Chapter 4 wrong gold and silver phoenix bird pattern songding

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After returning home, Li Mobai went into the old man's appraisal room and began to analyze and verify in detail.

The old man was also quite curious, looking at Li Mobai who was mysterious and holding back excitement, and also wanted to know what kind of treasure his grandson had made, and followed him into the appraisal room. After all, when a person is old, he is no more energetic than a young man, and when he comes in after washing, this small tripod has been carefully placed on the stage. As soon as the old man came in, he saw this pocket-sized small ding, and couldn't help but laugh and scold:

"You stinky boy, you have been stupid for a few years with foreign ink, and those blonde and blue-eyed foreign devils treat high-imitation fakes as treasures, how can you also learn it!" Seeing his proud grandson observing Xiao Ding with a 100x magnifying glass with a holy face, he felt a little crying and laughing, and he didn't think that he could find genuine bronzes in the ghost market, which was an illegal business.

"Hehe, old man, you have to take a good look at your old age, be careful with your eyes!" Li Mobai didn't raise his head, and continued to observe Xiao Ding carefully, but he didn't suffer at all.

"Hey, let me see, you kid won't be so lucky, will you? If you go there once by chance, can you actually pick up a leak? The old man knew that his grandson had never been untargeted, and he walked in quickly, wanting to see what was going on.

"Old man, you can help me take a look!" Seeing that the old man was a little anxious, he asked the old man to look at it first, but his heart was already happy.

The old man picked up Xiaoding, a magnifying glass for a while, a microscope for a while, a moment of knocking and listening to the sound for a while and sniffing the smell vigorously, up and down, inside and out, looking at it for nearly 20 minutes, his expression changed from casual at the beginning to shock later, and then replaced by excitement on his face, and he almost danced.

"Good boy, luck is really good, there is no doubt that this tripod is open to the door, and it is almost open to the generation, but from the perspective of shape, ornamentation, and workmanship, eighty percent is the copper tripod in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, this is a baby!" The old man's face was red, and his excitement was palpable.

"Hehe, old man, this Xiaoding can still enter your old eyes, right?" Seeing that the old man basically confirmed that this was a suspected national treasure, he was extremely happy, looking at the old man's excited expression, Li Mobai quipped. Since Li Mobai was playing with antiques alone, he had never been praised by the old man, and he always said that the objects that Li Mobai was playing with could not be put on the table, and this time he finally had a chance to win back a game.

"Mo Bai, although there is no generation, and the inscription has not been interpreted, but I am sure that even if it does not reach the level of a national treasure, the first-class cultural relics cannot run! What are you going to do about it? The old man used to work as a researcher in the museum, and he asked with a solemn expression on the identification and rating of cultural relics.

"Hey, old man, you are well-informed, how to deal with it is not your old man's words!" Li Mobai said with a smile.

"Stinky boy, is my old man so talented?" The old man was anxious, blew his beard and glared, but he didn't mean to be angry at all, and said after a while: "Although the state has always been very strict about bronzes, there is no ban on private collections!" Although the interpretation of these inscriptions may shock the academic community, there are still so many precious cultural relics to be studied and protected in the country, and there is no shortage of this one! ”

"Hehe, what your old man said is so right, the country is not short of this one, not to mention that the collection should be among the people!" Li Mobai was a snake beater, and he never thought of donating this small tripod to the country. The state of the museum Li Mobai is clear, not to mention the inside story of the self-theft of the guards, the funds are also limited, and there are more cultural relics waiting for a large amount of money to maintain! What's more, there are most museums operating for a fee, what is the difference between this and the enterprise, why donate cultural relics, want to see it again in the future, and spend money to buy tickets, which is blocked!

"Hehe, don't talk about this, let's hurry up and deal with this baby, and we can't let the baby pearl be dusted again!" The old fox and the little fox spoke in unison, and they had no idea of donating at all. What's wrong with the country's heavy weapon, it's in my hands now, I didn't steal, I didn't rob the tomb, and it has been unearthed for many years, not to mention that I will maintain it better. It's not that the old and young are not highly conscious, but the reality is like this!

"Old man, don't worry, leave it to me, I promise you to see a perfect work of art!" Li Mobai swore under the guise of guarantee, so he almost patted his chest and swore an oath.

"Okay, I believe in the ability of my Li family's excellent son, wait for you to take care of it, let's talk about it!" The old man said thoughtfully.

"As long as you are old, I will take care of your handsome and dashing grandchildren!" Hearing the old man say this, Li Mobai knew that the test was passed. When he was a child, Li Mobai was very afraid of the old man, especially taking a bath in those weird-tasting potions on time every day, he was really afraid, but when he grew up and tasted the sweetness, he found that although the old man was a little talented, he was not terrible, so he often played some harmless jokes with the old man.

