In Tang Sancai, the shape of the camel is also divided into many kinds, such as the roaring camel, that is, the head is raised up, posing for the shape of looking up to the sky and roaring, as well as the Hu people riding camels, rhinoceros looking at the moon, etc.

In short, the more complex and realistic the shape, the more expensive it is. Because of the complex shape, it is bound to increase the difficulty of the sculpture, so it is rare on the market, and once it appears, the price will be much more expensive than ordinary pottery.

Ma Laocai is a Tang Sancai Hu people riding camel figurines, its camel eyes are round, head neighing, standing on the rectangular bottom plate, the hump is towering, there is a large beast-faced pannier in the middle, in addition, there is a Hu man sitting on the pannier, but the Hu man's arm is broken, it looks as if it has gone through vicissitudes.

Some parts of the camel's body were originally painted with red, black, and yellow-brown colors, but they were not well preserved and have now fallen off.

To say that this camel's demeanor, muscles and other aspects are very exciting, and the demeanor and movements of the Hu people are also very good. How could something like this be wrong? This is something that Ma Laocai's father and son find very strange.

Chu Chen smiled and said, "This thing is not all wrong, it is both true and false." ”

"True or false? So what is true and what is false? Ma Laocai's father and son asked in unison.

Chu Chen pointed to the Hu man on the camel and said, "This Hu figurine was made later, and the camel is real." ”

"How is this possible!" Ma Laocai and his son said dumbfounded.

Chu Chen said: "If you look closely, you can see that this Hu figurine is made by combining glue and clay, and then it is made of chemical preparations. In order to prove the authenticity of this thing, the counterfeiter also deliberately made a little flaw. Let the man's arm be broken because there is a defect. So it looks more like the old stuff. If you don't believe me, soak it in water overnight. This Hu people will definitely melt away. ”

Hearing Chu Chen say this, Ma Laocai hurriedly asked Ma Xiaoqiang to take a magnifying glass, and then looked at it carefully, but the more he looked, the paler his face became.

Director Jin asked a little strangely beside him: "Chu Shao, isn't this fake person a little boring, how much money can you make by adding a villain who is so troublesome?" ”

Chu Chen smiled: "Don't underestimate this little bearded figurine, there is one more." Prices can go up several times. ”

"It can't be, right?" Director Jin said with some incredulity.

Chu Chen said: "Because there are not many three-color figurines with knights, rare things are expensive, and the value is of course much higher, for example, this Tang Sancai, without this Hu figurine, then at most about 50,000, with the Hu figurines, the better market can be sold for about 160,000!" ”

"That's so much difference!" Hearing the price given by Chu Chen. Director Jin was surprised, but he also understood the mind of the counterfeiter, the cost of adding a villain is very low, but the price can be increased several times. Such a good thing, of course, some people with bad intentions will do it.

Let's be honest. This method is still quite common in the antique shop, and people in the circle call it "grafting". I don't know if some friends who often visit the antique market have found it. In today's antique market, the bottom of the bowl and the bottom of the bottle are relatively tight. Why?

The reason is very simple, many counterfeiters buy the bottom of the porcelain, and then connect a fake body on it, which is called "back bottom" in porcelain. Now there are many fake antiques and fake porcelain on the market. A lot of porcelain from the so-called old kilns use this trick.

The bottom foot is real, and the top is fake. Many fake connoisseurs, half a bottle of vinegar, look at the porcelain will always be accustomed to turn over first to see the bottom, a look at the paragraph is right, a knock is also right, yes, with these two things he dares to conclude that it is true, as everyone knows, that thing is true.

Of course, there are some collectors who buy things back, and then take the things to the testing center for identification, because the bottom is true, so the test results must also be true, and then take the results to the expert to help him identify, the expert said that the thing is a fake, he is not happy, this kind of person Chu Chen met is not one or two.

Therefore, here I advise friends who like to collect, and they must be more identified in this regard.

Getting back to the point, speaking of which, Ma Laocai's Hu people ride camel figurines, Gao Ming is clever, camels are real, only the horse warriors are fake, but this fake horse warrior is very realistic, quite the style of the Tang Dynasty, and the counterfeiter has made a remnant, which is easy for people to relax their vigilance psychologically, and it is normal for some people who do not look carefully to be deceived.

After Ma Laocai looked at the Hu figurines carefully, he silently put away the things, the matter was already very clear, but he didn't want to believe it in his heart. However, if it was really like Chu Chen said, soak things in water overnight, and he was reluctant, if he really had to soak the figurines, then the loss would be great.

Now, he can sell it to other people like jade, and maybe he will be able to make a fortune by then, and if it bubbles, it will really be a loss.

