Antique Dealer

Chapter 288 Uncontrollable
A few thoughts flashed through Tang Mingshan's mind, and he asked with a smile: "Mr., can you cut love between your starling and this bird cage?"

"I plan to keep this starling for the rest of my life. As for the birdcage, to be honest, when I first got it, I thought it was too high-profile. If my grandson didn't buy it for me, I didn't want to bring it out. So, if The price you gave is right, so it’s okay to sell it to you.”

"Here we come!" Tang Mingshan muttered in his heart, and then said, "Is this birdcage worth [-] trips?"

The old man immediately refused: "This bird cage is made of cloisonné enamel, and the materials are exquisite. Even if I have used it for two years, it is more than [-]!"

"Then how much money do you think is appropriate?"

"I don't want to be expensive, you can give me another eight thousand."

Tang Mingshan thought about it, twenty-eight thousand yuan is not expensive to buy this birdcage, so he was ready to agree.

The old man said again: "But let's make it clear, the birdcage is the birdcage, and the bird food jar is the bird food jar. You have to buy the bird food jar separately."

Tang Mingshan said inwardly: "I said, old man, you don't read too many stories, do you?"

The old man chuckled: "Are you trying to tell the story of 'exchanging a pot for a cat'? You're overthinking it. If you hadn't mentioned it, I didn't want to sell this birdcage. As for the bird food jar, I did it for the sake of time." remind myself."

Hearing this, Tang Mingshan asked curiously, "How?"

The old man said with emotion: "To tell you the truth, I bought this bird food jar two or three years ago for about [-] yuan. After I took it home, I asked my friends to comment, but most of them said there was something wrong. My heart was half cold, and then I went to consult experts, and the experts also thought that something was wrong. My [-] yuan was just in vain.

So, I put it in the birdcage, reminding myself that I must attract lessons learned. "

Tang Mingshan heard the old man's words, and then looked at the bird food jar in the birdcage. He always felt that there was a glimpse of the bird food jar, and thought to himself, could it be a mistake?

"No! Tang Mingshan, you can't treat others as fools!"

Tang Mingshan reminded himself in his heart, but couldn't help thinking about it. He pondered for a while and asked, "Old man, can you take out this bird food jar for me to learn from?"

The old man looked surprised: "Why, do you still want to buy it? It's okay if you want to buy it, but I bought this bird food jar at a high price, and it is definitely impossible to sell it cheaply. If you agree, I will take out the bird food jar Let me show you."

Tang Mingshan asked: "Can you tell me the price?"

The old man thought for a while: "It is at least a high imitation that can be mistaken for the real one, and I have lost so much, so it is no problem to ask for 20?"

Tang Mingshan waved his hand immediately: "It's too high, if it's [-], I can buy it for fun."

"Forget it then." The old man chuckled and shook his head, turned around and was about to leave.

Tang Mingshan always felt that today's incident was a bit weird, and he was very entangled in his heart. After hesitating, the old man left without stopping.

Tang Mingshan had something on his mind, and even if he wanted to complete the task that Fang Hao had given him, he felt uncomfortable at all.

He didn't even eat in the morning, so he came to Panjiayuan. After walking around for so long, his stomach growled with hunger, so he called Hu Jue and asked him to go eat something.

Hu Jue told him that he was about to go back to the antique shop, and he was not hungry for the time being, so he asked him to eat by himself.

Tang Mingshan went outside Panjiayuan, found a small shop, and was about to eat something to satisfy his hunger. As soon as he entered the shop, he saw the old man who was carrying the birdcage just now sitting in it.

Seeing Tang Mingshan, the old man laughed: "Young man, we meet again!"

"No, what a coincidence."

Tang Mingshan was also a little surprised, he walked up to the old man: "I'll sit here, is it okay?"

"Sit whatever you want." The old man smiled and was very kind. Seeing Tang Mingshan looking at the bird food jar in the birdcage again, he said with a smile, "Have you not given up yet? If that's the case, then you can buy it anyway. It’s not expensive. At most, it’s only a loss of one hundred thousand.”

"You are so old-fashioned. Why don't you sell me [-]?" Tang Mingshan felt that it was fate that he could meet this bird food jar again. Drop in half.

"12 is really too little." The old man hesitated for a moment: "Well, I will take a step back. The price is [-]. If you like it, you can buy it. If you don't want it, forget it. For me, whether you sell it or not It doesn't matter."

