Chapter 132: It's All a Fake!
"Rong Bao Zhai" is located in the center of the glaze factory, is an antique, carved beams and paintings of tall antique buildings.
"Rong Bao Zhai" is a well-known Chinese and foreign time-honored brand, has a history of more than 300 years, is a well-deserved "century-old shop".
The predecessor of Rong Bao Zhai is "Songzhu Zhai", which was founded in the 11th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1672 AD), the founder of Songzhu Zhai is a Zhejiang person, surnamed Zhang, he originally used his money to be an official in Beijing to open a small South Paper Shop.
After the Opium War, Songzhuzhai was difficult to maintain, and the shopkeeper hired Zhuang Huchen, a famous man from Guangzhou, to have almost all varieties of blue and white porcelain.
Among them, there is even a piece of blue and white porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty!
Yuan Qinghua, who in the industry does not know, once auctioned more than 200 million sky-high price, became the highest value of Chinese art at that time, this record has also been maintained for a long time, since then, Yuan Qinghua is well-known at home and abroad, the domestic collection industry is to set off a wave of collection of Yuan Qinghua, of course, there are many speculators, the price of Yuan Qinghua porcelain has been raised to the top of ordinary people's reach.
Under the popularity of Yuan Qinghua, there are many people who blindly chase interests, so Yuan Qinghua counterfeiters emerge in endlessly, and fakes flood the market, however, a cruel reality tells the collectors who pursue Yuan Qinghua, Yuan Qinghua is extremely rare, and most of them are lost abroad, and only some of them are mostly stored in major museums in China.
From this point of view, the Yuan blue and white that appeared in this batch of returnee porcelain is worth studying, if it is genuine Yuan blue and white, how can it be so easy to get it back from overseas, foreign collectors are not fools, how can they not know the market of Yuan blue and white, unless it is a leak picked up from the hands of a real layman, but this possibility is extremely small.
"There really is a big pot of blue and white flowers!" Bai Wenchao blurted out in surprise again.
"Well, that's indeed a large pot of Yuan blue and white!" Sun Shangwu agreed.
Although the two of them are not big experts, they are just fledgling newcomers, but they are much more expert than laymen, and they naturally recognize what the Yuan Qinghua jar looks like.
But at this moment, no one noticed that Yi Yang's face had quietly changed, from the previous look of surprise to horror and doubt.
"How is that possible?! No aura?! Yi Yang was secretly surprised.
It turned out that he had discovered a shocking situation, that batch of porcelain did not exude aura.
All porcelain has no sign of this at all!
It's incredible!
According to his judgment, all the porcelain in front of him is a fake, and it is a new imitation!
Yi Yang couldn't believe his own consciousness, but the fact was that he couldn't believe it.
His right eye ability has never been bad in judging this aspect, although he may not be able to judge some old imitations, but the new imitation is different, it has experienced a short age, without aura, and the large pile of blue and white porcelain in front of him is exactly in line with this characteristic, no different from the new imitation, but since it can deceive the eyes of so many experts, it must be the high imitation of the high imitation, and it may be the king of fake porcelain "Ming imitation" that makes people headaches.
"It's all fakes!" After it was confirmed, Yi Yang secretly set off a wave.
"Master Mu, Brother Yi, please help us take a good look, if we see anything abnormal, just say it, we want to listen to the opinions of this authoritative expert." Later, I only heard Mr. Duan greet with laughter.
"Well, we're looking." Mu Lao nodded in reply.
Yi Yang didn't speak, his gaze resting on a large blue and white vase in the middle.
Others haven't started to identify yet, but he has already affirmed it.
When it comes to identifying old and new porcelain, he is quicker and more accurate than any expert.
But he naturally won't say the matter immediately, and make a judgment so quickly, if people know, then everyone will doubt it, even if it is Sun Wukong's fiery eyes, then he has to look at it first.
Although Yi Yang believed that all the porcelain was a fake, and none of them were spared, he still had no evidence, after all, his knowledge was extremely limited, and he did not have much in-depth research on porcelain, so if he wanted to point out the specific problems on the porcelain, then he really couldn't do anything.
