As soon as Old Xu opened his mouth, Gu Mei understood. It seemed that the middle-aged man who came this time was not here to sell things, but to verify the authenticity of something.

  But if you want to go for appraisal, why didn't you look for a specialized appraisal institution instead of following Old Xu here?

  "Mr. Wu, what's going on..." Qin Sheng looked clearly at the person who came and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

  Gu Mei looked at Qin Sheng with a glance, and it turned out that this person was still someone Qin Sheng knew.

  At this time, Han Lu, who was standing beside Gu Mian, gently pulled her sleeve.

  "What's wrong?" Gu Mian turned her head and asked Han Lu.

  Han Lu lowered her voice and said to Gu Mian: "I've seen that Mr. Wu before, it's really strange, why would he come to Qin Sheng to ask about the authenticity of his own things?"

  "There's something strange about it, he and Qin Sheng are familiar with each other, if there's something in his hand, it's normal to take a look!" Gu Mian replied.

  "If it were someone else, there wouldn't be anything strange about it, but this Mr. Wu is different. He's notorious for collecting things and his eye for them is also publicly acknowledged as good; many people who want to buy antiques will have him take a look first." Han Lu made a curious sound, her eyes fixed on the wrapped-up peony vase in Mr. Wu's arms.

  Old Xu leaned into Qin Sheng's ear and whispered a few words quickly.

  Qin Sheng slightly furrowed his brow: "Master Chen didn't feel well and left early today, probably won't be able to come for a while."

  "Never mind, I'll just go ask somewhere else then." Mr. Wu looked anxious and, upon hearing that Gu Hongzhai couldn't help him here, lifted his foot to leave.

  "Wait a minute." Qin Sheng called out to stop Mr. Wu.

  Gu Xiang's heart skipped a beat as she vaguely guessed what Qin Sheng was going to say next.

  Mr. Wu stopped in his tracks upon hearing Qin Sheng's words and turned around with a puzzled expression.

  Qin Sheng took two steps forward and said to Mr. Wu, "Although Master Chen has left, we still have a professional appraiser here. If you trust him, you can try."

  After finishing speaking, Qin Sheng turned his head towards Gu Mian.

  Gu Meng rolled her eyes slightly, Qin Sheng had already spoken up and it seemed that Mr. Wu was also acquainted with him, she couldn't refuse anymore, so she could only nod slightly to agree to this matter.

  "Who's coming to appraise?" Mr. Wu asked as soon as he heard that someone could help.

  At this moment, he was extremely anxious and very much wanted to know whether his wrapped peony vase was genuine or fake.

  Qin Sheng pointed to Gu Mei and said, "Miss Gu works in a specialized appraisal department and has a good understanding of ceramic identification. I believe she will be able to help Mr. Wu."

  Mr. Wu looked at Gu Mian according to Qin Sheng's indication. When he saw that the other party was just a young girl, he was slightly disappointed, but after thinking about it, Qin Sheng had always been cautious in doing things. And rarely would praise someone so much, compared to Miss Gu, she must have something extraordinary.

  Mr. Wu looked at the wrapped peony bottle in his arms and finally nodded: "Then trouble Miss Gu."

  As a result, Gu Mei and others who had just come down from the second floor went back upstairs.

  After going upstairs, Mr. Wu carefully placed the wrapped branch peony vase on the table and said to Gu Xiang: "This wrapped branch peony vase is actually not mine, but a friend's. At that time, my friend was in urgent need of money, so he pawned this wrapped branch peony vase for cash and said that if he didn't come back to redeem it after his financial difficulties were over, the vase would be mine."

  Gu Xiang nodded after listening, this kind of thing where people use antiques as collateral is not uncommon. Many people, due to financial difficulties, will use valuable antiques in their possession as collateral to repay various debts.

  When encountering such a situation, the creditor must be vigilant, otherwise, when the time comes, they will be taken advantage of by people using fake things as collateral, which is not worth it.

  The peony bottle in front of me is a bit large, about 60cm high. From the first impression of the exterior, the layout of the twisted branch peony on the body of the bottle is full and harmonious. It looks elegant and can be considered a fine piece among Qinghua porcelain. If this twisted branch peony bottle were genuine, its price would be at least 500,000 to 600,000 yuan.

  If this thing is fake, Mr. Wu's loss will be quite significant, no wonder he's so anxious.

  "Miss Gu, would you take a look at this wrapped stem peony bottle and see if there's anything wrong with it?" Mr. Wu stepped aside, making room for Gu He.

  Gu Xiang's heart moved, she could understand Mr. Wu's anxiety, so she didn't delay, and while taking out the magnifying glass, she also stretched out her left hand and gently stroked the body of the wrapped branch peony vase.

  As soon as her left hand touched the body of the wrapped branch peony bottle, Gu Ming couldn't help but let out a sigh in her heart. This wrapped branch peony bottle didn't bring any warmth at all, undoubtedly fake.

  Although she already knew that this twisted branch peony bottle was fake, Gu Xiang didn't immediately speak up to explain, but instead carefully examined it.

  That time in Jingdezhen, she had also seen a lot of real and fake blue and white porcelain, and knew some ways to distinguish between them.

