Chapter 18 An Antique Test by Hanging Thread

Chen Yu carefully examined the bronze vessel. He used his hand to pick up the rust, but he found that he couldn't move it at all.

Normally, regardless of whether it was a new rust made using physical or chemical methods, it would not be sturdy and would be easily peeled off.

Only copper rust formed naturally after a thousand years would grow firmly on it and be difficult to get rid of.

Chen Yu's brows furrowed even more tightly. That's impossible! It's only been a few tens of years since this bronze vessel made an appearance, how could it have such real rust?

Zhao Jiajun on the side proudly shouted, "What are you being stingy for? This thing is worth tens of millions of gold coins. Can you afford to break it? Even if you collect scrap whole life, you won't be able to exchange it for an inscription on it."

Chen Yu paid no attention to these people that were intoxicated by their success, and then he turned bronze vessel around and continued to ponder.

In ancient times, the art of bronze casting was mainly used. There were Lines on the body of the artifact. Sometimes, there were shim between them. In modern times, the method of turning the sand was used to make bronze, and the material was thick and rough. The method of lost wax process was used to make bronze, and there was no line.

Lines and Lines could not fit together seamlessly. There would always be a small gap. When the copper juice penetrated these gaps during the casting process, it would leave a mark on the surface of the artifact, which was very easy to be ignored.

As he thought about this, Chen Yu stretched out his hand to touch it, and he quickly noticed to his disappointment that he'd touched a mark on the inner side of the bronze vessel, and it was simply fake and real.

"Stop touching!" Zhao Jiajun became even more pleased. "How long do you want me and Song Yan to wait? Do not waste time. Tell me the answer!"

The shopkeeper looked at Chen Yu with eyes full of contempt. Not to mention a young man in his early twenties, even an experienced man like him had misjudged this bronze vessel for the first time.

"Be polite. I just watched for less than three minutes, if you can't wait any longer, this bet can be canceled." Chen Yu refuted.

"It's too late to refuse to bet now. Hurry up, admit defeat, and give the jade back to me. If you do that, I can help you retain some dignity and just kowtow to me to apologize in front of the Song Yan."

Zhao Jiajun was overbearing and overbearing. Only by trampling Chen Yu beneath his feet in front of Song Yan would he be able to display his ability and cause Song Yan to have a whole new understanding for him.

But Song Yan said discontentedly, "Can't you respect others? It's normal to need time to identify antiques."

After being rebuked, Zhao Jiajun felt a little embarrassed and secretly scolded Chen Yu. "What was there to respect?"

He forced a smile and said, "I'm just afraid that he will delay your precious time. If you're not in a hurry, please come with me to see other precious antiques in the store. I'm sure you'll learn a lot."

"No, I want to wait for Chen Yu's identification results." Song Yan refused coldly.

After being refused, Zhao Jun cursed endlessly in his heart and his hatred towards Chen Yu increased.

The message from Chen Yu's eyes told him that the bronze vessel was a fake. If he couldn't tell, it meant that the level of forgery was very high. Otherwise, with modern imitation techniques, it wouldn't be worth a hundred thousand yuan.

But where was the flaw of bronze vessel? The two most common identification methods had been used, but they had no effect. Chen Yu should find another way.

Suddenly, Chen Yu had an epiphany and muttered to himself:

"When the bronze vessel was appraised, except for explaining the general methods, Mr. Niu said there was a method of 'feeling the pulse', but the operation was too difficult, unless one was at the master level.

"Mr. Niu only mentioned it once. I was curious and went to the library to check the information about the method of 'feeling the pulse'!"

"What are you talking about? 'feeling the pulse'? Do you think you're a doctor? How ridiculous." Zhao Jiajun seized the opportunity to ridicule him.

He had come into contact with antiques since he was a child. He did not listen carefully in class and did not remember that Mr. Niu had mentioned the method of 'feeling the pulse'.

On the contrary, Chen Yu was particularly serious about learning because he didn't have a favorable condition, so he didn't miss any knowledge that the teacher told him.

"If I'm able to treat your illness, then I'll surely be the first to extract the mush from your brain. Perhaps that way, you'll be smarter!" Chen Yu replied with ridicule.

Song Yan's eyes lit up. She felt that Chen Yu would not talk nonsense. It was the first time that she had heard of using the method of pulse diagnosis to appraise antiques, so she was suddenly interested.

"Your brain is full of mush. I don't want to argue with you. Let's see how you feel the pulse and lose face!" Zhao Jiajun retorted angrily.

"Then open your eyes wide and take a good look!" Chen Yu gave tit for tat. He politely asked Mr. Gu for help. Find two long and flexible cotton threads about 30 centimeters.

Zhao Jiajun was short-sighted, but Mr. Gu had heard of the method of 'feeling the pulse'. He had a bad feeling that his boss might lose today.

However, Zhao Jiajun satirized Chen Yu with a despicable expression and didn't notice Mr. Gu's meaningful glances at all. He shook his head helplessly and picked up two cotton threads.

Chen Yu took the cotton thread and tested its flexibility. He exerted a bit of strength, but it didn't break. It should be no problem for it to withstand ten to twenty jin of weight.

He asked Zhao Jiajun and Song Yan to grab one end of the cotton thread, keeping the strength moderate and straight, and the two sides of the thread parallel.

Getting the two cotton threads to maintain a high level was the basic prerequisite for the method of 'feeling the pulse'. Otherwise, the later verification would not be accurate.

Zhao Jiajun didn't know what Chen Yu was up to and was extremely dissatisfied with being ordered, but he was very happy to cooperate with Song Yan.

He once again gave Chen Yu a disdainful look. "Trying to make a sensation. If you still can't distinguish it later, wait how I will make you lose face!"

Mr. Gu wasn't idle either. Chen Yu told him to open his arms under the cotton threads.

When the preparations were done, Chen Yu picked up bronze vessel and carefully placed the base on two cotton threads. "Hold on tight and don't let go."

"What are you going to do?" Bronze vessel's weight was completely pressed on the cotton threads. If he was not careful, it might fall and break. Zhao Jiajun scolded in an extremely bad mood, "You can't afford it even if you sell your blood and kidney!"

Song Yan frowned and showed great disdain for Zhao Jiajun's uncultured cursing!

"Don't worry. With my protection, it will not be hurt!" Chen Yu made a safe preparation, and only when bronze vessel stabilized himself at the two lines did he let go of his hand gently.

But he didn't dare to let go completely. He kept a distance of about one centimeter to avoid falling.

"What are you doing?" Song Yan asked in confusion.

Chen Yu signaled to bronze vessel to observe carefully and explained, "The casting of the bronzeware has been completed. After the clay is removed, the small metal pieces left may be melted into the artifact and cause tiny holes.

Particularly this bronze vessel, its shape was beautiful and complex. It was easy to blend the air, creating air bubbles and hollow spaces. The more complicated the shape, the more hollow spaces there were.

Modern technology was very advanced. Even if they tried their best to imitate it, they couldn't make it as the ancients. The most obvious sign was that it was less hollow spaces!

This meant that the quality of the goods was uneven. One side was light, while the other side was heavy. The two cotton threads were unable to maintain their standard. Only counterfeit goods would be able to maintain absolute stability.

"And this one is very stable without any deviation, so I conclude that it is counterfeit."

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