Chapter 643 Flying
From the appearance of this bed, it looks like a canopy bed placed on a closed wooden platform called "Horizon". The platform extends two or three feet from the front edge of the bed. , the four corners of the platform are upright, set with wooden fences, and windows are installed on both sides to form a corridor in front of the bed.
When people step into the corridor, it is like stepping into a room. There is a footrest in the middle of the corridor, and a table and a stool on both sides.
The function of the canopy bed is to hang the tents. In order to make the room spacious and bright, shorter bed rails are installed on the left and right sides and behind it.
There are ten columns around the bed. The large and small railings around the bed are all surrounded by crabapple flowers. The hanging flower teeth also have begonia flowers. The style is unified, ethereal and elegant, and the decorative effect is excellent.
There are steps outside the bed, and floating eaves, steps and flower panels are installed on the steps to form an "outer building".
There is a record in "The Story of Jing Chai": "You can move the gold-painted Babou bed that is warm in winter and cool in summer to twelve transparent upstairs rooms." This is the Huanghuali Babou bed. the overall meaning.
In addition to eight mid-Ming Dynasty huanghuali armchairs that match the Eight Immortals table, this is all the furniture Zhou Zhi received.
It only has three tables, two beds and eight chairs, but the price is more expensive than this house.
In addition to these, there are two things I picked up in Gui Shizi.
One is a blue and white calligraphy pen holder with a rabbit pattern made by Wang Bao in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, "Ode to the Holy Lord's Wise Minister". This was picked up by the way when I was shopping for cat raw bone bird food cans.
The other piece is a super large plum vase with a purple-gold glaze from Ding kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty, with Tang grass patterns inlaid on it. It is a unique and large vessel.
Then there are two things taken at the auction.
One is a three-legged tripod made in the Yongzheng imperial kiln in the Qing Dynasty and turned into rose purple imitation Jun kiln.
In fact, the three-legged tripod was a mistake. In order to build Haitong's name, Lin Wanqiu introduced this high-quality overseas vessel to make a profit at a loss. If not, Zhou Zhi would not have been so cheap.
The other piece is a large gold bowl from the Dingzhou kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty with hidden engraved lotus patterns. Although it is rare, it is not scarce. Zhou Zhi bought it as a "standard vessel" for himself, so it is not considered a miss.
The rest is modern crafts.
A set of ninety-eight head 7501 water-dotted peach blossom porcelain in glaze.
Forty-seven head 7501 underglaze red plum porcelain set.
One thousand, six hundred and seventy-two pieces of 7501 loose porcelain.
Five-character founding porcelain, 345 pieces.
Except for the set of porcelain which cost almost one hundred yuan a piece, the rest averaged fifty-one items, which was absolutely huge.
The rest are free, such as the pair of three-color figurines imitating civil and military officers of the Northern Wei Dynasty that almost made two researchers from the Forbidden City stare.
There are also two plaques of "Sui Huaxuan" and "De Mian Tang" written by Mr. Qi Gong for Zhou Zhi, as well as the legal script of the poems of "Youwang Cong Temple".
These alone have been a fruitful harvest, but apart from Mr. Qi Gong’s calligraphy and four pieces of ancient porcelain, Zhou Zhi is not prepared to take away the rest.
In addition, Zhou Zhi also obtained more wealth - numerous research materials on ancient porcelain collected from the homes of several old men, the Forbidden City, the National Museum, and ancient porcelain restoration institutes.
The biggest fortune is, of course, the several big bosses I met this time in Beijing, and quasi-big bosses such as Ma Ye, Feng Cang, Pan Shiya, Yu Bin, Wang Shuo, Liu Zhengyun, Lin Wanqiu, etc. Potential people. Before leaving, Yu Bin got the approval document for the renovation and the construction of the basement was approved. Zhou Zhi was not polite and directly finalized a maximization plan to use as much as possible of the 400 square meters below and transform it into a garage and warehouse.
Although it is separated from the Forbidden City wall by an alley and a Tongzi River, it is only a few minutes away by bicycle from Beihai, Zhonghai, Nanhai and Jingshan. It can basically be regarded as the whole of China and even the world. One of the safest places, but Zhou Zhi still requires that the warehouse be built according to the specifications of a bank savings bank vault.
To complete the renovation, the budget will cost 200,000 yuan, which does not include the constant temperature and humidity equipment that will be installed in the warehouse later.
In any case, this was a fruitful trip, but it also basically wiped out Zhou Zhi’s savings in China.
Looking back now, I was still too impulsive at the auction. The two pieces of porcelain I bought for less than 600,000 yuan were actually not as cost-effective as buying a courtyard house.
Especially the latter piece of Ding kiln porcelain with a gold decoration, which was criticized by Mr. Ma afterwards. The Ding kiln porcelain of the Northern Song Dynasty is one of the five famous kiln porcelains of the Song Dynasty with the largest amount in existence. If you put aside the gold decoration, it will be the next one. It’s not like I can’t find the “chronograph” of the file.
Ma Ye didn’t quite understand his desire to collect standard porcelain from the five famous kilns, and his sense of urgency when he had the opportunity to make it into the “Ding Kiln Three-piece Set” porcelain series.
Even so Zhou Zhi still secretly reminded himself that Jun Kiln is the only one missing now. If there is a chance to encounter it, it cannot be like this auction.
The plaque of Demiantang is very simple and low-key. It is made of cement and small pieces of celadon glued on the masonry lintel. The font is slightly convex, showing a relief effect, with alternating blue and white, which is very refreshing to the eyes.
This was also a popular practice in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Yang Sen's inscription on the gate of Fawang Temple was done in this way. It is faster and more effective than solid wood plaques, saves money, and has better effects.
On the day the door plaque was finished, Zhou Zhi and his party were leaving. Before leaving, the old man gave Zhou Zhi a piece of calligraphy, which he could take back and use as the door couplet of Sui Huaxuan.
Wang Mang Du has a thousand poems, and Han Lang has hundreds of poems.
This expectation and praise for Zhou Zhi is a bit too great, but fortunately it can be understood as the "pursuit" that Mr. Qi said.
Well, that’s the pursuit.
Before leaving, there were a lot of things to do. The decoration plan had to be finalized, many contracts needed to be signed, many things needed to be packed, and a lot of money needed to be transferred...
He was still killed in a series of deaths. CALL, An Xin is calling.
Zhou Zhi was taking inventory with Mr. Ma overnight. He was disturbed by the pager and had to call back: "Hey cousin, what's the matter? I'm very busy here... I know, I will call back tomorrow... ...No need to arrive tomorrow the day after tomorrow...Why? Because I'm coming back to take a plane...What should I do? You can’t take the plane? Okay, okay, I have something to do. Let’s meet tomorrow and hang up... Hey, why don’t you hang up first...”
Master Ma was waiting aside with his account book and pen, listening to Zhou Zhi finish the call. Just asked: "Does every family have a sister who is so annoying?"
Zhou Zhi said: "I only have cousins, and I also have gentle ones. This one is the most amazing one."
"How nice my cousin is..." Mr. Ma said and shuddered: "My younger sister is the scary one. Especially my dear..."
We had no words all night, and got up the next day to say goodbye. Feng Cang, Pan Shiya and Ma Ye acted as representatives and personally took everyone to the airport.
In this day and age, business trips often take a week or two. This is actually not surprising, especially when you come to a place like the capital. If you don’t go through all the friendships you can find, it is a waste of travel expenses.
But flying is a bit out of line.
Mainly because it’s hard to buy air tickets.
(End of this chapter)