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Chapter 612: The Ox-Tiger Bronze Case
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Liu Dong was naturally very familiar with treasures such as the Niuhu Bronze Case, but he never imagined that he would actually see another Niuhu Bronze Case with almost the same shape and structure on the antique street in Chongqing. The only difference was that it was smaller than Yunnan.
The museum is just a little smaller!
If it weren't for the relic Yuanguang's infallibility and the identification results of the relic telling Liu Dong the truth, he would never have believed that such a national treasure with the same name as the 'Horse Stepping on the Flying Swallow' actually has a similar authentic one.
!
After suppressing the excitement in his heart, Liu Dong reorganized the assembled Niuhu Bronze Case, and then selected some of the broken copper pieces, about sixteen or seventeen pieces in size, and bought them for five hundred yuan.
Come down.
"Liu Dong?"
The familiar voice woke up Liu Dong, who was immersed in his rich harvest. Then he looked in the direction of the voice, with a look of surprise on his face, "Mr. Wu?"
The old man standing six meters away from Liu Dong turned out to be Wu Banghan, the vice president of the Quancheng Collection Association, and one of the elders with whom Liu Dong had the closest relationship within the Collection Association.
But Liu Dong didn't recognize the old man wearing a white short-sleeved shirt next to the old man.
"I didn't expect to meet you here!"
The old man was extremely happy to see Liu Dong. He quickly strode over.
"Haha. I didn't expect to meet you here!" Liu Dong said with a smile.
"Hey, have you found a treasure again?" After approaching, Mr. Wu naturally saw the backpack Liu Dong was carrying behind his back. Thinking about the situation at the moment, it goes without saying that Liu Dong must have found a treasure, and he thought of Liu Dong.
Dong's astonishing performance when he joined the association made the old man feel a little anxious.
Noticing the old man's eyes looking directly behind him, Liu Dong knew that if he didn't let the other party take a look, he would definitely not be able to live in peace today.
"Mr. Wu, why don't we move to another place to talk? It's unsafe with so many people here!"
Liu Dong's words made Mr. Wu come back to his senses and said quickly: "Yes, we should change places!"
After saying that, the old man also forgot his original intention of coming to the antique market, and took Liu Dong and prepared to walk out. After some introductions on the road, Liu Dong also met the old man who came with Mr. Wu, who was from Chongqing.
The president of the Municipal Collection Association, and he is obviously no stranger to Liu Dong. There is a hint of intimacy in his words!
After waiting at the hotel where Mr. Wu stayed, Liu Dong naturally took out the contents of his backpack. But apart from the scraps of copper he bought at the end, there were other items such as the Ming Dynasty painted Wei Tuo statue, the Qing Dynasty "Diamond Sutra" engraving, and ten other items.
Several antiques were all received by Liu Dong in Mustard Seed Space!
In order to avoid the impact, Liu Dong did not take it out either.
"Are these the antiques you picked up?" Looking at the table full of tattered copper pieces, many of which looked like fakes, Mr. Wu couldn't help but frowned deeply.
"certainly!"
Hearing this, Mr. Wu looked at the confidence on Liu Dong's face, and his expression became serious. Based on his understanding of Liu Dong's appraisal level, these copper pieces must not be as simple as they appear on the surface, and there must be some mystery hidden in them.
And while he was concentrating on thinking, Yang Guofeng, who came up with him next to him, said softly and started rummaging through the dozens of broken copper pieces.
What surprised Liu Dong was that the other party actually put together a total of 6 pieces of the Niuhu Bronze Case that he had pieced together with the help of relics Yuan Guang.
Noticing Liu Dong's expression, Mr. Wu smiled and said: "Xiaodong, Lao Yang is a master of bronze restoration and appraisal in China!"
"Haha, we can't talk about it yet, it's just some research! ... Young man, I really like these copper pieces. If you are willing, I am willing to buy them for 20,000 yuan!" Yang Laojin
Staring at Liu Dongdao.
However, although the other party concealed it well, Liu Dong also saw the suppressed excitement in the other party's eyes. However, Liu Dong, who knew the details of these copper pieces, would definitely not sell them.
"Mr. Yang, the Niuhu Bronze Case is a national treasure. Although this one is smaller and has been damaged, it is not difficult to repair it!"
"So you know!" Mr. Yang sighed.
Although he understood that since Liu Dong bought these copper pieces, he should understand the secrets involved, but facing the national treasure, Mr. Yang still wanted to try his best to fight for it, even though the possibility was very small.
"The Niuhu Bronze Case, Lao Yang, do you think this is the Niuhu Bronze Case?"
After being smashed into six pieces by an external force, the tiger's body had been broken into two pieces, and the big bull and the calf underneath were also separated. Therefore, unless you are very knowledgeable about bronzes, most people would not be able to put the six pieces together.
Can't see its original appearance.
After nodding to his old friend, Yang Guofeng looked at the six fragments on the table with hot eyes, and said with emotion and excitement: "Yes, this is the national treasure 'The Ox-Tiger Bronze Case' that is comparable to a horse trampling a flying swallow!"
