"Boss, there are many people in the store, and they want to see Mr. Li by name."
A clerk hurriedly ran up and said.
Li Mo put down his teacup and said with a smile, "Do they want something from me?"
"Everyone brought one or two antiques and wanted to ask Mr. Li to help identify them. We couldn't stop them, so we had to come up and pass them on."
Boss Hu glanced at Li Mo and said: "It seems that your identity has been exposed. They are here to identify you as the master. Mr. Li, I have a back door here. If you don't want to come forward, you can leave through the back door."
"Anyway, it's okay now. I just want to help with the identification. Boss Hu, how about we go down and meet them together?"
"Mr. Li has this intention, but I can't ask for it. From now on, my Qilinzhai's reputation will be first-class in Luo City, please."
Li Mo and Boss Hu came to the lobby on the first floor, and those waiting immediately gathered around them.
"Hello, Professor Li."
"It's really Professor Li Mo from the History Department of Peking University who is so young."
"No wonder I was willing to spend 400,000 yuan to buy a painting. It seems that the painting is 100% authentic "The Lone Bird" by Bada Shanren."
"Although it is an unveiling painting, it is still an authentic work. Bada Shanren's works are still very popular in the market. It can easily cost 10 to 20 million at auction."
"It's amazing. It's really amazing. It's enough for us to work hard for several years. I'll definitely ask Professor Li to help me take a good look at the antiques I brought."
As soon as Li Mo showed up, those people were very enthusiastic and stepped forward to say hello.
"Everyone, please listen to what I have to say first." Li Mo motioned for everyone to be quiet first, and then continued with a clasped fist gesture, "Everyone trusted me and came here with their own treasures. I can promise you that I will do my best to I will explain each antique clearly, but my conclusion is only for your reference.”
"Professor Li, we would be very grateful if you could help us clear up our doubts." A fat man in his forties said loudly. He held a square box in his arms, which may contain porcelain and the like.
"In that case, let's all come one by one." Boss Hu asked Li Mo to sit at a round table, then looked at the fat man and smiled, "Boss Zhou, how about you come first?"
"The relationship is good, everyone, I will take advantage of it first." The fat man gently placed the square box in his hand on the round table, and when he opened it, there was a small blue and white jar inside.
Li Mo took it out and looked through it for a while, then looked at the fat man and asked, "Where did this little blue and white jar come from?"
"Professor Li, I found this small blue and white jar at a street stall when I traveled to Montenegro three years ago. When I saw this small blue and white jar, I thought it was very beautiful. I made jade in this antique city. Business, but in my spare time I also shop around for some porcelain. Boss Hu knows me best. If I think it’s good at first sight, I will buy it without hesitation. It’s just that this small blue and white jar has no bottom payment, only on the upper edge. There is a small blue and white seal character 'Neiku' on the mouth. I have consulted many porcelain experts, but they can't understand this porcelain."
"In the National Palace Museum in Kyoto, there is a pair of plum vases with the inscription 'Neiku'. According to research, this type of porcelain should have been used by the royal family to reward ministers. This small blue and white vase of yours is both in terms of shape and production process. It all seems to be in line with the official kiln products of the mid-Qing Dynasty, and they must undoubtedly belong to the imperial palace in the mid-Qing Dynasty."
"Professor Li, how much do you think this small blue and white jar is worth?"
"Although there is no official mark, porcelain is still rare and valuable, and real examples with the inner treasury mark are relatively rare, so the small blue and white imperial jar you found in the mid-Qing Dynasty is definitely worth more than 500,000 yuan. .”
"Come on, I spent one thousand and eight dollars to buy it. This is considered a mistake. Professor Li, thank you for clarifying my doubts." Boss Zhou is also a very particular person. After putting away the porcelain, he took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Li Mo. "It's a little bit of hard work, don't refuse."
"Boss Zhou, if I wanted to collect hard work, I wouldn't sit here. Take the red envelope back and let's have a meal together when we have time."
"Professor Li, let's make an agreement, I will be the host tonight."
Boss Hu stuffed the red envelope back into the fat man's hand and said with a smile: "I'll be the host tonight, and Boss Zhou must appreciate it when he has time."
"No problem, I have to toast Professor Li three times anyway. Professor Li, I won't disturb you, so as not to make the friends behind you anxious."
The second person was a woman in her fifties. She held a jade cicada in her hand, placed it gently on the round table and said, "Professor Li, this is a jade that my husband bought me when he was on a business trip. It is said to be from the Han Dynasty." The blood jade, please help me see if it is real jade."
The woman's jade cicada indeed has a large blood-red pattern. Judging from the carving technique, it is a typical Han Badao, with a relatively rough and powerful blade.
"When we talk about jade, we usually don't say whether it is real or fake, but whether it is old jade or new jade. This jade cicada is a typical Han Badao technique, but it is not an old jade from the Han Dynasty, but a new jade. It is probably This is the work that was carved over the past seven or eight years."
"Blood jade generally refers to jade with red veins in white jade. Natural blood jade is extremely rare in the market. It takes at least three to four hundred years to form. There is a technique in the counterfeiting market now, which is to turn jade into Put it in the body of a living cow or sheep, and let the jade absorb the fresh blood. After a few years, it will have an effect similar to that of blood jade, and it is not easy for ordinary people to distinguish. This is what your jade cicada is made of. This deceptive method still sounds a bit cruel."
When Li Mo said this, the woman's expression changed again and again, and the others also whispered and pointed.
"Professor Li, can I take a look?"
Boss Hu took a magnifying glass and picked up the piece of blood jade from the table. He looked at it carefully and then nodded and said, "The blood color is not distributed naturally and evenly, and it will not take too long to form."
"Thank you Professor Li, thank you Boss Hu."
The woman was a little disappointed and left with the jade cicada.
"Boss Hu, am I too direct?"
"Since she came to you, it's actually because she has doubts in her heart."
Li Mo shook his head slightly and looked at the other person.
"Professor Li, please help me look at this stick."
An old man in his sixties put a stick wrapped in magazine paper on the round table. He smiled naively and said, "I dug this out in the field. I wanted to come to the antique city today to find someone to see what it was. It happened to be right." I heard Professor Li was here, so I came directly."
Li Mo opened the wrapping paper, revealing a stick more than 40 centimeters long, with a surface covered with green rust. It was said to be a stick, but it actually had five sections. Each section was different in thickness. Li Mo touched it with his hand and found that there were obvious thread-like lines on the surface of the stick.
This stick looks like the main support rod of a certain type of bronze vessel.
He swiped the strange boy and I went. This bronze stick actually emitted a colorful halo. It was a bronze component from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
