Divine Lucky Star

Chapter 377: Chapter 376: The Shop’s Treasure Chapter 377: Chapter 376: The Shop’s Treasure At that moment, Wang Hao and Principal Zheng exchanged a glance and started to listen attentively.

In fact, Wang Hao had long known the teapot set was a fake, but the reasons behind his conclusion were quite different from Master Liu’s, hence he was very curious about his remarks.

“What? You’re saying this teapot set is actually a fake?!” Just then, the young apprentice came in, carrying tea, and became anxious upon hearing Master Liu’s declaration of the teapot set being a fake, “This is a set of pots my master recently acquired, made by Ming Dynasty’s Liang Xiaoyu, Master Liang. How could it possibly be fake?”

“Liang Xiaoyu was a Purple Sand Pot artisan and ceramic artist in the Ming Dynasty,” Master Liu held the teapot in his hand and spoke slowly, “He lived during the Ming dynasty between Wanli and Chongzhen emperors. A native of Zhenan in Zhonghang, he could compose poetry and play the zither. He built the Putuo Sanxiu Temple and specially created teapots in Yixing as sacrificial vessels. His sand pots broke free from common molds and he could compose inscriptions for them. Cai Hanqiong mentions in ‘Conversations by the Mou Xuan’ that Liang Xiaoyu’s white clay teapots are as hard as jade and unmatched in their craftsmanship. You see, his pots are praised for not conforming to the vulgar and bearing his own inscriptions. Now, let us take another look at this Purple Sand Pot set. Both in form and detail, they give off a very mediocre impression, which has absolutely nothing to do with the four words ‘unmatched in craftsmanship’. Specifically, the three characters inscribed on the bottom inside the pot are particularly rough, and most importantly, the script is not even the clerical script that he favored most. So it can be confirmed beyond doubt that this pot is a counterfeit, and later crafted using high-end forgery techniques to fake its age. What a pity, if it were someone else, they might easily be deceived, but alas, they’ve encountered me, sigh, it seems your boss has been duped pretty badly this time!” He shook his head and wagged his chin as he spoke, and if he had a beard, he would have looked just like an otherworldly master.

“Indeed worthy of the title Master, such discerning insight, amazing indeed!” Second Uncle exclaimed excitedly, “Fortunately, you’re here; otherwise, we really couldn’t have spotted it!”

“My heavens!” the apprentice cried out, “I thought we had stumbled upon a great find, but who would have thought we’d actually have made an oversight, ah, such a shame, such a shame!”

Wang Hao thought to himself, “Such a shame my ass, if your boss is only this capable, he’s surely done for!”

Of course, today I’m just here to watch the excitement; I’ll just see if I keep quiet!