"But isn't the Niuhu Bronze Case in the Yunnan Museum? I haven't heard of it being stolen!" Although Mr. Wu, who specializes in porcelain appraisal, is aware of the existence of the Niuhu Bronze Case, he has not conducted any special research.
"Who told you that there is only one piece of the 'Ox-Tiger Bronze Case'!"
"Are there two more national treasures like this?" Mr. Wu said in surprise with his eyes bulging.
After nodding, Yang Guofeng's face showed a trace of memories. He remembered that when the Lijiashan ancient tombs were excavated, he was also one of the witnesses. However, he was only in his twenties at the time, and he just followed many archaeologists.
A soldier with a drawing and record behind him.
But the story before and after the excavation of the Lijiashan ancient tombs at that time is still fresh in Yang Guofeng’s memory.
First of all, the Lijiashan ancient tombs, like the excavation of most ancient tombs in China, were not the foresight of archaeologists, but the villagers near Lijiashan who first found a large number of bronzes here.
Of course, due to lack of knowledge, people at that time did not realize what these bronzes that were once buried deep in the ground meant, but they knew very well that poor families needed more money to maintain their lives.
In addition, the price of copper at that time was relatively high, at 4 cents per kilogram, almost twice as much as iron, so most villagers took the excavated bronzes to the town's scrap collection station to sell them for money.
Of course, most of the bronzes have been smashed, because the newly unearthed bronzes are covered with a lot of soil and rust. These things are too heavy and the scrap collection stations are not willing to take them, so they must be cleaned before selling.
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Ordinary people don’t have the patience of archaeologists. It’s much easier to clean it up if it’s smashed into pieces than the whole thing!
Of course, after the Niuhu Bronze Case was unearthed, it was not smashed because the thing was too exquisite and the villagers who unearthed it thought it was a good thing. However, no matter how good the thing was, it was not worth the money. For money, the villagers took it
The Niuhu copper case dug up was sold to the purchasing station.
At that time, the scrap collection station was state-owned, and all the copper materials collected had to be remelted and smelted into copper to support national construction. However, although the secretary of the scrap collection station at that time did not have a high level of education, he also knew that this exquisite Niuhu copper case was a good
thing.
So I used my own salary to fill up the accounts of the scrap collection station, and kept this Niuhu copper case.
I have to say that people's consciousness at that time was much higher than now, and no one dared to embezzle even a few dollars.
As more and more bronzes were unearthed from Lijiashan, the news naturally reached the ears of the archaeological experts at the Yuxi Cultural Relics Work Station at that time.
After just one visit and a brief on-the-spot investigation of Lijiashan, archaeologists confirmed that a large group of ancient tombs from the Warring States Period to the Early Han Dynasty was buried here.
The next step is naturally to consider the issue of excavation.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of cultural treasures from the ancient Dian Kingdom period were released, such as the "Ox Tiger Bronze Case" and the "Gilted Knight Shell Storage", which are the treasures of the Sichuan Museum, and also caused a sensation across the country.
But a few years after the archaeological excavation was completed, archaeologists found out that there was not only one national treasure, the "Ox Tiger Bronze Case", but that before the ancient tomb was excavated, a smaller one had already been sold to the county's scrap collection agency at that time.
stand.
This kind of news is enough to make anyone involved in the excavation of the Lijiashan ancient tombs extremely excited. You must know that the Niuhu Bronze Case is a national treasure, and it was one of the only two national treasures that was as famous as the "Bronze Galloping Horse" in the 1960s and 1970s.
But when the archaeologists found the secretary of the scrap collection station who had retired at home at that time, they told him that because of the excavation of the Lijiashan ancient tomb and the sensation of the "Niuhu Bronze Case" in the country, in order to avoid causing trouble for himself, he had to leave early.
Before retiring, I smashed the Mavericks and Tigers copper case!
As for where the fragments went, the other party couldn't remember clearly because it took so long.
Faced with the loss of a national treasure due to a weak awareness of protection, archaeologists have no other choice but to sigh.
"So this is the Niuhu Bronze Case that was smashed and lost back then?" Mr. Wu stared at the six pieces on the table in surprise.
"It shouldn't be wrong, but further identification is needed!" Yang Guofeng said.
However, facing Mr. Yang's expectant eyes, Liu Dong shook his head happily. He knew better than anyone else the authenticity of the Niuhu Copper Case, and the appraisal meant that it would be handed over to others. If he met a greedy person,
, this thing that could have been regarded as a lost cultural relic may really never come back!
So despite Yang Guofeng's persistent persuasion, Liu Dong just took the weight and became determined! Even though Mr. Wu supported him, Liu Dong refused the other party's request to take it back for appraisal.
As for the repair problem, Liu Dong's relic Yuanguang can do it, but if he wants to restore the Niuhu Bronze Case that has been scattered into six pieces, he has to turn to his own cheap master, but he doesn't know where he is now.
, so we have to wait a while.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^(To be continued...)