"Teacher, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Yu Xuan holding an incense burner, Fang Yi couldn't help but ask strangely. So many precious ceramic bronzes were opened from the box just now, but Yu Xuan didn't show this look. This is comparable to what Sun Lianda looked like when he saw those calligraphy and paintings. ★

"Fang Yi, does what you just said still count?"

Yu Xuan raised his head, and there was a clear blood in his eyes. He had seen so many things one after another, which really made him and Sun Lianda very tired. However, when Yu Xuan saw the object in his arms, all the fatigue disappeared. At this time, in his heart, there were only two words of excitement.

Fang Yi was stunned for a moment when he heard this. Seeing Yu Xuan holding the incense burner, he immediately understood and said, "Teacher, are you asking you and Brother Man to take one item?"

"Yes, that's it...that's the sentence..."

Yu Xuan nodded heavily, but when he and Sun Lianda looked at each other, a wry smile appeared on his face, shook his head, and said, "Brother, I made you laugh. I can't even see it today after living such an old age..."

"I don't blame you..."

Sun Lianda looked at Yu Xuan and said, "Most of what I do in my life is to identify and restore cultural relics. Brother, you are different from me. You are a collector yourself. You will naturally be moved when you see good things. If you weren't, I would be like this..."

"Oh, it's embarrassing, embarrassing..."

Yu Xuan sighed deeply, took out the incense burner that he held in his arms with both hands, placed it on the table solemnly, and said, "I should be content if I have the honor to see this object in this life. Fang Yi, please put it away. I am afraid that if I look at it again, I will really not be able to pull it out..."

"Teacher, isn't it just an incense burner..." Seeing Yu Xuan's faceless look, Fang Yi said: "Since you like it, please take it. No matter how expensive this thing is, it's not as good as our master and apprentice!"

Fang Yi had no parents since he was a child and had always depended on him with the old Taoist priest. It was not until he went down the mountain that he felt the care of his relatives from Sun Lianda. If he had to say that his relationship with Yu Xuan was originally separated by a layer, it was far less close to Sun Lianda.

However, after experiencing a trip to Myanmar, Fang Yi learned that Yu Xuan had first gone deep into the Wild Man Mountain to find him, and almost cut off relations with his family's family's family. Only then did he realize that Teacher Yu Xuan, who always likes to joke with him, may not be under Sun Lianda's love for him.

People want to have whatever they lack, so in Fang Yi's opinion, the family affection with the two teachers, the friendship with the fat man, the three-cannon army and even Zhao Hongtao is far from comparable to money. Not to mention that Fang Yi doesn't know what the incense burner is, but even if this incense burner is the most precious of all Fang Yi's objects, he will give it to Yu Xuan without hesitation.

"Fang Yi, stop talking..."

Hearing Fang Yi's words, Yu Xuan waved his hand and said with shame: "I have lived for decades, but it's better to see it. Stop talking, I won't want this thing. Today, you can teach me a lesson to the teacher!"

Sun Lianda's previous reaction was just a subconscious behavior after identifying the identity of the incense burner. However, when he woke up, he knew that he had lost his composure in front of his younger generations, and his old face turned red.

Man Jun, who has been working hard tonight and not talking much, suddenly asked, "Teacher Yu, is the incense burner you are looking at? "

"It's that thing!" Yu Xuan said with a wry smile: "Besides that thing, what else can make me so embarrassed!"

"Teacher Yu, is this... this true?" Zhao Hongtao also asked, but his face, which was originally just shocked, showed an incredible look.

"If this object is fake, I, Yu Xuan, will pick these eyes off!" Yu Xuan said firmly.

"Hey, I'll tell you guys, are you guessing a puzzle?"

Listening to the conversation between Yu Xuanmanjun and Zhao Hongtao, the fat man, Sanpao and Fang Yi in the field were all confused. Although they knew that this thing must be of a big background, they just didn't mention it. The fat man, who was the most unstoppable, couldn't help but yell.

"Yes, teacher, tell us what kind of object is this?"

Although Sun Lianda has been studying cultural relics identification for more than half a year, Sun Lianda mainly focuses on calligraphy and painting and has also studied ceramics quite well, but he has not been very familiar with bronzes and some miscellaneous items. This is also one of the reasons why Sun Lianda asked Fang Yi to take Yu Xuan as his teacher.

