I Can Extract Abilities From Antiques

"Could it be the cemetery of the Marquis of Jin?" Hu Muzhi secretly asked, "Heze, do you know what kind of antiques they are?"

"It's basically pottery, covering almost all types from the Neolithic Age to the Tang Dynasty." Xia Heze said.

Although people often refer to pottery and porcelain together as ceramics, pottery and porcelain are two completely different things.

Pottery is made of clay, which is ordinary clay in nature, while the raw material of porcelain is porcelain clay, with kaolin as the main raw material.

The firing temperature of pottery is usually between 700 and 800 degrees, and the firing temperature of porcelain is 1200 degrees.

Pottery probably appeared in the period of Hemudu civilization, about 7000-6000 years ago.

Porcelain is developed from pottery. In the late Neolithic Age, hard pottery made of porcelain clay as raw material appeared.

In the Shang and Zhou dynasties, vitreous glaze was invented, which is the beginning of porcelain. It's just that the quality of the porcelain at this time was poor and it was still in the original stage, so it was called "original porcelain" or "original celadon".

"All kinds?" As soon as Hu Muzhi heard this, he felt that something was wrong.

"Yes." Xia Heze nodded and said, "I heard that this incident has also disturbed the cultural relics department, and it is estimated that it will intervene soon, so everyone is rushing to buy it, for fear that this leak will not be found too late."

Hu Muzhi did not speak, but fell into contemplation.

Seeing this, Xia Heze hurriedly asked, "Muzhi, do you think we, Guxuan Pavilion, would like to join in as well?"

"It's not necessary." Hu Muzhi shook his head and said, "There should be something wrong."

"You didn't even read it, so why do you think there's something wrong?" Xia Heze asked in confusion, "And the first batch of people who bought pottery had already been appraised by experts, and they all said there was no problem."

"I don't believe in any experts." Hu Muzhi shook his head and said, "I only believe in probability."

"What does this have to do with probability?" Monk Zhang Er Xia Heze was confused.

"You think, there are only more than 70 pieces of Ru kilns in existence today. If there are hundreds or thousands of Ru kilns on the market at once, do you think these Ru kilns that appear are real?" Hu Muzhi asked back. road.

"Maybe it was stolen from some ancient tombs that we don't know about?" Xia Heze argued.

"That's even more impossible." Hu Muzhi said firmly: "You just said that those pottery covers almost all types from the Neolithic Age to the Tang Dynasty."

"Then how many ancient tombs of different eras did the tomb robbers have to rob to find so many pottery?"

"Listening to what you said, it seems to be the truth." Xia Heze said.

"So we don't have to join in this kind of thing, whoever likes to join in." Hu Muzhi said.

"Yeah." Xia Heze nodded heavily, expressing his understanding.

At noon, a person came to the store with a brocade box in his hand.

As soon as he came in, he was looking for Xia Yurou.

Xia Heze knew this person, and he was considered a companion with his own family. He ran an antique shop called Wu Qingfeng in Liulichang.

Xia Heze then called Xia Yurou out of the back room office.

"Manager Wu, is something wrong?" Xia Yurou asked the other side.

Wu Qingfeng put the brocade box on the counter and said, "Manager Xia, please help me to see how this thing is?"

Xia Yurou opened the brocade box and took out the contents.

It is a female figurine. The female figurine is in a sitting position, with a round face and a plump figure. The folds of the clothes are natural and smooth. The right leg rests on the left knee, which looks leisurely and freely. The green glaze and yellow glaze are the main colors of this figurine.

"Tang Sancai Ladies Figurines?" Xia Yurou let out a startled cry.

Tang Sancai is the most recognizable and well-known cultural relic in the Tang Dynasty. It refers to the pottery decorated with yellow, green, white or yellow, green and blue glaze.

The main figures are human figurines, horse figurines and camel figurines.

The production of Tang Sancai has a history of more than 1300 years.

He shows the characteristics of Chinese painting and carving of the Dragon Kingdom, and the production process of Tang Sancai is complex and exquisite. Therefore, in the international arena, Tang Sancai has become famous and has become one of the important items of economic and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.

