r18novel Chapter 229
Chapter 229
Qin Miao knew very well why this man was so nervous, firstly, because the foreign judge on the rostrum was staring at him intently, and secondly, because the antiques chosen by this judge were indeed rare.
This is a wooden carved Buddha statue 30 centimeters tall, but the carvings on it are not common Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and Qin Miao, who has already dabbled a lot in antiques, has not been able to recognize it, and the results of the identification also confirm his idea.
[Indra Buddha statue: carved from small-leaf rosewood, is the finished product of an unknown sculptor in the 15th century, the statue is well preserved as a whole...]
[Assessed value: 50 million yuan equivalent!].
The value of rosewood is very high, especially small-leaf rosewood, which is the most expensive wood besides the finest ebony, and this sculptor's carving is also very exquisite, so it has a great collection value, but these will only attract those who believe in Buddhism, but they are not attractive to Qin Miao at all.
Qin Miao also knew the five most important ways to identify small-leaf rosewood - looking, throwing, smelling, soaking, and knocking.
Look at the color and texture characteristics of rosewood, the color of small-leaf rosewood from India is usually purple-red, and after a period of polishing, the color gradually becomes darker; the African small-leaf rosewood has some patterns and luster and oil; and the small-leaf rosewood from the Celestial Empire usually appears as a purple-yellow, with a very high gloss and overall moisture.
Because of the fine texture of rosewood, you can use your hand to weigh the proportion of the sensory object to see if it reaches the weight of small-leaf rosewood, but this feel can only be understood, not described.
Smell is smell the smell of wood, small-leaf pterostilbene usually emits a faint fragrance, if the fragrance on the wood is too strong, or there is no aroma, then the material must not be small-leaf rosewood.
The last two identification methods usually require the seller's consent because they will cause a certain degree of damage to the object.
Bubble is to scrape some wood chips from the object, soaked in liquor or bottled water, the real small-leaf rosewood will be soaked in liquid, the bottle will show a series of red purple or red-yellow liquid strips, but also faint fluorescence; in addition, the purple-red or purple-yellow on the skin of the real small-leaf rosewood will not fade after soaking in water, and those fake rosewood, the color on it will fall off when it meets water.
Tapping is to use a small wooden hammer to hit the object, real small-leaf rosewood because of the density, when knocking will make a thick sound, which is not available in other woods.
Through these five methods, it is possible to accurately identify whether an item is carved by Pterostilbene.
But of course, the judges could not let them easily destroy such a treasure, so the contestants could only identify by the first three ways.
The middle-aged man seemed to be too nervous, and until the end he could not successfully judge what this item was, he gritted his teeth fiercely, and finally wrote a content on the answer card at random.
After seeing this answer, the judge sighed silently, and then called the next contestant to observe.
The second person to step forward to answer the question was Zhao Fei, who looked, sniffed, and wrote down his answer in time, and after writing, his heart breathed a sigh of relief.
The difficulty of this round of the competition is obviously much higher than the previous rounds, if it weren't for the fact that he had accidentally seen a Buddha statue of Indra, he would definitely not have passed this level today!
Qin Miao was in last place, and after about an hour, he finally played, he pretended to pick up the Buddha statue and looked at it for about a minute, and wrote his answer on the answer card.
After seeing Qin Miao's answer, the judge applauded directly with excitement: "Powerful, really powerful!" This
young man can distinguish the authenticity of the little rosewood just by looking at it, this is the realm that almost everyone present pursues, and he should also have a good understanding of Buddhism, so he can recognize that this is the Buddha statue of Indra.
Because he couldn't understand the judges' words, Qin Miao didn't speak, and after he smiled kindly at the other party, he continued to identify the next curio.
[Spring pot: made by Shi Dabin, a master of pot art in the Ming Dynasty, in the early days, the raw material is a purple clay pot, the pot art is exquisite, and the value is not cheap...
】【Assessed value: 25 million yuan equivalent!】
Purple
clay pot is a unique ceramic handicraft in China, which began to appear during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, and the raw material was purple clay mud, which is now a famous master.
In the collecting world, purple clay pots have always been a popular spot for people, and there are dozens of pieces worth more than 10 million at auction alone, among which the highest record is "Gu Jingzhou made pine grapes ten-head set tea set", which was finally sold for 92 million yuan!
There is also a unique set of methods for identifying purple clay pots - that is, looking, throwing, and knocking in a three-piece set.
Look at the appearance characteristics of the pot, the color is too bright and bright and bright are all excluded, and the color is too weird.
It is to experience the feeling of holding the pot in the hand, and the fluttering in the hand without a sense of weight is also excluded.
Knocking is the sound of tapping to listen to the pot, the sound made when the purple clay pot is knocked belongs to the muffled sound of clay pots, and some imitation factories will use materials mixed with porcelain to make it, so it will sound like a "ding" sound, such a pot also needs to be excluded.
The players in front of Qin Miao basically followed this method for identification, but after seeing the words "Dabin" at the bottom, they couldn't help but hesitate.
The style of "Da Bin" is exclusive to the master craftsman of purple clay art in the Ming Dynasty, "Shi Dabin", and his pot art can be described as the pinnacle and enjoys a good reputation in the Ming Dynasty.
However, although there are many works of Shi Dabin, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, his works were already regarded as rare treasures, and those that have been handed down to this day are extremely rare, and there are only dozens of them in the world.
It is said that many collectors in Japan and abroad have private collections, but because the number that can be determined is too rare to distinguish the authenticity, it is not counted.
The contestant in front couldn't help but shake his head after the appraisal, in his opinion, this purple clay pot should be an imitation of later generations, because Shi Dabin almost never left his name when imitating other people's works in the early days.
Because he was not famous at that time, if he kept money, it was likely to be adding jokes.