Chapter 81 The Kangxi Year System of the Ming Dynasty (Please collect and read)
Lin Yuan stretched out his hand towards a porcelain bowl.
He picked it up and looked at it for a few times, almost thinking that he had seen it wrong.
The inscription turned out to be "made in the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Ming Dynasty".
However, the treasure hunt revealed that this was a treasure and the most valuable thing in the bunch. Although it is yellow, the color is strong, indicating that its value is approaching a million dollars.
"There is no doubt that this is fake, right? It's so obvious." Qiao Yufan came over and took a look.
Although my history knowledge is mediocre, I still know that Kangxi is from the Qing Dynasty!
Obviously, the person who fired this piece of porcelain made a very stupid mistake and it was very inappropriate.
Liu Xin's face turned red and he quickly explained: "Someone was still fighting for this porcelain bowl at that time. I didn't take a serious look at it, so I bought it and took it home before I discovered the problem."
At that time, he was so angry that he was not in a good mood for three days.
I was in a hurry to go out this time, so I didn’t think much about it. I got everyone in the car and pulled them over, which made people laugh.
The old uncle smiled and said: "I'm not sure, those who compete are all hired by the stall owner."
This kind of routine is not uncommon in the antique world and is deliberately used to lure people into taking the bait. My uncle has played before, so he understands it very clearly.
Liu Xin smiled bitterly: "After I returned home, I thought about this possibility."
But it's too late.
Lin Yuan asked: "How much did it cost at that time?"
Liu Xin answered truthfully: "800 US dollars."
"Then I'll give you $8,000, will you sell it?"
Um?
This...
Everyone looked at Lin Yuan in disbelief, with questions all over their faces. They couldn't figure out what kind of medicine Lin Yuan was selling in the gourd. Even though I know it is fake, I still buy it.
Do you sympathize with and pity Liu Xin?
"Brother Lin, what money are you talking about? Just take it if you want it!" Liu Xin shook his head.
Wouldn't it be nice to buy a favor from Lin Yuan with those few thousand dollars? You can’t make a fortune with a few thousand dollars anyway.
As soon as these words came out, Lin Yuan was embarrassed to miss them.
He handed the porcelain bowl back to Liu Xin and told him: "Of all your things, it is the most valuable, about 800,000 to 900,000 US dollars."
Everyone immediately looked at each other, thinking that there was something wrong with their ears.
Including the viewers in the live broadcast room.
That’s right! The name of the porcelain bowl is "Made in the Kangxi Year of the Ming Dynasty", you read that right.
"Brother Lin, the Kangxi calendar of the Ming Dynasty is set!" Qiao Yufan reminded.
Lin Yuan was just thinking about how to explain when he saw an expert in the live broadcast room giving the answer.
The expert said that this kind of recognition is very rare, but it does exist, and the things are real. In the museum in Jinling, there is a cup, which was also made during the Kangxi reign of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not an exception.
As a national museum with profound heritage, Jinling Museum has done a lot of work on the dating of that artifact. Including inviting porcelain experts and collectors from all walks of life to "group treasure appraisal", starting from the decoration, carcass shape, glaze color and other craftsmanship of the utensils, a comprehensive study is carried out.
Therefore, nothing should go wrong.
There are two reasons for this situation: one is "intentional", the other is that it is "unintentional misspelling".
Some scholars believe that in the early Qing Dynasty, when the imperial court did not fully control some areas in the south, craftsmen at that time continued to use the previous dynasty's name - Daming. Therefore, the "Kangxi Annual System of the Ming Dynasty" came into being.
In addition, in the early years of Kangxi, it was forbidden to write the reign name of the dynasty on porcelain.
For example, "Fuliang County Chronicles" recorded by Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty: "In the 16th year of Kangxi, Zhang Qizhong, a native of Yangcheng, banned the porcelain of the town from being written with the year number and the calligraphy of the saints to prevent it from being damaged."
The simple meaning is that in the 16th year of Kangxi, Jingdezhen craftsmen prohibited the kiln workers from writing the emperor's reign name when firing porcelain. The purpose is also very simple - to avoid being broken. Everyone knows that porcelain is easy to break. If the porcelain with the Kangxi year number is broken, it is obviously unlucky, so it is simply forbidden to write the year number of the current dynasty.
As for the "unintentional mistake" situation, it is better to understand.
Even today's banknotes, printed by machines, may have the wrong version. Can you say they are fake? It can also be circulated.
In fact, most of the porcelain craftsmen at that time were ordinary people without much cultural knowledge, and many craftsmen even did not know a few Chinese characters.
Therefore, when writing on porcelain, it is largely a matter of copying the gourd and painting the ladle. When the craftsmen wrote, they may have mistakenly changed the word "Qing" into the word "Ming".
This is not impossible.
After seeing the expert's explanation, Lin Yuan calmed down.
Qiao Yufan and the others understood it on their own without him having to explain, but they didn't expect such a thing to happen.
"So, is it possible that this is a wrong version of porcelain from the Qing Dynasty?" Qiao Yufan.
Liu Xin was surprised and happy, nodding repeatedly: "It can be understood that way."
This is definitely more valuable! After all, it is rare, just like the wrong version of the RMB, for the same reason.
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
He was very lucky that he didn't drop it or lose it in anger.
More than 800,000, 900,000 US dollars, to him, is a lot of money.
Although he attended a prestigious school in the United States, it shouldn't be too difficult to find a job after returning to China, and the salary wouldn't be too low, but US$800,000 to US$900,000 is still a huge sum of money.
"Thank you, Brother Lin!" He thanked him repeatedly.
Lin Yuan waved his hand: "It's your own luck. Why do you want to thank me? I'm treating you to lunch!"
"That's necessary. Everyone should appreciate it." Liu Xin said immediately.
How many people can eat?
Lin Yuan continued to look at the others, looked at them for a while, and shook his head slightly: "These are not worth much."
After that, three items were separated out, a jade article, a bronze article, and an ancient book.
"These three pieces are probably worth tens of thousands of dollars!"
have to! Liu Xin didn't care anymore.
"Senior Brother Liu, is there any leakage here?" Qiao Yufan asked.
After all, Liu Xin has stayed in this city for more than three years, so he should be familiar with it.
"It depends on whether you want to go to an antique shop or a flea market! Are you interested in the container auction?" Liu Xin asked.
He knew that there was a container auction at the port, which was quite popular online and attracted many people who wanted to make a fortune every day. Of course, it’s not much different from gambling, and many people still lose money.
It's right to think about it. The port is not stupid. If it makes more money, why not start it yourself? Why let others earn it? They are not charitable.
"Container auction?" Qiao Yufan and others were really interested.
"Then let's go have some fun!" the old uncle said.
Liu Xin nodded: "Then come with me!"
So, Lin Yuan and his party set out towards the port.
On the way, Lin Yuan did not forget to advertise yesterday's domestic toothpaste brand in the live broadcast room. He has to do things after taking other people's money. He still abides by this professional ethics.
As for the 200,000 yuan in advertising fees, Lin Yuan also asked for everyone's opinions on how to spend it better.
Donate to domestic cross societies?
Forget it, I won’t feed the dogs.
(End of chapter)