"Yes, Manager Xia, how does the item look?" Wu Qingfeng asked with a look of hope.

"It looks fine." Xia Yurou said, "But it always feels like something is missing."

"What's missing?" Wu Qingfeng asked hurriedly.

"I can't tell, I just feel like I'm missing something." Xia Yurou shook her head.

And just as Xia Yurou finished speaking, Hu Muzhi's voice slowly sounded: "The earthy smell is missing."

Xia Yurou heard the words, her eyes lit up, and she nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, it is the smell of earth."

"Muzhi, isn't this Tang Sancai from the Tang Dynasty? Isn't it normal that there is no earthy smell after so many years?" Xia Heze asked in confusion.

"Tang Sancai was a kind of underworld vessel in the Tang Dynasty, so it was basically buried underground for thousands of years." Hu Muzhi explained.

"With the passage of time, the smell of the tomb soil will penetrate into the "fetal bones" of the Tang Sancai. Even if it is stored for several years after being unearthed, it can smell a kind of old pit tomb soil."

"Especially after soaking Tang Sancai, or drenching it with shower flowers, you can easily smell the strong "grave earth smell" from a long distance."

"On the other hand, a new imitation made of clay, using the above test method, can only smell the fresh earth."

"Doesn't that mean that the three-colored figurines of the Tang Dynasty ladies are fakes?" Xia Heze said.

"Hmm." Hu Muzhi nodded.

When Xia Heze heard the words, he looked at Wu Qingfeng like an eggplant hit by frost, and said, "Manager Wu, how many hands do you have?"

Wu Qingfeng was weak and said, "One thousand."

"It's only a thousand, isn't it a sprinkle of water for you? As for the sluggish look? It's just like paying for tuition." Xia Heze pouted.

"But I bought more than 100 pieces." Wu Qingfeng said annoyed.

"What?" Xia Heze jumped up from his seat: "That's not more than 100,000."

"Yes." Wu Qingfeng said bitterly, but he still wanted Xia Yurou to help look at other pottery.

What if it's true?

Thinking of this, Wu Qingfeng said, "Manager Xia, can you follow me to my warehouse?"

"Yes." Xia Yurou didn't refuse, so she greeted Hu Muzhi, "Hu Muzhi, come with me."

"Sister, I also want to follow along and learn." Xia Heze interfaced.

Hearing that Xia Heze was going to use both words for study, Xia Yurou had no reason to refuse, so Guxuan Pavilion was temporarily closed.

The three came to a warehouse under the leadership of Wu Qingfeng.

Wu Qingfeng turned on the lights, and saw a warehouse full of pottery. In addition to Tang Sancai, there were also some Neolithic-shaped pots.

There are so many, so many types, it's staggering.

Xia Heze suddenly thought of something, and said to Wu Qingfeng, "Treasurer Wu, could these pottery be the pottery that claimed to be from the tomb in the capital recently?"

Wu Qingfeng didn't want to talk more, so he changed the subject and said, "Let's not talk about that, let's look at the pottery first."

Xia Heze picked up a clay pot and looked at it. Although he couldn't understand it, it still looked pretty good, so he said, "It looks good."

Hu Muzhi and Xia Yurou didn't speak, and looked at each other one by one.

I have to say that these things look really good, and they have reached the point of being fake, but the only thing that lacks the earthy smell.

After a long while, Xia Yurou, who already knew the answer, asked Hu Muzhi.

"Hu Muzhi, what do you think?"

Hu Muzhi was afraid that Wu Qingfeng would not be able to accept it if he said it outright, so he changed his words and said, "It's too new."

"How new?" Wu Qingfeng asked hurriedly.

"As long as he bought it, he is as new." Hu Muzhi said.

Hearing this, Wu Qingfeng, who had been fighting for half his life in the antique shop, his legs softened, and he slumped directly to the ground.

If it wasn't for Xia Heze's eyes and hands, he would have been lying on the ground.

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