After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Du Hou frowned and said, "Xiao Chu, according to what you say, then how can you tell at a glance that this jade horse will be a fake?" ”

Chu Chen explained: "If you just look at the orange peel pattern, it is definitely not so easy to judge, but its craftsmanship reveals that it is a fake horse's feet, if I am not mistaken, this should be an imitation of the jade horse ornament of the Yuan Dynasty." ”

"Yes, I also think it's from the Yuan Dynasty, and the jade horse belongs to the style of the Yuan Dynasty." Du Hou nodded.

"Then there's a problem." Chu Chen explained: "Although this jade horse is rough and powerful, and there are still drill marks and thallium marks on the surface, it does not have the dangerous knife phenomenon of Yuan Dynasty jade, and the polishing is too exquisite, both of which are not in line with the style of Yuan Dynasty jade." ”

Du Hou frowned and pondered for a while, although he had already believed what Chu Chen said in his heart, he still asked a little unwillingly: "Then this jade horse ornament, will it be a jade artifact of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Chu Chen shook his head and said: "It won't be from the Ming Dynasty, first of all, the style of this jade is not the style of the Ming Dynasty, and the surface of the Ming Dynasty jade will have a glass luster, but this jade does not, and although the jade of the Ming Dynasty also has drill marks and thallium marks, it will not be as obvious as this." And the most important thing is that these dark spots are actually fake! ……”

"How could it be, this shouldn't be!" Although Chu Chen had already explained it in detail, Du Hou still found it difficult to accept.

This makes Chu Chen very strange, even if this jade horse ornament is from the Yuan Dynasty, it is only two or three hundred thousand, even if it is eye-catching, it should not be difficult to accept with Du Hou's economic strength. Is there something hidden in it?

Thinking of this, Chu Chen opened his mouth and asked, "Old Du." Is it any wonder that this jade ornament is so important to you? ”

Chu Chen's words made Du Hou come back to his senses in an instant. He said "Wait" and rushed to the innermost part of the room.

After a while, Du Hou walked over cautiously holding a small box, and then put the box on the table, and said to Chu Chen a little anxiously: "Xiao Chu, Lao Wu, come and help me see these pieces of Yuan Qinghua, right!" ”

Chu Chen and Uncle Wu heard that it was Yuan Qinghua, and hurriedly walked over, at the same time. Du Hou also hurriedly took out the contents of the box, namely a blue and white dragon pattern four-series flat bottle, a blue and white peony peacock pattern plum bottle, a blue and white peony pattern jade pot spring bottle, a total of three pieces of blue and white porcelain.

However, when Uncle Wu saw these three pieces of blue and white porcelain, he sighed lightly and said, "Why do I seem to have seen this plum vase anywhere?" ”

Du Hou smiled bitterly: "I know that this plum bottle is exactly the same as the one exhibited in 1988 by J.J. Lally Company in New York." Originally, I also doubted its authenticity, but I studied it carefully, and I didn't find anything that did not match the characteristics of Yuan Qinghua, so at that time I thought that these two plum vases should be a pair. Now it seems that this plum vase is probably a replica! ”

When Chu Chen heard this, he immediately asked, "Old Du, could it be that these pieces of blue and white porcelain and that ornament were all obtained from the same person?" ”

"yes!" Du Hou smiled bitterly: "These things." It's true that I got it from someone a year ago......"

It turned out that more than a year ago. Du Hou was a guest at a friend of his who owned an antique shop, and the two were having a good conversation. A middle-aged man walked in, dressed as a migrant worker and carrying a cloth bag tightly in his left hand like a tree bark.

"Old ...... Boss, do you collect old stuff here? After the middle-aged man came in, he asked with a wince.

Du Hou's friend didn't snub him because of this person's clothes, stood up from his seat and said, "Please sit down first, I have collected the old things, but also see what you are carrying!" ”

The man's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he took out a handful of porcelain pieces from the cloth bag.

"Alright, alright! You put it back! Du Hou's friend saw that it was a porcelain piece, but he didn't look at it carefully, so he waved his hand directly and said: "This old brother, I'm really sorry, I'm a collector!" ”

The middle-aged man was slightly stunned, and then opened his mouth to say something, but finally sighed, put the porcelain in his hand back into the cloth bag, and then walked out of the store with a somewhat lost expression.

After the middle-aged man left, when the two chatted, Du Hou was always a little absent-minded, and after a while, he said goodbye to his friend and left.

Walking out of the store, Du Hou began to look for the middle-aged man just now, which made him a little happy, and before he walked a few steps, he found the middle-aged man, who was walking out of an antique shop not far away, and from his expression, it could be seen that his porcelain pieces should not have been sold.

Seeing this, Du Hou hurriedly chased after him: "Big brother, wait!" ”

"Uncle, what's the matter with you?" The middle-aged man looked back and found that it was the old man who was sitting with the owner of the antique shop just now, so he stopped and asked.

