Chapter 423

Knowing that this necklace is of great value, Chu Chen did not dare to place it at will any more. He found an excuse and put the box containing the necklace into his handbag, which made him feel relieved.

Originally such a valuable thing, the safest place must be the bank, but it's still early and the bank hasn't opened yet. Fortunately, today is not Sunday, otherwise Wu Ke will have to worry all day when he knows the truth.

Next, they went to more than 30 stalls, perhaps because they had used up all their good fortune just now, and they didn't like anything they liked. However, Wu Ke was still very excited to see it. The girl's nature of shopping really made people admire her.

After visiting a silver products stall, they came to a stall specializing in bronze wares, and the stall owner looked like a Chinese.

The newly unearthed traces on some bronzes on the stall are very obvious. Chu Chen sifted through baojue and found that although there were many fakes, at least a dozen of them were genuine. In addition, the owner of the stall was Chinese. Chu Chen didn't have to think much to know that these genuine bronzes should have been smuggled out of China, which made him feel angry.

For example, bronzes and some national treasures are not allowed to be auctioned in China. Some money hungry outlaws smuggle them abroad to sell them for their own interests and regardless of their origins. As a result, countless national treasures have been lost overseas in recent years.

With these thoughts in mind, Chu Chen's impression of the current stall owner is extremely bad. However, even if he has no good impression of the stall owner, it's not a time to be agitated. Now the most important thing is to see if there is anything good. It's a serious matter to receive it.

The owner of the stall was a thin man in his thirties. Seeing that there was a business coming, and it seemed that he was still Chinese, he asked with a smile, "from the mainland?"

Although Chu Chen was disgusted with this man, he nodded and said, "boss, are you from the mainland?"

The stall owner said triumphantly, "I immigrated the year before last. It seems that my little brother is still from Beijing. We are villagers."

"Oh, what a coincidence!" Chu Chen pretends to be surprised to say.

The stall owner said with a smile, "isn't it! This shows that we are predestined friends. Come and have a look at my goods. It's rare to meet a fellow countryman. You'll be satisfied with the price of things! "

"Thank you, boss!" Chu Chen said thanks on the surface, but in his heart he didn't think so. Some of the people who do this kind of unearthed utensils business will be good people.

Chu Chen put on gloves, first picked up a pair of bronze wine containers, which were bronze cup (sound with "a") and bronze baron.

The cup is a wine vessel used to warm wine in ancient China. It is also used as a ritual vessel. It is usually made of bronze, with three legs, one jar (ear), two columns and a round mouth in the shape of a trumpet. After the Shang Tang King defeated Xia Jie, it was designated as the imperial wine cup, while the princes used horns.

Chuchen's Bronze cup consists of three groups: extravagant mouth, tied neck, deep abdomen, double mushroom shaped column, top decorated with vortex pattern, flat bottom, bottom decorated with three pointed conical feet, abdomen decorated with a circle of Taotie pattern, top and bottom symmetrical. In addition, to chuchen's surprise, there are four inscriptions on the body.

Inscriptions on bronzes often mean important historical value, and because the font, layout and content of inscriptions change with the development of the times, inscriptions are also an important standard for dating bronzes.

Generally speaking, as long as there are inscriptions, even small miscellaneous objects are valuable, which is why antique collectors generally like inscriptions.

The bronze cup in Chu Chen's hand is probably the product of the early Western Zhou Dynasty in terms of style, copper quality and rust. However, the inscriptions on it were carved with tools. You should know that the inscriptions on the bronzes of the Shang Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty were generally cast. If they were in the past, he would think that the inscriptions were false.

However, Chu Chen has read a lot of materials given to him by his master. He also knows that there are very few bronzes carved with sharp tools, and such inscriptions are undoubtedly of more research value, and the bronze cup in front of him is just in line with this feature.

Another bronze Jue is also engraved with Taotie pattern, which is also a typical feature of Jue cup in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. The rust on the surface is similar, and there are also the same four inscriptions, which are also carved with tools, indicating that this pair of vessels should be unearthed at the same time and in the same place.

This pair of utensils can be described as smooth in shape and exquisite in decoration. Although there is rust on the whole body, it does not affect the appearance of the utensils. On the whole, the appearance of the utensils is perfect, and the inscriptions are clear. In addition, it is a rare tool for lettering, which can be said to be a rare pair of treasures.

Since it is a pair of treasures, it must be to take them down, but Chu Chen did not first inquiry, but put down two things, and then took out a few fakes, but also just right to show a surprise look.

When the stall owner saw Chu Chen put on his gloves in advance, he thought Chu Chen was an expert. He thought it was difficult to earn a few living expenses from this young man today. However, when he saw Chu Chen's performance, he was surprised. After a long time, he turned out to be a club.

