Appreciation of treasures

Chapter 435 The Copper-Plated Buddha Statue
After doing all this, when everyone wanted to see Zhao Gang's next move, Zhao Gang went back to the position just now and ate on his own.

Rao Su Qiming almost staggered and fell to the ground, completely confused about what Zhao Gang meant by this.

But on the contrary, Chen Xiyao and Yun Xiangtian saw some tricks, and looked at Zhao Gang with a playful smile.

After about ten minutes, Zhao Gang had almost eaten, got up and patted his stomach.

Then he took out the gold-plated Maitreya Buddha statue soaked in salt water, and then asked the housekeeper to bring a rag and a small brush, and cleaned it while brushing.

If it weren't for someone in Su Qiming, I'm afraid they would have pulled Zhao Gang's ear and asked you to tell the truth from the fake, you'd better have cleaned it up.

Zhao Gang didn't care about the gazes of the crowd, instead he washed the Buddha statues on his own.

After a while, Zhao Gang cleaned up the Buddha statue and placed it on the table.

Before Zhao Gang could say anything, Chen Xiyao took the gold-plated Maitreya Buddha in his hand again and looked at it again, which shows how much he loves things from the Ming Dynasty.

After Chen Xiyao took the things in his hands and looked at them for a long time, he laughed wildly, looked at Zhao Gang with some approval and said, "There are talented people from generation to generation, and each has been in the limelight for hundreds of years. It's amazing. Why didn't I expect such a thing?" layer."

Zhao Gang showed a humble smile without expressing anything.

"This... Is this thing really fake?" Seeing that Chen Xiyao had said that, someone couldn't help asking.

Although everyone here has some knowledge in the industry, everyone is good at different fields. Those who know understand it now, and those who don't understand are still full of doubts and don't understand why Zhao Gang just cleaned it. Chen Xiyao can judge come out.

Chen Xiyao didn't speak, but the meaning on his face was already obvious.

"Fart, you say my stuff is fake and my stuff is fake? What are you? Impossible, my stuff can't be fake..."

And Xu Hao, who had been standing aside, lost his composure for an instant, and shouted at several people.

"Snapped."

Before Xu Hao could finish venting, a loud slap hit Xu Hao's face.

"Presumptuous, why is Nizi talking to Mr. Chen, why don't you apologize to Mr. Chen soon."

Xu Tiancheng was almost pissed off by his son, Xu Hao didn't know Chen Xiyao, so it was impossible for him not to know Chen Xiyao.

In other respects, Chen Xiyao is not as good as Yun Xiangtian, and everyone agrees, but no one in this industry knows Chen Xiyao's accomplishments in Ming Dynasty cultural relics, antique calligraphy and paintings.

The sudden slap directly knocked Xu Hao into a daze, and he couldn't recover after staring at him for a long time.

Just when Xu Hao was stunned, Xu Tiancheng unceremoniously slapped Xu Hao directly on the face again.

"Why don't you apologize to Mr. Chen soon?" Xu Tiancheng's tone became more serious.

Xu Hao, who was slapped again, had bloodshot eyes at this moment, and was extremely angry.

But in the end, he suppressed his anger, "Old Chen, I'm sorry, I was reckless just now."

Having said that, Xu Hao deeply missed Chen Xiyao and bowed.

Chen Xiyao waved his hand immediately, but he seemed magnanimous. He didn't care too much and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, they are young people, understandable!"

At this time, someone asked again: "Mr. Chen, how can you tell if it's real or fake just by washing it?"

It seems that he is still very curious about this matter. After all, without Yun Xiangtian's guidance, it would be a worthwhile trip if he could learn some knowledge here.

Chen Xiyao smiled for a while, and then looked at Zhao Gang: "As for the reason, I think this little friend will explain it to you."

Following Chen Xiyao's words, everyone's eyes were once again locked on Zhao Gang.

Zhao Gang also smiled and explained: "The ancient gold-plated Buddha statues were placed on the altars for worship, and over time they have been eroded by the fireworks, the sun and the moon, especially the surface of the gold-plated bronze statues is dim, and the light refracted back under the sun is soft. Some, high imitation or old-fashioned copper Buddha statues will refract light more dazzlingly."

Everyone thought about Zhao Gang's words, but some people still didn't understand and asked: "Then what does this have to do with soaking in salt water?"

After all, they didn't see any tricks, they just saw Zhao Gang soaked it in salt water.

"Soak it in salt water because he is not gilt at all."

"Isn't it gilt?" Everyone couldn't help but looked at Zhao Gang.

"What is it if it's not gilt?" Someone couldn't help asking.

"Gold-plated copper." Zhao Gang said indifferently as he glanced at Xu Hao with the corner of his mouth slightly raised.

"Gold-plated copper?" Everyone was stunned again. As the top existences in this industry, they were naturally familiar with what Zhao Gang said, but they were really a little confused about how the gilt and gold-plated copper were related.

"Golding originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is a composite of gold and mercury that is coated on the surface of copper ware and then heated to evaporate the mercury in it. The remaining gold will adhere to the surface of the copper ware without falling off, while gold-plated copper It is a kind of modern craftsmanship, and its characteristic is that the gloss is beautiful, and when the ancients usually choose to clean these crafts, they always choose to clean them with salt water, which cannot be cleaned with clean water, so..."

Speaking of which, Zhao Gang picked up the Maitreya Buddha just now and shone it under the sun for a while, the reflected light was indeed much brighter than before.

Everyone also immediately understood that this was the case, and many people gave Zhao Gang approving glances.

It turned out that Zhao Gang used salt water to cleanse the masked aura on the surface of Maitreya Buddha, which caused Maitreya Buddha to reveal its original appearance.

"Then how did you find out that this is gold-plated copper?" Someone asked again.

You know, even Chen Xiyao picked it up and looked at it for a long time just now and didn't find any problems. How could Zhao Gang determine that this thing is fake at a glance!

Zhao Gang gave Guan Zi a laugh and said, "The mountain people have their own tricks."

In fact, it is normal that Chen Xiyao did not discover it at the first time. Generally speaking, the gilding process, especially the gilding of Buddha statues, is judged by the smell and gloss.

Gilt gold is not so bright, and the Buddha statues have been enshrined for many years and have suffered from the smell of fireworks, so there will be a deep smell of fireworks on their bodies.

This Maitreya Buddha should have been enshrined for a long time, which made Chen Xiyao not judge the authenticity at the first time. Zhao Gang is sure that if Chen Xiyao looks at it for a while, Chen Xiyao will definitely notice something.

For a moment, Zhao Gang's fame became the focus of the people present, and then even the people who mocked Su Qiming just now gave Su Qiming their admiration.

Almost everyone was praising Su Qiming for finding a good son-in-law.

(End of this chapter)