Chapter 241 Cloisonne Bronze Tower

The first object Chen Ran saw was a Cloisonne bronze tower.

In the eyes of modern people, the museum is a gathering place of various ancient cultural relics, while in ancient times, the temple was the most developed museum center, bringing together various contemporary art. In addition to religious scriptures, calligraphy and painting, the temple also preserves a large number of religious works of art. Among the many objects in the temple, copperware occupies a considerable amount. Specific gravity, but among the copperware, there is a kind of copper tower that is the Cloisonne copper tower.

Chen Ran saw that this Cloisonne bronze tower is composed of three parts: the tower, the tower body and the tower. The tower is composed of the sun and the moon, the flower cover, and the phase wheel. The thirteen-story phase wheel is the symbol of the thirteen heavens of Buddhism. The Xumi-style tower is square, divided into two layers, with waist tied in the middle, and enamel rolled grass throughout the tower body. The patterns and lotus patterns are full and pure, the gold is bright, and the polishing is also very fine. It is definitely a rare boutique.

When it comes to the Cloisonne copper tower, I have to talk about Cloisonne. Cloisonne is also called copper tire wire enamel, which is one of the famous traditional handicrafts in Kyoto. Jingtai is the year of the son of Emperor Xuande, but in fact, Jingtailan did not originate from the Ming Dynasty. The origin of Jingtailan has not been until now, and the archaeological community has not given a unified statement. Some people say that Jingtailan was born in the Tang Dynasty. Another saying is that during Kublai Khan's Western Expedition in the Yuan Dynasty, it was transmitted to China from West Asia and Arabia, first in the cloud. It was popular in the southern area, and then it was loved by people in the capital before it was introduced to the Central Plains.

However, one thing is recognized by the academic community that during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, it was the advantage of the production process of China's Cloisonne, which was raised to a new level and reached a glorious stage, and the word "problan" was also born. The glaze color is fat, the silk is rough, and the decoration is rich.

Emperor Xuande of the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to the smelting and casting of copperware. Jingtai has been deeply interested in copperware since his childhood and learned a lot of relevant knowledge. The smelting of copper has reached its peak in Xuande, and it is difficult to make new breakthroughs in the production process in Jingtai. For this reason, he found another way in terms of color and created Cloisonne. He became and inherited his father's business, and the legacy remained unchanged, and continued to be burned in large quantities. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, the "Jingtai Blue" products were the largest in quantity and the quality of Jingtai and Chenghua.

The Cloisonne products of the Qing Dynasty basically inherit the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, regardless of shape, decoration or color. However, during the Qianlong period, the variety expanded to screens, tables and chairs, beds, pagodas and other heavy weapons, and further developed in glaze color, truly reaching the situation of "round and solid, golden and brilliant".

According to Chen Ran's observation, the Cloisonne bronze pagoda in front of him should have been made in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. It is a boutique work in the official pagoda and is used as a palace and a large temple, which is very rare.

And the Cloisonne copper tower in front of us is also well preserved. Not only is the copper tower well preserved, but the base made of purple trill wood is also well preserved. Of course, there must be some copper rust on the tower.

To be honest, Chen Ran was still quite moved when he saw this Cloisonne bronze tower and wanted to buy it and take it back to collect, but after he looked at the reserve price of this Cloisonne auction, he could only say that it was a pity.

The reserve price of this Cloisonne Copper Tower auction is 300,000 yuan, and the price of 300,000 yuan is not expensive, but this is only the reserve price. It is estimated that no 600,000 yuan can't be taken down.

Chen Ran can't even afford the reserve price now. How can he buy it, so he can only secretly say that it's a pity. However, when he left, he still detected it with an energy aperture, which is similar to what he appreciated. Two hundred years ago, it was almost in the middle of the Qing Dynasty.

The first piece of appreciation encountered such a good thing. Chen Ran also looked forward to the next few items, but the second one he watched was a jade cicada.

The jade cicada in front of us is only three or four centimeters long and about two centimeters wide. The cicada's head and eyes are large, and its wings are narrow into a slender inverted trapezoid shape. There is an almost invisible hole in the middle of the jade cicada's head, that is, which is used to wear rope. This jade cicada is carved from Xinjiang white jade. Generally, the jade cicada in the Han Dynasty is carved by Xinjiang white jade. Yes, it is either green jade, and the most is Xinjiang white jade. The carving method used is definitely Han Ba Dao.

If this jade cicada is an old object, its value will never be small. Of course, this is only if, but Chen Ran looks at something wrong. He feels that something is wrong with the sculptor of Han Ba Dao. With the origin between the eight knives carving method and Han Ba Dao, he is still very familiar with the Han Ba Dao carving method.

The carving of the jade cicada in front of us seems to be a little straight, lacking a spiritual spirit, giving people a feeling of deliberate imitation.

Of course, it can be seen that something is wrong with the sculptor, but Chen Ran did not deny the value of this jade cicada, because in the late Han Dynasty and even after the Han Dynasty, many jade sculptors were imitating Han Ba Dao.

After realing this, Chen Ran carefully observed the jade cicada again. At this look, he really saw that something was wrong. This jade cicada was not ancient jade at all, but a modern work of art.

I have to say that the level of counterfeiting of this jade cicada is too high. If he hadn't happened to be a jade sculptor and saw that something was wrong with the carving, it would have been really eye-catching. This is also him. If it were someone else, he might not have seen it.

After pondering, Chen Ran also thought about the counterfeiting method of this jade cicada. In fact, the method of counterfeiting is not troublesome. Mix the blanks of jade materials with fine iron scraps, put them in a large water tank, and then pour the boiled vinegar into the water tank. This process is called 'quefined vinegar'.

