Chapter 153 True Fake Body
Golden light appeared in front of Chen Jing's eyes, circled around the porcelain bowl several times, and then returned to Chen Jing's eyes and turned into rows of identification words.
"This object is: a replica of a porcelain bowl with a pastel color and melon pattern on a genuine base."
"Historical value of this object: It is an imitation made from the bottom of an authentic porcelain bowl from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty and a modern bowl body. The bowl body has been sand-polished, soaked in gray manganese oxygen solution, and then worn and processed to show traces of hundreds of years of history.
, although it is a fake, it is 30% genuine and 70% fake, and has craftsmanship value.”
"This imitation is not considered top-notch. There is a slight difference in feel between the bottom of the bowl and the bowl body."
Seeing this identification information, Chen Jing was immediately stunned for a moment.
This pastel-colored melon-patterned porcelain bowl was actually a fake. His judgment was wrong.
But at the same time, Chen Jing was also extremely surprised. Although he had heard Uncle Zhao talk about this fake product before, he didn't take it too seriously.
Because such counterfeit products that are 30% genuine and 70% fake are actually not that common on the market. After all, there are not many porcelain fragments that can be remade into shapes, and they are not easy to obtain.
But I didn't expect that one thing would appear in this assessment.
The main reason why Chen Jing thought that this pastel-colored melon pattern might be authentic was that he felt that there were no traces of fakes on the bottom. Now it seems that his judgment is not wrong.
The bottom of the bowl is indeed genuine, but there is something wrong with the bowl body.
Another thing to mention is that this so-called leprous melon is bitter melon.
"This porcelain bowl should be the biggest problem in this assessment." Chen Jing thought to himself. Seeing that no one was appraising the porcelain bowl, he carefully held it in his hand, with his thumb on the bottom and body of the bowl.
I rubbed the connection carefully for a while.
At first, there is nothing unusual about it, it feels warm and delicate, but after you rub it for a while, you will find that the feel of the joint is a little different, and this is where the flaw lies.
Afterwards, Chen Jing put down the porcelain bowl and thought to himself: "If this porcelain bowl is not genuine, then I still need to find two genuine ones, but... since this porcelain bowl is the biggest problem, then the other two genuine ones should be easy."
It’s much more authentic.”
With this in mind, Chen Jing went on to identify several other items that were not yet completely certain.
After another ten minutes, Chen Jing put down the incense burner in his hand, with a relaxed smile in his eyes.
He has identified five genuine antiques out of ten!
They were jade, ancient coins, gilt bronze statues, pottery, and the incense burner he had just appraised. Chen Jing found obvious flaws in the other five fakes, except for the genuine porcelain bowl.
The difficulty of this assessment is indeed concentrated on the porcelain bowl. With some discerning eyes and knowledge, the other nine items can be judged.
Even though only one thing is difficult, I think this assessment is easy.
There are five genuine products, and if you get one wrong, you will fail the assessment. Mixing the real and fake porcelain bowls among them will greatly affect people's judgment.
Chen Jing could accurately find flaws with his treasure-appraising eyes, but it was not so easy for the other nine people, including the tomb robber Geng Chang!
At this moment, the assessment time was about to come, and the remaining people all looked hesitant, looking back and forth between the five authentic pieces and the pastel porcelain from time to time. Obviously, they could not decide which of the six pieces was a fake.
From their perspective, if they had not discovered that the pastel porcelain bowl was a fake, they would have found six genuine antiques.
But the requirement for this assessment is to find five genuine items, which means that one of the six items must be a fake.
Choose one of six...
This is an extremely difficult choice.
Chen Jing did not show any abnormality, and stood in the crowd and deliberately looked at the six objects back and forth, but his eyes actually fell on Geng Chang and Tang Hua.
The former's long hair was a bit messy at the moment, and he had a hesitant look on his face. He obviously didn't see the problem with the pastel porcelain bowl. Not to mention Tang Hua, cold sweat could be seen on his forehead.
Chen Jing rolled his eyes slightly, then deliberately walked a few steps quickly and bumped Tang Hua's shoulder, but did not speak.
Tang Hua was stunned for a moment and glanced at him.
Geng Chang stood nearby and subconsciously looked at Chen Jing when he saw this.
Chen Jing, under the gaze of the two people, reached out and picked up the pastel porcelain bowl on the long table. After looking at it for a few times, he carefully put it back. Then he scratched the top of his head as if scratching an itch, shaking it rapidly in the process.
He shook his head.
"Huh?" Tang Hua paused and thought to himself: "Is Xiao Chen trying to remind me? Is this porcelain bowl a fake? It shouldn't be, it doesn't look like it, and Xiao Chen is so young, how can he have the discernment to identify it.
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At the same time, Geng Chang also squinted his eyes: "Ha, this guy is reminding others? I can't even be sure which of the six items is a fake."
After Chen Jing took the risk and made a reminder with different purposes, he walked out of the assessment room and wrote down his own appraisal results.
He has done everything he can. Whether Tang Hua can pass the assessment depends on him. But now it actually doesn't matter whether Tang Hua passes or not. On the contrary, if Tang Hua successfully misleads him, that would be a great thing.
After the assessment was completed, Chen Jing also walked out of the venue.
Seeing Chen Jing come out, Zhao Zheng, his wife, and Kong Xue were waiting outside, and they all gathered around.
"Xiao Chen, how are you? Is it difficult?" Wu Chunzhu looked anxious and asked.
Zhao Zheng was calm at the moment, but there was also a questioning look in his eyes.
Chen Jing smiled: "It's not bad, I think I have hope."
"That's good, that's good. If you think it's okay, Xiao Chen, then Tang Hua should be fine." Wu Chunzhu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this and clasped his hands together.
Zhao Zheng also nodded: "I hope Old Tang can give me some help."
Come on, this old couple still doesn’t have the slightest hope in Chen Jing.
Chen Jing looked helplessly at Kong Xue beside him.
The eldest sister held his hand and whispered in his ear: "Xiao Chen, I believe you can pass." Kong Xue must be full of confidence in him.
"Xiao Chen, no matter what, you have passed the examination of the first-level treasure appraiser apprentice this time. If you study for another year and a half, with your talent, you will definitely be able to become a second-level treasure appraiser apprentice."
Zhao Zheng spoke to Chen Jing encouragingly. His words seemed a bit like Chen Jing had failed the second-level assessment and was already comforting him.
"Uncle Zhao, maybe I will pass today." Chen Jingle responded cheerfully.
"You, it's good to have confidence, but don't..." Zhao Zheng shook his head dumbfounded. Just as he was saying something, he saw Tang Hua and others walking out.
Wu Chunzhu immediately asked: "How is it? Can you pass it?"
Tang Hua wiped the sweat from his forehead and said hesitantly: "Probably, it should be fine."
"That's good, that's good." Wu Chunzhu breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen Jing asked, "Uncle Tang, did you choose the authentic pastel porcelain bowl?"
"No." Tang Hua nodded and said, "I think it's a fake." He didn't say what Chen Jing reminded him just now.
The main reason was that he actually didn't believe the tips Chen Jing gave him. It was just that the final assessment time was coming soon, so he did not choose the pastel porcelain bowl.
"That's good." Chen Dingding nodded. It didn't matter whether Tang Huaxin believed him or not. What mattered was that he made the right choice.
Chapter completed!