Chapter 954

After saying hello to Zhong Dingsheng, Chu Chen took the bronze mirror into his hand and observed it carefully.

This is a museum mirror, also known as regular mirror, which has been popular for the longest time in the development of Han mirror. It was mainly popular in the middle period, including the late Western Han Dynasty to Wangmang period.

In this kind of bronze mirror, usually with green dragon, white tiger, rosefinch, basaltic four beasts do pattern decoration, so also known as the rules of the four God mirror. In this period, there are complex decorations on the edge of the mirror, such as serrated pattern, cirrus pattern or rolled grass pattern.

The bronze mirror in front of us is like this. It is round, round button, round button seat, double string pattern outside the seat, eight round seat small breast nails alternating with cloud pattern inside the circle, four four leaf seat small breast nails and Expo pattern divide the main area into eight areas.

Each area is built with four gods pattern and auspicious animal pattern. The pattern combinations are green dragon with feather man, rosefinch with auspicious animal, white tiger with unicorn, unicorn with bear and so on. The bear pattern holds hands up and the body is bent sideways. The shape is vivid and the pattern is rare.

Its outer ring is decorated with a Zhou inscription: "the famous bronze in Han Dynasty comes from Dan Yang, the left dragon and the right tiger fend off the ominous, the Zhuque Xuanwu Shun Yin and Yang, so it is suitable for the mirror article."

In addition, the double string pattern circle at the edge of the mirror is decorated with a cloud pattern.

It is a very rare bronze mirror of the Western Han Dynasty because of its fine and vivid decorative patterns, rare composition and configuration of round button base and Expo pattern, and excellent appearance.

However, to say what's special about this bronze mirror, except that the thickness of the bronze mirror is relatively thin, Chu Chen did not find anything special with his naked eye.

That is to say, this bronze mirror may only be a very important thing for the tomb owner, so it was placed in a more important position. As for why other bronzes have been rotten, only this mirror is so well preserved, which is quite normal.

The reason why Chu Chen thinks so is also derived from the formation factors of "black lacquer ancient".

There are three main views on the formation of "Heiqigu".

One is that the humic acid colloid solution formed by humic substances acts on the surface of the bronze mirror together to oxidize some substances in the bronze. In addition, it is believed that this is the result of the natural corrosion of the ancient mirror after tinning. Finally, some experts believe that this is due to the special process at that time.

Therefore, the fact that the mirror is so well preserved does not mean that it must have been made of special materials.

However, it may not be easy for others to find out whether there is something magical about this bronze mirror, but for Chu Chen, just use the ability to estimate the price of the bronze mirror.

Seeing that Chu Chen put the bronze mirror back in the box, Zhong Dingsheng quickly asked, "boss Chu, are you satisfied with this bronze mirror?"

Chu Chen nodded: "boss Zhong, please make a price."

"A hundred thousand." With that, Zhong Dingsheng made a gesture.

Old five was stunned when he heard that in the collection industry, bronze mirrors did not receive due attention for a long time. As I said before, it was not until a large domestic auction in 2004 that bronze mirrors entered the eyes of collectors, and at the same time, prices began to rise.

But now it's only 2002. Although some collectors collect bronze mirrors, this category is still not valued by everyone. Of course, the price is very cheap. Ten years later, the price of millions of bronze mirrors is only tens of thousands of yuan now.

Let's say that although the bronze mirror in front of us belongs to the front page head mold, the workmanship is quite exquisite, and the appearance is also excellent, but in such a big environment, twenty or thirty thousand is already very expensive. One hundred thousand is a sky high price, and no one will ask for it at all.

Because of this, Chu Chen also shook his head and said: "boss Zhong, even if this copper mirror is as you described earlier, it can't be said that it must be a good thing. In the current market situation, if I buy 100000 yuan, my risk is too big. I think 20000 yuan is almost the same."

"Boss Chu, twenty thousand is too low. My price is not cheap, and it's been put away for such a long time. I have to earn some money. Besides, we are also taking great risks in our business. Please forgive me Said, Zhong Dingsheng also some pitifully arched to Chu Chen.

Chu Chen won't believe him. Since Zhong Dingsheng has been able to open an antique shop here, and it seems that he has been able to maintain it for a long time, he can't do without certain strength. Therefore, what Zhong Dingsheng said is just some nonsense.

Of course, even if it is nonsense, Chu Chen can not show too much, he said: "in this case, boss Zhong, you give a price, if appropriate, I will buy it."

Zhong Dingsheng thought about it and said, "that's 60000. No matter how low it is, it's really hard for me to handle it."

Chu Chen pondered for a while, said: "50000, OK, I'll take it."

Zhong Dingsheng thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "OK, that's it!"

If you want to say that 50, 000 yuan for the bronze mirror is a loss in the eyes of old five. But thinking of Chu Chen's always magical performance, maybe there is something special about the bronze mirror. Moreover, 50, 000 yuan is nothing for Chu Chen, and old five didn't say much.

