Chapter 519 is coming
For example, when it comes to jade, Chinese people’s choice of jade materials has always required warmth, delicacy, and elegance. From a visual point of view, people can’t even feel its hardness. However, Jade material is actually very hard among natural minerals.
Transparent and bright materials such as agate, crystal, jade, etc., in ancient times, were one or two grades lower than jade. It was not until modern times that jade emerged, but it was influenced by a minority woman and The influence of a woman with a Western education.
In fact, it is a product of non-Chinese mainstream aesthetics and the spread of western style to the east.
After that, it formed a new reputation in China and became valuable.
Including the color of jade, the ancients used six colors to match the six directions. The most advanced jade vessels for worshiping heaven and earth were made of Cang Bi and Huang Cong.
Later, yellow evolved into a royal color. In the modern auction market, the most sought-after white jade is not Hetian white jade, but topaz, with transaction prices reaching new highs.
The pale color was inherited by porcelain. It developed from celadon from various places to the secret color porcelain exclusive to the royal family, sky celadon porcelain, green porcelain, and then changed into blue and white porcelain. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that a big breakthrough occurred and it became rich. Colorful.
Therefore, antique shops have developed a conventional trend, that is, things that were once sought after in history are also highly sought after today.
Blue and white porcelain, which was hyped to the extreme in the next twenty years, is an example.
Chenghua’s chicken jar cups and Tianzi jars are also the result of this trend and hype.
Mr. Zhang is quite nice to Zhou Zhi. At the same time, it is of course impossible for someone with beautiful workmanship to explicitly stop Zhou Zhi from selling these items to his boss, but the implication behind his words is to remind Zhou Zhi that this set of accessories Small pieces, with a history of being admired and sought after by previous generations, have great room for appreciation.
Fortunately, Zhou Zhi is not short of money. Knowing that Yuan Kewen once coveted Gangyan Ermao, and after putting so much effort into making a pair, he immediately realized that he had seriously underestimated their value before. Correct it quickly.
Mr. Zhang asked: "I wonder if you can tell us, elbow, where you got this set of small jade articles?"
"There's nothing we can't say about this." Zhou Zhi said: "There are many Han tombs in Jiachuan, but except for the tombstone reliefs, most of the tombs have been robbed, and the tomb owners' burial objects have long been gone."
"But because of this, many Han Dynasty objects have been preserved among the people and villages in Jiachuan."
"The most amazing thing is that those Han tombs have not been recorded in the history books. Even before the Tang Dynasty, Jiachuan tombs were The history of Sichuan has only a few simple strokes, roughly The Han Dynasty established Fu County, and Tang Meng Tong Yelang, from the calculation of the route, Jiachuan is the only way to go."
"The historical records of celebrity deeds in Jiachuan area in the Sui Dynasty were among the tenth emperor of the Sui Dynasty. In the ninth year of the lunar calendar, Liu Zhen, the land god, practiced Taoism in Anle Mountain. The Taoist scriptures and bells were sealed in a stone chamber, and it was predicted that a holy king would take them sixty years later. ""Taiping Huanyu Ji" records that he became an immortal and flew away, and Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty sent an envoy to visit him. According to his deeds, he issued an edict to build Tengqingguan, Anganguanguan and Jing'anguan; in the fourth year of Emperor Xianqing's reign, (659), Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty sent envoys to collect scriptures and bells, and carved steles in the mountains. "
"There are three giant trees in Anle Mountain. It is said that the insect inscriptions on the leaves are like talismans and seals, which were left by Liu Zhen. A 'hint' to enlighten those who are destined in future generations."
"But upon closer inspection, Jiachuan was named 'Fu County' in the Han Dynasty. It is probably related to the legend of the 'Insect Talisman'. It is just that the location is quite barbaric, so we cannot record it carefully."
"To In the Tang Dynasty, the prodigy Xian Wang emerged , the first person in the imperial examination with documented historical evidence in Manzhou, can be regarded as the first person in our local history to enter the history books. "
"Jiachuan in the Song Dynasty was the connection between the Minjiang River Basin and the Jialing River on the Fourth Road of Chuanxia. important hub of the river basin, and later The important anti-Yuan town in Jiachuan was once prosperous, so there are many Song Dynasty tombs and cultural relics passed down from generation to generation in Jiachuan. "After the Yuan Dynasty, Jiachuan's development became ordinary, and accordingly, the exquisite cultural relics remained." It’s no longer rich.”< br>
“So what we are most likely to receive there are miscellaneous cultural items and porcelain from the Ming and Qing Dynasties; followed by porcelain from the Song Dynasty; and thirdly, the bronze ware coins, pottery tiles, Ming ware, and jade ware from the Han Dynasty.”
"It sounds like I was lucky to have this set of small items. I received them from an antique stall in Xianshi." Among the piles of Dushan jade, Xiu jade, Yazhou green stone, and Shoushan stone seal carvings, I guess they were randomly collected and mixed in."
"It costs five yuan each, and I spent a hundred yuan. Money, put that pile of zeros I bought all the pieces for him, but apart from these four pieces, the rest... they were just pieces, so I gave them to my step-brother to play with."
"Yes...I remembered it! times new dynasty when ten punches You also found the money in Jiachuan!"
"The discovery of that coin was purely a fluke. I went to a farmer's house and the aunt came to pick out a basket of "small coins" for me. ”
"We locals use copper coins to make shuttlecocks and keychain decorations. Our favorites are clear coins such as Qianlong Tongbao, which are thick, exquisite and complete in appearance."
"Song coins and Han coins are both good and bad. , due to the age and the humidity and heat in the place, apart from the dry keng skewers and some puddle products, there are very few that can be preserved in good condition.”
“Me. People there don't know much about coin collection, and they often don't pay much attention to these coins with deep rust. I picked out the five-baht-for-ten coin from a pile of Chongning Tongbao. Fortunately, it was my aunt's dustpan. There is a lot of money in Li Qing, so it won't be Lao Qian's turn to play, otherwise I'm afraid it will be ruined..."
"One hundred yuan is exchanged for four pieces of Han jade to ward off evil spirits, and you will make a fortune by missing out. " Mr. Zhang said with a smile.
“In addition to four small items, I also brought a lot of things with me this time. Look at those...”
Sure enough, as Zhou Zhi said, the remaining items are mainly Song Dynasty folk kiln celadon, Yuan egg white glaze, Ming blue and white, Qing Dynasty cultural miscellaneous items and series of colored porcelain.
For each item, Zhou Zhi wrote an appraisal piece of paper in small regular letters and glued it to the bottom, which saved Xugong and Mr. Zhang a lot of time.
Although a few pieces of Daoguang and Tongzhi porcelain are from official kilns, the rest are from urban folk kilns, but all of them are beautiful in shape, elegant in decoration, and in good condition. They are all high-quality among folk kilns.
These are actually some of the exquisite products from folk kilns that Zhou Zhi was reluctant to part with last time. When Zhou Zhi’s collection was not high enough, he was reluctant to part with them. Now that the collection is becoming more and more high-end, these small exquisite products are no longer available. need to continue to be retained.
Although Zhou Zhi's current income is very generous every month, his mentality of "playing to keep playing" has not changed much. Unless it is a major source of income, the general collection should be based on profit from flipping hands. .
This is not only fun, but also a long-term solution. Otherwise, it would be like "three generations of photography will be poor, and literature and entertainment will ruin a life."
He was extremely humble, but putting the things on the table made everyone feel excited.
Lao Chai, Lao Wang and Lao Li looked at each other and said they were lucky today and it was an eye-opener!
(End of this chapter)