  She first used her left hand to carefully feel the wrapped branch peony bottle from top to bottom, and found that this wrapped branch peony bottle was like some porcelain she had appraised before, with a real base but a fake body.

  She gently tapped the wrapped branch peony bottle, and a crisp "ding" sound immediately came to her ears. She listened carefully with her ear tilted, then tapped a few more times, and stopped the movement of her hand, carefully observing the blue flowers on the body of the bottle.

  The intertwined peony is painted with a strong sense of charm, and the craftsmanship of the blue-and-white porcelain artisans can be seen as quite good. From the shape of the vase, the content of the painting, and the technical skills, this intertwined peony vase should date back to the late Yuan or early Ming dynasty.

  In the Ming dynasty, the cobalt material used for Qinghua was different at different times. In the early Ming Hongwu period, the cobalt material mainly used was domestically produced with varying degrees of purity after washing, but also included imported materials left over from the Yuan dynasty.

  Roughly speaking, there are three types. The first is a bright and refreshing pale blue with stable color tone, no dispersion, and the dense decoration can also show the hierarchy of Qinghua. The second is that the Qinghua color is light and shallow, with little dispersion, and often has obvious small dark spots scattered irregularly in the decoration, like stars all over the sky. The third is that the Qinghua color is grayish, with a glaze surface bearing a grayish milk color.

  Due to the higher manganese impurities in cobalt-containing glazes, there are often larger patches of dark blue-black color that penetrate into the body, with a tactile bumpy feeling.

  The peony bottle in front of you can be seen as the first kind of fresh and bright light blue, with a strong sense of celadon hierarchy, and the celadon is not scattered, looking very neat.

  However, after Gu Man's careful observation, she found a tiny difference on top of a peony, which was extremely subtle and could not be seen if one did not look carefully.

  "Mr. Wu, how did you come to acquire this wrapped stem peony vase, and why do you think there's a problem with it?" asked Gu Xiang, carefully observing and comparing while questioning Mr. Wu.

  Mr. Wu stared intently at Gu Mei's movements and replied, "At first, I really didn't think there was anything wrong with this wrapped peony bottle. If I had thought it was problematic, I wouldn't have collected it. I've always liked antiques, especially ceramics. When I'm free, I like to take them out and examine them carefully. The more I looked at it, the more I felt that something was off about this wrapped peony bottle. And that friend who borrowed money from me seemed to have vanished into thin air..."

  "I happened to go find Mr. Wu today, and I saw Mr. Wu bringing out the wrapped-up peony vase to show people, but this Mr. Wu is also somewhat famous in this circle, if people knew he spent a lot of money to buy back a problematic one, that wouldn't be good. It's not about being afraid of ten thousand, it's about being afraid of that one time, so I brought it back for him, who would have thought that Old Master Chen would be uncomfortable today." Old Xu frowned tightly, with some urgency in his tone.

  Qin Sheng saw that Gu Ming had doubts in his eyes, so he took the initiative to speak: "Old Xu and Mr. Wu are still relatives after all, and their relationship has always been good."

  Gu Mei nodded, put away the magnifying glass, straightened up and looked at Mr. Wu: "Mr. Wu, in my judgment, this wrapped branch peony bottle is a high imitation."

  Mr. Wu had already been prepared in his heart, but when he heard Gu Mian say it so affirmatively, he still couldn't bear it, his face suddenly turned pale, and his body also swayed uncontrollably.

  If it weren't for Old Xu lending a hand to support him, Wu Xiansheng might have fallen to the ground.

  Gu Mei waited until Mr. Wu was steady, then continued to say: "I would say this for several reasons. Firstly, Qinghua porcelain has always been famous for its sound like a chime. Listen carefully to the sound when it is struck, and you will find that it seems to agree with this point, but there are some differences."

  After finishing speaking, Gu Meng stretched out her finger and knocked on the bottle body again.

  Ding...

  Mr. Wu puckered his lips and listened carefully, seemingly unable to detect any difference.

  Qin Sheng listened for a moment, seemingly enlightened, turned around and took out a smaller blue-and-white porcelain vase from the place where he kept his collection of blue-and-white porcelain, and gently tapped the body of the vase in imitation of Gu Ming's action.

  Ding...

  Another sound.

  This time Mr. Wu suddenly widened his eyes and stared tightly at the tangled peony vase beside Gu Mei.

  "It seems that Mr. Wu also discovered that this wrapped branch peony bottle sounds crisp, but the actual sound emitted is slightly inferior. When listening alone, there isn't much feeling, but once compared and listened carefully, the difference can be detected. The sound emitted by a genuine Qinghua porcelain bottle is not completely the same as this one." Gu Xiang paused for a moment, then continued: "I suppose when your friend came to find you at that time, he was in a hurry, and you didn't consider it for long before agreeing, right?"

  "Yes." Mr. Wu nodded blankly: "My friend and I are quite close, he has an urgent matter and I couldn't not help..."

  "There's another thing, the reason you think this peony bottle looks more and more off is actually because of its color. Don't you often wipe it with a white cloth?" Gu Xiang asked again.

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