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Text Chapter 661: One True and Two False (Part 2)

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    In the tricolor paintings of the Tang Dynasty, there are also many kinds of camel shapes, such as the whistling camel, which raises its head and roars to the sky, as well as barbarians riding camels, rhinoceros looking at the moon, etc.  In short, the more complex and realistic the shape, the more expensive it is.  Because the shape is complex, it will inevitably increase the difficulty of sculpture, so it is rare on the market. Once it appears, the price will be much more expensive than ordinary pottery.  Ma Laocai¡¯s is a Tang Sancai Hu man riding a camel figurine. The camel¡¯s eyes are wide open, its head is raised and neighing. It stands on a rectangular base with a tall hump. There is a large animal-faced bag in the middle. In addition, there is a Hu man sitting on it.  On top of the bag, the Hu man's arm was broken, looking as if it had gone through many vicissitudes of life.  Parts of the camel's body were originally painted in red, black, and yellowish brown, but they were not well preserved and have now fallen off.  To say that the expression of this camel, muscles and other aspects are very exciting. In addition, the expression and movements of Hu people also perform well.  How could something like this be wrong?  This is something that Ma Laocai and his son find very strange.  Chu Chen chuckled and said: "Not all of these things are wrong. They are both true and false." "It's also true and false? So what is true and what is false?" Ma Laocai and his son asked in unison.  Chu Chen pointed to the Hu man on the camel and said: "This Hu man figurine was made later, and the camel is real." "How is this possible!" Ma Laocai and his son said in shock.  Chu Chen said: "If you look carefully, you can see that this Hu figurine is made of glue and clay, and then chemically aged. In order to prove the authenticity of this thing, the forger also deliberately  I made some holes and made this man's arm broken. Because of the damage, it looks more like an old thing. If you don't believe it, you can soak it in water overnight and the bastard will definitely melt."  After hearing what Chu Chen said, Ma Laocai quickly asked Ma Xiaoqiang to get a magnifying glass.  Then he looked carefully, but the more he looked, the paler his face became.  Director Jin asked strangely from the side: "Mr. Chu, isn't this hypocrite a bit boring? It's so troublesome to add a villain, how much money can you make?" Chu Chen said with a smile: "Don't underestimate this.  There is one more Xiaohu figurine. The price will rise several times. "Isn't this possible?" Director Jin said incredulously.  Chu Chen said: "Because there are not many tricolor figurines with knights, and things are rare and valuable, the value is of course much higher. For example, if there is no Hu figurine of this Tang Dynasty tricolor, then the maximum cost is about 50,000. With Hu  Human figurines, in the better market, can be sold for around 160,000 yuan!¡± ¡°It¡¯s so different!¡± Director Jin was surprised when he heard the price given by Chu Chen, and he understood what the counterfeiter was thinking.  The cost of the villain is very low, but the price can be several times higher.  Of course some people with evil intentions will do such a good thing.  To be honest, this method is quite common in the antique industry. People in the circle call this "transferring flowers and grafting trees onto trees."  I wonder if some friends who often visit the antique market have noticed that in today¡¯s antique market, genuine high-quality ancient porcelain complete bowl bottoms and bottle bottoms are in short supply. Why?  The reason is simple.  Many counterfeiters just buy the porcelain base and then attach a fake body to it. This is called "post-joint base" in porcelain.  Nowadays, there are many fake antiques and fake porcelain on the market that use the method of transplanting flowers and grafting wood.  Many porcelains from so-called old kilns use this method.  The bottom is real, the top is fake.  There are many fake experts and half-full bottles of vinegar.  When looking at porcelain, I always turn it over and look at the bottom first. The style is right and the sound is right.  Based on these two things, he dared to conclude that it was true, but little did he know that the thing was indeed true.  Of course, after some collectors buy things, they take them to a testing center for appraisal. Because the bottom is genuine, the test results must also be genuine. The results are then taken to experts for appraisal. Experts say  It was a fake, and he wasn't happy about it. Chu Chen had never met more than one person like this.  Therefore, I would like to advise friends who like collecting to be more discerning in this aspect.  Let¡¯s get back to the subject. The great thing about Ma Laocai¡¯s camel-riding figurine of a Hu man is that the camel is real and only the riding figurine is fake. However, the fake riding figurine is very lifelike, quite reminiscent of the Tang Dynasty.  The style, and the forger has made it into a broken weapon, which makes it easy for people to relax their vigilance psychologically. It is also normal for some people who are not careful to be deceived.  After Ma Laocai took a closer look at the Hu Terracotta Warriors, he put the things away silently. The matter was already clear, but he still didn't want to believe it.  However, if it was like Chu Chen said, soaking things in water for a night, he would not be able to bear it. If the figurines were really damaged by soaking them, the damage would be?It's big. ??????????????????????????????????????????? Now, he can sell it to others like jade, and maybe he will make a fortune by then. If it melts, he will really lose all his money.  