Chapter 358: The Best Deal (Medium)
"Where's the evidence?" Listening to Yi Yang's words, Director Zuo and the other museum personnel were even more uneasy, but Director Zuo's eyes were still full of doubts, and he couldn't wait to ask.
The cloud shopkeeper also asked anxiously: "Xiao Yi, what is the problem with this big bottle?" â
Compared with Director Zuo, the shopkeeper seems to believe in Yi Yang's eyesight more, and now he doesn't question Yi Yang's appraisal results, but just wants to find out where the problem is, such a beautiful piece of porcelain, no matter how you look at it, you can't see the slightest flaw, how Yi Yang can see that it has a problem, and admits that it is the "Ming imitation" that the collection world is afraid of.
Yi Yang shook his head lightly and said indifferently: "Curator Zuo, don't worry, listen to me slowly." Teacher Fu and the shopkeeper Yun invited me to show you something, I don't dare to hide anything, so I will say whatever I see, and I hope that if you make a mistake, you can understand. But this is just my personal opinion, maybe my eyesight is not good, and I have lost my eyes, which is also very possible! â
He didn't directly answer Curator Zuo's question, but explained it first, so as not to make trouble when he got it.
If it weren't for the fact that big names like Master Fu and Shopkeeper Yun specially invited him to do this appraisal, then he didn't need to tell the truth, so as not to bring unnecessary trouble, just know it in his heart.
"Brother Yi, you are humble." Curator Zuo hurriedly shook his head and said, "We don't mean anything else, we just want to find out." Today, I am fortunate to invite you to help with the appraisal, of course, I hope you will tell the truth, don't have any worries, and see what the problem is coming and say it directly. â
"I'm relieved to have your words." Yi Yang smiled slightly, expressing relief.
"Then now please sue me, why do you say that this pastel vase is a 'Ming imitation'? How do you see that? Curator Zuo then asked.
Yi Yang paused and said, "'Ming Imitation' really touched me a lot, because I had encountered a lot of them before. As we all know, 'Ming imitation' is fiercer than a tiger, and it is not shallow! Therefore, I will never be merciful when I see the 'Ming Imitation', because if I let it go, it may hurt others, at least it will hurt money, and at worst it will ruin my family, which is a very tragic thing anyway. â
"You're so right!" Curator Zuo gave a thumbs up and praised, "We know that you are the most authoritative expert in the identification of 'Ming Imitation', so we asked Master Fu to specially invite you to palm." To tell you the truth, before I asked you to identify it, we were a little suspicious, thinking that this might be a 'clear imitation', but I didn't expect the result to be so clear after it came to you, and there was no suspense at all! Hey~~"
He let out a long sigh as he spoke, his face full of disappointment.
Although he had doubts about Yi Yang's identification, he had subconsciously accepted this fact, but they still had a glimmer of hope until they saw the evidence.
After all, it was one of the most optimistic pieces of porcelain in their museum, and it was finally recovered after tossing, if it was really a fake, then the previous efforts would be in vain, of course, the economic losses were also heavy, and no one could afford to take this responsibility.
Yi Yang said helplessly: "I'm just telling the truth, of course I also hope that what you receive is undoubtedly good!" But when I saw this porcelain, I was really like a fish in my throat, and I didn't vomit or be happy! â
"Then please sue us, why do you say that this is a 'clear imitation', and we can't see it at all?" Curator Zuo asked, his tone was a little calmer at the moment, and he was not so urgent.
Yi Yang replied: "I think you all know, 'Ming imitation' is a high imitation, but it is different from the general high imitation, it should be said that it is a high imitation of the high imitation, it is difficult to distinguish, because the process of 'Ming imitation' is extremely high, and the simulation degree of the things made is not 100%, 99% is there." However, there is a characteristic of 'light imitation', that is, it has a secret mark on it, and the jargon is called 'missing', and the general 'light imitation' can find out the defect. â
"Yes." The cloud shopkeeper nodded solemnly and said, "There are flaws in 'Ming Imitation', but it is not easy to find out. Xiao Yi, it seems that you have already found the gap, right? â
When this sentence was asked, the eyes of everyone present fell on Yi Yang's face, waiting for his answer, if he could point out the omission, it would be equivalent to coming up with ironclad evidence, which could not be questioned.
"Well, I've found it." Yi Yang nodded vigorously and said with a positive color.
"Wow~~"
There was an uproar.
Curator Zuo and the others turned pale on their faces, and a look of despair appeared on their faces.
Since Yi Yang has even found the flaws of "Ming imitation", what else is there to wonder, it is a foregone conclusion.
But despite facing such a result, Curator Zuo was still not completely discouraged, and said in a trembling voice: "Then please point out Brother Yi, where is the leak of 'Ming Imitation' hidden." â
Yi Yang glanced at the porcelain and said, "If it is determined that the porcelain is a 'Ming imitation', then it is not difficult to find out its defects. The "Ming imitation" logo generally has a special place, such as the eyes of the character decorated with the character's ornamentation, or other places where the glaze of the ornament is relatively strong. â
"Xiao Yi, do you mean that the secret mark of 'Ming Imitation' is stored in the flower and bird pattern of the porcelain in ZĂ i...... Above? Hearing what Yi Yang said, Master Fu seemed to be the first to understand the deep meaning of his words, so he pointed to the big bottle and asked in a flickering voice.
