Chapter 49 Glass is also valuable
After Lin Yuan's explanation, Li Qiushui and others had a certain understanding of inkstone.
In fact, today's young people not only lack understanding of inkstones, but also probably don't know much about other writing utensils except pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, which are known as the four treasures of the study. Never heard of it.
For example, pen holder, ink cartridge, arm rest, gall scoop, etc.
This is because with the popularization of computer technology, fast keyboard input has replaced the writing of Chinese characters, and handwriting is used less and less in daily life.
Of course, there is another reason. Not everyone can write well. In order not to be embarrassed, they will try to avoid handwriting.
If you don’t even want to write by hand, you will naturally become more and more unfamiliar with the study utensils.
"Brother Lin, how much is this inkstone worth?" Li Qiushui was more concerned about the value of the inkstone.
Lin Yuan thought for a while and said: "This inkstone is in good condition, about ten thousand dollars."
Li Qiushui was very happy. Ten thousand dollars was a lot for her.
After all, not everyone has a rich family like Zhou Zhiming, who doesn't care about the value of the treasure and is satisfied if he can enjoy the pleasure of picking up leaks.
While Huo Qingtong and Qiao Yufan were envious of Li Qiushui, they felt as if they had been given blood when they walked.
After a while, Huo Qingtong picked up an item and asked Lin Yuan: "Brother Lin, how do you like this?"
"Fake." Lin Yuan glanced at it.
Huo Qingtong flashed a look of disappointment and silently put the objects back.
Qiao Yufan looked around the stall, then reached out to an old-looking object. Before he could pick it up, Lin Yuan spoke.
"That's also a fake and worthless."
After hearing what he said, Qiao Yufan immediately retracted his hand.
Lin Yuan continued: "The box on the side is good."
The eyes of Qiao Yufan, Huo Qingtong and Li Qiushui immediately looked for the box in Lin Yuan's mouth at the corner of the stall.
"Box? Where is it?" Qiao Yufan was a little anxious. He looked around twice but couldn't find the box.
Lin Yuan had no choice but to point: "That palm-sized, pumpkin-shaped thing is just a box."
Qiao Yufan picked it up instantly with quick hands. At this time, there is no gentlemanly manner.
After he got it, he opened it and found that it was really a box, very exquisitely made. This kind of thing is most likely valuable.
"It's so realistic!" Qiao Yufan and others sighed.
Lin Yuan didn't say anything, they really didn't know it was a box.
I have to say that the ancients still knew how to play, and they played it very advancedly.
"What material is this? Is the wood painted?" Huo Qingtong asked.
Lin Yuan held the pumpkin-shaped box in his hand, measured it for a while, and said: "This is lacquerware, one of my country's traditional handicrafts."
Lacquer ware is a kind of arts and crafts that is made through tire making, followed by priming, polishing, polishing, decoration and other processes.
Lacquerware can be divided into general lacquerware and carved lacquerware. General lacquerware refers to the art of painting, carving, and inlaying on objects coated with thin lacquer, while carved lacquerware is carving on a tire shape coated with a thick layer of paint.
This stuff has a long history, dating back to the Stone Age.
Natural lacquer has been used as coatings and adhesives since the Neolithic Age, when the lacquerware production process was relatively simple. The number of prehistoric lacquerware discovered is small and the state of preservation is not good, so it is often easily ignored.
During the Xia, Shang and Western Zhou dynasties, bronze ware dominated the market as "an important weapon of the family and state", and the development of lacquer ware was subject to certain restrictions.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the widespread use of iron tools promoted the development of folk woodworking technology in the direction of fine processing and finishing, and a variety of graceful, strange and lightweight lacquerware came into being.
After thousands of years of technical accumulation, the Chinese have long been masters of lacquerware, and some of them are so exquisite that they are breathtaking.
"What a pity!" Suddenly, Lin Yuan changed the topic. Qiao Yufan's heart was tugged: "Brother Lin, what's the pity?"
Lin Yuan handed over the lid of the box and motioned for him to look at the sun.
At this time, you can see that there is a crack in the cover, and the light shines through the crack.
Qiao Yufan's heart sank to the bottom, and he asked with a wry smile: "Is it still worth it?"
"If it were intact, it would be worth an estimated one hundred thousand yuan, but now, it might be only sixty or seventy thousand yuan." Lin Yuan said conservatively.
Although Qiao Yufan's face was filled with regret, he was relieved.
It's still worth at least 60,000 to 70,000 yuan.
Qiao Yufan bargained with the students setting up the stall and finally won $20.
Huo Qingtong, Henry and Paul, who had not yet harvested anything, tried to calm themselves down and comforted themselves that it would be their turn.
Henry rummaged through the stalls.
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
The old uncle said to him: "Don't turn it over, those are made of glass."
It just looks good.
Huo Qingtong casually picked up a bottle that looked very interesting to him: "Are they all made of glass? It's so beautiful."
Although she knew that things made of glass were not valuable, the appearance of these things was in line with their girls' aesthetics. She planned to buy this bottle back to hold toilet water.
Mosquitoes abroad are also very fierce, so every time Huo Qingtong returns to China, he will bring bottles of toilet water to give to his classmates.
Not to mention, my classmates really liked this gift. They love toilet water to the point of obsession, and they use toilet water as perfume.
They feel that toilet water is easier to use than some big-name perfumes, and the price is also very low.
"There are valuable things made of glass, show me." Lin Yuan stretched out his hand towards Huo Qingtong.
Huo Qingtong quickly handed over the apple-sized bottle and placed it firmly in Lin Yuan's hand.
This is another treasure that shows green light, and the green light is a bit rich. Originally, Lin Yuan wanted to pick it up by himself, but let Huo Qingtong take it away first.
"The cooking utensils from the Qing Dynasty are not bad." Lin Yuan looked at them for a while and said.
Huo Qingtong and others were confused again: "The feeder? Isn't it made of glass?"
Lin Yuan explained to them: "The materials are between ancient colored glaze and modern glass. If we insist that they are glass, it is actually not a big problem."
"So, colored glaze, utensils, and glass are the same thing?" Huo Qingtong asked.
Lin Yuan shook his head: "It's still different, especially the ancient colored glaze, which has different compositions. In the earliest times, colored glaze was a by-product of casting bronze ware and had a certain metallic luster.
Ancient colored glaze was so precious that ordinary people had no access to it. It is conceivable that Sha Monk was demoted to the human world because he broke a colored glaze lamp in heaven.
It is said that the real glaze craftsmanship was lost in the Ming Dynasty.
The cutlery of the Qing Dynasty was relatively close to modern glass, so the cutlery was also called glassware.
As for modern glass, we all know that it is made of sand. ”
Lin Yuan guessed that this piece of material was made privately and the craftsmanship was not top-notch. If it's "palace material", it's worth a lot of money.
The so-called "palace materials", no need for Lin Yuan to explain, everyone can guess that they are treasures in the palace. Needless to say, it must be valuable!
"But no matter what, someone should want it for about $70,000."
Huo Qingtong was surprised again and again, about 70,000 US dollars and about 500,000 RMB.
(End of chapter)