Chapter 65 Celadon Water Purification Cup
Although Zhou Xia was suspected of deliberately scaring, what he said was the truth. Because of cultural relics cases, it was common for people to be in prison for more than ten years or fined millions of yuan.
What he hoped was that Zhou Xia really didn't have to take this risk when he saw that everything they brought was just like this bronze mirror.
When the middle-aged man was still hesitating, the young man took his own initiative and took out all the things in his pocket and asked Zhou Xia to help him see. At this moment, he was thinking about it. It was better not to be particularly expensive cultural relics, otherwise they would not be able to take it away if the incident was investigated.
In addition to the other three bronze mirrors he mentioned, there is also a blue bowl and a water purification cup of about the same color.
Zhou Xia could tell at a glance that this should be celadon from the Tang Dynasty.
Green in the south and white in the north.
It is the main feature of porcelain in the Tang Dynasty.
This celadon was actually fired in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas in the south since the Eastern Han Dynasty, and reached its peak in the late Tang and Five Dynasties. According to research, it is also the best among celadons.
The larger water purification cup was quite complete, but the celadon bowl made Zhou Xia feel distressed because the bowl had been broken in half.
At the same time, Zhou Xia heard the cold voice in his mind again, "I found a precious cultural relic, and it is recommended to collect it."
For a moment, Zhou Xia, who had too much information, almost crashed, and even received a prompt from the system that it was another precious cultural relic.
The last precious cultural relic was the Kangxi Rouge Red Horseshoe Cup. What was this time?
The things in front of you are most likely to be precious cultural relics. Zhou Xia thinks it should be this celadon water purification cup.
As for whether this celadon water purification cup was from the early Tang Dynasty or the late Tang Dynasty, it still needs to be carefully verified.
Zhou Xia immediately got to use this celadon water purification cup. This water purification cup was quite complete. Although there were inevitably some traces of bumps, overall, it was injustice and belonged to the normal category.
The whole body of this water purification cup is covered with green glaze, and the glaze is relatively uniform and moist, and it does not have the harsh light that is often found in new imitations, and the color is not floating.
Looking at its shape, it is also quite regular and dignified. The mouth of the cup is in the shape of petals, and the outside of the cup is darkly engraved with exquisite large peony patterns, as well as flower and leaf patterns as decoration. It is quite rare to be carved with such patterns on monochrome celadon.
The bracket in the middle is in the shape of a lotus and has uniform hollow small patterns as decoration.
The bottom foot is a high foot, which is in a three-stage step-by-step progressive style.
With the porcelain craftsmanship at that time, such a green glaze water purification cup was definitely one of the best.
When Zhou Xia looked at the body quality again, unlike the feeling of grayish white and loose body quality in the early Tang Dynasty, the glaze color of celadon was much better than that of celadon in the early Tang Dynasty.
The characteristics presented by this celadon, such as delicate and dense body, fine and light body, and plump glaze as jade, were the characteristics of fine celadons in the late Tang Dynasty. Therefore, he concluded that it should be something that was fired in the late Tang Dynasty, or a little earlier, in the mid-Tang Dynasty.
This judgment is also due to the system's judgment on precious cultural relics last time. The early rouge red horseshoe cups in Kangxi were the summary of precious cultural relics. Historical significance, for example, the first batch of fine products of similar porcelains are more precious than the peak works of similar porcelains, because they took the lead, rather than winning by quantity and quality.
He asked the system to make an identification, and the system quickly concluded that this celadon water bottle was fired in 733 AD.
Sure enough, it is not the traditional fine celadon of the late Tang Dynasty. In this era, it was the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, which was considered to be the middle Tang Dynasty.
Zhou Xiaxin said that he could also grasp some of the characteristics of systematically identifying precious cultural relics.
As for why the bronze mirror was from the early Tang Dynasty and the water purification cup was from the mid-Tang Dynasty, the two were unearthed together.
This is not difficult to explain. The bronze mirror was passed down from the early Tang Dynasty and was unearthed in the southern area for only more than a hundred years. Zhou Xia guessed that it should be something from some big families in the south.
For details, you have to wait until you check enough information in the future and then do the most detailed verification. In a short period of time, he will not be able to understand the future clearly.
Zhou Xia doesn't want to waste time here now. He must take down the things identified by the system as precious cultural relics. He will collect these hundred precious cultural relics. Just think about it and know that it is not an easy thing.
But at what price to get it, you have to think carefully.
Of course he hopes that the lower the price, the better.
Zhou Xia was also thinking about wording in his mind, wanting to take advantage of the opportunity to successfully scare the two of them before and do some articles on it.
After his time in the auction house after his background in society, Zhou Xia can now hide his true feelings well. Even if he discovers such good things as precious cultural relics, he still can't see any excitement or excitement on his face. Instead, his brows are tightly locked.
