The Extraordinary Treasure Appraiser

With golden eyes that take in the passage of time, and two lifetimes behind him, Qin Fen laments the state of the world. He has crossed a thousand years to arrive in the present, bringing with him a rare talent for appraising treasures. Gold and stone, jade artifacts, ancient paintings and calligraphy, bronze and porcelain, Qin-era inscriptions and Han rubbings, Tang ceramics and Song literature: he carries on a millennium of Chinese civilization. In this age of prosperity, he is its eternal cornerstone.