No wonder Li Dun'er was so shocked. He knew that the Xuande Furnace was very exquisitely made and copper had to be refined six times. If it was not refined once, there would be less copper. After six times, less than half of the copper material would be left.

Emperor Xuande was rich and powerful, so he had a strong sense of quality. He immediately issued an order, not only did the refining times, but also burned twelve times and added precious metals such as gold and silver.

So the craftsman selected dozens of precious metals such as gold and silver. After more than ten careful castings with red copper, after tremendous efforts, the best copper incense burner was finally successfully made in three years of Xuande.

This batch of red copper cast a total of 3,000 incense burners, and has never been produced again.

When Emperor Xuande saw this group of incense burners he had personally inquired about, each of them was extremely atmospheric and full of treasure light, and felt a sense of accomplishment.

Most of these incense burners were placed in various places in the palace, and a small part of them were rewarded and distributed to royal relatives, famous ministers and various temples with large scale and high incense.

These Xuande furnaces are only known by their names but not in their shape. After hundreds of years of ups and downs, the copper incense burner that was truly cast in the third year of Xuande is extremely rare.

The Xuande Furnace of the Ming Dynasty was a treasure among the Ming Dynasty's handicrafts. The successful casting of the Xuande Furnace set a precedent for later copper furnaces. For a long period of history, the Xuande Furnace became the common name for copper incense burners.

Thinking of the above, Li Dun'er was so happy. He never expected that he would buy such a treasure for 10,000 yuan.

"Old suck, you have found a treasure this time. Tell me, the one who was blindly selling this thing to you." Li Dun'er became curious about this thing everywhere, and the experience of picking up bargains is often more attractive.

Hao Huai originally wanted to ask about the price, but when Li Dun'er asked about the passing, he pushed the chicken man to the front.

The little chicken man told the story, and Li Dun'er laughed endlessly, and Hao Huai also took the opportunity to take the incense burner in Li Dun'er's hand into his own hands. He was really afraid that he would break it.

"Hey, a woman who loses her husband, will she not be kind enough to find a bargain like this?" Li Dun'er was kind-hearted, which both Hao Huai and Xiao Chicken admitted. Although he was big and thick, he was indeed a kind heart.

"Brother Fat. I think you did nothing about underground work in the past few years. Why did you become so kind?" The chicken man started joking with Li Dun'er.

"Boy, I had no choice at that time. I was ignorant or not. Now I have changed my mind." Li Dun'er raised her hand and gave the little chicken a headache. Of course, his brother wouldn't take it seriously even if he played or made a fuss.

"The people in the antique business are just picking up bargains. Going low and going high. A kind-hearted person may only have the northwest wind." The chicken man lit a cigarette and said, "Besides, Teacher Zhang has nothing to do with pity. Her husband has basically sold all his collections in his lifetime for a year, and he didn't even leave a house. Such a woman, if you think about it, feel fucking angry."

Li Dun'er also felt that the little chicken man's words made him feel very reasonable.

Hao Huai didn't care about these things. In his heart, his career was above everything else, and what he was most concerned about at the moment was how much money could be spent on the Xuande Fu.

"Old Huai, do you want to take action on this Xuande furnace?" Li Dun'er had a special liking for the Xuande furnace, so he asked this question. If it were possible, he really didn't want Hao Huai to take action so early.

"Of course, otherwise how could we buy that yard."

Hao Huai's meaning was very clear. When he decided to get the Xuande Furnace, he had planned the next plan, bought the yard, and then got a batch of unknown antiques hidden by the pirate Liang in the yard.

"What a pity, what a pity." Li Dun'er kept shouting, but he knew Hao Huai's temper very well and knew that he could not pull back ten horses, so he didn't say anything more.

Hao Huai originally wanted to ask about the price, but for so long he actually knew that antiques were only sold, but the other reference prices were not very attractive to him.

"Bad brother, I heard that the 'Shufangzhai' next door often buys calligraphy, painting and porcelain, so why not let's go over and ask."

The little chicken man observed the store on the right side of the store for a long time, and had heard of the shop's owner Li Yuncong. He came out of the research institute in his thirties. In order to enjoy calligraphy and painting, Li Yuncong opened this "Shufangzhai", which specializes in calligraphy and painting business.

"I have also heard of that kid who specializes in porcelain research in his company before." Li Dun'er is half an expert in porcelain, so he has long heard of Li Yuncong.

After hearing what the two said, Hao Huai became interested. What he cared most was to take action to remove the Xuande Furnace as soon as possible and to transfer the property in the afternoon. This was a big deal. It was not only a treasure hunt, but also a family.

Hao Huai stood up and took Xuande Lunch and was about to go out. Li Dun'er didn't want to see the thing she liked was sold, so she stayed to watch the store with Xiaoqiang.

