“There are indeed many fake chicken pot cups that were forged in the later stages.”
"However, there are no obvious problems with the shape, painting, mural, or bottom of this chicken cup. The reason for the color difference should be due to the heat used during firing."
Lin Xiao chuckled and knocked on Yun Caixi, then continued: "To appraise treasures, we have to look at where it is fake, not where it is real. As long as no fake thing can be found in it, it is real.
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Yun Caixi showed a learned expression, but rolled her eyes and asked again: "Then, what if the imitation is so good that you can't find a fake?"
"Then let's find where it really is!"
Lin Xiao replied casually and asked the waiter to find something to pack the two things.
He handed his chicken cup to Liu Haiming and prepared to go back.
Yun Caixi quickly asked the waiter to deliver her enamel to her door, and chased after her: "Master, since you have nothing to do next, why don't you come to my house to play?"
"I know how to do it every day, but my treasure appraisal skills are not good, so I don't know how to find more antiques for appraisal!"
Yun Caixi laughed like a flower, narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Am I not learning from you? Treasure appraisal technology cannot be learned in a day or two."
She looked at the sky and saw that it was still very early and the auction would only last for more than an hour.
Yun Caixi thought for a while and said: "Master, since we have nothing to do, let me take you to the antique street. By the way, you can also teach me how to identify treasures!"
"Is there an antique street in Beicheng?"
"That's not true. There is even a stone gambling market in Beicheng. What's the point of having an antique market? Master, please take me to pick out the treasures!"
Yun Caixi is very excited. She likes to pick up leaks and make a lot of money with very little money!
Although she is not short of money, who can resist the joy of picking up leaks?
Seeing her high interest, Lin Xiao nodded.
The antique street was crowded with people, most of whom were excitedly looking at the objects on the roadside stalls.
In addition to some raw jade stones, there are also bottles of jade ornaments, as well as many antique objects, poems, calligraphy, paintings and wood carvings at roadside stalls like this.
Yun Caixi randomly chose a stall, squatted down, and wanted Lin Xiao to give her some advice.
However, there were almost nothing genuine at the stalls, but there were some that were pretty good imitations and were worth several thousand yuan. Lin Xiao taught Yun Caixi how to identify them.
"Hey, I think it's interesting for you guys, but I'm here at this stall, and instead of buying my stuff, I'm doing some ancient literature appraisal here!"
"I said, buddy, why don't you go somewhere interesting to pick up a girl? Here you can tell her how to identify antiques. Can you get a girl like this?"
The owner of the stall was a young man. Seeing that Lin Xiao had been explaining antique knowledge to Yun Caixi, he couldn't help but look away with disdain.
Yun Caixi clapped her hands and laughed, "Stall owner, what you said is really interesting, I think so too! However, you really misunderstood our relationship. He is my master, and I learned how to identify antiques from him.
You try the water here."
The young stall owner was obviously good-tempered. He curled his lips when he heard this and said, "You can't come here if you want to learn antique appraisal! Look at how many things in my stall can really be appraised by you?"
Generally, there are some that can be picked up at these stalls, but the quantity is pitifully small, and they are not too expensive.
These small stall owners are just trying to fool people who want to pick up missing items and have little or no knowledge of the antique business.
If you are a knowledgeable person, you may visit this stall just for fun, or you may just want to pick up the missing items, and you don’t really expect to buy anything valuable and authentic from the stall.
Seeing that Lin Xiao and the two of them seemed to be studying antique appraisal, they should have some understanding of these things, so the stall owner did not pretend to show off his skills.
Lin Xiao squatted in front of the stall owner and looked at a bronze mirror in the corner. He frowned slightly and took the bronze mirror to observe.
Yun Caixi squatted next to him and watched with him.
This bronze mirror is simple and simple, but it is a bit shabby. It depicts animal reliefs with a rough technique, but it captures the exaggerated head features of the lion, the shape is vivid, and there are grape-like decorations carved on the edge.
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"Master, what is this bronze mirror? This shape looks so strange. It seems different from the Panlong mirror and petty mirrors we usually see!"
Yun Caixi asked curiously.
Lin Xiao knocked on the mirror: "It looks like a sea beast grape mirror."
He looked at the stall owner and asked: "I think this mirror is okay. How do you sell it?"
The young stall owner looked at him in surprise: "You really want to buy it? Okay, my mirror is not expensive anyway. If you buy it, it will cost you five hundred yuan!"
Yun Caixi rolled her eyes at him. She is the eldest lady, but that doesn't mean she doesn't want to live in the world anymore. They are all just playing around in Beicheng, so who can't know who is who?
"Brother, please don't lie to me. If I went directly to the processing factory to buy a mirror like this, I would get it for just a few dozen yuan. Why are you still here asking me for five hundred? Why do you have the nerve to ask?"
Lin Xiao put down the mirror calmly, "Should I sell it for a hundred yuan? If not, forget it."
"Hey, okay, okay, I sold it to you for a hundred yuan, I'm so sorry! Never do business with you knowledgeable people in the future, otherwise everything will be missed!"
The stall owner complained, put the mirror in a black plastic bag, and handed it to Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao scanned the QR code on the side and took Yun Caixi away directly.
Lin Xiao casually handed the black bag to Liu Haiming, as if the thing he bought was really worthless.
But how could Yun Caixi, who knew him fairly well, believe that what he bought was really worthless?
"Master, Master, you just missed something! I've heard of this sea beast Grape Mirror, but what exactly is it?"
Yun Caixi believed that Lin Xiao had made a mistake, but he just didn't know where the leak was.
Lin Xiao explained: "This is a grape mirror with sea beasts. In the early Tang Dynasty, the decorations on bronze mirrors were mainly sea beasts, and sea beast mirrors were more popular."
“From the time of Emperor Gaozong to Emperor Dezong of Tang Dynasty, new forms, new themes, new styles, and splendor appeared in the decoration of bronze mirrors. From Emperor Dezong of Tang Dynasty to the late Tang Dynasty, bird mirrors, auspicious flower mirrors, coiling dragon mirrors, etc. were mainly popular.”
"By the Tang Dynasty, the cultivation of grapes had become very popular, and grape patterns were frequently used for silk decoration. The auspicious animal patterns had been popular in bronze mirror decoration for a long time, and were extremely popular on bronze mirrors in the Six Dynasties, Sui Dynasty, and early Tang Dynasty."