The stall owner was relieved to think that Chu Chen was only in his twenties. No matter how young an expert there is in the field of antiques, it's estimated that wearing gloves is either to show off in front of his girlfriend or to be afraid of being dirty!After seeing several fakes, Chu Chen turned his eyes to a large object, the bronze tiaoliangyou.

You (pronounced "you") is also a vessel for holding wine. The specific time of appearance is unknown, and the prevailing use period is Shang Dynasty and Western Zhou Dynasty.

The bronze lifting beam is oval in plane, with straight mouth and neck, bulging belly and round bottom, and high ring feet. Long cover high straight edge, cover the top of a ring beam, beam bottom decorated with round carving animal head, beam surface and interior are decorated with Kui dragon pattern.

The cover is decorated with two retrospective phoenix patterns. The upper edge of the vessel is decorated with a narrow Phoenix and black pattern on both sides of the animal's head. The abdomen is decorated with a large phoenix pattern on both sides. The crest of the feather is very gorgeous, hanging on the front chest, and the tail plume is rolled up from the back and floating behind.

On the cover, the upper part of the body and the gap of the phoenix pattern on the abdomen, there are fine cloud and thunder patterns for the ground pattern, which makes the main pattern more three-dimensional.

Chu Chen learned from the detailed observation of the bronze handle you that it should also be a product of the early Western Zhou Dynasty. The pit features such as rust are the same as those of the previous pair of utensils. In addition, four character inscriptions are cast in the cover and the bottom of the utensils, which are the same as those of the previous pair of utensils.

Here, Chu Chen didn't understand that these three things should have been dug out from the same pit and smuggled abroad at the same time. This made him angry, but at the same time, he felt deeply helpless. After all, this is not his territory. If it's in China, the stall owner has to make a "good" cross examination.

Depressed, Chu Chen looked through all the valuable bronzes left, and found that there were two bronzes in them. Besides no inscriptions, the features of the pit mouth were basically the same.

"Boss, how much is this bronze cup?" Chu Chen asked, pointing to a fake bronze goblet.

The stall owner said with a smile: "this one was supposed to be fifteen thousand pounds, but we are villagers. How about a thousand pounds

Chuchen sneered in his heart when he heard that the bronze cup was only 12000 yuan, let alone a fake. However, he didn't say it, but pretended to be puzzled and asked:

"it seems that I saw a similar one at an auction in the capital in the first half of the year. How could that one be valued at only 7000 yuan?"

Seeing Chu Chen's words, the stall owner didn't show any embarrassment on his face. He said with a smile: "little brother, you also said it was the first half of the year. Now you should know the price of antiques. In four words, it's changing with each passing day. I'm sure you won't suffer from this price."

"It's no wonder you don't suffer!"

Chuchen sneered to himself, then shook his head and asked about several prices, including the one he saw just now. After this trial, he almost knew the level of the stall owner. To put it simply, one bottle was dissatisfied, and half the bottle was sloshing.

This man does have knowledge of antiques, but the dating of antiques is not very good. It's obviously from the Western Zhou Dynasty, but he was surprised to say that the dating of the spring and Autumn period was wrong, and the price can certainly make a big difference.

After this exploration, the stall owner felt that although chuchen's appraisal was not good, he knew the price very well, which made him feel a little pity. In this way, it seemed impossible to make a big profit from chuchen.

But Chu Chen always inquired, but he didn't mean to buy, which made the stall owner impatient. He said, "little brother, do you want to buy it or not?"

Chu Chen said: "buy, why not buy, but boss, your things are too expensive, if according to your quotation, I might as well buy it directly in China!"

"Little brother, I'm a bronze ware. Can you buy it honestly in China?" The stall owner said with a smile.

Chu Chen said with disdain: "why can't I buy bronzes in China? If it were not for the recent period of time, the capital is more strict in this respect, I would not buy it abroad! Boss, to tell you the truth, I like more than one or two of your products. If you pay this price, then forget it. I don't believe that you are the only one selling bronzes in Britain! "

The stall owner heard Chu Chen say so, his eyes suddenly lit up, he said with a smile: "little brother, you first talk about what you like, if you choose really much, I guarantee you satisfaction in terms of price."

"All right!..."

As he said that, Chu Chen chose all the bronzes he specially selected. In addition to the five bronzes mentioned just now, there was also a genuine bronze bean from the spring and Autumn period, and the other two were fakes to hide people's eyes and ears.

When the stall owner saw that Chu Chen had chosen so many, he was very happy. But at the same time, he was also a little puzzled. Why did this young man choose six authentic products? Was he lucky or clumsy? If it is clumsy, then the price must be raised a little bit.