Ma Xiaoqiang said so, but his character is in the same vein as Ma Laocai, if he can slaughter a knife, how could he not slaughter it, just because he is afraid of Ming Mazi, he can only say this. Of course, if he really wanted to kill Chuchen, he couldn't say it to his face.

Ming Mazi also knew that Ma Xiaoqiang was saying beautiful things, but he couldn't control this, if Ma Laocai really dared to cheat for a while, or the price was extremely high, then he would do what he said.

"Let's go......"

Ma Xiaoqiang hurriedly led everyone into the hall, and then made a cup of tea for the three of them, and then politely said hello and walked into the back room.

After a while, Ma Xiaoqiang pushed an old man in a wheelchair and walked out, the old man was an honest man from his face, if it wasn't for Chu Chen who heard Ma Laocai's story from Director Jin before, he would not have thought that this ordinary old man in front of him would be the kind of villain who sees money and is extremely mean.

Ma Laocai was holding three boxes of different sizes in his hands, and when he arrived in front of Chu Chen, Ma Xiaoqiang helped put the boxes on the table.

Subsequently, the two sides first introduced each other and exchanged a few words, and Ma Laocai said with a smile: "Some time ago, I did miss a few things, but I can guarantee that there is nothing I deliberately took wrong in the things I took out today." ”

A few people present, even Ming Mazi's brain is very good, otherwise he would not have become a local snake, hearing Ma Laocai's words, his face was a little ugly and said: "According to your meaning, you can't guarantee that these things are genuine?" ”

Ma Laocai spread his hands: "I think my things are genuine, but my level is limited, whether it is true or not." It depends on your eyesight, you can't say. When I say something is genuine, you believe it unconditionally, right? ”

That's right. But Ma Laocai said this to clear his responsibility, even if he deliberately took out the fakes, he could also say that he was blind when he bought things, and Chu Chen couldn't do anything about him.

Anyway, Ma Laocai is like this, and he has no fame at all, even if the matter of his eyes spreads, it will have no impact on him, and besides, he is like this, no matter how famous he is, he can't be eaten. It's still the money that comes from it.

After figuring out the trickiness, Ming Mazi felt very angry, and just as he wanted to say a few cruel words, Chu Chen waved his hand and said, "I've seen things first!" ”

"Please ......"

Ma Laocai smiled, asked his son to open the box, and then made a gesture.

Inside the three boxes, they contain jade, pen holders and a three-colored camel figurine.

The three things looked good, but Chu Chen took them out one by one and looked at them carefully, but he only took a fancy to the pen holder in them.

This pen holder is a bamboo carving Zhang Qian Chengcha pen holder in the middle of the Qing Dynasty.

Zhang Qian's ride is a very famous mythological story in ancient times. Legend has it that Emperor Wu sent Zhang Qian to find the source of the Yellow River, and Zhang Qian took a raft to travel up the water, and after a long time, through the uninhabited area. Arrive at a densely populated market town, where men and women weave in an orderly manner.

He walked into a house. The mistress of the house was weaving, and her husband was drinking water.

Zhang Qian was surprised. Ask them, "What is this place?" ”

The man pointed to the river where the cow was drinking and said, "This is the heavenly river." ”

The hostess gave Zhang Qian a stone that supported the loom, and Zhang Qian brought it back. It was recognized by the well-informed Dongfang Shuo and said that this was a filling stone under the Weaver Girl loom in the sky.

Later, the allusion of "Zhang Qian's ride" was used as a metaphor for traveling far away.

This story is involved in the poems of the Tang and Song dynasties, the dramas of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and similarly, many of the carved works in the antiques are made with this theme.

This pen holder is like this, the whole body adopts high relief techniques, exquisite skills, and the characters and plots are vividly portrayed, Chu Chen carefully observed, and felt that the technique of "three zhu" bamboo carving should be used, which is a relatively good bamboo carving pen holder.

Seeing that Chu Chen had finished reading the things, Ma Laocai asked with a smile: "Chu Shao, what do you think of these three things?" ”

Chu Chen pointed to the pen holder: "That's it, the other two are not right." ”

Ma Laocai heard Chu Chen say this, his heart suddenly became a little anxious, and the reason was very simple, although he had played tricks in his words before, but he bought everything with money, and now Chu Chen said it tactfully, but the meaning is already there, the two most expensive things are fakes.

Ma Xiaoqiang was even more anxious than Ma Laocai, and he immediately questioned Chu Chen: "How can such a good thing be a fake, you are wrong!" ”

"Xiaoyu, don't be polite!"

Ma Laocai glared at Ma Xiaoqiang, Ma Xiaoqiang originally wanted to say two sentences, but when he saw Ming Mazi's murderous eyes, his momentum suddenly dropped.

