Chapter 398: The Truth Under the Mask

The other is a longitudinal mask.

Is the crown resembling a remote sensing antenna, and is this used to receive mysterious signals from the universe? Scholars are very cautious in explaining this, and they believe that this is related to the early ancient Shu king silkworm cong, which is ancient: silkworm from the longitudinal eye. This brings out another mystery: if the silkworm cong is the ancestor of the Shu people, he should be a human, how can he grow a mechanical "longitudinal eye". In ancient history, it is said that Du Yu, the king of Shu, "fell from the sky", that is, fell from the sky. Does this mean that the creator of Sanxingdui bronze culture is really a visitor from outside the world?

This statement is not groundless, and the craftsmanship of the "Bronze Corps" has an unexplainable mystery.

However, Zhang Tianyuan naturally did not come today to study the Sanxingdui civilization, he only needed to confirm the authenticity of these things, and the rest of the things were left to the police and research experts.

"This time the appreciation time is twenty minutes, everyone take a good look, the thing is definitely a good thing, don't look away. Although the current domestic auction price of bronzes is not high, these pieces are all high-quality products. As he spoke, Huli made a way for interested bidders to come forward and admire the bronzes.

Zhang Tianyuan glanced at Ouyang Xiaodan and didn't speak, but his eyes were very stern, and the meaning in his eyes was very clear: "I'm going to see, don't talk nonsense, otherwise I'll leave directly." ”

Ouyang Xiaodan naturally understood this meaning, mainly because the two of them had already had similar conversations before.

"Hurry up, if you don't go, the good things will be seen by others. Ouyang Xiaodan urged.

Zhang Tianyuan straightened his clothes, and then stood up. Walk towards those bronzes, buy them or not. There was no need to think about it now, first he had to judge whether this thing was real or fake.

The bronze style characteristics of the Sanxingdui civilization are very prominent. It's still relatively easy to identify.

As he walked, he was also replaying in his mind a lot of relevant information that had been added before he came.

Sanxingdui unearthed bronzes, there are different shapes of bronze heads, unearthed face are painted, and perforated in the earlobe, used to hang earrings and earrings, it seems that our ancestors love beauty. In addition to these bronze statues, there are many statues that are used for sacrifices, and there are various forms of animals and plants. Among them, a large number of fine cultural relics such as the bronze chicken, which is known as a masterpiece of realism, and the bronze sun-shaped vessel unearthed for the first time in China. They are all significantly different from the Central Plains culture, which shows that the Sanxingdui culture is not only a typical representative of the ancient Shu culture, but also an ancient civilization center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, thus once again eloquently proving that the origin of Chinese civilization is pluralistic and integrated.

Sanxingdui cultural relics also fill the important gaps in China's archaeology, aesthetics, history and other fields. Make the world need to re-evaluate the ancient civilization of our country, Sanxingdui cultural relics, up to 3.95 meters, set "Fusang", "Jianmu", "Ruomu" and other sacred tree functions in one of the bronze sacred trees, which is divided into three layers, there are nine branches. There is a bird standing on each branch, and it is not a bird in the ordinary sense, but a sacred bird that represents the sun.

The bronze standing statue known as the king of bronze statues, the bronze longitudinal mask of the silkworm idol of the ancestor of the Shu people who is known as the king of masks, and the golden scepter of the scepter is 1.42 meters long. Its body is carved with delicate and mysterious ornaments, two birds facing each other, and two fish with opposite backs. And press an arrow on the head of the fish and the neck of the bird, and at the same time there is a human head full of mysterious smiles. The body is decorated with a patterned jade edge zhang and dozens of bronze human heads similar to the size of a life-size head. It's like never before.

In fact, these characteristics can be easily used as a reference to judge whether these things on the auction table are real or not.

Speaking of Sanxingdui civilization. I have to mention a person "silkworm cong".

Silkworm Cong, also known as Silkworm Cong, is the first person to be the king of Shu, he is an expert in silkworm raising, it is said that his eyes are protruding forward like a crab, his hair is combed into a "vertebral bun" at the back of his head, and the style of clothes is crossed to the left. Later, silkworm cong for the cause of silkworm breeding. Led the tribe from Minshan to live in Chengdu.

In the fourteenth year of Xia Wei, Xia Wei sent the general Bian to attack the Silkworm Cong and Youjian clan, so the silkworm Cong told Youjian that he used beautiful women to make Xia Wei not in the mood to fight, and sure enough, Xia Wei was bewitched by the beauty and announced that he would return to the court. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, after the silkworm cong was defeated by other tribes, the descendants of the silkworm cong fled to Yao and Yun, and finally the new force Yu Yu ended the war.

The ancestors of the Shu people in mythology are "silkworm cong" and "fish fish". Shu and "bracelet" pass, that is, wild silkworms. Silkworm Cong "eye longitudinal", living in the stone cave under the Min Mountain, silkworm Cong, Bai Yan, Yu Yu three generations are hundreds of years old, "deified immortal". His main merit is to "teach the people to sericulture". From the "Book of the King of Shu" to today's folk oral tales in western Sichuan, there are many stories in this regard. There is such a record in "Huayang National Chronicles-Shu Chronicles": There is a silkworm cong of the Marquis of Shu, and its longitudinal eyes. Silkworm Cong, that is, Silkworm Cong, is the ancestor of the Shu people.

