Chapter 616 Liar
However, Zhou Zhi had some doubts: "Master Ma, have we seen similar pairs of figurines in Daliu Shu?"
"That's different, right? ?" Mr. Ma looked at the two pottery figurines in front of him: "Isn't it a dancer and a camel merchant we are seeing?"
“Wait a minute!” Researcher Chen said: “We found this pair of figurines in Daliu Shu last week. Why did two more appear?”
“That’s not necessarily the case. We didn't look at the same thing carefully at that time." Mr. Ma gently held the warrior figurine and admired it: "This thing is so beautiful..."
"Oh, it's like this. I went to Daliu Tree with Mr. Ma early this morning and saw a figurine of a dancing girl and a camel figurine of a barbarian at a stall." Zhou Zhi added.
“The Hu people’s camel embroidery is similar to the open face of this warrior figurine, and the wide sleeves of the dancer figurine are not similar to the wide sleeves of this civil servant figurine.” At this point, Zhou Zhi also praised: “Such elegant wide sleeves. ,Do There is nothing to say about the sculptures. They are indeed much more beautiful than the Han Dynasty terracotta warriors..."
"What else is there that is similar?" What Zhou Zhi didn't notice was when the two researchers asked this question. , his face turned a little pale.
"There is also the way of coloring, the degree of oxidation of the lead color, they are all very similar... Well, what is there on the animal head in the middle of the shield?"
"That is gilding. "Wang Shixiang said: "So this is a very rare terracotta warrior."
"This is a previous craft. First, lead and mercury mixed with vermilion are brushed on the parts that need to be decorated. Then the gold foil is blown on, brushed flat with a brush, and then smoked and baked. When the mercury turns into steam and evaporates, the gold is firmly attached. On the utensils..."
"That's it." Zhou Zhi smiled at Wang Shixiang and said, "Thank you, old man, for clearing up the confusion about the Hu people's camel figurines. There is also this on the bell, which is so mottled that you can't even recognize it. It turns out to be painted with gold..."
"Oh no!" Zhou Zhi only slapped his forehead when he got here: "Then did we miss a precious cultural relic? ? ”
“Jiuzi, the camel figurine you saw was also painted with gold?” Researcher Wang asked eagerly.
“Yes, could the camel figurines and dancing girl figurines of the Hu people come from the same kiln as the civil and military figurines?” Zhou Zhi asked.
"This is unlikely." Researcher Chen said: "We were talking about 40,000 figurines each before we got this pair. At that time, we specifically asked them if they had any in stock, but they insisted that they didn't have any."
"Then this is a bit strange." Mr. Ma was trying to remember : "I really didn't look carefully at the time to see if there was gold coating on the bell... When such a large figurine appeared on the market, we just regarded it as a fake."
Wang Shixiang said the word "fake". Researchers Wang and Chen were terrified. Wang Shixiang still feels that something is wrong. Something was strange, and he picked up the magnifying glass again and walked in front of the two figurines: "It is indeed unreasonable to withdraw the cinnabar before returning the gold..."
"Is it possible that the gold depositing technology in the north was insufficient at that time? ”
“Before the Ming Dynasty, goldware in the north The processing technology has always been superior to that in the south. This situation did not change until the Ming Dynasty established Nanjing as its capital. "But you are right," Wang Shixiang said. "This is a minority regime, and it has made some progress in gold depositing technology." Defects are inevitable..."
Several people gathered around the pottery figurines to look at them, but they couldn't feel anything wrong with the pair of pottery figurines.
Zhou Zhi has nothing to say about the shape, color and craftsmanship. His research on northern pottery figurines is limited to Tang Sancai albums and papers, as well as the limited experience gained in the Shu Museum. It can be said that these pair of figurines are in the style of the Northern Wei Dynasty. That's pretty good. Determining authenticity is beyond cognition.
In fact, even great masters like Wang Shixiang are just a little wary of the continuous appearance of this kind of figurines on the market. If you only look at the figurines, except for the gold coating technology, there is nothing to fault. Something wrong.