After a while, Chu Chen asked with a smile: "Mr. Ma, I heard that your collection is quite rich. You don't want me to just take a pen holder back, do you?" Ming Mazi also said with a dissatisfied look next to him:  "That's right, Lao Ma, I'm not going to say that two of your three things are fake. Our Young Master Chu came all the way from the capital, and you made Young Master Chu only fall in love with a pen holder. That's unreasonable.  Come on!" Ma Laocai was not embarrassed when he heard this, but he just felt too depressed.  In fact, these three items were carefully selected by him before. If they are all genuine, then the total market value should be between 500,000 and 600,000. Even if Chu Chen spends 400,000 to buy them, the money will not be able to pay off the debt.  It is said that there will be enough for daily necessities for the next period of time.  However, Ma Laocai did not expect that out of the three items, two were fake, and only the pen holder with the lowest value was genuine. This made him depressed and wanted to vomit blood.  Since he has not achieved his goal, even if Chu Chen and Ming Mazi don't say anything, he will continue to take out the things.  But he had some trouble choosing which one to choose. That enamel snuff bottle from the Qianlong period?  Reluctant to part with it!  That calligraphy by Fu Shan?  Reluctant to part with it!  An official kiln blue and white bowl from the Kangxi period?  Still reluctant!  "Hey! The world is changing too fast. How come this guy has such good eyesight at such a young age? It's hard to sell him some high-quality imitations. Are the people from the capital just awesome? Come on! Let's do it all at once.  !¡± ¡°Old Ma, what are you going to do? Please give me an accurate message!¡± Ming Mazi urged from the side.  Ma Laocai came to his senses and said quickly: "I have a pair of large huanghuali cabinets from the Qing Dynasty at home. Master Chu, are you interested?" Large huanghuali pieces are very popular in the antique shop, and Chu Chen certainly doesn't want them.  He was not interested, so he nodded and said: "Then please ask Mr. Ma to take me over for a quickie!" "Okay, you guys follow me" After saying that, Ma Xiaoqiang pushed Ma Laocai and took everyone inside.  A storage room.  Ma Xiaoqiang opened the door with the key, then pressed the light switch in the storage room, and then invited Chu Chen and others in.  The room was full of furniture, but not much of it looked good. Ma Laocai explained with a smile: "I didn't do much furniture business before. Firstly, it took up too much space. Secondly, better furniture would cost more money."  There is too much pressure, and the only hardwoods are the pair of large huanghuali cabinets. The rest are softwood furniture. If Mr. Chu likes it, I can sell it to you at a cheaper price. " Furniture in the antique market can generally be divided into two categories.  , softwood and hardwood.  But how do you differentiate between softwood and hardwood?  This is a question that has been bothering everyone.  In fact, "softwood" and "hardwood" are not based on the softness and hardness of the wood texture as the only criterion.  Hardwoods include rosewood, huanghuali, mahogany, wenge, iron wood, ebony, etc.  Softwood, also called "firewood", includes nanmu, beech, cypress, walnut, etc.  ¡°Hardness and softness here are relative terms. A considerable part of cork furniture or firewood furniture is very hard.  Generally speaking, hardwood furniture is not a scientific name. It is a literary name, or a sociological name, and its name corresponds to no tree.  There are hardwoods with names such as "red sandalwood", "huanghuali" and "mahogany", but no tree is called red sandalwood, no tree is called huanghuali, and no tree is called mangrove.  ¡°Cork furniture has scientific names, and the corresponding trees can be found.  For example, walnut furniture in the north has walnut trees, elm furniture has elm trees, nanmu furniture in the south has nan trees, beech furniture has beech, and ginkgo furniture has ginkgo.  Trees can be found corresponding to it. It is a scientific name.  ??Everyone may feel a little strange when they see this, so why is this?  In fact, the truth is very simple. This is because all the hardwood furniture materials in my country are not native to my country except huanghuali, which is produced in Hainan. They are all shipped in from outside.  Before we saw this wood, we had never seen the whole tree, only the trunk, so it did not have its own name. We gave it another name to the wood itself, which was a literary name.  Literary names usually sound nice, such as red sandalwood, which means purple energy coming from the east.  Later, the people formed the custom of calling the wood brought in from outside as "hardwood" and the locally produced wood as "firewood".  Later, "firewood" was also called "softwood", which formed the current two divisions of "softwood" and "hardwood" in the furniture market.  In the antique shop, many people actually don¡¯tI don¡¯t really understand softwood furniture, and generally think that it is not as valuable as hardwood furniture.  This statement seems reasonable, but it is actually a misunderstanding caused by not really understanding cork furniture.  Needless to say about red sandalwood and huanghuali. In today's market conditions, small and ordinary items can easily cost thousands or tens of thousands. Larger items with better workmanship can cost tens or even millions. Who can make antiques?  Don't want to spend some money to buy a piece of huanghuali or rosewood furniture and get a big deal?
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