"The fish field is in the mountain, the immortal, and the temple is enshrined in the mountain. ("Shu King Benji") "Yu Wang Tian in the Mao Mountain, suddenly got the fairy road, Shu people think about it, for the ancestral hall. There is also a version of "Shu Gong Benji" that says: "(Yu) the king hunted to the Mao Mountain, and the immortals went, and now the temple worships it in the Mao." (quoted in the Imperial Review, Vol. 888) This left a great deal of room for imagination for later scholars and writers.

The ancestors of the Shu people, from the silkworm bush of "teaching the people to raise silkworms" to the fish of "teaching the people to fish", to Du Yu of "teaching the people to farm", the enlightenment of water control is related to agricultural production.

Judging from today's archaeological materials, Sanxingdui has indeed unearthed a lot of artifacts that are consistent with the appearance of the silkworm cong clan, such as the longitudinal mask in the portrait mask and the left side of the spine and the left side of the costume, etc., is this the relics of life left by the silkworm cong tribe?

Ming Cao Xuequan's "Shuzhong Guangji" quoted a story from "Immortal Legend Collection", which talked about the battle between the tribes in the Sanxingdui area at that time: "The silkworm girl is the life of the Gaoxin clan." Shu has not established a monarch, and each is under control. Their people gathered together and lived together, and then they were immersed in each other. In the ruins of Guanghan, some people have plundered the neighboring land for more than a year, but the horse is still there. His daughter thought of her father and said, 'If my father returns, I will marry you.'" Then the horse welcomed his father home. The father does not want to do what he says, and the horse neighses, and the father kills him. Exposed to the skin. The woman walked by her side, and the horse's skin sprang up, and the girl flew away. In the middle of the day, the bark perches on the mulberry tree. The woman turned into a silkworm, ate mulberry leaves, and spun silk into a cocoon. ”

Of course, a lot of this is folklore or mythology, and it may not be true. However, the above things are true or false, this is the final decision, it has to be Zhang Tianyuan himself, after all, he has a six-character true formula, no need to use it in vain. What's more, if you don't use it at this time, when will you wait?

Silkworms or something, he doesn't care so much now.

Zhang Tianyuan first took a general look, and everything was very exquisite. It is difficult to judge the authenticity with the naked eye alone, so he simply didn't waste time and directly used the word appreciation trick. I looked at it from the bronze head on the far left.

This look made him a little disappointed. I thought that these things would be true, so my mission to come here today can be considered complete. Although these things must not be bought and sold, after all, some things have been completed, not to mention that I have also seen the things left over from the Sanxingdui civilization with my own eyes, but who knows that this first thing is fake.

"Sure enough, it's the work of a master, although it's fake, but whether it's from the workmanship or the old aspect, it's all hard work. It seems that someone should also know about the theft of Sanxingdui cultural relics this time, so they deliberately want to take advantage of a loophole and make a profit. ”

It's a pity, who let this master meet Zhang Tianyuan, if he meets someone else, he will really get through these things in a fool's way.

This thing is a real bronze, the materials are similar to those used in Sanxingdui, and the old-fashioned method can also be said to be an expert level, but the problem is that these things can be concealed from other experts, but Zhang Tianyuan doesn't eat this set, he won't look at these things at all.

Although these replicas are very technical, they are replicas after all, just like the terracotta figurines sold outside the terracotta warriors, they are just miniature souvenirs, and they are really not worth a few dollars, even if they are smashed and sold for copper, they actually can't sell for much money.

He was so disappointed with this first bronze that when he looked at the other pieces, he didn't look at them carefully, but directly used the word appreciation trick.

I thought this would be the end, but when it came to the last bronze mask, he was suddenly shocked.

"The real thing!"

"But why do you want to do that? You can't get a high price?"

He noticed a strange phenomenon, the last bronze was different from the previous ones, it was covered with a layer of copper skin, the appearance was fake, but the inside was the real thing.

At first, he didn't understand why these people were doing this, but after sitting on the couch and thinking about it for a while, he almost understood.

The reason why Hu Li will put out several lots at one time today is not to save time, but to fish in troubled waters, compared to the real thing that has already been set up as a buyer, ready to go abroad to sell, if it is found, it can also be said that it is a modern handicraft, and it is impossible for people in the customs to be as professional as Zhang Tianyuan, and they will definitely be mixed up.

And didn't I mention before that there are several ways to ship antiques abroad, and these people only need to choose one of them, then they can get twice the result with half the effort.

Zhang Tianyuan was surprised and happy in his heart, but he didn't show a strange expression, but sat there and took a sip of tea, thinking about how to deal with this matter.

In fact, he really wanted to take down the real thing, anyway, the other party had already covered for him, even if he took a picture, then he could keep it for himself to appreciate.

The problem is that doing so will certainly offend the black market and the real buyers.

But then again, I try to bid, as long as I can't target that thing, others can't see anything, in this case, if I take a picture of that thing, others will only think that he is blind to buy a fake, and will not think that he really sees the real thing in it, after all, the layer of skin wrapped in the real thing is made of a special alloy, even the most advanced instruments can't detect what's inside, unless someone has a clairing eye.

No wonder the gold chain looks confident, saying that it will never be okay to buy it back, the problem is here, if you buy back the fake, it will naturally be fine, and if you buy it back, it has also undergone special treatment, except for the insider, no one else knows, of course, it will be fine. (To be continued......)