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- "Sorry for causing so much trouble to Manager Liu!" After listening to Liu Suifeng's words, Zhou Xia also realized that this matter is not over yet. Let's not talk about the problem of high imitation products worth hundreds of thousands. There is another problem. A series of issues need to be dealt with. The scale of Tiandi Art Auction Co., Ltd. is not large to begin with, and it has only been established for two years. If there are no good auction items and cannot attract the attention of bidders, the business will naturally not be much better.
"If I were you, I would choose to save people. Well, don't think too much about what has happened. We don't have much time now. We need to concentrate on handling the current matters." Liu Yuqing quickly recovered her Always calm and confident.
She then ordered, "Send this piece of porcelain to the Donghai Antique Calligraphy and Painting Appraisal Center for testing immediately. They have high-tech instruments for non-destructive testing of the age of porcelain. Issue the test report as soon as possible. Give me a call when it's ready. This way, it¡¯s easier to explain to customers. As for the issue of compensation, you don¡¯t need to worry about it for now, just do the job at hand with peace of mind.¡±
"Okay." Zhou Xia really wanted to say that she would pay the compensation, but she would definitely not take it seriously. After all, he was still broke and couldn't afford the compensation even if he wanted to. It will be better to speak with facts in the future than to talk nonsense now. Now that time was tight, he did not dare to delay for a long time and quickly packed away the porcelain.
"Remember to treat the wound first." Liu Yuqing said again with concern.
Zhou Xia quickly thanked her, "Thank you, Manager Liu!"
"Also, although this piece of porcelain is broken, it will still have some value after repairing it. Don't take it too seriously." Liu Yuqing comforted him.
Zhou Xia could only nod gratefully. When he met such a good boss, he could only say that he was lucky. He even thought of committing himself to him, but it was a pity that he would not agree.
Zhou Xia packed his things, and Liu Yuqing specifically told him to be careful on the road. In fact, his reaction speed was not slow, but it was a pity that there was really nothing he could do about the matter ahead.
Zhou Xia came out holding a brocade box containing Hongwu's underglaze red. Everyone in the company, who had been paying attention to this matter and whose souls of gossip were burning, immediately came to watch. Previously, Liu Suifeng rushed in like a gust of wind, and then slipped away like a gust of wind. They had already accumulated in their hearts Enough questions. Wang Chao, who had the best relationship with him, asked him where he was going.
"Send it to the appraisal center for appraisal." Zhou Xia simply replied, he didn't want to say too much.
"Send it for appraisal? Is this a fake?" Wang Chao asked in surprise.
Zhou Xiaxin said that it seemed that few people were fools, but at this time he could only say, "We won't know until the identification results come out."
¡°It¡¯s impossible to fake it, it¡¯s most likely to be a high imitation.¡± Wang Yanli, one of the few women in the company, said that she has a high level of professionalism and is more careful with her words. There are some differences between fakes and imitations. Counterfeit products generally refer to the poorest products on the market and can only deceive those who don¡¯t know the industry or are new to the industry and want to pick up the pieces. The quality of the imitations is much higher, especially during the third generation of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. Because the emperor was fond of ancient times and followed the example of others, the official kilns made many imitations, such as the Xuande furnace blue and white porcelain with red underglaze, etc. The quality of these imitations Not bad at all, even to the point where the fake ones look real.
Zhang Jie said, "Doesn't this mean that Master Xu and Manager Liu are eye-catching? I think Zhou Xia wants to shirk responsibility and treat a living horse as a dead horse!"
Zhou Xia didn't hear anything and didn't bother to pay attention to him. He went straight out. He was in a hurry and had no time to waste words with him!
"Tch, how can Zhou Xia be so virtuous? How can he be so valued by Manager Liu? He just broke five million pieces of porcelain, and now he will be asked to do such an important thing." Zhang Jie felt envious in his heart when he saw Zhou Xia's favor. Jealousy, hatred, and complaints suddenly came out. Now he didn't even respond, and even more sarcastic towards him.
"Stop saying such sour words, can you just treat him as a man who has made meritorious deeds?" Wang Chao couldn't stand it anymore and replied to him.
"Hurry up and get going. If Manager Liu sees it, you'll get scolded again. She's in a bad mood today. If she gets angry, everyone will be in trouble." Wang Yanli reminded.
So, everyone dispersed to do their own work. The preliminary preparations for the auction were still quite tedious, including contacting the venue, calling customers, taking photos of the items, printing catalogs, etc.
Sure enough, Liu Yuqing quickly returned to her own office. Even the thorny Zhang Jie did not dare to provoke her. Everyone was secretly glad that she had not discovered the gossip just now.
