Chapter 22, Treasure Expert
Miyaaibe and Andrei finished their coffee and began to taste Havana cigars. The two watched Li Qiutong's reaction in the clouds.
"How? Miss Lee. Andrei finally couldn't help but ask.
Li Qiutong held a brown painted pottery bowl, "This is the middle and late Neolithic Age, the painted pottery of Yangshao culture, belonging to the typical temple ditch type, the shape of the vessel is not large, it is a daily utensils, its inner wall has no graphics, and the outer wall has clear rope patterns and leaf patterns." This kind of pottery is the crystallization of primitive culture and primitive art, and it is very valuable for the study of human development history, but there are many surviving and excavated, which are cultural relics but not antiques, and do not have high investment value. It is a treasure in the eyes of archaeological researchers, but it is not a pet that investors can use to appreciate and make money. So it's a very attractive thing to me, and probably not worth more than a cigar you smoke. ”
Andrei looked at Miyaaibu with a prescient look, "Miyaai-kun, it seems that your vision is not better than mine." ”
Miyaaibe was very calm, and he didn't have any excuses, "Then how about asking Miss Li to take a look at the other bowl?" ”
Li Qiutong picked up another smaller porcelain bowl, "This bowl is very interesting, I focused on it for a while." This is a blue and white bucket color porcelain bowl from the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty in China. The porcelain of the official kiln of Ming Chenghua is white, fine and dry; The carcass is beautiful and light, and it is toothy yellow when viewed into the light; The glaze is slightly shiny blue, the glaze is fat, and it is moist like clotted fat, which is the unique style of Chenghua official kiln. The bowl body is painted with blue mountain stones, red peonies, and beautiful bluegrass ornaments, using the technique of double hook coloring, with beautiful lines, light and elegant tones, and the whole object is light and elegant, which is a rare top grade. ”
Andre leaned over and looked at the bowl with great interest, "What does Chenghua mean?" ”
Chenghua is the eighth emperor of the Ming Dynasty in ancient China, Zhu Jianshen's year name, when he reigned, the Jingdezhen official kiln porcelain manufacturing industry was very prosperous, the collection world has "Ming to see Chenghua, Qing to see Yongzheng" said, the world has a very high evaluation of Chenghua porcelain. ”
"I don't know much about the history of China, but from your evaluation, I can hear that this bowl must be a treasure, it should be something valuable?" He patted Miyaai's knee, "Miyaai-kun, this one is still a little bit like a point, how much do you want?" ”
Miyaai Ibe smiled slyly, and a puff of cigarette came out of his mouth, "You and my brother, the price is easy to say, may I ask Miss Li, how much do you think this bowl is worth?" ”
Li Qiutong raised his eyes and looked at Miyahei, and the corners of his mouth bloomed with a confident and meaningful smile, "Miyahe-kun, you are giving me exam questions." Andrey, you can buy this bowl for 50,000 euros, if it is genuine. ”
As soon as Li Qiutong said this, Miyai Idabe's smile immediately stopped on his face.
Andre asked suspiciously: "Miss Li, I was stunned by you, is such a beautiful thing fake?" Didn't you just say that this is the official top product? ”
"Official kiln."
"Ah, yes, the official kiln is porcelain made in a factory dedicated to the Emperor of China, just like the clothes made by the tailors of His Majesty the Emperor of France, right? You also gave it an extremely high rating? ”
Li Qiutong said unhurriedly: "If you only look at the body part of this bowl, it is indeed the exquisite porcelain of the Chenghua official kiln, but the problem lies in the bottom of the bowl. The bottom of the bowl of Chenghua official kiln Doucai porcelain has a style of recognition, which is the regular script 'Ming Chenghua year' six-character paragraph and the 'day' character paragraph. Saying that, Li Qiutong put the bottom of the bowl upwards and continued: "Although the bottom of this bowl also has almost the same 'Ming Chenghua year' six-character paragraph, but the penmanship is completely wrong, the genuine style of the font is deep, the penmanship is vigorous and powerful, the center of the pen, the pen is thick, the font is fat, it seems to be a children's book, revealing a childish atmosphere, and it is difficult for the world to imitate this handwriting. According to the judgment criteria summarized by Mr. Sun Yingzhou, an ancient ceramics connoisseur, it is easy to see where the errors of these words are. Let me briefly tell you that the left side of the word "Hua" and the upper end of the right side of the "dagger" should be almost the same, but the "dagger" on the right side of this word is obviously lower than the left side of the single person; The horizontal side of the word "clothes" in the lower part of the word "system" should not cross the vertical knife on the right, and the word "clothes" in the lower part of the word "system" is beyond the font in the upper half of the word; The whole section of the font is not a regular script, but close to the official book. This aroused my suspicions, and I then looked closely inside and outside the bowl and found very hidden shallow traces of the tire. I judged that this bowl was connected to the bottom of the imitation bowl with the original bowl body, and it was a fake grafted with clever techniques! Mr. Miyai Idabe, am I right? ”
After listening to Li Qiutong's words, there was a look of admiration in his eyes, and he laughed and applauded!
Andre heard it in a fog and didn't know why, but he knew that the evidence Li Qiutong said was conclusive and beyond doubt. He looked at Miyaaibe again, and he didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.
Miyaheibe stood up, bowed to Li Qiutong and Andre, and then sat down again, "Miss Li said so wonderfully!" I admire it very much! Don't get me wrong, Andrey, I'm in no way trying to deceive you with a fake. This bowl was bought by a friend in Tokyo the year before last, and later I knew that it was a fake and gave it to me to play, I usually put it at home as an ornament, and today I specially brought it to test Miss Li's professional level. I beg your pardon! ”
"Haha!" Andrei leaned back on the back of the couch and laughed loudly, "I see! Miyaai-kun, you are very cunning! This kind of behavior is not the honest attitude that should be done towards brothers! Do you think that if Miss Li was not a professional, I would have traveled thousands of miles to invite her to Japan to meet you? I have to say that you are very rude in this way! And it's disrespectful to Miss Lee! ”
Gonghejingbu stood up again, bowed to Li Qiutong and apologized, Li Qiutong also stood up, "Gonghejun doesn't have to be polite, it's normal that you don't believe me, this time I happened to be lucky, and I just have some knowledge of Chenghua porcelain, it doesn't mean that I have any level, maybe I'm not qualified enough to be your middleman." Li Qiutong's face was indifferent, so he made a gesture to take the first army of the Miyahe Well.
"Miss Li, you're angry with me when you say that! I'm terrified! You are young but knowledgeable and very professional! I shouldn't have doubted you at all, and I also trust Andrei's vision very much. In order to express my sincere apologies to you, this pottery bowl will be given to you, please be sure to accept it, as my sincerity to apologize to you! It's not valuable, but it might be useful for your academic research. Miyaheibe respectfully held the pottery bowl with both hands and handed it to Li Qiutong.
"Haha, Gong Hejun is worthy of a gentleman's demeanor, and such an apology is quite sincere! Miss Lee will accept his apology. Andre was playing a round on the side, and he also needed to borrow Li Qiutong to help him appreciate the treasure, but he didn't want Miyahe Ibe to annoy her and walk away.
Li Qiutong just wanted to leave the real thing for identification, and when he saw that the well wanted to give the pottery bowl to him, he was in the middle of it, so he didn't shirk and took the pottery bowl. "You're so kind, I really like this bowl, thank you!"