Golden Eye

Xuan Ning's trick is quite effective.From this day on, whenever Lin Qianyi came over, as soon as he entered the door, he would definitely be able to meet Xuan Ning's face turned this way.Lin Qianyi was very happy, feeling elated in his heart: Look, compared with appreciating things, I am more important!

As for the truth of the matter...

Hush!Xuan Ning didn't say anything, and Mr. Gu didn't say anything, I believe someone would not know.

In fact, Xuan Ning's course schedule is still as tense as ever.The part I have learned so far belongs to the category of theoretical courses.It's just that Gu Zhuozeng's teaching is more thorough and in-depth than the workshop.

During this period of time, Xuan Ning followed Mr. Gu to learn bit by bit the dynasty to which each antique belongs, the historical background of each craft, its unique cultural heritage, and the hidden legends and stories.Among them, some ways and knowledge are recorded in writing, while others cannot be found at all, but are passed on by people or even some craftsmen by word of mouth.

By mid-August, Gu Zhuo had decided that it was time to teach Xuanning another important lesson, that is, the aspect of objects.It's not that Xuan Ning's theoretical knowledge is enough, after all, all kinds of knowledge in appreciation and collection have run through all dynasties.Even if you specialize in training, you can't guarantee that you can cover everything.Even Mr. Gu himself is very self-aware.But this knowledge can be mastered slowly in the future study, and there is no need to stuff it in one breath.Anyway, he is sure that Xuan Ning has learned the most basic knowledge well.

In order to examine Xuan Ning, Gu Zhuozeng also specially arranged an exam.Sometimes when asked casually, Xuan Ning can answer quickly and accurately, which makes him very satisfied.

Therefore, Gu Zhuo once decided that the next physical part can be put on the agenda.This part, on the one hand, is about object appreciation. After Xuan Ning was given the task of going to several antique markets a week for more shopping and practice, on the other hand, he planned to instruct Xuan Ning to appreciate the artifacts in his collection one by one. up.And in this process, he can also teach Xuan Ning in detail various different appreciation methods.

After this part is completed, you can learn the various techniques of how to make a fake.In other words, the current focus is on object appreciation.

"Master, is this what we are going to appraise today?" Although the object appreciation class was also taught in the workshop, Xuan Ning felt a little nervous when he heard the things being moved out and put away.

"Yes." Gu Zhuo smiled and took Xuan Ning's hand, and touched the first thing, "Xiao Xuan, don't worry, first touch what this is."

"Huh?" Xuan Ning felt very familiar as soon as he touched it, "This is...those broken porcelain?" They are all pieces of porcelain, and it is not the first time to touch it in terms of texture.

"That's right." Gu Zhuo saw his uneasiness and comforted him patiently, "These are the broken porcelain pieces. Didn't you identify them very well the first time? This time is no exception, right?" Laughing again Hehe said, "You have to learn everything step by step. Don't worry about me giving you some difficult things for the first time!"

Mr. Gu's words clearly concealed a heart of love for his disciples, and Xuan Ning became more determined in his mind.He must succeed in his studies and must not disappoint his master's expectations!

"Have you figured out anything? It's not to ask you to draw conclusions like that time again, but to discover the difference in the process." Mr. Gu saw him thinking about the piece of porcelain, He couldn't help but show his white eyebrows.

"Well, each piece of broken porcelain has a different feel." In the past, he always said it directly according to the description in his head, but now he can tell by his own feeling that Xuan Ning is a little surprised.

"Hehe, that's it!" Gu Zhuo slapped his hands encouragingly, "You know, Xiaoxuan? Your hand feeling is just like my eyesight, it is a unique capital!" In fact, he had already thought about it The way Xuan Ning should go, said earnestly, "Think about it, if it were me, would I be able to tell the difference with my eyes closed?"

"Uh..." Xuan Ning said hesitantly, "Can't?"

"As my apprentice, it's okay to not be confident! Yes! The difference I can feel is definitely not as fine as you feel! Of course, I can still see with my eyes! Although you can't see , but they have hands to touch, noses to smell, and ears to hear. Let's talk about porcelain now. You can try it, write down the feel of various porcelains in the same way, and compare them accurately with their respective types. stand up."

"Hmm...you can identify it just by feeling it!" Xuan Ning suddenly felt that there was no longer an eternal darkness in front of him, but a new path that appeared because of Mr. Gu.

Gu Zhuo was very happy when he saw that he knew a little bit, "Come on, Xiaoxuan, didn't I tell you last time about some identification basis for the details of porcelain? I still didn't tell you that there are many characteristics that occur It's a sea change."

Xuan Ning asked curiously: "Change?"

"Yes. For example, clam light, now the imitation is more obvious than the natural generation of old porcelain! Of course, this does not mean that there is no difference. You must know that the natural generation will appear around the color material, while the fake one will appear on the color material. Then there are spider patterns, some people use a diamond knife to draw fake ones. There is also water-alkali. The real water-alkali is that the glaze surface has been soaked in water for a long time, and usually the groundwater seeps into the tomb to form white spots. The fake water-alkali is When the utensils are glazed, alumina is artificially added and fired. There are also curium nails, old nails are used to fix the new porcelain artificially punched."

