Cheng Mo looked at this big ding and frowned. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

There are patterns and words on it, and the patterns have birds, fish, insects and beasts, but many birds, fish, insects and beasts make Cheng Mo feel unfamiliar, in addition to birds, fish, insects and beasts, there are also some clumsy ornaments. The text is also clumsy, and Cheng Mo can't recognize a single word.

This is both reasonable and unreasonable.

First of all, the patterns, in ancient times, the patterns were simple, so the patterns on some of the utensils that have been handed down are often plausible, making it difficult to distinguish. But where is the big picture, such as a cultural relic unearthed before, the stork stone axe picture painted pottery jar of the Yangshao culture in the Neolithic Age, the pattern of the fish and the stork is concise to the extreme, if you quibble, you can say that the bird is not a stork, but you can still identify a big appearance, not as strange as many birds, fish, insects and beasts on this tripod.

As for writing, even his teacher, Professor Ouyang, may not know all the ancient characters.

There is an important watershed in the history of Chinese writing, after the Qin Dynasty unified China, the small seal, the official script, the Wei book, the regular script, the simplified Chinese, although the text is constantly changing, but all the characters have begun to unify since the Qin Dynasty. Although cursive varies greatly, it is not scribbled, and at least it cannot be written as a tree.

Before the Qin Dynasty unified China, it was the big seal from back to front, also known as Zhouwen, which is the stone drum text mentioned in Han Yu's poem "Stone Drum Song".

The big seal was preceded by Jin Wen, also known as Zhong Dingwen, which was cast on bronze, hence the name.

The gold inscription was preceded by oracle bone inscriptions, words engraved on tortoise shells and animal bones.

The oracle bone inscription is not the oldest script, and there are still in front of it, such as some carved characters, pottery characters, water scripts, jade books, and rock paintings unearthed in various places.

Petroglyphs are its typical representatives, it is not exactly a painting, nor is it completely a word, a combination of half painting and half words, it can also be said that it is the real hieroglyphs. With the progress of civilization, writing gradually became standardized, and this is why oracle bone inscriptions appeared.

However, the ancient civilization was backward, especially before the oracle bone inscription, each tribe was in a closed state, and different civilizations and tribes often produced different hieroglyphs.

It is reasonable to have ancient characters that Cheng Mo does not know, but there is always some context to follow, at least at his level, it is impossible not to know any of them.

Secondly, it is very large, there is a big tripod in ancient times, the most famous is the Simu Wu Dafang Ding, also called the stepmother Wu Fang Ding, 133 centimeters high, weighing more than 800 kilograms.

This tripod is larger than Simu Wuding, almost as high as three meters, the weight is now unknown to Cheng Mo, but the style is more atmospheric and clumsy than Simu Wuding, looking at it from a distance, it can give people a sense of majesty, solemnity, and majesty.

Ancient bronzes are not only tripods, but also jue, jiao, yao, yi, yi, fangyi, wei, pot, gui, zun, fang, ring, bang, yun, dun, 卣, bean, xu, 匜, furnace, plate, figurine, reed, forbidden, weapons, bells, bells, etc., involving almost all aspects of antiquity.

However, in general, due to technical constraints, there were very few extra-large bronzes, and Simu Wuding almost reached the technical limit of that era. Now come up with a large piece that is three meters tall and may weigh more than two or three tons......

Cheng Mo couldn't help wiping a handful of sweat, this was not what made him frown.

What made him frown was the material.

From the analysis of its pattern and text, the antique utensils that the master wants to imitate should be before the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty before the Western Zhou Dynasty, whether there was a Xia Dynasty before the Shang Dynasty, or a mystery of archaeology, but before the Shang Dynasty, a relatively developed civilization has been produced, and many cultural relics have been unearthed.

However, the further you go, the more backward the technology becomes, mostly rudimentary jade, bone, pottery, stone carvings and petroglyphs, or bronze. Iron tools also appeared in the Shang Dynasty, but except for the superior iron tools obtained by chance, the rest could not be preserved until now due to the backwardness of the casting and smelting process.

But this super tripod is not only big, the pattern and text are strange, the material is not right, it has a smooth appearance, it doesn't matter, now it is a tire, and it will be made old later. The main thing is that it shines with a golden yellow light, like copper and gold, I don't know what alloy it is, but it is definitely not bronze, is it possible that such an advanced alloy process appeared in ancient times?

I don't know if that person has a big brain at home, and he can't even describe it, but he whimsically made this tripod and gave it to the boss to make old.

Can it be old?

As long as the boss builds it, it will make the rest of the industry laugh off the big teeth.

As if guessing Cheng Mo's thoughts, Dong Zhengming took a folder: "Mozi, you open it and take a look." ”

Cheng Mo opened it, and there were photos inside, which were taken from all angles, making there were more than 200 photos, and he was surprised: "Is there really an original? ”

There are two steps to making a fake.

First, carving, casting, firing and other processes or means were used to produce various original jade, ceramics, gold and silver, copper and ironware, weapons, lacquerware, etc., or to write and paint with a brush.

