Hearing Nie Zhen say that the chair cost 30,000 yuan, Zhang Tianyuan also breathed a sigh of relief, 30,000 yuan is really not a big deal for this family, they may invite people to eat more than that.

"Then I'll take the liberty to evaluate it, when you bought this chair, Brother Nie, did they tell you what age it was?"

"Say it's from the Qing Dynasty!" Nie Zhen replied.

"China's classical furniture is represented by Ming and Qing dynasty furniture. The shape of Ming Dynasty furniture is simple, generous, smooth and comfortable. Qing Dynasty furniture is solemn, solemn, gorgeous, rich, although the two styles are very different, but they are the culmination of China's classical mahogany furniture, not only beautiful shape, but also far-reaching rhyme, so the best classical furniture sold on the market is also Ming and Qing Dynasty furniture! Zhang Tianyuan said slowly: "But the chair you bought is obviously old." ”

"What! You mean I was fooled? How do you see it? Nie Zhen asked in surprise.

"In fact, you don't need too many appreciation skills, as long as you are familiar with the furniture of the Ming and Qing dynasties, you will know the authenticity at a glance." Zhang Tianyuan shook his head with a wry smile and said: "The furniture of the Ming Dynasty carries a strong literati taste and style, and the furniture of the Qing Dynasty inherits the court culture of the royal style. The far-reaching history and culture of the Ming and Qing dynasties gave the furniture of the Ming and Qing dynasties a unique charm. For example, in the auspicious patterns of Qing Dynasty furniture, it strongly reflects the royal style of the 'Ninth Five'. The 'dragon' motif is a model of court mahogany culture. The Ming and Qing dynasties have inherited the cultural charm of Chinese classical furniture, and together constitute the quintessence of the 'red collection'. ”

"Ahh I see, the pattern of this seat is obviously wrong, it feels too weak. But that doesn't mean it's fake. No matter what dynasty it is, there are always some mavericks. Nie Zhen was still a little unconvinced.

"Hmm. There's some truth to what you say, but this one is really old-fashioned. And if the seller doesn't tell you that it's old, it will constitute fraud. In order to cater to the collector's mentality, counterfeiters use the new furniture to be distressed. Methods include: brushing or soaking in hydrogen peroxide to lighten and turn the wood old; Or soak the furniture in a lime pond for a few minutes, if you put red sandalwood in a lime pool, its surface will immediately turn grayish-white, and its natural noble fuchsia will soon disappear. Then, it is coated with 'English wax' to make the furniture look a lot like vintage rosewood furniture. And these look after being worn. On the contrary, it is a collector's favorite. ”

"What's the matter with English wax?"

"Oh, that's a wax imported from England specifically for worn!" Zhang Tianyuan replied.

"These old ones are too black-hearted." Nie Zhen gritted his teeth and said, although he didn't care about 30,000 yuan, it didn't feel good to be deceived.

"The same cannot be said of it, being old is not the same as being fake. According to the ancient law, as long as the reproduction is carried out on the premise of not harming the material, not changing the material properties, and harmless to the human body, this rigorous and scientific reproduction cannot be regarded as a fraud. For example, in the restoration of old furniture, the color of the new part should be close to or consistent with the old part, that is, 'repair the old as the old'. Of course. Even so, if you want to sell, you must inform consumers in advance, otherwise it is likely to constitute fraud. Zhang Tianyuan shook his head with a smile and said.

"Ahh This antique is really not for people like me. Headache! Nie Zhen patted his head and said.

"Haha, we can often see some so-called old furniture photos on the Internet, many of which are marked as exactly the same as the furniture in the Forbidden City. Or exactly the same as the furniture in Mr. Wang Shixiang's monograph.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, the heavy weapons in the palace are generally one piece or a group. Once made, the drawings are generally destroyed and not repeated. Therefore, it is impossible to have another piece or a group of identical huanghuali or red sandalwood heavy vessels in the folk.

As mentioned earlier, high-grade hardwood zuò furniture only emerged from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. In other words, in the 276-year history of the Ming Dynasty, hardwood furniture only accounts for about the last 70 years. Of course, we do not deny that there were hardwood furniture in the Jiajing Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, but it should have become popular at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, if someone claims that the hardwood furniture in the collection is from the early Ming Dynasty or the Song Dynasty, ancient furniture lovers should think more rationally about this. This can be a lot less foolish. Zhang Tianyuan talked about what he was good at, so he was not nervous, and when he said this, he patted Nie Zhen's shoulder and laughed.

"You haven't said why this chair is worn?" Ye Yulan couldn't understand what Zhang Tianyuan was saying, so she was a little anxious and asked.

"The old method, I've already said it before, so I won't mention it much, this chair, the problem is actually bigger than I imagined, to be honest, Brother Nie, when the other party sold you only 30,000 yuan, you should be careful, if you guess correctly, the seller of this furniture sues you This is yellow rosewood furniture, right? And it's also fragrant sandalwood! Zhang Tianyuan asked.

"That's right! Yeah! How do you know? You don't know the chair seller, do you? ”

"Where do I know him, I just analyzed it from this chair."

"What's that saying?" Nie Zhen asked.

"If the whole piece of newly made furniture is used to pass off as Ming or Qing dynasty furniture, this is what I call fraud, and there is a method called 'stealing beams and replacing pillars' method.

A common technique is to mix woods of similar color or grain, mostly on furniture made of precious materials such as rosewood and huanghuali.

For example, rosewood furniture, where it is not obvious, is mixed with old mahogany and dark red lacquered wood; Or use the black sandalwood produced in the Madagascar archipelago, and pass off the red sandalwood produced in India, that is, sandalwood red sandalwood.

