Although the Three Tripods and Two Gui are not big in size, they are not easy to move.
Besides, there was too much movement. It was obvious that these guys had a plan.
I just don’t know how they brought all five items to the ghost market? How could they not be afraid of being picked up in one fell swoop?
These are not what Chen Wenzhe should care about, what he cares about most is things.
Feeling dizzy, Chen Wenzhe took a small flashlight and checked the four items on the back seat of the car one by one.
Seeing the three tripods, Chen Wenzhe immediately felt happy.
He opened the door wide because it was stained with mud. Now that he saw the mud, he felt very friendly.
For Chen Wenzhe, mud is his best brother, because these mud can tell him some accurate information that others cannot see.
Chen Wenzhe was even able to confirm that these things had been dug out for more than half a year.
Also, judging from the rubbish randomly discarded in the car, the life of these tomb robbers is not good.
Perhaps, this is the reason why they were able to sell these five bronzes for five hundred thousand.
Looking at the bronze tripod in his hand, it is a bronze tripod with a human face pattern.
The height is similar to that of the bronze gui, both close to forty centimeters.
The tripod is a cooking utensil with two ears on the top for easy carrying and four legs on the bottom for easy heating.
There were many bronze tripods in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, but these three tripods are very special.
What attracts attention is the four human faces embossed on the abdomen, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a high nose bridge, protruding cheekbones, a wide and tightly closed mouth, and a solemn expression.
On the left and right sides of the forehead of the human face, there are small zigzag horns, and animal claws are placed on both sides of the cheeks.
It shows that this human face is not a human face, but the image of a god or a strange god in people's minds.
Also, there are two-character inscriptions inside the three tripods.
These two characters seem to be Dahe. Chen Wenzhe seems to have seen bronze vessels with this kind of inscription somewhere.
One by one, I carefully confirmed that they were indeed three tripods and two gui, but they were not large in size. They were probably just buried with ordinary scholar-bureaucrats.
I touched every piece and found no defects or anything wrong.
When the outside items were moved into the Wuling car and the door was closed, Chen Wenzhe still felt a little like a dream.
He didn't have half a million in his backpack, so he had to ask Zheng Yu to make up for it.
In the end, I even gave away my backpack, after all, they already gave me a car.
Of course, there was also a little gift included, which was the black electronic product that Professor Tao gave him.
At that time, Professor Tao gave him several gifts, but he only used one. This is the second one.
"This should be a black car." Zheng Yu said after watching the two people walk into the darkness.
"Ignore him, just watch from the car, and when it gets dark, notify the school and ask someone from the school to pick him up!"
"Ah? You don't want it?"
"Fuck you, this thing is deadly."
Chen Wenzhe thought very clearly that the school did not want the 14 million last time, and this time it was just right for Professor Tao to show his face.
You know, some universities have their own museums, and the Academy of Fine Arts also has one. However, there are not many good things in them. Now these five bronzes are the best choice to put in the Academy of Fine Arts.
As for stolen goods, if you have the ability, just go and break it with the leaders of the Academy of Fine Arts!
"There are indeed good things in this ghost market, but it's a pity that the good and the bad are mixed together. The country cannot allow them to survive smoothly in a place like this."
Chen Wenzhe has truly seen the evil side of the ghost market, and also understands why the country is determined to strengthen its management.
It's a pity that he couldn't catch those guys just now. He was sure that they had other things in their hands.
But there is no other way. Being able to obtain three tripods and two guis is already his limit.
If he makes another request and wants to continue the transaction, the two men who left just now may jump over the wall and give him a few knives. Who will he ask to reason with?
Now I have bought three tripods and two guis, which can be said to be just right.
Because anyone who knows anything knows that when Gui appeared, there was probably a tripod. This is clearly recorded in history.
In archeology, it is often found that the tripod and the gui appear at the same time. This is because although the gui was a food container for the ancients, it was also an important ritual vessel during the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
During banquets and sacrifices, even-numbered combinations are often used in conjunction with odd-numbered tripods, making Gui an important part of the tripod system.
Chen Wenzhe has received the inheritance of bronze ware, moving mountains, unloading mountains, and touching gold. From ancient times to the present, Chen Wenzhe understands all the knowledge related to bronze ware or tombs.
No one knows better than him that the burial objects of ancient scholar-bureaucrats cannot be within the rules and regulations. It is really normal.
Although the records about the use of tripods and guis in historical books have been basically verified by archeology, so far, no direct evidence has been found that the emperor used tripods and gui combinations.
Judging from the current records, it has not been discovered in the Western Zhou Dynasty.
For any large tomb that has not been excavated, there are also very few relevant materials for medium-sized tombs.
In the Yuguo cemetery discovered by Baoji, a set of four bronze gui and five tripods was unearthed. This is a bronze tomb from the mid-Western Zhou Dynasty that has not been robbed.
The relatively large number of discoveries are still in bronze cellars. For example, in the Bai No. 1 cellar in Fufengzhuang, eight pieces of Xing Gui were unearthed. Judging from the inscriptions, these eight pieces of Gui must be two sets.
Only the large, medium and small tombs from the Spring and Autumn Period are somewhat complete.
However, in some of the Spring and Autumn and Qin tombs that have been excavated, the configuration of Gui has deviated from this track, and the number combination is not so strict.
It seems that the earlier the time, the greater the Zhou culture content in the configuration of the tripod and the number of tripods, and the stricter the system of using tripods.
Whether it is the combination of numbers or the texture of the tripod, it maintains the style of the Zhou people. The number of tripods is divided into three and five.
As time went on, although the Zhou people's custom of using tripods and guis was preserved, it has changed.
Bronze tripods and bronze-imitation pottery guis were produced together. The difference is no longer three or five. It often happens that the number of guis is greater than the number of dings, or there are random situations where there are dings but no guis.
For example, Baoji m2, Qinjiagou m1, m2 are not three tripods and two guis, but three tripods and four guis. Xigaoquan m2 is still two tripods and four guis.
If Yangnan m3 does not include the five imitation copper pottery tripods produced at the same time, it is a combination of five tripods (bronze row tripods) and four guis. With the addition of pottery tripods, it becomes a combination of ten tripods and four guis.
Chen Wenzhe was able to confirm that these tripods and gui were from the Western Zhou Dynasty, but they were different in the early, middle and late Western Zhou Dynasty.
The early Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the late Western Zhou Dynasty do not seem to be so clearly dated, and the differences in the specifications of the tombs are huge.
"They should still have some good stuff!"
"Yes, so what?"
From the instant noodle cups left in the car, we knew that those two guys were living a very bad life.
If there were other small items, they should have been dealt with long ago.
If they didn't want to sell these three tripods and two gui at a high price, they might not come to Dahai Market.