There is an unspoken skill in the art of appraising ancient times.

Sometimes you can't find any clues in antique common sense, so you just rely on logical reasoning.

If it doesn't make sense logically, then it's probably fake.

From this aspect, playing with antiques is similar to doing criminal investigation, and many things are the same.

Chang Xian has been working in the industry for a while, and this one still comes in handy.

He has always felt strange. In this dilapidated yard, there is a lonely old man. From every aspect, he must be poor and impoverished.

But this old man has a vague aura of nobility and a lot of courage. Firstly, the enamel cup and the old mahogany chair are both good things.

The old man's noble temperament and profound knowledge determined that he would not accept fakes.

He was almost isolated from the world and decided that he had no need to accept fakes.

Therefore, the possibility that the thing is a fake is extremely slim.

Then, what you need to do is to treat the objects in front of you as real and compare the prices one by one. This will be much simpler.

Chang Xian is not willing to cheat in situations like this, and just relying on spiritual senses will not be of much help in shooting.

With the strategy decided, he put aside distracting thoughts, tried to calm down, and looked at the past one by one.

The first thing that catches the eye is a sea of ​​blue and white landscape figures with brush patterns located in the upper right corner of the wooden frame.

The luster of this thing is hidden, with a little bit of cyan appearing on the white glaze, and a landscape is painted on it. The willow trees have withered branches, but the pines and cypresses on the side are still lush. This painting should be a late autumn scene.

This thing looks like it should be from the mid-Qing Dynasty, either the Yongzheng Dynasty or the Qianlong Dynasty.

He quickly gave it a price and then went to look at the second piece.

The second piece is a slightly bulging flat box with a bracket to hold it upright.

The box should be made of iron, with silver edges covering the corners, and even geometric patterns outlined on the lid.

This is a silver-rimmed cigarette case, and the height inside is just right for a row of cigarettes.

If this thing was not made in the Republic of China, you could twist off Li Qizhi's head. The cigarette boxes from the Republic of China are not worth much at all, so just cross them out.

Chang Xian smiled softly, and when he encountered something he was sure of, he happily betrayed his best friend.

This is the advantage of having many types of antiques. They are very different from each other. Some things can be eliminated directly, which saves a lot of worry.

Chang Xian's eyes quickly moved to the third item.

This is a rhinoceros horn cup with a simple shape. The outer wall of the cup is carved with a picture of a mountain dweller.

The scrolling vine patterns, plants and strange rocks in the mountains are very finely carved, with deep carvings, rounded corners, and superb knife skills.

Even from such a distance, Chang Xian could feel a thick and powerful momentum coming over him.

He guessed that this thing probably dates from the late Ming Dynasty. This layered carving technique is a typical Ming Dynasty style.

Moreover, it was not until the maritime ban was lifted in the late Ming Dynasty that materials such as rhino horns would flow into China in large quantities.

Glancing at the carved patina, the skins of children, vines, rocks, and big trees were all covered with dark brown patina, which was subtle and profound. Chang Xian believed that his eyesight must be right.

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"Chenghua Colorful Chicken Cup?"

Chang Xian took a deep breath when he saw the eighth object, which was a small cup about 8 centimeters in diameter.

This cup is pure and delicate, with rich and calm glaze, and can fit in the palm of your hand.

The outer wall is divided into two groups with peony lake stones and orchid grass lake stones. One group depicts a rooster standing proudly, a female chicken and a chick are pecking at a centipede, another two chicks are playing with each other, and the other group depicts a rooster.

With its neck crowing, a female chicken and three chicks are pecking at a centipede. The picture is vivid and full of interest.

The Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup is so famous that it sold for a sky-high price of HKD 29.17 million at the Chinese cultural relics and art auction held at Sotheby's in Hong Kong in April 1999.

If the Chenghua Chicken Cup is real, it must be one of the candidates.

However, there are many old imitations of chicken pot cups. Who can say for sure whether they are imitations from the third generation of the Qing Dynasty?

Chang Xian smiled bitterly and shook his head vigorously, getting a headache.

The ninth item is also a good thing. It is a Kangxi multicolored dragon and phoenix porcelain pen holder.

The most famous multicolored porcelain is of course the Wanli colorful porcelain, but the Wanli colorful porcelain is too rare, and the Kangxi colorful porcelain is also a rare good thing on the market.

Kangxi five colors are painted on the porcelain surface, including red, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, etc., and are divided into shades, shades, thicknesses, so the effect is extremely eye-catching.

This pen holder is painted with a dragon and a phoenix. The dragon body is beeswax yellow, and the phoenix feathers are melon skin green and jujube skin red. The auspicious clouds, auspicious grass, flowers, trees, and rocks in the background are also unique in color, making the picture look lively.

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Followed by the red copper Xuande stove, eggplant skin crooked neck flower arrangement, sandalwood box, lotus leaf tea cup, purple clay teapot, gold-painted square statue...

The last thing that caught my eye was a Japanese square wash from Ge Kiln.

This piece of Ge Kiln porcelain has a small and charming shape, with square corners and sloping straight walls. The body of the vessel changes with the undulations along the mouth. The inside and outside are covered with gray green glaze. The applied glaze is as thick and moist as gelatin, and contains a precious light.

Careful observation shows that there are many bubbles in the glaze, like beads looming, and the patterns all over are dense, quiet and elegant. The dark ones are purple-brown, and the light ones are golden yellow. The large and small patterns are alternated, and the dark and light colors are intertwined. This is the symbol of Ge Kiln.

"Golden Iron Wire".

After he had finished reading the thirty items, Chang Xian closed his eyes and formed a funnel in his mind to filter the value of the thirty items.

The first wave of items screened out were those with obviously low value, such as those cigarette boxes from the Republic of China, flower arrangements from the late Qing Dynasty, sandalwood boxes, etc.

What is screened out in the second wave is unlikely to be authentic, but it is very likely to be an old imitation of the third dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, such as the Xuande stove. It is almost impossible to make a genuine incense burner from the Xuande period, and the chance of a Qing imitation is the highest.

The third wave passed through the official kilns of the third dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, such as the Kangxi five-color brush holder and the Yongzheng blue and white bamboo hat bowl. They are valuable, but they are not big pieces and the price is not that high.

In the end there were only two items left at the bottom of the funnel.

Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup.

Ge Kiln Wajiao Square Wash.

"Woof woof! woof woof!"

Hearing Xiao Man's cry, Chang Xian came back to his senses and looked at the incense burner. The incense had been burned out.

The old man looked at Chang Xian with a smile, and asked with some expectation: "How is it? Have you made your choice?"

Chang Xian's eyes wandered between the chicken vat cup and the Ge Kiln brush washer. He reluctantly pointed to the chicken vat cup and said, "I choose it."

Compared with chicken pot cups, the price of Ge kiln among the five major official kilns in the Song Dynasty was still much lower, which was between 10 million and 15 million at this time.

"you sure?"

The old man smiled even more.

"Um……"

Chang Xian hesitated for a moment, then strengthened his confidence and nodded.

The old man smiled, touched Xiao Man, and spread his hands: "Unfortunately, you are wrong."

"wrong?"

The old man chuckled, reached over and took down the chicken cup from the shelf and handed it to Chang Xian.

When Chang Xian weighed it with his hands, his heart felt cold.
Chapter completed!