The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

Early the next morning, Thomas came, along with Paul.

"Boss, I think we have to send someone to East Germany in advance. Now that it is open to the Western world, visiting as a tourist is a good cover."

The conversation took place on a chair on the manor’s trestle bridge, and the wind and sunshine were just right.

Zhang Nan’s fishing rod just fell onto a snapper and threw the fish into the ice bucket beside him. Then he said: "Paul leads the team."

The latter nodded, such things must be reliable, and Paul also understands German, just right.

Thomas said: "Now the trend of East German fleeing has stopped, but many former Western tourists are thinking of ways to go to East Germany."

Now Zhang Nan is a little puzzled, "They are anxious that Westerners could go to East Germany in the past."

When Paul heard this, he said tactfully: "Boss, many places were not open before, and some people were very curious, so..."

Thomas would then say: "Before the Klingenthal area was not open to foreigners at all, now the original regulations have become waste paper."

Zhang Nan closed the shot and said to Paul: "Let's check the terrain, safety first.

East Germany is almost finished, but the density of their secret police is the highest in the world, and the lean camel is bigger than a horse, so it’s a little leisurely.

Austria and Bavaria have turned us upside down. The remaining point is unlikely to be found again, and Hitler’s treasure is left with this last point.

But don't worry, we don't know what the situation is over there. Your task is to take a look first. When the two Germans merge, there is time to go there. "

East Germany was the first outpost of the Iron Curtain. Westerners had a black eye on most parts of East Germany.

This opening, whether it is pure tourists or all kinds of people with ulterior motives, all get together and run to East Germany.

This situation has been the case throughout Eastern Europe in the past two years. When the Soviet Union is over, the number of people who went to the original Soviet site to "tour and pan for gold" can no longer be described as a blowout.

Thinking of the eruption of the volcano, Zhang Nan reminded Thomas: "How are we in the camp under the Pike Volcano?"

"The volcano overhead seems to be unstable. The volcano experts in the Philippines and the United States have already given warnings. We have temporarily closed the training camp, leaving a few people behind.

At present, it is also difficult to judge whether and when it will erupt. "

Zhang Nan curled his lips and said, "Look at those volcano experts. If you give me a time to evacuate, then I will withdraw."

Thomas nodded, "It's okay to break out, it's over."

"Buy some landmines in the camp before leaving, so that some monkeys who want money and don't want their lives will steal things."

"It's already buried."

Zhang Nan was taken aback, "So fast"

Thomas shrugged his shoulders and said: "It is strictly forbidden for security companies in the United States to use or train landmines of any nature. We can only train them abroad.

Landmines are not easy to deal with, a batch of them from Africa. "

Hearing this, Zhang Nan suddenly thought of something: There are so many exhibitions of American guns and munitions, but there is absolutely no sale of landmines!

Not even at any international defense exhibition!

Landmines are not high-tech in general, but few countries can produce and export them. There are too many international restrictions.

Thinking of this, Zhang Nan said: "After that, I have to get more. Sometimes this thing is more effective than a cannon."

"Thinking of a solution from the Soviet Union, their inventory of landmines is estimated to be the largest in the world. They have all types, so I don't know if it will be possible in the future."

Zhang Nan disagrees with Thomas' concerns.

"When the ruble becomes waste paper, find the right person. There is nothing you can't buy."

The ruble has begun to depreciate, but it has not yet reached the time when the waste paper is burned: probably except for Zhang Nan, even the people who started the financial war would not have thought of the extent to which the once strong ruble would depreciate.

...

The two of Thomas were sent away, but the fish did not catch anymore, because the gatekeeper notified that a box of antiques sent by the United TV network had arrived: they were all collected by Zhang Nan when he was in circles in the South China Sea, Australia and South America.

Because the boss is not in the United States, the experts make the decision to purchase these items, and the price is not particularly high, so I don’t know if the boss is blind to the eye.

If the boss doesn't like it, the TV network will dispose of these items, and the easiest way is to shoot them.

Before Zhang Nan received a call from Henry, among the delivery people was the management of the TV network based in New York.

But even so, the items were handed over to Zhang Nan after careful inspection.

There is no furniture on this trip, just a few pieces of porcelain.

A Ru kiln wash basin, with a four-petal flower shape, wide round lip outwards, straight walls slightly inward, and flat bottom with flat feet.

The appearance is stable, looks dignified and solid, with sky-green glaze covered, the glaze layer is thick, the glaze is even and clean, and the enamel is moisturized.

