Chapter seven hundred and seventy-first ancient toy copper dove car
At first glance, this stall seems to be very orderly. After all, they are all white porcelain works!
However, if you take a closer look, you will see that the items inside are of excellent quality, both good and bad.
Coupled with the random placement of various types of utensils, as well as new, old, and leftover utensils, the things on this stall look even more chaotic.
I'm afraid this person is not a professional. Maybe he bought so much white porcelain and brought it here to sell it just to make money.
Sure enough, the so-called good things by this stall owner are just some new imitations.
What the stall owner was holding was a standing statue of Amitabha. It was quite large, more than fifty centimeters high, and he also let Chen Wenzhe see the bottom price.
Dehua gourd model, Boji Fisherman's Fangzhang!
Unfortunately, without looking at the workmanship or glaze color, just looking at the black layer of dirt on the outside, Chen Wenzhe knew that it was old.
"Aging does not mean dirty, and black does not mean old. This piece of porcelain is a new imitation of old!"
After a few glances, Chen Wenzhe spoke.
"Ah? New imitation?"
"Yes, a very new imitation, maybe from last week!"
The stall owner was very disappointed and put the things directly on the stall.
Chen Wenzhe ignored him and continued to look at the things on the stall.
I scanned around and found nothing good.
At this time, he was sure that this man was a speculator and he didn't understand anything.
Not having any luck, he didn't find anything even remotely good. How could he miss it?
When shopping for goods at stalls, you naturally have to pay attention to old things, so Chen Wenzhe is no exception. He also looks at the old things on the stalls.
Unfortunately, these are all old, and even the remaining utensils seem to have been intentionally mutilated.
Many people have a misunderstanding, as if damaged or old things are old.
Or maybe this is an inherent impression. Anyway, many people will dispel some of their wariness when encountering this kind of thing.
After all, it is a broken thing, how much can it be worth?
Even if they imitate and make old items, who would imitate the remaining items? Make them old items?
However, many counterfeiters take advantage of the mentality of ordinary people and specialize in breaking good porcelain into pieces, cracking it, and making it old again.
Don't think that damaged utensils are not valuable, you also have to look at the age.
For example, why can’t some Wanqing items be sold for three to five hundred?
Is three to five hundred less? There are more than one billion people in the country, but they can’t earn more than three hundred yuan a day.
In this stall, no matter old, old or damaged, they are all new and imitated, without any surprises!
I looked behind the stall, and there wasn't even a wooden box.
Chen Wenzhe was completely disappointed. He was just a speculator. He didn't even have the knowledge necessary for a stall owner like a wooden box!
Very disappointed, Chen Wenzhe turned around and left.
The stall owner didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't say anything.
After walking a few steps forward, we came to a place full of bronzes.
He usually doesn't look at stalls like this, because Chen Wenzhe knows very well that many of the bronzes here are fake at first sight.
This is not even a national treasure exhibition hall, because the bronzes here are all thin-skinned and empty shells.
The production process is simple, the distressing process is even simpler, and the sales are small profits but quick turnover.
Bronze God of Wealth, Bronze Guan Gong and Bronze Bodhisattva are bought by some believers and worshiped at home. The prices are not expensive and they are considered to be good value for money.
"Huh? This thing is kind of interesting!"
Although I don’t pay much attention to it, I can always see something as I walk.
After all, you can’t walk with your head up when you walk, right?
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe accidentally saw a rather interesting thing, a bronze vessel.
Of course, it is not a bronze gear from the Qin Dynasty, nor a steering wheel from the Warring States Period, but a toy.
It's obvious, because there are pulleys underneath, some with two wheels and some with three wheels.
Chen Wenzhe saw at least three pieces, all of which were relatively complete. Two of them were bronze, which were red spots among the green embroidery.
It looks like they are all swollen. Do you play often?
There is another piece that is white and should have green rust, but maybe it was placed in the wrong place and there is a layer of hoarfrost on it.
Three dove-like bronze vessels were placed casually on the roadside.
This location is farthest from the stall owner and should be the least valued.
However, Chen Wenzhe felt that the rust did not look like it was made.
Almost at a glance, Chen Wenzhe recognized it as an ancient children's toy - a three-wheeled bronze dove cart.
Most people don't know this thing, but for some knowledgeable professionals, it should be one of the more interesting objects.
Interesting things like Warring States crystal cups and Yuan Dynasty glazed beer bottles, as long as you understand them, you will never forget them once you take a look at them.
This ancient bronze toy is definitely an ancient luxury product. Once you see it once, you will never forget it.
Chen Wenzhe remembered that there seemed to be one in the Yangluo Museum.
The bronze dove cart was cast during the Western Jin Dynasty (AD 266-316). The cart was cast in the shape of a turtle dove, with its head raised and tail raised, looking straight ahead.
It can be said that that one is almost the same as the white one in front of me.
On the contrary, the two bronze ones are two wheels. They should not be from the Western Jin Dynasty, but from the Han Dynasty.
Bronze dove carts from the Han Dynasty and later periods are made in different ways and have different shapes, so they are easy to identify.
And why is this thing called a toy? There is actually a reason.
As long as you look carefully, you will find that these small bronze turtle doves have three wheels on their two paws and tail, and there are rings on the chest that can be pulled by ropes.
"You Qiu Zi" written by Du Yi, a great scholar of the Jin Dynasty, wrote: "When you are five years old, you have the joy of doves and chariots, and when you are seven years old, you have the joy of bamboo horses."
It can be seen that this "dove cart" type toy was already very popular in the Jin Dynasty.
In the Zhengxin City Museum, there is also a Han Dynasty bronze dove cart.
The Han Dynasty bronze dove cart has two wheels, while the three-wheeled bronze dove cart from the Western Jin Dynasty is more stable.
This definitely reflects the development and progress of bronze dove car technology, and also shows that this kind of toy has been passed down from generation to generation and has been passed down for a long time.
Chen Wenzhe stopped and couldn't help but look at that stall.
When he looked at it, he found that no matter which piece of copperware it was, it had signs of aging and even had a rich patina.
It's not easy to find so many real old things.
So, Chen Wenzhe took a quick look and discovered electroplating rust.
The overall color is green and looks nice, but it is a fake.
The items at this stall seem to be specially made and are generally very beautiful.
For example, the pair of two-wheeled bronze dove carts are similar to bronze-colored objects, but they are a pair that have been played for a long time, and the red spots on the outer layer are more oily, revealing a more beautiful bronze color.
In addition to these, there are also some more beautiful embroideries with red spots and green embroidery.