Chapter 624

Looking at the shape first means looking at the shape of the utensils first, because the utensils made in each era have its characteristics of the times. After looking at flowers, that is to observe patterns, each era has its main decorative patterns, which complement each other with modeling. Take a look at the bottom of the hand, that is, take a close look at the bottom of the left model line, cast wart, gasket, cast fill and mesh and other things.

The casting wart here refers to the residual liquid copper in the pouring hole and vent hole, which forms the casting wart after cooling. Open your eyes tightly and open your mouth slowly, that is, first look and then speak, and then judge after analysis.

Chu Chen carefully observed with proverbs, just like before, this bronze tripod turned to imitate bronzes, and cooperated with Huang Guilun, Tao Yingfu, Li Hanting, Jiang Baoshan, etc. to offer their own advantages. They imitated a large number of tripod, Cuan, you, Gong, Cuan, pan, xizun and other ancient utensils, with beautiful shape, elegant and lovely. He sold his products seven times. Wu Lu company, run by Wu Qizhou and Lu qinzhai, competes with Luo Zhi to sell their works to Europe and America.

Chu Chen was not surprised that such a person with a high level of imitation of bronzes could imitate the work in front of him.

However, fake is fake, no matter how it can't be true. After confirming his judgment with his powers, Chu Chen carefully observed the bronze tripod inside and outside, and found a small flaw in the decoration.

After finding the place, Chu Chen stood up and breathed a sigh of relief. Even with his body, he felt uncomfortable squatting for a long time.

Guan Guokang quickly asked: "Xiao Chu, how about things?"

Other people in the room are also concerned about looking at Chu Chen.

"If something is true or false, I dare not jump to a conclusion. Let me talk about a place I saw just now."

After all, the host is still in front of him. Chu Chen is not willing to say the result directly. Besides, if he says the result directly, but the other party doesn't agree with his judgment, it's also an offence.

"Xiao Chu, just say it!" Du Shengqing looks a little uneasy said.

Chu Chen said: "the decoration of the bronze tripod is divided into three levels, the upper level is the prominent animal eyes and the door edge, the second level is the main decoration, and the bottom level is the cloud and thunder pattern. The three levels of decoration are arranged in an orderly way, which is very three-dimensional. "The tripod is decorated with a pattern of thunder."

The cloud thunder pattern appeared in the late Neolithic period, which may have developed from the vortex pattern. By the late Shang Dynasty, cloud and thunder patterns were rare.

Hook connected thunder pattern is one of the thunder patterns. It is used to make oblique mountain shaped lines and connect them with oblique lines. Generally, mountain shaped lines are used to make thick lines, and the filled thunder patterns are fine lines. Some mountain shaped lines are used to make dotted lines and thunder patterns are used to make Yin patterns.

Du Shengqing frowned and said, "is there any problem? I think the decoration is quite normal! "

Chu Chen pointed to the tripod and said, "the problem lies in the thunder pattern of the tripod."

"Ah Guan Guokang and Du Shengqing were so surprised that they lowered their heads and observed carefully.

After a while, Du Shengqing said, "it's OK to hook the thunder pattern. It's very smooth and powerful. It should be made by a skilled craftsman."

Guan Guokang also frowned, and his opinion was the same as that of Du Shengqing. However, since Chu Chen said so, there must be a basis, so he raised his head to listen to Chu Chen's basis.

Chu Chen explained: "you two must know that Goulian Lei pattern was first seen in the middle of the Shang Dynasty and prevailed at the end of the Shang Dynasty and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty. Moreover, there are some differences between the Goulian thunder patterns of the Shang Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty. As for this bronze tripod, I have seen it in the literature. This kind of Goulian thunder pattern should have existed in the early Zhou Dynasty, but it has not been found in the Shang Dynasty. "

After hearing Chu Chen's words, Guan Guokang frowned and recalled whether there was any information Chu Chen had said in the books he had read, but Du Shengqing's face began to get worse.

After all, Du Shengqing's main collection is bronzes. His decades of research have made him quite accomplished in this field. Before, because he thought that it was in the middle of Shang Dynasty, he didn't find it strange that this bronze tripod in the late Shang Dynasty had the pattern of hooked thunder.

In addition, these hooked thunder patterns really seem to be made by craftsmen at that time, and they are almost the same as those of Shang Dynasty, so he didn't pay much attention to this aspect.

But basically no difference, does not mean there is no difference. Now recalling the books he read before, Du Shengqing finds that he has never seen any books in which the Shang Dynasty's hook and link thunder pattern is such a performance.

Maybe some people will say, maybe they didn't find it before?

If it is only it, it may not be sure as the previous inscriptions, but with the inscriptions that are different from the style of the late Shang Dynasty, the probability of imitation is very high.

"Not carefully! Or I'm not careful! " Du Shengqing gave a long, depressed sigh.

Seeing his father's expression, Du Liyu asked with astonishment: "Dad, is this bronze tripod you collected really wrong?"

Du Sheng counted and nodded: "ah! In the past, if the inscriptions were not right, we could survive. Now if the patterns are not right, it's almost 90% likely that they will be imitations. Lao Guan, I'm so sorry for you! "With a smile, Guan Guokang waved his hand and said, "what's the matter here? Which one of us in this business can never make eyes? Besides, there are many people in our business who know about your bronze tripod. Many of them have come to you to see it with their own eyes. Haven't they found the problem of the thunder pattern? If you want me to say it, the counterfeiters are too skillful. "