Chapter 760

Serena put her helmet back in the box and said, "Hey! That's true. I don't think I can wear this helmet any more. I didn't expect that in ancient times, helmets were divided into different sizes! "

Chuchen shook his head with a smile and said, "the heads of the ancients are only bigger than you, not smaller than you. And don't forget, they still have a bun on their heads. How can they wear such helmets! Besides, although there were female generals in the Warring States period, it was impossible for them to wear helmets of this type, and for male generals, it was even more impossible to wear helmets of such a small size. "

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Wu Ke and others, who knew the history, all understood that under the social background and production conditions at that time, since such head thieves were useless, they would not produce.

Mina and Kelly didn't understand it at first. Seeing Wu Ke and others' appearance, they immediately asked. When they learned the details, Kelly looked a little anxious. She was also quick witted. She immediately thought of a possibility and asked: "Chu, is it possible that the ashes were used by noble children at that time?"

Chu Chen shook his head and explained: "let's not say that it's unrealistic. If it's really used by valuable children, then the workmanship and decoration will be much more exquisite and complicated than the current helmet. From the perspective of the helmet's system, it's just used by ordinary generals."

Hearing this, Kelly frowns tightly. Chu Chen's words are really reasonable, but she still doesn't believe it. Her father has always regarded it as a baby's helmet, which will be fake. However, she also knows that no matter how much she doesn't believe it, it's impossible to say that something that doesn't exist originally will be real.

So she went on to ask, "well, the material is real. What's the matter?"

Chu Chen said: "if I guess correctly, it should have been refitted from a small bronze tripod. This bronze tripod must have been rotten or injured. People took away the damaged parts and turned it into a helmet with superb craftsmanship. It's worth twice as much as it's worth! "

"In that case, why didn't I see any patched marks on it?" Kelly asked.

Chu Chen replied: "as for why we can't see the traces after repair, it's because the green rust on the helmet covers up."

At this point, he said to Kelly, "don't you think it's natural for the rust on it to go straight away, not fake?"

Seeing Kelly nodding, Chu Chen explained, "with the development of science and technology, the level of bronze forgery is also higher and higher. Coco, do you remember that people in the circle used to say that bronzes can't be stained with green rust? "

Wu kewenyan said that it is true.

Chu Chen went on to say: "red spots and green rust, bronze mirrors and bronzes, there are a lot of green rust on them. In the past, the simplest identification method was to take a pin and prick it up. If it could be pricked, it would be fake. If it could not be pricked, it would be real. But now this method doesn't work."

"Do you know? Now, there is no need to use glue to make fake and old bronzes, red and green rust, peacock blue and green rust. Now the most advanced method of making fake bronzes is called "transplanting rust."

"What is" transplant rust "? Can this rust be transplanted? " Josie asked curiously.

Chuchen said with a smile: "can't you think about it? In fact, it's easy to say that the counterfeiter is to use high-tech methods to cut the fragments on the newly unearthed, rotten and unshaped bronzes into the required size, regardless of the grain. They are pasted on the new bronzes one by one, with the inside and outside all pasted, and the paste is perfect. "

"After pasting, paste all the rusty old copper coins on the bronzes one by one, and then pour water on them to make them rust naturally. After a period of time to take down the copper money, and then you see, it is all mottled with copper rust, which grows up naturally. And it's transplanted. So it's called "transplant rust."

"It's a new technology only in recent years, and many people, including some experts, have grown on it. If it's not that the helmet is too small, I'm sure I can't see it's fake for a moment. "

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Kelly asked: "Chu, is this helmet just the size?"

Chu Chen shook his head: "as I explained just now, some of the places above were repaired with unearthed bronze fragments. Although the materials are similar, the patterns are not the same. If you look at this place with a magnifying glass, you should be able to see it..."

After that, Kelly quickly took the magnifying glass from chuchen's hand and looked at it carefully. She found that it was exactly the same as chuchen said. Although there was natural growth of copper rust on it, the lines were different from those around her, which made her feel extremely depressed.

Seeing that her best friend is so sad, Mina doesn't know how to persuade her. Let Kelly be a little more open. The money represented by this helmet is very important to her family. But if you don't persuade her, it's very hard for her to see that Kelly is so sad.