"Stinky boy, don't be poor, hurry up and take good care of this baby, if you don't maintain it well, the national treasure will become scrap copper and rotten iron!" The old man went out happily, not at all worried about whether Li Mobai could handle this treasure well.

Nowadays, the bronze generally refers to the copper and tin alloy artifacts before the pre-Qin period, the so-called bronze, is the alloy of red copper and tin, or the alloy of red copper, tin and lead, bronze appeared in China about 2000 BC, popular in the late Neolithic Age to the Qin and Han dynasties, and flourished in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the common bronzes are food vessels, wine vessels, water vessels, musical instruments, chariot and horse ornaments, bronze mirrors, belt hooks, weapons, town objects, etc., and specifically divided into Ding, 鬲 (li), 甗yan), 簋 (guǐ), 簠 (fu), 盨 ( xǔ), Dun (duì) bean, jue, horn, 斝 (jiǎ), 觚 (gū), 觯 (zhì), 兕觥 (sìgōng) zun, 卣 (yǒu), 盉 (hé), square Yi, spoon, 罍 (léi), pot, plate, 匜 (yí), 瓿 (bù), 盂, weaving cymbals, chimes, yue, and so on dozens of kinds, the early bronzes are mainly said to be living utensils, but since the summer has become the most important sacrificial ritual vessel, with the most noble tripod, since ancient times, there is a legend of "Yu casting nine tripods to set the world", and has been seen in the " Historical Records.

The maintenance of bronzes is a technical task, and there is a considerable shortage of talents, and museums everywhere have a headache for this. Bronzes are generally buried deep underground, resulting in copper contact with chloride, and copper to form cuprous chloride, cuprous chloride and water, oxygen, carbon dioxide under the action of the formation of powdery rust, and powdery rust and oxygen, water interaction ......, so on, and finally cause the bronze corrosion products continue to expand, deep, until the utensils fester, perforated, this is the academic community said "bronze disease", so the maintenance of bronzes is particularly important, and it costs a lot of money.

Therefore, when you see the news of the tight budget of the museum, don't be surprised to ask why, the cost of cultural relics conservation is very amazing, which is why many large tombs dare not be excavated. Just ask, who doesn't want to know what treasures are in the tombs of Qin Shi Huang and Wu Zetian, but once excavated, the cost of maintenance will make the heads of the cultural relics department stand at the gate of Zhongnanhai, holding the possible Dayu Jiuding, crying and begging for a red ticket.

Although the old man's appraisal room is not big, under Li Mobai's encouragement, there is no shortage of all kinds of modern identification and maintenance instruments and materials. So on the third day, this Xiaoding had already changed his vest and changed his appearance, and now it is not what it used to be, and it is perfectly presented in front of the family.

After Li Mobai's professional rust removal, cleaning, film formation, and sealing, he couldn't hide the gorgeous and noble temperament in the antiquity, which made the room full of brilliance and brilliance, as if he was in the royal palace. At this time, look at this small tripod, you can clearly feel the superb skills of the ancients in the wrong gold and silver production process, the bronze casting of the tripod body is "black lacquer ancient" color, the outer layer is decorated with gold and silver, the cover top, the mouth edge, the flow (Ding mouth) and the attached ears are fine and symmetrical wrong gold and silver geometric moire vortex line, between the rotating fine vortex lines, with a wider surface to connect, full of rhythm and rhythm beauty, a pair of symmetrical gilt gluttony next to the head button is vivid, and the belly of the tripod is decorated with the long tail pattern of the phoenix bird with silver for the flesh and blood, and the gold for the muscles and bones, Dingzu is decorated with wrong gold geometric moire, exquisite, there are inscriptions 9 lines of 82 words on one side of the table, made of gold mistakes, shining, the font is a grass leaf seal, the lines are strong and elegant, the horizontal and vertical strokes are crossed, supplemented by polka dot decoration, like a little star, scattered between the lines, in the black lacquer antique background of the surface of the instrument is like the stars flashing in the dark blue sky of the summer night, the neighbors are intoxicated.

"Wow, it's so beautiful, brother, where did you buy such beautiful crafts?" As soon as Li Mobai took out the processed Xiao Ding, the two baby sisters exclaimed.

"These two girls are really just playful, they don't know how to learn, where is this handicraft, this is a national treasure!" The old man put on his gloves and watched carefully.

"National treasure, wouldn't that cost a lot of money, brother, you're so powerful, you've made a lot of money, you've started to buy back national treasures, no, you want to buy a minicoper for me and Yuqing, okay?" Although Xiaoding is beautiful, but antiques are not the focus of girls' likes after all, although Yu Jing also wants to get started, but the old man is helpless and does not let go, blinking his eyes wide, so he changed the direction and found Li Mobai.