After quenching the vinegar, bury it in a damp place, wait for more than ten days before taking it out, and quietly burying it in the ground. After half a year, the unearthed jade is completely like an ancient jade, and ordinary people can't distinguish it at all.

The ancient jade made by such a fake method is very realistic and can almost be fake. Of course, this jade cicada is a modern work of art, which does not mean that it is worthless, but it is not so valuable and still has a certain value.

Finally, Chen Ran still detected it with the energy aperture. As he identified, the energy aperture was released on the jade cicada, and there was no reaction at all. Obviously, it was completely a modern antique jade, and now the jade cicada was greatly reduced.

Although jade is not the older the better, but depends on the material of the jade, but the jade cicada is different, because most of the jade cicadas are the burial jade of the deceased's mouth, and the jade cicada is used to bury jade. If it is not buried jade, it will lose its meaning, and its value will naturally be greatly reduced.

After having the first good thing like the Cloisonne Copper Tower, Chen Ran still had great expectations for the next object, but he didn't expect that the second one would encounter such an antique jade, and the expectations in his heart suddenly disappeared.

For good, Chen Ran was not too disappointed and continued to watch.

Chen Ran privately identified that this jade cicada was an antique jade, but on the surface, it was always calm, and there was no strange color at all, which made some people who had been paying attention to his face disappointed.

Next, Chen Ran looked at a pair of moon bottles and a Mingcheng colorful dragon plum bottle respectively, which is very interesting, because after Chen Ran detected it with an energy aperture, one of the moon bottles was authentic from the Qianlong period, and the other was a high imitation.

The shape of the moon bottle originated from the ceramic horse hanging bottle popular in Xixia during the Song and Yuan dynasties. It is used to hang on the side of the saddle, which is a thing with national characteristics. Therefore, generally speaking, the moon bottle is also a pair, a pair of moon bottle and a separate moon bottle, the value is obvious. More than doubled.

As for the bright colorful dragon plum bottle, it is a serious 800 real product. The shape is beautiful, the lines are smooth, and the fetal body is fine, but one thing is that it is a little damaged, which has reduced the value of this colorful dragon plum bottle, but it is still good.

Chen Ran had just finished appreciating this colorful dragon plum bottle, but Wang Zhiqing suddenly pulled him and motioned him to take a look at what Wang Zhiqing was looking at.

Chen Ran looked up and saw that this thing Wang Zhiqing saw was a statue of Tianhuang Arhat.

Tian Huangshi is a treasure in the Shoushan stone system and is known as the "King of Ten Thousand Stones". Its color is warm and lovely, and its texture is fine. It has been regarded as the "king of stone" by Indians since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. For hundreds of years, Tian Huangshi has been loved by collectors. As the saying goes, "Gold is easy to get, but Tian Huang is hard to find."

Not to mention the sculptor of this Tianhuang Luohan statue, he only said that the value of the material itself would not be less than 100,000. Chen Ran looked at the reserve price of the auction of this Tianhuang Luohan statue, but he was shocked. The reserve price of this Tianhuang Luohan statue was actually 1.8 million yuan.

"It is the work of Yang's ancestor." When Chen Ran was still in an accident, Wang Zhiqing suddenly came to him and whispered.

Hearing Wang Zhiqing's words, Chen Ran was immediately shocked. The ancestor of Yang mentioned by Wang Zhiqing was Yang Xuan in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. His name was Yuxuan, a native of Zhangpu County in Kangxi. He lived in Fuzhou and was good at carving figures, printing buttons, etc. It is especially able to collect the essence of jade seal and copper seal, which is unique and is respected as the "ancestor" of Shoushan stone carving.

If it is the work of this Yang's ancestor, the value of this Tianhuang Luohan statue will be greater, at least five times more. In this way, it is normal for the reserve price of the auction to directly reach 1.8 million.

Chen Ran looked at Luohan's carving, but saw that his knife work was strong and soft, gentle and smooth, and the color was natural. The texture of Shoushan's mountain yellow stone, the color of the carving and stone were combined with Tiangong, and the word "Yuxuan" was engraved on Luohan's foot.

Looking at the style and clever design of its sculptor, it should undoubtedly be the work of Yang's ancestor.

Although he identified the work of Tianhuang Luohan as Yang Yanzu, Chen Ran still detected it with an energy aperture. The result of this detection was far out of his expectation. Although this Tianhuang Luohan statue is an old object, it is only more than 100 years old, and Yang Yanzu is a person from the Kangxi period, at least 300 years old. There is no doubt that there is a problem.

Chen Ran quickly observed this Tianhuang Luohan statue carefully again. After a long time, he finally found a wrong place, that is, the glyph of the seal of "Yu Xuan" is slightly different from the imprint of Yang's ancestor he saw in the book.

If it hadn't been for his good eyes, he wouldn't have found this difference.

Wang Zhiqing has been looking at Chen Ran, but Chen Ran didn't say anything. After putting it down, he directly looked at the next one, so that he was not sure what Chen Ran was thinking. However, in his opinion, this Tianhuang Luohan was authentic. He had already thought about whether to shoot it later. After all, this is an unavoidable treasure. Bao.

After Chen Ran looked at two or three more pieces, it was gone. The last one was a candlestick. When he saw that it was a candlestick, he didn't care much. Although the archaeological value of some candlesticks is very large, its own value is not high. Looking at the appearance of the candlestick in front of him, it is only very ordinary, even ordinary can no longer be common. It's through.

Although he is not very interested in this candlestick, Chen Ran still detected it with the energy aperture. After all, it can still absorb the energy aperture.

However, he was stunned by the results of his random detection!

[I'm sorry for the late update, thank you for the reward of the two brothers Blue Bear and Ah Fufula...]