Du Hou stood in front of the middle-aged man a little out of breath, and asked with some apprehension, "Have you sold all those things?" ”

The middle-aged man replied with a gloomy face: "No! They all say they don't take away the broken things! ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of something, and asked with some excitement: "Uncle, do you want to buy it?" ”

"I'll take a look first!" Du Hou smiled, and didn't say anything to death.

However, these words were already natural in the ears of the middle-aged man, and he took the things out of the bag with an excited face and held them up for Du Hou to watch.

Du Hou didn't take it directly, but said with a smile: "Big brother, we have an antique shop, there is a rule, things must be placed on the table or on the ground, we can take over and see, please forgive me!" ”

The middle-aged man smiled innocently and said, "It's okay, it's okay, there are rules!" ”

As he spoke, he blew dirt on the ground, then carefully placed the cloth bag on the ground, and then put the porcelain pieces on the cloth bag.

When Du Hou saw the porcelain pieces that the middle-aged man took out, a trace of surprise immediately flashed in his eyes, but this trace of love was immediately suppressed by him, and then he picked up the porcelain pieces a little carelessly and looked at them, the more he looked at them, the more surprised he became, but in order to avoid the middle-aged man's suspicions, he could only suppress the love in his heart.

"It's a pity, it's a pity!" After reading the porcelain in the man's hand, Du Hou said with some regret.

"Uncle, what's wrong?" The middle-aged man hurriedly asked.

Du Hou replied: "Your things look good, but they are all broken and worthless, don't you have a complete thing?" ”

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, then took out a small bronze mirror from his bag and said, "Only this one is good, and the rest of these things are in my hands!" ”

When Du Hou saw the middle-aged man's hesitant look, he immediately felt that this person should have more than that, but he didn't get to the bottom of it immediately, but first took the bronze mirror in his hand and looked at it.

This is a turtle button pine crane mirror, the characteristics of the Yuan Dynasty are very obvious, the surface of the mottled rust is very strict, but the ornamentation on it can still be seen.

The bronze mirror is a turtle button, the top of the button is decorated with pine and cypress, the two cranes on the left side bend their necks to contend, the posture is elegant, the mountain stone grassland below, the stream is bubbling, the ornamental layout is clear and regular, the mirror body is small, the surface is smooth, it is a relatively good Yuan Dynasty copper mirror.

"Uncle, do you want these things?" The middle-aged man asked with some apprehension.

Du Hou nodded and said, "Yes, but you also know what these things are, if they are too expensive, I can't afford them?" ”

The middle-aged man was very happy when he heard this, and said directly: "This pile of things is five hundred yuan!" Do you think it's okay? ”

Du Hou frowned, looking as if he was not satisfied with the price, but he didn't respond first, but took out a handful of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and handed it over, and said, "Big brother, do you smoke?" ”

The middle-aged man saw that it was actually a soft-packed Chinese cigarette, stepped forward with both hands and respectfully took the cigarette into his hand, and said "thank you" vigorously in his mouth.

At this time, Du Hou lit the fire again, and the middle-aged man was extremely moved, and bent down extremely politely to take a puff of the cigarette.

"Big brother, it sounds like you're sweating with your accent!" Du Hou asked after helping him light the fire.

"Uncle, your ear is really good, my hometown is indeed sweaty, and I only moved to the porcelain capital last year."

"Ha, then don't talk about it, you can take the money!" Du Hou spoke with the accent of a middle-aged man, counted five hundred yuan and handed it over.

The middle-aged man was a little confused at first, but he reacted in an instant, and asked with a happy face: "Uncle, you are also sweaty?" ”

Du Hou laughed and said: "I have worked in Yu Khan for several years before, Yu Khan is half of my hometown, in fact, to be honest, if you want to talk about the value of these things like yours, there are really not many, I also think that we are considered to be villagers in the township, and I also bought it and gave it to my grandson as a specimen, otherwise ordinary people will only give you one or two hundred!" ”

Hearing this, the middle-aged man was moved, and thanked him repeatedly.

"By the way, you should have more than that, what else?" Du Hou asked casually.

"Well, there are still some ......" Speaking of this, the middle-aged man suddenly stopped his mouth and quickly changed his words: "It's gone, it's just these things!" ”

Du Hou smiled and said: "Big brother, don't worry about it, I will pay whatever price you have, even if it is a national treasure, I can afford it!" ”

"This ......" The middle-aged man suddenly swallowed, and his desire to speak stopped.

"Big brother, I'll nag you." Du Hou said with a sincere face: "As for me, I am not in the antique business, but a hobbyist, so I don't buy things like those businessmen, I like to lower prices, in addition, my character is fine, unlike some people, if the business is not successful, report you, I will not do this kind of lack of morality!" ......" (To be continued......)