The host looked at the ten contestants in front of him and felt a little nervous. After all, the people in front of him were all powerful treasure appraisers.
He coughed solemnly, suppressed his nervousness, and then stated the points system rules that had been in his mind for a long time.
"First, two treasures will be introduced in each round. You can choose between easy and difficult to decide which one to look at. The difficult one has more points, and you get two points for each correct answer. The easy one gets one point for each correct answer, but the difficulty is also much higher than the easy one.
But don't worry, there will be no deduction for wrong answers, only correct answers will be recorded. The scoring items include the name, year, and author. If it is a fake, the corresponding defects will also be written down. "
After hearing what he said, all ten people nodded slightly to show that they understood.
However, the host did not say how many defects there were, which means that the number of defects on each counterfeit is not the same. If you want to get more points, of course you have to answer more correctly.
Seeing everyone nodding, the host also nodded, and then shouted to everyone: "Now, the competition officially begins!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the staff pushed out two carts from another room, each with a bulletproof glass cabinet covered with red cloth.
The cabinets are of different sizes, one is half a meter wide and nearly one meter high, while the other is smaller, about the size of a desktop computer.
Two cabinets were placed in front of them, and the host asked them to choose between easy and difficult difficulty. The taller cabinet was easy, and the smaller cabinet was difficult.
Those who had no confidence in their own abilities, or those who had managed to get through by luck because of Lin Han, basically chose the simple option. There were four of them.
But there are also people who are not afraid of death and choose difficulties. After all, as the old saying goes, fortune and honor are sought in danger. Who knows, maybe you will come across something you understand!
And Lin Han, Leng Yue, Du Rongsheng and other confident people of course chose the difficult one without hesitation.
The score of the difficult question is equal to the score of the two simple questions. As long as you answer a few of them correctly, you will definitely be ahead of the easy ones.
"Okay! Lift up the red cloth!"
After the host finished speaking, the staff pulled off the silky red cloth, revealing the true appearance of the contents in the glass cabinet.
On the simple side was a huge floor-standing blue-and-white porcelain vase, on which the blue patterns formed a dragon and a phoenix, circling one above and the other below, bringing good luck.
What Lin Han had on his side was a bronze object of superb craftsmanship.
Because of its peculiar appearance, everyone could tell at a glance that it was the most complex and exquisite bronze vessel from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period - the Zun Pan.
The first one was unearthed from the tomb of Zenghou Yi, so it is called Zenghou Yi Zun Pan. It is already a national treasure and a priceless treasure.
The tombs unearthed later had different names because the people in the tombs were different.
However, the shape and material are the same, only the words engraved on the bottom of the plate are different.
The body of the zun plate is cast in a ceramic mold, and the accessories of the belly and foot ring are cast separately, and then welded together with the body of the zun with lead-tin alloy.
The zun and plate are 33.1 cm high, 25 cm in diameter, and weigh about 9 kg; the plate is 24 cm high, 57.6 cm in diameter, and weighs about 19.2 kg. The whole set of utensils is 42 cm high, 58 cm in diameter, and weighs about 30 kg.
The decoration on the plate is intricate. The bronze zun is made of 34 parts, connected together through 56 casting and welding points. The body of the zun is decorated with 28 coiled dragons and 32 coiled snakes.
Although it looks strange, it is truly a masterpiece of nature and is breathtaking!
"Is it something so heavy right at the start?"
"It's difficult. This thing is so complicated, and the inscriptions on the bottom of the plate seem to be overly worn. It's hard to tell where it was unearthed."
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After seeing the Zun Pan, everyone around had a headache, because the densely packed, identical coiled dragons were shocking and made people feel trypophobic.
It's like a bunch of needles placed together. You can't separate them and can only count them one by one. But if you just close your eyes, you can't remember which one you counted. It's really a test of your eyesight.
Of course, it wasn't just the laymen who had a headache seeing this. The five people around Lin Han also looked unhappy.
The same is true for Lin Han.
The Eye of True Vision can tell what is true and what is false. If it is true, then that's good, but if it is false, then he can only figure out by himself what is false about it.
And this thing is fake!
But fortunately he got the name and era.
This is a later counterfeit of the Taigong Zunpan, which was imitated from the early Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It has the name and age, and is at least 6 points, but he doesn't think other people can't tell the age and authenticity of this thing.
As for the name, it may be wrong, after all, the inscription on the bottom of the plate is severely worn. However, there are not many famous zun plates. If others make counterfeits, they will definitely make famous counterfeits. No one will buy those that are not famous.
So there is a high probability of guessing correctly.
"Please give us five minutes to tell us the name of the cultural relic, its age, whether it is authentic, and if you know it is fake, please state that clearly."
After the host finished speaking, he shut his mouth and waited for their good news. The people around him also quieted down and stared at them intently.
At this time, there was no one to disrupt the situation like in the previous elimination rounds. A true treasure appraiser has absolute confidence and opinions in his own judgment and is unlikely to be influenced by the words of others.
Besides, instead of wasting time on distinguishing people's hearts, it would be better to use this time to earn more points.
So Du Rongsheng didn't come to harass Lin Han this time.
When the five minutes were up, everyone quickly wrote down their inner answer and name on their own paper without letting anyone else see.
After the host collected everyone's notes, he asked someone to bring up new boards. There were several covered magnetic plates on the two boards. It was obvious that the answers to the two antiques were underneath, which were used to divide the answers!
The host began to read out the name and the answer on each piece of paper one by one.
"The first one, Leng Yue, her answer is Taigong Zun Pan, from the Spring and Autumn Period and the early Warring States Period, a fake, the flaw is that the curvature of the eleventh dragon from the left is different from the others, and the welder on the belly of the thirteenth dragon is not good."
"Fuck, are her eyes like microscopes? She can see such details in just five minutes?"
"I don't know if it's true yet, so don't be too sure. Maybe I'm wrong."
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People around had mixed opinions about Leng Yue, but everyone in Donggang understood that Leng Yue's ability was definitely among the top treasure appraisers. It was amazing that he could spot two problems in such a delicate plate in just five minutes!
Those eliminated treasure appraisers were all full of admiration and marveled at it.
"The second one, Du Rongsheng, his answer is Taigong Zun Pan, Spring and Autumn Period and early Warring States Period, a fake, the flaws are the carving of the ninth dragon from the left is not good, and the welding of the belly of the thirteenth dragon is not good."