Ling Junsheng's eyes lit up, he took the copper furnace, stroked it with his hand, stroked it slowly, looked at the bottom paragraph, nodded and said: "Open the door, there is no doubt that the Xuande furnace of the Ming Dynasty is genuine!"

"Whether it is the charm or the pulp, it is in line with the characteristics of the time. ”

"Heavy, delicate and smooth, baby-like skin. ”

"The shape is calm and atmospheric, the true color is melted inside, and the natural color skin is natural. ”

"100% is undoubtedly a masterpiece of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty!, but ......" Ling Junsheng looked at the bottom carefully, and said regretfully: "In my opinion, it should not be a treasure of Xuande for three years!"

As soon as these words came out, whether it was Wen Yiming or Zhao Da CD, he was a little disappointed, but Wen Yiming didn't care, and said with relief: "It's already luck to get the Xuande furnace, and it's a treasure that can't be changed for the incense master, as for whether it is Xuande for three years, it's not that important." ”

"Well, that's good!" Ling Junsheng nodded secretly, his bearing at a young age was extraordinary, no wonder the level was so high.

After speaking, he stood up, went upstairs and took out a catalogue from the study, and displayed: "Although it is not the third year of Xuande, it should be a fine product imitated by Wu Bangzuo back then, and the level is no less than the former." ”

"Wu Bangzuo is a master craftsman, and he is also the supervisor of smelting and casting Xuande furnace, and he is also the designer of furnace type, style, and color. Later, a large number of bronze vessels were cast for the palace temple, and at the same time, copper furnaces were privately cast for sale, all of which were exquisite and very precious to the world. ”

Flipping through the catalogue, he pointed to a shape and said, "According to the copper furnace book compiled by Wu Bangzuo that I found, and then compare the ornamentation of this, do you see it the same?"

Wen Yiming carefully compared the photos pointed out by Ling Junsheng, and it was exactly the same, it seemed that he was indeed not the batch of Xuande for three years.

Ling Junsheng saw Zhao Dacheng's somewhat regretful expression, and comforted: "Even if it is not the third year of Xuande, Wu Bangzuo Xuande furnace is already rare. The Forbidden City has his elephant ear three-legged copper furnace, the whole body is dark green, no ornamentation, just like a glazed Song kiln porcelain, brilliant, cast Seiko. ”

"Another copper inlaid gold animal ear bottle, copper blue and red pure, inlaid with gold plates throughout, with double animal ring ears on the shoulder, the bottom engraved with Yang Wen Wu Bang Zuo Du made a paragraph. Those bronzes are all masterpieces of Bonzo cast copper. ”

Legend has it that during the reign of Emperor Xuande, the Buddha hall in the official hall caught fire, and the gold, silver and bronze statues were mixed into liquid. Legend has it that the Buddhist scriptures caught fire, and the gold, silver, jewelry and copper were sintered together, so Emperor Xuande ordered it to be cast into a copper furnace. ”

Later, the emperor asked the caster how many times the copper could be refined before it could be refined, and the caster replied that if the copper was smelted with six fires, the brilliance of the jewel would appear. So he commanded the twelve fires to be refined, and the brass to be made into strips. Then use the red fire to melt the copper bar, put it on the sieve grid made of steel, and select the purest one that dripped first to make a furnace, so keep improving, regardless of the cost of work, the famous Xuande three-year incense burner will appear in later generations. ”

Wen Yiming secretly sighed, the old man deserves to be the premier bronze appraisal authority, and he can see things at a glance. The copper incense burner is a divine weapon for the incense master, no less than the peerless weapon of the martial arts master, and it is rare to have the opportunity to humbly ask for advice: "I heard that the Xuande furnace also pays attention to skin color and name?"