Zhang Nan knows little about the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty, but this will also tell that this thing will not be a Song Dynasty object.

"In all likelihood, it's imitated."

Upon hearing this, Guan Xingquan, who was also in the manor, came over to watch the excitement.

Turn the wash basin with a diameter of 17 or 8 centimeters upside down, and there is no words on the bottom: Guan Boss also read the information, this Ru kiln porcelain seems to be written on the bottom by later generations.

There is also the old man who likes to engrave on the bottom of the five great porcelains: A, B, C...

As for imitations, some will still drop the bottom, Qianlong also loves to do so.

The sent list read: 500 US dollars, imitated Ru kiln ware from China and Qing Dynasty.

The experts hired are still a bit level, probably because of the beautiful appearance of this artifact, so I kept it.

"There are a lot of imitations of this kind. Officials imitate officials. There are seven or eight images."

When Guan Xingquan heard "It's okay", he put the wash basin on the table and smelled: "That Qianlong's again"

Qianlong, a big copycat, was registered in the heart of Guan Boss.

"I don't see it. It may be his father Yongzheng. Qianlong's style is a bit fluttering. This wash looks solid, and the style is also simple. Unlike Qianlong, it is a bit like the imitation style of Yan Yongzheng..."

Zhang Nan is only half-knowledgeable, and this tone can still give a "nine out of ten"

The reason is simple, I visit the museum more when I have time, and the exhibits there are the best teachers.

"...This stuff is actually not much, but it doesn't cost much. Probably the authentic products are too scarce, and the high imitation version is not popular. There are more copycat versions, and the market is a bit messy.

Speaking of this, Zhang Nan's mind suddenly popped out about the various versions of "Little Dragon Girl", and it was really appropriate to use this Ru kiln porcelain: I should imitate it more, I will play it myself!

The original is being blown higher and higher, and no matter what level of copycat you are, you will not be on the top of the table.

This wash basin was set aside and ignored for the time being, and then opened a wooden box with a thick sponge in it.

The list reads: Qing Dynasty imitating Ming Dynasty Xuande blue and white bowl, 2,000 US dollars.

Once opened, it was a big blue and white bowl with a mouth diameter of 23 cm!

Look upside down: Daming Xuande Years.

Only then did Zhang Nan begin to look carefully at the big bowl in his hand, "This is a big blue and white fish with a ten-row and diamond-mouth pattern. It has a ten-petal pattern, as if the lotus leaf is half-bloomed.

Interesting, imitated in the Qing Dynasty"

I took a magnifying glass from the table and took a closer look: the glaze is thick and moist, the luster is soft and not dazzling, and the white is a little blue.

Zhang Nan frowned, "This is bright celadon."

I thought to myself, then carefully feel the touch of the glazed surface with my hands, and then...

"Brother Guan, our experts probably missed it this time. This thing may not be an imitation of the Qing Dynasty, and Xuande may not be authentic."

Guan Xingquan didn't say a word, so he leaned over and took another look.

The glaze is not very smooth, like orange peel, which is commonly known as "orange peel glaze".

Zhang Nan was holding a 30-fold magnifying glass in his hand, and he could see that the glaze was filled with large and small bubbles, some of which were even small bubbles rubbing large bubbles.

"It should be in the Xuande year. I remember that no matter what type of porcelain was in the Xuande period, almost all porcelains were of this kind of glaze.

And this green material, this is imported Su Ma Liqing mixed with China-made cobalt material..."

For the Ming empire at that time, Su Ma Liqing was a pure imported green material, with a particularly high iron content and low manganese content.

The hair color of Su Ma Liqing is deep and bright, and it can burn out a gem-like color when the fire atmosphere is good, and the high iron content easily makes the hair color dark blue, and dark brown crystal spots will be formed where the color material is concentrated. .

At this time, Zhang Nan took a big bowl and "polished" to see: This is because under a certain light, Su Ma Liqing will be a bit tinny, like a triangular crystal.

Touch the glaze with your hand, it is slightly uneven.

As for the domestic cobalt materials used in the Jingdezhen official kiln in the Xuande period, there are two kinds of cobalt materials. One is that after firing, the color is blue with gray, and there is no dark brown rust crystal spot color.

It also uses a domestic cobalt material that has a light hair color, faint, and a more elegant color, not as "hard" as Su Ma Liqing.

"...This bowl should be mixed with imported and domestic color materials, it looks bright and bright, and it also feels a little faint.

