Chapter 1073

"Well, you can find out about it."

Liu Lao nodded, his energy now all put on CAI Jianxuan this gang's body, bald man's matter he didn't care, so immediately changed the topic, asked: "ah Chen, did you bring that pair of case jar that you said earlier?"

"Yes." Chu Chen nodded, then took out the case jar from the box.

Mr. Liu quickly took the things to his hands and observed them carefully. After seeing them for less than 20 minutes, he sighed and said, "Cai Jianxuan is really powerful."

Chu Chen nodded and said, "yes, these people have been able to work out such a method of counterfeiting in such a short time. I don't know how they did it."

"You're wrong. This kind of technology can't be developed in a short time. Otherwise, our antique industry would have been in a mess."

Liu said: "according to the accounts of CAI Jianxuan's subordinates, as early as last October, they had been studying the method of Baojiang's counterfeiting. Now this should be the result of the research. Besides, when did Jia Yuqiang buy the VAT? If they can work out the results in such a short time, it's not only powerful, it's immortal. "

After listening to Liu's words, Chu Chen can't help scratching his head. He seems a little embarrassed. He is a bit clever in this matter, but he is mistaken. He just thinks that this is Cai Jianxuan's research method in order to deal with himself and others, forgetting that he can't implement it in time.

Old Liu chuckled, then his expression became serious, and his tone was also a little urgent: "I used to think that I didn't pass the improved formula to CAI Jianxuan, so I can have a good rest for the time being. I didn't expect that they had thought of preparing for a rainy day. It's time for us to wait!"

After hearing this, Liu Qinshu quickly said, "Dad, don't worry about it. Let's do it step by step. We'll do it as we should, otherwise it's easy to mess with ourselves."

Liu old smile: "no way, older, always feel less and less time, some can't wait."

"Bah, bah!" Liu Qinshu said angrily, "Dad, what are you saying?"

Chu Chen also said: "master, you have come here with strong wind and heavy rain these years. I'm afraid you can't make Cai Jianxuan!"

"All right, all right! Life, aging and illness are also natural concerns. I'm not in a hurry. What's your hurry? "

Mr. Liu waved his hand and said, "it's a pity that you didn't buy that small cup, ah Chen. Otherwise, you can test the related substances. Maybe you can find some useful clues."

Chu Chen was a little ashamed and said, "master, I'm really sorry. I didn't expect that at that time."

"It doesn't matter." Mr. Liu waved his hand: "in fact, it's not possible. I also want to find clues as much as possible, and I'll find someone to buy it later. By the way, what's in the other two boxes? "

"Just look at it." Then Chu Chen opened the box and put it in front of Mr. Liu.

"Gee." What Mr. Liu saw first was the seal. He took the seal in his hand and gave a light sigh. Then he looked at it carefully and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that it was a plain seal carved by Xu Rong, and the Tianhuang was still a good Baitian. It's really rare!"

"White field? Is it true or not? " Liu Qinshu smell speech immediately on a face of curiosity to gather in the past.

Shoushan tianhuangshi is now a famous and well-known "treasure". It is the so-called "gold is easy to get, tianhuangshi is hard to get". However, its sister species, tianbai (or Baitian), which is the white stone produced in Tiankeng, Shoushan, is still unknown.

The main reason is that the yield of Baitian is really too small. It is said that Baitian only accounts for one percent of Tianhuang, and ordinary people rarely see its "dignity". But what is Whitefield? What is the true face of it? However, even some works on the collection of Yinshi have different opinions on Baitian.

As for the definition of Baitian, it is said in some books that it is "white as Congzhi" and "like jade but not jade", and there must be a saying that "red tendons are like blood". However, some experts believe that such a statement "is actually misleading", and Baitian "is not pure white, but with some light yellow or light green..."

Liu laowen said with a smile: "if it's not Baitian, can ah Chen buy it? What's more, you should still remember my former Fang Baitian seal. Don't you know by comparison? "

Chu Chen asked curiously, "master, where is your old Baitian seal?"

Mr. Liu replied with a smile: "as a gift, a good friend of mine always wanted a white field seal, but he couldn't find it. So I gave him my own seal."

Chuchen suddenly realized how Shifu had so many collections and didn't even have a white field. It turned out that was the case.

