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Chen Wenzhe knew a senior in the industry who was also an expert in bronze restoration and manufacture.

It took him 20 years and with the help of electricity and soldering iron, he used the lost wax method to imitate the 1:1 Zenghou Yizun plate.

Still, there is controversy in the industry.

Some bronze restoration experts said that the imitations that are reshaped with reference to text and pictures are different from the replicas that are modeled on the real thing, and there is still a certain gap between the exquisiteness and charm of the original.

That is to say, the Zenghou Yizun plate imitated in this way can barely be called a high imitation.

It should be known that Zenghou Yizun plate has multiple layers of openwork carving, the surfaces are independent of each other, not connected to each other, and are supported by the inner layer of copper stalks;

The copper stalks are connected in layers, uneven and scattered, and decorated with countless pansies. The production cost and technical difficulty are quite high;

In addition, due to the consideration of protecting the national treasure, the official has not copied the disk of Zenghou Yizun so far.

A baby is a baby, whether it is ancient or modern, it is a treasure. .

When we look at Zenghou Yizun's plate now, we think he is a treasure, but in ancient times, Zenghou also confirmed that he was a treasure.

And here, there is an interesting little story.

I am afraid that few people know that this Zenghou Yi Zun plate originally belonged to his grandfather, but later the grandson changed his name and became Zeng Houyi's.

This is not Chen Wenzhe's nonsense, but there is real evidence.

On the statue and plate of the fraternity quilt, there are seven-character inscriptions of "Zeng Hou Yi will last forever", which means that Zeng Hou Yi will enjoy it forever.

However, the inscription "Y" on the plate was re-engraved after polishing, and the traces of polishing are clearly identifiable.

There are 208 artifacts unearthed from the tomb of Zenghouyi with the inscription "Zenghouyi", only this place is polished and inscribed.

The previous inscription was Zenghouyu, which was the name of Zenghouyi's grandfather.

In recent years, with the continuous deepening of the archeology of Zeng State, the historical sequence of Zeng State has been basically clarified.

After research, it was found that this Zenghouyu should be the grandfather of Zenghouyi.

Most of the cases of changing characters on bronze wares occurred in the event of a dynasty change or a catastrophe of genocide.

It is very rare to change the grandfather's name, so many researchers speculate that because this venerable disc is too exquisite, it was a rare treasure at that time, so Marquis Yi of Zeng did not hesitate to keep it for himself.

Is it expensive for such a national treasure to cost 20 yuan for a fake?

Not to mention the high imitation of Zeng Hou Yi's disc, but the disc in front of Chen Wenzhe's eyes, it is not easy to copy it.

For example, on this Zunpan, the edge of the mouth and the square-shaped hollow decorations, these parts can be divided into five pieces of decorative patterns, and when they are combined upside down, it is a vessel that can hold liquid wax.

Inject the wax liquid into the inside and operate skillfully to get an airtight wax shell.

The wax shell is hollowed out, and then the mold is remade, and then copper liquid is injected into the mold to obtain a whole hollow casting with complicated decorations but integrated.

Hollow decorations such as the circle feet, the inner and outer walls of the neck, the leopard-shaped beast, and the flat body of the pan belly need to be injected with wax liquid into the mold to make it a wax pattern, and the wax pattern can be repaired to achieve the hollow effect. This is the second mold of the mold, and then the copper liquid is poured inward, and the casting can be obtained.

Regarding the production of the Zun body, the Zun body is divided into four sections to make molds, respectively make molds on the molds, inject wax into the molds to form a wax mold, weld the wax molds into a whole, clean the mold seams and weld marks, and then wax the whole body. Formwork is made on the mold, and the lost wax method is cast into shape.

After the Zun is finished, we still need to make a plate.

Let’s talk about the production of the plate body. The plate body and fan first make a wax model, and then directly weld it with the wax model along the mouth, and then cast it by the lost wax method.

Looking at the Zunpan in his hand, Chen Wenzhe felt a little bit emotional. He was able to copy the simple Zunpan in front of him, but he couldn't copy the Zenghouyi Zunpan.

The one in front of him belongs to him, and he doesn't need to copy it.

Things that don't belong to him can't be copied.

Shaking his head, he couldn't keep all the good things for himself.

This time, I finally saw the bronze ware here, and digging here will definitely gain something.

It's just that there seem to be two things buried here?

Without any hesitation, Chen Wenzhe looked back at the two artifacts in front of him, and the scenes of what happened here appeared in front of his eyes.

Chen Wenzhe looked at the collapsed mound, which was a specially built earth platform.

Although the Golden Pot and Zunpan are eye-catching, he is more interested in this earthen platform.

Here, it would be impossible to build such a thing without a reason.

I found an engineer shovel, and just a few strokes, I leveled the mound, and what was exposed behind were some tomb bricks!

"Hollow bricks? Hollow bricks like brick tombs?"

Chen Wenzhe looked at the tomb brick in front of him with a strange expression, or is it an ancient tomb?

No matter how you look at it, it looks like it was dug out from an ancient tomb and used here again.

Sure enough, as more tomb bricks were exposed, Chen Wenzhe discovered more.

These bricks are not very well used, at least the butt joints of the bricks are not standard, which is why Chen Wenzhe believes that it is a patchwork.

As the excavation progressed, a large number of exquisite patterns were revealed on the exposed hollow bricks.

These pieced together portrait bricks depict lush trees, birds of various shapes, galloping horses, figures kneeling on one knee, etc.

Although these murals have been dusty for an unknown number of years, the images in the pictures are still vivid.

These tomb bricks are also treasures, so after they were discovered, they were finally excavated and transported here.

And when I came here, I didn't waste it, but used the waste to build another ancient tomb?Or built a treasure house?

After digging carefully for a while, there was no foundation. After digging out the soil layer below, the tomb bricks above began to loosen.

Slowly pry them off one by one, and carefully put them on the other side. These tomb bricks are also treasures.

After cleaning up these tomb bricks, Chen Wenzhe was delighted by the scene before him.

The bronze vessel he was looking for finally appeared, and this time it was not one or two pieces, but piled up like a mountain.

At this time, in the narrow cave in front of Chen Wenzhe, tripods were piled up everywhere.

Round, square, high and low, low, whatever.

Seeing this situation, Chen Wenzhe speeded up.

After the tomb brick wall blocking the way was removed, not all bronze wares were exposed behind, and the most conspicuous one was the relatively large tripod.

Bronze tripod, bronze statue, bronze plate, the size of the plate seems to be quite small.

There are the most round tripods here, and of course, there may be gui and cauldron.

There is a round tripod, which can also be called a 鬲.

Li, an ancient cooking utensil.

Copper Li was originally made according to the existing pottery Li in the Neolithic Age.

Its shape is generally extravagant, with three hollow feet, which is convenient for cooking and heating.

Bronze 鬲 was popular in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, or it was the Spring and Autumn Period. It should be rare in the Han Dynasty, right?