Jianbao Lingyan

"Is the purple clay pot genuine?"

Xu You couldn't accept it, not only did this purple clay teapot look smoky, but the shape was popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

"This purple clay teapot is naturally genuine. It is the middle-aged work of Gu Jingzhou, the master of purple clay teapots. Although the craftsmanship is incomparable with his later works, as a Gu's purple clay teapot, it is indeed genuine."

Mr. Feng picked up the purple clay pot and called several young people to come over. He pointed to the purple clay pot while explaining, "Appreciation of purple clay pots generally has the "six-character formula" shape, mud, fire, craft, pattern, and use."

Old Feng turned the pot upside down on the table, and asked Xu Wei and others to come up and watch carefully.

"To identify a purple clay pot, we must first talk about 'work'. For a good pot, first take the lid and put it upside down on the table. You see, the spout, the handle, and the spout are in one piece. On a straight line, of course, this is not absolute, and there are also a small number of special shapes that do not comply with this standard."

"Mud refers to the quality of the fetus of the purple sand pot. The purple sand mud can be divided into fine, coarse and fine. The high-quality purple sand mud has a warm color, is not gorgeous, simple and elegant, and contains pulp, commonly known as water color. Look, I have this one. Zisha teapot is the most common bottom trough clear mud in the purple sand mud, you can touch it to see if it is slippery and not sticky. As long as this kind of tea set is used properly, it will soon develop a pearl-like luster."

Mr. Feng loved this purple clay pot very much, and dragged several people to explain the making process of the purple clay pot little by little.

"I won't talk about fire and crafts with you now. You probably don't understand it. Let's talk about the 'pattern'. On a good purple clay pot, there will be some decorations. The decoration on this purple clay pot mainly refers to the topic. Inscriptions, engravings, printings, etc. involve a lot of content. Take my pot for example. The inscription not only involves whether the content is elegant or not, but also involves the calligraphy style, the layout of the characters, and the engraved knife technique. For pots, first look at the content, and then check the calligraphy and knife workmanship. If the inscriptions are meaningless and the engraving is crude, it is better to choose one without decoration."

"Why?" Shen Lei asked stupidly when he heard the back.

"It's not annoying to watch, or you'd like to have an ugly thing in front of your eyes every day?"

Mr. Feng didn't speak, but Mr. Shen said something angrily, obviously very angry at his grandson's substandard question.

"Ah Shou, tell me what you mean by 'use' and 'shape'." Feng Lao talked for a long time, then suddenly threw the question to Qu Shou.

"Uh, master, the 'use' refers to the water capacity of the pot's stomach, whether the water is smooth, er, and whether the tea from this pot is fragrant."

Qu Shou leaned close to Old Feng with a flattering look, which looked funny, but Old Feng was very useful.

"'Shape' means whether the shape is beautiful or not, no matter what kind of shape it is, it requires the unity of function and artistic shape, so as to achieve a perfect combination."

Xu You was fascinated by what he heard, he was so ignorant, he had never paid attention to the tea pot, and there were so many sayings.

"Okay, that's fair enough. I bought this pot from a businessman in Xiangjiang. This pot was given to that businessman as a birthday present, but that man was uneducated. I don't understand the value of this pot, and I have never used it in the storage room.

At that time, I was visiting an old friend in Xiangjiang, and the businessman lived next door to my old friend.It was also a coincidence that when I went there, the businessman moved just in time, so I saw this purple clay pot among a pile of old things.

Guess, how did I spend money to buy this pot? "

After talking, Mr. Feng suddenly asked a few people such a question.

Several people also knew that Feng was always teasing me, and they also talked nonsense.

Shen Lei said, "Mr. Feng, you are so virtuous and upright. You must have offered a price that the businessman could accept at that time. Have you got one hundred and eighty?"

"Shen Lei, you are wrong. A person like Mr. Feng naturally chatted with the businessman, and then had a good chat. The businessman naturally gave away things for a master like Mr. Feng to climb the mountain. Please take it away from Mr. Feng. Give him his little gift."

Li Du immediately refuted and flattered Mr. Feng by the way.

"What about you two, how do you think I got it?" Elder Feng was amused by the two young men, so he asked the other two.

"Master, with your brilliance and prowess, you definitely asked your friends to buy things for you and give them to you." Qu Shou looked at Old Feng with a look of 'seeking praise'.

"No, Xiao Er, tell me." Old Feng shook his head, then looked at Xu Wei.

Xu Wei thought about what he would do if it were his own, and when he heard Feng Lao asked him, he said, "Go to their house first and then go around, and buy back all the second-hand and unnecessary things that his house needs to clean up. .”

"Right, Xiao Er said it better. Let me tell you, Lao Zhang, you are a good teacher and very thoughtful." Feng Lao patted the armrest of the sofa and laughed happily.

Mr. Zhang twitched the corners of his mouth, thinking, such rogue thoughts were definitely taught by his good brother, Guo Shuren, and had nothing to do with him.

