Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 22 The Strange Copper Rabbit

As fragile items, these bottles are all marked with small notes on the price.However, after seeing the small note on the Chinese-style porcelain bottle, Liang En suddenly lost interest.

"This is porcelain from China. Look at how exquisite the characters and houses painted on it are. Only 500 euros is already very cheap."

The boss in his 20s obviously thought that Liang En was a tourist, so he tried his best to sell it in his not very proficient English.

"Why don't you buy this?" Pierce asked Liang En with some doubts in English with an Irish accent. "I remember that your Huaxia porcelain has been quite expensive in recent years."

As an antique dealer, Pierce is naturally concerned about the overall trend of the current antique market.Therefore, it was a little strange why Liang En didn't buy this porcelain bottle, which looked quite valuable in his eyes.

"Porcelain bottles are also different from porcelain bottles." Liang En pointed to the bottle helplessly and said, "Do you think this bottle is more in line with European aesthetics?"

"That's true, I think it's pretty." Pierce nodded, and then said, "But isn't that what good things are? As far as I know, the more things that conform to everyone's aesthetics, the better."

"But the problem is that this thing is actually a woven gold colored porcelain that China exported in the late Qing Dynasty." Liang En approached Pierce and explained in a low voice, then picked up the bottle and turned it over with the permission of the stall owner.

Sure enough, the bottom of the bottle is the most common sustenance "Qianlong year system", but it seems a little strange that there is a circle of English around this square imprint: Made in China.

"When we make this thing ourselves, it is impossible to add English to the base payment." Liang En pointed to the label and said.

"So this thing is the same as the silver cup I just had. It's only for export. Not only is the output large, but the style is also more stylized, so the price is not high on the whole."

"For example, this vase is like this. You can see that the figures on it are very rigid, and the layout of the whole picture is not very coordinated."

"So under normal circumstances, this thing can't be sold at a good price at all. The top-notch items are about [-] euros, but now, [-] or [-] euros is already a lot."

"As for the current price of 500 euros, it is estimated that it is specially used to cheat tourists. At least I believe that most people should not know what the normal price of this thing should be."

The entire conversation between Liang En and Pierce was in English with a strong Irish accent. Although most of the French present understood English, there was no need to worry about being overheard by the English, which most Brits could not understand.

After putting down the bottle, the two felt that it would be a bad idea to just look at it and not buy it, so they decided to buy some more small things from this stall.

But there are at least hundreds of items on this stall, and Liang En doesn't have the patience to look through them one by one.So he chose to use a [Detection (N)] card.

Just when this card completely disappeared into his mind, a bright light that only he could see suddenly flashed from a small gadget on the cloth.

This is a small rabbit sculpture that looks like it is made of copper, only the size of a palm.However, after taking this thing in his hands, Liang En's special observation ability noticed some golden traces in some places of this small sculpture.

"You can give me 35 euros for this thing." After seeing Liang En pick up the bronze sculpture, the stall owner enthusiastically introduced it. "It's a pre-Napoleonic bronze sculpture and probably related to royalty."

"You can't say that it has something to do with the royal family just because it has an imprint of an iris flower." Liang En took the sculpture and turned it around in his hand, only to find that there was indeed an iris flower logo that is unique to the French royal family under the sculpture. .

"Yes, if there is only one logo, of course we can't say that, but if you look carefully at the workmanship of this sculpture, you will find that this thing is not made by ordinary craftsmen."

"Okay, this is what I need, wrap it up for me." Liang En said as he took out the cash from his body, counted out 35 Euros and handed it over.

Next to him, Pierce also bought a lighter made of bullet casings for 15 euros.After all, it's not too far from the French-German border, so war remnants are not uncommon.

"Did you find something good just now?" Pierce asked Liang En immediately after leaving the small market.After all, they had been roommates for several years, so he could feel that Liang En should have picked up a bargain.

"Yes, look here carefully." Liang En pointed to the small part of the bronze rabbit's ears. "You'll notice that the rabbit has a coat of oxidized bronze-colored paint on the surface, but it's gold underneath."

"That is to say, someone painted a layer of paint on this thing to conceal the true identity of this statuette." After taking out a small magnifying glass from his arms and looking at it for a long time, Pierce also wanted to understand something.

"During the period at the end of the 18th century, the Rococo style was popular in the interior of the French royal family, and the light image of this rabbit was just in line with the popular style of that era. If gold plating is added—"

As a professional studying archeology at Zheng'er Bajing University, after being reminded by Liang En, Pierce also discovered some peculiarities on this statuette.

At least in that era, even if it was not the royal family, it was only some big nobles who could make such a small statue so vivid and at the same time use gold plating as decoration.

The reason why it is determined that this thing is gold-plated is also very simple, because after the whole statue is held in the hand, it is obvious that the statue is not very heavy, and the inside is not hollow, so it should not be gold.

"But what do you think this statue is for?" After inspecting the statue, Pierce looked at the rabbit statue with some curiosity.

"It's too big for pendant jewelry. And I didn't find any parts on it to hold it in place."

"However, as a simple sculpture, the volume of this object is too small. It is difficult to imagine where such a small object should be placed, and there is no base for this object to be placed."

"I think it may be placed on the furniture, or it may be a part of some furniture." Liang En said after turning the thing over and over. "

When we go back and remove the paint from the surface, we will probably be able to figure out what this thing is.Now this toy is covered with a thick layer of paint, even if there are clues, it should be hidden. "

In fact, at the beginning, Liang En still had the idea of ​​using [Appraisal (N)] to see what kind of treasure it was.

But later, when he thought that this thing was already in his hand, he would not run away by himself.There is absolutely no need to waste a card just to learn the truth a few days in advance.

As for why that person sold this thing, it is also very simple, because now this thing looks like a copper rabbit, and it does not look like a valuable thing at all, so it is simply placed on the street stall, and it can be sold for as much as it can.

(End of this chapter)