Chapter 68: Speculation

Cui Shiyan thought for a moment and said: "This thing really sounds a little weird, could it be that he was drugged?" ”

Ji Yuan shook his head and said, "Meng Hong said that her mind is very clear, and she remembers every bit of the transaction at that time. ”

Jing Yao said: "Meng Hong has always been very cautious, and he has been collecting for more than 30 years, even if he really hits the eye, it must be something that can be fake, I think we still need to take a look at that thing, what is it that can make Meng Hong look at it." ”

Ji Yuan continued: "The strange place is not only this, Ye Wan recently inquired about it, and found that there have been many people in the circle who have fallen for this recently, and many of them are quite qualified sellers, the situation is similar to this, and they all met an ordinary young man selling antiques, and they all thought it was absolutely genuine at the time, but soon after buying it home, when I looked at it again, I found that it was the same thing as when I bought it." ”

Saying this, even Zhao Zhuo frowned, no wonder Ji Yuan's face was a little solemn just now, this thing does become more and more strange the more he listens to it, if it happens, then it's fine, but so many incidents, people can notice some abnormalities.

It didn't take long for everyone to arrive at the antiquities store, it was early afternoon, the two fronts of the store were crowded with people, and there were actually several antique shops on the same street, but the business could only be described as light compared to here.

In fact, this principle is also very simple, although the things in the cultural relics store are more expensive, but at least they are genuine, whether you have eyesight or not, it doesn't matter, but to pick things in the antiques, then you have to rely on eyesight, otherwise you will lose money when you buy fakes.

The staff obviously knew Ji Yuan, and when they saw them coming, they greeted them and led them into the back, and then they saw Ye Wan.

Ye Wan, who is in her forties, is quite plump, but there is a kind of tenacity in her bones, which makes people dare not underestimate her.

She led a few people to the courtyard at the back, then took out a blue and white porcelain jar from the warehouse, and said, "This is the fake that Meng Hong bought." ”

She put the blue and white porcelain jar on the table, and everyone came up, Zhao Zhuo squinted slightly, this is a blue and white cloud dragon pattern twined branch paving jar, the height of the jar is about 40cm, and there are tiger heads used to wear ropes at both ends of its neck. Look at the shape of the vessel seems very standard, the ornament is divided into several layers, in addition to the main cloud dragon pattern and the twig pattern, there are also sea water pattern, eight treasure pattern and Yanglian pattern, although the texture is more, but the Yuan blue and white that kind of complex but not chaotic ornamental characteristics are vividly expressed.

Zhao Zhuo took a cursory look and found that this porcelain did not have the existence of an aura mass, and then looked at the porcelain itself, and at this glance, his brows couldn't help frowning.

The blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty, in fact, was not valued at the beginning, a few decades ago, in the inventory of the Forbidden City, its collection has the tribute of the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty, and there are also various imperial vessels of the Ming and Qing dynasties, but there is no blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty.

The reason is because the Yuan Dynasty was ruled by the Mongols, and the people on horseback were not very accustomed to using porcelain, so there were very few tribute porcelain, but the Yuan Dynasty government focused on supervising the production of porcelain, because the order of export porcelain was very huge, which could bring huge profits to the government.

Because of the large number of Yuan blue and white porcelain exports, so the domestic heirlooms are scarce, coupled with few historical records, unearthed objects are not much, so the previous experts think that the Yuan Dynasty porcelain is very rough, in the study is not enough attention, until the fifties of the last century, an American scholar in the United Kingdom, Turkey and Iran of the Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain research, found that these porcelain are quite exquisite, this attracted the attention of ancient ceramic scholars.

Since then, Yuan Qinghua has really entered the field of vision of antique collectors, and then the price has soared, followed by a large number of fakes.

The imitation of fakes also has the distinction of upper, middle and inferior, take Yuan Qinghua as an example, the best imitations, all the characteristics that Yuan Qinghua can have, can be performed on the fakes, so as to achieve the purpose of fake and real, even if it is an old connoisseur, there are times when it is eye-catching, and inferior imitations can only hide from novices, and it will not work when encountering experts.

Nowadays, there are many kiln factories in Jingdezhen, as long as it is a variety that has appeared in Jingdezhen in history, whether it is an official kiln or a private kiln, they are almost all imitated, and Yuan Qinghua is also the most important of them, and there is no lack of imitation of the very real fakes, plus the existence of Yuan Qinghua is originally small, so Yuan Qinghua can be said to be a fake in the market.

Therefore, any collector who is proficient in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, but when he sees Yuan Qinghua, he will definitely consider it seriously and will never start easily.

However, the blue and white cloud dragon pattern entwined branches in front of the first jar, the shape, texture, and fetal quality are quite good, but they can't withstand careful scrutiny, and the most important point is the decoration.