The days that followed Yu Xuan were basically the time when Fang Yi went to Myanmar. In order to let Fang Yi learn more about jade, Yu Xuan spent most of his time explaining knowledge about jade and jade, so Fang Yi didn't know much about bronze ware and really didn't know what kind of object this incense burner was.

On the contrary, Man Jun has been hanging in the antique market for so many years and has heard some rumors about this incense burner. Although he has never seen the real thing, he can guess the origin of this incense burner when he sees Yu Xuan's unbearable appearance.

Yu Xuan had calmed down at this time, but he couldn't help but hold the incense burner he placed on the table in his hand and started playing with it, saying, "Fang Yi, the teacher is a major in cultural and miscellaneous things. Do you know what these miscellaneous objects should respect?"

"have no idea!"

Fang Yi honestly answered, "The categories of cultural and entertainment miscellaneous things are too widespread, some are precious because of the materials, such as agarwood, yellow rosewood, ivory or rhinoceros horn, and some are more valuable after being carved by masters. Fang Yi really doesn't know what objects can sit on the top of cultural and entertainment miscellaneous things."

"Tell you, it's this object!"

Yu Xuan looked at the incense burner in his hand with complicated eyes and said, "This thing is called Xuande furnace, which is a product of the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty. A great writer in the Ming Dynasty once praised it as a study room. The teacher spent his whole life looking for this thing, and it was not until today that he finally saw it..."

Yu Xuan's words were full of emotion. He had been in the industry for decades and was famous in the field of cultural and miscellaneous things. Although he still couldn't reach the state of not being happy with things or being sad with himself, he had seen countless things in his life. It can be said that only Xuande Furnace can make Yu Xuan lose his composure.

"Xuande Furnace, teacher, is Xuande Furnace very expensive?"

Hearing Yu Xuan's words, Fang Yi's face showed a look of surprise. He had heard the name of Xuande Lun, but Fang Yi really didn't know that this thing was so precious. In Fang Yi's perception, it was just a tool for burning incense in the study.

"You have a good look at this object first..." Yu Xuan handed the Xuande furnace in his hand to Fang Yi and said, "After reading it, let me tell you what you think..."

"good!"

Fang Yi agreed and held the small incense burner that was not very eye-catching at first glance. The diameter of the incense burner was only about ten centimeters in size, and the height of the furnace was only five or six centimeters. There were three legs at the bottom of the incense burner. There was also the "Made in the Xuande Period of the Ming Dynasty" signature.

The whole incense burner was brown, but when you looked closely, the brown color was formed by black, white, red and a hint of red copper. The color of the entire furnace seemed dim, but in fact it showed a faint strange light. Fang Yi looked in front of him for a while, but he could not count the colors he could see.

"This... this thing is not simple. I can't tell it just because of this material. It should be mixed with brass, right?"

Fang Yi murmured, and he gently wiped the surface of the incense burner with his hand. The place he had wiped suddenly became bright and new, as if it had just been fired from the kiln. The furnace body was like a woman's skin that was soft and clenched, making people unable to help but love it.

Moreover, this thing seems to be not very thick, but Fang Yi felt heavy as soon as he bought it. The amount was much heavier than copper and iron. However, Fang Yi could not tell what material it was made of, based on visual observation.

"Teacher, please explain it to me..."

After watching for a long time, Fang Yi put the Xuande furnace in his hand on the table and looked at Yu Xuan. Although he didn't know much about this object, he could see through observation that the Xuande furnace was extremely extraordinary in making.

"You see the bottom of the model. Xuande Furnace is an incense burner made during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty..." Everyone who plays with miscellaneous things remembers the origin of Xuande Furnace. Yu Xuan didn't have to think about it at all, so he explained it to Fang Yi.

There were so many strange emperors in the Ming Dynasty, including the Cricket Emperor Xuanzong, the Confused Emperor Xianzong, the Naughty Emperor Wuzong, the Professional Taoist Emperor Shizong, the Ming Shenzong, the Ming Shenzong, the Carpenter Master Xizong, and the Emperor Xuande, who had only been in power for ten years, loved to enjoy incense burners.

In order to satisfy his hobby, Emperor Xuande specially ordered the import of a batch of red copper from the Siam Kingdom, and instructed the imperial craftsman Lu Zhen and the minister of the Ministry of Works, Wu Bangzuo, to design and supervise the incense burner based on the styles of the famous porcelain of the Chai Kiln, Ru Kiln, Official Kiln, Ge Kiln, Jun Kiln, and Ding Kiln contained in the imperial palace, as well as historical records such as "Xuanhe Bo Ancient Catalogue" and "Archaeological Pictures".