Ling Junsheng picked up the Xuande furnace, emitting an alluring vermilion in the sun, and explained: "Yes, this is the vermilion spot, the high-grade skin color, which is rarer than the ordinary cinnabar spot. ”

The great collector Xiang Zijing's "Xuanlu Bo Theory" explained in detail the skin color, Xuande copper furnace will be the jewel-like edge of the introverted in it, the appearance of warm and moist like pearl and jade-like luster, although it is elegant and solemn, and the jade gold dust of the color ornament, is faintly presented in the skin of the furnace body, as if the winter morning when the snow melts, or the snow light at night, crystal soft, reflecting the brilliance of the Quartet, is by no means comparable to other Dingyi. ”

"The best thing about the Xuan furnace is that it's beautiful. The false color is dazzling on the outside, and the true color is melted inside, and it shines from the gloom, just like the soft and greasy skin of a beautiful woman. The color skin is also varied, such as cinnabar spots, stone blue spots, stone green spots, black lacquer ancient spots, emerald green, gilding, gold seepage, gold sprinkling, etc. ”

"Skilled craftsmen use various methods to completely wrap the true color of the Xuan furnace, and the surface of the vessel is covered with a layer of solid skin color, and finally put on a layer of white wax cover and make it treasure color connotation, and the pearlescent appearance is completed. ”

"Even if you use a sharp blade to remove it, it is not easy to peel off the skin color, and at the same time, the copper body itself is hidden in the skin color, and it is not in contact with air or moisture, so there will be no worries about patina and copper disease. ”

Ling Junsheng couldn't help but sigh: "It's really a miracle, until now, high-tech can't crack many lost secret techniques, so the Xuande furnace is becoming more and more precious." ”

The old man walked out into the sun, put the Xuande furnace at a specific angle, and said: "You see, the Xuande furnace cannot be forged only in color! ”

"If you get closer, it looks like it is as fresh as your skin, and if you smelt it over a warm fire, the color of the furnace will change into a brilliant and varied color. If it is a pseudo-furnace, although it looks brilliant on the outside, the actual copper skin is dry and lacks a soft luster, which cannot withstand scrutiny at all. ”

As for the inscription, whether it is a small seal or a regular script of the word "de", the "heart" on the horizontal pen is omitted, may be because of the respect for Emperor Xuanzong and the special province, so the provincial pen characteristics of the German character are also cited as one of the evidence for the authenticity of the Xuande furnace. ”

According to Xiang Zijing's "Xuan Furnace Bo Theory" in the Ming Dynasty, even if there were very few real Xuan furnaces at that time, fakes were everywhere, about ten furnaces and nine fakes, so the real furnace can be compared to the price of He's wall. ”

"At the end of Wanli, Jinling Ganwentang can imitate a pig's liver-colored milk foot furnace. Another person who is not worse than Gan is Su Jiang Zhou Wenfu, who is good at imitating two kinds of furnaces for casting fish ears and worm ears, and the ones he cast in his later years have been one level different from the real ones, and they were also sold out at that time, and the price can reach half of the real furnace. ”

"Incense is favored by the powerful since ancient times, especially used to worship the Buddha and worship the gods, the Qing Dynasty court office has a special skilled craftsman responsible for imitating the Xuande furnace, from Shunzhi to Jiaqing, has been happy to do this. ”

Ling Junsheng returned the incense burner to Wen Yiming, and said with a smile: "Rare treasure, quickly put it away, don't let Ling Tiancheng see it, he won't let go of this kind of good thing!"

Wen Yiming smiled dumbly and said: "Don't worry, the incense burner is our dinner guy, and it won't be sold for any money!"

"Who is talking about me?" Just as Ling Tiancheng entered the door, he saw that everyone seemed to be talking about himself, and asked curiously: "Dad, what are you saying bad things behind my back?"

"Hmph, do you still know how to go home?" Ling Junsheng glared at his son and said dissatisfiedly: "Boss Ling's business is getting bigger and bigger, and your nobles are busy, and you don't have time for a meal?"

"Don't, don't, it's all my fault!"

Ling Tiancheng hurriedly walked over and said with a wry smile: "Look at what you said, Yiming and Zhao Lao are not outsiders, and they are polite to their own family members?"

Secretly gave Wen Yiming a look and asked him to help say something good, Wen Yiming relieved the siege and said: "Uncle Ling is right, you don't have to be polite." ”

"Hmph, hurry up and change your clothes, go to the kitchen and don't disturb our chat!"

Old Man Ling said a word, Ling Tiancheng was relieved, and hurriedly went to the kitchen to help, the three of them sat down again, Ling Junsheng looked at Wen Yiming and said, "I heard that I just came back from Qiongzhou?