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Text Chapter 767 Official Glazed Gourd Vase

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    After hearing Kelly's explanation, Mina frowned and said, "Could it be that guy who heard about your family's experience and knew that your father might sell things to him again, so he hid on purpose?  " Kelly shook her head and said, "Probably not. My father asked the owner of the store next to him, and he said that his business was not good. He had been planning to close the store in the past few months. It was not until a month ago that he found the next store.  The house is officially closed, and my father was dealing with matters in his company at the time, so he never got the news. ()" "Huh! He's lucky!" Mina waved her fist angrily.  At this time, Wu Ke said: "I have seen this kind of people a lot. Even if you find something wrong and want to go to him to settle accounts, it is generally impossible to recover your losses." "How is this possible? The things are with him.  Can he not be held responsible if he bought it as a fake?" Mina retorted.  "Yes, my father had an invoice when he bought it." Kelly also felt that she could definitely settle the bill with the other party.  "This is really not certain." Chu Chen said: "If the invoice does say a helmet from the Warring States Period, then you still have the possibility to recover the loss, but based on my judgment, it is definitely impossible for the other party to write like this. I think  The invoice probably only said helmets, or just handicrafts, right?" Kelly was stunned. Chu Chen was really right about this. Then the invoice said helmets, she asked weakly.  : "If you don't write about the helmet from the Warring States Period, can't you claim compensation?" "Of course not!" Chu Chen said: "The invoice can be set as a contract, and it says helmet on it, and the helmet is not from the Warring States Period.  But you can¡¯t deny that it¡¯s a helmet, so how can you go to the seller to claim it? The same thing applies if it has artwork written on it.¡± After hearing what Chu Chen said, Kelly and others couldn¡¯t help but look at each other.  They didn't think much about it at first, but now they realized that there was such a big loophole in it.  Mina murmured: "It seems that in the future, when buying antiques and the like, you have to read the invoice carefully before doing so!" Chu Chen smiled secretly when he heard this. What Mina said was completely a layman's words.  , generally sell antiques, unless they are very sure they are authentic.  Otherwise, which seller would write it so clearly on the invoice?  And even if the seller is sure that his items are authentic, he will be vague in order to avoid disputes.  Of course, there are sellers who sell genuine goods, but in this industry, there are too few, so Mina really goes to buy antiques. What she does will only cause the sellers not to sell things to her.  Don¡¯t think too much.  Chu Chen took another small box in his hand. Inside this box was a gilt copper watch.  Coincidentally, when he visited the Forbidden City some time ago, he saw a gold-plated copper shell and enamel hanging watch from the Qing Dynasty.  It's quite similar to this watch.  This watch has a gold-plated copper case. The gilt around the dial has been somewhat worn. The cover is inlaid with a week of alternating decorations of rice beads and red tourmalines.  What Chu Chen found strange was that there were white enamel dials on both sides of the watch.  There are three copper hands and a string hole on the dial, which can be wound with a key.  During the Qing Dynasty.  Kangxi had a special interest in Western science and technology. The missionaries at that time also presented clocks, telescopes, calculators, surveying and mapping instruments, etc. as gifts to the emperor.  The palace clock workshop was hosted by Fastus Lin, a famous British clockmaker at the time, and was engaged in clock repair and manufacturing in the palace.  The clock workshop expanded during the Yongzheng period and gathered a group of missionaries with superb skills.  This watch should be one of the Western clocks presented to the palace in the early Qing Dynasty.  The movement of this watch uses the barrel, cone wheel and chain as the power source to drive the gear transmission system to keep time.  And because it has been well maintained, it is still able to move around, which is quite rare.  But the gilding of this watch was really badly worn. Chu Chen finally calculated that he could only pay out two thousand pounds at most.  At this time, Kelly was already numb with disappointment. When she heard the price given by Chu Chen, she just shook her head and smiled bitterly, and then asked Chu Chen to help identify the last antique she brought.  The last box is much larger than the other two, and the box looks more gorgeous than the previous two. From this point of view, Chu Chen feels that the things inside should be at least more valuable than the other two.  The box was opened, and inside was a gourd bottle with a somewhat peculiar shape and a height of about 14 centimeters. The exterior was covered with azure glaze and was covered with unique-looking openings.  This immediately made Wu Ke exclaim: "Achen, this seems to be an official kiln!" Before Chu Chen could say anything, Kelly smiled and said: "Yes, this is indeed an official kiln from the Song Dynasty of your country.  Gourd bottle."  As one of the five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty, the official kiln has been introduced before. Its shape is simple, mainly made of azure glaze, with unpredictable patterns, and the porcelain is decorated with natural split glaze.  