"Only six thousand pounds!"

The stall owner said: "Sir, it is rare to see a pen like this, and it comes from the official kiln in the Qianlong period, you will definitely not suffer a loss if you buy it back at this price!" ”

6,000 pounds, converted to RMB, is 90,000, the price is not too outrageous, but it is also higher than the actual market value, which makes Chu Chen can't help but muttered a little in his heart, sure enough, there are few people who are not profiteers with a fellow trick!

"It's too expensive!" Chu Chen shook his head and said, "Four thousand pounds, how about it?" ”

"Cake seller!" The stall owner said with an exaggerated expression: "Four thousand pounds, I will collect as much as you have, the minimum is five thousand five!" ”

"Four thousand five, if it doesn't work, forget it!" Chu Chen smiled slightly.

"Five thousand!"

Chu Chen shook his head and said, "I will only give four thousand five at most." ”

Seeing Chu Chen's resolute look, coupled with the fact that it was higher than his own psychological price, the stall owner thought about it, and agreed with a wry smile.

After the transaction was completed, Wu Ke pointed to a few copper incense burners on the side and asked, "Ah Chen, these incense burners seem to have a lot of ancient charm, but how can they be so new?" ”

"Miss, your intuition is very accurate, they are all ancient incense burners in your country, but these incense burners have been cleaned with potions." The stall owner replied.

"No, who would buy a washed incense burner?" Wu Ke said with some incredulity.

Chu Chen spread his hands and said, "No way, foreigners like to do this kind of thing......"

Domestic collectors generally pay attention to natural beauty, like naturally generated patina and pulp, and the protection requirements for cultural relics are also to keep them as they are and repair the old as before.

But foreigners are different, they like to restore cultural relics to their original state. Potion will be used to remove the slurry and oxide layer on the surface of the Xuan furnace, patina and other things, and even the bronzes of the Greek period will be cleaned regularly with potions. Therefore. Like domestic copperware, when it comes to foreign countries, they will be carefully cleaned by them.

That's it. Many of the bronze wares that were previously handed down abroad have been washed clean and clean when they are returned, as if they were new. As a result, domestic collectors are entangled, because many of them judge the authenticity of things by oxide layer and pulp, which makes some collectors dare not easily draw conclusions about this refluxed copper.

In addition, unless it is a particularly precious bronze object, collectors generally like to collect antique treasures, for various reasons. The value of these cleaned bronzes is greatly reduced.

"I see!" After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Wu Ke understood what was going on.

The stall owner smiled: "It seems that Mr. is also a person in the industry, these copper furnaces are my friends let me sell on behalf of me, although they have been cleaned, but you should see from the shape, these are all high-quality products, do you want to choose a few back, the price is easy to say!" ”

Originally, Chu Chen was going to leave. However, when the stall owner said this, he became interested, and others were afraid that these things were now imitated, but he was not afraid. Not to mention eyesight, he still has the ability to kill the big weapon, so he began to pick and choose among those copper furnaces.

Chu Chen first picked up a plain and untextured copper furnace. The mouth of this furnace is rounded and the ears are towering. The profile is plump and the ear holes are semi-rounded. The abdomen is wide but not fat. The bottom is smooth and the book has the regular script of "Xuande Year of the Ming Dynasty", the structure is rigorous, and the font is regular. The whole device looks upright, elegant and clean, and very eye-catching.

This furnace looks quite the charm of the Ming Xuande furnace, and the caster is very exquisite, and there is natural and uniform wear, especially the soles of the feet are particularly obvious, from these characteristics, this copper furnace is very much like the real Xuande furnace.

However, it is a pity that this copper furnace has been cleaned completely, like new, the oxide layer and slurry on the surface are gone, so there is a lack of key judgment basis. But in addition, carefully distinguish, whether it is the type, workmanship or copper, etc., it is the same as the genuine Xuande furnace.

Judging from Chu Chen's experience, there is a ninety percent chance that this Xuande furnace is a genuine product that has been opened to the generation, and the results given by the difference are undoubtedly genuine.

casually got a genuine Xuande furnace, Chu Chen was a surprise in his heart, and he hurriedly looked at other copper furnaces, but the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, and his eyes almost popped out after the end.

He never expected that the six copper furnaces on the stall were all genuine Xuande furnaces that had been opened to the generation, and one of them was even more precious.

This is a copper gilt bowl furnace, this furnace is full of copper gilt, the mouth of the bundle is full of shoulders and feet, the mouth of the furnace is rounded, the outer string is like a gold wire surrounding, and the inner edge is like a corridor. On the shoulder of the stove, the relief is decorated with four Rui beasts in the style of the Han Dynasty, and the decoration is delicate and vigorous. The other four songs are embossed with the words "longevity and Tianqi" in the middle, which can be called a masterpiece.

At the bottom of this furnace, there is the "Xuande" two words seal book carving, the shape is square, the pen is strong, the gold wire is iron, the relief is such as inlay, the knife is accurate, it should be the official instrument at that time.

In addition, the gilded gold water is very thick, flashing white in yellow, which is also in line with the characteristics of the genuine Xuande furnace, and in the previous Xuande bowl furnaces, I have not seen this kind of gilt throughout, if it is not for all kinds of characteristics and abilities to give the conclusion of the real product, he is really difficult to believe his judgment.

