After Qin Fan's reminder, Principal Dong immediately figured out the trick, and his face suddenly became like an eggplant beaten by frost. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But he was still a little unwilling, and asked with a sharp angle, "But that person didn't know that I would pass by that fish pond by chance that day, how could he have dug a pit in advance and waited for me." ”

Qin Fan smiled bitterly and asked rhetorically, "Uncle Dong, it is very rare for the Xuande furnace to be handed down to this day, and it is difficult to see it even in museums, let alone private collectors." How can you believe that you just slipped around and came across a genuine Xuande furnace, and it happened to be dug out of the fish pond and thrown right at your feet. ”

"I'm afraid the odds are even smaller than buying a lottery ticket and winning the 5 million jackpot."

Hearing Qin Fan's words, Principal Dong also came to his senses and sighed a little disappointed. In fact, after buying this "Xuande furnace", he felt that something was wrong, but in his heart he refused to admit that he was cheated by someone, and he was lucky. In the end, he was broken by Qin Fan's words, and he woke up from an antique dream.

The earliest document about Xuande furnace is recorded in "Xuande Ding Yi Spectrum", "In the third year of Xuande, the king of Siam paid tribute to tens of thousands of catties of wind-milled copper. ”

Siam is today's Thailand. Wind milled copper, that is, brass.

Since China is a copper-poor country, it has never seen brass of such good quality, and Emperor Xuande ordered to recast a batch of ritual vessels with this batch of wind-ground copper. It was also the first time in ancient Chinese history that brass was used to make handicrafts.

In order to produce a high-quality copper furnace, Emperor Xuande personally supervised the construction, and ordered that the style of the copper furnace must be imitated in the Song Dynasty "Xuanhe Bogutu".

According to historical records, the first batch of bronze was cast in 3,365 pieces, accurate to single digits!

One of the reasons why the name of Xuande furnace is so big is that Xuande furnace is made of excellent materials and has been repeatedly smelted.

There is also a story in this, when Emperor Xuande went to see the smelting, he asked the craftsman, how to make the texture of the bronze appear very good?

The craftsman replied that if it was smelted at least 6 times, the bronze would naturally shine with precious light.

After a pound of brass has been smelted 6 times, only 8 taels are left after removing impurities. But Emperor Xuande was not satisfied, so he let the craftsmen smelt twelve times, so that 8 taels of refined brass had to smelt 4 taels, and finally when the smelting was completed, there were only 4 taels left for a catty of copper.

But what many people don't know is that in addition to refining brass, dozens of precious metals such as zinc, tin, silver, and gold are also added to the Xuande furnace.

As for the "Xuande Furnace" in Principal Dong's hand, it looks dull in color, and it is 108,000 miles away from the real Xuande Furnace, which is a rough and low imitation.

"Xiaofan, then you tell Uncle in detail, what's wrong with this stove."

After figuring it out, Principal Dong had to accept the fact that he had been cheated, but he was still very curious about why Qin Fan could see at a glance that the copper incense burner in his hand was not a real Xuande furnace.

"Uncle Dong, if you want to talk about your incense burner, there are too many flaws in it. Well, I'll tell you one by one. ”

Qin Fan picked up the imitation copper incense burner and checked it with his hand, "As soon as you get started with this incense burner, the weight is not right, it feels a little light." The best Xuande furnace has a gold content of about 3%, which is particularly heavy when held in the hand, very pressive and of average quality. This is the first flaw. ”

"Besides, the shape of the Xuande furnace is fixed, and the most extensive style is the worm ear type, which is generally used in the study. One is the Chaotian ear type, which is mostly used in sacrifices. There is also a double fish ear type, which rests in the bedroom. You see that your copper furnace is not in the right style, it should be a modern imitation. ”

Dong Wanrou was stunned when she heard this, although she didn't understand what Qin Fan was talking about, she felt so powerful.

And Principal Dong knows a little more than Dong Wanrou, but he also knows a little bit about the Xuande furnace, but after listening to what Qin Fan said, the more he looked at this copper incense burner, the more he felt that it was wrong.

"Three look at the color, because the Xuande furnace adds dozens of precious metals for smelting, the finished product is rich in color and bright in all directions. The color of the authentic Xuande furnace is purple-red, and it also emits red, yellow, green, cyan, blue, gold and other colors. ”

The most precious thing about Xuande furnace is the color, the Qing Dynasty Mao Xiang said, "The most wonderful thing about Xuande furnace is the color, its color melts, from the gloom to the strange light, just like a woman, the skin is soft and greasy to pinch, the fire is long, brilliant and fickle." ”

That is to say, the Xuande furnace has been burned on the fire for a long time, and the color is brilliant and changeable.

And Principal Dong's imitation Xuande furnace has a dull color on it, and there is black on the lips, so there is no treasure light in sight.