Although the ornamentation of Yuan blue and white is sloppy and fine, it is all a stroke, natural and smooth, but the lines on this jar are obviously finely outlined, and the feeling of imitation is very obvious.

Not to mention that for a person with twenty or thirty years of collecting experience, that is, a novice with five or six years of experience, as long as you carefully scrutinize this ornament, you may also be able to see the truth.

Such a fake is not even medium, and it is estimated that you can buy one for one or two hundred in the market.

After Zhao Zhuo finished reading it, Cui Shiyan let out a suspicious voice: "Is it really this jar?" This...... It's too obvious, you look at the lines, it's as rigid as a dead fish. ”

Ye Wan smiled bitterly: "That's why I said that this matter is very strange, and Meng Hong can't figure it out, how can he spend more than a million for such a fake." ”

Ji Yuan said, "Didn't you say that there are a few others who are also fooled?" Are all those things like you? ”

Ye Wan walked into the warehouse again, took out a piece of porcelain from it, this is an official kiln powder and blue glaze tripod furnace, the porcelain shape is dignified and large, imitating the style of the tripod in the bronze ritual vessel, the body of the vessel is covered with pink and green glaze, if it is genuine, this thing can be worth at least four or five million.

However, this is obviously a fake, this glaze water has no moisture at all, like a cracked earth, there is no moisture at all, and the color is not so pure, this is also a fake that does not stand up to scrutiny.

Ye Wan took out three antiques in a row, two porcelain, and two bronzes, all of which were fakes that a discerning person could see through without effort, but according to Ye Wan, the people who provided these fakes were all old collectors who had some friendship with her.

Collectors rely on their eyesight and reputation, so sometimes even if they hit the eye, they will swallow the bitter fruit in their stomachs, otherwise if others know about it, they will doubt their eyesight.

And spending one or two million on such a fake is naturally an extremely humiliating thing.

The last thing Ye Wan took out was a Hetian jade mountain, Zhao Zhuo's eyes suddenly lit up, and there was a little spiritual light around this mountain!

This aura was already very weak, although it was still swimming around Hetian Yu, but it was weak, and it seemed that it might disappear at any time.

Zhao Zhuo hurriedly strode over, and with the help of moving Shanzi to the table, he stretched out his finger and touched the spiritual light.

The electric current drilled into his mind from his fingers, and a somewhat vague pattern appeared in front of him, only to see a pair of hands pressing on this Hetian Yushanzi, and wearing a jade ring on the index finger of his right hand, the jade color was dark green, like a ghost eye, which looked quite weird.

The picture flashed, Zhao Zhuo looked at this Hetian Yushanzi again, and found that the aura on it had dimmed to the limit, and then disappeared.

Originally, there was a spiritual light just now, and the jade quality of Hetian jade was quite tender, as if it had just been fished out of the river.

However, now that the aura is lost, this Hetian jade suddenly loses its vitality, like a dead thing, the originally moist jade color has to dry up, and the mountain rocks, pine trees, mountain roads and characters on it are also dull.

Cui Shiyan couldn't help rubbing his eyes, and said in surprise: "Strange, the first time I saw this Hetian jade, I still had an intuition that it was true, especially this carving, which felt quite expressive, but now it seems that this carving is really ordinary." ”

Jing Yao also bowed slightly: "I also had such an illusion just now. ”

Ye Wan also seemed to be a little confused, and looked at Hetian Yu carefully: "When this jade was brought to me, I thought it was real at first glance, but after careful scrutiny, it was determined that it was a fake. ”

Several people were discussing Hetian Yu on the side, and Zhao Zhuo's brows were locked deeply, because he suddenly thought of a possibility, an unprecedented possibility.

All things have spirits, and things with aura are like living things, and without aura they are truly dead. An aura of antiques will have a rather desolate charm, which makes people know at a glance that it is a genuine product, and this feeling is a conclusion that can be intuitively felt without careful analysis of the shape.

Whether it is an appraiser or a collector, feeling is also an important part of judging the authenticity of an object, because the antiquity itself has a kind of ancient charm, and this ancient charm will not exist even if it is a realistic fake.

In other words, the presence of Reiki is crucial to distinguishing the real from the fake.

Therefore, if someone has an ability to inject aura into the fake, in this way, the fake after the transformation of the aura is likely to become vivid and realistic, and the surface of the jade is like water, just like ancient jade, and the imitation bronze is like just dug out of the soil, full of ancient and old charm, when encountering such a thing, even the old collector may see it out, and if the other party knows how to create an atmosphere, and the price is very low, like 10 million things are sold for 1 million, Then it is a matter of course.

(To be continued)