I am doing well in the Siheyuan

"Don't say so much, Wuzi, come and see my treasure first, a five-color and gold-painted phoenix-tail vase from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty!" As he spoke, Brother Han carefully held out a bottle.

Mrs. Han stared at Han Chunming nervously. The bottle was bought by the couple together.

"Brother, how much did you spend on this bottle?" Han Chunming took a look and a helpless expression appeared on his face.

"What's wrong? I spent 20,000 yuan on this bottle!" Brother Han's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.

"The current price of a Qing Dynasty Kangxi Five-Colored Gold-Painted Phoenix Tail Vase at Changze Auction House is 300,000. Moreover, this bottle is called Golden Phoenix Tail. What you painted on it is a chicken, and a hen, otherwise it would be a rooster laying eggs!" Han Chunming explained.

He wouldn't buy a bottle like this even if it was only ten dollars.

"This... Wuzi, did you see it wrong? No matter how I look at it, I feel that the painting on the bottle is a golden phoenix. Besides, isn't the phoenix female? Isn't it normal to lay eggs?" Brother Han still found it hard to believe, and he clung to the last straw to ask Han Chunming for confirmation.

He began to wonder if his brother's ability to appraise treasures was overestimated. Aren't phoenixes female? The person who sold him the antique had promised him that.

"Brother, I didn't lie to you. The phoenix is ​​a male bird and the huang is a female bird. If you don't believe me, you can look it up in the dictionary." Han Chunming was speechless at his brother who spent 20,000 yuan to buy such a thing. Let alone 20,000 yuan, he felt that even five yuan was too much.

He had already planned a retreat in his mind. After the New Year, he would find a construction site to avoid the limelight.

No matter what, we must not let them borrow money!

"You guys are just trying to get a bargain. You dare to buy the phoenix without even knowing whether it is a male or a female. I don't know what you are thinking! Wuzi, come here, show me my collection!" Sister Han was secretly proud when she saw that Sister Han and the others were cheated.

She pretended to scold him for a few words, then took out her collection to show him.

"This is a blue-glazed gall-shaped vase from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. I have already inquired about the market price and it is around 30,000 yuan. I bought it at this price!" Sister Han had obviously done her homework in advance.

Mrs. Han wanted to complain, but she had just confirmed that her bottle was a fake, so she didn't know how to say it.

When they bought the colorful gold-rimmed phoenix-tail vase from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, they were indeed lucky enough to have gotten a bargain.

"Chunming, do you know what kind of blue glaze is used for sacrifices?" Han Chunming asked Sister Han after seeing the bottle.

"Isn't it just blue?" Sister Han was a little hesitant.

“Sacrificial blue, also known as Jilan, is a deep, rich blue with a calm hue.

Not only is your bottle light sky blue, but the color distribution is also uneven. In the past, such a bottle would not have been sold at all!" Han Chunming patiently explained to Sister Han and popularized a professional knowledge point.

"So, this antique of mine is real?" Sister Han was confused and had a hard time grasping the concept of a sacrificial blue.

Han Chunming felt that his statement might have been too implicit. He had already pointed out clearly that if this bottle were to enter the market, it would damage the reputation of his own porcelain shop.

"This bottle may be a product of a folk kiln. Did you notice the words on it?" Han Chunming still controlled his temper and explained further.

Seeing that his elder brother still looked bewildered, Han Chunming decided to speak more tactfully.

"Hearing you say that, my treasure turns out to be a real antique!" Sister Han's words revealed her joy.

Han Chunming pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Sister, didn't Chunming say that the word 'Lin' carved on your bottle is crooked?" Han Erge understood and reminded her.

"Even if I spent 30,000 yuan to buy it, I still saved 250,000 yuan compared to the real five-color and gold-painted phoenix-tail vase from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty!" Han Dasao defended herself to save face, feeling like the pot calling the kettle black.

Han Chunming was speechless about this, and Sister Han's face turned pale, realizing that the 30,000 yuan might really be wasted.

"Fifth brother, it's my turn now. This early Qing dynasty blue and white elephant-leg vase with human figure and story designs is only 20,000 yuan, and it also has an appraisal certificate. It can't be fake, right?" Seeing that eldest sister Han had finished the appraisal, second brother Han came forward with a porcelain vase and proudly showed off an appraisal certificate.

The elephant leg bottle has a wide mouth that curls outwards, a short and thick neck, a shoulder that is as wide as the mouth, an upright cylindrical body and a flat bottom. The overall shape is like the thick legs of an elephant, hence the name "elephant leg bottle".

Because it implies "the unification of the world", it was popular during the Shunzhi and Kangxi dynasties in the early Qing Dynasty. The main varieties are blue and white and multicolored.

Han Chunming took the bottle and examined it carefully. Judging from the craftsmanship, clay, blue and white patterns, the bottle seemed to have the style of the Shunzhi period.

"Fifth brother, I heard that at that time, the porcelain body was not repaired, the bottom was exposed and it was a double-layer bottom, with the outer foot high and the inner bottom low." Second Brother Han threw out a professional term, obviously quite proud of it. I don't know where he heard it from.

Holding the appraisal certificate, Second Brother Han felt that he was one step ahead of Sister-in-law Han and Elder Sister Han. He took out the elephant-leg bottle just to prove that he had a unique vision.

Han Chunming did not respond, but rubbed the bottle repeatedly for a long time, his brows gradually furrowed.

"Second brother, can you let me see your appraisal certificate?" Han Chunming placed the elephant-leg bottle on the table, his eyes fixed on the appraisal certificate in Second Brother Han's hand.

"Fifth brother, here you go. Help me explain what inscriptions and blue and white porcelain are later. I can't quite understand the words on the certificate." Second Brother Han was not on guard at all and readily handed the appraisal certificate to Han Chunming.

When you open the appraisal certificate, what catches your eye are the big words "Fleishman Auction House" and a detailed introduction to the appraisal expert - professor of the History Department of Yenching University, who has been appreciating antiques for twenty years, etc. These titles seem intimidating.

On the back of the appraisal certificate, there is a photo of the elephant-leg bottle and a detailed description of its shape, craftsmanship, body, blue and white, patterns, inscriptions, etc.

Han Chunming took a quick look and found that there was no signature or seal on the certificate.

This is not an appraisal certificate at all, it is clearly an instruction manual of a handicraft.

"Brother, where did you buy this?" Han Chunming stared at this seemingly professional "certificate of identification" and felt that something was fishy.

He had visited Changze Appraisal Office and knew that a formal appraisal certificate should have a signature and seal, but most people only knew the name but not the specific form.

"Fifth brother, according to what you said, this bottle is authentic? We met a salesman who claimed to be from Foley Auction House. He happened to have a batch of items that had not yet been publicly auctioned, so we bought them privately."