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    Sure enough, just as they expected, Ma Gan and the others opened the box and carefully took out a guqin.

    Zhou Xia and Xu Yaohui looked sideways again. Neither of them had much confidence in appraising the guqin. After all, it was quite different from the fields they were good at.

    But it¡¯s impossible for the two of them to give up. If it were a genuine Tang Dynasty guqin, its value would be much higher. There¡¯s no harm in trying to authenticate it.

    Although they don¡¯t quite understand it, Zhou Xia and the others know very well in their hearts that Guqin, as the first of the four arts, is a comprehensive carrier of many arts. To identify it, it must involve wood, decoration, broken grain, sound quality, character, and shape.  Aesthetics and other aspects are indispensable.  The difficulty of identifying Guqin is therefore doubled, and it is more difficult than identifying other works of art.

    Nowadays, the appraisal of guqin mainly relies on some senior guqin players.  Most of them focus on the sound quality of the guqin. For Zhou Xia and Xu Yaohui, two tone-deaf people, playing the guqin sounds a bit like playing the guqin to others.

    But Zhou Xia and Xu Yaohui also have their own advantages. After all, the appraisal of Guqin also has a context to follow.  In addition to the sound quality, the material, shape, historical value, scientific value and artistic value of the guqin all need to be carefully considered.

    "If you don't learn to identify because you don't know how, you will never have the chance to make a correct identification." Zhou Xia was thinking in his heart. At the same time, his mind was also quickly recalling what he had seen before.  Some tips for guqin identification.

    The first is the dating. In the past, the guqin world had a saying of "Tang Yuan, Song Bian" to date the qin, that is, the rounder body of the qin was classified as the Tang Dynasty, and the flatter body of the qin was classified as the Song Dynasty.  At the same time, the age can be estimated based on the broken pattern shape of the lacquer tire and the aging degree of the piano material.

    Of course, this also has limitations. In fact, even if the same style of piano is made by the same ancient qin player, it will be limited by the aesthetic concepts and piano materials of different periods.  The body of the piano is also round and flat.  Broken grain will also be affected by factors such as length of time, paint tire quality, regional climate change, frequency of use, etc., and may occur sooner or later.

    Zhou Xia looked at the shape of this guqin, which was similar to the shape of the guqin from the Tang Dynasty.  It is a typical Fuxi-style shape, which is exactly the same style as the famous Fuxi-style "Nine Heavens Ring Pei" in the Palace Museum in Beijing.

    Such shapes and styles can reflect the majestic and magnificent style of the Tang Dynasty.

    This momentum alone is enough to fool people who don¡¯t know how to do it. After Zhou Xia saw it, he couldn¡¯t help but feel something about this guqin.  Even if it is an imitation, it can definitely be regarded as a high imitation. At the very least, in terms of surface performance, it passes the test.

    And it is necessary to appraise the guqin.  In addition to having certain basic theoretical knowledge, you also need to listen and read more.

    ¡°Listening¡± means to pluck the strings with your hands and listen to their timbre.  Generally speaking, precious ancient guqin generally has the characteristics of loose, transparent, round and moist sound.

    Even though he was tone-deaf, Xu Yaohui did not give up his efforts in this area. He reached out and fiddled with the strings a few times, as if listening carefully.  Then he gave two loud praises.

    To Zhou Xia and the two of them, the sound was quite good, and the sound that came out was very pleasant.

    However, they can clearly see it.  The strings are newly made.

    Xu Yaohui also asked Ma Gan and the two about this, and Ma Gan answered truthfully, "It is true that there are no strings. We thought that if a guqin had no strings, it would be quite a pity. So please  The qin master helped and installed the strings. At the same time, he also did some repair work on the body of the qin to make it more perfect. You should also know that this guqin suffered a lot when it was underground.  Corrosion, we think, as the most important function of the guqin, being able to play is still a very important factor. Besides, even the guqin handed down from ancient times cannot be perfect, and it has basically been repaired. After all, it is so old.  "

    "That's a real pity. It would be best if the original appearance could be maintained. For us, the sound quality is not that important!" Xu Yaohui shook his head. As for the strings, there is nothing wrong with them. If it is really an unearthed guqin, this string  It is not easy to preserve the high-quality strings completely.

    Ma Gan said with a smile, "This is a lack of consideration on our part, but the stuff is definitely good. Boss Xu might as well appreciate it carefully."