This step is known in the industry as a tire tire.

Most of the owners brought sample models for Dong Zhengming and his subordinates to make tires, but there were also some owners who brought tires for Dong Zhengming to directly build the old.

Or bypassing the main house, Dong Zhengming led his subordinates to make fakes first, and then sell them to some people.

Sometimes in order to get close to perfection, Dong Zhengming will let Cheng Mo and a few other powerful generals go out to collect style.

The second step is to make old, an antique for a long time, will inevitably produce old damage, this old is divided into physical damage and chemical damage. Like bronze and many iron tools, most of them are chemically damaged, while gold and silver are mostly physically damaged.

The most difficult step is this step, with the development of technology, it is easy to make a tire, but because of the advanced technology, it is difficult to escape many advanced instrument tests, so that outsiders regard it as a real antique.

Especially after housing prices gradually stabilized in the past few years and had a downward trend, hot money had to find a safe haven.

First of all, a large amount of hot money has entered the scientific and technological research and development of various industries.

But here's the problem.

Westerners are shameless, like Google's flying car program that has just been launched. Many patents were registered more than 20 years ago, even if it was only a vague concept at the time.

But if others want to develop it, there are only two ways to choose, force research and development, and sue for it......

Or pay a lot of patent fees, not to mention the decline in profits, how much you have to pay.

Otherwise, there is no way to avoid these rogue patent traps.

Therefore, many industries in China are still being pressed by the Western world.

Either in order to avoid these patent traps, the cost of R&D will be increased, or nothing will be achieved, resulting in a low return on investment ratio.

So the hot money turned to another industry, the collecting world, and the collecting industry is not only antiques, but also all kinds of jewelry and jade, coins and stamps, calligraphy and paintings, badges and tickets, and some limited edition goods. But antiques are undoubtedly the big head.

This situation has made archaeology one of the hottest disciplines, and at the same time has led to an increase in the price of cultural relics in China and a super boom in the counterfeit industry.

However, various detection methods are also becoming more and more developed, but the detection methods still start from two aspects: physical damage and chemical damage.

Just like this Dading.

If the iron content is high, after such a long time, it will inevitably produce rust, and if the bronze content is high, it will produce patina, as well as other metal oxidation reactions.

This is called chemical damage.

After a long time, it will often be physically damaged by some external factors, and there will also be adsorption of foreign objects, resulting in some dirt, such as moss and soil. The problem is that it is not a product of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, but a product of ancient times, and these dirt will also produce all kinds of changes, and even have subtle local reactions with the tripod itself. If a few decades ago, it was not easy to detect, but now many instruments can detect whether it is a fake through these dirts, and detect them without destroying the utensils themselves, with low cost and high screening accuracy. This is the hardest part of the aging process.

Cheng Mo put down the folder and asked, "Boss, what did the master say?"

"When the lord came, he signed a contract with me, we can not accept this business, but we must keep it secret, if it is leaked, we will pay a sky-high price for breaking the contract. Then he sent for the baby, and we were able to make it look exactly like the original, and he would pay us. ”

Dong Zhengming gestured a number with his hand, an extremely tempting number.

"Boss, what if we can't imitate the original, or break the tire?"

"I also said that it can't be imitated as the original, and the other party does not ask us for compensation, but it will not pay us. ”

In fact, there is no need to sign a contract, Dong Zhengming will also keep it secret, and the reputation of this industry is more important than anything else. If you lose your credibility, don't think about taking on any business in the future.

"Very favorable conditions...... Cheng Mo couldn't help but look at this big tripod again, the weird big tripod, and what is even more strange is that it actually has the original.

"Boss, there are two possibilities, this original is also a fake, if so, we can't take this business. ”

If that's the case, it will be passed out, and it will make people laugh out of their big teeth, and people don't understand, and you professionals don't understand it.

"Second, it's genuine, but it's weirder and more cumbersome. ”

No one has seen the original, but with so many high-definition photos, it is equivalent to seeing the original.

What Cheng Mo said is only a physical reaction, which means that it has no chemical damage, that is, there is no obvious rust and patina, but it is only an alloy tripod, not a gold tripod. In fact, it is gold and silverware, because the smelting technology was backward in ancient times, the purity could not keep up, and there was still a chemical reaction, and after a long time, it would fade, change color, and turn black.

However, the original does not have any similar reaction, not that there is no chemical reaction, but the chemical reaction is very weak, so the large part of the original in the photo is cleaned like a new vessel, which means that the alloy content of casting it is very high, even so high that it is close to modern technology.

Coupled with such a huge volume, not to mention whether there was such a craft in ancient times, there is, as long as it is unearthed, it will cause a sensation in the world, not to mention those in the industry.

But neither Cheng Mo, nor Professor Ouyang, nor Dong Zhengming heard any relevant rumors.

It's weird and troublesome.

If it is true and undoubtedly a super national treasure, then what does this person want to do by imitating it?