Liu then asked, "ah Chen, you should have never seen Baitian before. How do you judge it to be genuine?"

"In fact, I mainly rely on speculation. I remember a book that said that top grade white Hibiscus (baishoushan) and high-quality puddle white jelly can barely compare with Baitian. "Chuchen explained with a smile: "but the color and humidity of white Hibiscus are only close to that of" Baitian ", but it lacks the exquisite and moist" six virtues "of top grade Baitian. And the puddle frost stone is too psychic and lacks the moist and smooth of Baitian. Just in time, I have seen Jia Yuqiang's Baitian imitated by Bai Furong before. When we compare the two, we can see the difference between the good and the bad. I think this seal is likely to be what we call Baitian. "

"Moreover, since Baitian is also a variety of Tianhuang, in addition to its color and texture, it should be emphasized that, like Tianhuang, it must have the typical characteristics of" skin "," lattice "and" grain "of Tianhuang stone."

"If you compare the top-grade white hibiscus and high-quality puddle frost stone with ordinary white fields, maybe the texture and color of such white fields will be slightly inferior to them. However, no matter how good the texture of Furong stone and shuikeng frost stone is, they will never have the "skin", "grid" and "grain" that Tiankeng stone has, because they do not have the living conditions to produce these characteristics. "

"I think the seal has all these features, and it's much better than Jia Yuqiang's Fang Baitian's fake seal, so I think it's probably a genuine one. What's more, even if it's not Baitian, it's worth the price I've bought just because of Xu Rong's carving. What's ridiculous is that old Ding doesn't know Xu Rong, and he thinks it's an unknown craftsman. "

Xu Rong is a master of seal cutting in the Qing Dynasty. He is a real man and a silent official. In his early years, he learned from Shao Qian, got the secret purpose of six characters, worked in seal cutting, studied meticulously and innovated deliberately. Seal cutting, mostly using the Han Dynasty seal method, has profound skills, sophisticated knife technique, neat calligraphy and painting, and a sense of stillness on the printing surface. Or master Ming people, layout pretend loose, endless charm. He is good at carving bamboo and wood seals, and he can draw poems. He is as famous as Lin Gao and Wu Xiansheng.

It's no wonder that Ding laoguai didn't know such a famous man. It's no wonder that he would let this treasure go to dust and make Chu Chen cheap.

Of course, many people in the society, including some dealers in the antiquities market, are not good at identifying seals. It is not uncommon that some of the seal cutting works of modern celebrities are occasionally sold at low prices by them.

Not to mention the old Liu, who is good at picking up leaks, even Liu Qinshu spent dozens of yuan on a seal cutting work of Deng Shiru, a Qing Dynasty seal cutter with a value of more than 100000 yuan, from a stall in the antiquities market. Therefore, Liu and Liu Qinshu are not surprised by this.

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Mr. Liu said with a smile, "it's good, it's good, it's very good."

Next, Liu Qinshu appreciated the seal embryo and said with admiration, "it's really a very rare and excellent Baitian stone."

Since it is a white field, its color should be as white as possible. Gao Zhao, a famous stone admirer in the Qing Dynasty, once described Baitian as "the snow of Liangyuan and the cloud of Yandang" in guanshilu.

Chuchen's square seal embryo is mainly white in tone, but it only shows a little bit of golden yellow embellishment. Although it can't compare with the top grade Baitian's inner core, which is as smart and smooth as white suede jade, it seems to have a special charm. Of course, then again, if it was a piece of the best white field, old Ding would not be so cheap.

But Chu Chen's this Fang Yin embryo, in addition to the material is not so extreme, itself can be said to be perfect.

Generally speaking, from the perspective of shape, all the stones produced in Baitian and Tiankeng have one common feature: they are random pebble shape. Baitian was very precious in ancient times, so it was rarely cut into square except for some small ancient seals.

At the same time, if it's finished seals or ornaments, most of them will have delicate relief. This is due to the fact that the characteristics of Baitian must be "based on the material, skillfully cover the defects". At the same time, only a good texture of Baitian can show its skill and effect in carving.

And Chu Chen's seal embryo is also a shape following seal, which looks like a magnificent mountain. Besides, a plain seal explains everything. On the surface, except for "Shifu Rong", there is no artificial treatment in other places. It is completely made of natural carving, which is the treasure of this seal.

