It's a pity that no matter how powerful the Huang family was back then, it should have disintegrated by now, right?
Otherwise, if they were to excavate the Huang family's ancestral tombs on a large scale here, no one would say anything.
"Huh? Is there anything missing here?"
After delineating all the ancient tombs that could be seen, Chen Wenzhe was about to take a rest, but found that the ground he was stepping on was a bit strange.
The location here is a bit remote and the area is not small, but according to the specifications, one ancient tomb is too big and two ancient tombs cannot fit in it.
However, Chen Wenzhe only paid a little attention and discovered that the ground beneath his feet was also sealed soil.
There is a seal, which means there is an ancient tomb.
"Is it a joint tomb? This one is larger than the previous one!"
Looking at the surrounding terrain, Chen Wenzhe discovered that this place was close to the edge of the ancient tombs.
"The most important thing is that if you are admitted to this position, if there is an ancient tomb, your seniority should be higher. Does this mean that it is older?"
"Anything else discovered?" As soon as Chen Wenzhe made a small move, Professor Li came over. It seemed that he had always paid attention to Chen Wenzhe.
"What a discovery. I see that the tomb here seems to have never been robbed." Chen Wenzhe said with a smile.
"Hasn't it been robbed?" Professor Li asked in surprise.
"Yes, there are no obvious robbery holes found here. Well, the mound of earth is also well hidden. Coupled with the disguised hiding of so many bowl tombs around it, this ancient tomb has been preserved until now. Moreover, it is probably a
The joint burial tomb is larger in size and is located at the northernmost edge, making it easier for people to ignore it."
"A well-preserved joint burial tomb? Dig it up and take a look. The previous ones have been hollowed out. I really want to see what the burials inside look like."
Chen Wenzhe's guess was correct. Under his guidance, a bowl tomb was quickly dug out.
No, they should have dug out two bowl tombs.
They are close together. In addition to the blue and white porcelain bowls, there are also blue and white wine glasses.
Bowls and wine glasses are stacked on top of each other and interlocking.
With just a little calculation, you can calculate that the size of this bowl tomb is at least twice the size of an ordinary bowl tomb.
After calculations by Professor Li and others, they calculated that at least more than 4,000 bowls and wine glasses could be unearthed from this tomb alone.
It is worth noting that this is only the number of unearthed cultural relics. If you add in the damaged ones or those that have been unintentionally dug up before, the number will definitely be more than this number.
At this time, you can imagine how huge a project it would be to build a tomb with wine glasses and bowls.
At least 8,000 pieces of porcelain were used in these two joint tombs, which were buried close together.
Moreover, the bowls used are carefully selected, very delicate, and are glazed bowls.
Some paintings are blue and white, some are flower stamens, and some geometric patterns.
At the bottom of the bowl, there is a chicken heart.
These bowls are all the same size, with a mouth diameter of 15 cm and a bottom diameter of 7 cm. They are all made of fine lime glutinous rice and oil.
The bowls used in the Wan Tomb add up to a large number. It would be impossible for poor people to buy so many bowls in their lifetime.
Because in the Qing Dynasty, it was a tradition for ordinary people to have more than one bowl.
There are only a few bowls in each house.
Even if I buy more, it is just for entertaining guests.
Therefore, those who have so many bowls are basically wealthy families, and only wealthy families can build bowl tombs.
The most special thing is that a large number of wine glasses were unearthed from this bowl tomb.
Because this ancient tomb was not stolen, after carefully opening the tomb chamber, someone entered and soon gained a lot.
In addition to the excavated porcelain bowls and blue and white wine cups, there are also many gold and silverware.
Unfortunately, they are all ordinary gold and silver, at most some gold bars and gold ingots, and then some copper coins and silver ingots.
At this time, Chen Wenzhe did not look at the burial objects. After all, they were just items belonging to a wealthy country man, and they could not be very good.
However, when he looked at those bowls, he felt that they were obviously different from the previous ones.
Combined with the location of this ancient tomb, Chen Wenzhe believes that this should be an ancient tomb from the Ming Dynasty.
"Hey, it's still a small family, and there are too few burial objects."
"There shouldn't be any hope. After all, the size of the tomb is too small. How can anything be stored in such a small space?"
"It's good to find some gold and silver. Tombs in rural areas like this are all buried in full view of the public, so it's impossible to put too much property in them."
"Fortunately, I found a lot of porcelain bowls."
"Huh? Wait, these porcelain bowls don't seem to be from the Qing Dynasty."
“If it’s not from the Qing Dynasty, is it still from the Ming Dynasty?”
"Haha, don't tell me, these are really from the Ming Dynasty. Look, they are made in the Xuande year of the Ming Dynasty!"
"What a fool!"
"I saw a blade of grass too!"
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Suddenly, a group of old professors who were still discussing the matter all jumped into the grave pit.
Under the guidance of Chen Wenzhe, they have excavated many ancient tombs and found thousands of porcelain bowls in each one. However, those were all porcelains from the Qing Dynasty.
The blue and white flowers of the Qing Dynasty and the blue and white flowers of the Ming Dynasty are two completely different concepts.
They had originally thought that the burial form of these bowl tombs became popular in the Qing Dynasty. Unexpectedly, the joint burial tomb they discovered by accident was actually from the Ming Dynasty.
The value of porcelain from the Ming Dynasty is much higher than that from the Qing Dynasty.
"Be careful, there is a porcelain coffin under this tomb."
"Porcelain coffin? Is it carried with porcelain?"
"It's well used. So, this ancient tomb used more porcelain bowls?"
"It's not much, there are four to five thousand pieces in one tomb, but they are indeed made in the Xuande year of the Ming Dynasty and are inscribed in the Xuande year."
"What a pity. Although these are of standard design, they are all produced by private kilns."
"Okay, is it still good if it comes from the official kiln?"
Chen Wenzhe just looked at them without saying anything. He had just discovered that the format, shape, and signs of aging of these bowls were a little different from the previous ones.
However, without cleaning the bowls that are stuck together, it is impossible to tell when they were made.
Of course, if he uses the backtracking skill, he can see everything.
However, this is an ancient tomb made of blue and white porcelain produced in a private kiln, so there is no need to use abilities at all.
Besides, if we find porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, what can we do?
It seems that a bowl tomb from the Ming Dynasty has been discovered in China before, and some people valued it at one billion.
Such bowl tombs are generally not large in size, and the most common ones are just like this joint burial tomb.
The outer tomb chamber, as well as the coffin inside, were all made of porcelain, and only four to five thousand porcelain bowls were used.
Ten thousand large blue and white bowls made in the Xuande year of the Ming Dynasty are all from private kilns. If one costs RMB 100,000, it can only be sold for one billion yuan.
This is just in principle. If we really release 10,000 Xuande porcelain bowls from the Ming Dynasty at once, can we really sell one for 100,000?
If you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem difficult!
Chen Wenzhe suddenly discovered that the value of this ancient tomb is really not low.