Tang Mingshan pondered for a long time before he said, "Okay, can I take a look first?"

The old man said: "Aren't you hungry? Eat something first and then talk."

"Row."

Tang Mingshan asked for a bowl of noodles, and while the noodles were not coming, he chatted with the old man. During this time, he learned that the old man's name was Su Defa, and he liked to collect miscellaneous items such as Wenwan.

The noodles Tang Mingshan ordered came out quickly, and he picked up his chopsticks and began to eat with a snort.

Su De found that Tang Mingshan finished the noodles in just a few mouthfuls: "I said you are in such a hurry."

Tang Mingshan wiped his mouth with a paper towel: "I've been eating noodles very quickly, I'm used to it, you always eat slowly, don't worry."

Su Defa shook his head and speeded up a little, making Tang Mingshan quite embarrassed.

After Su Defa finished eating, he took out the bird food jar, poured out the bird food inside carefully, and wiped the bird food inside.

Tang Mingshan took a bird food jar to observe carefully, and saw that this utensil was well preserved. It was a typical Xuande utensil of the Ming Dynasty. Things to play with.

He looked left and right, but he didn't find anything wrong with the bird food jar, and the idea that it was the real thing prevailed in his heart.

"Mr. Su, I want to ask you for advice. What did other people think was wrong?"

Su Defa laughed and said: "I'll tell you after you pay the money, and remind you again, if you want to catch the leak, you'd better accept this idea as soon as possible."

Tang Mingshan pondered for a while, and finally decided to buy it.

The two went to the bank to transfer the money together. After walking out of the bank, Tang Mingshan saw that Su Defa was about to leave, so he quickly stopped him: "Mr., you haven't said anything yet."

"What?" Su Defa smiled teasingly, and patted Tang Mingshan's shoulder: "Young man, there are some things that you'd better study by yourself so that you can remember them in your heart."

After finishing speaking, Su De smiled and carried the bird cage and left.

Tang Mingshan scratched his face, thinking in his heart, did he punch his eyes?With his level, he couldn't understand this question, so he quickly called Fang Hao.

"Boss, are you in the store now, Jianghu emergency!"

"I'm still at home, what's wrong?"

Tang Mingshan told Fang Haoyi about the matter: "It's strange to say that I wanted to buy this bird food jar just now. After paying the money, I started to feel hairy again. Do you think I'm too cheap?"

After Fang Hao learned the details, he sighed: "What do you want me to say about you? Let me just ask, are the traces of use on the bird food can obvious?"

Tang Mingshan was agitated, and quickly checked the traces on the bird food jar: "It doesn't look obvious, does it mean that I have been cheated?"

"The possibility is nine out of ten. For the specifics, I have to look at it to know. You can go to the store and wait."

Fang Hao hung up the phone and shook his head. Obviously, Tang Mingshan was affected by greed in his heart. In fact, if he could calm down a little, he would first think about why the starling was barking right behind him, and the cage Su De sent And there happened to be such a bird food jar in there.

As for the reminder that Su Defa said, under the influence of greed, it will basically not have any effect.

Fang Hao put away the carving tools, and then drove to the antique shop.

On the way, he received another call from Gao Xinlan, saying that after careful consideration, he had decided to apply for the position in the store, but she had to go and give her current job in the company first.

Fang Hao said there was no problem, so he contacted Kong Yi and told him that the accountant had been found.

In fact, Kong Yi had already found a suitable accountant for Fang Hao, but the accountant was a little unhappy. It happened that she had something to do at home, so she took her annual leave to go home to visit relatives, and was going to wait for her to return to the capital.

Fang Hao is not in a hurry, since he has a suitable accountant, it doesn't matter if he waits for a few days. He did not expect to meet Gao Xinlan by accident. Relatively speaking, Gao Xinlan is also a suitable candidate, and he also knows each other. Since the accountant introduced by Kong Yi has never been If there is no news, then hire Gao Xinlan.

Kong Yi happened to have something to talk to Fang Hao about, so he made an appointment to meet Fang Hao at Fang Hao's store.

When Fang Hao arrived at the store, he saw Hu Jue and Tang Mingshan looking at the bird food jars on the table: "How is it? Is there any result?"

Hu Jue shook his head: "I think it's a bit confusing. Generally speaking, the blue hair color of the Xuande period is rich and colorful, with black in the blue, and the decorations are often accompanied by dark brown spots of different sizes and unevenness that penetrate into the carcass. Touch it with your hands. The feeling of unevenness is commonly known as the phenomenon of "tire biting", and although this bird food jar also gives me this feeling, it always feels a little unnatural and the feel is not right."

