Chapter 15 Treasure Appreciation
Yang Xin opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when he saw that Wang Gang and Zhou Chengwen were carefully observing, he closed his mouth again. She didn't think it was a good thing, though.
Yang Xin has shown extraordinary talent in antiques since he was a child, and he was born in an antique family, although he is young, he is already a very famous appraiser.
In her opinion, the plank in front of her should be one of a set of screens. The lower end of the plank, which is nearly two meters high and about 50 centimeters wide, is smooth and uncharted, and the upper part is carved with a pattern, but the dust is so thick that it is impossible to see what it is.
It is very old and poorly maintained, not to mention dust stains, the lower end of the place is even mothed, and there are cracks in many places. The only thing that caught her eye was the lacquer on it, which was still shiny despite the dusty stains.
"Master Wang, is there a wet cloth, this dust is too thick."
Zheng Tianlong's words reminded Wang Gang that the screen in front of him was covered with dirt and dust, and it was difficult to identify accurately, so he nodded and found a wet cloth.
Taking the wet cloth, Zheng Tianlong wiped it carefully. When wiping, Zheng Tianlong concentrated on the pattern at the upper end of the screen, which was also the place where he saw qi.
Slowly, after about ten minutes, the dust and smudge were wiped away, revealing a pattern. After looking at it, Zheng Tianlong found that it was a pattern composed of a bat, two copper coins and some auspicious clouds. The bat is located in the upper left corner, spreading its wings towards the copper coins - and the two copper coins are staggered on top of each other, surrounded by flying auspicious clouds.
"This picture is called Blessing in front of you!"
Without any surprise, when Zheng Tianlong's fingers touched the pattern while wiping, the name immediately appeared in his mind.
The so-called Fu naturally refers to bats, copper coins represent "front", double coins overlap but expose the money eye in the center of the copper coin, meaning "in front of the eyes", in addition to the bats flying towards the copper coins also means "Fu" flew over.
This proves that this picture on this screen is a magic weapon!
What made Zheng Tianlong even more relieved was that as the pattern was wiped clean, the qi shrouded on it became more obvious and more powerful, and it was roughly estimated that it was at least twice as powerful as the Fushou Four Coin he had sold to Wang Gang before!
When Zheng Tianlong wiped the pattern clean, Yang Xin carefully observed it for a while and shook his head gently.
"It's a rare way to pick red, and it's exquisite, but it's a pity it's broken."
Yang Xin felt quite sorry in his heart, the "red" lacquer worker on this screen knew at a glance that it was not a modern thing, but in the collection of antiques that paid attention to quality, such a broken thing was not worth much money, even if it was old.
The so-called red removal is a kind of lacquer method that appeared in the Tang Dynasty, in which the vermilion lacquer is painted on wood or metal tires layer by layer, and each lacquer is used to remove the deep and shallow patterns, and after completion, a three-dimensional image will be presented. In the Song Dynasty, this technique became more popular, and it was called "carving red".
"There's a door!"
Bai Jianyun knew his ability in the identification of magic weapons, so he didn't look at the screen at all, but stared at Wang Gang deadly, and when he saw the surprised look on Wang Gang's face, his heart was suddenly relieved.
In fact, although Zheng Tianlong thought that this screen was very good and powerful, but the tattered appearance was really unsightly, Bai Jianyun had been worried about whether Zheng Tianlong had lost his eyes, and his heart suddenly let go at this time.
"Good stuff."
After a long time, Wang Gang sighed lightly, looked at Zheng Tianlong, and said, "Master Zheng, congratulations on finding another good thing." ”
Yang Xin was stunned for a moment, she had already given a death notice to this tattered screen, but she didn't expect Wang Gang to say that this was a good thing, and it seemed to be a very good thing. Extremely shocked, he couldn't help but blurt out:
"Ah, good stuff? How is this possible? ”
However, she immediately realized that she was too rude to speak like this, and quickly continued: "I'm sorry, I'm so surprised. ”
Shaking his head, Zhou Chengwen said with a smile: "Xin'er, I don't blame you, this is naturally not a good thing from the perspective of antiques, but from the perspective of magic weapons, it is different." ”
Wang Gang didn't care about Yang Xin's words, Zhou Chengwen was right, this screen is really worthless from the perspective of antiques, but the magic weapon is different. He looked at Zheng Tianlong, and then said:
"Master Zheng, this is a good thing, for sure, but I'm not sure what age this is, I don't know what your opinion is?"
Wang Gang has studied feng shui magic tools all his life, and has his own set of identification, the most important thing is hope.
When Zheng Tianlong wiped away the dust and stains, the pattern on the screen suddenly showed a myriad of momentum as if it had been hit by a beam of strong light: the bat on the left seemed to be about to fly, and the money seemed to be floating on the auspicious clouds...... All this shows that this is definitely a rare magic weapon.
However, when faced with this magic weapon, Wang Gang hesitated, not knowing which dynasty it came from.
"Yes, I'm a little unsure about this magic weapon, the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty and even the Qing Dynasty are possible."
Zhou Chengwen also nodded, obviously also puzzled by this question.
