Old Xiao at the side quickly picked up the magnifying glass and placed it on the shoulder of the jade seal. Four white-haired heads immediately came up.
"'The Great Wei received the national treasure from the Han Dynasty', well, that's right, it's official script, and it's the official script of the late Eastern Han Dynasty!" Second Master Xiao is a master of calligraphy, so he can naturally tell the font of those seven words at a glance, and he can directly tell what era the style is.
Although official script originated in Qin, it flourished in Han, especially in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, when it developed to its peak. Therefore, the official script in the late Eastern Han Dynasty had a distinct style, which was quite different from that of the Western Han Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty.
As one of the most famous calligraphers in China, Mr. Xiao naturally has a very clear understanding of the changes in official script. And considering his identity and status, since he said that the seven characters on the shoulder of the jade seal were written in official script at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this is almost the final answer.
Mr. Liu is proficient in jade and bronze, so he could tell what kind of jade was used for the seal. So he said, "The jade used for the seal is indeed the legendary top-grade Lantian jade. Although Lantian jade is almost unavailable now, I have seen two pieces of Lantian jade ornaments in the National Museum of China and the National Palace Museum in Taibei. I can conclude that the seal is made of Lantian jade."
Mr. Guo also nodded and said, "At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in the first year of Emperor Xian of Han's reign, Emperor Xian Liu Xie was forced to 'abdicate', and Cao Pi established the Wei Dynasty and changed the reign title to Huangchu. However, Cao Pi's usurpation of the throne was not legitimate, so in order to cover up the fact that he usurped the throne, his craftsmen carved the seven official script characters 'The Wei Dynasty Received the Han Dynasty' on the shoulder of the imperial seal, which was actually an attempt to cover up the truth. Judging from the seven characters carved on this jade seal, it is consistent with the situation recorded in history books."
Four white-haired old men, whose combined age is almost 300 years old, gathered together, with the jade seal held in the middle by Master Liu. The scene was a bit funny.
However, the four masters all had solemn expressions and their words were full of seriousness.
Mr. Liu said: "From the perspective of shape, materials and font, this jade seal is almost the same as the imperial seal recorded in history books. Moreover, when I look at this jade seal, it gives people a sense of solemnity and elegance. The most important thing is that the carving technique of this jade seal is obviously the carving technique of the Qin Dynasty. Although the Han Dynasty's eight-knife carving technique was developed from the carving technique of the Qin Dynasty and inherited the rough and generous style of the Qin Dynasty carving, the gap between the two is still quite obvious. Therefore, I think this jade seal is very likely from the Qin Dynasty!"
Although Mr. Liu did not explicitly say that this was the imperial seal ordered by Li Si, who would dare to risk losing their head to carve such an imperial seal in the Qin Dynasty? Moreover, ordinary counterfeiters could not get such top-grade Lantian jade. So Mr. Liu's words almost meant that he believed that this imperial seal was the imperial seal.
Mr. Guo also nodded, but he did not express his opinion. However, he obviously agreed with what Mr. Liu said.
However, Cai Yi retorted: "Old Liu, Old Guo, we can't draw conclusions on this matter so early. You know, after the disappearance of the imperial seal at the end of the Tang Dynasty, many emperors in later generations have forged many imperial seals. After all, they were forged by the royal family themselves, so maybe they can make an indistinguishable imperial seal from the real thing? Therefore, I think it's better to conduct a carbon-14 test before drawing conclusions."
"Carbon-14? Are you kidding! This is the imperial seal, who dares to take a sample from it?" Mr. Guo threw out this sentence, and the four people suddenly fell silent.
Carbon 14 identification is a very scientific identification method, but at the same time, in order to conduct carbon 14 identification, samples must be taken from the item to be identified. If it were other items, it might be easy to say, but this is the imperial seal, who would dare to take a sample from it? Even if it is just a tiny bit, who would dare to do such a thing?
They dared to take samples from any other precious treasure for carbon-14 identification, but to be honest, not even the four of them dared to touch the imperial seal.
The significance of the Imperial Seal is so great! Apart from the legendary Nine Cauldrons of Dayu, there is nothing more important than this Imperial Seal in the entire 5,000-year history of China!
The Imperial Seal is not just a national treasure, the significance it represents is simply immeasurable! Therefore, no one dared to take action on it.
Mr. Xiao was silent for a while, then suddenly turned around and asked Yang Jing: "Xiao Jing, have you cleaned this jade seal? Also, where did you find this jade seal?"
Hearing the question from Second Master Xiao, Yang Jing let out a long sigh and said with a smile: "Four Masters, I thought you had forgotten me!"
Grandmaster Liu gently put down the jade seal and said seriously: "Stop talking nonsense, quickly tell me everything about this jade seal, don't leave anything out!"
Seeing the seriousness of the master's words, Yang Jing shrank his head, put away his playful mood, and seriously began to narrate the whole process of discovering the jade seal.
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