Yi Yang glanced back at Master Fu, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Teacher Fu, I think you guessed right." â
"Is the gap really on there?!" Master Fu asked rhetorically, his tone a little excited.
Yi Yang nodded and said, "Yes." â
"Where?!" Curator Zuo asked hurriedly.
Yi Yang and Master Fu were playing dumb riddles, and Curator Zuo, Shopkeeper Yun and others hadn't reacted yet, and they didn't know what was missing.
Master Fu glanced at Yi Yang intentionally or unintentionally, and replied, "Maybe it's in the eyes of that big, bird, right?" â
"On the bird's eyes?" Curator Zuo was surprised.
"It should be, let's take a look first." Master Fu responded.
While the two were talking, the shopkeeper Yun had already walked over first, and picked up a magnifying glass to seriously inspect a certain part of the surface of the bottle.
"It's really!" After watching it for a long time, I only heard an exclamation from the cloud shopkeeper, and then raised his head to look at Curator Zuo and said: "Old Zuo, Xiao Yi is not wrong at all, there is indeed a gap in this, and it is the secret mark of 'Ming Imitation'!" â
As soon as these words came out, Lao Liao and other onlookers were surprised again, and then they began to discuss.
"Where?!" Curator Zuo trembled and pounced.
"Right here." The cloud shopkeeper pointed to the porcelain and said, "Take a magnifying glass and look at it carefully, if it weren't for Xiao Yi's guidance, then you really wouldn't have noticed it." â
As he spoke, he handed the magnifying glass to Curator Zuo and asked him to take a good look at it for himself.
Curator Zuo took it with trembling hands, and then looked at the pastel bottle intently according to what the cloud shopkeeper said.
The part he was looking at was naturally the bird pattern that Yi Yang alluded to, to be exact, on the bird's eyes.
Uneasy, Curator Zuo looked at it for a long time.
Vaguely, he finally saw that on the lifelike bird's eyes, a mark gradually emerged, and on the square secret mark, there were four words written, plum blossom small seal, saying "anti, Qing Fuming".
What is this not a mark of "imitation"?
"Oops!"
After seeing it clearly, Curator Zuo slapped his forehead heavily and shouted loudly.
At this point, the conclusion has been reached, and Director Zuo has nothing to doubt.
"Curator Zuo, are you alright?" Seeing that Curator Zuo's body was fluttering, as if he was about to fall, Yi Yang hurriedly reached out to help him, and asked with concern.
Curator Zuo froze, shook his head and said, "It's okay, you can still hold on." It's just that we are very unwilling, but we didn't expect that the staff of our museum collectively opened their eyes, and they mistakenly took an imitation porcelain as a genuine official kiln, and lost more than 8 million yuan in vain! The money that the state cultural relics department allocated to us with great difficulty is now in vain. â
Yi Yang comforted: "Curator Zuo, don't be too sad, since things are like this, let's think about it and see how to deal with this matter." â
The cloud shopkeeper also said: "Yes, it's useless to be sad." You bought the things from the auction house, so you can hold them accountable and see if they can get the money back. â
Curator Zuo shook his head and said, "It's useless, why do you want to come back?" Even if we can come back, we don't have any face, the rules of this industry are there, we can't blame others, we can only blame ourselves for poor eyesight, and we can't judge accurately. â
The cloud shopkeeper said: "Maybe people are malicious frauds? Anyway, it's definitely going to be checked! â
"Hey, let's talk about it then." Curator Zuo sighed.
At this time, the connoisseurs who watched the excitement around were talking, in addition to commenting on the pastel bottle, they paid more attention to Yi Yangqi.
At this moment, everyone admired Yi Yang so much, some people were still skeptical about his legendary version of the appraisal deeds, but now they are convinced, no one has the slightest doubt, some just praise and secretly admire.
"Brother Yi, what about this pastel beast venerable?" After a long time, Curator Zuo eased up, and then asked about another piece of porcelain, which was also one of the porcelains that were mainly identified by Yi Yang.
Yi Yang replied: "This porcelain can be said to be genuine, or it can be said to be a fake. â
He was very direct and did not hide it in the slightest.
"What do you mean by that?" Curator Zuo hurriedly asked, "We also have some doubts about this porcelain, some people say that this porcelain is old and new porcelain, and it is a forgery, but I don't look like it, I think it is genuine." â
Yi Yang smiled, shook his head and said: "On the contrary, it should be the old porcelain on the new bottom, the bottom is fake, but the top one is real!" â
"What?!" Pavilion Zuo was shocked.
Not only him, but also the shopkeeper Yun and Master Fu who were standing on the side also widened their eyes.
Yi Yang's appraisal is definitely a blockbuster!