Chapter 426

"Only six thousand pounds!"

The stall owner said: "Sir, such pens are rare, and they come from the official kiln during the reign of Emperor Qianlong. You won't lose money if you buy them back at this price!"

Six thousand pounds, RMB is ninety thousand, the price is not too outrageous, but also higher than the actual market value, which makes Chu Chen can't help but mutter. Sure enough, few of the people who make up with the villagers are not unscrupulous merchants!

"It's too expensive!" Chu Chen shook his head and said, "how about four thousand pounds?"

"Cake seller!" The stall owner said with exaggerated expression: "four thousand pounds, I'll take as much as you have, at least five thousand five thousand!"

"Four thousand five, if you can't, that's it!" Chuchen said with a smile.

"Five thousand!"

Chu Chen shook his head and said, "I can only make 4500 at most."

Seeing Chu Chen's resolute appearance, and his psychological price, the stall owner thought about it and agreed with a bitter smile.

When the transaction was completed, Wu Ke pointed to several copper censers and asked, "ah Chen, these censers seem to have ancient charm, but how can they be so new?"

"Miss, your intuition is very accurate. They are all ancient censers in your country, but they have been washed by liquid medicine." The stall owner replied.

"No, who will buy a washed censer?" Wu Ke said with some incredible words.

Chu Chen stood up and said, "I can't help it. Foreigners like doing this kind of thing..."

Collectors in China generally pay attention to the beauty of nature. They like the naturally generated copper rust and slurry. They also need to keep the cultural relics as they are and repair them as they are.

But foreigners are not the same. They like to restore the cultural relics to their original state. They can use liquid medicine to remove the slurry, oxide layer, copper rust and other things on the surface of the Xuan furnace. Even the bronze wares of the Greek period are also cleaned regularly with liquid medicine. Therefore, for example, when domestic bronzes go abroad, they will be carefully cleaned.

In this way, many bronzes that were handed down to foreign countries before were washed clean when they were returned, as if they were new. In this way, the domestic collectors are entangled, because many of them judge the authenticity of things by oxide layer and coating slurry, which makes some collectors dare not easily draw a conclusion on this kind of backflow copper ware.

In addition, except for precious bronzes, collectors generally like the antique collection. For various reasons, the value of these cleaned bronzes is greatly reduced.

"So it is!" After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Wu kecai understood what was going on.

The stall owner said with a smile: "it seems that my husband is also a member of the trade. These copper stoves are all sold by my friends. Although they have been cleaned, you can see from the modeling that they are all high-quality products. It's easy to say about the price if you want to choose some back!"

Chu Chen had planned to leave, but when the stall owner said that, he became interested. Others were afraid that these things were imitated now, but he was not afraid. Not to mention his eyesight, he still had the power to kill. So he began to pick and choose among the copper stoves.

Chuchen first picked up a plain copper stove with round mouth, high ears, rich outline and half round ears. The abdomen is wide but not fat, the bottom is smooth, and there is regular script of "Da Ming Xuan de Nian system". The structure is rigorous and the font is regular. The whole machine looks bright and straight, elegant and clean, and very eye-catching.

The bottom of this furnace looks very delicate, especially the one made of pure copper.

Unfortunately, this copper furnace has been cleaned completely. Like a new one, there is no oxide layer and slurry on the surface, so there is no key judgment basis. But in addition, careful identification, regardless of the type, workmanship or copper, and so on, are the same as the genuine Xuande stove.

Judging from Chu Chen's experience, this Xuande stove is 90% likely to be a genuine one, and the result given by the power is also a genuine one.

He got an authentic Xuande stove. Chuchen was surprised. He looked at other copper stoves, but he was more and more surprised. In the end, he almost stared out.

It never occurred to him that all the six copper stoves on the stand were genuine Xuande stoves, one of which was even more precious.

This is a bronze gilded bowl and bowl furnace. The furnace is made of copper and gold. The mouth of the furnace is full and round. The outer string is like gold wire, and the inner edge is like a corridor. On the shoulder of the stove, four auspicious animals of Han Dynasty style are decorated with floating ornaments, with delicate and vigorous patterns. The other four poems are decorated with the words "life is equal to heaven" in the middle.

At the bottom of the stove, there are two characters of "Xuande", which are square in shape, strong in strokes, gold wire and iron thread. The relief is inlaid, and the knife is played accurately. It should be the official ware of that time.

In addition, the gold water of gilding is very thick, showing yellow and white, which is also in line with the characteristics of the genuine Xuande stove. Moreover, in the past Xuande pot body stove, there was no such whole body gilding. If all kinds of characteristics and powers did not give the conclusion of the genuine product, he could not believe his own judgment.It can be said that this furnace can be regarded as Xuande pot body furnace and even the best among Xuande furnaces in terms of copper quality, shape, technology and so on. It can be said that it is an important tool of the country.

