Chapter 275: Cloisonné

The two terracotta figurines in Chu Chen's hands are typical blue-glazed female figurines of the Tang Dynasty.

There is little difference in the figure, clothing and size of the two figurines, except for the hairstyle, one with a double bun and the other with a lily bun.

The ladies of the Tang Dynasty, with abundance and fat, these two Tang Dynasty blue-glazed maids, with round faces, dignified appearance, plump and colorful, free and generous, cardigan low-cut, colorful long skirts, gorgeous and bright, hands sleeves on the abdomen, facial expressions are soft and delicate, showing the noble bearing of the ladies under the royal etiquette of the court.

The lines of the characters' clothes are simple and smooth, the glaze is naturally drooping, blending into each other, the colors are gorgeous, hazy and elegant, and they are both real and illusory, with a very high level of artistic appreciation.

After reading it, Chu Chen put the two lady figurines in his hand back on the stall, and then said with a smile: "Boss, I don't know if you sell these two terracotta figurines?" ”

The stall owner said with a smile: "Sell, of course sell!" ”

"So, I don't know what the price is?"

The stall owner glanced at the two terracotta figurines, and then said: "Brother, we can be regarded as one life and two times ripe, so how about two terracotta figurines with 6,000 pieces?" ”

"Six thousand?"

When Chu Chen heard this, he pretended to be surprised, and said loudly: "Boss, you are the wronged boss of me!" These two terracotta figurines are so new, obviously they are just two handicrafts, I just think these two terracotta figurines are very cute, I want to give them to my sister, the price you offer is too unauthentic, right? Forget it, I don't want anything either! ”

"Wait! Brother, don't go! Let's negotiate the price......"

When the stall owner saw that Chu Chen was leaving, he was suddenly a little anxious, just now he just thought that Chu Chen was a novice and was so foolish. That's why I tried to offer this price, but I didn't expect Chu Chen's reaction to be so big.

Of course. The main thing is that these two terracotta figurines were bought by him for fifty yuan at the country market. Originally, he was going to give it to his daughter as a birthday gift, but now that he can sell it, change it to jewelry or something, which is undoubtedly much better than this thing.

"It's obviously two crafts, and three hundred yuan is about the same!" Chu Chen's bargaining price was also quite ruthless, and it suddenly reached one-twentieth.

If you want to say that you bought it for fifty yuan, three hundred yuan is not bad, but of course the stall owner refused to let Chu Chen go like this, he said with a sad face:

"I said brother. You won't let me eat meat, you have to let me drink some soup, right? 300 yuan, let alone let me drink soup, I can drink all the water! If you really want it, I'll make a real price, 800 yuan, and you can take it if you want! ”

Chu Chen pretended to bow his head and pondered for a while, then sighed and said with a painful face: "Hey, forget it." That's it, if I hadn't gone home and was afraid that my sister would complain, I wouldn't have been the wronged leader! ”

When the stall owner saw Chu Chen agree, his face immediately filled with smiles. Hurriedly took a brocade box out, put the terracotta figurines in it, handed it to Chu Chen, and said, "Brother." These two terracotta figurines are so exquisitely made, you really don't have to suffer. ”

Chu Chen paid. took the brocade box and muttered, "I hope!" ”

The stall owner watched Chu Chen leave. I scolded in my heart, "Stupid! But if he knew the true value of these two terracotta figurines, I don't know if he would still scold Chu Chen for being "stupid......

Carrying the painted pottery in one hand and the precious Tang blue glazed terracotta figurines in the other, it would be a little inconvenient to visit the antique market again, so Chu Chen was ready to go home. But as he walked, he suddenly thought that he hadn't bought gifts for his family in Longxi this time, and it happened to be in front of him at this time that he was in front of the antique shop specializing in Qinzhou carved lacquer, so he planned to go in and have a look.

Qinzhou lacquer carving craft has a long history and is an outstanding variety in China's lacquer carving craft. It enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad for its strict material selection, exquisite workmanship, peculiar shape, simple pattern, hard lacquer, bright lacquer surface, acid and alkali resistance and high temperature resistance, which can be ornamental and practical.

Chu Chen walked into this antique shop, only to see that there were a dazzling array of carved lacquer works, ranging from walking sticks, tea trays, smoking sets, small round tables, small stools, hanging plates, to vases, coffee tables, reclining chairs, sofas, antique bookshelves, furniture, dining tables and chairs, etc.

A shopping guide in the store saw Chu Chen come in, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly greeted her and said, "Sir, do you want to buy something?" We have a wide range of lacquer carvings in our shop, not only modern crafts, but also if you want antiques. ”

Chu Chen smiled at her and said, "I'll take a look first, and I'll trouble you again if I need anything!" ”

“haode! ……”

After Chu Chen nodded his head, he began to walk around the store, but as soon as he walked a few steps, he saw the Boss Zheng who sold him Chang Manni the day before yesterday.

I saw that Boss Zheng was sitting at a table inside at this time, looking nervously at an old man in his fifties sitting opposite him. The old man, on the other hand, was frowning, holding a magnifying glass, and carefully observing a copper cloisonné enamel double claw ear bottle on the table.

