It seems that large capital has entered the counterfeiting industry, otherwise ordinary counterfeiting workshops do not have such capital.
You must know that it is impossible to copy something of this level successfully in one go.
And as long as there is failure, there must be loss, especially onyx.
If you want to imitate high-grade things, no material can be used.
In this way, as long as there are too many failures, even less valuable red agate will cost a lot of money.
I don’t know how these people think about imitating such a famous thing?
However, if you don’t know the art, you may not know about these somewhat unpopular antiques.
Take this gold cup with a tiger handle inlaid with red agate, for example. If you don't know its origin, you might be able to deceive a lot of your peers.
However, Chen Wenzhe knew that this was a treasure discovered by the 74th Regiment of the Fourth Agricultural Division of the Xinjiang Provincial Production and Construction Corps in 1997.
When they were building a road near Mazhen, Yinzhou, they accidentally discovered a large tomb and excavated it.
The large tomb discovered at that time was a thousand-year-old ancient tomb from the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
It was also this discovery that brought countless rare treasures to light again.
Among them is a gold cup with a lid inlaid with red agate, about 14.7 centimeters tall and weighing about 489 grams.
The inner and outer surfaces of this gold cup are embossed with diamond-shaped patterns using molds.
Each rhombus on the outer surface is inlaid with a red agate.
The handle of the cup is a golden tiger with a strong physique, a slender waist, upright ears, and an eight-petal flower hammer pattern on the bottom.
According to expert research, it is basically certain that this golden cup has the characteristics of ancient Greek and Roman culture.
Therefore, this thing should have come from the Byzantine Empire and came to our country's provinces through the Silk Road in the form of trade goods.
"You really have some skills. How can you receive such an unpopular antique?"
Holding the agate gold cup, Chen Wenzhe looked at it for several minutes and found no signs of wear and tear. Chen Wenzhe was very surprised.
Did Li Tianqiang find a master to help him? Why did he make these things, which were obviously fake at first glance, but he just couldn't find any flaws?
This is amazing. We know clearly that none of these things are genuine, but the imitations are lifelike. Which master’s work is this?
"There are a few more of this kind of thing. Boss, you can see them when you open these rubbings."
Li Tianqiang pointed to a large pile of paper things not far away and said a little proudly.
Chen Wenzhe was speechless. There were inscriptions on inscriptions, Beiye Sutra, and many rubbings and ancient books.
Sure enough, after cleaning up these things, there are still some things underneath.
At a casual glance, it looks really good. There are gilt silver bottles and glass bowls. What is that? A waist knife?
The silver vase should be from ancient Greece because it has ancient Greek mythological characters on it.
In addition, the glass bowl should also be an ancient object. Is it also from ancient Greece?
This should be a glass bowl with raised nails. Ancient glass products are also very precious.
It's a pity that Chen Wenzhe knows the origin of these things, otherwise it would really bring him some surprises.
In 1983, a Northern Zhou tomb was discovered in a farmland in Guyuan, Ning District.
Later, it was determined that the tomb was the joint tomb of the Northern Zhou Shangzhu State general and the governor Li Xian and his wife.
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Naturally, a large number of burial objects were discovered at the same time as the tomb.
These include two national treasure-level cultural relics, the "Gilt Silver Vase with Characters from Ancient Greek Mythology" and the "Glass Bowl with Raised Nails".
A gilt silver vase of an ancient Greek mythological figure, 37.5 cm high and weighing about 1.5 kg.
The texture of sterling silver indicates gilding, duckbill flow, human-shaped grip, and bulging belly.
It has a trumpet-shaped water ripple base, and three groups of six figures are embossed on the upper half of the bottle.
These characters are Menelaus and Helen, Paris and Aphrodite, and Paris and Helen.
The entire bottle depicts two "golden apples" and "Troin"
Ancient Greek mythology stories.
As for the convex-nailed glass bowl, it has a straight mouth and a round foot, is about 8 cm high, has a diameter of 9.8 cm, and weighs about 246 grams.
The entire bowl is made of turquoise white glass, and its surface is decorated with glass convex nails of the same texture.
These two treasures are obviously deeply influenced by ancient Greek culture.
Therefore, experts later concluded that these two treasures should come from ancient Persia during the Sasanian Dynasty.
Later, it came to my country via the Silk Road and was collected by Li Xian.
It was not easy to get the last one. It was a sapphire inlaid leather sheath waist knife.
And this knife is even more famous.
Making a good knife requires a lot of money, not to mention that it also needs to be inlaid with high-quality sapphire.
Therefore, even if this knife is not genuine, the production cost is not low.
Unfortunately, this one can't be real.
Because the authentic product was sent to China by the British government in 1793.
At that time, the British special envoy Macartney came to our country to celebrate the 80th birthday of Emperor Qianlong.
He attempted to further open up my country's market through this mission.
Since you are here to celebrate your birthday, you cannot go empty-handed.
Macartney carefully prepared 600 boxes of gifts for Emperor Qianlong, including a large number of scientific instruments, books, hot and cold weapons, ship models, daily necessities, works of art, clocks, etc.
This sapphire inlaid leather sheath waist knife is among them.
This knife is approximately 97.4 centimeters long and is forged from fine steel.
The knife is equipped with a cowhide scabbard, and the handle is made of sapphire as the main material and inlaid with gold wire and gemstones.
But the result of this meeting was not pleasant.
Macartney's almost harsh request was naturally rejected by Emperor Qianlong.
Yinglun gradually determined that he would use war to open the door to our country.
However, the aging Emperor Qianlong did not see the beginning of a new era from Macartney's arrival, and the two parties broke up on bad terms.
We all know what happened later as the Qing Dynasty's national power weakened.
"Huh? What is this? Why does it look familiar?"
As soon as he put down his sword, Chen Wenzhe saw something painted underneath.
After peeling off the ancient books on it, Chen Wenzhe laughed as soon as he saw it.
No wonder it looked familiar, because he had thought of this thing just now. It was a coffin board.
Ordinary people may feel unlucky when they see this thing.
However, insiders know that this thing means promotion and wealth, so they will feel very unlucky.
In any case, this thing is not very popular among Chinese people.
Therefore, there are not many such things, and few people are willing to collect them.
What's more, the decoration on the coffin board in front of Chen Wenzhe was very special, and he knew at a glance that it couldn't be from China.
Therefore, at a glance, Chen Wenzhe recognized that it was an Egyptian painted coffin board.
Although it was only a part, Chen Wenzhe knew that it was probably copied from Duan Fang's collection.
There is really no other famous coffin board in China, and it can be copied.
The paintings on this coffin board are so eye-catching that it would be difficult for Chen Wenzhe to forget them!