Treasure Hunting Divine Eyes

  Chapter 782 Appraisal

   "Boss, there are a lot of people in the store, and they want to see Mr. Li by name."

  A clerk hurried up and said.

  Li Mo put down his teacup and said with a smile, "What do they want from me?"

   "Everyone brought one or two antiques and wanted to ask Mr. Li to help identify them. We couldn't stop them, so we had to come up and pass them on."

  Boss Hu glanced at Li Mo and said: "It seems that your identity has been exposed, and they came here to identify you as a master. Mr. Li, I have a back door here. If you don't want to come forward, you can leave through the back door."

   "Anyway, it's fine now, isn't it just to help identify it, Boss Hu, how about we go down and meet them together?"

   "Mr. Li has this intention, I really wish for it. From now on, the reputation of my Qilinzhai will be first-class in Los Angeles, please."

   Li Mo and Boss Hu came to the lobby on the first floor, and those waiting people immediately surrounded them.

   "Professor Li, hello."

   "It's really Professor Li Mo from the History Department of Peking University, so young."

   "No wonder I was willing to spend 400,000 yuan to buy a painting before, so it seems that the painting is 100% authentic Bada Shanren's "Lonely Bird Picture"."

   "Although it is a painting, it is also an authentic work. Bada Shanren's works are still very popular in the market, and it is easy to get 10 to 20 million at auction."

   "It's amazing, it's really amazing. It's enough for us to work hard for a few years. I will definitely ask Professor Li to help me take a good look at the antiques I brought."

  As soon as Li Mo showed up, those people were enthusiastic and stepped forward to say hello.

"Everyone, please listen to me first." Li Mo motioned everyone to be quiet first, then clasped his fists and continued, "Everyone trusts me to come here with their own treasures. Explain each antique clearly, but my conclusion is only for your reference."

   "Professor Li, we are very grateful for your help." A fat man in his forties said loudly, holding a square box in his arms, which may contain porcelain.

   "In this case, everyone will come one by one." Boss Hu invited Li Mo to sit at a round table, then looked at the fat man and smiled, "Boss Zhou, why don't you come first?"

   "That's a good relationship, everyone, I'll take advantage of it first." The fat man put the square box in his hand on the round table lightly, and when he opened it, there was a small blue and white jar inside.

  Li Mo took it out and flipped through it for a while, then looked at the fat man and asked, "How did this small blue and white jar come from?"

"Professor Li, I found this small blue and white pot at a street stall when I was traveling in Mengdi three years ago. When I saw this small blue and white pot, I thought it was very beautiful. I made jade in this antique city. Business, but in my spare time, I also go shopping for some porcelain. Boss Hu knows me best. If I think it is good at first sight, I will buy it without hesitation. It’s just that this small blue and white jar has no base price, it’s only on the upper edge There is a blue and white small seal character 'neiku' inscription at the mouth, and I have consulted many porcelain experts, but I can't understand this porcelain."

"In the Imperial Palace Museum in Kyoto, there is a pair of plum vases with the inscription 'Neiku'. According to research, this type of porcelain should be used by the royal family to reward ministers. Your small blue and white jar is from the shape and production process. From the looks of it, they are all in line with the official kiln products in the mid-Qing Dynasty, and they undoubtedly belong to the imperial palace products in the mid-Qing Dynasty."

   "Professor Li, how much do you think this small blue and white jar is worth?"

"Although there is no official inscription, porcelain is still rare and expensive. Real samples with internal inscriptions are relatively rare, so the mid-Qing imperial blue and white small jar you found is worth more than 500,000. There is no problem. .”

"Come on, I bought it for 1800 yuan, which is a mistake. Professor Li, thank you for clarifying the confusion." Boss Zhou is also a fastidious person. After putting away the porcelain, he took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Li Mo. "A little hard work, don't refuse."

   "Boss Zhou, if I had to charge for hard work, I wouldn't be sitting here. Take back the red envelope, and we'll have a meal together when we're free."

   "Professor Li, then it's settled, I will be the host tonight."

  Boss Hu stuffed the red envelope back into the fat man's hand, and said with a smile, "I'll be the host tonight, and Boss Zhou must reward you when he's free."

   "No problem, I have to toast Professor Li three times anyway. Professor Li, I won't bother you, lest the friends behind wait in a hurry."

The second person was a woman in her fifties. She held a jade cicada in her hand, put it lightly on the round table and said, "Professor Li, this is a jade article that my husband bought for me when he was on a business trip. It is said to be from the Han Dynasty." The blood jade, help me see if it is real jade."

  The jade cicada of the woman does have a large blood-red pattern. Judging from the carving technique, it is a typical Han Eight Swords, and the blade is rough and powerful.

"We generally talk about jade, not true or false, but old jade or new jade. This jade cicada is a typical Han Eight Swords technique, but it is not old jade from the Han Dynasty, but new jade. It is the work carved in the past seven or eight years."

"Blood jade generally refers to jade with red veins in white jade. Natural blood jade is extremely rare in the market, and it takes at least three or four hundred years to form it. Now there is a method in the counterfeit market, which is to make jade Put it in the body of live cattle and sheep, let the jade absorb the fresh blood energy, take it out after a few years, it will form an effect similar to blood jade, and it is not easy for ordinary people to distinguish. Your jade cicada is made of this This kind of deception still sounds a bit cruel."

  When Li Mo said this, the woman's expression changed again and again, and the others also whispered and pointed.

   "Professor Li, can I take a look?"

  Boss Hu took a magnifying glass and picked up the blood jade from the table. He looked carefully and then nodded and said, "The distribution of blood color is not natural and even, and it won't take too long to form."

   "Thank you Professor Li, thank you Boss Hu."

  The woman took the jade cicada and left with a little disappointment.

   "Boss Hu, am I being too straightforward?"

   "Since she came to you, it is actually because she has doubts in her heart."

  Li Mo shook his head slightly and looked at the other person.

   "Professor Li, please help me look at this stick."

An old man in his sixties put a stick wrapped in magazine paper on the round table, and said with a simple smile, "I dug this up in the field. Today I wanted to come to the antique city to find someone to see what it was. I heard that Professor Li is here, so I came here directly."

  Li Mo opened the wrapping paper, revealing a stick more than forty centimeters long, the surface was covered with green rust. It is said to be a stick, but in fact it has five sections, and the thickness of each section is different. Li Mo touched it with his hands, and there are obvious lines similar to threads on the surface of the stick.

   No matter how you look at it, this stick looks like the supporting main rod of a certain type of bronze ware.

  He glanced at it with different pupils, let me go, this bronze stick actually transmits a colorful halo, this is a bronze part from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

  (end of this chapter)