Seeing this, Chu Chen's curiosity in his heart was raised, and he immediately walked over lightly.

After a while, the old man put down the magnifying glass in his hand, shook his head gently, and said to Boss Zheng: "I can't see this bottle for sure!" ”

The old man's words were undoubtedly a blow to Boss Zheng, his face instantly turned extremely pale, and he stammered: "Old He, you ...... You say it's a fake? ”

Generally in the antique shop, sometimes due to the owner's feelings, the speech will be more tactful, such as inaccurate, bad to say, etc., all mean that something is wrong.

"Hey......"

The old man sighed, and just wanted to say something, but when he saw Chu Chen in front of him, he asked strangely, "Young man, I don't know what you are doing here?" ”

Chu Chen smiled and said, "I saw Boss Zheng here, so I came over to take a look, I'm really sorry to disturb the two of you!" ”

When Boss Zheng heard what Chu Chen said, he turned around, saw that it was Chu Chen, and hurriedly said in surprise: "Ah! It's Brother Chu, you, hurry! Come and help me see this thing of mine! ”

With that, he got up and pulled Chu Chen to sit at the table.

Chu Chen had something in his hand, so he could only follow his wishes first, and then said with a smile: "I said Boss Zheng, don't be in such a hurry, you have to listen to this old gentleman!" ”

After listening to what Chu Chen said, Boss Zheng remembered that his behavior was very disrespectful to the old man, and he apologized to the old man with an embarrassed expression: "Old He, I'm sorry!" I'm dizzy, you have a lot of them, don't be surprised! ”

In the antique shop, the most taboo thing is Boss Zheng's behavior just now, it must be a lie to say that the old man is not angry, but he and Boss Zheng have known each other for a long time, knowing that 60,000 yuan is not a small amount for him, and it is normal to be anxious.

Therefore, he waved his hand and said, "Xiao Zheng, it's okay, I also know that you are in a hurry, that young man, you can take a look first!" ”

Hearing this, Chu Chen looked at Boss Zheng and asked for his opinion.

"He Lao, why don't you say it first?" After Boss Zheng calmed down a little, he remembered that it was a very unwise behavior to annoy the old man, so he tried every possible way to make up for the mistake just now.

The old man shook his head and said, "Let's let the young man watch it first, and we'll talk about it later!" With that, he was silent.

The old man did this, not because he was still angry just now, but because he wanted Boss Zheng to remember the lesson this time, obviously he didn't have a deep understanding of copper tire cloisonné enamel, but he would spend a lot of money to sell such a thing that was not too clever, and it was only an inevitable result to be eye-catching.

When Boss Zheng saw the old man's appearance, he could only cry and ask Chu Chen to help him identify it.

Chu Chen smiled apologetically at him, if he hadn't come over this time, he wouldn't have made the current situation happen, which made him feel a little guilty about Boss Zheng in his heart, so he decided to do his best to help Boss Zheng make a good identification.

But when he looked at the bottle in front of him, he secretly shook his head, something that didn't even react to Baojue, the result was self-evident!

In fact, the copper tire cloisonné enamel is the cloisonne that we are usually familiar with, commonly known as "enamel", also known as "inlaid enamel", which is a famous handicraft in Beijing, with a history of more than 600 years.

It is a kind of utensils made of copper tire type, with soft flat copper wire, pinched into various patterns and welded, and then filled with enamel glaze in the pattern. Because it was prevalent in the Jingtai period of the Ming Dynasty, the production skills were relatively mature, and the enamel glaze used was mostly blue, so it was named "cloisonne".

The cloisonne double claw ear bottle in front of you, the handicap, the straight neck, the shoulders, the ears, the round foot outward, the neck and abdomen copper tire cloisonné method Lang painting flower dragon pattern open light, the caliber decorated with back grade and ruyi moire.

The whole thing looks colorful and magnificent, but even if you don't use any special abilities, just by looking at experience, Chu Chen knows that this thing is a fake.

Chu Chen looked at the bottle carefully, and Zuihou was sure that it was a fake.

"How?" Boss Zheng saw that Chu Chen had finished reading it, and hurriedly asked anxiously.

Although Chu Chen knew that the reality was a little cruel to Boss Zheng, he still said truthfully: "I can't see this thing!" ”

Chu Chen's words seemed to have knocked Boss Zheng into the abyss, and the whole person became decadent in an instant.

The old man looked at his appearance, and he was a little unbearable, but he still said: "Xiao Zheng, it is a common thing for us to be eye-catching in this business, failure is not terrible, the terrible thing is that you don't know where the failure is, you better listen to this young man first and tell me what is wrong with this thing!" ”

The old man's words gave Boss Zheng some spirit, and seeing this, Chu Chen hurriedly said:

"Then let's talk about how cloisonné is imitated, we know that the main material of cloisonne is enamel. Since the sixties of the last century, cloisonne has appeared imitations, and these imitations are mainly imitations of the Qing Dynasty after the Qianlong years. (To be continued......)