But also, since it is a high imitation, it can also deceive the eyes of many experts, which shows that the thing is done vividly, and each feature is very in line with the characteristics of the corresponding porcelain in ancient times, impeccable.
"Since it may be a 'clear imitation', then it may be possible to find a gap from above." Yi Yang thought secretly.
But where the "imitation" is generally left on the porcelain, there are only some left on the inner wall of the porcelain, where the naked eye cannot see, unless the thing is broken, otherwise there is no way to determine the authenticity.
With this thought in mind, Yi Yang took out a magnifying glass and looked at the batch of porcelain in detail.
He has already studied the situation of "Ming imitation", and knows where the defects are most likely to appear, and focuses on those places.
But then Yi Yang inspected a good piece of porcelain, and didn't even find a problem with a piece of porcelain, let alone a defect, not even a little flaw.
Like such a well-preserved porcelain, in fact, this itself is questionable, the general porcelain in the process of collection, if it has gone through a long time, it will generally have a certain amount of wear, but this batch of blue and white porcelain in front of you even the bottom does not seem to have any traces of friction, this is a very strange phenomenon, I don't know if Mr. Duan has taken it into account.
"There it is!"
When inspecting a blue and white plum vase from the Ming Dynasty, Yi Yang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he finally found a problem, which was equivalent to him finding evidence.
For this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After looking at the porcelain, he checked the last piece of porcelain, and found no missing thing.
"This batch of porcelain is really 'Ming imitation'!"
After inspecting them all, Yi Yang secretly let out a long sigh, he encountered "Ming Imitation" again today, and he encountered so many things in a row, which was something he couldn't think of before.
He was sure that the plum vase was a fake, which was equivalent to a complete identification, because although he did not find the sign of "Ming Fang" on the surface of the porcelain, it was very likely that the secret mark was hidden on the inner wall or inside of the porcelain, and could not be seen from the outside.
In any case, one thing is certain, that is, the batch of returnee porcelain that Mr. Duan and his museum eagerly received are fakes.
"Xiao Yi, how do you feel?"
After reading it, Yi Yang raised his head with a strange expression.
Mu Lao, who was standing next to him and had been checking the porcelain just now, asked softly.
Yi Yang pursed his lips, shook his head and said in a low voice: "Mu Lao, I feel that this batch of porcelain is not good. ”
"You also think something might be wrong?!" When he heard Yi Yang's words, Mu Lao asked in a somewhat excited tone.
"Well, yes!" Yi Yang nodded and said solemnly, "It's not that simple. How is it possible to recover so many fine blue and white porcelain at one time? ”
Mu Lao said: "Mr. Duan said that this batch of returnee porcelain was not bought back from abroad by the collector at one time, but he took it back one after another, and he has collected it himself for a long time, and now he is taking it out to prepare for auction." ”
Yi Yang said: "That's not likely. ”
"Well, I think so too." Mu Lao said, "I have never seen such a situation before, I took out nearly twenty pieces of blue and white porcelain at one time, and they are all official kiln products, what a big deal!" But I'm ashamed to say that these porcelains look so beautifully made that I can't find fault with them at all. Xiao Yi, are you sure there is a problem? ”
Yi Yang nodded lightly, but didn't say anything.
Mu Lao could see the confidence in his eyes, he was confident.
At this time, Mr. Duan and the others noticed Yi Yang and Mu Lao, and saw that the two of them were talking in a whisper on the side, looking a little Yi Yang, they looked at each other, and they couldn't help but be a little nervous.
Even if they don't believe in Yi Yang's vision at all, Mu Lao is famous, and there are collectors in the north and south who don't know his name, but his opinion is very concerning.
"Master Mu, Brother Yi, what's the result?"
Seeing that the situation seemed to be not good, Mr. Duan walked over nervously and asked.
Yi Yang and Mu Lao glanced at each other, and they both had different colors in their eyes.
