Chapter 107: A National Treasure
Before Li Lin could speak, Tao Lin next to him suddenly stood up and said, "You kid want to buy this bronze tripod?" Don't think about this kind of good thing, do you still want to sell this thing? Are you betraying your ancestors? ”
Li Lin said: "Don't buckle my big hat, the appraisal certificate issued to me by you two old guys just said that this thing is a fake and an inferior product, this kind of art should be able to be exported, right?" ”
"Don't even think about it." Tao Lin said angrily.
Li Lin glared at Tao Dayou hatefully, this kid was too composed, if his behavior hadn't attracted Tao Lin's attention, would it be so troublesome now?
Tao Dayou also regretted it a little at this time, he knew that he didn't scream just now, but this is no wonder for him, he found that there were countless inscriptions inside and outside this bronze tripod, so he was immediately a little excited.
Although he was shocked, there are not many inscriptions on a bronze vessel, and it is normal for him to be shocked, so he didn't think about the consequences, he just wanted his old man to show him, whether this has archaeological value, and see if the inscription on it has any historical value.
Who would have thought that this copper tripod, which looks simple and vicissitudes, but lightly touches off a little patina, and leaks a dazzling bronze luster, and actually burns so many inscriptions.
Such a large bronze tripod, all the inside and outside are full of inscriptions, how to look at this, there are thousands, so many inscriptions, appearing on a bronze, this has never been found, so he was excited.
At this time, the bag has already interpreted a lot of inscriptions, but this small inscription has unraveled a period of historical smoke, so that the detailed process of the Chinese riot is clearly displayed in front of his eyes.
Many of these details have never appeared in historical documents, but they are not different from the historical process caused by him, if this is a fake fabrication, then this person can be regarded as a ghost.
But if the history recorded in these inscriptions is true, then it is likely that this bronze tripod is real.
Even if it is not real, there is always a genuine product with such an inscription on it, otherwise these inscriptions, the historical events recorded, would not have been made up out of thin air.
However, the fake situation has been quietly overturned by Bao Wei in his heart.
Who is idle and has so many inscriptions on the bronzes?
Counterfeiting is to make money, and burning so many inscriptions makes the value of the bronze higher, but the difficulty of counterfeiting is also infinitely magnified, and the chance of this bronze being found is also infinitely magnified.
With so many inscriptions on the bronze, it is difficult not to attract the attention of countless experts.
Unless the counterfeiter is very confident, confident that no one but him can find a flaw in his bronze, otherwise no one will do such a thankless thing.
This is a result anyway, this bronze is likely to be genuine, a heavy weapon that has been truly inherited for thousands of years, a national treasure, and a real treasure of the town.
Bao is very researched about bronzes, and he is even more familiar with inscriptions, and he has studied all the bronzes with inscriptions unearthed in China, so he took a short time to translate inscriptions.
He took out a small brush from his bag, opened a small porcelain bottle, dipped it in some liquid, and brushed it on a corner of the bronze vessel.
Looking at the smooth body, under the illumination of the sun, there is a hint of yellow brilliance on it, it looks ancient, without a trace of fire, such a thing, how can it be a modern shoddy fake.
The exposed inscription is not made up randomly, although he has only seen a part, but the content recorded in it is still very similar to the history he knows, but the record here seems to be more comprehensive.
When the patina on the whole body of the tripod is removed, the appearance of the bronze tripod at this time has completely lost the obscene appearance just now, and has become thick, simple, and natural.
If you look at it from this side, this is a national treasure with a wide open door, if you turn the direction, it is a fake at a glance, and the bag is different only with a wry smile.
The skills of the ancients are really exquisite, such a large copper tripod can be preserved so well, and the thin layer of patina on it, he can now guess how it came from.
He should have thought a long time ago that no one used so much bronze to imitate such a bronze tripod.
Such a large, heavy piece of bronze is unreasonable in itself, only the real thing, it is possible to be cast like this, at this time, the bag is different and the only thing left is regret.
This bronze tripod has been placed in the small shop next to it for a few years, and countless people have seen this bronze tripod, and he has also come to see it with different bags, but he just glanced at it on the side of the road and left.
A fake thing can only appear in a dilapidated shop in a small town, and it is not worth his attention at all, and now he knows how eyeless he is.
"What's the matter, old bag?" Tao Lin felt a little bad.
