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Chapter 667 Strange Candlestick

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    After the transaction was completed, the group walked out of the teahouse. After Xiao Xue and his wife left happily, Xu Xinqing invited Meng Zitao to sit in his shop. Meng Zitao agreed after seeing that it was still early.

    Xu Xinqing's store is relatively small. The products in the store are mainly ancient inkstones, seals and some porcelain. However, Xu Xinqing told Meng Zitao privately that he actually also sells bronze ware, and actually prefers bronze ware, but because the trade of bronze ware is very popular in China.  There are some restrictions, so it¡¯s basically not on the name list.

    In addition, Xu Xinqing feels that the current price of the third-generation bronzes is too cheap, and he is reluctant to sell them. Moreover, he believes that as time goes by, the prices of the third-generation bronzes will definitely return to their proper value.

    Meng Zitao quite agrees with Xu Xinqing¡¯s views. In recent years, influenced by commercial values, the antiquities market has been changing. More and more collectors have given up on art and focused on investment and value-added rates.

    For people nowadays, at the same price, many people like to play with Ming and Qing porcelain instead of buying a bronze that is laborious to transport.  Although the rare Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasty bronzes are rare treasures, their selling price cannot keep up with a piece of Qing dynasty official kiln porcelain, which is really sad!

    Meng Zitao also talked about this issue with some friends in the past. They often said that the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties were so long ago that they did not understand the history at that time, and the bronzes were too complicated. Some of them could not even be named or were not sure, and there were also decorations and inscriptions.  I can¡¯t understand it, and many people think the rust color is not good-looking, so they are not interested.

    In fact, as long as you observe carefully, you can find that the bronzes made at that time were all of high quality, with absolutely no gravel impurities, fine workmanship, beautiful styles, well-proportioned sizes, beautiful patterns, and even characters. They were indeed miraculous craftsmanship.  True appreciative collectors and antiquarians of all ages are proud to have acquired bronzes from three generations.

    Moreover, as people¡¯s appreciation level improves, more and more people begin to appreciate the third generation bronzes, and the value will definitely return to its original level.

    But then again, after all, the three generations of bronzes have been so long ago. Due to historical reasons, many of them are unearthed cultural relics on the market. The country has express regulations in this regard, so there is still a lot to do to restore their due value.  A long way to go.

    The two were chatting about bronze ware. Due to Meng Zitao's erudition, Xu Xinqing became more and more interested. Then he asked Meng Zitao to wait for a while while he went to get a bronze ware.

    This is a bronze steamer. A steamer is an ancient cooking and steaming vessel, which is composed of a steamer and a tripod.  The upper part of the steamer has a wide mouth, a narrow rim, a short neck, and a round belly, but the lower belly is convergent, with a grate at the bottom, and both ears attached outward.  A wide plain belt pattern divides the abdomen into upper and lower areas. The upper area is decorated with a dragon pattern, while the lower area is only decorated with a broad plain pattern of thunder patterns and triangular hanging leaf patterns.  The lower tripod has a round mouth, flat rim, short neck, round belly, and three hoofed feet.  There are buttons and rings on both sides of the upper abdomen, and the middle of the abdomen is decorated with a convex string pattern.

    This piece of bronze is not tall, only less than 20 centimeters in length. It looks relatively small, and the whole body is heavily coated with paste. It should be a heirloom.

    Xu Xinqing asked with a smile: "Teacher Meng, what do you think of my bronze nugget?"

    Meng Zitao said: "The workmanship is relatively fine, it should be an old object. When do you think it is from?"

    When Xu Xinqing heard the next sentence, he suddenly felt bad: "Isn't it from the Warring States Period?"

    Meng Zitao shook his head: "The rotating pattern of this decoration is still different from that of ancient bronzes. In fact, the most critical difference is the use of gold on the eyes, which has not yet been seen on the decorative belts of bronzes in the middle and late Western Zhou Dynasty.  . There is no standard line on the surface of the body-through device. It should be made using the lost wax method."

    "Bronze ware cast by the lost wax method usually has blisters of varying sizes on the surface of the object. On the one hand, it is due to problems with the copper quality. On the other hand, the lost wax method is a whole-mold casting. The wax body is tight and there are no air holes.  Small shrinkage holes are often formed where the copper liquid cannot be poured. Meng Zitao had seen a Song imitation and Western Zhou bronze tripod before, and there were many blisters in the abdomen. Copper cast by Tao Fanfa  It is very rare for this kind of trachoma to appear on the device.¡±

    With Meng Zitao¡¯s advice, Xu Xinqing discovered the problem with this bronze nugget and couldn¡¯t help but become frustrated.

