Chapter 188 - Chapter 188: Chapter 155 How Can There Be Such a Monster as Lin Chuan? (Please Subscribe) (2/2)

Gao Qinglin leaned forward and saw a Douli Bowl wrapped in white silk inside the brocade box.

“This Douli Bowl?” Gao Qinglin was puzzled.

“You take a look first,” said Hu Shu as he pushed the brocade box towards Gao Qinglin with a smile.

With a look of confusion, Gao Qinglin picked up the Douli Bowl from the brocade box and began to examine it carefully.

Inside the Douli Bowl, a five-color flower and butterfly pattern was painted, with lush branches and clustered flowers, and butterflies flitting about; the outer wall was painted with alum-red depicting four fish—believed to be greenfish, whitefish, carp, and mandarin fish—each with clearly defined scales and a lively sense of movement, the pattern both vivid and exquisitely detailed.

After only a couple of glances, Gao Qinglin concluded, “The body is firm and delicate, the glaze is smooth and lustrous, and the painting is skillfully and elegantly executed. It’s a remarkably well-preserved Qing Kangxi Five-colored Fish and Algae Pattern Douli Bowl from the Kangxi Period of the Qing Dynasty.”

“At first, I thought the same,” Hu Shu said with a smile.

“Hm?”

Gao Qinglin, with firm conviction, said, “Mr. Hu, I’ve dealt with many ‘Qing Kangxi Five-colored Fish and Algae Pattern Douli Bowls,’ and this one is indeed superior merchandise; I’m not mistaken.”

Hu Shu pointed with his hand and said with a laugh, “Take a look at the bottom of the bowl.”

Gao Qinglin did as told and turned the Douli Bowl over, and his gaze fell upon the bottom. With one look, he was taken aback.

For there was clearly a forgery mark on the bottom.

“This…”

Gao Qinglin was somewhat stunned.

“This Douli Bowl’s market price is only tens of thousands, but in my eyes, it’s priceless. Do you know why?” Hu Shu asked, looking at Gao Qinglin.

Gao Qinglin seemed perplexed: “How can a counterfeit Douli Bowl be considered priceless?”

Hu Shu shook his head and said with a smile, “If you can feel the ‘years’ within it, you’ll understand it’s a technique that money can’t buy.”

Gao Qinglin has always regarded Hu Shu as the foremost authority on antiques.

Listening to Hu Shu’s unreserved praise for a Douli Bowl worth just tens of thousands, he felt it was incredible.

He couldn’t help but ask, “Who made the imitation of this Douli Bowl?”

“What do you think?” Hu Shu took another sip of tea and countered.

At first Gao Qinglin was puzzled, but then his pupils suddenly contracted as he uttered two words, “Lin Chuan!”

In the reception room, Hu Shu nodded slightly.

Indeed.

After that night when Zhang Yixing brought him the ‘Qing Kangxi Five-colored Fish and Algae Pattern Douli Bowl’ to appraise, he distinctly felt a sense of ‘the years’ emanating from that bowl.

At that moment, his heart was swept up by a tremendous wave.

Could a person’s techniques in antique forgery truly reach such a level!?