It can be said that this furnace can be regarded as the best in the Xuande bowl furnace and even the Xuande furnace in terms of copper, shape, technology, etc., which can be described as the important weapon of the country.

The excitement in Chu Chen's heart now is simply indescribable, if it weren't for the fact that the things hadn't arrived, he might have jumped up excitedly.

"Boss, your copper furnace here is made like that, and it's not bad to buy it back as a handicraft!"

"What crafts!" The stall owner said with an unhappy face: "I'm all good things from the beginning of the door to the generation, okay?" ”

Just now the stall owner said that these incense burners were sold by him, plus the other things on the stall were stationery supplies, Chu Chen guessed that the stall owner should not be proficient in the Xuande furnace, and the stall owner said that it was something that was open to the generation, so he knew that the stall owner was not optimistic about these incense burners.

The reason is very simple, if the stall owner really thinks that these things are genuine, how could he put them on the stall at random and take them to the auction a long time ago.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "Boss, if these incense burners are all Xuande furnaces that are open to the generation, I don't think you should set up a stall here, right?" Okay, okay, let's not play false, I'll pay 500 pounds for the three small ones, I'll pay 600 pounds for the other two, and I'll pay 800 pounds for the other one, a total of 3,500 pounds, how about it? ”

“NONONO！” The stall owner waved his hand again and again: "Sir, your price is too low, these six copper furnaces are at least 10,000 pounds!" ”

Hearing the stall owner say this, Chu Chen couldn't help but be happy in his heart, but of course he couldn't agree so easily, shook his head and said: "I'm not a person with a lot of money and nowhere to spend, if the amount is doubled, I can still consider it!" ”

"You didn't lie to me?" The stall owner asked rhetorically.

Chu Chen was stunned when he heard this, could there really be?

"Okay, as long as you take out the workmanship as fine as six copper furnaces like this, as long as there are six, I will buy them at the price you say, and the extra will be eight hundred pounds each!"

"Now, that's what you said!"

As he spoke, the stall owner took out a cloth bag from behind, put it in front of Chu Chen, and said slyly: "Look at it, the workmanship of these copper furnaces is just as meticulous. ”

Chu Chen opened the cloth bag and saw that there were indeed copper stoves in it, but they were all very small, and they were all small hand stoves and sleeve stoves.

Hand stove, is a small stove for warming hands in winter, mostly made of copper, the furnace is equipped with charcoal fire, so it is also called "fire cage", is a kind of heating appliance commonly used in the Chinese court in the old times, according to legend, originated in the Sui Dynasty. A hand stove that can be wrapped into a sleeve is also known as a sleeve stove, and a sleeve stove can also be used to smoke clothes.

Due to the exquisite and elegant craftsmanship of the hand stove, this kind of ancient winter hand warmer utensils can be both practical and enjoyable.

Chen Mei, a famous court painter of the Qing Dynasty, in his 12 "Tours of the Moon Man", has two pictures depicting the hand stove, among which there is a concubine in the painting "Exploring the Plum in a Cold Night" is pacing forward with a copper gold-plated hand stove in her arms.

There is also a royal poem on the picture scroll: "The letter invades the plum outside the threshold, leans on the candle and wanders together, the cold does not enter the deep courtyard, and the female companion can get it with the stove." ”

There are a total of eight hand stoves and sleeve stoves in the bag, and the appearance is also like the copper stoves just now, the workmanship is exquisite, but they are all washed clean with the potion, and they look golden and bright, like new.

Chu Chen carefully looked at the past one by one, and found that among these copper furnaces, five of them were used by the court from the late Ming Dynasty to the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, and they were quite exquisitely made, while the other three hand stoves were actually made by Hu Wenming, which made him even more overjoyed.

To know that Lu Dao Hu civilization is a famous copper gilt craftsman in the late Ming Dynasty, its ancient style system Yi Ding Zun is extremely fine, and the orthodox Xuande furnace advocating lines, not heavy ornamentation of the style is very different, the people of the time called its products "Hu furnace" and Hu Wenming swore not to teach outsiders, so the bronze value he made is very high.

Hu Wenming likes to carve out landscapes, ritual vessels, auspicious beasts and other patterns on the stove, and is deeply loved by collectors.

These three hand stoves are also adhering to the consistent style of Hu Wenming, not only the stove surface, even the furnace body are finely carved, and the gilt is complete, the quality is wonderful, are rare treasures.

After reading these copper furnaces, Chu Chen was excited in his heart, but his face showed displeasure, and said: "Boss, you are a little unkind, how can you fool me with these things!" Look at this one, it's only a big palm, can it be compared to these copper furnaces so small? ”

Chu Chen's hand is a double dragon pattern hand furnace, this furnace is made of brass, the copper is delicate and sophisticated, the furnace body is a square body, regular and thick, but the length is only seven or eight centimeters, the furnace cover adopts openwork carving techniques, carved double dragon patterns, double dragons fly up and down, fierce and vigorous. The bottom of the furnace is engraved with the "Kangxi Year of the Great Qing Dynasty".

The shape of this hand stove is simple and decent, but it does not lose the royal grandeur, and the workmanship is also quite exquisite, like this hand stove, even if you buy it for 5,000 pounds, you can snicker. (To be continued......)