Well? When Tang Yi heard it, there was another one?

"To be honest, I still have a bit of a score for this pair of bottles, otherwise I wouldn't dare to shoot them back, so let you see it is to help add an insurance. However, I really can't eat this one at all..."Hufeng said, bending down to open the cabinet on one side.

Tang Yi thought to himself, this kid really has a lot of things.

What Hufeng took out was a rectangular wooden box, about sixty or seventy centimeters long and ten centimeters wide. You said that if you put a sword, it will be smaller; If you put a fan, it's a little bigger. Hufeng didn't pause at all, and directly opened the lid of the box.

It turned out to be a jade knife... Naturally, it is smaller than a normal sword.

This jade knife has a dark green and cyan color, about 60 centimeters long and 9 centimeters wide, very thin, and the thickest part is not more than half a centimeter. said it was a jade knife, but it was actually a long piece of jade. The only thing that has a bit of craftsmanship is that on the back of the knife, there are four groups of thunder pattern decorations, and there are seven holes side by side horizontally.

Seven-hole jade knife...

As if he suddenly remembered something, Tang Yi immediately picked up the auction album again, and found the picture of the seven-hole jade knife among the last few lots. The English name on it translates to be: jade torture instrument.

Tang Yi scolded secretly in his heart. After discovering the picture of the eight-treasure cardinal vase, because the other lots were messy, he just flipped through the last few pages of the auction album, and the layout of the seven-hole jade knife was not good, so he didn't pay too much attention to it.

Now it seems that this seven-hole jade knife was brought back from this auction by Hu Feng.

"Jade Torture Instrument······ You say that the organizer of this auction, where did you see that this is a torture instrument? Tang Yi frowned and said to Hufeng.

"The seven-hole jade knife unearthed in Central Plains Province, some experts here in China say that it is a torture tool." Hufeng told Tang Yi that because this jade knife was very cheap, he slapped it easily. The starting price was 500 pounds, and the final auction price with handling fees cost less than 800 pounds.

"If it's really the Xia Dynasty's seven-hole jade knife, then it's earned. Even if it's an imitation, it won't lose a few dollars, how much can this jade material be worth..."Hu Feng picked up the jade knife, "To be honest, the jade makes me look at the Han Dynasty after the war, this ancient jade, I really can't eat it." This jade knife is different from the Eight Treasure Benba bottle, it is purely taken by me personally, if you help you understand it, you will share half of the profit after you make a move. ”

Tang Yi smiled, noncommittal, picked up the jade knife and looked at it carefully.

The name of the seven-hole jade knife has only appeared for forty years.

Forty years ago, in a site in the central and western part of the Central Plains Province, a seven-hole jade knife of the Xia Dynasty was unearthed, dark green, the shape is similar to this one, there are seven holes drilled on the back, the blade is sharpened very sharp, and there are some simple ornaments on both sides of the knife body.

After the seven-hole jade knife was unearthed, there has been no unified view on its use, and some people believe that it is a ritual weapon, symbolizing power and status, because there are ornaments on both sides of the blade.

Others believe that it is a weapon, because the blade is very sharp, and it is further deduced that the seven holes were used to tie ropes.

In addition, there is a view of torture instruments, like the one in the picture book of the small auction in England. Why is there such a view as torture instruments? Because there were some yellow pieces on the seven-hole jade knife unearthed that year, some people believe that this is the result of long-term blood penetration.

At the same time, most experts refute the idea of weapons, because jade is brittle after all, and it is too easy to damage as a weapon, and it cannot be repaired.

However, on the seven-hole jade knife that Hufeng patted back, although it was obviously unearthed, there was a weathered film as a whole, and there were also different shades of Tuqin, but there was no similar yellow Qin.

"Looks like you don't see it?" Tang Yi put the knife back in the wooden box, but did not close the lid.

"Judging from the jade quality, soil, shape, and polishing marks, it should be high ancient jade, but there is a problem here." Hu Feng shook his head, took out a tape measure and handed it to Tang Yi, "These seven jade holes are actually equidistant... I didn't pay much attention to it when I was shooting, and I found out when I came back. So how could this be from the Xia Dynasty? ”

What Hufeng said is indeed a problem. It is generally believed that in an era of extremely backward productivity such as the Xia Dynasty, it is good to achieve roughly equidistant drilling, but it is too difficult to achieve meticulous equidistant. Therefore, it may be an imitation, and it is a machine qì fixed distance punching.

"Who said that this seven-hole jade knife belongs to the Xia Dynasty?" The corners of Tang Yi's mouth suddenly showed a hint of a nonchalant smile, and Hu Feng felt a little furious in his heart.

"Is it really an imitation?" Hufeng's eyes widened.

"This is the jade knife of the Shang Dynasty. However, even if it is the jade knife of the Xia Dynasty, it is not impossible to equidistant the seven holes. Tang Yi said.

"Four thousand years ago, there was such technology? This error is within a millimeter..."Hufeng is really a little confused.

"Does this require any technology?" Tang Yi looked at Hu Feng's appearance, "It's not very difficult to control the error within one millimeter." Let me give you an example. ”

Hufeng's face was suspicious, but he didn't speak.

Tang Yidao: "Edison once hired a doctor of physics to work for him. One morning, Edison took a pear container and told Dr. Sù to measure the volume. As a result, most of the day later, the doctor was still calculating on scratch paper with various formulas. After Edison saw it, he smiled and said, is it so complicated? As he spoke, he filled the pear container with water, then poured water into the measuring cup, pointed to the scale and said to the doctoral student, this is the volume. ”

Hufeng suddenly realized, "Oh... As long as there are tools, you can do it. For example, a piece of wood with two holes on it, positioned in turn, can be completely hollowed out at equal distances..."

"Nowadays, some people think that the ancients are too weak, and many things are imaginary. Four thousand years? Eight thousand years ago, a number of very delicate flutes were unearthed at a site in Central Plains Province, made of bone, and the holes on them were even more delicate, reaching a level where they could be played according to pitch. Tang Yi said with a smile.

Hufeng couldn't help but exclaim, "You're so fierce... I don't even know about this as an archaeology student. ”

Then, without waiting for Tang Yi to speak, Hu Feng asked again: "Since the Xia Dynasty can make equidistant holes, how can you say that it is from the Shang Dynasty?" ”

"Look at the ornaments..."Tang Yi pointed to the ornaments on the knife and said, "The Yin line ornaments of the Xia Dynasty look obvious. The yin line of the Shang Dynasty, but it feels like a bas-relief yang line. You look at this group of triangular thunder patterns, which is a typical craft technique of the Shang Dynasty, called the double hook pseudo-yang line. ”

Hufeng really had to admire Tang Yi at this time, and said in a row: "I don't have to say... If this thing is sold, I'll give you half of the profits... Is there one more thing you have heard? Recently, there has been a heavy porcelain in the capital, which has caused a lot of uproar in the circle..."

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