These two things, which were ordinary in the eyes of Fang You and Fang You, made Mr. Chu look surprised. He shook his head and nodded gently to Mr. Wu. He didn't expect that Mr. Wu was so temperamental. In exchange for Huadiao wine, he took

Showed great sincerity.

Although it is said to have the same value as Huadiao wine, Huadiao wine is so rare that without the appraisal of wine experts, Mr. Chu and the others have no way of knowing its true value. In this way, Mr. Wu can just take out a piece of the collection.

It can be used as a treasure that matches the value of Huadiao wine. Even if Mr. Chu wants to say no, there is no reason.

Mr. Chu smiled. He would not worry about Mr. Wu exchanging some defective products for Huadiao wine. As the president of an antiques association, if he didn’t even have this kind of integrity, I’m afraid he would have been destroyed many times. He just didn’t expect it.

The old man took out his two treasures from the bottom of the box.

There were two things on the table, one of which Fang You could tell was a painting from its appearance, but the painting was rolled up and covered with a layer of kraft paper, making it impossible to know the contents inside.

As for the other item, Fang You looked at the bright yellow and shiny thing on the table. From the appearance, it looked like an incense burner.

This incense burner is bronze in color, a bit dull in color, but looking at it, the incense burner seems to exude a unique luster. It is not as rough as ordinary copperware. The body of the incense burner is like a beautiful woman, with smooth and delicate skin.

People can't help but want to go up and touch a few.

This instrument made of metal was as delicate as silk, which surprised Fang You.

"Old Wu, I didn't expect you to bring this treasure. It's unexpected." Mr. Chu smiled slightly and sighed helplessly.

Mr. Wu put the copper stove in his hand and played with it. From his loving expression, it can be seen how much Mr. Wu loves this copper stove. "Haha, don't you know that I love wine as much as my life? As long as I have wine,

, I don’t care about anything, this Huadiao wine is rare in a century, so I naturally have to exchange it with a good treasure, otherwise, how can I show the value of Huadiao wine.”

Having said this, Mr. Wu put down the copper stove and smiled at Fang You, "Besides, I also hope to use these treasures to build a good relationship with Fang Xiaoyou. It will be easy to discuss changing to Huadiao wine next time, right?"

Mr. Chu couldn't help but shook his head. This old man Wu was a little greedy. There were only a few jars of such a precious Huadiao wine in the world. It was a blessing to have one. This old man Wu was a little wishful thinking.

"Mr. Chu, is this stove really a Xuande stove?" Picking up the stove, Fang You kept flipping through it, and when he saw the deposit below, he asked in surprise. Mr. Chu had told him about the antique world these days.

There are several rare treasures, among which the Xuande furnace is one of them.

Although he had seen the pictures, Fang You still didn't believe that the Xuande furnace was authentic. After all, the authentic Xuande furnace was even rarer than Jun kiln, Ru kiln and other rare treasures.

Although the former is rare, you can still see it in some antique shops, but the authentic Xuande furnace can only be seen in the Capital Museum.

"Haha, Xiaoyou, as Old Man Wu, do you still need to use a broken stove to deceive us? Is it true? You can follow the identification method I taught you and look at the bottom line." Old Chu smiled and nodded.

nodded.

Fang You nodded excitedly. When introducing the Xuande furnace, Mr. Chu introduced him to a standard identification method that has been passed down from ancient times to this day.

Engraved on it.

The big characters are straight up to the waist, the bright characters are the same height as the sun and the moon, the word "virtue" is not horizontal in the heart, the character "Xuan" is the day and the year is fat, the waist is fat, and the clothes are made horizontally without crossing the knife. Fang You recited this jingle silently in his heart, without any delay, this

The base pattern on the bottom of the stove is exactly the same as the one on the jingle.

"Mr. Chu, the bottom line on this is exactly the same as the appraisal formula you mentioned." Fang You said with a somewhat shocked expression.

Mr. Chu smiled and said nothing, just nodded. When he heard the words muttered by Fang You, Mr. Wu glanced at Fang You in surprise, "Little friend Fang, I haven't seen you for a month. Your antique skills have greatly improved."

