Sue
Controlling his spiritual force, he first carefully probed the first item on the left – Bronze Tripod.
This tripod is about ten centimeters high, with copper rust on it. It looks old, and the whole is well preserved. However, when his spiritual force swept to the bottom and drilled in along the copper rust, he detected a gap. He drilled in along the gap and found that the gap ran through the root of a foot. The foot was broken and then glued together, but it was covered by the copper rust.
Sue
Even if he doesn't understand it, he can guess that this bronze tripod has been repaired, or even fake, so he ignored it.
Sue
He continued to probe the next one – Jade Guanyin. This Guanyin is different from the ordinary Guanyin. It is not standing, nor is it holding a bottle, but lying on its side, with a stack of books next to it. It looks like the furnishings of an ancient private school.
Sue
After a careful exploration with his spiritual force, he found that this Jade Guanyin is in good condition, and there is no trace of fracture, but he doesn't know whether it is true or false.
Sue
After probing the third item, he couldn't help but be stunned. This is a landscape painting signed by Wu Daozi and used Sue.
From a non-professional point of view, the painting is very good, but the paper doesn't look like ancient.
But Sue doesn't care about this.
What he cared about was not this, but his spiritual force penetrated along the edge and found that there was another layer wrapped in this painting. Judging from the uneven traces inside, it should also be a painting, but the detection of spiritual force was not so intuitive. He could only roughly feel that it was also a landscape painting, but he didn't know if it was a good painting.
Sue
He continued to probe the remaining seven items and found many defects that were invisible to the naked eye, but as he expected, most of them were difficult to distinguish. The key was that his professional knowledge was too lacking.
After all, many genuine items have various defects. You can't deny an antique just because of one defect, and some things that seem to have no defects may be antique crafts.
If you want to distinguish the authenticity, in addition to a keen eye, you also need a huge amount of professional knowledge as a backing. Antique appreciation is not something that everyone can do.
"Why don't we buy one together?" A classmate said.
"What's the difference between a one-tenth probability and a gamble?" Peng Ming shook his head.
"You have to trust my judgment. I think the porcelain bowl is very good. Look at it, it's as thin as paper and as bright as a mirror. It should be Jingdezhen porcelain. Look at the style on the base, it should be the official kiln. If this is genuine, it's normal for it to cost hundreds of thousands."
"Take a closer look at the edge of the base," Sue said.
He had just examined the bowl, and the entire base was glued together. Moreover, he felt that it was not the same piece at all. In other words, it was meaningless to look at the model on the base. Even if the base was real, the bowl was fake. It was just that the method of gluing the base was brilliant, and ordinary people would not be able to tell. It was very likely that someone had deliberately made a fake.
"There's nothing wrong with the edge of the base." The student still couldn't tell.
"Look at this and this. If I'm not wrong, the base is glued together." Sue said.
He pointed at the fine marks on both sides and said.
"It can't be?"
Peng Ming, Yang Wei, and others look closer. The marks on both sides are not obvious. Looking separately, they may feel that it is just a little crack. This kind of subtle damage is within the acceptable range, but when they look at it together, Sue
In this way, it really looks like the whole base is glued together.
"It seems that we shouldn't join in the fun." The student gave up.
Shen Hong on the side glanced at Su?
At a glance, he thought that this guy was really careful. This bowl's counterfeiting technique was very clever. He looked at it for a long time before he saw the clue. He didn't expect Sue to see the problem at a glance.
At a glance, he saw the problem.
Sue didn't buy it.
In the end, several businessmen took action one after another, some bought one, some bought two, a total of five, including porcelain bowls, Jade Guanyin, blue and white jars, Laozi wood carvings, and mandarin duck inkstone drops.
"Old Master Shen, which one is the real one?" Several businessmen couldn't wait.
"Are you sure you want to reveal it on the spot?" Shen Hong asked. If it's fake, it's almost worthless.
"Of course, you can tell us one by one." Several businessmen said.
"Well, I'll make it clear." Shen Hong nodded and let Sue and others listen.
Shen Hong pointed to the porcelain bowl first and said, "This porcelain bowl, the base is authentic, but it's just a base. The bowl body is a modern imitation and then glued together."
There is no doubt that this bowl is worthless, which makes the businessman who bought the porcelain bowl depressed. Peng Ming, Yang Wei, and others looked at Sue.
At a glance, they thought that Sue was right.
Sure enough.
"This Jade Guanyin is indeed Hetian jade, and the image is quite vivid.
Jade Guanyin appeared in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There were fewer in the Ming Dynasty and more in the Qing Dynasty. However, the Guanyin statue we see is basically standing. There is no lying on its side like this. In addition, there is a stack of books next to this Guanyin, which I have never seen before.
Also, this Guanyin has closed eyes. The Guanyin of the Qing Dynasty did not have closed eyes.
In the end, this work is not a work of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but a modern antique handicraft. "Shen Hong said so that everyone could hear clearly.
Shen Hong introduced Laozi wood carvings and mandarin duck inkstone drops one by one, which were not authentic, which made many people who didn't buy them feel lucky.
"Look at this blue and white jar, it's very simple, straight up and down, the mouth edge is closed, the bottom is closed, and the top is a pearl button. This is the official style of the Yongxuan period. The Yongle Xuande period official kiln has this classic style, which has been handed down to the Ming and Qing Dynasties and has never changed.
So, this is a standard Qianlong blue and white brocade lid jar. "Shen Hong said.
"That is to say, this is the real thing?"
The middle-aged man who bought the blue and white jar was surprised. Although he bought the Jade Guanyin, he spent 200,000 yuan to buy two pieces, but the real one was worth 300,000 yuan, so it was equal to a profit of 100,000 yuan.
"Yes, congratulations."
Shen Hong nodded and smiled. Although the real thing was bought, he still made nearly 200,000 yuan by selling five pieces.
"But why is there no money under this jar?" Another man was puzzled.
"This kind of jar, Yongxuan does not sign, the future emperors learn Yongxuan, and they also do not sign. This feature is in line with the records of the Qing Dynasty." Shen Hong explained, and the man suddenly realized.
When the dust settled, some people were happy and some people were sad, but a few people who bought it had enough financial resources. Although they were depressed, they obviously didn't really feel relieved. They could still afford to lose 100,000 yuan.
"Old Mister Shen, these things are nine fake and one is real. This blue and white jar is real, which means that the remaining five are fake." Sue said.
He pointed to the remaining five items.
"You can say that." Shen Hong nodded.