Under Zhu Zhanji's personal supervision, he personally participated in the entire production process, including copper smelting, shaping and other processes, selected the appropriate shapes and elegant patterns, and painted them into patterns. After screening and confirming, he casted them into physical samples for the emperor to see and then be sure to start casting after being satisfied.

The firing of Xuande furnace is very complicated and the materials are very exquisite. In addition to copper, the firing of Xuande furnace also requires precious materials such as gold and silver to be added, so the furnace quality is particularly delicate. Generally, the furnace materials need to be refined four times, while the Xuande furnace needs to be refined twelve times.

The craftsman selected dozens of precious metals such as gold and silver. After more than ten careful castings with red copper, after tremendous efforts, the top-quality copper incense burner was finally successfully made in three years of Xuande.

This batch of red copper cast a total of 3,000 incense burners. Due to the material, it was never produced again. When Emperor Xuande saw that these incense burners he had personally inquired about were extremely grand and full of treasures, and he felt a sense of accomplishment. So he placed most of these incense burners in various places in the palace, and a small part was rewarded and distributed to royal relatives, famous ministers and various temples with large scale and strong incense.

It is said that more than 3,000 Xuande furnaces were fired, and many of them should have been preserved in later generations. After all, this thing is made of metal and is not as fragile as porcelain calligraphy and paintings. But the fact is exactly the opposite. It is precisely because it is made of metal that it has gone through many hardships.

The first disaster that Xuande Furnace experienced was from Chongzhen's minting coins. Chongzhen was the last dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, with internal and external troubles. Years of war and the national treasury was empty. Chongzhen once sent all the various bronze ware stored in the inner palace to Baoyuan Bureau to molten coins, including bronze ware from the three ancient dynasties and the Xuande period.

The second disaster of Xuande Furnace came from the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was also worried about internal and external troubles, and the national treasury was empty. In order to use coins, Emperor Xianfeng did not hesitate to destroy various bronze ware preserved by the palace and the inner court, including copper furnaces, incense furnaces, copper turtles and cranes collected by the royal family throughout the ages, to cast coins.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese lacked copper materials for guns and cannons, so they collected copper objects from all over my country, melted them and turned to guns and cannons. For example, the copper Guanyin statue that was more than ten meters high in the main hall of Dahui Temple in Beijing was destroyed by the Japanese during the Republic of China period and replaced with a wooden Guanyin statue. This is an example.

After these three major disasters, the Xuande Furnace passed down from the palace was almost extinct. Among the people, the Xuande Furnace also failed to escape the great disaster, but that was the case after liberation.

During the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea in the early 1950s, the country needed a large amount of guns, cannons and ammunition, so it mobilized the people to collect "old copper". Among the old copper ware collected from various places, there were many copper furnaces, and there were many precious Xuande furnaces.

As soon as the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea ended, the country began to smelvet and smelting again. The whole people collected copper and iron, and the bronze ware in the homes of ordinary people, such as copper basins, copper pots, copper spoons, copper furnaces, etc., were all contributed, and many folk Xuande furnaces were melted away.

In the next ten years, the unprecedented revolution began again, so all kinds of ancient bronze ware, including copper furnaces, were collected as superstitious items to "break the four olds" and melted into the copper factory.

There are also some ignorant people who melt the gold in the Xuande furnace when they see the treasure light of the Xuande furnace. The Xuande furnace in history has experienced many disasters and suffered heavy losses, which has also made the real Xuande furnace rare today, and even the imitation furnace and private furnace have become rare historical relics.

"Although this thing has appeared a lot in history, and is also called Xuande Lun, this is the first time I have seen a real thing in my life..."

Yu Xuan smiled a lot today. Although he was known as the number one antique and miscellaneous person after Wang Shixiang, Yu Xuan always thought that he was not worthy of his name, because the Xuande furnace that he had been appraised in this life was no less than a thousand pieces, but Yu Xuan thought it was fake, including the collections in the Beijing Museum.

After the dozens of Xuande furnaces collected by Yu Xuan's teacher, Mr. Wang Shixiang, were jointly identified by the two, but there was no original work. This even gave Yu Xuan an illusion that the real Xuande furnace had disappeared from the world.
Chapter completed!