It has a solemn and simple beauty.  This gourd bottle is exquisitely shaped and unique in shape. It combines the concept of "round sky and square earth". The shape of the bottle from the mouth to the waist is oval, and the lower abdomen is square, which means that heaven and earth are in harmony. The difficulty of its molding process is far better than that of a simple gourd bottle.  round utensil.  The fetus is dense and dense, with brown fetal bones exposed at the bottom. The whole body is glazed with fat and moist enamel, which is as warm as jade. The yellow-brown gold threads are sparsely opened and have only a few lines running through the whole vessel. It is extremely quaint and refreshing.  Although it is said to be artificial, it seems to be made by nature, and the Song Dynasty's interest is all in it, demonstrating the aesthetic concept of Zhao and Song literati who put elegance and uniformity first.  However, Chu Chen disagreed after looking at it carefully. He shook his head regretfully and said, "Kelly, I have to say sorry again. This gourd bottle  Although it is indeed an official kiln, it is not an official kiln from the Song Dynasty, but a copy from the Ming Dynasty. " After hearing what Chu Chen said, Kelly was stunned. After a while, she came back to her senses and shook her head.  Said: "Impossible! This is definitely impossible!" Everyone looked at her expression, as if she was about to collapse, so Mina quickly held her in her arms and comforted her softly.  Seeing this situation, Chu Chen could only smile bitterly. He really didn't expect Kelly's reaction just now. If he had known earlier, he would have said it more tactfully.  After a long time, Kelly wiped her tears, raised her head and expressed her apology to everyone.  "Chu, let me ask first, are the official kilns in the Ming Dynasty less valuable?" Kelly asked.  "Of course not!" Chu Chen shook his head directly: "Even if it is an imitation, the quality is still high. Like this gourd bottle, it is worth one hundred thousand pounds." "Is it really worth one hundred thousand pounds?" Kelly said with a look on her face  asked in surprise.  Chu Chen said with a smile: "That's true. If you want to sell it, I can take it over now." Although, if he bought it for 100,000 pounds, he wouldn't make much money, but with this one  The gourd bottle has a unique shape, as well as extraordinary performance and workmanship. He will not lose money if he buys it for 100,000 pounds. What's more, it is good and has high collectible value. In this way, he still makes a profit after buying it for 100,000 pounds.  "If I want to sell it, I will also ask my father. If he agrees, we can trade it immediately." At this point, Kelly still asked a little uneasy: "Chu, this gourd bottle is indeed worth one hundred thousand  "?" Chu Chen smiled and nodded affirmatively.  Seeing Kelly's performance, Mina said a little strangely: "Kelly, why are you so surprised? Did your father make money from the counterfeit goods?" Kelly nodded excitedly: "Yeah  , Yes, when my father bought it, the other party only paid 80,000 pounds, and he could make 20,000 pounds. "At this time, she suddenly realized that she had revealed the purchase price, so she gave Chu Chen a guilty look.  Chu Chen smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely not lower the price. Moreover, the price you paid for it has nothing to do with me. Just like the watch just now, even if you make a loss, I will not  I¡¯ll make up for the losses, don¡¯t you think?¡± Kelly chuckled. Although she was not proficient in business, she also knew that if the purchase price of a product was disclosed to customers, she would probably suffer a loss during the transaction.  , Chu Chen said this, it was just because of his good conduct.  Chu Chen smiled and said: "Actually, I think the person who sold the things at the beginning should have sold them to you as fakes. Otherwise, it is unlikely that he only wanted 80,000 pounds." Everyone heard what Chu Chen said and also  Thinking it was very possible, Kelly asked with some confusion: "Chu, my father said that this gourd vase looks similar to the Song Dynasty official kiln in the museum. How do you say it is an imitation of the Ming Dynasty?"  Instead of answering directly, he asked first: "Kelly, I would like to ask, how does your father usually learn about antiques?" "He usually likes to go to museums and read some magazines and books."  Li replied.  "Is it a professional book?" Kelly recalled it for a moment, and then said: "There should be professional books, the kind with illustrations." After hearing what she said, Chu Chen and Wu Ke immediately understood that Kelly's father was  His level of antiques is probably about the same as that of a beginner, and he relies on his knowledge of museums and professional illustrated books to buy antiques. How could he not be discerning?  Seeing Chu Chen and Wu Ke have expressions on their facesLooking at these weird looks, Kelly immediately understood that her father might have done something wrong in this regard. She quickly asked: "Chu, isn't it wrong to do this?" Chu Chen replied: "Doing this is indeed a way to learn.  But if you use these to buy antiques, you are likely to buy fakes. "Kelly really wanted to ask how to learn this knowledge, but considering the current situation of her family, her father probably doesn't have that much money to buy anymore.  It was an antique, so she took the words back as soon as they came to her lips.  (To be continued) ps: Thank you book friends for your evaluation votes
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