Just now he also said that only a fool would buy this thing, and whoever saw the beautiful inscription at this time would not think that it was a shoddy fake, at least it was a top-level imitation, and the value of such a thing would not be very low.
Just clearing the side of the copper tripod makes people feel amazing enough.
Even Zuo Qinglong, who didn't have the slightest knowledge of bronze, widened his eyes, a thing that could make a layman like him feel beautiful and look comfortable, how could it be garbage, not to mention that this was still such a big guy.
Without the green patina on it, this bronze tripod looks so comfortable, it wants to be a batch of flawless horses, perfect streamline, without a trace of flaws, such a beautiful bronze tripod, even if it is not an antique, it also has a high value.
This has gone beyond the meaning given to it by history, but the beauty of this bronze tripod itself makes it priceless, just like a huge gem, it has no effect in itself, but only as beautiful, so that they are priceless.
No one thought that a neat, boxy, and bulky copper tripod that looked like all bronze tripods would exude amazing beauty after being engraved with inscriptions.
At this point, even a fool standing here would not think that this was a simple copper lump.
Tao Lin's interrogation package was different and ignored, he couldn't hear anything at this time, just kept waving the small brush in his hand until all the patina on the entire bronze was removed, and even the edges and corners inside the copper tripod were cleaned.
Everyone surrounded this bronze tripod, all of them looked at it speechlessly, and even the waiters in Qingyun Building were also attracted, walked out of the building, and looked around this beautiful unspeakable bronze tripod.
Seeing so many people gathered here, the special surname that watched the excitement in the country broke out, and countless passers-by suddenly gathered.
At this time, Qian Liang, who was not far away, found out about the situation and ran over, he pushed away a few waiters who were around, and the whole person was almost lying on the bronze tripod.
They all say he's a fool, but is he really stupid?
In the first year of the Republic, is this era really only the Republic of China?
Although he hadn't been to school for a few years, in the era of information explosion, how could he not know that the first year of the republic could be the era name of the Western Zhou Dynasty?
But how can the bronze tripod of the Western Zhou Dynasty only have a thin layer of patina?
So he, like some so-called experts, decided that it was a fake.
He opened an antique shop, no matter how stupid he was, it was impossible not to have the most basic knowledge, so for this fake thing, he told people that it was made in the Republic of China, and it was made by the national political axe, so that with a history of nearly a hundred years, it is possible to sell it at a high price.
If you tell people that this is the product of the riots of the Chinese people in the Western Zhou Dynasty, you may be directly despised, if it is really a bronze of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it is such a historically significant thing, how can it appear in his small shop?
The world is so unpredictable, and the patina, which originally increased the value of this bronze tripod, is precisely the culprit who hides its true value.
Antiques, looking at the precipitation of the history above, who would have thought that after removing that layer of patina, the historical vicissitudes of this bronze will be stronger.
Such a national treasure was sold for 200,000 yuan?
At this time, all that was left for him was endless regrets.
Finally, Bao Wei raised his head, and he said a bit like to himself: "Is this bronze tripod for sale?" ”
"I'm not a fool, and I'm not two hundred and five." Jin San also said in a low voice.
Tao Lin said: "It's illegal to buy and sell bronzes, right?" ”
Jin Sandao: "This bronze has a complete inheritance record, buried underground is the state, and the artifacts that have been kept by people for generations will also be confiscated by the state, so it's a bit too much, right?" ”
Tao Dayou said: "On this bronze tripod, there is only a thin layer of patina, even if it has been buried, it must not be a long time, and it may really be a heritage artifact." ”
"It's not a possibility, it's a fact."
"But what evidence can you find that this is an artifact of inheritance? Even if it is an inheritance artifact, can you explain its historical inheritance clearly? I think it's better to leave it to our museum, so that you can get a part of the benefits. ”
Tao Lin is unceremonious, he has no good impression of Jin San, a counterfeit cultural relics dealer, and now he has seized this opportunity, what is there to be polite to him?
Jin San sneered: "You think I'm such a bully? ”
After speaking, he turned around and no longer paid attention to a few people, but looked at the bronze tripod carefully.
He also did not expect that the real bronze tripod would be so beautiful, and this bronze tripod probably represented the most advanced casting process at that time.
And he saw the entire casting process of this bronze tripod, and even the process method of smelting bronze, so that in the future, Jin San himself also had the ability to imitate bronze.