Chu Chen chuckled: "No problem. Besides, since we are friends, if there is anything I can do to help in the future, just say it. ¡÷" As the saying goes, beauty brings disaster, especially when An Qinyue is a businessman. She comes into contact with all kinds of people, and it is normal for someone to be greedy for her beauty. And judging from An Qinyue's words just now, this situation has obviously happened many times. So, everyone should be able to guess what will happen if it gets more serious. Not to mention that An Qinyue is Wu Ke's good friend, even if the other person is an unknown person, Chu Chen will take care of this kind of thing if he encounters it. "Thank you!" An Qinyue smiled and expressed her gratitude, but she felt a little bitter in her heart. Although her beautiful appearance brought her some conveniences, it also brought a lot of troubles. Sometimes she wished she was a man. Of course, she would never mention this kind of thing to Chu Chen, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I really want to ask you for help with something." "What is it?" "A few days ago, someone gave me a I originally didn't plan to get the tea set, but the other person said that the tea set was a modern imitation and not worth much at all, so I had to accept it because I didn't know anything about ancient ceramics and didn't know what he was talking about. Is it true or false, so I kept it temporarily and am going to ask someone to help me identify it. If it is genuine, I will return it to him" An Qinyue said the reason for the matter while taking a box that she had just placed at her feet. He took it out, put it on the table and opened it, only to see a set of tea sets inside, including a tea tray, a teapot, and four tea cups. "You are an expert in this field. Please help me check the authenticity of this tea set." "Okay." Chu Chen nodded, thinking in his heart. An Qinyue's idea was still a little too simple, now that she had already accepted the things. Even if it is genuine, if you want to return it, the other party will probably not accept it. And when the other party said this, he was probably just looking for a reason for An Qinyue to accept it, because he felt that this tea set was very likely to be genuine at first glance. Just when Chu Chen was about to start observing, Wu Ke and Zhu Dafu walked in together. Zhu Dafu said loudly as he walked: "Xiao Chen, let's finish the matter. Let's go! Let's eat! A special restaurant opened in front recently. Listen. People who have eaten it say it tastes good. Let¡¯s try it together today Hey, why does this tea set look like a foreign color?¡± At the end of the sentence, Zhu Dafu¡¯s face immediately showed surprise when he saw the tea set on the table. With a look on his face, Uncle Wu had already stepped forward quickly. After asking Chu Chen and An Qinyue, he carefully picked up the teapot and observed it carefully. Anyway, a tea set contains a lot of things. No matter what, it was enough for the three of them to share, so Chu Chen and Zhu Dafu each picked up a cup. The glaze of this tea set is bright, even and smooth. The teapot comes with four small cups. The inner wall is plain and without decoration. The outer wall is painted with patterns of flowers and birds accompanied by poems, while the tea tray is just the opposite, with fine paintings. The color application is harmonious and vivid, with a three-dimensional effect. The color is condensed but not stagnant, and the appearance is gorgeous but not gorgeous. It was the foreign-colored porcelain that Zhu Dafu mentioned. As the name suggests, from the word "foreign" in "Yangcai", we know that it is related to the West. Tang Ying, the pottery supervisor who fired porcelain for the Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors in the Qing Dynasty, once said: "Yangcai ware, this dynasty's new imitation of Western enamel painting methods, round white ware, and multicolor paintings, imitates the West, so it is called Yangcai. . The figures, landscapes, flowers, and feathers are all exquisite and fascinating, and the pigments used are the same as the enamel. " Yangcai porcelain is known as the "Crown of Colored Porcelain" and the "Queen of Colored Porcelain" because of its precious raw materials, complex craftsmanship, and exquisiteness. Enamel colors have different approaches but similar effects. It was first fired in the Kangxi Dynasty. However, due to limitations in color materials and firing techniques, it is as difficult to achieve the desired effect as enamel. In the Yongzheng period, out of the need for imperial aesthetics, he spared no effort to import locally or imitate color materials. He perfected the production process of foreign-colored porcelain with great effort and achieved great success. It became an imperial porcelain that "the common people cannot get a glimpse of". supplies. The Qianlong Dynasty developed on the basis of inheriting the tradition of making foreign-colored porcelain, but since the late Qianlong period, foreign-colored porcelain has gradually faded out of the historical stage. In the past, the firing and use of foreign-colored porcelain, which was exclusively controlled by the royal family, also disappeared with the changes of the times. It is precisely for this reason that Yangcai porcelain is even more precious, and the base of this tea set is "Made in the Qianlong Year of the Qing Dynasty." Coupled with the painting style and artistic level of the Qianlong period, it all shows that it was the peak period of Yangcai porcelain. s work. Therefore, this tea set can be regarded as a rare thing, with extremely high collection value, and the monetary value is certainly not cheap. But, all this is based