"These are all inferences mentioned above, Uncle Dong, the copper incense burner in your hand has the most lethal ironclad evidence, and it can be concluded that it is not a Xuande furnace."

"What ironclad evidence? Xiaofan, don't sell it, tell your uncle. ”

At this time, Principal Dong was completely immersed in the knowledge of antiques, and he didn't care so much about the authenticity of this Xuande furnace.

In the collection of antiques, it is inevitable to take medicine, especially for a half-layman like Principal Dong who knows little about antiques and knows them but does not know why, and there are pits everywhere.

"It's very simple, it's just to look at the style."

Qin Fan turned over this copper incense burner, pointed to the bottom of the paragraph and said, "The bottom of the Xuande furnace is written in a variety of ways, and your copper furnace is the most common six-character model, the Xuande year of the Ming Dynasty." But the people who imitated this Xuande furnace don't know that the bottom of the real Xuande furnace has a feature, that is, there is a horizontal missing in the middle of the German character. ”

Hearing this, Principal Dong hurriedly went to look at the bottom of the copper incense burner, but saw that there was no missing horizontal in the middle of the word "de", which is the style of our daily writing.

From this point of view alone, there is no suspense about the "Xuande furnace" in President Dong's hand, it is undoubtedly an imitation.

"And if you look carefully at this bottom paragraph, it is artificially old, I guess the age of this copper furnace should not even be in the Republic of China, it is a modern imitation after liberation."

Qin Fan finished speaking in one breath, feeling a little thirsty, Dong Wanrou hurriedly poured him a cup of tea.

"Then what's going on with this copper furnace, is it really that countryman buried in the fish pond in advance, waiting for my father?" Dong Wanrou asked with a puzzled expression.

Qin Fan nodded and patiently explained, "Ordinary countrymen don't have this kind of means of fraud and digging pits, I guess someone must have taught him to do this." ”

"Let's recreate the scene. Suppose there is an antique dealer who accidentally receives a counterfeit Xuande furnace, and he has to find a way to sell the fake furnace as if it were a real Xuande furnace. ”

"If you want to sell this fake, you can't go to the owners of those antique shops and professional collectors, you will be spotted at a glance. So he came up with a way to find the man in the countryside and dig a pit with him, let him bury his things in the fish pond, and wait for the fish to take the bait. ”

At this time, Uncle Dong happened to go to the countryside to visit relatives, and he was targeted by this liar. That scammer should have inquired about Uncle Dong's situation in advance, knew that you had some money on hand, and you liked antiques, so he had a bad idea. ”

"Then the crook asked the countryman to deliberately dig a fish pond while you were walking after you had eaten, trying to get attention by talking to you. Finally, dig the fake Xuande furnace out of the fish pond at the right time and deliberately throw it at your feet. ”

Like this kind of scam, Qin Fan had heard and seen too many in his previous life, and the people who were deceived were collectors like Principal Dong who had a little spare money and loved antiques. And most of the people who dig the pit are those unscrupulous antique dealers.

"And at this time, he can't just sell you something, but wants to refuse and welcome you, and fish for your appetite. This is not only to raise the price, but also for fear that Uncle Dong will see something on the fake Xuande furnace. ”

The truth of the matter is a little different from what Qin Fan said, but it is not far from ten.

"These liars are so hateful!"

Dong Wanrou slapped the table angrily, thinking that her father was so cheated by a liar, she was angry.

"Dad, let's call the police. Can't be cheaper than those crooks. ”

However, Qin Fan shook his head and explained to Dong Wanrou, "Even if you report this matter to the police, it's useless, when that liar sold the copper incense burner, he didn't say that it was a Xuande furnace at all, it was Uncle Dong himself who thought so." He can say that what he sells is an ordinary incense burner dug out of the ground. ”

"Can an ordinary incense burner be worth 20,000?" Dong Wan's soft eyes widened, and she said unconvinced.

"Xiao Rou forget it, Qin Fan is right, even if you call the police, it's useless. Antique collection is to see eyesight, and it is no wonder that others have been deceived if their eyesight is poor. ”

Principal Dong understands that this kind of scam is not uncommon in the antique market, but he has not seen a few antique dealers who have been sentenced.

Dong Wanrou was still a little angry, but Principal Dong was stunned by Qin Fan's mention, and she didn't drill the horns of the bull. The matter of taking medicine is normal in the antique world, and it is not worth it to break your body for this little thing.

At noon, in order to express his gratitude, Principal Dong insisted on letting Qin Fan stay at home for dinner, and asked Dong's mother to cook a few more specialty dishes.

After lunch, Dong Wanrou forcibly arrested him into her boudoir under the pretext of helping Qin Fan with tutoring, and didn't know what to do.

Dong's mother looked strange, thinking about when her precious daughter changed sex, and she had never seen her so close to any man before. But she didn't think much about it, and continued to call Dong Wanrou to find a blind date.