Chapter 0711 – Old and Firm

“Uncle Te, congratulations on getting another big fat grandson! Oh, Mr. Meng, I haven’t been able to find you during the ribbon cutting just now! You see how this is done.”

After coming to the bronze exhibition hall, Zhuang Rui saw in a wall next to the display cabinet, surrounded by a circle of people, squeezed in to see, Professor Meng is pointing to the collection inside with Uncle De in the review.

June’s graduate school interview, Zhuang Rui has passed, that is to say, in September, he is a student of Beijing University.

The museum opened, Zhuang Rui also notified Professor Meng, but today came too many people, Professor Meng has been to let his brother-in-law Zhao Guodong to help greet, in the ribbon-cutting, Zhuang Rui is indeed thinking of their own mentor, but asked Zhao Guodong, but that would not know where Professor Meng ran?

“I’m a bad old man on the stage, small Zhuang ah! You this museum, can be really not simple ah, Beijing city’s major museums, may be in addition to the Palace Museum and the Capital Museum, and then there is not a museum collection can be compared with you.”

Professor Meng is a very pure scholars, in addition to doing research and examination, rarely participate in social activities, CCTV that hundred forums invited him several times, were Professor Meng to excuse himself, just now when the ribbon cutting, but also he deliberately avoided.

“Mr. Meng, I’m still young, you praise me like this, but the student can’t afford it.”

And Professor Meng also know almost a year’s time, Zhuang Rui know this in the mouth of Uncle De temper a little strange teacher, in fact, is a person of nature, see your eyes, how to joke won’t be angry, if you don’t see your eyes, even words won’t be more than one sentence.

“Don’t be meatheads, you two.”

Uncle De and Zhuang Rui’s relationship, naturally there is no need to say more, as soon as he pulled over Zhuang Rui, pointing to that collection in the display cabinet, said, “OK, brat, come over and say, how did you get this object?”

After Zhuang Rui heard Uncle De’s words, he took a look at the glass display cabinet that clung to the wall, and immediately smiled, it turned out to be the bronze mirror that he had gotten from the treasury of that antique store in Paris.

According to this thing should be placed in the miscellaneous museum, but the miscellaneous museum objects are too few, temporarily displayed in the bronze exhibition hall.

Zhuang Rui in order to highlight the bronze mirror unusual place, deliberately on the display cabinet was transformed, bronze mirror is side to side to the outside, and in the display cabinet, there is a beam of red light, at an angle of forty-five degrees irradiated in the mirror.

In this way, on the white wall of the inner test, it reflects the image of a Bodhisattva sitting on the lotus seat, head pulling high sideburns of Guanyin Bodhisattva’s clothes fluttering, holding a vase, eyes slightly closed, face kind, a look of sadness and compassion for people’s compassionate appearance.

This bodhisattva reflective pattern although clear, but relatively light, do not stop in front of a careful look at the words, it is difficult to observe, this day came a few hundred guests, actually no one can see, but was Uncle Te and Professor Meng two people to find out.

The origin of this bronze mirror, Zhuang Rui until now have not been able to test out, can only be based on the color of the aura and the strength of the aura, give the Sui and Tang Dynasty judgment, because that era of Buddhism is prevalent, and exceptionally wealthy, I’m afraid that only then the monks, will be able to think of making such a fine Buddhist artifacts.

“Uncle De, Mr. Meng, this object was obtained by me in Paris, and those Picasso works, received from the same person.”

On this matter, Zhuang Rui heart has always been proud of, in the domestic Taobao pick up leaks, that is still earning their own people’s cheap, and to the foreign back to the treasure, anyone who wants to cross their thumbs, say a “cow” word.

“Mr. Zhuang, you say is true? How do I feel like listening to a story ah?”

“Nonsense, of course it’s true, don’t you see the things are displayed here!”

“Are there really so many treasures abroad? I’ll go out tomorrow.”

“There are fewer good objects abroad now, unless you go to some people’s homes, it’s not as simple as you think.”

After hearing Zhuang Rui’s words, the crowd suddenly excited, they are not aware of, most of the things abroad, are made in China, want to Taobao pick up, its difficulty is not necessarily smaller than at home.

“Gentlemen, friends, I am also lucky, began to see things in that art store, all are imitations, and then went to the treasury to get this bronze mirror and Picasso’s sketches, according to me, Taobao in foreign countries, may not be easier than at home.”

Zhuang Rui see the crowd are holding back want to go abroad to find the treasure, hastened to speak out to persuade a bit, foreign objects were robbed although more, but most of them have been collected.

Have to go abroad that work, might as well find it in the folk, after all, China’s heritage of thousands of years, the underground has been dug out of the good stuff is a lot of it!

Of course, Zhuang Rui these words, whether others can listen to it, then who does not know, that is to say, the country loves to follow the trend, it is unlikely that there will be a few red-eyed people, to go abroad to show their own treasure identification technology to go.