Yi Yang is pondering at the moment whether to talk to him.
But since the matter is very important, and Mr. Duan and they so earnestly invited them to do the appraisal, I am afraid it would be very inappropriate if they did not tell the truth.
After all, this matter is not trivial, it is extremely important to Mr. Duan, and it is very likely that it is related to the life and death of their "Rong Bao Zhai" auction house.
This is not one or two fakes, but more than a dozen, and each piece is a treasure, if they hold a special auction, and the matter is exposed after the transaction is made, it will be really troublesome.
"Master Mu, Brother Yi, you must tell us the truth if you have anything, we are going to hold this auction soon, and the matter is very urgent."
"Xiao Yi and I both think there is something wrong with this batch of returnee porcelain." After pondering for a moment, Mu Lao spoke, and he told the truth.
As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar.
Bai Wenchao and Sun Shangwu, who were standing on the sidelines and watching, also showed a look of surprise on their faces.
They never thought that Mu Lao would say that, and if he said this, wouldn't it be equivalent to a complete denial of that batch of porcelain.
"Huh?! Is there a problem?! Hearing this, Mr. Duan's face changed suddenly, and he looked at Mu Lao and then at Yi Yang with a frightened expression, as if he couldn't believe his ears.
"Yes." Mu Lao replied solemnly, "This batch of porcelain is not as simple as everyone thinks, we must have a problem." ”
"All the problems?!" Mr. Duan asked nervously.
Mu Lao nodded and said, "Well, it's all wrong." ”
"How is that possible?!" When they heard his words, the other experts standing on the side shook their heads one after another, expressing their disbelief.
"Master Mu, this won't be, right?" An older master stepped forward and asked, "Even if there are one or two fakes in it, it doesn't mean all, does it?" All this porcelain is a fake, you think! How could such a coincidence happen?! The boss can't collect so much high-quality porcelain! ”
Mu Lao said: "If I guessed correctly, the seller may not be telling you the truth, in fact, this batch of porcelain was not received by him one after another, but received together, if they are all imitations, it should be the same kind of high imitation, such as 'Ming imitation'!" ”
"'Ming imitation'?!" After Mu Lao said this, everyone talked for a while, their faces were shocked, but at the same time, their eyes were full of doubts.
"How so?!" A relatively young appraiser suddenly stood up and said excitedly, "We looked very carefully, and there were no problems, so we almost didn't take it for carbon 14 testing." Master Mu, are you mistaken? ”
"That's right, that's our opinion." Master Mu replied unequivocally, "I advise you to take a closer look, and if you can, take it for carbon 14 testing, although it is also difficult to accurately distinguish some high imitations." ”
"But there is no evidence, and we must come up with solid evidence." The young appraiser said that he still didn't believe Mu Lao's words.
"......" Mu Lao did not answer the man's words, but looked at Yi Yang, who was standing quietly and silently, with deep meaning.
He could naturally see that Yi Yang had already counted it in his heart, and he couldn't come up with evidence himself, but Yi Yang didn't necessarily have to come up with it.
"Brother Yi, what do you think?" Seeing that Yi Yang didn't say a word from beginning to end, Mr. Duan asked anxiously.
"My thoughts are the same as Mu Lao's, this batch of porcelain is wrong." Yi Yang replied indifferently.
"Then you don't have any proof, right?" The young appraiser asked rhetorically, his tone when he asked Yi Yang was obviously a little contemptuous, in fact, they were very optimistic about Yi Yang from the beginning, thinking that he could see something famous as a young man.
Now that Yi Yang said that seriously, they despised each other even more, and they all thought that you could challenge our authority as a little kid.
As appraisal experts, they naturally have a conceited mentality, and they are still happy when they are denied by a junior.
"Yes!" Yi Yang nodded vigorously and said, "I have evidence!" It can be proved that these porcelains are all fakes, and they are 'Ming imitations'! ”
As soon as he said this, the audience was shaken, including Bai Wenchao and Sun Shangwu, who were bystanders, and they were extremely stunned.