Hu Jue has a long history of family studies, and his grandfather also has a collection of Xuande porcelain, and he has studied it carefully, so he can feel some subtle differences in this bird food jar, but the difference is too small, or he is not rich in experience, so it is not Not sure it's a problem.

But it was precisely this that made Hu Jue admire the author of this bird food jar even more, and the imitation technology was so superb.

Hu Jue was about to continue talking, but Fang Hao said, let him have a look first.

The combination of underglaze blue and white and overglaze red color is called "blue and white red color".Before Xuande, the two crafts of blue and white and red color were mature, but they existed independently.It was not until the Xuande period that these two techniques were combined to create a new technique of underglaze blue and white and overglaze red.

It is this new craft that laid the foundation for the development of Chenghua's "Dou Cai" and Jiajing and Wanli's "Blue and White Five Colors" crafts.

Xuande's "blue and white red color" is mostly in the blue and white decoration, leaving out the white glaze color of animal shapes, dragon shapes, etc., and then filling the glaze with alum red.

Fang Hao also felt strange when the item was in his hand. After he used two appraisal experience cards, he found that his sixth sense is getting more sensitive now. Maybe when he becomes a master of appraisal, he can determine things by feeling. authenticity.

Fang Hao looked at the bird food jar carefully, and he knew it in his heart. Just when he was about to express his opinion, Kong Yi came.

When Kong Yi saw the bird food jar in Fang Hao's hand, he was also a little curious, so he asked about the origin of the thing. After learning the details, he also felt the same as Fang Hao, Tang Mingshan was cheated.

The corner of Tang Mingshan's mouth twitched: "Don't you all think that I will pick up the leak?"

Hu Jue said, "I suggest you raise an old sow and see if it can climb a tree."

Tang Mingshan said angrily: "I think you are a young shoot of bamboo, a real bamboo shoot!"

Fang Hao and Kong Yi laughed after hearing their conversation.

Kong Yi also took the opportunity to look at the bird food jar, and when he put it back on the table, he smiled sheepishly: "My eyesight is limited, so I can't see the problem, and it feels like it's real."

Tang Mingshan regained his spirit: "Look, Young Master Kong agrees with me."

"Do you think that's possible?"

Fang Hao snorted, and then said: "To appraise a piece of porcelain, you must first look at the body, glaze, and color. Generally, the glaze color of Xuande is usually blue or blue-gray. , At that time, Sumali green material was used.

This kind of blue material has the characteristics of halo, crystal spots, indigo color, gorgeous and rich, clear and transparent.In the texture of the lines or where the green material is condensed, there are black and dense crystal spots, the crystal spots are thick black pine smoke ink color, and the thick spots or concentrated spots are sunken and deep into the fetal bone.See for yourself, are the spots on the bird food jar floating on the blue and white surface! "

Tang Mingshan hurriedly stepped forward to observe carefully, and found that this was indeed the case. For a moment, his face was covered with a wry smile.

Kong Yi asked from the side: "Teacher Fang, which method is used to make Su Maliqing's forgery so realistic?"

Fang Hao said: "The method of adding similar metal elements under the glaze should be used. This method is to paint strips of iron, aluminum or tin on the top-quality blue and white material with a pen, and then burn it. In this way, spots will be formed on the burned blue and white. Some of these spots are very white in color, which is the so-called tin spot, or dark, seemingly absent.

The reason why it floats up is because iron oxide and the like dissolve and slowly float up during the firing process.This kind of falsification is quite deceptive, and inexperienced people are easy to be fooled.Moreover, the counterfeiter's technology has improved. If you don't pay attention to the problem of this bird food jar, it is easy to get a hole. "

Tang Mingshan said with a bitter face: "It's my problem. I keep reminding myself to control my greed, but whenever something happens, I forget to go to Java Island."

Fang Hao said: "If you are like this, you still have to start from the beginning. You can see more than buy, and you have to practice your eyesight first, otherwise you will definitely suffer in the future."

Tang Mingshan gritted his teeth: "Okay, I'll listen to you, Brother Hu remember to supervise me."

Hu Jue joked, "I'll buy a ruler for later."

Tang Mingshan was a little speechless: "I just realized now that you are cruel enough."

Everyone laughed.

(End of this chapter)