Kelly didn't worry for long. Seeing Mina's worried eyes, she smiles at Mina, indicating that she's OK. Then she asks, "Chu, does that mean that this helmet is worthless?"Chu Chen replied: "that's true. If it can keep its original shape, even if it is worn out, it can still be worth some money. But such a change is valuable to unscrupulous merchants, but for our buyers, it really has little economic value."

Then he made another gesture of apology.

"Ah Kelly sighed, then apologized to Chu Chen: "Chu, I doubt your ability just now. I'm so sorry!"

Chuchen waved his hand with a smile and said, "it doesn't matter. After all, if this helmet is real, it's worth at least 30000 pounds. It's also advisable to be cautious."

Hearing Chu Chen say so, Kelly opened her mouth, but finally she swallowed what she said, and then asked Chu Chen to help identify the remaining things.

There were three boxes in the box. Chu Chen took a small box and opened it. There was a snuff bottle inside.

This is a flat round crystal pot made of natural materials. On the front of the bottle, there is a picture of Huang Zhong's costume played by the Peking Opera master Tan Xinpei. It is vigorous and powerful, with infinite artistic conception and exquisite writing skills. Huang Zhong is majestic and lifelike, which is very similar to the photo. A poem was inscribed on the back of the poem, followed by a white seal seal of "Shaoxuan". The character is European style, very neat and rigorous.

Ma Shaoxuan was one of the four major painters of Beijing school in the late Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. His painting of snuff bottle was excellent in both calligraphy and painting. He is well-known throughout the country for his fine brushwork technique of "painting while poetry" and has made a milestone contribution to the art of inner painting pot in China. The western art circles even call it "Picasso" in the art of inner painting pot.

Among Ma Shaoxuan's works, Huang Zhong's inner painted pot is his representative series, which is highly sought after in the international collection circle. If a snuff bottle like this is an authentic one, it should be a rare treasure for snuff bottle collectors.

Chu Chen carefully looked at the snuff bottle in his hand, confirmed that it was genuine, and then said with a smile: "Kelly, this snuff bottle is really the authentic work of Ma Shaoxuan, and it is also a popular variety among collectors in our country."

After hearing Chu Chen's words, Kelly's nervous mood immediately relaxed. She quickly asked, "Chu, how much is this snuff bottle worth?"

Chu Chen thought about it, then said, "the market value of this snuff bottle should be around 10000 pounds now."

"Only ten thousand pounds?" Kelly lost her voice and said that the price was too different from her previous expectation.

Chu Chen nodded: "it's only 10000 pounds. I can guarantee this with my reputation. If you think it's wrong, you can go to the auction house to consult."

"No, no, no! Chu, you misunderstood me. It's just that the price you said didn't even have half of my father's purchase price, so I feel a little surprised. "

At the beginning, Kelly did suspect that Chu Chen deliberately lowered the price, but she heard Chu Chen say so, and Chu Chen's clothes add up to more than 10000 pounds, so she felt that there was no need for Chu Chen to lie in this respect.

Chuchen said with a smile that it didn't matter, and then said, "well, I can only say that your father really bought it expensive. If you buy this snuff bottle in our country, it may cost less than 10000 pounds. In addition, I would venture to ask, "did your father buy all his things in one place?"

"Yes Kelly nodded, then immediately understood Chu Chen's meaning. She was a little surprised and said, "Chu, do you mean that the other party deliberately cheated my father?"

"From my working experience, it's possible."

In fact, Chu Chen was already a little strange just now. Why did the seller deliberately tell Kelly's father not to remove the rust from the helmet. This sentence itself is no problem, but as the seller deliberately reminds us, in the antique market, where fakes account for more than half of the market, we have to have a long mind.

If the helmet is cleaned, it will show its original shape immediately. This is also the seller's biggest worry. Of course, he has to remind him in advance to avoid showing his feet when he gets it. From the current situation, Kelly's father should know something about antiques, but I don't think he is proficient in them. The seller is not afraid that Kelly's father will notice.

Minna said angrily: "it's another unscrupulous businessman, Kelly. You should tell your father about this. Then you can go to the man to settle the accounts!"

Kelly said with a wry smile: "my father had the idea of reselling antiques to that person before, but when he went to the other party's antique shop, he found that it was closed. Moreover, the phone number of that person can't be contacted now. Even if we want to find him, it's impossible... "