Chapter Seventy-Seven: Water Urchin Agate
"It's also the first time I've seen 'Cheng' imitation, and I almost missed my eye. This fraud is indeed too clever, and if it weren't for some flaws, I'm afraid I wouldn't have recognized it. Yang Fan said.
Huang Shiquan sighed, when such an object appeared, he had to notify the others. This thing used to be quite fierce, so many people were tricked, and some people went bankrupt.
Therefore, some old-timers joined forces to find out all the imitations on the market and destroy them in public, so as not to continue to cause trouble to the world and disrupt the antique market.
"You better inform your teacher about this!" Huang Shiquan said.
Yang Fan nodded, understanding that the sudden appearance of such an object would have a great impact on the antique market, especially on ancient porcelain, and even cause panic, and the entire ancient porcelain market suddenly collapsed.
He didn't feel much of it himself, he hadn't experienced that dark history. In addition, when the sky fell, there was a tall man on top of it, and it was not his turn to worry about it.
The two times they were fakes, and Huang Shiquan's face was gloomy.
This time, simply take out a "Three Visits to the Thatched House", which is the work of Dai Jin in the Ming Dynasty, and it is absolutely true. Not only did he see it in his palm, but he also saw it at that time.
Master Lone Lantern is a monk and a treasure master, just like Yang Fan's teacher Jia Lao, he is a master in this area, and he can be regarded as the pillar of the antique world.
"Dai Jin's masterpiece is very good. Yang Fan looked at it for a while and commented without hesitation.
As a famous painter in the Ming Dynasty, Dai Jin has no landscapes, statues, figures, and beasts that he is not proficient in. His paintings are meticulous and knowledgeable, and he has the wonder of the Tang and Song dynasties, so he works in all kinds of ways, such as Taoism, figures, landscapes, flowers and fruits, feathers, and beasts.
This person can change the figure of the Buddha with a powerful brush, and the grapes made are accompanied by outlining bamboo and crab claw grass, which is unique. Painting had a great influence in the middle of the Ming Dynasty and was the founder of the "Zhejiang School".
Legend has it that Dai Jin was originally a jewelry blacksmith. Once, when he went to a gold melting shop, he was so sad to see that the jewelry he made was so tired of being melted that he switched to painting.
This painting is one of Dai Jin's masterpieces and is quite precious.
"Thank you Uncle Huang for your support. He Tan took the treasure in his hands and immediately thanked him.
Then, Yang Fan saw that there was a row of objects in the corner, and looking at the way they were placed, he knew that they were not taken very seriously and were thrown in the corner.
He carefully looked at several pieces, only to realize that these things could be regarded as antiques, but they were not even second-rate antiques.
"These are not very valuable, you might as well take a look at them, and take what you like. Huang Shiquan said.
He has the right to give these items away and take favors. He Tan doesn't say that the power of his family, Huang Shiquan doesn't talk about stammering and clinging, but he definitely needs to be polite.
And Yang Fan didn't mention the teacher behind him, Jia Lao, just by virtue of his ability, he will also be a character in the future, which can be regarded as a potential stock, and it is definitely beneficial and harmless to have a good relationship now.
Originally, He Tan didn't care very much, but just now people gave him such a big favor, and he couldn't say it without giving face, so he casually picked something that he looked like.
It is a ring-shaped ornament, which in ancient times was wrapped around the waist like a jade pendant, or tied to the handle of a sword or other items, an ornament.
"It's nice to have it strapped to the rearview mirror of the car. He Tan said.
Yang Fan glanced at it, it was made of agate, not precious, thousands of pieces.
"It's a pity that this blue agate is not pure enough. Yang Fan said.
There are many kinds of agate, known as "a thousand kinds of agate and ten thousand kinds of jade", so there are many identification methods, usually with bands, colors, transparency, cracks, impurities, sand core and block weight as the grading standard.
Blue agate is one of the rare varieties, the color of high-quality natural blue agate is dark blue, giving people infinite reverie, and the quality of slightly inferior blue agate color is slightly lighter, and the texture is usually not as good as dark blue agate.
The color of blue and white blue agate is also very beautiful, these blue and white colors are the surface of blue agate to form a fine stripe, this type of blue agate is also a kind of silk agate, is very precious.
"Okay, I also have a piece of agate, but it's not blue, it's red. Huang Shiquan said.
Red agate, one of the most healing gemstones, balances positive and negative energy and eliminates stress and stress. It is a common silicon-oxygen mineral, which was called red jade in ancient times.
can make Huang Shiquan look at it, and collect, it is definitely not an ordinary red agate.
His piece is water urchin agate, which has high transparency and no cracks and flaws, and is an excellent jade carving material. Water urchin agate is an agate formed in nature and wrapped in naturally occurring water. It is especially rare in agate products. It is extremely difficult to carve water urchin agate into handicrafts.
After Huang Shiquan got the water urchin red agate, the first time he found a top carving master and carved it into a carp, which was very beautiful and won Huang Shiquan's love.
"I've heard of it, but I don't think I've seen it. "He Tan has also heard of such a treasure.
"It was taken away by a friend and appreciated, which was unfortunate. Huang Shiquan said with a smile.
In fact, there are a lot of water urchin agate in China, and the east and north are the production areas of water urchin agate.
The characteristics of the water urchin agate produced in the east and north are orange-yellow, uneven, sometimes with yellow-gray, dark color, many cracks, the handicrafts carved out of it are often not very popular, the craftsmen are often reluctant to work hard and carefully carve the water urchin agate material with gray color, many cracks, and poor performance of the water urch, even if the value of the carving is not high.
At present, most of the water urchin agate handicrafts sold on the market are imported raw materials from Brazil, and then carefully screened and carefully designed and carved by craftsmen. The color is mostly gray, purple gray, deep purple, gray and white, and the jade is delicate and cracked, the water urchin is obvious, and the jade color is good and is deeply loved by people.
In addition, because of the preciousness of this agate, there are many fakes on the market.
"I saw one last time, but then it was identified as a fake, and now fakes are rampant, and I accidentally pay the tuition. He Tan smiled bitterly.
Even if it's their auction house, it's not once or twice.
"Water urchin agate is not difficult to identify. Yang Fan said.
You can carefully check whether the water urchin handicraft carving is really impeccable, if the whole carving does not even have a little bit of seam, so it is difficult to determine that it is fake.
In addition, there are some blackened spots on the inner wall of the water urchin agate, or there are crystal crystals, which can hardly be achieved by counterfeit agate.
"Yang Fan, don't dislike it, pick one!" Huang Shiquan suggested.
Yang Fan nodded, looked for it carefully, and finally picked up an item.