With the development of the times, in the time of a thousand years, the art of human craftsmanship has also continued to develop. Starting from the bronze ware of the Shang Dynasty and then to the ceramics of the Ming and Qing dynasties, more than a dozen dynasties in the middle have their own unique handicrafts. Today, of course, they either bury themselves in the ground with their owners, or they fall into collectors or museums.
The quantity and quality of works of art that are scattered in the folk are lower than those in the museum' collections. But sometimes, there will be an exception in the ordinary. Just a few years ago, in the treasure hunting program, there was a national treasure level that was scattered in the folk."
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This artifact even shocked experts and did not dare to value it.
All this has to start in 2008, according to its owner, a few years ago, I went out on a trip and happened to meet this special in a shop."
”。 When he saw it, he was right about this."
"It was curious, and the owner kept introducing the value and merits of this antique. Although this one"
"It's just an antique from the Qianlong period, but the carving is exquisite and excellent, so he fell in love at first sight, and finally bargained with the boss, bought it back with four hundred thousand, and prepared to put it at home."
But four hundred thousand is also a huge amount of money, and he did not know anything about antiques before, and his family did not have this habit, naturally they were very resentful of him, spending money to buy this kind of thing that did not know whether it was real or fake. There are more people complaining, and over time, let him be right
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At this time, the treasure hunting program was popular, and in order to give his family an explanation, but also to make himself feel at ease, he took it to the stage.
At first, experts only held one kind of story."
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" mentality. After all, this situation is not uncommon, and people are often ruined by counterfeit antiques. But the appraisal still has to be done, so that the guests get the answer, it is also their obligation to go on stage. But this look made the expert's hands begin to tremble, because this jade was even better than most of the jade he had ever seen. In terms of material and shape, this"
"About fifteen centimeters long, made of Hetian jade, the whole body is pale yellow, and in the distance, under the light, it looks like a common radish in the market.
But after getting closer, you can find that its carved kung fu is really rare in the world, in addition to the radish itself, the leaves and grasshoppers on its head are even more divine. Uninformed people may think that this is not surprising, but in the eyes of experts, these leaves are actually the master of the entire carving craft. The reason is that the lines on this leaf, if you look at it with a magnifying glass, you can even find that the lines on it are different.
Not to mention the grasshopper above, after the experts looked at it carefully with a magnifying glass, they thought that if this jade is fake, then this can be made."
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"People, I'm afraid, have the craftsmanship and techniques that are not inferior to the Qing Dynasty's carving masters." Because even a machine can hardly carve a lifelike grasshopper in its entirety, even the fluff and tentacles. Because if there's a little vibration, it's going to make this grasshopper."
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"The previous achievements are abandoned.
But the host and the audience also raised their own questions, why do experts think that this must be the authentic product of the Qianlong era when they look at it? The reason is that before that, in the museum in Henan, there were two pieces and this one on display."
"Almost the same carvings, and the time of these carvings, without exception, are all works of the Qianlong period."
Historically, under the rule of the Qing Dynasty for hundreds of years, the Qianlong generation was also one of the most prosperous dynasties. As emperor, the Qing Dynasty prospered economically and politically under Qianlong's rule. In addition, at that time, he could not ride and hunt outside like a young man, so Qianlong actually had some achievements in literature.
For example, he wrote nearly 40,000 poems in his lifetime, more than the total number of "Quan Tang Poems", and he also liked all kinds of historical antique calligraphy and paintings, especially the rare products of celebrities. So much so that in order to show that they possess these things, they will deliberately use the means of not destroying cultural relics to leave their names on them. The superior expressed his preference, and the subordinate was naturally in the people, buying those antiques in a big way, and if there was none, he ordered a famous craftsman to make them to please Qianlong.
In the museum in Henan, there are two jade shapes from the Qianlong period, one is a cabbage and the other is a radish, which is almost the same as the cultural relics held by the experts. This makes experts immediately determine that this must be a treasure of the Qianlong period. And the above two pieces, the material is ivory, but this is jade, the carving difficulty is very different, the difficulty of obtaining good jade is obvious to all. Therefore, in the eyes of experts, this exiled "
", is a national treasure that can be included in the museum"
”。 He also stressed many times that he could not estimate the value, because it was too valuable, unless there was a more professional means of identification, only by the eyes, it was impossible to estimate the value.
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