Xuan Ning was speechless: "It's so complicated."

"Hehe, there are more complicated ones! If you have no experience in these counterfeiting methods, no matter how amazing your hands are, you will inevitably make mistakes. Therefore, I will find you all kinds of porcelain, including real and fake ones. , let you write down the difference. Is it more complicated? But if you want to learn it, it must be complicated!" Mr. Gu patted his head, "You know, in our business, even if we have a pair of Wisdom Eye, if you want to make a perfect appraisal, it is only if he does not appraise it! As for the legendary Dharma Eye and Divine Eye, they do not exist."

Xuan Ning asked, "What's Fayanyan?"

"It's two of the eight eyes. There's a saying about the eight eyes." Mr. Gu is happy to give him some advice, "For laymen, we call them no eyes, and those who are always out of shape are horse eyes. They only know one thing during the appraisal. The most common is the cat's eye, the one with a unique vision is called Zhiyan, and the one with a particularly keen eye is called a thief's eye. These are all that's it, the following three are difficult. One is the wisdom eye, and it will take a lifetime to reach this level. For example, you Master, I only dare to claim that I have achieved half of the wisdom eye. As for the magic eye, there must be no mistakes in the slightest. I can't do it, but I have done it many times! The last one is the most amazing, it is called Shenyan, which means God's eye Being able to see everything is the highest level of appraisal."

Xuan Ning tilted his head, thinking to himself: Can my special ability be called divine eyes?Well, it's too exaggerated to say God's Eye, why not call it—Golden Eye!

He was snickering when Mr. Gu patted his head lightly: "What's the fun, listen carefully!"

"Yes—" Xuan Ning covered his head in embarrassment, looking obedient.But he intentionally elongated his tone, causing Gu Zhuozeng to slap him again, not too lightly but not too hard.

After the broken porcelain pieces were sorted and studied, Gu Zhuozeng took out all kinds of whole utensils.Xuan Ning couldn't help but be surprised by the number of the whole set: "There are so many, and...Master, you have so many collections!"

Mr. Gu was very proud: "That's not true! A lot of things are from my former apprentices, cough, that is, your senior brothers and sisters, they are used to honor me!"

Xuan Ning raised his face: "Then I will show you more honor in the future!"

Mr. Gu was happy: "Then I'll wait! But that's for the future, let's touch this first, and you can feel the feeling."

"Hmm... is this enamel paint?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Do you remember what I told you about enamel paint? Tell me about it." Gu Zhuo never forgot to let Xuan Ning review the past and learn the new.

Xuan Ning replied seriously: "Well, the enamel color belonged to the official kiln wares in the Qing Dynasty. It was first fired in Jingdezhen, and then sent to the workshop in the palace for painting and decoration, and then fired a second time."

"Did you forget what the third generation of the Qing Dynasty refers to?"

"No, it was the three generations of Kang, Yong, and Qian. In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the folks also began to fire enamel, but the colors were single, mainly red and blue, so they were also called material colors. In the Republic of China, the craftsmanship improved. There are more colors, freehand brushwork and boneless painting appear.”

"How about the enamel color in the Republic of China?"

"There are very few surviving ones, and their value is higher than that of the general pastel porcelain in the Qing Dynasty. The enamel colors of the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty are all material models, that is, the base models are written with imported enamel materials. The blue and white regular script models that appeared later should be all It's a fake."

"That's right." Satisfied with his progress, Gu Zhuo once nodded, "Although you can't do it in terms of the bottom line, it's easy for others to tell you, for example..." He paused, his voice Laugh, "Qian Yi is very happy to do this job."

"...Master!"

"Don't be embarrassed, young people should look like young people!" Mr. Gu smiled.

At this time, a voice came from the side, "Yes, I am very happy."

Xuan Ning was startled: "Brother Lin?" The alarm clock hadn't rung yet, why did he come here?

Lin Qianyi also came early today, thinking to see him first, but he didn't expect Xuan Ning to get so involved that he didn't find himself.He rubbed Xuan Ning's short hair, looked at Shang Gu Zhuo Zeng with special meaning, suppressed the inexplicable suspicion in his heart, "It's still early, you continue."

"Uh...um." Xuan Ning also wanted to continue, but he wanted to turn off the alarm clock of the phone even more!

Lin Qianyi soon discovered his little tricks, why did Xuan Ning touch his phone all the time?Could it be... He narrowed his eyes dangerously, and some suspicious idlers appeared?

When more than ten minutes passed, the alarm on Xuan Ning's phone suddenly rang loudly, and he realized it, annoyed and funny: "Did you set the alarm on purpose?"

"Uh..." Xuan Ning gritted his teeth, and regardless of Gu Zhuo's presence, he pulled Lin Qianyi into the empty room next to him, and slammed the door shut.