The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

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The porcelain still needs to be desalinated. Zhang Nan didn’t take any of them, but Mark Callaway and Thomas Jacobs left the ship with a crate. Here are the 42 pieces of gold and silver and 29 pieces. All kinds of bronze mirrors-these metal utensils do not need to be desalinated after being cleaned with fresh water, this is taken away. Oriental Novel Reading Network

Anyway, it is a good thing that will never be transferred, and you can play with it. Who wants to like it?

Tang Jing, the last craft peak in the history of Chinese bronze mirror manufacturing, is also one of Zhang Nan’s favorite collections in his life: dealing with construction sites and excavators in the Jiangnan area, in addition to the porcelain of the Yue kiln, this bronze mirror can also be found." First-class unearthed baby".

As for the other...

There are not many high-grade categories, but the opportunities are too few and slim!

This is the result of funeral customs and regional reasons. Except for the bronze mirrors, there are very few opportunities to unearth other first-class high ancient bronzes in the Jiangnan area.

It is quite possible that top bronze mirrors can be dug out on the construction site, because since the Warring States period, the Jiangnan region has been one of the production areas of top bronze mirrors.

The ancient people like to take the bronze mirror to bury them. The Warring States, the Han Dynasty, the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties until the Tang and Song Dynasties, as long as the Jiangnan area is able to go to the tombs, there will almost always be bronze mirrors to bury!

This custom has existed until modern times: when a person dies, a "spiritual bag" will be brought into the coffin, and there must be a mirror inside the bag. Of course, the modern use is no longer a bronze mirror, it is replaced by a glass mirror.

However, Zhang Nan knows that cremation will be practiced in a few years, and this custom will gradually disappear, because after more than 20 years, all urns must be put in the unified cemetery, there will be no place to put this "spiritual bag".

What are the conditions to play and what antiques are, the bronze mirror has naturally become one of Zhang Nan's hobbies.

In the Tang Dynasty, this bronze mirror was not cheap, and the 29 bronze mirrors that came out of the water this time were of good quality. There were several large-diameter sea beast and grape mirrors and Ruihua mirrors with superb craftsmanship.

"Foreign purchases?

No, some look like a gift from a diplomatic agency. "

Zhang Nan judged this way.

These superbly crafted mirrors are not particularly rare items for Zhang Nan today, but they are suitable to play with: After the yacht, he holds a bronze mirror with words on the surface.

Guan Xingquan and Zhang Nan went shopping for treasures in Nanyang. They were very impressed with the two-faced Tang Jing they got at the train station. This will see Zhang Nan playing with the copper face and asking, "What's so special?"

There are a few fine pieces, but Zhang Nan seems to like this one very much. It is slightly better: Guan Xingquan can be regarded as half an antique lover two years ago. For the time being, he hasn't seen any special differences in this mirror.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Nan handed the mirror to Boss Guan, "It is a Jiang Xin mirror that pays tribute to the royal family. It has almost never been unearthed. I thought it was a legend before.

About 1200 years ago, a Tang dynasty official named Li Zhao wrote a chapter devoted to this kind of mirror, saying, ‘Yangzhou’s old Gongjiang heart mirror, which was cast by Yangtze River on May 5th. In other words, there is no one who has a hundred exercises, or it is already six or seventy exercises, which is easy to break and hard to make. ’

The legendary mirror originally thought it was special, but now it looks like this, it's not special enough to fly. "

Yes, I thought this mirror could be so special, now according to my own aesthetic concept, it is not as good as the top sea beast grape mirror or the benlong mirror.

Guan Xingquan took it and took a closer look at the pattern and inscription on the back of the mirror. There was a circle of traditional characters "Yangzhou Yangtze River Heart" on his head.

"Bai Lian, I don't know if I would think that Hundred Steel is refined copper."

It's not Zhang Nan, but Guan Bo who said this. It seems that he has made a lot of progress in the antique industry in recent years.

One hundred smelting copper, the Tang Dynasty refers to refined copper, copper is of high quality and less impurities, and the materials used to make common bronze mirrors must be refined.

However, this will be put together with the other copper mirrors. In fact, there is no way to distinguish the three-six-nine grade of the material. Perhaps it can be different when it is still golden.

"Perhaps the people of the Tang Dynasty have a different aesthetic view from ours. They probably like it very much, who knows."

When Guan Xingquan saw Zhang Nan go to play with other mirrors, he re-wrapped this "Jiangxin Mirror" with a large tissue and newspaper, put it in a thick cotton bag and put it back into the crate.

29 bronze mirrors, according to Zhang Nan's habit, it is estimated that one side will not be scattered, this one is a "whole", whether it is collected or displayed, it will be treated as a whole like those 42 gold and silver wares.

