"Identifying antiques through pictures?" Tang Yi was stunned for a moment, and then thought to himself, of course this can't be! Unless it is something that is fake at a glance, there is a significant flaw in the picture, and it is directly judged to be a fake. If you want to conclude that it is genuine, you have to get started, there are too many uncertainties in the picture.

Tang Yi didn't think deeply, and thought that Zou Ning had taken a fancy to something good on the Internet, "If you want to sell antiques from the Internet, it's not impossible, isn't there a few days of appreciation now?" When the time comes, you can take a look at it, you can also take it over and I will help you take a look, if you can't go back, it's just a little troublesome. However, I also have to warn you that it is more difficult to find the leakage of this online stuff than to visit a street stall. ”

Zou Ning shook his head and pondered for a long time before saying, "Mr. Tang, I didn't know at first, but then I went back to check, and I learned that there was a notice and commendation for you in the ministry, and you helped recover the national treasure." So, there's something I'd like to ask you about. ”

Tang Yi then understood, "But the matter of the case? ”

Zou Ning nodded, "The day before yesterday, our brigade intercepted an email from the Internet. The place of origin is Chang'an, and the address of receipt is our Shanzhou. However, the email was sent using the WIFI of a five-star hotel, and the specific sender has not yet been determined. The recipient is using a mobile phone, and it is also received by WIFI at a coffee shop. ”

"The sender of Chang'an has been notified through the ministry to assist in the investigation, and the recipient of Shanzhou has been determined by means. This recipient is a Japanese native named Toyoda Toyoji. ”

"Tomoda Toyoji?" Tang Yi immediately said, "Isn't this Konohira's assistant?" ”

"You know that, too?" Zou Ning was stunned, "That's right." ”

"Konohira is in Huhai now, strange, since it's an email, why don't you send it directly to Konoping?" Tang Yi was a little puzzled, "What is the content of the picture?" ”

"There are five pictures, all of which are bronze mirrors, with fronts, tails, and detailed pictures." Zou Ning said, "We have seen it through internal experts before, but the experts said that it is impossible to determine the authenticity from the pictures alone." However, this thing expert felt unusual, so we also reported it to the ministry. ”

Tang Yi was about to connect, when Zou Ning's phone rang, he looked at the phone number, glanced at Tang Yi, and then walked out of the store and answered the phone.

After a while, Zou Ning walked in excitedly, "Mr. Tang, just now the leader of our detachment called and said that the department suggested that you be asked to assist in the investigation!" If there's any new development, it's possible to send someone over! ”

"Let me see the picture first!" Tang Yi smiled slightly. He is not surprised, because the special department in charge of such cases in the ministry is the Investigation Bureau, and most of them have to communicate with the collection office, and at the same time, he is an expert designated by the government, and he is in Shanzhou.

Zou Ning logged in to the network from his mobile phone and called up a set of pictures.

"Sea Beast Grape Mirror!" Tang Yi carefully looked at a few pictures, "From the pictures, I really can't see any flaws, the craftsmanship is exquisite, the silver is shining, like a rare genuine product." And the diameter has reached twenty-five centimeters! "There's a picture with a transparent plastic ruler attached to it.

The sea beast grape mirror is a typical representative of the bronze mirror of the Tang Dynasty and is the most eye-catching.

The price of the bronze mirror has not been high in previous years, and there is not even an independent classification, and it has been classified into miscellaneous. However, there have been changes in recent years, especially the complete and exquisite Tang Dynasty Sea Beast Grape Mirror, the auction price has been rising, and the highest has exceeded the high price of 10 million.

Compared with the Wa Kingdom, the bronze mirror collection boom in China was formed much later. As early as the twenties and thirties of the last century, there were many people who collected and studied the bronze mirrors of China, which also led to a lot of outflow during the Republic of China.

Judging from the market situation of copper mirrors, the prices of the Warring States and Tang dynasties were relatively higher. The sea beast grape mirror of the Tang Dynasty is not only eye-catching, but also full of mystery in the ornamental pattern, known as the "mirror of many mysteries". There are also many names to call them, in addition to the sea beast grape mirror, there are also the rui beast grape mirror, the seahorse grape mirror, and the poultry beast grape mirror.

The ornamentation of the copper mirror can only be on the back, because the front is used to look in the mirror. The back of the sea beast grape mirror, generally the circular ridge will be divided into two areas, the inner area is the main, the high relief button, most of them are the beasts, there are a number of sea beasts around, the posture is different, supplemented by the ornamentation of the grape vines. In the outer area, there are birds and beasts, weaving among the vines. The craftsmanship is very complicated, and the ornamentation is also very beautiful.

"Many of the sea beasts on the sea beast grape mirror are the image of foxy, mainly popular in the Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian periods. The production technology of bronze mirrors in the Tang Dynasty was mature, and there were not many sea beast grape mirrors that have been handed down. However, like the one in the picture, this size, is really rare! Tang Yi continued.

Zou Ning asked, "Is twenty-five centimeters in diameter very large?" Isn't there still more than 30 centimeters? ”

"Antiques, the quality and craftsmanship are particularly important, and the complex craftsmanship and ornamentation of the sea beast grape mirror are particularly precious if they are in good condition. If the quality is not good and the craftsmanship is very poor, no matter how large the size is, it is useless. However, the condition on this picture is too good. Let me tell you this, the same quality, the fifteen-centimeter-diameter sea beast grape mirror has been auctioned for about four million, eighteen centimeters, it has reached about nine million, and the highest auction record is nearly twenty-two centimeters on one side, and the transaction price is nearly 15 million! ”

"Then this mirror, is it a head mold?" Zou Ning asked again.

The so-called head mold is the first time that the mold was used in the production of copper mirrors, and the head furnace made the mirror. This is known to the average antique lover.

Tang Yi smiled, "If it's genuine, it must be a head model." ”

"It seems that you can't really see it just by the pictures!" Zou Ning's expression was solemn.

"It's not that I can't see it at all, Tang Mirror has a typical feature, that is, it is silver and shiny, and the mirror in this picture is like this. And from the ornamental point of view, the copper is excellent and the craftsmanship is exquisite. Basically, you can have a seventy or eighty percent certainty that it is genuine. Of course, if you want to be completely sure in the end, you have to get started. Tang Yi continued.

"Good girl, if it's genuine, wouldn't it be worth twenty or thirty million!" Zou Ning stuck out his tongue.

"At this price, when you put it in the antique treasures, it is not a very valuable thing. However, if you put it in the bronze mirror, it will be up to the sky. Now the key question is not the value, but whether the source is legitimate! Tang Yi rubbed his eyebrows, "It seems that the Tokyo Historical Museum has recently sent people to Chang'an, and even a large area in the west. ”

"That's right!" Zou Ning said, "If it's legal, the auction can be on, and there's nothing we can do if we check it!" ”

"And even if it's not legal, it's easy to fake an identity. The email only had pictures in it, and nothing was said? Tang Yi thought about it and asked again.

"Only pictures."

"Oh!" Tang Yi suddenly slapped his thigh, "I understand!" ”