Chapter 099 Picking up the leak from the master (3)
"Brother He, take a look, how do you think of these things of mine? Look at this Xuande stove, it's a big weapon I brought this time! Haha, it should be pretty good, right?" Zhong Yinqiang said with a smile on his face.
There is a sense of pride.
"Xuande furnace?" He Qing noticed quickly, and saw that among the pile of antiques Zhong Yinqiang took out, there was a larger copper vessel. It looked like a copper incense burner, with a yellowish-brown color. At first glance, it looked antique, with a strong smell.
flavor.
Zhong Yinqiang said that the brass vessel was a "Xuande furnace". He Qing was not familiar with the so-called "Xuande furnace", but he seemed to have heard of it somewhere. Since Zhong Yinqiang valued it so much, it meant that it was very valuable.
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"Yeah." He Qing nodded lightly, but didn't comment. If asked, he wouldn't be able to tell a single reason, but he wasn't very optimistic about it. If something is treasured by others, it should emit a precious light.
"The 'Da Ming Xuande Furnace' is a treasure among the handicrafts of the Ming Dynasty! The successful casting of the Xuande Furnace set a precedent for later generations of copper furnaces. Over a long period of history, the Xuande Furnace became the general name for copper incense burners." Lin Haitao on the side exclaimed in admiration.
, "The authentic Xuande stove is a treasure and extremely rare!"
"Brother Lin, what about my Xuande furnace? Is it genuine?" After hearing what Lin Haitao said, Zhong Yinqiang asked quickly. He was overjoyed, as if he had found a treasure.
Lin Haitao smiled and said: "The Xuande stoves on the market now cannot be distinguished between genuine and fake ones, because the real official kiln incense burners from the Xuande period are very rare, and there are not even a few available in the country, or
It is said that there are not many recognized authentic Xuande furnaces. Due to the prevalence of counterfeit Xuande furnaces during the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and there were many high imitations, Xuande furnaces are difficult to identify, so there is no standard to measure them. If you get a Xuande furnace
, if you say it is a genuine Xuande stove, then it is a genuine Xuande stove, but don’t expect everyone to agree with you. That is because there is no standard to judge the Xuande stove, so its price in the auction market has not been rising.
In fact, its collection value is very high.”
"I know this too." Zhong Yinqiang nodded, "But I tend to think that my Xuande stove is real, because it has an extraordinary origin and I got it after many twists and turns. It was hard-won!"
Lin Haitao nodded and said, "I hope so. Boss Zhong, can I take a look at it? Just take a look at the markings."
"Of course you can, just take a look." Zhong Yinqiang said cheerfully, "You can help me with my eyes, I really want it!"
Lin Haitao said with a smile: "If it is a Xuande furnace with no defects and good condition, it will still be worth a lot of money in the market and can be sold for millions of dollars."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hands to carefully lift up the copper incense burner. At the same time, He Qing also stared at the inscription on the bottom attentively.
It is clearly visible that there are the words "Xuande Year of the Ming Dynasty" in the bottom frame. The strokes of the font are vivid and natural, neat and elegant, and it is obviously regular script.
"Huh?!" He Qing immediately noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with the writing of a word in "Xuande Year of the Ming Dynasty".
"Haitao, that's wrong." He Qing couldn't help but said in surprise, "Look at the Xuande furnace's word for 'virtue' and the word 'heart' missing a horizontal line?"
He said this completely casually without any thought.
Lin Haitao shook his head and smiled, and said: "Brother Qing, it would be strange if that was the correct word for '德'. The correct way to write the word '德' in Xuande is like that, that's right. You haven't heard of this before, right?"
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He Qing said with some emotion: "Well, I haven't heard of it. I have never come into contact with the 'Xuande Furnace' before, nor have I studied it."
"Oh, is that so?" Lin Haitao was doubtful. He felt a little strange in his heart that no one had heard of a treasure like the "Xuande Furnace" that was almost well-known in the antique industry.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that He Qing was mysterious and unpredictable. Sometimes he had such good eyesight and could make accurate judgments on everything, but sometimes he seemed completely ignorant of some of the most basic identification knowledge.
However, Lin Haitao understood after thinking about it. After all, He Qing was only so old, and his knowledge was limited. As the saying goes, "there are specialties in the art", so it is not surprising that he felt unfamiliar.
"Boss Zhong, this Xuande furnace of yours looks very authentic and in good condition. It should be relatively valuable. However, it is difficult to judge this kind of thing. It is hard to say whether it is from the Xuande period." Lin Haitao then put down the Xuande furnace and said
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"Indeed." Zhong Yinqiang agreed, "As long as it's in good condition, I hope Boss Wang likes it. Okay, I'll leave this Xuande furnace here for now, and let's look at other items. Well, where are these pieces of porcelain?"
Lin Haitao solemnly replied: "Boss Zhong, let me tell you the truth. In my opinion, these pieces of porcelain you have are from private kilns, but they are indeed quite old. They are probably from the mid-Qing Dynasty. Anyway, they still have collection value."
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"A friend of mine from the Qing Dynasty also appraised the folk kilns in this way." Zhong Yinqiang agreed.
Later, they also looked at several other antiques. Lin Haitao was not very optimistic about them, but only made a "rough estimate".
He Qing and Lin Haitao had similar views. Those antiques did not emit "treasure light" and he couldn't cheer up at all.
"Boss Zhong, is that all?" He Qing suddenly asked after Zhong Yinqiang put away the antiques that had been appraised one by one.
"I also brought a few items that Boss Wang called for. That one should be fine." Zhong Yinqiang said, "You open an antique shop in Antique Street. You should know Boss Wang, right?"
"Which Boss Wang?" Lin Haitao asked.
Zhong Yinqiang replied: "Wang Chengen from the 'Guangming Museum', a famous collector in Jiangzhou."
"Oh, it's him? Of course we know him!" Lin Haitao nodded and responded. Then he turned to He Qing and introduced: "Brother Qing, the private museum opened by Master Wang is the most successful one here. He is
He is a very famous collector and a master of appraisal. He often participates in treasure appraisal TV programs and often gives lectures. He is a very successful person in the collecting world!"
"It's the master?!" He Qing suddenly said, "I already know you and Mr. Deng and the others here. Oh, by the way, Boss Zhong, can you take out those things and show them to us?
?We can just take a look, let us open our eyes."
"Brother He, you are too polite!" Zhong Yinqiang agreed without hesitation, "If you want to see it, I will bring it over right away and show it to you."
After saying that, he turned around, walked to the bed, and carried the box over.
After that, Zhong Yin forcefully opened the box and carefully took out a few things from it, and what emitted a red aura was a sword, a rusty long sword.
The rust on the sword was very thick, and it looked unremarkable at first glance. It looked like a piece of rusty iron, and the sharpness of the sword was not reflected at all.
Without realizing it, the red light gathered in front of He Qing's eyes. After a while, He Qing saw scenes of the ancient sword. He had a rough idea of the sword's ins and outs.
"This sword is so hidden!" After reading it, He Qing secretly exclaimed.
It was just an ordinary iron sword, but in the blink of an eye it looked like a treasure to He Qing!
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