande furnace is valuable, so do you know where the Xuande furnace is valuable?"

"This ......" This question stopped Jiang Xiaoqin, she only cared about how much the Xuande furnace was worth, but if you really asked her such a detailed question, she really couldn't hit it.

Seeing Jiang Xiaoqin's embarrassed face, Zhou Shitao smiled and talked about it: "We don't evaluate whether Emperor Xuande is a Ming monarch, but he is quite famous in history, especially his preferences, even historians can't help but record it." ”

"His two major hobbies, one is the long-standing fighting cricket, and the other is playing with the incense burner. ”

In order to play with the incense burner, he once ordered people to pay tribute from Siam, which is now Thailand, a batch of excellent red copper, and let people refer to the style of porcelain from the famous kiln in the palace and the historical books such as the "Xuanhe Bogu Catalogue" to make the incense burner on this basis. ”

"These craftsmen who make incense burners are ingenious, while using this batch of red copper, they also add dozens of precious metals such as gold and silver to it, and the alloy after mixing has been repeatedly cast more than a dozen times, and finally, in Xuande for three years, a batch of excellent copper incense burners have finally been baked. ”

This is the origin of the Xuande furnace, this batch of incense burners from the texture to the shape are extremely glossy, can be called perfect, but this batch of red copper only made a total of three thousand incense burners, most of these three thousand incense burners are stored in the palace, there are also the last time to the princes and important ministers and big temples, but in the Pingtou people's homes are basically not seen, so until today, the number of these incense burners stored in the folk can be said to be rare. ”

After saying this, Zhou Shitao almost didn't pause, finished speaking in one breath, and briefly introduced the situation of the Xuande furnace, and then looked at Jiang Xiaoqin with a smile and said:

"Because of the good quality but small quantity, this Xuande furnace is praised as the top bronze of the Ming Dynasty, but if you only use this to talk about the value of the bronze incense burner, it is a big mistake. (To be continued.) )