Chapter 424

So the stall owner tentatively asked: "little brother, how many pieces are you going to choose?"

"Boss, I only accept high-quality products. Do you want me to choose these crooked melons and cracked dates?" As he said this, Chu Chen pointed to several fake bronzes that looked like genuine but were seriously damaged.

The stall owner saw that Chu Chen said so. Looking at his stall, he found that there were only eight pieces selected by Chu Chen. They all looked very good. As for the others, they were either badly damaged or new ones that looked fake. So it seems that the young man is not so clumsy.

"Boss, how much are these things altogether?"

The stall owner pondered for a while and said, "we are villagers. I'll give you a lower price. It's 200000 pounds. How about that?"

These bronzes can still earn a little if they are bought at the price that the stall owner said. However, through what he just learned, Chu Chen knew that it was the lion's big mouth, so he stood up and said, "since it's so cheap, boss, you'd better sell it to others."

When Chu Chen and Wu Ke were about to walk to the booth next door, the stall owner stopped him immediately:

"Hey, little brother, don't go. You come from China. We are predestined to meet each other. We can discuss the price!"

"Boss, it's not that I don't want to buy it. It's really that your price is too high. The bronze wares of the spring and Autumn period are priced for you. You can't regard me as a big wrongdoer, can you?"

The stall owner pondered for a while and said, "how about 100000?"

"Thirty thousand at most!"

"How can 30000 pounds buy so many exquisite bronzes? If you really want to buy it, the minimum is 80000 pounds! "

"Fifty thousand!"

"Seventy thousand! OK, you can take it. If you can't, then forget it! "

Chu Chen also tit for tat: "I can only give 60000 at most!" Said, he made a pair of do not agree to walk on the posture.

The stall owner said with a wry smile: "little brother, your bargaining skills are really great. Let's make friends. These things are yours! By the way, I have another good thing here, little brother. Do you want it? "

Although he knew that the origin of this man's things was unknown, and if there were really good things, Chu Chen had no reason not to buy them. To some extent, it also encouraged the arrogance of lawbreakers. However, if it was really a national treasure, it would be better than if a foreigner bought it.

Seeing that Chu Chen was interested, the stall owner carefully took out a brocade box, put it in front of Chu Chen, and then opened the lid of the box.

Chuchen fixed his eyes on it. Unexpectedly, there was a small tripod with a diameter of more than ten centimeters inside.

Liuding, also known as cuding, is a kind of food utensil, while xiaoliuding is a kind of utensil for making utensils. In archaeological discoveries, it is mostly found in female tombs. It is a kind of utensil used by aristocrats during their lifetime, which is generally rare.

Chu Chen carefully observed the tripod. It had a lid, two appendages, a round belly and three hoofs. The cover is decorated with Kui dragon pattern, the cover button stands an animal, and there is an animal head shape flow at the mouth edge. There are six pairs of bird pecking dragon patterns on the bottom of the mouth, and Taotie beast's face pattern on the bottom of the dragon pattern, with round eyes and obvious eyebrow angle.

In addition, there are six character inscriptions on the inside of the cover and the bottom of the abdomen, which are very rare because of their clear handwriting.

Although it is small, the Taotie pattern of the theme decoration is vivid and prominent. The overall effect reflects the superb level and meticulous mind of the craftsmen at that time. It should be a rare exquisite small Liuding.

Judging from the overall decorative features, this Liuding should have been made in the late Shang Dynasty. However, the appearance of this Liuding is perfect. There is no flaw in the whole body, and the surface is glossy. It's hard to believe that it was made more than 3000 years ago.

Chu Chen gently weighed the weight of the tripod. Although it was small, its quality was thick. It was really the style of the late Shang Dynasty. The small amount of rust on the surface of the tripod was natural, and it didn't seem to be fake. Other things such as the shape of the utensil, the decoration and the inscriptions were all right. The writing of the inscriptions was also in line with the style of the late Shang Dynasty.

Most of the bronzes in the Shang and Zhou dynasties were cast by the pottery model method, and this one is no exception. On the surface of the small tripod, Chu Chen can clearly see the mark of the model, that is, the mark of the assembly of parts, and it looks very standard, which is in line with the characteristics of bronzes in the late Shang Dynasty.

At last, Chu Chen heard the taste and the sound again, and found that it was indeed a small tripod in the late Shang Dynasty, and from the surface of the slurry, it should be a perfect collection of Arts and crafts.

Finally, Chu Chen used the power again, and the result of the power was just like this, which made him very surprised. Such a good thing must start.