"Duan Highway's "Beihulu" once recorded that 'red bats out of Longzhou', which was a record of red bats in the Tang Dynasty, and the red bats agreed with 'Hongfu', so they were sought after by everyone."
If it was Zheng Tianlong before, he really couldn't say this, but yesterday at the door of Tongfangzhai's store, he accidentally got the inheritance of the white dots from the feng shui array, and he had a deep study of the feng shui array and magic weapons related to bats, so it was not difficult to explain at all.
"The bat on this pattern is red, so it is naturally possible that it is from the Tang Dynasty."
Zhou Chengwen nodded secretly, his doubts came from this.
"However, this can only show that this magic weapon is after the Tang Dynasty."
Yang Xin couldn't help but interject, the record cited by Zheng Tianlong can only prove that the worship of red bats appeared in the Tang Dynasty as early as possible, that is, this picture is after the Tang Dynasty, but there are many dynasties after the Tang Dynasty, and it is impossible to determine which one is based on this alone.
The red lacquer method originated in the Tang Dynasty, which can only show that this painting was made after the Tang Dynasty.
"Yes, that alone doesn't speak for itself."
Wang Gang looked at the bat on the screen and fell into deep thought. The dating of magic weapons is closely related to its value, generally speaking, like antiques, the older the more valuable, after the Tang Dynasty, it may be as many as hundreds of years or decades or even years, and the value in it is a little far away.
"Because the 'bat' and 'fu' of bats are homophonic, they are widely used in ritual weapons, but bats on ritual vessels in different periods have different characteristics in terms of shape. During the Qing Dynasty, bats were used in large quantities for furniture, and screens were one of them. At this time, the bat pattern can be divided into two categories in terms of shape, one is upside down, and the other is oblique. ”
Speaking of this, Zheng Tianlong suddenly remembered one thing, the bats of the Wufu Linmen Feng Shui Array at the door of the Tongfang Zhai store also belong to the oblique flying style, does this mean that the Feng Shui Array of Tongfang Zhai was also arranged in the Qing Dynasty?
However, he immediately shook his head in his heart, now was not a good time to investigate when Tong Fang Zhai's feng shui array was arranged.
"Not to mention the upside-down type, the bat in front of us is a diagonal flying type of 'blessing' on the magic weapon in front of us. Although the lines of the eggshell-like body are very simple, but they are also very specific, with the head as the mainstay, the wings present the shape of both sides flattened, and the wing tail is retracted forward, these characteristics are so distinct that they can only appear in the furniture of the Qing Dynasty, so I think this magic weapon is from the Qing Dynasty. ”
"Reasonable."
As soon as Zheng Tianlong's words fell, Zhou Chengwen immediately agreed.
"Heh, it's not just reasonable, it should be said to be quite accurate."
Wang Gang also nodded lightly. They are all masters of feng shui magic weapons, and they are quite rich in knowledge and experience, if there is enough time, even if there is nothing Zheng Tianlong said, they can identify the accurate age of the magic weapon on the screen, and now as soon as Zheng Tianlong's reason comes out, they immediately know that the dating of this magic weapon in front of them is definitely from the Qing Dynasty.
Because he didn't know about the magic weapon, Yang Xin didn't say anything when Zheng Tianlong, Wang Gang, and Zhou Chengwen discussed which dynasty the magic weapon in front of him was. But the more she listened, the more surprised she became, if it weren't for the fact that she wasn't in the Tongfang Zhai magic instrument shop at this time, she would have thought that Zheng Tianlong was not identifying magic weapons but antiques!
Looking at the magic weapon in front of him, which Zheng Tianlong called "Blessing in front of him", Yang Xin's heart moved, and suddenly remembered a question, and couldn't help but take a step forward and carefully observe the red bat.
"What's wrong, Xin'er?"
Zhou Chengwen was stunned for a moment, not knowing why Yang Xin was suddenly like this.
After a long while, Yang Xin took a step back, raised his head and said, "I also think this is a screen from the Qing Dynasty." ”
"Huh? Why? ”
Zhou Chengwen, the person present, knew Yang Xin best, but in his memory, Yang Xin was a good hand in antiques, but he didn't dare to compliment him in magic weapons.
"This kind of lacquer work originated in the Tang Dynasty, but the real success was in the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty red has the characteristics of thick vermilion lacquer and delicate statues, and this bat has such characteristics."
Speaking of this, Yang Xin couldn't help but look at Zheng Tianlong. She didn't have any interest in seeing the broken screen before, but now that she got serious, Yang Xin immediately accurately judged the accurate age of the screen in front of her, which happened to be consistent with Zheng Tianlong's judgment.
But she immediately realized another problem:
Because she was born in an antique family and grew up in the antique pile since she was a child, she was able to have an extraordinary vision at such a young age, she couldn't understand how Zheng Tianlong could have a vision that was more taxable than veterans like Wang Gang and Zhou Chengwen.
"Could it be that he comes from a family of feng shui instruments?"
As soon as this idea appeared, Yang Xin denied it, Zheng Tianlong was wearing a hundred or dozens of clothes, if he was really from a family, it was impossible to wear such a bargain.
Unconsciously, Yang Xin became deeply interested in Zheng Tianlong, and she felt that this man who was about the same age as herself was full of mystery.
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