In fact, careful observation shows that the seal is not flawless, but is cleverly covered up by the word "Shi Fu Rong", and it is this cleverness that increases the value of the seal.

"Nature is wonderful!"

Seeing this, Mr. Liu was very moved. Then, while playing with the seal embryo, he said, "I think Xu Rong should be reluctant to carve on such a seal, otherwise, it would be very difficult for him to leave such a seal embryo. It's something you treasure so much, you should keep it well. "

Seeing that Shifu was very fond of this Fang Yin embryo, Chu Chen said, "Shifu, I gave this Fang Yin embryo to you. How to keep it, you can do it by yourself."

Old Liu laughed and said happily, "ah Chen, I appreciate your kindness. I'm so old. Can I still keep my name on it? That's not a waste of baby! You'd better leave it to yourself. "

" but... "

Chu Chen also wanted to persuade him again. Liu didn't wave his hand, interrupted him and said with a smile, "OK, it's settled, but I'll give it to you in a few days."

Seeing the master's insistence, Chu Chen nodded and agreed.Mr. Liu continued: "by the way, I have a gift for you when your courtyard moves this Sunday. It's also a wedding gift I gave you and Xiaoke in advance. Xiao Shu, go to my room and get it

Chu Chen scratched his head and said with a smile, "I'm so sorry."

Old Liu glared at him: "I'm your master. What's the shame of giving you a wedding present? If you want to thank you, then you should give birth to a child to Wu Ke. Ah, by the way, you and Wu Ke have been together for quite a long time. Why didn't she react at all? "

Chu Chen blushed and said weakly, "I don't think it's good for her to get married with a big stomach, so she hasn't taken any measures recently. It's estimated that the children's affairs will take some time."

Old Liu laughs: "then I'll wait to hold my grandchildren."

Chu Chen is really a little overwhelmed by this kind of thing. Fortunately, Liu Qinshu came in with two brocade boxes that looked rather festive, and let him breathe a long sigh of relief.

"Well, open it yourself and see if you like it."

Chu Chen's embarrassed appearance made Liu feel very funny, but he didn't make fun of it, so he asked Liu Qinshu to put the box in front of Chu Chen.

Chu Chen opened the first box and saw a bronze mirror inside.

The bronze mirror is in the shape of water caltrop, with round buttons. On each side of the button, there are a pair of flying geese with concentric ribbons, which are symmetrical and echoing. It is very interesting. On the button, a lotus flower is in full bloom, bees and butterflies are flying on both sides, and under the button, a lotus flower is in full bloom, revealing lotus seeds. The pattern at the edge of the mirror is arranged alternately with the pattern of bird holding branch.

There has been a tradition of using wild geese for weddings since ancient times. For example, in the wedding ceremony of the Tang Dynasty, "nacai" was that the man sent a betrothal gift to the woman's home to propose, which was presented by the matchmaker. Geese are migratory birds, waiting for the sun to move, autumn to spring, orderly behavior, implying that all women's actions should be centered on men, with a view to the right way.

Geese are loyal and stay with their spouses for life. Even if it is a lonely goose, it will no longer choose a mate. Wild geese never abandon, life-long companion habits, by people's praise.

Therefore, in the six rites, except for the betrothal gifts, the other five things all use wild geese as rites. Because live geese are not easy to get, families with prominent life experience will use bronze mirrors decorated with wild geese, which is a high-grade wedding gift.

According to the characteristics of this bronze mirror, Chu Chen should be a bronze mirror decorated with Hongyan in Tang Dynasty. In the ancient poem "chasing the past", there is a saying that "the mirror is still there at the time of marriage, and the magpie shadow and water chestnut flowers are full of brilliance". It can not be more suitable to use this mirror. It vividly describes the shape and decoration of this mirror, and also proves that the Yan Jie concentric mirror was used for marriage in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

This kind of mirror was popular in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, in the most glorious hundred years of the Tang Dynasty. It was a miniature of the social economy, ideology and arts and crafts at that time. The mirror is silvery, magnificent, full of vitality, reflecting the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

In addition, the decoration implies wealth and harmony, happiness and happiness, and it will last forever. It also expressed Liu's best wishes to Chu Chen and Wu Ke. Therefore, Chu Chen quickly expressed his thanks to Liu.