For Huanghuali furniture, the so-called "Vietnamese Huanghuali" produced in Vietnam and Laos is pretended to be produced in the sea. The yellow pear of the South Island is the fragrant sandalwood; or use a sour branch wood with a pattern and a color similar to Huanghuali produced in Laos or Laos bordering Myanmar to pass off as Huanghuali wood; Or to "Vietnamese Huanghua pear", sour branch wood and sea. Southern yellow rosewood mixed use. There are even more daring people, and even the yellowish rosewood is directly marked as Huanghuali, if the buyer asks, it is said that it is 'Vietnamese Huanghuali', but in fact it is not even 'Vietnamese Huanghuali'.

Although they are all called yellow pear, or yellowish rosewood, the price difference is too great. And this chair is actually made of rosewood with a yellowish color. And then there was the old one. Zhang Tianyuan sighed and said.

"How much is it worth?"

"Well, it's pretty good. At most, it will be two or three hundred yuan to die. Zhang Tianyuan replied.

Zhang Tianyuan said these words, which made Old Man Nie a little embarrassed, this thing was placed in the living room, originally to show a cultural temperament, but he didn't understand it, and as a result, he took the fake as the real thing, I don't know how many people made fun of it behind his back.

Old Man Nie stood up, then sat on the sofa on the side, and said to Nie Zhen, "Go." Take this thing out and give it away, you can send it to anyone, don't be embarrassed here, if it weren't for Tian Yuan, an expert, coming over today, we would all stupidly think this is the real thing, it's too embarrassing. ”

"Old man, even if you want to give it away, then you don't have to be in such a hurry, or I'll just give it to Aunt Li."

"That's fine. Whatever you want, don't put it here anyway. Old Man Nie waved his hand and said.

Nie Zhen moved the chair to a place where Old Man Nie couldn't see it, and then walked back again.

Ye Yulan complained a little and said, "What he said is fake is fake." If it's true, isn't it a big loss? ”

"Can you please shut up! Don't speak, there's no one here to treat you as dumb! Who do you think Brother Zhang is? That's the person who even Dong Xueju, Dong Lao, Li Shuheng, and Li Lao in Shangpu are full of. Nie Zhen was a little angry. He usually didn't want to provoke Ye Yulan, but today, Ye Yulan's appearance really disappointed him.

"Isn't it!" Ye Yulan was also stunned. Dong Lao and Li Lao knew about it, because the old man of her family once invited those two to the house as guests. She also helped identify some antiques, and she was so old at that time that those two people were domestic appraisal masters.

Old Man Nie was obviously a little surprised, and looking at Zhang Tianyuan's eyes, he liked it more and more.

"Come on, come on, Tianyuan, come here, sit next to grandpa." Old Man Nie beckoned at Zhang Tianyuan.

Zhang Tianyuan was a little embarrassed, how could this person who had just met call himself grandpa?

Although there is no problem with age, I still feel a little rusty.

"Don't be inhibited, just treat this place as your home! To tell you the truth, I owe this bad old man to your grandfather, if it weren't for him, I would have died on the battlefield of the Northern Dynasty. Old Man Nie waited for Zhang Tianyuan to sit down, gently touched Zhang Tianyuan's hair, and patted his back, which was very intimate.

Zhang Tianyuan is very disgusted by others touching his head on weekdays, but the elders are excepted.

"Big girl, you go and take Xiao Ye to play outside, grandpa has something to say to this child." Old Man Nie glanced at Nie Qinglan and Ye Yulan and said.

"Grandpa, can't I stay? I'd love to hear your story, too. Nie Qinglan hugged Old Man Nie's arm and said coquettishly.

When Zhang Tianyuan saw this scene, goosebumps were about to come out, this woman would actually be coquettish, just think about it, a queen-like woman suddenly became coquettish, it was really weird and scary.

"It's okay to stay, but you're not allowed to interject anymore, okay?" Old Man Nie's words were actually said to Ye Yulan, he didn't want to blame Ye Yulan, but he was also a little dissatisfied with Ye Yulan's previous interruption and troubleshooting.

"Okay, promise not to interject." Nie Qinglan raised her hand and swore, and hurriedly raised Ye Yulan's hand as well.

Old man Nie sighed and said: "Back then, I wanted to get your grandfather to the imperial capital to enjoy happiness, but the ghost thought that that kind of thing happened at that time, the chaos of those years, my bad old man suffered a great sin, and I am glad that I didn't let your grandfather come to the imperial capital, otherwise the trouble will be even greater, he lives a hard life in the township, but he doesn't have to live that kind of life every day." ”

"Old man Nie, do you know that my grandfather has passed away?" Zhang Tianyuan asked suddenly.

He had wanted to ask this question for a long time.

"I know that you have to ask such a question, I'm sorry, when your grandfather died, something happened in the imperial capital, not only I can't get out, but the people around me can't leave, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble, this is a state secret, please forgive me for not suing you." Old Man Nie sighed and said, "I said this, do you believe it?" ”

"Well, I believe." Of course Zhang Tianyuan believed it, not because he trusted Old Man Nie much, but because he could tell whether Old Man Nie was lying or telling the truth.

"Good boy, I heard this kid Nie Zhen say that you are doing well now, but are you interested in giving up business and entering politics?" Old Man Nie asked.

"Forget it, I'm still a businessman, I'm not very good at other things." Zhang Tianyuan did not want to get involved in some dangerous struggles. (To be continued......)