"Yuxing, you are really like what grandpa said if you don't learn anything, there is no such news recently, if there is, the media will definitely report it crazy. It must be the old brother who picked up a leak in the ghost market, and it's a big leak! Hee-hee, dude, I'm smart! Yu Qing was afraid that the benefits would be won by Yu Ying, so she also came over, looking very well-behaved.

"These two kids, your brother is not a banker, and he doesn't have an ATM with him, so he knows that there is chaos!" The mother looked at the playful appearance of the two girls, and also laughed and scolded.

"My brother is not a banker, but my brother is our exclusive ATM, brother, you say yes!" The two girls said proudly. Although the Li family is quite wealthy and loves these two girls very much, they are still relatively strict in terms of economy, and their pocket money is numbered, and every time Li Mobai goes home, he sprinkles a lot of pounds or euros outside, and responds to requests, so the two girls say this.

"Come on, it turns out that your handsome and dashing brother is this image in your hearts, I'm sad, from now on, the ATM is powered off!" Li Mobai listened to the gags of the two girls, and couldn't cry or laugh.

"Mo Bai, tell me what this Xiaoding has to say!" The old man took Xiao Ding and asked with a smile, under normal circumstances, when the old man calls Mo Bai, it means that he will take the school exam or talk about serious things, and Li Mobai usually does not dare to be full of flowers.

"Hehe, in front of the old man's eyes, then I'll be presumptuous, talk about it?" Although the old man had the intention of taking the school exam, Li Mobai knew that the old man was happy, so he smiled.

"Stinky boy, don't be complacent, besides, my old man is not that Bi Ma Wen, my old man is wrong and he doesn't follow!" The old man pretended to scold and put Xiao Ding on the table, but he didn't mean to be angry at all.

"Okay, then I'll talk about it!" picked up Xiao Ding on the table and opened the conversation.

"After cleaning and maintenance, after restoring the original appearance, it was found that this is a wrong gold and silver phoenix bird pattern Song Ding in the Western Zhou Dynasty, which is very rare, as far as I know, it should be the only one with the wrong gold inscription in the bronzes of the Western Zhou Dynasty found at present, through the observation of rust powder and copper, it is obviously an alloy of red copper and tin and lead, which is also confirmed by instrumental analysis; This small tripod adopts the fan casting method, the surface of the vessel has obvious fan marks casting seams, the bottom of the vessel has fan marks and sharp edges and corners, the moire docking place is decorated with traces of high and low dislocation, and the main pattern and the ground pattern are distinct, the main pattern of the abdomen of the phoenix bird ornament has the characteristics of the long tail of the western perimeter in line with the totem of the mythical beast phoenix emperor at that time, the gluttony on the top also shows that when people advocate strength, the moire implies people's good wishes to live in the clouds, which is a typical Western Zhou Dynasty bronze production style.

Then carefully observe the gold and silver mis-patterned decoration process also has obvious dents and grinding marks, clearly found that there are the ancients in the casting reserved concave lines, and then poured clay gold polishing, and finally from the overall shape, in line with the characteristics of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and in the shape of the vessel found so far, there is no same shape, in line with the ancients one instrument, one model, handmade process characteristics.

In the process of maintenance, through the identification of patina, it is found that the structure is dense, the natural rust is naturally generated, there is a crystal shape, the layers are distinct, and it is not easy to peel off. Therefore, it is now preliminarily determined that this tripod is a treasure of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

After looking at the shape of the vessel, carefully identify the inscription on the table of the instrument and found that the Ding wrong gold text is the grass leaf seal gold text, a total of 9 lines of 82 words, the handwriting looks straight and regular, natural and round, fine and elegant, calligraphy is not inferior to the masterpiece "Mao Gong Ding" and "Sanshi Pan", which has high artistic value. The content of these inscriptions is amazing, after my preliminary interpretation, I found that it was actually recorded that after the victory of King Mu of Zhou, he cast this tripod with the spoils of war, which was used to sacrifice heaven and earth and the ode to the protection of the first king, which just confirmed the record of Sima Qian's "Historical Records of Zhou Benji" about King Mu, so it can also be called the wrong gold and silver King Mu Songding, all in all, this small tripod is the earliest wrong gold and silver Song Ding found at present, which can be called an important discovery in the study of the history of the Western Zhou Dynasty, showing the pinnacle of bronze art in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the academic research is of great value. ”

Speaking of this, Li Mobai also unconsciously felt his heart beating faster, although it had been confirmed in the cleaning and maintenance process yesterday, but at this time, he also felt a little excited. After Li Mobai finished speaking, he found that the two baby sisters and their parents had opened their mouths wide, and looked at the little ding in their hands a little stupidly, unable to speak. The old man's expression was natural, but his face was also full of red light, although he knew that it was a treasure, but he didn't expect it to be so precious.