...

The cargo ship headed northwest, and the yacht headed northeast, each heading to the target sea area.

This is a shallow water area, the "Sunshine Star" only maintains a speed of 12 knots, and the distant "Great Shark" is slower, only less than 10 knots, all for safety.

It's here to salvage the sunken ship, but you can't sink yourself in a daze!

After a few hours, the yacht slowed down, stopped sailing, broke down, and arrived at the target sea area.

Captain Philip left the wheelhouse and said to Zhang Nan after arriving at the restaurant: "Boss, the sinking point is about 30 meters behind our stern, and the water depth is only more than 5 meters and less than 6 meters. It is very suitable for diving."

Zhang Nan smiled, "It's rare, there is finally a place where I can go. Let me prepare equipment for me, and then I will go into the water later."

When Philip heard it, he looked at the following table and said: "It's still more than an hour dark, you see?"

"Let's take a look. Those equipments don't need to be moved out today. I'll talk about it tomorrow."

I'll talk about it tomorrow. At the back of the yacht, there is a small working boat with suction pumps and other equipment. It takes time to set the scene: the "Big Shark" is also followed by a boat.

The conversion anchorage distance is only more than ten nautical miles, and there is no need for a cargo ship to hoist the work boat to the deck to transfer, and drive by himself.

The work boat leaned to the rear side of the yacht and also anchored. After the two boats were connected, the four men at the head jumped off the yacht with their sailor bags on their backs.

These are four divers including Vita Bruno, the diving captain, one of whom is also an equipment operator.

A yacht attendant, oh, nowadays most of the yacht attendants are also serving as sailors, taking the four new boat mates to the cabin.

Soon Vita and others came out wearing swimming trunks, but Zhang Nan was wearing a tropical diving suit to avoid being stung by some poisonous sea creatures.

The transportation boat first went to the nearby waters and sprinkled a circle of shark repellent, so that those big guys would not cause trouble for diving.

Four divers and a few bodyguards who are familiar with divers took spearguns into the water first, and then Zhang Nan entered the water accompanied by Guan Xingquan. After getting used to it, I dived towards the target point.

It's wonderful, I can't swim, but I can dive.

It's about 30 meters and it will be there in a while.

The visibility of the clay seabed is so good that you can see small fishes swimming tens of meters away.

There are several pieces of dark brown deadwood exposed on the seabed. The two divers stroked the mud with their hands, so that the boss could see the general appearance of the sunken ship: half of it had been completely destroyed by the sea and time, and there were about four sides left under the mud. It is five meters wide and fourteen-five meters long.

Before the ship sinks, it is estimated that the length will grow four or five meters, and the width may also be five or six meters.

But this clay seabed is a bit bad, as long as it is disturbed, the visibility will immediately deteriorate.

A diver probably found something, fished out something from the mud, swam over and handed it to Zhang Nan.

It's a piece of porcelain.

Unable to speak under the sea, Zhang Nan took it and looked through the diving goggles: an arc-shaped piece of porcelain about the size of a soap box, the color seen in the sea water is not countable, it is very thick.

He gestured with the tiles, and pointed to the location of the tiles just now: The diver understands, this means letting him look for it again.

As for Zhang Nan, he began to swim towards the surface.

As soon as the water came out, the transportation boat was already waiting. The man on duty just now took a "diving observation bucket" to pay attention to the underwater situation, so as not to hit people.

First throw the tiles into the boat. The boss pulled the boat. Zhang Nan's gas cylinder has not been unloaded yet. First find the tiles and take a closer look.

The yellow and white bottom has a moiré pattern on the outer surface, and the thickness is almost one centimeter.

The lines are black, and Zhang Nan's back is facing the sun, so as not to be dazzled. Take a closer look at the fracture: the carcass has a thick texture, and the first layer of material should be makeup soil, and then paint the black color on the side and burn it.

Turning his lips, this is an unfamiliar northern kiln, and I can't remember which kiln it is.

To be honest, Zhang Nan is also proficient in several southern kilns such as Jingdezhen, Yue kiln, and Longquan. The north...

Slightly understood, of course, Pian Junci can still recognize it.

With this piece of white background and black color in my hand, I really couldn't remember what kind of kiln it was. I could only judge that it would not be earlier than Tang, because it seemed that there was no such decorative style.

After a while, two divers came and handed Zhang Nan a few pieces of broken porcelain they had just found.

Most of them have remnants of black paintings, and the tires are quite thick.

Still can't remember, what should I do?

There is a way, there is a master in the cargo ship!

I am a player, not a museum researcher, that Chen Jianghua may know.

Thinking of this, he said to Vita, who was still in the water, "No need to look anymore, come first."

The diving captain dived again, and soon all the guys surfaced.

