Chapter 8 Picking and Leaking
Cao Guoqing wore gloves and held the incense burner. He looked left and right and turned it over to see the seal at the bottom.
He said, "Brother, your incense burner should be from the Qing Dynasty. It's hard to say whether it's from the Qianlong period. After all, there were a lot of fakes in that dynasty. Just tell us a price, and if it's suitable, we'll take it away."
The middle-aged man said, "The minimum is 500." Seeing the two people bargaining back and forth, Yang Xiuwen lost interest and began to look at the yard.
A duck quacked and ran to the dog bowl, lowering its head to eat the dog food. The crawling dog ran over to protect the food, knocking the dog bowl over and knocking it to the ground.
His eyes were fixed on the dog basin. There were two vague words on the bottom of the dog basin, which were the characters Qin - Shangzao.
When the dog bowl was knocked over just now, it made a golden sound. It was dark on the outside, but occasionally showed a bit of green. Yes, it was a bronze bowl from the Qin Dynasty.
He opened his heavenly eye again, and a ball of purple spiritual energy entrenched itself in it, which was absorbed by him instantly. It felt cool and comfortable to the eyes. It showed in his mind that the copper basin of the Qin Dynasty was made of copper.
Yang Xiuwen was afraid that he might miss something, so he checked with his eyes for a week, but found nothing.
Now there is another problem, how to get the bronze basin.
After thinking for a while, he said to Cao Guoqing: "Brother Cao, stop being verbose and just do what I want. Just be more simple. It's not easy for me. It's passed down from our ancestors."
After he finished speaking, he took two steps forward and just happened to kick the dog pot, making a squeaking sound.
He said: "Hey, what is this, a dog bowl? Brother, give me this dog bowl. I have two puppies at home, and it's just enough for both of them."
The middle-aged man was very happy when he heard Yang Xiuwen speaking for him. When he saw that he asked for a dog basin, he said, "If you want it, take it. I picked this from my farm. It's a broken basin."
Seeing that his goal was achieved, Yang Xiuwen urged Cao Guoqing to pay as soon as possible. He had things to do at home, so don’t delay."
After saying that, he pinched the edge of the dog basin with his fingers and said to the middle-aged man as if he was afraid of getting dirty: "Brother, find something to put it in. This basin is too dirty. You have to wash it before you can use it."
Cao Guoqing looked at the abnormal Yang Xiuwen and said calmly, "Damn it, I forgot about what happened in the afternoon. Okay, 480 is 480. Come on, brother, I'll give you the money. Order it. If you have something good later, remember to give it to me."
"Keep it."
The middle-aged man collected the money neatly and found a snakeskin bag for them to put the dog bowl in.
The two left the village and walked for a while, stopping by a stream.
Yang Xiuwen carefully took out the basin and washed it carefully in the water.
Cao Guoqing didn't say anything along the way. At this time, he sighed and said, "I'm almost suffocating myself. If you suddenly come here in the middle, I'll know that you have something to do. Tell me."
Yang Xiuwen said while washing the basin, "Brother Cao, we missed it. This basin is a bronze basin from the Qin Dynasty. It is worth 4,000-5,000 yuan."
Cao Guoqing was stupid.
He was stunned for a while and said, "Xiuwen, what you said is true, so it's not a loss for you to come here this time. Our store has not even opened yet, but it has had a good start. Hahaha. By the way, this incense burner..."
Yang Xiuwen looked back at him and said, "It's from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It's genuine and worth 800-1,000 yuan."
Cao Guoqing was so happy that he said proudly: "After my observation, I determined that it is from the Qianlong year, and it is indeed correct. Hahaha."
Back in the city, the two went directly to Wenbaozhai.
Zhang Li saw the two of them carrying something each up to the second floor, and followed them curiously.
Yang Xiuwen put the bronze basin and incense burner on the table and said to Zhou Xingwen: "Master, we are back. Please take care of these two objects."
Zhou Xingwen stood up, walked over, put on a pair of gloves, first picked up the incense burner and turned it over carefully to check.
Then he picked up the bronze basin and examined it for a long time. Then he took off his gloves and knocked on the copper basin.
He straightened up and said, "This incense burner is a three-legged copper incense burner with standing ears from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It is genuine and can be sold for 900 yuan. Xiuwen, tell me about this copper basin."
Yang Xiuwen knew that the master was testing his eyesight and knowledge.
He said, "Master, I judge that it is a noble bronze basin from the Qin Dynasty. It has a diameter of about 22cm and a basin height of about 15cm. It has three cord patterns. It is a typical Qin Dynasty style. It is about two cents thick and has a crisp gold ring when struck. The most important thing is the inscription on the bottom of the basin.
, the word Qin is made on the top. According to records, the Qin Dynasty had implemented the system of [Writing the name of the workman to test its sincerity], and the outer bottom of the utensils used by the nobles was branded with the word [Ting] and the word [Shang Made] was engraved with a needle. The master
, am I right?"
Zhou Xingwen felt that his apprentice really surprised him at every turn, and his judgment was too accurate.
Chapter completed!