After a while, Chu Chen smiled and asked, "Mr. Ma, I heard that your collection is still very rich, you don't want me to take a pen holder back, right?" ”

Ming Mazi also said with a dissatisfied expression next to him: "That's it, Lao Ma, I won't say that two of your three things are fake, our Chu Shao came all the way from the capital, so you let Chu Shao only take a fancy to a pen holder, that's too much to say!" ”

Ma Laocai was so embarrassed when he heard the words that he was not embarrassed, but he felt too depressed. In fact, these three things were carefully selected by him before, if they are all genuine, then add up, the market value should be between 500,000 and 600,000, even if Chu Chen spends 400,000 yuan to buy it, not to mention that the money pays off the debt, it will be enough for life in the future.

But after thinking about it, Ma Laocai didn't expect that among the three things, two of them were fake, and only the lowest value pen holder was the real thing, which couldn't help but make him depressed and want to vomit blood.

Now that he didn't achieve his goal, even if Chu Chen and Ming Mazi didn't say it, he would continue to take things out. But which one to choose, he was a little difficult, the enamel color snuff bottle in the Qianlong period? Reluctant! That Fu Shan's words? Reluctant! The official kiln blue and white bowl during the Kangxi period? Still reluctant!

"Hey! The world is also changing too fast, why is this kid young, but his eyesight is so good, it's not easy to sell him some high-quality imitations, is it that the people of Beijing are amazing? Get! Let's just get it all at once! ”

"Old horse, what are you going to do, give me a letter!" Ming Mazi urged vigorously beside him.

Ma Laocai came back to his senses and hurriedly said: "I have a pair of Huanghuali cabinets in the Qing Dynasty at home, Chu Shao, are you interested?" ”

Huanghuali is a very sought-after thing in the antique shop, of course Chu Chen will not be uninterested, so he nodded and said, "Then please ask Mr. Ma to take me over quickly!" ”

"Okay, you come with me......"

After speaking, Ma Xiaoqiang pushed Ma Laocai and led everyone to a storage room inside.

Ma Xiaoqiang opened the door with the key, casually pressed the switch of the light in the storage room, and then invited Chu Chen and the others in.

The furniture in the house is all there, but it doesn't look good, Ma Laocai explained with a smile: "I didn't do furniture business before, first, it takes up too much space, and second, it takes up a little better furniture, the capital is too much, the hardwood is only the pair of huanghuali cabinets, and the others are cork furniture, if Chu Shao likes it, I can sell it to you cheaper!" ”

Furniture in the antique market can generally be divided into two categories, softwood and hardwood. But how do you tell the difference between softwood and hardwood? This is a question that has been bothering everyone.

In fact, "cork" and "hardwood" are not the only criteria based on the softness and hardness of the wood texture. Hardwoods include rosewood, yellow pear, mahogany, wenge, ironwood, ebony, and many more. Cork, also called "firewood", includes nanmu, beech, cypress, walnut and so on.

The hardness and softness here are relatively speaking, and a considerable part of the cork furniture or firewood furniture is very hard.

Hardwood furniture, in general, is not a scientific name, it is a literary name, or a sociological name, and its name corresponds to no tree. The name is "red sandalwood", "yellow pear", "mahogany" and other hardwoods, and there is no tree called red sandalwood, no tree called yellow pear, and no tree called mangrove.

And cork furniture is a scientific name, it can be found in the tree. For example, walnut furniture in the north has walnut trees, elm furniture has elm trees, southern walnut furniture has beech trees, beech furniture has beech wood, and ginkgo wood furniture has ginkgo wood. It corresponds to a tree, and it's a scientific name.

When you see this, you should think it's a little strange, so why is that?

In fact, the truth is very simple, this is because all the hardwood furniture in our country is made of wood except for Huanghuali is the sea. The ones produced in the south and the others are not produced in our country, and they are all imported from outside.

We have never seen the whole tree before we see this wood, we have only seen the trunk, and therefore it has no name for itself, so we give it another name, which is a literary name. Literary names are generally very nice, such as red sandalwood, which means that purple energy comes from the east.

Later, the folk formed the custom of calling the wood transported from outside "hardwood" and the locally produced "firewood". Later, "firewood" was also called "cork", which formed the two divisions of "cork" and "hardwood" in the furniture market.

In the antique shop, many people don't really understand cork furniture, and generally think that it is not as valuable as hardwood. This seems to be reasonable, but it is actually because of the misunderstanding caused by not really understanding cork furniture.

Needless to say, the current market situation, small and general pieces have to be tens of thousands, larger, better workmanship, that has to be tens of millions, which do antiques do not want to spend some money, buy a piece of Huanghuali, red sandalwood furniture, pick a big bargain? (To be continued......)