    Meng Zitao comforted him and said, "Actually, this bronze nugget is quite good, and its market value should be around 150,000. If you bought it at a price close to this, you wouldn't lose much money even if you bought it."

    Xu Xinqing immediately let out a sigh of relief, with a look of rejoicing: "It's okay, it's okay! It seems that if you don't have enough eyesight next time, you won't be able to do this kind of thing."

    Having said this, Xu Xinqing stood up in person and respectfully poured a cup of tea for Meng Zitao: "Teacher Meng, thank you for clarifying my doubts.".

    After Xiaoyue left, Xu Xinqing scolded Ye Yuqi a few times, and Meng Zitao couldn't say anything. Although it seemed that Ye Yuqi's intention was to ease the relationship with Xu Xinqing, who knew whether Ye Yuqi had noticed it or not.  What about the problem with Gai?

    After Xu Xinqing cursed a few words to relieve his anger, he expressed his gratitude to Meng Zitao. To be honest, if Meng Zitao hadn't been there, he would have bought it just now, and he would have suffered a huge loss by then.

    Xu Xinqing thought about it and felt that he had to thank Meng Zitao for this matter anyway, so he asked Meng Zitao to wait for a while and went to get a piece of porcelain.

    "Teacher Meng, if it hadn't been for you, I would probably have suffered a big loss, and I can't thank you enough. I got this candlestick by chance the year before last, and it's not a particularly valuable thing.  , but the workmanship is very exquisite, but the glaze does not conform to the characteristics of the official kilns of the past dynasties, which is very strange"

    While talking, Xu Xinqing put something in front of Meng Zitao.

    When he saw this artifact, Meng Zitao was suddenly shocked, because his intuition reminded him that this thing was very important to him.

    Out of curiosity, Meng Zitao took it in his hands to look at it and saw that the candlestick consists of three parts: a lotus stand, a lotus pond column, and a lotus foot.  It has an open mouth with sharp lips, and four-fold lotus petals are deeply carved along the lower edge; the columns are short and densely carved with rolling lotus leaf vines; the high feet are domed outward, and the domed surface is embossed with double lotus-covered arches and three wishful-looking flowers.  The handle is unexpectedly rolled up to the foot.

    As Xu Xinqing said, judging from the technical characteristics of the candlestick, it is very similar to the characteristics of the official kiln in the early Ming Dynasty. However, the top of the candlestick is exposed, and the tire is extremely smooth. The enamel is white with yellowing, but it is thick and thick.  Grease, this situation is completely inconsistent with the characteristics of early Ming porcelain that Meng Zitao has seen before.

    What¡¯s more, what makes Meng Zitao feel weird is that the superpower can¡¯t absorb even a little bit of spiritual energy from the candlestick.

    This surprised him, and he used his superpower to investigate. However, when the superpower was about to approach the core of the candlestick, he suddenly felt a barrier preventing him from continuing to explore inside, and he also discovered that there was a barrier inside.  He discovered a phenomenon. This barrier seemed to be circular and divided into two sides. If he looked at it from left to right, the left side would give him a feeling of heat, while the right side would give him a chill.

    "What's going on?"

    Meng Zitao was a little confused and couldn't figure out what was going on, but since his intuition reminded him, this candlestick must be useful to him.  In addition, he still vaguely felt that the things he had just detected abnormally had a feeling of d¨¦j¨¤ vu, but for a while he couldn't think of where he had seen it before.

    "Teacher Meng, do you like the candlestick?" Xu Xinqing asked.

    Meng Zitao came back to his senses, smiled slightly and said: "This candlestick is not bad, and it is indeed different from the official kiln utensils I have seen before."

    Xu Xinqing guessed: "Maybe it was made by a folk kiln master. Unfortunately, craftsmen were not valued in ancient times. There are no relevant records. If you want to find it, you don't know where to look."

    Meng Zitao agreed, but felt in his heart that this candlestick cannot be made by ordinary masters, otherwise it would not have the abnormality just now.

    Xu Xinqing then said politely: "Teacher Meng, if you like it, please take it back."

    Meng Zitao waved his hand: "This is not possible."

    Xu Xinqing said quickly: "To tell you the truth, I bought this candlestick for less than a hundred dollars. Compared with the loss you just let me avoid, it is really insignificant. Please accept it."

    "This is really not possible. I don't have such a habit. Besides, what happened just now is just a simple effort. If you can pay attention, you can also see the flaws in it."

    That being said, Meng Zitao definitely wanted the candlestick, so he said: "Of course, I still like this candlestick better. Please give me a price, but don't give it to me at the cost price."

    ?The two then discussed a price that both parties felt was suitable, and everyone was happy

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