Almighty Appraiser

Chapter 317 Coincidence
Sometimes things in the world are difficult to explain with simple coincidence.

Just like today's incident, when Shen Yunfeng thought about it afterwards, he felt that everything was weird.

The large bronze basin brought by Zhou Pengyi, no matter in terms of shape, craftsmanship, or materials, is very acquainted with the bronze panlong platter that is collected in a local museum in Zhejiang Province and is the treasure of the town hall.

In particular, if the animal head in the center of Zhou Pengyi's large washbasin was replaced with a dragon head, it can be said that it is a scaled-down version of the bronze dragon plate.

Moreover, it has to be mentioned that, even more coincidentally, the bronze Beaulieu plate was also discovered from the tomb.

Of course, it wasn't the work of Xiaowei Mojin and his ilk. It was unearthed in the same way as the big washbasin led by Zhou Pengyi.

At the end of March of that year, Tong's family asked the neighbors in the same village to dig a tomb for their late father. When they dug to a depth of about two meters, they dug out the bronze coiled dragon plate. After digging out the treasure, they swarmed to Tong's house to see the treasure.

Soon, the township cadres who got the news rushed to Tong's house before dawn the next day. While arranging for the village cadres to maintain order at the scene, they sent people to report to their superiors as soon as possible.

In the afternoon of the same day, the cadres of the relevant county departments who got the news went straight to the scene. After announcing the country's cultural relics protection policy to the villagers, they said that the market and some unearthed fragments were all sealed and bagged, and sent to the county museum overnight.

Not long after, about less than a month, the county cultural relics department, together with the township and village officials, sent a silk banner to the Tong family and a bonus of [-] yuan, which was regarded as a reward for their active handing in of cultural relics.

Later, everyone learned through authoritative channels that the unremarkable bronze ware was named the Bronze Beaulieu Plate by experts, and it was determined to be a national first-class cultural relic, turning it into a national treasure.Moreover, it is said that the production time of the bronze Panlong plate should be in the late Shang Dynasty.

So, what is the concept of first-class cultural relics?

The state usually divides the collection of cultural relics into three levels: first, second and third. The highest level, that is, first-level cultural relics, is divided into two grades, A and B.

Only first-class cultural relics will be called "national treasures".

If you still can't understand the status of the Bronze Beaulieu Plate in the cultural circle of China, you can refer to other famous national treasures.

First, the Simuwu Dafang Ding, also a bronze ware, can be determined to have been cast in the late Shang Dynasty.This huge monster with a height of 133 centimeters and a weight of 832.84 kilograms is a rare and precious wealth. It has entered the ranks of China's top ten national treasures and cultural relics.

The second is "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", which is a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation by the Northern Song Dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan. It is said that its value reaches 100 billion.Of course, even if there are a few more zeros at the end, the state does not allow auctions.

The last one, the first-class first-class cultural relic for example, is the national tourism symbol-bronze galloping horse.The bronze galloping horse unearthed in 1969 is a cultural relic unearthed from a prefecture-level city in Longzhou Province and is currently stored in the Provincial Museum of the province.

As soon as the bronze galloping horse appeared in the world, it was regarded by the world as a representative work of the ancient superb craftsmanship of Huaguo.

Only when there is comparison can it be convincing. In this way, it is easy to understand the status of the bronze Beaulieu plate, which is also a national first-class cultural relic.

As the experts' research on the Bronze Beaulieu Plate entered a deeper level, some experts suggested that the village unearthed from the Bronze Beaulieu Plate should be the ancient city of the Eastern Ou Kingdom.

The expert's inference led to another cultural relic comparable to the bronze dragon plate-the plate with six birds and dragon patterns.

The plate with six birds and dragons was unearthed in the Jianghuai area, but it was collected by a museum in the country of Japan. It has to be said that this is something that makes all the Chinese people indignant and injustice.

Whether it is a large bronze pan with a coiled dragon or a plate with a six-bird pan-dragon pattern that has been lost overseas, some experts believe that these two pieces are the treasures of the ancient Xu and Shu kingdoms, and they also provide a basis for the research of the Xuyan King City at the foot of the Tangling in Daxi. strong evidence.

Yang Anran and Zhou Pengyi, as respected and respected old appraisers of Hanzhong antiques, still know these histories to some extent. Therefore, when Shen Yunfeng mentioned the bronze Panlong plate, the two old people knew in their hearts that this bronze was found in the tomb of Zhou Pengyi's old man. What does a big washbasin mean.

Yang Anran took a few glances at his old friend Zhou Pengyi, and said slowly: "The large bronze coiled dragon plate unearthed in Zhejiang Province is actually different from the six-bird coiled dragon plate that was lost to the Japanese kingdom."

"The plate with six birds and dragons in the collection of the Japanese Museum is a bas-relief sculpture, while the dragons on the bronze plate in China are three-dimensional and more prominent."

"I discussed with many relevant experts and listened to their opinions. Judging from the pattern and age, the bronze dragon plate should have been cast by the ancient Yue people themselves. It was just that the shape was influenced by the culture of the Central Plains at that time. That's why it was It may be misunderstood by some people.”

Zhou Pengyi was a little dazed when he heard Yang Anran suddenly say a few words that had nothing to do with today's topic.

Then, subconsciously glanced at Shen Yunfeng.

Shen Yunfeng looked at Yang Anran, and from the corner of his eyes, he naturally caught Zhou Pengyi's eyes looking at him.

At the beginning, I didn't understand how Master Yang would say those words, but after a little thought, I got a taste of it.

He coughed, looked at Zhou Pengyi and said, "Mr. Zhou, this large bronze washbasin unearthed from your ancestral grave seems to be from the same place as that bronze coiled dragon platter."

"In other words, they are also from the Ancient Yue Kingdom."

When Shen Yunfeng said this, Zhou Pengyi immediately recalled it.

Rubbing his chin, he said, "Shaanxi Province is not far from the ancient Yue Kingdom, which is today's Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, or not close. If the cultural relics from Jiangsu and Zhejiang are lost to Shaanxi Province, it is not impossible."

Speaking of this, Zhou Pengyi suddenly realized something, smacked his mouth a few times, and didn't continue talking.

Instead, once again, he focused his gaze on Shen Yunfeng's face.

There was a worried look in his eyes.

After years of dating, Yang Anran couldn't see what Zhou Pengyi was worried about.

He coughed lightly, got up and took out the big bronze washbasin from the cardboard box, and said, "Yunfeng, can you tell Lao Zhou and me when this big washbasin was cast?"

Shen Yunfeng said firmly: "No later than the early Eastern Zhou Dynasty."

Yang Anran nodded, thought for a while and continued to ask: "Is its use similar to those of the unearthed bronzes, are they used for sacrifices?"

Shen Yunfeng pondered for a while.

Then, in the expectant eyes of Yang Anran and Zhou Pengyi, he slowly said: "Actually, I don't want to believe it, it is really a big washbasin."

(End of this chapter)