Chapter eight hundred and fourth how to pick up leaks
In front of Chen Wenzhe is a whole gold plate with Ying Yuan on it. These things are like seals left on the gold plate. When using it, just cut off a piece.
Chen Wenzhe is not very interested in this thing. If it is genuine, he can buy some for collection and forget about fakes.
If you really want to buy it, you might as well buy that 18-pound golden beast!
At least those gold objects still have some level of craftsmanship, so they can be used as a reference after buying them.
However, Mu Xiaolong did not disappoint him. Soon, Chen Wenzhe saw a series of imitation gold objects from the Tang Dynasty.
It must not be an authentic product from the Tang Dynasty, otherwise, the Mu family would be too arrogant.
For example, the Capricorn-patterned gold cup in front of me is so well made.
This kind of thing must belong to the royal family. If it were put up for auction, it would be impossible to get it without millions.
Coming closer, Chen Wenzhe took a closer look.
The shape of this golden cup is a four-petal begonia shape.
In the center of the cup, there is a Capricorn playing in the water.
On the inner wall of the cup, craftsmen divide it into four sections with petal bars, and carve two symmetrical groups of precious flowers in each section.
There are Ruyi patterns on both sides of the Baoxiang flower, and a circle of petals is decorated around the edge.
The production is very precise, and it doesn't look like a fabrication, so what are they based on for imitating it?
As for this being the real thing, it's unlikely.
It is not difficult to identify gold objects. First, you need to understand the importance of gold in ancient times.
Due to its rarity and difficulty in mining, ordinary people use it sparingly, and almost all of it is used by the royal family.
When dealing with an artifact, after understanding its material clearly, you must have a good grasp of its characteristics and uses.
In ancient times, goldware was commonly used in women's headdresses, aristocratic hats, tableware, sitting utensils, or inlaid on porcelain. Its properties varied with the items.
For example, the gold cup in front of you is very high-level in terms of attainment, and its alchemy is very difficult. It is very difficult to pick patterns on its small surface.
To see if it is an old thing, you must first appreciate its overall appearance, whether it is properly matched, whether the workmanship is smooth, and whether there are any scratches on key parts of the object.
Because there were no modern tools in ancient times, manual polishing often had connections, and modern machines did it in one go.
When treating goldware as a whole, we must start from the small aspects. Modern distressing techniques often ignore this aspect, but the smallest details are often the support for the final appraisal.
There are only a few techniques for making goldware. In my country, as early as the Xia, Shang and Western Zhou dynasties, the ancients had already used casting, hammering, forging, carving, hollowing, shearing and other techniques to make goldware.
The goldware in front of me is just made in this way, it is just made more finely.
These are high imitations, and the signs of wear and tear are obvious.
In fact, the most natural way to age goldware is to place it in an oxygen chamber or a humid place. Over time, it will naturally show signs of aging.
Next, Chen Wenzhe saw a red gold basin, a gold basket and a gold cup with patterns on it, all of which belonged to the gold ware of the Tang Dynasty.
The gold basin is a commonly used washing utensil in the palace. Three days after the birth of the prince (daughter), a grand baby shower will be held in the palace, and the gold basin will be used when washing the prince.
Therefore, some people also call the gold basin a washbasin or a bathtub.
The one here is obviously not authentic, because Chen Wenzhe knows that there are only two unearthed in China.
They are also the only two Tang Dynasty gold basins discovered by archeology so far, and they are also the earliest and heaviest ancient gold basins in existence.
Those two pieces will naturally not come here, but the imitation one here is not bad.
However, gold basins are easy to imitate, but imitation of gold cups with gold baskets and patterns is not so easy.
"Golden Basket Baodian" refers to the surface of the object, welded with an outer frame made of gold wire, and fine gold beads, and then inlaid with precious stones.
From this we can imagine the craftsmanship of this gold cup.
Such a thing is difficult to imitate without a real thing to compare it with.
This was also the reason why Chen Wenzhe was willing to attend this event. The previous Ming Dynasty gold cup with cloud and dragon pattern had a very complicated production process. He also suspected that the Mu family had an authentic product, otherwise the imitation would not be as good.
In fact, through some of Mu Xiaolong's remarks, Chen Wenzhe could also infer that his family specializes in imitating goldware.
Looking at it now, this is indeed the case.
There are quite a lot of gold items here, but he doesn't have much money to buy them.
Because gold products, not to mention works of art, even if you only count the value of gold itself, the value of the gold items here is not low.
For example, the 18-pound golden beast, or the bell-shaped jewelry in front of me, the imitation is too detailed.
Even if he sees this kind of thing, he can learn a lot of advanced craftsmanship.
This goldware must have been imitated from the Eastern Han Dynasty's "Yi Zisun" bell-shaped gold ornaments.
Looking at the introduction, this thing is only 2.3 centimeters long, 1.7 centimeters wide, and weighs only 1.8 grams.
This piece of gold jewelry is bell-shaped as a whole, with a button at the top that is in the shape of an inverted trapezoid, and a small hole in the center for tying.
In the middle, three seal characters "Yi Zisun" are vertically arranged with filigree. Both sides are decorated with S-shaped cloud patterns. The edges are decorated with filigree and welded gold beads.
The whole piece of gold jewelry is small and exquisite, using the techniques of filigree and welding gold beads. Large beads and small beads are densely arranged, showing the extremely high level of gold and silver production in the Han Dynasty.
Seeing the craftsmanship on it, Chen Wenzhe was somewhat rewarded, so naturally he continued to read with joy.
It's just that the craftsmanship of the goldware is only so much, and if you look at it again, you won't gain more.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe soon lost interest.
"How do you trade these things?"
"This is 50,000 yuan. If you want it, just pay and you can take it!" a security guard behind the counter said.
After looking at those exquisite things, Chen Wenzhe slowly walked to a remote counter where there were some small items.
Almost at a glance, Chen Wenzhe realized that the things here were really antiques.
However, these gold items did not exist for a long time, such as the gold bracelets that he was very familiar with.
These gold bracelets were made with good craftsmanship, but they were too expensive and he would not buy them.
However, after just a few glances, he saw a strange thing in a corner.
Obviously, it was also a gold weapon, but it had a blade.
Seeing this thing, Chen Wenzhe immediately thought of one thing.
I got closer and took a closer look. From a visual inspection, this thing is about 7 centimeters long. The upper part is a hollow double fish shape, which is lifelikely carved. The lower part is in the shape of a slender foot and has a blade about 1 centimeter wide. However, it is not.
Not sharp.
Most people definitely don't know such things, but they do.
Because he had special knowledge of this kind of strange ancient cultural relics.
He knows things that no one else knows, so he will miss them!
For example, the one in front of me is not expensive.