on the premise that this tea set is genuine. In fact, as soon as the things came into Chu Chen's hands, he felt something was wrong from the feel of the cup, and then he looked carefully.?, I found that although this tea set can be regarded as a high imitation, but in terms of painting skills, it is still somewhat different from the real thing. Of course, the reason why Chu Chen can see this is that he has carefully studied the authentic items collected by Mr. Liu and has a very high talent for porcelain appraisal. Otherwise, ordinary people would not be able to see it. For example, Zhu Dafu was admiring and praising at the same time. Seeing this, An Qinyue frowned and said, "Mr. Zhu, is this tea set really real?" Zhu Dafu came to his senses and was about to give a positive answer when he saw both Chu Chen and Uncle Wu. He winked at him, which made him feel something was wrong. He smiled and said: "Well, I'm not very proficient in porcelain. From my point of view, it is more likely to be genuine, but the specific situation depends on Lao Wu. and Xiao Chen, the two experts." Seeing An Qinyue looking at him, Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "Let's discuss this first." "Okay" Then, the three of them walked as before. While discussing. "Did you find any problem?" Zhu Dafu asked in a low voice impatiently. Seeing the two people nodding, he quickly asked: "What is the problem? Why didn't I see it at all?" "Dad, you tell me first," Chu Chen said. ¡°First of all, Lao Zhu, don¡¯t you think there¡¯s something wrong with the feel of these tea sets?¡± Uncle Wu asked. "Feel?" Zhu Dafu frowned and pondered for a while, and finally said with a wry smile: "I really don't think there is anything wrong with the feel." Almost?" Uncle Wu reminded. "Huh?!" Zhu Dafu recalled carefully for a while and said in surprise: "Don't say it, it's really similar. What's going on?" Uncle Wu said: "Xiao Chen, you have done more research in this area. Tell me what you think." "Okay." Chu Chen nodded and said, "We know that some porcelain in the Qing Palace was stored directly in boxes after being fired. There will be no pulp, and this tea set is fake. Therefore, use less pulp coating, so it is difficult to find that this tea set is made of pulp coating. " "That's true. It's true." Zhu Dafu agreed with Chu Chen's explanation. Uncle Wu took over and said: "Actually, I think this can be regarded as a flaw. Think about it, the tea set is for drinking tea, and it is made of foreign-colored porcelain that Qianlong particularly admired. Such a thing, Is it possible that Yifeng just keeps it in the warehouse? Although this possibility exists, it has to be said that it is too small. " "Yes, this is indeed a doubt." Zhu Dafu also agreed with this statement. Then he asked: "Besides these, are there any flaws?" Uncle Wu said: "There is also the painting technique. According to the archives and actual objects, foreign colors generally have to meet several conditions. Let's not talk about the others for now. Let me talk about two points. One is the use of Western light and dark light point decorative patterns, which mainly use light points to present round objects; the other is that the flower and leaf patterns are mostly rendered with white materials to show the light and shade of the branches and leaves. This painting method is almost never used. On porcelain painted enamel, these two painting techniques are quite inadequate on this set of tea sets. If the imitation is made of Yangcai porcelain from the Kangxi period, it will be okay, but it will be fine during the Qianlong period. It's not here." Hearing this, Zhu Dafu smiled bitterly: "I really don't have much research on Yang Caici's painting method. Even if you say so, Lao Wu, I can't tell." Uncle Wu took the picture. He patted Zhu Dafu on the shoulder and said with a smile: "This is normal, just like in the miscellaneous field, I can never reach your level." Zhu Dafu said with a smile: "Okay, let's not compliment each other. Well, let¡¯s talk about this tea set. Does this thing have any flaws?¡± Chu Chen said, ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°What?¡± Zhu Dafu asked quickly. "Poetry." Chu Chen explained: "We know that both Yangcai and painted enamelware are masterpieces of Qing court craftsmanship. Their landscape or flower decorations are also relatively similar, but the poems they decorate The inscriptions and seals are completely different. The enamel paintings are mainly poems since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, while the enamel paintings completely use the poems made by Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty and the inscriptions on the seals representing the emperor's identity. " "But this tea set is the other way around. , actually using ancient poems from before the Qing Dynasty, which is obviously not consistent with common sense, and is also the biggest flaw of this tea set." Zhu Dafu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It seems that I still don't read things carefully, and there is even such a flaw. Didn¡¯t pay attention!¡± "There are specialties in the art, so don't feel sorry for yourself, Lao Zhu." Uncle Wu smiled, and then said: "In contrast, what I am more concerned about now is who made this tea set. Let me There is always a feeling of familiarity. "Chu Chen said, "Yes, I think if nothing else happens, this is probably Cai Jianxuan's work." "Cai Jianxuan?" Uncle Wu and Zhu Dafu only knew Zhang before. The descendants of Huo Ni were arrested, but they didn't know much about the specific situation. Therefore, of course, they were very unfamiliar with the name Cai Jianxuan. 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