Liu Yuqing will not contact Wang Dongrui, the owner of Hongwu Underglaze Red, until the appraisal results from Zhou Xia come out and there is more conclusive evidence.
She is now more worried about the issues of the auction items in this autumn auction. The company has not collected many high-quality cultural relics this time, and now the Hongwu underglaze red as the finale is unlikely to be available. The impact of the auction??It will undoubtedly drop to a lower level, which is not a situation she wants to see. Nowadays, the competition among various auction houses is becoming more and more fierce. Whoever has a good source of goods and can produce high-quality products will have more customers.
When soliciting photos from the public, she didn¡¯t dare expect to find any high-quality products. In fact, it would be quite good to have genuine products. Most of the pictures sent by collectors show that they are imitations or fakes, and most of them are brushed off in the first batch. It is impossible to tell whether the collection is genuine or fake in the photos. After it is sent to the company, most of it will be brushed off. There are very few that are worthy of being put up for auction. It¡¯s worth collecting and has room for appreciation, so it¡¯s better to pick one out of a hundred.
She could only call some familiar collectors to see if she could get one or two rare collections from them for auction.
This is not an easy thing, because the more precious the collection, the more reluctant collectors are to part with it, even if the price at auction is indeed higher than usual.
Like the previous Hongwu underglaze red piece, she spent a long time trying to get it to be auctioned from Wang Dongrui, a well-known collector in the East China Sea. But how to talk to him about this right now is still a nerve-wracking thing. But no matter how difficult the matter was, she still had to face it. Liu Suifeng would definitely not care about it. It was good that he didn't add insult to injury.
She called a lot, but to no avail. But she was not one to give up easily. She secretly encouraged herself to keep working hard and would personally visit her if she had any intention.
Liu Yuqing put down the phone and took a sip of tea, still wondering what was going on with Zhou Xia's appraisal.
After Zhou Xia went out, he took a taxi directly to the Donghai Antique Calligraphy and Painting Appraisal Center. Porcelain is a delicate and fragile item. Even though the Hongwu Underglaze Red has been smashed, it is still valuable. Like when he usually squeezes the bus to and from get off work or Definitely not the subway.
The Donghai Antique Calligraphy and Painting Appraisal Center is located next to the Donghai Antique City. It is an independent appraisal institution that imports advanced testing instruments. It has close communication with the Donghai Museum and major auction houses, and has obtained a lot of research data on antique calligraphy and painting from them. With Supported by a huge database, combined with data detected by high-tech instruments, and carefully compared and analyzed, the age of antique calligraphy and painting can be more accurately identified.
But as far as the general situation in the collection industry is concerned, experts prefer to believe in their own vision and experience. They have a better reputation and will not easily use high technology for appraisal. Otherwise, it will appear that their vision is not good enough and their appraisal skills are not strong enough. Unless they are really unsure about a collection and the relationship is particularly important, they will send it to the appraisal center for appraisal.
The staff of the Appraisal Center usually receive the most attention from ordinary collectors. They worry about gains and losses after collecting and do not have much confidence in their own vision. They often take the collections for appraisal everywhere, trying to determine their value. Among them, there are mostly fakes and imitations, and many of them are relatively bad fakes, which people with a little knowledge would not buy.
Zhou Xia brought the Hongwu underglaze red porcelain broken into a dozen pieces for appraisal. When registering at the front desk, she said, "I want to authenticate the age of this porcelain."
The pretty receptionist at the front desk looked him up and down for a while. From the look of Zhou Xia, she didn¡¯t look like she was panicking because she had too much money.
She has never seen anyone use porcelain fragments for appraisal. Her eyes seemed to say, "Isn't this guy mentally ill?"
Fortunately, Zhou Xia had developed a thick skin now and didn't take it seriously at all. He asked the girl at the front desk to register him and asked for an appraisal and certificate to be issued immediately.
The customer is God. Although the receptionist thought that there was no need to authenticate the broken porcelain, the value would not be too high anyway. But she was not stupid enough to refuse the business that came to him for free, and quickly helped him get it done. Then he was taken to the appraiser Wang Mingyang. Wang Mingyang was a middle-aged man in his forties. Seeing Zhou Xia bring the broken porcelain for appraisal, he felt a little weird.
But when he carefully observed the porcelain fragments, the look on his face suddenly became solemn, and he asked him in a trembling voice, "When was this Hongwu underglaze red piece a high imitation? It was so fake that it looked like the real thing. If it weren't for If it gets smashed, it will definitely make most people blink."