"Our museum doesn't have any other means? For example, carbon 14 or something..."
"I think it's too simple." Researcher Wang frowned: "If it's silk fabrics , human body residues, such scientific analysis is feasible. ”
"But for ceramics, metal cultural relics, and organic remains are very rare, just to analyze the samples, the collection is not enough."
"The two pottery figurines are mainly made of cinnabar, lead powder, and carbon The blackness is only on the eyebrows and eyes, as well as the leather crowns of civil servants and the black boots of military officers. I'm afraid it wouldn't be enough to analyze even if they were all shaved off."
"If we analyze the carcass, the soil used to make the carcass may also be ancient soil. If it is fired in an electric furnace, the carbon pollution will be negligible."
"This is true..." Zhou Zhi thought After thinking: "Actually, I think... there seems to be another way." "What way?"
"All fakes cannot escape one process, which is to make them look old." Zhou Zhi said: "The aging traces of these two figurines are very natural. From top to bottom, the bases that are in direct contact with the soil are rich in earthen flowers. The lighter the traces of weathering, the more they are consistent with the characteristics of pottery figurines unearthed from tombs with very good preservation conditions.”
"Yes, it is indeed the case, so we thought they should be authentic before."
"If, I mean if." Zhou Zhi continued: "If these two figurines are fakes, we must do At this point, there is only one way..."
"Acid washing and soil aging." Ma Ye was the first to react.
“I know a technique.” Wang Shixiang said: “Dig a deep pit, put the figurines in, first adjust the acid soil to cushion the bottom layer, then gradually reduce the concentration of acid in the soil, and bury the figurines layer by layer. , the upper part is made of normal loess, and after being buried for a few years, the earth flowers and earth Qin are very natural. ”
"But pottery has a very strong adsorption capacity." Zhou Zhi said: "If it is fake, the soil flowers at the bottom of the pottery figurines will definitely absorb a large amount of acidic substances!"
"Yes!" Researcher Wang Said: "We can analyze this..."
"No, no, no..." Researcher Chen waved his hand: "The exquisiteness of this pair of tomb figurines is far, far away. The pair of Northern Qi figurines unearthed in Wanzhang Village, Ci County, must not be destroyed if they are authentic..."
"Yes!" Lao Wang was a little confused: "It's better to find the person involved."
"I don't know if I can find the person who sold you this pair of figurines, but yesterday I met the person who sold the Hu people and camel dancer figurines. Maybe I can find them..." Zhou Zhi said.
"Really?!" Lao Chen was surprised and delighted: "Any clues about the elbow?"
"Master Ma, do you still remember that I said someone was following us on the way back?"
>"That Hebei brand Daihatsu?"
"Yes, after Why don't we stop and let them go first? When the car passed us, I noticed that the person in the passenger seat looked like the one selling camel figurines. "
" Do you remember this? The master asked: "It is an old rule to look after goods but not people..."
"They used oil lamps!" Zhou Zhi and Lao Chen said it together.
“Yes, the oil lamps they used, the light was diffused, so I saw their faces.”
“Yes! The oil lamps they used were more like driving a carriage into the city Farmers! One is short and has a wrinkled face when he smiles, and the other is fat and hunky."< br>
Although no one wanted to hear Zhou Zhi say a definite answer, Zhou Zhi still nodded reluctantly: "Yes..."
"What a liar! It's over, it's over..." Lao Wang's voice There was a cry inside: "Eighty thousand yuan, eighty thousand yuan..."
"Maybe the camel figurines and the dancing girl figurines are also real, right?" Zhou Zhi was still hoping for another possibility.
“It’s unlikely,” Lao Chen also said with a sad face: “If that were the case, these two figurines should have been sold to us at that time...”
“This thing is also strange. "Zhou Zhi couldn't figure it out: "Why didn't they lie more?"
(End of this chapter)