    Zhou Xia was carefully pondering the meaning of Ma Gan's words. This guy was very smart and knew how to get vaccinated in advance.  At that time, even if it was a high imitation, they could see some clues, such as the marks left by new work, and the numb stem could be inferred to be caused by the repair work performed by the Qin master they invited.

    There is nothing we can do about it. The wood used for the guqin is determined by its continuous repair and improvement. It is not easy for it to be passed down.Moreover, in the past history, there were quite a few guqins unearthed.  The current piece is an unearthed Guqin. This identification method will naturally have many differences from the Guqin handed down from ancient times, but there are more similarities.

    The main thing is to ¡°see¡± more.

    First of all, you have to check whether the wood used is as old as the Tang Dynasty. Speaking of which, this is somewhat similar to the appraisal of furniture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

    However, the material of this guqin is sycamore as the surface and fir as the base, which is somewhat different from the huanghuali, sandalwood and other mahogany used in Ming and Qing furniture.

    The light was relatively dim, so Zhou Xia used a magnifying glass and a strong flashlight to carefully observe the various characteristics of the sycamore and fir trees.  He did find that there was quite a bit of aging, which is definitely not a characteristic that can be seen in wood that has been around for hundreds of years.  Moreover, he seemed to be able to vaguely feel that there was still some gloomy air on this guqin that had not dispersed, which was the characteristic of being buried underground for a long time.

    From this point of view, it seems that it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a guqin from the Tang Dynasty.

    The second is to look at the paint quality on the surface of the guqin.  Generally speaking, qins made before the Song and Yuan Dynasties have a more delicate texture and pure paint color, and the original fire should have faded long ago.  At this time, under the illumination of a strong flashlight, you can still see the glittering antler frost and gold, silver, copper and other powders in the paint tire through the surface paint.

    The most critical point in appraising a guqin is the broken pattern of the guqin.

    Broken lines, which are cracks that occur in lacquerware due to age, are mainly caused by the constant expansion and contraction of the fetal bones and the paint layer.  Broken lines mark the age of lacquerware.  Guqins from the Tang and Song dynasties mostly had broken snake bellies and broken plum blossoms.  But that mostly applies to ancient guqins handed down from ancient times and unearthed guqins.  Whether this is the case, Zhou Xia doesn't quite understand.

    But Zhou Xia still saw plum blossom-like fractures on this guqin.  There are such broken patterns, indicating that the paint layer on it has experienced many years. This plum blossom break is also one of the common broken patterns on Guqin.

    Of course, with the current level of counterfeiting, such a broken pattern is possible.

    It¡¯s just that Zhou Xia didn¡¯t have any other guqin that could be used as a reference for comparison, so he couldn¡¯t tell the difference clearly.  Is this man-made or natural?

    With all these things, Zhou Xia, a layman, couldn't find anything special wrong with it.

    Everything seems perfect.

    "Wind, snow, pines and waves" on the guqin are several seal characters.  The title and painting are also quite elegant. It is somewhat similar to the sound that was played before, and the artistic conception is also very good.

    However, he also noticed a problem. Regarding the inscription of this guqin, it was engraved with "Personally cut by Lei Wei of the Tang Dynasty".

    In Zhou Xia¡¯s memory.  This Lei Wei should be the most famous among the guqin masters.  He probably lived in the prosperous Tang Dynasty or even the middle Tang Dynasty, but there is still some gap between him and the Zhenguan period of Emperor Taizong in the early Tang Dynasty.

    A few things from before.  They are all from the last year of Zhenguan. It stands to reason that if this guqin is genuine, it should be more reasonable before then.

    certainly.  Things are not so absolute.

    It is possible to say that this is a guqin made by Lei Wei.

    That was the time when the guqin and the previous Buddhist statues, Tang Sancai, etc. were buried underground.  It must be postponed to the time after Lei Wei lived.

    But Zhou Xia then thought again and thought that the Tang Dynasty tricolor glazed pottery basically existed as a visible artifact, and the time from firing to burial should not have spanned hundreds of years.

    From this point of view, if this guqin is really used as a funerary object together with the previous Tang Sancai, there should still be some problems.

    Zhou Xia thought for a while and asked Xu Yaohui in a low voice, "Uncle Xu, the qin played by Lei Wei is relatively famous. Did he come from the Tang Dynasty? I don't remember it very clearly."

    Xu Yaohui replied that it probably looked like it during the Kaiyuan period of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and asked Zhou Xia, "Did you find something wrong with this piano?"