Although Zhou Xia was identified through the system as a high imitation product from the 1990s, at this time, he still replied calmly, "This is what I want to find out when I come to your identification center this time. You have high technology here." The instrument can definitely identify it, right?"
Wang Mingyang smiled and nodded, and then realized his own gaffe. His appreciation of antiques, calligraphy and paintings was naturally not bad, otherwise he wouldn't be here to help others with appraisals, so why did he get so excited that he went to ask others It¡¯s over!
He also knows that Hongwu underglaze red has been imitated by later generations, and there are many masters in every era. Needless to say, official kilns made imitations during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the Republic of China, various imitations also emerged in endlessly. Later, eight In the 1990s, there were also a large number of undervalued imitations.
Wang Mingyang roughly guessed the experience of this Hongwu underglaze red piece. There is no doubt that the collection experts also noticed it, and then accidentally broke it. Only then did they discover the mystery. In order to really understand it, he thought of giving it as a gift. Come to the identification center to use the instrument to determine the specific imitation time.
He really wanted to hear Zhou Xia tell the story, but unfortunately Zhou Xia didn't want to mention it. After all, this was not a glamorous thing. He just asked him to make an appraisal as soon as possible and issue a certificate.
Wang Mingyang had no choice but to concentrate on his work and use high-tech instruments to detect the age of the porcelain.
In the past, the most commonly used detection method was thermoluminescence detection, but it was discovered that it could be cracked by taking a few X-rays through several security inspections. Of course, the X-rays should not be taken too far, otherwise the detection will show that it is porcelain from three thousand years ago, which would scare ghosts if it were not fake.
Counterfeiting methods are advancing, and so are scientific and technological testing methods. Now identification agencies have adopted newer technologies that can non-destructively detect the age of porcelain.
Zhou Xia also wanted to see if the identification of the high-tech instrument in the identification center was consistent with the identification of the system.
His archaeological identification system is equivalent to carrying a high-precision identification instrument with you, and it is faster and more accurate.
Finally, through careful analysis and comparison, Wang Mingyang came up with the identification results, which were probably high imitations from around the 1990s.
Zhou Xia also found an advantage. His own archaeological identification system can be accurate to the year, but modern high-tech instrument identification still has a certain age error and can only identify an approximate time. Undoubtedly, the more accurate the identification of the age, the better. It is best to know the day it was made. In this way, it will more accurately reflect the historical value of a cultural relic, and what historical events occurred in which year in history. If the cultural relic was indeed created at this time, its value will also be greatly enhanced.
Such a result made Wang Mingyang very impressed, "In the 1990s, there were indeed a number of Hongwu underglaze red exquisite products, just like this one. They were willing to invest in costs and fired completely according to the retro method. If it is complete If you don't use high-tech methods to make porcelain, it will be easy to make mistakes. This can be regarded as a learning experience for me and it has opened my eyes."
Zhou Xia nodded, and he gained a lot from it.
Wang Mingyang quickly issued the certificate. This was no longer complete porcelain, and he could safely write the truth on the certificate.
Zhou Xia spent an extra thousand yuan for this certificate, but he felt it was worth it. At least, he had one more piece of evidence when facing Wang Dongrui, the original owner of Hongwu Underglaze Red.
After getting the appraisal certificate, Zhou Xia thanked Wang Mingyang and left the appraisal center under the strange look of the girl at the front desk.
Zhou Xia immediately called Liu Yuqing and made a simple report, "Manager Liu, the results from the appraisal center have come out and the certificate has been obtained. The age of the instrument has been tested and it has been proven that it is from the 1990s. High imitation goods."
After Liu Yuqing made the appraisal, she expected such a result. After having the certificate, it was easier to explain to Wang Dongrui. She immediately replied, "Okay, you can bring the porcelain and the certificate back to the company later." Come on. Let¡¯s take care of the wound first. If you complete the assessment so quickly, you definitely won¡¯t have enough time. There is work to be done, and the body is also very important.¡±
Zhou Xia hurriedly said, "Thank you, Manager Liu. In fact, it's just a minor injury and it's not painful. Let's do this for now. I'll go buy some medicine and return to the company later."
Only then did he have time to take care of the wounds on his body, so he went to a nearby small clinic to take care of the wounds. The scratches on his hands were not bad, they just broke some skin. The place where the skateboard hit the instep was a little more serious. The bruise was still swollen. Fortunately, it's all just trauma. Apply some medicine and it'll be fine in a few days.
After finishing the processing, Zhou Xia ate a bowl of noodles nearby and then took a taxi back to the company.
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