“Uncle De, this thing you give your eyes! I can only tell that it’s an object from the Sui and Tang dynasties, but I can’t figure out its specific origin.”

After Zhuang Rui returned to China, he had searched for many bronze cataloging books to see if this bronze mirror had left a legacy, but to his disappointment, there was not a single identical or similar thing in history.

“Take it out and take a look!”

Uncle De was also curious about this bronze mirror, but through the glass, he couldn’t get his hands on it to observe it, so he couldn’t speculate on it, could he?

Zhuang Rui nodded, took out his cell phone and made a call to the museum’s security director, Yang Jian, and at the same time notified Huangfu Yun that according to the museum’s security regulations, every display case that wants to be opened must first be signed by three people first.

In addition, also need three people each hold a key, can open these cabinets at the same time, only to install this security system, spent more than two million yuan Zhuang Rui, this is also the most stay in foreign countries of the anti-theft setup, want to open these cabinets, must be three people all together to be able to.

“Mr. Zhuang, Huangfu curator, the two of you sign it first!”

Yang Jian came a little later, once he arrived at the place, he let the security guards who followed him, around the place centered on Zhuang Rui, drew a radius of about three meters, separating all those collectors and experts.

Yang Jian’s hand took a sheet, waiting for Zhuang Rui and Huangfu Yun respectively signed on it, marked the number of the exhibition cabinet to be opened, and only then took out the key belonging to himself, and inserted it into one of the lock holes at the bottom of the exhibition cabinet.

This kind of key is a special magnetic key, according to different magnetic strength, to open the exhibition cabinet, when the three people all inserted the key after, that special bulletproof glass, slowly rose upwards.

“Uncle Te, look!”

Zhuang Rui reached out and took that mirror down, while the projection of Guanyin Bodhisattva on the white wall, instantly disappeared, which made some people who suspected Zhuang Rui’s showmanship in their hearts, completely believe in the magic of this bronze mirror.

Some boasts of miscellaneous bronze research people, look to the bronze mirror, eyes are through the eager look, can not wait to play with this bronze mirror is their own.

In Zhuang Rui took out the bronze mirror, uncle De put on a pair of white gloves, took over the bronze mirror and the magnifying glass handed over by others, carefully observed.

After looking at it for about three to four minutes, Uncle De’s brow wrinkled slightly, and he actually took off his gloves and gently rubbed his index finger on the mirror surface with a thoughtful expression on his face.

“Xiao Rui, the decoration behind this bronze mirror, although it is not too clear to see, can barely recognize a little outline, but it should be the Buddhist flying sky figure, and it is the Central Plains style flying sky, that is to say, the era you judged basically matches.”

Uncle Te said the flying sky figure, originated in Dunhuang, but in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Dunhuang flying sky is deeply influenced by India and Western flying sky, largely Western-style flying sky, more Western cultural colors.

And the Central Plains-style flying figure, is in the Western Wei to the Sui Dynasty flourished, the form of more than Buddhist celestial and Taoist feather man, the reason why the uncle made this judgment, because in the back of the bronze mirror, can barely be found in a Taoist crown.

Uncle Te paused for a moment, then said: “As for this copper mirror has the effect of insinuation, according to my observation, should be and this copper mirror grinding when the grain, have a great relationship, it is through these with the naked eye is difficult to see the subtle lines, outlined this bodhisattva modeling of the …… As for the specific to which age , I think, it should be the Sui Dynasty, because the Sui Dynasty Guanyin seated mostly, most of the dignified and kindly appearance, the overall vivid and smooth, the dress flying and flowing, and the insinuated pattern is extremely consistent.”

“Uncle De, or your old man is great, this Guanyin’s insinuation effect, indeed, as you said, is caused by the mirror pattern, but for its broken generation, I have not dared to jump to conclusions, got to, turn back to be able to add the age to the labeling plate.”

Uncle De’s words just fell, Zhuang Rui crossed his thumbs, he was really convinced, because with an ordinary magnifying glass, it was simply impossible to discover the grain lines on the surface of this bronze mirror, while Uncle De simply felt it with his fingers, and accurately made a judgment.

And Zhuang Rui must use the aura in the eyes, in order to see the clues compared to uncle De undoubtedly a lot of clever, although the age of these two years has not much to appraise the object, but still old and strong, the knowledge in the stomach, is still enough to Zhuang Rui learn on a few years.

Through the uncle’s explanation, Zhuang Rui also learned one more trick, he had not been paying attention to shadow out of the Guanyin pattern, is the most common modeling of the Sui Dynasty, actually can be through this to break the generation? It seems that this identification of objects, every nuance, can not be neglected.

“Alright, everyone go to the door and concentrate! After we come back from dinner, there will be an academic exchange in the afternoon!”

After putting the bronze mirror back into the display cabinet, Zhuang Rui asked Yang Jian to lead the security guards to start clearing the area.

Technically speaking, the museum was only officially opened in the afternoon, and there would be several travel agencies that would organize some tourists to come and visit.