Although Chu Chen had observed the Liuding in all aspects, because he saw it too fast, the stall owner felt that he had just seen it carelessly, so he put it back.

"Little brother, is my spring and autumn Liuding good?" The stall owner asked with a smile.

Chuchen disapproved and said, "it looks really good, but don't you think it's too new?"

The stall owner said angrily, "what's new? It's called the Heirloom!"

Chuchen sniffed and said: "I haven't seen the Heirloom before. Which heirloom do you see so bright? What's more, no one will believe the things that were more than 2000 years ago, which can be preserved as the new ones! I think this tripod was made in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It's similar! ""However, it's not bad to make it like this in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. If the price is cheap, it's good to buy it for fun!"

"What Ming and Qing Dynasties, this is the Liuding of the spring and Autumn period!" The stall owner insisted on saying, but then he said, "but we'll get to know each other twice. If you really like it, little brother, I'll give up 100000 pounds!"

Chu Chen was very sure that the stall owner took the small tripod as an imitation, so he said with a smile: "boss, since you think it's from the spring and Autumn period, you can shoot it. If it's from the spring and Autumn period, let alone 100000, 200000 is very easy."

The stall owner was also cheeky. He said with a smile, "it's not money. How about it, little brother? Do you want this tripod?"

Chu Chen stood up and said, "if you want to, but your price is far from my psychological price. If 10000 pounds is about the same!"

As soon as the stall owner heard Chu Chen's price, he jumped and said, "you're kidding! Ten thousand pounds. Where did you buy such exquisite bronzes in the spring and Autumn period? "

Chuchen said with a smile: "but I only know that in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it's enough for me to pay 10000 pounds. If not, it's OK."

"Ten thousand is too little. Let's take a step back, thirty thousand!"

"Ten thousand!" Chu Chen shook his head.

When the stall owner saw Chu Chen's appearance, he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet: "today I'll give you a jump price. It's fifteen thousand dollars."

"I said, I can only give ten thousand at most!" Chu Chen was not moved, but killed the price of ten thousand.

The stall owner said with a sad face: "little brother, it's not that I don't want to sell, it's really that the price you offer is only enough for the cost of things. You see, it's not easy for me to be in the sun and wind, so I have to earn some money."

Chu Chen appeared to be robbed by him. He frowned and said, "I'll give you another thousand. If the boss still thinks it's less, there's nothing I can do about it!"

"Here you are!" The stall owner sighed a long time on the surface, but he thought happily that the total amount of things is only 10000 pounds, but he didn't expect to earn more than 60000. Stupid money is easy to earn!

When the transaction was completed, Chu Chen was very happy to be able to buy a precious bronze ware at a very low price. However, thinking of these smuggled bronzes, his mood immediately became worse.

However, this kind of thing can not be prevented by him alone. He can only hope that the state will intensify its crackdown on this aspect and control the smuggling of cultural relics to a minimum, which is already very good.

With so many bronzes, it must be inconvenient to take them to the market, so they put them in the hotel first.

Back at the hotel, Chu Chen threw the two fakes he had just bought, together with gloves, into the garbage can in the bathroom.

"Oh, why did you lose your things?" Wu Ke asked in a confused way.

Chuchen explained with a smile: "the fake is sure to be lost, otherwise it's hard to bring it back to China?"

Wu Ke said with a pitiful face: "I think it's well made. Even if it's a fake, it can be sold as a handicraft."

"Do you know how to make the copper rust on it?" Chu Chen asked.

"I don't know!" Wu Ke shook his head.

Chuchen said with a smile: "the simple way is to put the fake into the cesspit. After a few months or half a year, it will be covered with copper rust, and then after a certain amount of processing, it will become like a genuine product. You said, "how can a disgusting thing like this be sold as a handicraft?"

"Oh

Wu Ke was stunned, and in the end, he felt sick and wanted to throw up.

Of course, Chu Chen said that, in fact, he was joking. Of course, there was an example of using dung to Rett copper rust, but the forgery made in that way was very rough and completely fake.

If you want to make a fake bronze, it's very troublesome. First of all, you need to buy pieces of ancient bronze, mix them with new copper according to a certain proportion, and then re sand them.

Then, after finishing, it is polished according to the original sample of the antiques, soaked in the prepared water, heated with charcoal fire after a period of time, repeated several times, and then brushed with special powder and washed. After several times, it can be similar to the antiques. Finally, it is buried in the pit with a special method to form.

Of course, this is only one of the ways to quickly generate copper rust. There are many other ways. They can be directly buried in the ground for several years with special methods. The copper rust generated in this way can be confused with the real one, even if the experts are not careful.