Ji Xiaofan said happily: "Then how much can this one be worth?" ”

Zhu Qinghan said with a smile: "At least 600,000." ”

Zhao Zhuo squinted and didn't speak, while Mo Ling said on the side at this time: "Big brother, this terracotta figurine should be a fake." ”

"Fakes?" Zhao Zhuo was secretly taken aback, to be honest, this pottery is indeed vivid in terms of overall image and partiality, workmanship, etc., but since Mo Ling said that it was a fake, then Zhao Zhuo naturally believed her.

Mo Ling nodded firmly and said: "Although this fake is very well fired, but I always feel that the layer of lead glaze is a little strange, but I just walked over and scratched it lightly with my finger, it is quite hard, it is not an authentic lead glaze, it must be an imitation of later generations, and it is a high imitation of modern times." ”

The so-called lead glaze, which is a low-temperature color glaze, after coating this glaze, the pottery will become smooth and bright, the glaze layer is clear and transparent, but the disadvantage is that the hardness is very low, easy to scratch, this glaze has been widely used in the Han Dynasty, and the Sui Dynasty also existed.

Zhao Zhuo frowned when he heard this, and couldn't help but look at Zhu Qing, who was happy, and shook his head secretly, let the other people in the museum do this offending thing, he is also an outsider, there is no need to directly say the judgment.

As soon as he finished thinking about it, Ji Xiaofan came over and said excitedly: "Brother Zhao, let's go to the museum together now, Uncle Zhu just called the people in the museum, and everyone was very excited when they heard that they had bought the stolen cultural relics, and they all rushed to the museum to have a look." ”

"Okay." Zhao Zhuo thought about it anyway, he couldn't find anything good in today's ghost market, so he followed Ji Xiaofan to the museum, and it didn't hurt to get acquainted with the people in the museum.

After coming to the lobby of the museum, there have been several appraisers coming, there are more than a dozen appraisers in the museum, and the level is at least second-level, of course, like Zhu Qing's level, that is, the national first-class appraiser, but his certificate is not just ceramics.

As soon as Zhu Qing put this music figurine on the table, everyone couldn't help but let out an amazing sound, a middle-aged appraiser in his forties, with a comb on his hair, picked up a magnifying glass and looked at it for a while, and couldn't help nodding and said: "Rare treasures, this workmanship, this old color, must have come out of the tomb, at least it can be worth 700,000." ”

Zhao Zhuo smiled when he heard this, good guy, he directly raised Zhu Qing's judgment of 600,000 to 700,000, but it cannot be said that his judgment is inaccurate, because once the antique is on the auction house, how high it can be auctioned depends on the work of the auction, if it is done well, 700,000 should be no problem. However, everyone's assessment of the price of antiques is generally conservative.

Under the bright light, the glaze on the surface of the terracotta figurines seemed to have some discoloration due to age, revealing the pottery inside, and the vicissitudes of life made people feel more real.

Although Zhao Zhuo's eyesight is much better than that of ordinary people, the unclear lights of the ghost market also have some influence, and now when he looks at this kind of light, he suddenly notices the strange place of this terracotta figurine, so he is even more convinced that this is a fake, and it is a fake and real imitation.

It's just that he didn't expect that so many expert-level characters around him couldn't be identified, Zhao Zhuo felt a little incredible.

However, he didn't think much about it, and discussed with Mo Ling in a whisper, he didn't see much in pottery, and he just happened to have Mo Ling, a real expert, just to learn practical knowledge in this area.

At this moment, Ji Yuan also hurriedly walked over, as soon as he saw Ji Yuan coming, everyone greeted him, and then Ji Yuan fell on the music figurine, picked it up and looked at it carefully for a while, and then took the magnifying glass and looked at it, but he never made a judgment.

Zhu Qing said with a smile on the side: "Curator, when did my old Zhu look at it, this must be something stolen from the tomb of the Sui Dynasty." ”

The more Ji Yuan looked at it, his eyes narrowed smaller, and then he asked everyone, "What, you all think this is genuine?" ”

Several appraisers nodded in agreement, but a few of them smelled the signs, and Zhu Qing seemed to hear something, and questioned: "Curator, what do you mean, could this be a high imitation?" ”

Ji Yuan smiled and asked Zhao Zhuo, "Xiao Zhao, you are also here, how is it, have you identified it?" ”

Several appraisers in the museum have met with Zhao Zhuo, but they are skeptical of this young man who heard that he can repair paintings, and they don't know why Ji Yuan trusts him so much, and now when they hear him ask, they all look at Zhao Zhuo in unison.

Zhao Zhuo smiled bitterly, what a seasoned person Ji Yuan was, he glanced at everyone when he entered the door just now, his eyes stayed on his face for the longest time, and he estimated that he knew his opinion at that time, so he asked himself, since he asked in person, then he couldn't help but say it.