Hao Huai brought the little chicken man with him. His bargaining skills are good at it. When he is selling things, Hao Huai will feel more secure with him.

After leaving, the left hand position of the store was "Shufangzhai". Looking at the name, I felt that the literary atmosphere was full of literary style. The black plaque and white characters were even more amazing. It seemed that I had spent a lot of time on decorating it before.

The store is not big, but the decoration is very simple. Because it is mainly engaged in calligraphy and painting business, there is a long calligraphy case inside, which is somewhat similar to Hao Huai's previous calligraphy and painting appraisal team.

There was only a man in his thirties in the store. He was very gentle and scholarly, and he was studying a sketch of calligraphy and painting on the desk. It was useless to attract his attention after Hao Huai and his two people entered the door.

"Boss Li is very happy."

After Hao Huai entered the door, he was stunned for a while before speaking.

When Li Yuncong heard someone coming in, he put down the magnifying glass in his hand. When he looked up and saw Hao Huai, he showed a calm smile: "Boss Hao, why are you free to come to the door? Do it quickly."

Li Yuncong bypassed the book case, walked to Hao Huai with a cigarette, and gave him and the chicken man to the bronze spring and autumn chair in the store.

"Do you know me?" Hao Huai asked after taking the cigarette handed over by Li Yuncong.

"Who doesn't know about your boss Hao on this street. You have made the store very vividly in just two months. I don't know how many people envied you." Li Yuncong said halfway, and did not say that Hao Huai's methods of dealing with Zhen Xiaoren are afraid to underestimate him.

It turned out that since Hao Huai finished cleaning up Zhen Xiaoren, the shop owners who wanted to find an opportunity to teach Hao Huai a lesson were all depressed. Although Li Yuncong never thought of bullying the newcomer, he was also taboo about a ruthless character like Hao Huai. He didn't want to offend such a tough antique shop owner, so he treated Hao Huai as a guest of honor as soon as he entered the door.

"You're welcome, you're welcome."

Hao Huai was not particularly moved by the praise and ridicule of others. The antique industry insiders were not very tempted, and the hatred between his peers was very nude, so he did not care about Li Yuncong's words. However, judging from his every move, he was still obviously different from other antique businessmen. This was probably because he had worked in the museum before.

"Is this in Boss Hao's hands?"

Li Yuncong discovered the Xuande furnace in Hao Huai's hand. Although his eyes lit up, he still tried his best to remain calm. This was not to prepare for the price reduction, but to the literary integrity from the heart. He did not have the scheming and concise atmosphere of antique dealers, which can be seen from his conversation.

Hao smiled wickedly, reached out and placed the incense burner on the coffee table in front of Li Yuncong, and then said, "A incense burner, please help me see if it's right."

Li Yuncong had heard of Hao Huai's deeds for a long time. He thought that the other party must have looked very weird, but when he met, he didn't expect that he was a young man who was a teenager younger than him, and his style and conversation were very decent. He did not expect that.

"Boss Li, I asked you to look at the incense burner. Why are you staring at me all the time? Am I very strange?" Hao Huai asked with a smile.

"It's so rude, so rude. I'm just surprised that it's really amazing that you can gain a foothold in the antique industry at this age." Li Yuncong said his thoughts, then picked up the incense burner and carefully identified it.

"The style of this incense burner comes from the Ming Xuande furnace, made of gold and copper, and the furnace body is regular..."

Li Yuncong was born in a museum and has been doing porcelain research. He is proficient in porcelain, but he is not particularly good at other things. However, he has also studied Xuande Furnace, so after some identification, he already knows it.

"The Xuande Lunch with a wide open door, is the good boss here to collect goods, right?"

Trading goods is a term for trading among peers. Hao Huai had known this for a long time. After listening to Li Yuncong's words, he smiled and said, "It's a bit tight, Boss Li will give you a price."

"The stuff is good, but the price of Xuande furnace is actually very subtle."

Li Yuncong knew that although Xuande furnace was finely crafted and highly ornamental, the price was a bit special, and there was a certain reason for this.

Since the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, we know that during the Ming Dynasty, in order to make huge profits, antique merchants have never stopped imitating Xuande furnaces, and a large number of imitations have appeared on the market.

And just after the Xuande furnace stopped manufacturing, some officials in charge of "Casting" summoned the original furnace casting craftsmen and imitated them according to the drawings and process procedures of the Xuande furnace.

These carefully cast imitations are comparable to the authentic ones, and experts cannot distinguish them. To date, none of the many Xuande furnaces collected in major museums in China can be recognized by many appraisers as real Xuande furnaces.

The Xuande Furnace of Identification of True and False has become one of the "unforgotten cases" in Chinese archaeology.

The above reasons make the copper incense burner engraved with Xuande styles extremely cheap in the international art market, far less than the price of ancient Chinese bronzes of other shapes.

"Boss Li wants to lower the price?"
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