"Okay, Mo Bai is good, I didn't let the pearl be dusted, and finally let the national treasure see the sky again, I, Li Hanzhou, finally did not disappoint the ancestors!" The old man said, tears flashed in his eyes, "Wanyi, add vegetables at night, my old man wants to have two cups with Mo Bai!" Immediately, Li Mobai's mother was instructed that her mother's surname was Zhang and her name was Wanyi. Under the patriarchal style of the old man, the Li family is more particular about eating, although there is no food and silence, but the dishes and eating time of the three meals have specific requirements and regulations, such as under normal circumstances, dinner is four dishes and one soup, and the festival is different.

"Grandpa, I want to drink it too, my brother brought back the best red wine, hehe!" Yu Wei was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, so she stuck out her tongue cutely and took the opportunity to coax and say.

"Drink, everyone drinks tonight, don't get drunk!" The old man waved his hand, quite patriarchal,

"Hee-hee, I know grandpa is the best!" Yu Qing hurriedly patted the horse while it was hot.

"None of you are allowed to mention this Xiaoding matter to the outside world, it is all rotten in the stomach, don't ask what to do with Xiaoding, Mo Bai has his own plans!" The old man didn't take the little girl's stubble, and commanded with a serious expression.

"Well, people know!" Yu Qing pursed her mouth, and found that the horse's fart was slapped on the cow's buttocks, looking aggrieved, and the family laughed, "By the way, brother, what is wrong gold and silver?" Seeing everyone laughing, the little girl quickly changed the topic, but she really didn't know what was wrong gold and silver in her heart.

The little girl raised questions, and Li Mobai then explained:

"The so-called wrong gold and silver, refers to a casting process of bronze, but also the nobility in the bronze, but also the most gorgeous sunset in the Chinese Bronze Age, Zhang Heng of the Western Han Dynasty "Four Sorrowful Poems" once had the famous poem of "the beauty gave me the wrong knife, how to repay the Ying Qiongyao", that is, the ancients highly loved the wrong gold and silver craft. Wrong gold and silver, also known as gold and silver wrong, is to first cast or chisel out grooves on the surface of the bronze, and then embed gold and silver wires, sheets, etc., hammered firmly, and then polish it smooth with a stone to make it level with the surface of the utensils, and finally polish with charcoal and water, so that the surface of the bronze and the gold and silver ornaments show different colors, reflecting the magnificent patterns, and achieving the decorative effect of highlighting the ornaments and inscriptions.

In order to pursue the ultimate beauty of decoration, the wrong gold, silver and bronze ornaments mostly use geometric patterns with a sense of rhythm and rhythm and traditional bird and animal patterns; The inscription has also undergone significant changes compared with the bronze ware, and the position of the inscription has been moved from the inside to the surface of the vessel, and it is deliberately artistic. Wrong gold inscriptions generally use a variety of art words, among which the most used is the Wu Yue bird insect book, that is, the flower body in the seal book, often with insects and birds to form strokes, like a book like a painting, full of interest. Therefore, the wrong gold, silver and bronze ware is exclusive to the royal princes, such as this Western Zhou Dynasty copper tripod, gorgeous and elegant, exquisite, indicating that the wrong gold and silver craft has become the favorite of the princes and nobles at that time, understand? ”

"Hehe, brother, you're amazing, isn't that brother developed! It's a pity to be so beautiful, it's definitely worth a lot of money! After listening to the explanation, Yu Ying's big eyes looked at Li Mobai with little stars, pretending to be a cute picture of my favorite money.

"If you want to talk about the value, it doesn't hurt to say that it is a priceless treasure, if you take it out, the bronze academic community around the world will be shaken!" Li Mobai looked at his baby sister, scratched the tip of his nose and said, "In 2001, at Christie's Spring Auction in New York, USA, a late Shang Dynasty vessel sold for 9.246 million US dollars, equivalent to more than 90 million yuan at that time, and the lid left in the Shanghai Museum in China is an old national treasure, not to mention that the value of this small tripod is higher, 10 years later, you think about how much it is worth, I estimate that it is no better than this small tripod if you repeatedly auction it dozens of times, haha!" ”

"Brother, you hate it, it's necrotic! Ignore you! ”

"Alright, put it away, this thing is squeamish!" Looking at the brothers and sisters who were making a mess, the old man seemed to remember something, got up and said, "Mo Bai, come to the study in a while, I have something to talk to you about!" ”

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