He had no choice but to say: "This raka figurine is indeed a high imitation. ”

"What, Gao Fang?" Zhu Qing's eyes widened when he heard this, and then he sneered and said, "You say Gao Fang, who believes it?" ”

The appraisers also talked nonsense, no one believed the words of Zhao Zhuo, a young man, after all, the youngest of these people was in their forties, they had worked in museums all their lives, and they had seen countless pottery, so they relied on a pair of eyes to eat.

Ji Yuan said lightly: "The words of a hundred schools of thought have their own truths, since Xiao Zhao said that it is a fake, then I think everyone should listen to his opinion." ”

Zhu Qing crossed his arms and sneered: "Since the curator has spoken, then let's listen to it." ”

Everyone looked at the excitement, and their eyes were fixed on Zhao Zhuo, to see what he could say.

In the face of the doubts in everyone's eyes, Zhao Zhuo seemed calm and natural, he pointed to the music figurine and said: "This pottery is indeed very similar to the authentic product of the Sui Dynasty in terms of workmanship, shape and color, but if you carefully distinguish it, there are three flaws. ”

"What, flaw?"

"Or three?"

"If there are really three flaws, can they hide from the eyes of our experts?"

"It's like, when we were identifying the pottery, you were still wearing open-stall pants."

Everyone stared at each other, chattered, and then let out a sneer.

Zhao Zhuo ignored everyone's contempt, pointed to the glaze of the musician figurines and said, "The first flaw is on the opening piece of this glaze. ”

"Open?" Zhu Qing sneered again when he heard it.

Ji Xiaofan scratched his head, just now he also carefully looked at the glazed opening, and did not notice anything abnormal, the so-called opening, refers to a natural opening phenomenon of ceramic glaze, there are two reasons for cracking: one is that the blank mud extends in a certain direction during molding, which affects the arrangement of molecules; Second, the expansion coefficient of billet and glaze is different, and the shrinkage rate of the glaze layer is large when cooling after roasting. Therefore, cracking was originally a disadvantage in porcelain firing; However, people have mastered the law of cracking and made the open glaze, which has become a special decoration of porcelain.

I only heard Zhao Zhuo say carefully: "The genuine Sui Dynasty glazed pottery, its opening gap is relatively tight and fine, at the same time, if you look under a magnifying glass, the opening of the genuine product is like a dry cracked riverbed, often the center of each piece of cracking is concave downward. Speaking of this, he raised his voice slightly, "However, the glaze of this pottery has a wide gap in the opening piece, and the center of the opening piece is also slightly bulging. ”

As soon as he said this, Ji Xiaofan picked up a magnifying glass and looked at the glaze, and suddenly said in surprise: "It's really a little bulging!" ”

If the gap between the opening is thin and wide, it is only judged by experience, then this bulge is something that everyone can distinguish.

Everyone picked up the magnifying glass and looked at it, and couldn't help but be stunned, although everyone had looked at it carefully, but paid too much attention to its workmanship, and the judgment of the glaze color was only to touch it with your hands to see its color and workmanship, but I really didn't notice the opening film.

Then, I only heard Zhao Zhuo say again: "Second, it is also glazed, buried in the ground pottery, because of the long time, the surface will appear deglazed, however, this deglazing is caused by weathering, so the exposed carcass surface will appear very smooth, however, the glaze of the fake is often saved by electric engraving pen, although there is also a phenomenon of deglazing, but there are many pits on the surface of the exposed carcass. ”

Only said two points, including Zhu Qing and other experts couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, a bunch of people around the pottery to look at it for more than ten minutes, from top to bottom, from the whole to the part, this carcass has also been seen, but now it is so mentioned, and then pick up the magnifying glass to see, the rough look is quite smooth, but there are obvious small pits on the edge, although small as pinholes, but the edge of the small holes and other parts of the smooth, just indicate that it is old, before the old, The carcass should be all small pittings.

Since Zhao Zhuo opened his mouth, he simply said everything that should be said, and then said: "The third point, in fact, is also the most obvious point, that is, the hardness of this real lead glaze is very small, and there will be marks with a light stroke of your fingers, but if I guess correctly, you can try this one with your fingers, and the hardness is greater than you imagined." ”

Originally, the method of finger engraving is not worth advocating, after all, if it is genuine, wouldn't it be a destruction of cultural relics to get a fingernail on it?

However, because he has already said two flaws that have not been discovered by everyone, there is a middle-aged appraiser who really uses his nails for a moment, and his brows are furrowed.

The glaze and vicissitudes of this pottery give people the feeling that it is very fragile, not to mention carved with fingernails, even if it is held in the hand, everyone is also lightly handled, for fear of falling, but at this moment, it is found that the enamel is quite hard.

(To be continued)