Late at night, in the presidential suite where Tang Yuan was, the lights were still brilliant.

Outside the door, there are elite bodyguards in suits and leather shoes.

Inside the door, there is a heavily armed Yanjing special police.

In the study, the identification work continues.

As Yang Jianmin and Huang Houshun identified one genuine jade seal after another, the news about the appearance of the 24 seals of the Ming Dynasty finally spread.

Although the time is getting later and later, there are more and more people here in Tang Yuan, first the director of the Palace Museum came first when he heard the news, and then the president of Yanjing Poly Auction House, the manager of the Yanjing branch of Sotheby's Auction House, and the manager of the Yanjing branch of Christie's auction house came one after another.

In the end, even many officials were alarmed.

Deputy Director of Yanjing GA Bureau, Deputy Director of Chaoyang District, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism......

The study, which used to look quite large, now looks a little crowded.

"This treasure of the Ming Dynasty, according to the available information, is also genuine."

The last two jade seals, Yang Jianmin took the lead in identifying the jade seals in his hands, he first put down the jade seals in his hands carefully, then took off his reading glasses, let out a long breath, and the whole person visibly relaxed.

The hours of highly focused appraisal work are really hard work for the elderly who are over 60 years old.

"Teacher Yang, it's hard work."

"Have some tea and some pastries."

Tang Yuan took the initiative to move a chair for Yang Jianmin, and said to the other party in a warm voice.

"Thank you, Mr. Tang, it's out of the way."

"I'm just a little exhausted, just sit and rest for a while."

Yang Jianmin smiled and waved his hand, although the tiredness on his face was very obvious, but those eyes were extraordinarily bright, obviously for him, it was undoubtedly very gratifying to have the honor to identify the authenticity of the 24 seals of the Ming Dynasty.

"Teacher Yang, can you tell us how these jade seals are identified, so as not to talk to people in the future, I don't know where to start."

Tang Yuan saw that Yang Jianmin was idle, so he found the right time and asked Yang Jianmin about the questions that had been in his heart for a long time.

After all, these jade seals of the Ming Dynasty are destined to become Tang Yuan's private collection, and it is inevitable that there will be friends who want to appreciate them in the future.

As Tang Yuan's words fell, the other people in the study also looked at them curiously, for them laymen, they knew that these jade seals were national treasure-level cultural relics, but they didn't know how to distinguish and appreciate them, that feeling was really not very good, and now that they had the opportunity to learn about it, they naturally wanted to hear how Yang Jianmin and the two were identified.

Facing everyone's attention, Yang Jianmin smiled, then stood up again, and picked up the treasure and jade seal of the Ming Dynasty that he had just put down.

"Since you want to know about it, then I'll tell you a little bit, it's not that I have it privately, it's just that this kind of thing can't be explained clearly in a few words, but after listening to me, if you can keep it in mind, if you encounter something similar in the future, if you want to see a rough idea, it's no problem."

When Yang Jianmin said this, he gently patted the back button of the jade seal in his hand and said: "The jade seal and porcelain actually have something in common, such as the back button, the image of the back button is diverse, but the royal jade seal, especially the jade seal used by the emperor, is generally two, dragon and tiger." ”

"However, it must be noted here that the jade seals of the Tang and Han dynasties are mainly dragons. Before and after the Tang and Han dynasties, the jade seal was still dominated by the tiger, and the emperor and queen generally used the tiger button, and the princes and kings used the camel button. Liehou, prime minister, and Taiwei use turtle buttons, and nose buttons are used for thousands of stones, 600 stones, 400 stones to 200 stones. Private printing is arbitrary, as long as it is not transgressed, many graphics are OK, not only animals, pavilions, bridges, and tiles. ””

"But the image can only make a general distinction, and the other is the quality of jade, which will not be clear for a while, I really want to meet, and I will find a connoisseur who understands jade, but even if it is an expert, I can only distinguish whether the jade is ancient jade or new jade."

Zhao Yu, who was standing next to him, heard this, and asked with some curiosity: "Teacher Yang, according to what you said, is it possible to prove that this jade seal is true as long as it is confirmed that it is ancient jade?" ”

"I can't." Yang Jianmin shook his head: "There are porcelain colors after the back, and jade seals are also available." Guanzhong, Luoxia, Jinan often have ancient seals and ancient jade unearthed, many people buy ancient jade back to counterfeit. The jade itself is old, and the seal after the forgery is also old, how to tell the difference? Even if you play with seals all year round, you can't tell the difference. ”

"If you want to determine the authenticity and falsehood, there are two really effective identification methods, one is the method I just said, using the seal text for comparison, but the premise is that there must be a seal left in history, like these Ming Dynasty jade seals are a little better, although there are not many holy decree documents left in the Ming Dynasty, but there are also a lot, you can see it by direct comparison, but if some jade seals are old, and there is no holy decree document left behind to compare, it will be difficult."

"Another way is to look at the carving of the jade seal, from the carving of the back button, to the four side lines, and then to the inscription. In ancient times, it was not ordinary people who could make jade seals, and ordinary people were not qualified to contact them, and the words on the real jade seals were required not to scratch their hands, but also to ensure the clarity of the decorative lines. Don't look at what I said simply, but if you want to do it, you can't do it without a master carver who has been immersed in it for decades. This level of delicacy is a height that imitations cannot reach. ”

Speaking, Yang Jianmin turned over the jade seal in his hand, pointed to the inscription under the jade seal and said: "There is a slight chamfer between the plane intersection of the inscription, the relief and the base, and it cannot be seen if you don't look carefully. Fakes can't do this level, but you may not be able to see it, but as long as you print red clay and stamp it on the paper, you can find the difference. ”

"And the royal craftsmen regardless of painting or calligraphy, the level is very high, and even some of them are famous calligraphy masters at that time, and only in this way can the perfect combination of arts and crafts be achieved, and those who fake are pure workers, not even a little calligraphy foundation, carved out of the words are also very stiff."

"If a jade seal can reach the level of exchanging the fake for the real in all the aspects I said, then even if the jade seal is fake, it already has a certain collection value."

After listening to Yang Jianmin's introduction, everyone showed a little abruptness, no one expected that there was so much knowledge and knowledge hidden in such a small jade seal.

Just when everyone was reminiscing about the knowledge introduced by Yang Jianmin, Huang Houshun, who had just been focusing on identification, slowly put down the jade seal in his hand, and this jade seal was the last jade seal that had not yet been identified among the 24 jade seals.

"Now it can be determined that the treasure and jade seal of the Nanming Yongli edict in Yunnan Province is fake, because the real treasure and jade seal of the Yongli edict of the Nanming Dynasty is the jade seal I have just identified, and its inscription is completely consistent with the holy decree document we have, and there is no mistake at all."

Huang Houshun's gaze swept across the audience, and with a very serious and rigorous attitude, he announced to Tang Yuan and the others.

As Huang Houshun's voice fell, even though everyone had prepared in advance, when they heard Huang Houshun's announcement, that heart still inevitably slowed down by half a beat.

You must know that the Ming Dynasty from the founding of the country to the demise, the entire 276 years of history, only these twenty-four jade seals were cast, they witnessed the rise and fall of the entire Ming Dynasty, and its historical and cultural significance is self-evident.

Now, they're lying quietly on that table.

Unconsciously, the table seemed to have a magical power, attracting the attention of everyone in the study, and even making the whole study quiet......

(End of chapter)