Fang You smiled and scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed. However, his earth escape clairvoyance technique had no effect on materials other than earth. He could not see the color of the aura inside. He could only use the method taught by Mr. Chu to identify it, but it was not easy.

You were not disappointed.

Only in this way will it be helpful for your own attainments in antiques. Otherwise, if you encounter an antique and you can tell its authenticity directly by looking at the color inside, then it is not called playing with antiques. What you play with antiques is the culture inside.

s story.

Sometimes when appraising antiques, in the end, no one cares about its authenticity, and they are all obsessed with the bizarre stories about the antiques told by the experts.

"Mr. Chu, is this Xuande furnace valuable? I think it's similar to the incense burner in a small temple next to my house." While joking, Wang Hao put in a word.

Mr. Chu and Mr. Wu smiled hoarsely, and were a little speechless at Wang Hao, a stupid young man. He was not an antique player, so no one would despise him if he said a few rash words, they would just find it ridiculous.

"Little friend Fang, since you know something about the Xuande furnace, please explain to Xiaoyou Wang the value of the Xuande furnace." Mr. Wu looked at Fang You with a smile, and there was some intention of taking a test.

When you encounter an antique, you can know its origin and how to identify it without even thinking about it. This is already quite good in the antique world.

Most collectors of antiques are just half-full bottles of goods. Just because they have read two antique books, they think that they are the best in picking out leaks. In fact, most of the imitations are.

It was bought by this group of people.

Fang You pondered for a while, recalling what Mr. Chu said in his mind, then sorted out his thoughts and began to talk.

Xuande furnace is an incense burning furnace created during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty. It is usually used in mausoleums, temples and powerful homes to burn incense, worship Buddha, and worship ancestors and gods.

Its casting method and history are enough to illustrate the preciousness and rich cultural connotation of Xuande furnace. There are two legends about its casting history among the people and some documents. One is from the Ming Dynasty.

When Emperor Xuande was in power, in order to satisfy his hobby of admiring incense burners, he ordered the import of a batch of red copper from Siam, now known as Thailand. He ordered the palace craftsman Lu Zhen and the minister of industry Wu Bangzuo to make reference to the wood kiln in the imperial palace.

, the styles of famous porcelain from Ru Kiln, Guan Kiln, Ge Kiln, Jun Kiln and Ding Kiln, as well as some antique books and pictures from past dynasties, design and supervise the production of incense burners.

In order to ensure the quality of the incense burner, Lu Zhen once told the emperor in fear that in order to make a good incense burner, the copper had to be refined six times. After refining it once, the copper would be less, and after six times, only half of the raw materials would be left.

At that time, Emperor Xuande was wealthy and had a strong sense of quality. He immediately ordered not only to not reduce the number of refinings, but to double them (twelve times) and add precious metals such as gold and silver.

A total of 3,000 incense burners were cast from this batch of red copper, which were never produced again. When Emperor Xuande saw these incense burners that he personally handled, each one was unusually atmospheric and radiant with precious light, and he felt very accomplished.

Most of these incense burners are displayed in various places in the palace, and a small part are rewarded and distributed to relatives of the emperor, prominent ministers and various large-scale incense burners. Ordinary people only know their names but never see these Xuande burners.

Its shape. After hundreds of years of ups and downs, the genuine copper incense burner cast in the third year of Xuande is extremely rare.

Another legend is that when Emperor Xuande was in power, it was said that the Buddhist temple in the palace caught fire, and the gold, silver, and bronze statues were mixed into liquid. It was also said that the Buddhist scriptures caught fire, and the gold, silver, jewelry, and copper were all sintered together, so Emperor Xuande ordered

It was cast into a copper furnace.

Emperor Xuande asked the caster how many times it would take to smelt copper to become pure. The caster replied that if copper was smelted with six fires, it would show the luster of jewelry. So Emperor Xuande ordered the smelting of twelve fires to make the copper into strips. Then use red fire to smelt the copper.
Chapter completed!