Then, Ma Laocai turned his head and asked with a smile: "Chu Shao, can you tell me the reason why you are not eye-catching?" ”

"Okay, let's talk about this double crane ornament first."

Chu Chen smiled and nodded, and then picked up the jade in the box.

The texture of this white jade, it seems to be warm and delicate, using round carved double cranes, one crane mouth Ganoderma lucidum, looking back at the curved neck body is lying down, the other crane mouth is connected with the branch longevity peach, one foot is erect, the other foot is raised, as if you want to walk, full of dynamics.

"Mr. Ma, this ornament is indeed the style of the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and in terms of the level of carving, it is indeed quite good, but the flaws are also very obvious."

Chu Chen explained: "Generally speaking, when the ancients were making jade, jade didn't need to be played with by hand like we do in modern times, and the more you played, the brighter it became, and there was no need at all." This is because when a jade worker is carving jade, he himself will play with and examine this piece of jade for a long time, and in this process, the warmth of the jade has come out, so there is no need for future generations to play with it. ”

"And to see the jade, you must look at the carver, the carver of the old jade, every line is through to the end, and there will never be a broken line, because the jade worker is carved at once. You may not have looked carefully before, but on this ornament of yours, several of the feather threads on the double crane are broken, which is called a breath in our fake jade business. ”

"The reason is that this jade is carved with a modern machine, and in the process of carving, the craftsman gasped, and as a result, the jade shook on the grinding wheel, forming such a 'gas mouth'. The average person can't see it without experience. In terms of the ancient jade topstone work, or manual practice, it is absolutely impossible for this to happen. ”

Speaking of which, the ancients were very strict in making jade, and often a fine jade took very little time to complete, and the ancient craftsmen would not be so-so and arbitrary. Let's just say that the jade wall with the grain nail pattern in the Han Dynasty, the arrangement of the grain nails on it is unconventional.

According to the regular practice, the space should be calculated by the craftsman in advance, what is the diameter of the jade, how many pieces can be made, these must be done before doing it, and there will never be a phenomenon that the grain nail is half a piece.

If you see half a grain nail pattern on a jade wall, then it must be a mistake caused by the undercalculation of later generations in the process of making zuò, that is, that jade wall is not a fake but also an imitation.

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Ma Laocai hurriedly took the things in his hands, took a closer look, and found that the feathers on the two cranes did have a small amount of "breath" phenomenon, which made him both heartbroken and annoyed, and complained to himself vigorously, why didn't he pay more attention to this aspect in the first place?

Not only Ma Laocai, but Ma Xiaoqiang was also very heartbroken, he muttered to himself: "How can such a good jade be a fake?" Could it be that when the zuò was made, the craftsman did not pay attention? ”

Chu Chen smiled slightly: "The texture of this piece of jade is still good, and in the Ming Dynasty, it was also a relatively precious thing, so the possibility of this situation you mentioned is very small." In addition, in addition to the 'air port', the pulp of this jade is supposed to be formed by long-term grinding of special substances such as bran. ”

Ma Xiaoqiang directly denied it: "There is something wrong with what you say, the pulp of this jade is obviously very soft and natural, and it is impossible to grind it with bran." ”

"Yes, most of the pulp on the surface of this jade is true, but look here!" As he spoke, Chu Chen pointed to several inconspicuous locations on the jade.

Ma Laocai's father and son were dumbfounded when they saw it, because the pulp there was indeed too bright and frivolous, and experienced people knew at a glance that it was not naturally formed.

"How so!" Ma Xiaoqiang exclaimed.

"I think it's normal." Chu Chen said: "This jade pendulum should be that the previous owner didn't see that this was a fake, or saw that the fake also liked it, so he made it himself for a while." However, there are always dead corners in our jade, especially the height of this jade is nearly eleven centimeters, and these places left behind should be the places where the original owner did not plate them. ”

There is also a "breath", and the pulp of the jade is not right, no matter how much the father and son don't believe it in their hearts, they also know that this jade is indeed a fake, fortunately, the texture of this jade is good, the carving is good, and not everyone's eyesight is as powerful as the young man in front of him, and it is very likely that he can sell it to others in the future.

What the father and son think, Chu Chen didn't know, anyway, for him, even if the jade quality of this jade was really good, unless the carver could reach the master level, he would definitely not buy it. Instead of buying such a thing, he might as well carve one himself.

After half a ring, Ma Laocai came back to his senses, and asked Chu Chen with a wry smile: "Chu Shao, what about this Tang Sancai Hu man riding a camel figurine?" ”

Tang Sancai's popularity and treasure are needless to say, its types have pottery horses, pottery figurines and pottery camels, and the shape is generally very particular. In particular, camels are often seen in the tombs of the Han and Tang dynasties, especially the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued......)