    Zhou Xia also replied, "I previously judged that the first few items should belong to the early Tang Dynasty, which is somewhat different from the production period of this guqin! Especially this Tang Sancai, if it is unearthed in the same place, it will basically be  It won't be left for that long. I wonder what you think, Uncle Xu? I think we still need to be more cautious."

    Xu Yaohui was suddenly shocked and did not answer him immediately. Instead, he thought about it carefully and found that this was indeed the case.  The first few things, dating back to the early Tang Dynasty, are not a big problem.

    Xu Yaohui is still a little interested in such a guqin. If it is a genuine one and is made by Leiwei, the most famous guqin in the Tang Dynasty, the price is estimated to be between 20 and 30 million. It is not a big problem. Of course it is not a big deal if you can get it.?'s.  There is no doubt that Ma Gan and the others will raise the price.  As a result, the cost required can be quite huge.

    If it is a counterfeit product, the loss will be huge.

    Xu Yaohui thought back to the layers of preparations made by Ma Gan and Mo Zi before, and felt more and more that this might be a trap, just to lure him into the urn.

    ¡°Because when it comes to guqin appraisal, looking at the entire archaeological appraisal community, I¡¯m afraid there aren¡¯t many people who dare to say that they are proficient, let alone a layman like Xu Yaohui.  Even if it is a newly made high-imitation product, there may be many things that he cannot see. The other party may have calculated this accurately, so he set up such a trap.

    While Zhou Xia was thinking about it, he also used the archaeological appraisal system to conduct an appraisal of this "guqin".

    Soon, Zhou Xia got the result, "This item was created in 2012 AD."

    Zhou Xia immediately shouted in her heart that she was lucky. Thanks to the system, it has the most accurate ability to identify the age of items.

    ¡°However, when Ma Gan and the others were cheating, in order to pursue higher profits, they also exposed their flaws to some extent.  Engraving "Lei Wei of the Tang Dynasty personally cut" on the guqin can certainly build publicity for the guqin and increase its price, but it also exposes its true identity on the other hand.

    Otherwise, Zhou Xia might not be able to find a suitable reason to persuade Xu Yaohui to give up this guqin.

    Since he knew that this was made this year, Zhou Xia was wondering why the wood of this guqin did look quite old.

    It¡¯s definitely not made of fresh wood. At the very least, a lot of effort was put into selecting the materials for this guqin.

    Zhou Xia believed in his own eyes. This wood, at the very least, should have a history of several hundred years.

    Otherwise, there will never be such a situation that the previous identification is seen, and even the feeling of the Tang Dynasty.

    When Zhou Xia was thinking about it, he quickly thought of another possibility, that is, the material used to make the guqin might actually be wood from the Tang Dynasty.

    It¡¯s just that it was recently used to make a guqin.

    With all these things combined, there is only one possibility, that is, this wood was also unearthed in this batch.  In line with the principle of making full use of the hemp stalks, they made them from the coffins in the tombs.

    "To be honest, this kind of coffin is really a good material for making guqin. Especially this kind of wood, which has lasted for thousands of years, is a good choice for making guqin.

    Shen Kuo mentioned in "Mengxi Bi Tan" that some guqin masters, in order to find the best wood, choose such immortal coffins as materials. The guqin made in this way has a particularly mellow sound.

    At present, although the material used for this guqin is wood from the Tang Dynasty, it was only made recently, so naturally it cannot be regarded as a guqin from the Tang Dynasty.

    The value between the two is also thousands of miles apart.

    Zhou Xia naturally would not collect such a piano.

    He wouldn¡¯t let Xu Yaohui be deceived, and at the moment, even if it was genuine, the two of them couldn¡¯t afford so much money.

    Giving up this "guqin" is undoubtedly the best choice.

    After thinking about it, Xu Yaohui asked Zhou Xia again for his opinion. Zhou Xia's meaning was very clear. It was better to stay away from such a guqin.  They usually play the guqin less often, and they may have some simple problems that they may not even notice.

    As a result, Xu Yaohui no longer had any intention of buying it. He also bluntly told Ma Gan and the others that he had no research on the guqin, so he just had a look at it.

    It made Ma Gan and Mouse very disappointed, and they didn¡¯t bring anything else out.

    The previous transaction had been completed and there was nothing left to see, so Zhou Xia and the others were ready to leave. Before leaving, Zhou Xia did not forget to tell Mouzi and the others that if there was any news about the other two gilt-bronze Buddha statues, just contact Xu Yaohui directly.

    It¡¯s better than nothing. If it¡¯s done properly, the profit margins are quite large. Ma Gan and Mo Zi naturally nodded in agreement.
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