It can't be wrong, Xuande's, those experts can only count as two knives for this. "

After Guan Xingquan listened, "This can all be misunderstood, haha..."

"It's a matter of habit. People are not all-rounders. There are so many antiques that I don't understand, let alone half of the earth.

Normally, the imitation of Qing Dynasty is regarded as Xuande, and Weng Yeming's boy has suffered such a loss, and regards the imitation of Kangxi officials as the original dynasty of Xuande.

This is the other way round, see you for the first time. "

With that said, put the big bowl on the table and look at it a few more times, and I feel that this thing is getting more and more flavorful.

"Such a large bowl, the similar Xuande Nian official kiln fish algae pattern bowl, seems to be collected in the curved National Palace Museum, but that bowl should be this big.

Such a large size, there may be one hidden by the little devil, but it should have not been seen in the market in the past few decades..."

The more you look at it, the more it tastes, not because of "Xuande", but because it is particularly creative and that. Rare shape: The fish algae pattern is a very common decoration on traditional porcelain, but this is a superbly crafted bowl with a flower mouth.

This will put it on the table, because the light and vision are poor, and there is an illusion, like the undulating water on the surface of the bowl, as if the water is shining, and the fish on the bowl are as lifelike as they are swimming!

Fish living in the water is inconvenient to observe carefully, so it is more difficult to draw fish than other birds and birds. Needless to say, this painter can capture the essence of the scorpion out of imagination, and it is very precious to draw a fish freely!

Moreover, the craftsman of this bowl is extremely skilled, obviously very good at using the cobalt blue shades to divide the five colors, and the whole picture is rich and varied.

The blue and white flowers are all drawn by the artist who made this bowl: indigo painted bones, light blue color. As for the lotus leaves, the cobalt blue is picked with needles, and the white veins are exposed, and the curved edges of the big leaves are dotted with moss.

What's more interesting is that the black blemishes of Su Ma Liqing on this bowl create the feeling that the lotus pond will be very dry and the summer is about to fall.

Zhang Nan can only say: The ancient craftsmen have superb memories, and the emperors are too good at playing!

From the beginning of Emperor Qin Shihuang to the abdication of Xuantong of Manchu and Qing Dynasty, China has produced a total of 137 genuine emperors. There are wise and martial emperors, incompetent, mediocre, and talented...

When it came to the Ming Dynasty, that was really a characteristic of an emperor, only more weird, not the most weird!

Among them, the most artistically gifted emperor of the Ming Dynasty ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is probably the Emperor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji of the Ming Dynasty, who is the Emperor Xuande.

This guy is not only an emperor, but also likes to paint landscapes, people, animals, flowers and birds...

For the development of Chinese blue and white porcelain, the Xuande emperor, who was obviously a little unsatisfied, also spared no effort to support. Zheng He's seven voyages to the West brought back the main raw material for making blue and white porcelain from the Mediterranean area, and Su Ma Li Qing was also deeply loved by the later Xuande.

Because of the support of the emperor, blue and white porcelain quickly developed to its peak during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty.

Compared with the blue and white porcelains of other dynasties in the Ming Dynasty, the firing technology of the blue and white porcelain fired in the Jingdezhen imperial kiln factory during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty has reached the pinnacle!

Evaluation of Xuande porcelain: all materials are fine, blue and white is the most expensive.

Xuande blue and white, as the heyday and golden age of blue and white porcelain, its artistic achievements reached the peak. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has been deeply loved by people. It reflects the society, economy, culture, art and even ideological concepts of the time from one aspect. As imperial porcelain and exquisite works of art, it has a unique artistic charm, which has a lot to do with the completeness of the system and the maturity of technology at that time. The works have been respected by future generations as a model of blue and white craftsmanship.

“Xuande official kilns are rare, and even fewer are Xuande official kilns with styles. There should be hundreds of Xuande blue and white in the Palace Museum, maybe only two with styles.

The Palace Museum enjoys a high reputation all over the world. Out of the 750 Xuande blue and white wares, only two pieces are worn. You can imagine how precious the Xuanqing is. This kind of blue and white can make a person's look violently uplifted, because it has surpassed the visual experience of ordinary people. The color tone is both rich and bright, elegant and clear, and has a quiet and peaceful charm, coupled with flashing Spots, radiant and colorful, there is no beauty but no perfection, it can be called a **** in the world. Unfortunately, there are too few handed down products