Chu Chen's feeling of excitement in his heart is beyond words. If it hadn't been for something, he might have jumped up with excitement.

"Boss, your copper stoves are all like that. It's not bad to buy them as handicrafts!"

"What crafts!" The stall owner said with an unhappy face: "I'm all good things that open the door to the generation, OK?"

Just now, the stall owner said that he sold these censers on his behalf. In addition, all the other things on the stall were stationery. Chu Chen guessed that the stall owner was not proficient in Xuande censers. In addition, the stall owner said that they were open to the market. He knew that the stall owner was not optimistic about these censers.

The reason is very simple. If the stall owner really thinks that these things are genuine, how can he put them on the stall at will and take them to the auction for a long time.

Chuchen said with a smile: "boss, if these censers are Xuande censers that are open to the public, I don't think you will set up a stall here, will you? Well, well, let's not play games. I'll pay 500 pounds for the three small ones, 600 pounds for the other two, and 800 pounds for the other one. How about 3500 pounds altogether? "

“NONONO！” The stall owner waved his hand and said, "Sir, your price is too low. These six copper stoves are at least ten thousand pounds!"

Listening to the stall owner's words, Chu Chen couldn't help but be happy, but he certainly couldn't agree so easily. He shook his head and said, "I don't have much money to spend. If the amount is doubled, I can still consider it!"

"You didn't lie to me?" The stall owner asked.

Chu Chen was stunned when he heard the speech. Is it true?

"OK, as long as you can make it as exquisite as six copper stoves like this, as long as there are six, I'll buy it at the price you said. If you have more, you'll get 800 pounds!"

"Well, that's what you said!"

With that, the stall owner took out a cloth bag from the back and put it in front of Chu Chen. He said cunningly, "look, the workmanship of these copper furnaces is the same."

When Chu Chen opened the bag, he found that all the copper stoves were in it, but they were very small. They were all small hand stoves and sleeve stoves.

Handstove is a small stove used to warm hands in winter. It is mostly made of copper and is equipped with charcoal fire. Therefore, it is also called "fire cage". It is a kind of heating appliance commonly used in the ancient Chinese court. It is said that it originated in the Sui Dynasty. The hand stove that can be caged into the sleeve is also called sleeve stove. At the same time, sleeve stove can also be used for smoking clothes.

Due to the exquisite and elegant production process, the handstove is not only practical, but also can be enjoyed by people.

Chen Mei, a famous court painter of the Qing Dynasty, depicted two handstoves in his 12 pictures of yueman's pilgrimage to the Qing Dynasty. In the painting "exploring plum blossom on a cold night", there is a concubine walking with a copper gilded handstove in her arms.

On top of the scroll, there is a royal poem: "you can find plum blossoms outside the threshold, wander by chanting and holding candles, and not go deep into the courtyard in the light of cold. Your female companion can get it with a stove."

There are eight hand stoves and sleeve stoves in the bag. Their appearance is just like those copper stoves. They are exquisitely made, but they are all washed clean with liquid medicine. They look golden and new.

Chuchen looked at them one by one and found that five of them were used by the court from the late Ming Dynasty to the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, and they were very exquisite. However, the other three handstoves were all made by Hu Wenming, which made him overjoyed.

Hu Wenming was a famous copper gilding craftsman in the late Ming Dynasty. His ancient style of making Yi Ding and Zunyou was extremely exquisite, which was quite different from the orthodox Xuande stove's style of advocating lines and not paying attention to decorative patterns. At that time, his products were called "Hu stove", and Hu Wenming vowed not to teach outsiders. Therefore, his bronze ware was of high value.

Hu Wenming is very popular among collectors because he likes to carve out landscapes, magic tools, auspicious animals and other patterns on the furnace surface.

These three handstoves are also in accordance with Hu Wenming's consistent style. Not only the surface of the stove, but also the body of the stove are exquisitely carved, and the gilding is complete and the quality is excellent. They are all rare treasures.

After watching these copper stoves, Chu Chen was excited, but his face was displeased and said, "boss, you are not kind. How can you use these things to deceive me! Look at this one. It's just big. Can it be as small as these copper stoves? "

In Chu Chen's hand is a handstove with double dragon patterns. The stove is made of brass with exquisite copper. The body of the stove is square, regular and thick, but the length is only 78 cm. The cover of the stove is carved with double dragon patterns. The two dragons fly up and down, fierce and vigorous. The bottom of the furnace is engraved with the inscription of "the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty".

The shape of this handstove is simple and decent, but it does not lose the Royal grandeur, and the workmanship is also quite exquisite. Even if you buy such a handstove for 5000 pounds, you can laugh.