The other three looked at Xu You in surprise, and cast more eyes on this honest little junior.

I didn't expect it, this is thick-faced and treacherous, right?

This is also the reason for several people to think about it carefully. The businessman has no knowledge, mistakenly regards treasures as grass, and is so blind to gold and jade, maybe there are other fish that slipped through the net.

How can I let go of such a fool.

Xu Wei was a little embarrassed to be looked at by the other people. He lowered his head and stepped aside, but he didn't understand why everyone looked at him with such strange eyes.

Although Xu Er has always been an honest child, but as the saying goes, "the one who stays close to Zhu is red, and the one who stays close to ink is black", after staying with that old fox Chen Zhibei for a long time, some thoughts will follow Chen Zhibei's.

"Old Zhang, this child of yours is teachable and will definitely have a bright future in the future." Old Man Du interjected with a smile. Previously, Old Man Du had always talked the least.

"All right, all right, stop bullying honest kids, and talk about the bronze lamp holder." In the end, Elder Shen smoothed things over, and then pointed to his own bronze lamp holder, beckoning a few young people to come over.

"There are four main methods of identifying bronze wares, namely, rust color, feel and sound, patterns and inscriptions, copper quality and vessel shape. There are three ways in which bronze wares are passed on, namely, burrowing into the soil, falling into water, and handing down from generation to generation. You all know the basics, right?" Elder Shen looked at the young people in front of him and asked.

The four of them nodded quickly, joking, bronze ware is a major item in antique appreciation, if you don't know anything about it, you will definitely be dragged back by the old man and remade.

"Then let me tell you why you think this lamp holder is fake."

Old Shen put the things on the table and looked at Shen Lei and Li Du. In the identification competition just now, they felt that the bronze lamp holder was fake.

"In terms of shape, it should be a palace lady with a glans head, animal body, auspicious beast, carrying a sword and holding a lamp from the Warring States Period. There is nothing wrong with the shape, but the problem is the rust color on it. The rust color is integrated with the body, and the depth and lightness are consistent. , solid and even, shiny and natural, it is the rust color that is naturally generated. It is this lamp holder, but the rust color is floating on the utensils, green but not shiny, the surface is rusty, not moist, dazzling, it is a fake rust.

And the sound is not crisp, but rather dirty and noisy.So I judge that this bronze lamp holder is fake. "

Li Du was the first to stand up, no longer remembering his opinion, and he was very confident in his own judgment.

Just because of self-confidence, Li Du couldn't figure out why he was wrong in his judgment, and what was the difference?

"That's good, very organized. Ah Lei, what do you think?"

Shen Lei thought for a while, stood up and said: "I agree with the two points Adu said, and there is the smell. There is a foul smell on this bronze vessel. I held it in my hand for a while, and my hand was full of that strange smell. Smell." Speaking of this, Shen Lei made an exaggerated expression, making everyone else laugh.

"What you said is correct, but it's a pity that you only saw what's on the surface, but not what's inside." Having said that, Old Shen picked up the bronze lamp holder and said to several people: "This is a lamp holder." A genuine product, the reason why you think it is fake is because a layer of 'clothes' has been made on it, and what you see is the 'clothes', not the itself."

"Grandpa, what do you mean, I don't quite understand." Shen Lei was a little confused.

"You two, why do you say this is a genuine product? Tell me." Elder Shen didn't answer Shen Lei's question directly, but threw the question to Xu You and Qu Shou.

"I look at the weight. As a bronze ware from the Warring States period, its weight is in line with the production situation at that time. However, with the current counterfeiting technology, it is impossible to make such a small thing with similar weight." Mr. Qu Shou He answered Elder Shen's question, "As for the others, they're too fake, and it's strange."

"You boy, ghost." Hearing the latter sentence, Old Shen smiled and nodded Qu Shou.

The last one is Xu You. Xu You didn't study well when he was a child. Every time he answered a question, he was habitually the last one, just to give himself more time to prepare.

"I'm looking at a small detail of this bronze." Xu You said slowly, pointing to the lamp holder on this lamp holder, the lamp holder made of a saber.

"The color of the junction here is different from other places, as if something is broken, exposing the contents inside." Shen Lei and Li Du approached and looked at the place Xu Er was pointing at. A place is missing, and a small piece of a different color from the rest is leaking.

It is as smooth as jade, and the green is gorgeous but not vulgar.

"It seems that Qu Shou will be the top name this time. Come here, boy, choose one of these things." Old Zhang took out a few suet jade pendants of very good quality and put them on the table .

Qu Shou happily chose a lucky bean, hung it around his neck on the spot, and then flaunted it to the people around him, Shen Lei stared at him angrily.

As for the last place, Li Du and Shen Lei were tied. As the losers, the two will go to Shanxi in a few days to work as coolies for an archaeologist.

No water, no electricity, no food, living in a cave dwelling and sleeping on an earthen kang, doing coolies in the morning and writing knowledge and analysis at night, it is very painful to think about it.