Next, Lao Wu took out two things: a censer and a pastel jar in the late Qing Dynasty. However, there were more or less problems with these two things, which did not satisfy Chu Chen.After paying, chuchen and they cleaned up and were ready to go back. However, as soon as they got up, an old lady in her 50s and 60s came in from the door. She also had a big box in her hand. Chu Chen thought that the old lady might have something to sell.

"Boss, do you take things here?" As soon as the old lady spoke, she confirmed Chu Chen's judgment.

"To accept is to accept, but it depends on what it is." Zhong Dingsheng nodded.

The old lady thought about it and said, "it's a Qing Dynasty water chestnut bottle. It seems to be. Do you accept it?"

"Oh

Zhong Dingsheng nodded quietly: "I have to see how to do it first. If it's really old and the quality is good, I'll take it."

"All right, let's see." The old lady put the box on the table and opened the lid.

Chuchen looked into the box and found that there was a water chestnut bottle with tea powder glaze inside.

Tea powder glaze is one of the important kinds of iron crystal glaze in ancient China. It belongs to high temperature yellow glaze, which is fired by high temperature reduction flame. The glaze is yellowish green, which is opaque. On the dark green background, it flashes like the yellowish brown fine dots of tea powder. It is simple, beautiful and thought-provoking.

Many pieces of tea glaze ware of Tang Dynasty were unearthed in China, and the products of song and Ming Dynasties were also found. The official kilns in the early Qing Dynasty deliberately imitated the tea glaze before Ming Dynasty. Tang Ying, the supervisor of imperial kiln during the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty, innovated this glaze color on the basis of the black glaze wares produced by Cizhou kiln in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, most of the tea end glaze wares in the Qing Dynasty were produced in Yongzheng and Qianlong periods, and the firing in Qianlong period was the most successful. The green tea in the glaze is called tea, and the yellow tea is called tea. In Yongzheng period, there was no end of tea, while in Qianlong period, there was both. Most of the glazes are green, some of them are bronze rust. Because of the calm tone of bronzes, it is often used to imitate ancient bronzes, so it is also called "ancient copper color".

When Zhong Dingsheng saw such an object in the box, his eyes flashed with joy. Then he quickly started to observe it carefully. It took more than ten minutes before he put the bottle back in place.

At this time, Chu Chen said: "boss Zhong, can I have a hand?"

"No harm!" Zhong Dingsheng nodded with a smile. He believed that Chu Chen, such a man with a head and a face, would definitely abide by the rules of antique industry.

This water chestnut bottle is round and full in shape, dignified and regular in style and exquisite in workmanship. The body is delicate, the porcelain is compact, the fetal wall is slightly thicker than that of Yongzheng, the glaze is even, the glaze color is yellow and green, reflecting like tea powder, the color is simple, elegant and deep.

Chu Chen observed carefully and found that there was a small zigzag edge at the joint of the foot glaze and the exposed glaze. At the end of the section, "Qianlong system of the Qing Dynasty" six character seal official funds.

Judging from various characteristics, this water chestnut bottle is one of the most successful tea glaze ornaments made by the imperial kiln during the reign of Emperor Qianlong. It has a royal style and is a rare treasure.

When chuchen was appreciating it, Zhong Dingsheng asked the old lady with a smile, "Auntie, I don't know how much you are going to sell this water chestnut bottle?"

The old lady said directly, "250000."

Zhong Dingsheng was stunned because the price was almost the highest in the market. Did the old lady ever get a reminder before she came here? Otherwise, how could you say such a price. Or did she just come up with the price?

Zhong Dingsheng said, "Auntie, your price is too high. Let alone 250000, 250000 is too expensive."

The old lady was not moved. She shook her head directly: "without 250000, I won't sell it."

Seeing the old lady's firm look, Zhong Dingsheng frowned and asked, "can't it be cheaper?"

"If you think it's expensive, I'll sell it to someone else."

"To tell you the truth, no matter which store you sell at this price, no one will ask for it."

"Then I'll take it home and put it away."

Seeing that the old lady still insists on the price, Zhong Dingsheng really has no way to think about it. Although in terms of the current antique market, buying this water chestnut bottle will definitely appreciate and make money in the near future.

However, this water chestnut bottle is not the only one on the market that will appreciate in value. There are many things for him to choose from. Instead of spending so much money to buy this bottle, he might as well buy something else. The money he earns is certainly more than that of buying this bottle.

Of course, it's not true that no one is willing to spend 250000 on this bottle. Some big money who are especially interested in this bottle and have no shortage of money will still buy it. Take Chu Chen standing next to him.

When the old lady took the box to the door of the antique shop, Chu Chen took Lao Wu and Zuo Shan to catch up.

"Granny, just a moment, please."

The old lady stopped and asked suspiciously, "young man, what's the matter with you? If you want to buy this bottle cheaper, forget it. "