The young man couldn't help but ask him from the side, "Brother, how about these things?"
Zhou Xia replied, "This makes me embarrassed."
"How do you say it?" the middle-aged man hurriedly asked. At the same time, he did not forget to put away several items, and it was not good to be seen by others.
Zhou Xia said, "First of all, congratulations to you, these things are very ordinary. The bronze mirror is the most common among the unearthed things, but these two porcelains are also dull and are both the most commonly used daily necessities, and the bowls are even broken in half. They are not considered first-class cultural relics at all, and they are not even second-class cultural relics. Therefore, you don't have to worry, even if the truth is revealed in the future, you will be in jail for a long time and be fined millions."
When the young man heard what he said, he immediately said, "Brother, don't scare us."
Zhou Xia despised him, "Have you never read the relevant reports? What I said is a stern fact. Many people were officials before they were imprisoned, but they immediately became major cases because of the loss of first-class cultural relics! Some people also spent hundreds of thousands to buy first-class cultural relics, and finally reported it by the intermediary who had previously contacted him and fined two million, which was not long ago. As for these things, I think they would only be in prison for a few years or a fine of hundreds of thousands, which was almost the same."
The middle-aged man hurriedly said, "Brother Zhou, you can't do such a thing."
Zhou Xia sneered, "I am most worried about you. If you bite back like the one I said before, the unconventional middleman, I will fall into it myself. But I believe you can also consider the situation clearly. The main responsibility for your tomb robbers and stealing things are on you."
"Brother, you give me a price. Even if you encounter it again in the future, just take it as nothing, and no one should mention anyone? In fact, this time, we happened to run into it during construction and were obsessed with it and were greedy for a small advantage, so we didn't report it to the top, but secretly dug it out and sold it. It was definitely not intentional to rob the tomb. This is different, right!" The young man quickly gave an idea. He became more and more convinced that only by pulling Zhou Xia into the water can their safety be guaranteed.
The middle-aged man also said, "Yes, then you can offer a price. From now on, everyone will go their own way and no one will know each other."
"It's better for you to offer a price." Zhou Xia replied, and he had already pulled the snakeskin bag to his side. In the transaction, whoever offered the price first would generally suffer the most. When he was thinking about how much it would be better for him to offer, he suddenly saw a familiar person rushing to the ghost market.
Zhou Xia's expression changed suddenly. If the old gangster Zhao Xiangbo was caught, the deal would be ruined and he would have to be taken down quickly.
The two of them kept paying attention to him, and naturally they noticed that his expression changed and hurriedly asked him what was going on.
Since the old hooligan is here, he has to make some contributions! Zhou Xia complains in her heart, but she looks like setting off firecrackers. At the same time, she immediately reaches out to keep the bag. She must not let this precious cultural relics run away. "An old guy I have offended is coming to us. He is a professor of history and is the most upright person. He can't tolerate any sand in his eyes. If he encounters something newly unearthed, he will definitely send us all to the police station on the spot."
The young man paused, "You are about to kill me! Uncle, let's do it! Just pretend that I didn't encounter this."
Zhou Xia quickly took out a stack of money from his bag and stuffed it into his hand, "I just took 10,000 yuan this morning, and you took it and left quickly. I just need to find a way to deal with my business myself, and I will never implicate you."
The middle-aged man was a little skeptical, and he also felt that the 10,000 yuan was too little, which was far from what he expected. At least, he had to give him 50,000 or 60,000, right? When he was about to talk to Zhou Xia, he heard a loud voice shouting, "Boy, you are sneaking here. When you see me, you don't say hello, what do you want to do?"
Zhou Xia also urged repeatedly, "Let's go quickly, it will be too late if you don't leave. If you want to go in, I won't be with you!"
Zhou Xia was willing to give money. The young man already thought that he was quite kind and was so happy that he could not care so much. He didn't want to lie in the cell and would not think that the money was too low. He pulled the middle-aged man who was still hesitating and ran away. He thought it very clearly. Even if Zhou Xia was caught by his old rival and confessed them, they had already run away and had no name and contact information for him, so where could they find them.
Moreover, Zhou Xia is very cunning and holds things tightly in his hand. It is difficult for middle-aged people to get back their things at this time. It is definitely not enough to force them to grab them. They are at the most disadvantage because they are too much. This guy is very eloquent in his mouth, and the various inside stories on the opposite side are quite clear, so he may become a hero.
The two of them ran away in an instant, but Zhou Xia couldn't escape. Zhao Xiangbo quickly arrived in front of him and shouted, "Hey! What the hell are you guys!"
Zhou Xia could only lament that he was not lucky and had many good things. He did not have the same ink as he did in the past for identification, and was hit by Zhao Xiangbo!
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Chapter completed!