"You've chosen?"

The guy from "Jubao Zhai" kept staring at Tang Chen, and when he saw Tang Chen take out a black thing, he couldn't help but laugh secretly: "This is definitely a rookie!"

I made up my mind to blackmail Tang Chen, so I immediately walked over quietly and said this to Tang Chen: "This thing is amazing, at least it has a history of more than a thousand years, your eyesight is so good, you fell in love with it at once......" Anyway, this guy praised this black thing again and again.

Tang Chen is not a fool, where would he listen to his fools? He just grabbed this piece of things that seemed to be wood but not wood, charcoal and not charcoal, and continued to plunge into this pair of groceries, ignoring how this guy asked.

The guy felt that his face couldn't hold it, and couldn't help but continue: "Don't look for it, this thing is called Peach Fu, although there are two pieces, but we will collect one and bring it up......"

"Is there only one piece?"

Tang Chen was a little unbelieving in his heart, and looked at the two words "Shendi" written on the black peach talisman, and felt a little unwilling in his heart.

"Master Tang, did you find it?"

Zeng Lao pretended to be casual and walked over, and said "surprised", "You came here just to find such a peach talisman?"

At this time, the boss of "Jubao Zhai" also came over, glanced at the peach talisman clenched in Tang Chen's hand, and was a little funny in his heart, and said: "If this peach talisman is a pair, maybe it can be sold for some price, but it's a pity...... Why don't you take a look at this stove, it's definitely an old thing!"

Zeng Lao turned around and looked, and sure enough, there was a small copper stove on the table, the stove was covered with patina, and the style was not necessarily outstanding, but a little simple, it seemed to be a shoddy thing. Zeng Lao is a collector with "taste", how can he look at such a thing that is not outstanding in appearance?

However, Tang Chen didn't seem to hear their conversation, and continued to "shop for treasures" in the grocery pile, and when Zeng Lao had nothing to do, he could only barely cope with one or two, and carefully picked up the copper furnace.

Unexpectedly, although this copper furnace is not big, it is very heavy.

"Strange thing!" Zeng Lao knew that something was wrong, and quickly put away his psychology of contempt, and carefully looked at it with a magnifying glass. Zeng Lao knew that the copper furnace was a unique variety of ancient Chinese bronze ware, including charcoal furnace (also known as furnace), wine warming furnace, smoker, hand stove, etc., these copper furnaces are basically practical utensils.

Just as woodcarving and jade carving need to be played with to form a pulp, the copper furnace also needs to be "fired" all year round, and under the baking of the warm fire, the skin shell of the copper furnace will slowly change, becoming more and more warm and moist, and more and more durable. This tends to be a slow gradual process. But there are also collectors who rush to make a quick start. It's just that this kind of copper furnace that "grows seedlings", although it looks good, it just lacks a charm in it.

Zeng Lao remembered that Wang Shixiang remembered such an incident in the book "Manhua Copper Furnace", he learned from his father's friend Mr. Zhao Liqing, and immersed a newly found worm (a kind of insect) ear stove in dried apricot water and boiled it for a day and night to remove the dirt on the surface, and then sandwiched the red-hot charcoal or coal into the furnace, or put the stove on the top of the stove to bake, and burned it into a moist and flawless tang pear color overnight, which made Wang Shixiang ecstatic. However, Chen Qiaosheng did not advocate this quick method, because once it is not well grasped, it is easy to burn the shell, he prefers to use agarwood or sandalwood every day to burn, accumulate over time, smoke and infect the furnace body, sesame oil attached to the furnace body, and then play with human hands, naturally obtain a warm luster.

And this copper furnace, after Zeng Lao carefully identified it, he found that it was also a worm ear furnace.

The so-called earworm ear furnace, in fact, is the furnace for the ear of the ear type, the mouth edge is flat and extravagant, the neck is swollen and the abdomen is closed, the circle foot is slightly outward, there is a luxurious string week, the ears are out of the neck and the twists and turns are closed in the abdomen, thick and powerful, the thickness is rich in changes, the corners are round, and the ear holes are almost round. Perhaps it has been stained by smoke and fire all year round, and there is a faint luster on the copper stove.

Needless to say, the style is an imitation of the Xuande furnace. The style of Xuande furnace is mostly taken from the Song Dynasty's "Xuanhe Bogutu" and Ruguan Ge Junding and other famous kiln porcelain. Simple shapes, highly abstract lines, and precise geometric relationships, these aesthetic elements that have been used perfectly in Song porcelain, can also be found in the Xuande furnace. Xuande furnace is divided into "ears", and the difference in shape is also fully reflected in the "ears", cupola ear type is dignified and upright, mostly used for sacrifices; worm ear type, round and small, mostly placed in the study; double fish ear type, like two swimming fish, is most suitable for the bedroom; and bridge ear type, flexible curves build a unique charm of the line, which is mostly placed in the classroom school.

Xuande furnace with its perfect shape and skin color, become a kind of copper furnace enough to set an example for future generations, more than 500 years to attract craftsmen to imitate, so that "Xuande furnace" almost became synonymous with copper furnace, whether it is the Ming and Qing dynasties, or the copper furnace made in the Republic of China, are willing to call themselves "Xuande furnace". But the Xuande furnace is too rare, and this copper furnace must be an imitation of the style of the Xuande furnace.

"Could it be that this is a copper furnace where ancient literati burned incense and purified the gods in the study?"

Zeng Lao was a little unpredictable, after all, he knew too little about copper furnaces.

"What do you think of this thing?"

The boss of "Jubao Zhai" is obviously a little lacking in confidence, in his opinion, although Zeng Lao is a big customer, but this big customer's obvious taste is also tricky, and general things are really not good.

"So-so......"

Zeng Lao gave his own judgment, "At most, it was the stove where literati burned incense in the study in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties." Style...... It's an imitation of the Xuande furnace, and the materials are used...... It's still a little worse, you look at the patina at the bottom of this furnace, it's a lot more...... "Zeng Lao said several shortcomings of the copper furnace in a row, and the implication is naturally that your copper furnace is not a strange thing.

But the boss of "Jubao Zhai" didn't think so, if Zeng Lao didn't intend to start, how could he find so many faults? It was precisely because he wanted to buy it, so he had to lower the price.

"So how much is this stove worth?"

The boss of "Jubao Zhai" thought that he had the pulse of Zeng Lao, and he seemed to be a little fearless.

Zeng Lao pondered for a while, and then gave his own offer: "Twenty-five thousand at most!"

"What, it's only twenty-five thousand?!"

The boss of "Jubao Zhai" almost didn't hesitate, "You're always joking, aren't you, and the price I charge is more than this?"

Zeng Lao smiled and didn't speak. Whoever believes him is a fool. If you don't make money, the boss will definitely leave without saying a word, and where will you be bargaining with yourself? Both of them secretly used the psychological tactics of buying and selling, and it was up to them to see who was better.

(End of chapter)