Chapter 20 Flower Shaped Cup
Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Uncle De, why don't you help this big brother take a look first!"
He knew Paul was anxious.
Then, Lin Yuan introduced Huang Qingwei and his wife, Henry and others to Uncle De.
Everyone was polite to each other at first, especially Uncle De and Huang Qingwei, and the two quickly developed a friendship.
"Where are the coins?" Uncle De asked Paul.
Paul quickly and carefully took out the coin from his pocket and placed it respectfully in Uncle De's hand. Uncle De has spent a long time in San Francisco and is quite familiar with Western collections.
I saw the image of the sun, a sundial and the words "1776" engraved on the surface of the coin.
Uncle De immediately recognized the coin and said, "This is a coin minted in the United States in 1776. It is rare in the market. Only 6,000 such coins were minted that year. Auctioneers across the country are hoping to get this coin." Plant coins
Today, the coin is worth about $40,000. ”
Paul couldn't control the surprise on his face.
Forty thousand dollars was a lot to him.
"Old sir, do you want it?" Paul asked immediately.
Uncle De nodded: "I'll take it. Do you want transfer or cash?"
"Transfer the money! Thank you."
In the United States, it is not safe to hold so much cash! If anyone knew that he had 40,000 US dollars on him, a knife would probably stab him in the waist.
Especially those drug addicts and black charcoal, they can do anything.
The two quickly completed the deal.
Paul felt that he had made a lot of money, and Uncle De also felt that he had not lost money.
It's a win-win situation.
Next, Uncle De helped Huang Qingwei appraise the "Picture of Playing the Piano Test" he had acquired. Not surprisingly, it is indeed an imitation, but it is an old imitation made by a Qing Dynasty painter. It has a certain collection value and is estimated at US$80,000.
This valuation is not very high, but it also makes Huang Qingwei very happy.
It doesn't matter if it's money or not, the main thing is that it feels good to pick up the leaks.
It's a bit like some people playing scratch tickets. Even though they lose more and win less, they still enjoy it. They just love the heartbeat of the moment when they scratch out the prize.
"My nephew also bought a painting. Uncle De, please take a look." Old uncle Chen Shiquan said.
Lin Yuan spread out the painting.
Uncle De just took one look and said: "This painting is very open, it is genuine."
"Ah! Did the Ming Dynasty really regard giraffes as unicorns?" Chen Shiquan was shocked.
"What a fuss! Giraffes are an African species and look strange. When they first come to China, they will naturally be studied as strange animals.
Ancient crocodiles were even regarded as earth dragons! What's wrong with whales being seen as Kun? ”
In addition, Uncle De also told everyone that the painter of this painting, Lu Ji, is a flower and bird painter and is very good at painting various animals.
He has two painting methods: meticulous painting with heavy colors and freehand brushwork with ink and wash. The former is exquisite in depiction, rich in color, and rigorous in method; the latter is bold in brushstrokes, with random touches, concise and unrestrained, full of momentum and dynamics.
His masters of landscape painting, Ma Yuan and Xia Gui, used big axes to chop and chaff the rocks, which was vigorous and powerful. The characters also follow the style of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the lines of the clothes are simple and abrupt.
His painting style of flowers and birds has two aspects. The first one is meticulous and rich, with many paintings of phoenixes, cranes, peacocks, mandarin ducks, etc., supplemented by the background of trees, slopes, rocks, beaches and flowing springs. It is both formal and full of vitality.
“His flower-and-bird painting style had a great influence inside and outside the court at that time, and there were many successors.
You may not know that Lu Ji is not only a painter, but also the commander of the Jinyi Guards.
When everyone heard this, they were all stunned. Almost no one thought that Lu Ji had such an identity. You know, the commander of the Jinyiwei is the leader of the Jinyiwei.
"The leader of Jinyiwei?" Huang Qingwei asked.
Uncle De smiled and said: "The commander is indeed the leader of the Jinyiwei, but Lu Ji is a bit special. He is the commander of the Jinyiwei in name only, which is equivalent to a nominal one, and similar to the current honorary principal and so on."
The commander of the Jinyiwei who truly held real power at the same time as Lu Ji was named Mou Bin, and he was at peace with Lu Ji. It was precisely this that enabled Lu Ji to devote all his energy to painting.
"Another thing you may not know is that Lu Ji's flower and bird paintings are dripping with ink and majestic. They are even one of the sources of Xiaori's screen paintings."
Uncle De told Lin Yuan and others that "Two Ducks in Willow Shade" and "Two Herons in Youjian" were recorded in "Tingsong Qingjian" published in Xiaori.
In the 1940s, Zheng Zhenduo visited famous Chinese paintings circulating overseas and included them in his book "Famous Chinese Paintings Collected Abroad".
Lu Ji's two works are not only masterpieces of panoramic flower and bird painting in the Ming Dynasty, but also representative works that demonstrate the influence of Chinese painting on Xiaoli painting.
"Uncle De, how much is this "Qilin Picture" worth?" The old uncle is more concerned about the value of ancient paintings,
"It's about 200,000 US dollars. If I accept it, I can only give 180,000 US dollars." Uncle De said clearly.
About $20,000 of it is what he wants to earn.
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Everyone made it clear, but Lin Yuan and Chen Shiquan did not hesitate. US$180,000 is not a lot! Converted into RMB, it would be more than 1.3 million.
"How much did you pay for it?" Uncle De asked.
The old uncle recounted the process of obtaining it in detail, speaking vividly and vividly. In ancient times, Gao Luo was also a qualified storyteller.
"That man has a mole on the corner of his mouth?" Uncle De seemed to know that man.
Lin Yuan nodded: "That's right!"
Uncle De suddenly laughed, making people scratch their heads and confused.
Is this funny?
Uncle De laughed and then explained: "That guy lied to you and answered his son's phone calls. This is his usual routine. I have been fooled by him before.
However, this time he failed. He probably didn't expect that two valuable items were mixed in with the fake. ”
Lin Yuan: "..."
Huang Qingwei and others stared at each other with wide eyes. No wonder, no wonder that guy ran so fast, it turned out there was something wrong in his heart.
The city has a lot of tricks!
However, Lin Yuan and the others' sincerity is a must-win, and their kindness has yielded good results.
After hearing this, Chen Shiquan also laughed out loud.
Finally, he laughed and cursed: "You deserve it!"
Even at that level, if you want to trick others, you are tricking yourself, right?
"Let's look at the rhinoceros horn cup!" Uncle De said.
Hearing this, Lin Yuan took out the rhinoceros horn cup that Uncle De had longed for.
Rhino horn cups are divided into landscape cups, flower-shaped cups, character cups, auspicious cups, and antique cups based on differences in carvings.
The so-called landscape cup means that the landscape is carved on the outside of the cup, creating a scene of mountains, streams and waterfalls, just like a traditional landscape painting.
Character cups refer to the patterns engraved on the outside of the cup, which are mostly hunting pictures, pictures of gods, and the Eight Immortals’ birthday wishes.
The rhinoceros horn cup Lin Yuan got is a flower-shaped cup.
The cup is carved into the shape of flowers and lotus leaves, and its branches and bracts are used as handles or seats. Some are made of wide-angle branches that are more than a foot long. The center is perforated and then bent to the mouth of the cup. Most of them have a tapered bottom. Unable to stand still, and after drinking, cannot leave the hand until the drink is finished.
Uncle De saw it and was full of praise.
(End of chapter)