Zhang Nan returned to the yacht, leaving only a piece of porcelain for himself, and asked the crew to drive the transport boat to the cargo ship more than ten nautical miles away, and deliver the things to Chen Jianghua: The radio contact can know the approximate kiln mouth according to the description. , But the time is difficult to determine.

It's not far anyway, let the crew take a trip. Don't have to come back tonight, let the crew of the transportation boat return tomorrow morning.

I took a shower and waited for dinner.

Only half an hour later, the crew informed: "Big Shark" radio station call.

There is no need to go to the cockpit, the intercom is installed in the restaurant.

"I'm Zhang Nan, Jianghua?"

"Mr. Zhang, what you sent is a fragment of a Cizhou kiln in the Yuan Dynasty. It should be part of a large broken pot."

Upon hearing the voice in the intercom, Zhang Nan thought for a while, and then said: "The one in Handan, Beihe?"

"Yes, it's the Cizhou kiln. The age should not be wrong. Only the porcelain jars of the Yuan Dynasty in Cizhou kiln are so thick."

"Okay, it's good news. It seems that what I found here is a shipwreck in the Yuan Dynasty. I hope there are a few pieces of Yuan Qinghua."

"Things in the Yuan Dynasty are rare, I hope."

Listening to this, Chen Jianghua is not excited at all, and it is normal to think about it: This will be 1990, and Yuan Qinghua hasn't been hot yet.

Besides, does Yuan Qinghua have to be very valuable?

Do not!

Yuan Qinghuana can also be divided into "official kilns" customized by the government and "civil kilns" with quality and craftsmanship. The latter's value is not too high after more than 20 years.

Regardless of the dynasty, official kilns are always in the minority.

Zhang Nan asked about the situation of the "Great Shark" again. There is no plan to launch the ship today, and work will start early tomorrow morning.

Is Cizhou Kiln worth the money?

Sorry, Zhang Nan doesn't know. He never touched the famous northern kiln in his life.

However, Zhang Nan believes in Chen Jianghua's age judgment, and the reason is simple: because of the thickness of the porcelain tire.

Comrade Jiang Hua said, "Only the porcelain body of the Yuan Dynasty porcelain jar can be so heavy." This is very particular. Since the Yuan blue and white figure jar from Heng-Xian County of Guangxi Province is very thick, and I think of it: it is said that it was from the Yuan Dynasty. The porcelain jars are thick!

Why?

Jokingly: Don’t the Mongols like tents. After taking it into account, the indoor items placement still followed the grassland to a certain extent.

Porcelain jars are good and convenient to put things on. They are used to put them on the ground as they did in the grassland, so they can be bigger, so there is no need to make them smaller in order to put them in shelves or cabinets.

It's so thick, it won't be damaged when you touch it carefully or kick it, so the porcelain jars in Yuan Dynasty are basically big and thick!

This is a bit hopeful, because there are not many shipwrecks found in the Yuan Dynasty~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The most famous one is probably in 1975. Korean fishermen found a shipwreck in the waters off Xin'an. The archaeologists of Bangzi excavated the shipwreck. More than 20,000 pieces of celadon and white porcelain were produced, which contained at least seven or eight different Huaxia kiln products.

There are more than two thousand metal products, stone products and red sandalwood, as well as 8 million Chinese copper coins weighing 28 tons. This archeological achievement shocked the world at the beginning.

However, it seems that the shipwreck did not find the Yuan Qinghua that was later fired. I don't know if it was in the shipwreck this time.

Thinking of the trouble, just don't want to, I'll talk about it tomorrow, anyway, I will know in a few days.

The dinner is all fresh ingredients, and the goods from the Belitung Island pier today are also available on the cargo ship.

After catching some fish at night, there is probably a very small amount of shark repellent left in the sea, and there are not many fish hooks.

It started to rain in a muddle, and went back to sleep in the cabin after eight o'clock, and got up early to start work at dawn tomorrow morning.

This is salvaging the sunken ship, not the five shifts from nine to night. It is important to get up early.

...

It was just after six o'clock the next day, and Zhang Nan was eating breakfast, and he called from the United States. It was Thomas.

"What, the U.S. Department of Defense wants to rent our C141?"

Hearing what Thomas said, Zhang Nan couldn't turn his head.

The C-141 "Weightlifting Star" transport aircraft is one of the main strategic transport aircraft of the US Air Force. If I remember correctly, a total of 289 were built.

The "Joint Force" is rich in wealth and has already bought three second-hand C141Bs. Doesn't this affect the U.S. military's air transport capability?

Well, Zhang Nan soon understood why this situation occurred: It took less time and felt that the US Department of Defense suddenly felt that the strategic transport aircraft on hand was not enough!

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