My identity as a collector was exposed by the village flower

Chapter 373 Coral Bonsai
Besides, although this is the Japanese exhibition area, it is all collected by a Japanese collector, and it is not official.Works of art that are officially exhibited are generally not traded at fairs.

Just like the cultural relics of the Palace Museum, can they be sold?
Japanese collectors still have quite a lot of collections. After all, they have experienced a period of highly developed economy. At that time, Japanese people bought and bought all over the world, which is even more crazy than in China now.

Among them, works of art are naturally the objects they buy.

After the economic downturn, it is said that many people's collections are still backlogged in banks and private treasuries!Those antique works of art are not even one-fifth of the price when they were bought, so unless they have to, they probably don't want to sell them lightly.

After all, if the price gap is too large, you will lose a lot.

Only those collectors who are really downcast and can't take care of so many collectors will turn their losses into cash.

It is estimated that this is the case for the collectors participating in this exhibition.

"Look at this, it should belong to our country?" Li Zhen pointed to a Buddha head.

Good guy!The Japanese like to do this kind of thing the most.

When they invaded China, they pried away the heads of Buddhas in many temples and grottoes, leaving behind a pile of headless Buddha statues.In everyone's opinion, the most essential part of a Buddha statue is the Buddha's head, so they twisted the Buddha's head away.

"It should be, it looks like a Buddha head from the Tang Dynasty." Fang Xing observed.

After Buddhism was introduced to China, after hundreds of years of development, it was further developed in the Tang Dynasty. People believed in Buddhism and carved various stone and jade statues for Buddha and Bodhisattva impiously, and carved Buddha and Bodhisattva statues more Chinese. .

Influenced by the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Tang Dynasty continued to carry out large-scale statues and the construction of grottoes and temples. The number of stone Buddha and jade Buddha carvings was relatively large, and the quality was relatively good.

"Look, the face of the Buddha's head is full and healthy, full of flesh and blood, which is in line with the aesthetics of the Tang Dynasty."

As we all know, the Tang Dynasty regarded fat as beauty.This fat is not the obesity that everyone imagines now, but plump.

Therefore, the beauty of the Buddha statues in the Tang Dynasty is fullness, which gives people a sense of plumpness; the power of.

Looking at the head of the Buddha again, its plump and beautiful eyes, the corners of its mouth are slightly turned up, and it is slightly smiling. The eyes slightly looking down seem to meet the eyes of the believers looking up. The image is solemn and majestic, yet wise and kind.

"In addition, the head is spiral-shaped, and the meat bun is taller than that of the Sui Dynasty. Unfortunately, there is only one Buddha head." Fang Xing said.

But judging from a Buddha head, the amount of information is actually not a lot.

In addition, it should also be analyzed from other parts of the Buddha statue.

For example, in addition to open-shoulder coats, right-shoulder coats, and belted coats, so-called square-neck droop coats are also popular, with skirts and skirts inside, making the body plump and plump.It is preferred to use a waist-style pedestal, with a hexagonal, octagonal, round or flower-shaped base, covered with cloth, and the cloth pattern is twisted, twisted, and vivid.

"It's really expensive, $50."

50 US dollars, that is more than 300 million RMB.

A Buddha's head is so valuable, no wonder the Japanese always liked to knock on the Buddha's head.

If the Buddha really has fire, Japan does not know how many times it has been extinguished by the Buddha.It can be seen that the Buddha is like that. People cut off your head, and you can still live a good life.

"50 US dollars is reasonable and not very expensive." Fang Xing shook his head slightly.

Buddha statues carved in China have always been very precious.As the most essential part of a Buddha statue, the Buddha head is naturally the most expensive.Previously, there was a Buddha head auctioned for 350 million US dollars.

So, $50 is not a big deal for a lion.

"In this case, Mr. Zhao may buy it back on behalf of the country, so we don't care about it." Fang Xing said again.

In fact, the Japanese collectors took it out specially for this occasion, and it was nothing more than trying to catch Chinese buyers.Chinese people are most interested in this kind of artwork.

"It's a good item, you can try to bargain." Fang Xing pointed to an exhibit next to him.

Xia Yu and others looked at it, it was a bonsai, and what was planted in the bonsai was a white dead tree with bare branches.

"Is the tree white coral?" Xia Yu asked.

"En! That's right, the one in the basin is white coral." Fang Xing replied.

As the name suggests, it is white coral, and some large and well-behaved white coral reefs are often used as bonsai stones.

Compared with red coral, white coral is naturally not very valuable, but it depends on the specific situation.Just like the pot in front of me, the shape of the white coral happens to be a dead tree, which looks like a dead tree.

Use it as a bonsai, complement each other, and match it together, it will naturally be extraordinary.

"It's from the Qing Dynasty, and the pot at the bottom is worth more than its price tag." Fang Xing reminded everyone.

Xia Yu turned to Li Zhen and the others: "Do you want it?"

Li Zhen shook his head: "It's a bit expensive."

If it is tens of thousands of dollars, he can still consider it, but 26 dollars, more than 100 million yuan, bother.

Xu Qing and Yuanyuan also shook their heads, showing little interest.If it's jewelry or something, they probably won't let it go.

"Okay, then I'll do it." Xia Yu smiled.

Since Fang Xing said so, he must not be very interested, so there is no need to ask Fang Xing.

It was the same lady in kimono just now, who bowed more properly this time, obviously due to enthusiasm.I bought two pieces in a row, can you not be enthusiastic?

What's more, people in Guangdong and Guangxi can't help but cry when they speak Chinese.

Xia Yu wanted to bargain, but Miss Kimono couldn't decide, so she had to ask the person in charge.After a few minutes of chopping, it was finally sold for $24, which was $[-] cheaper.

After the transaction was over, Fang Xing continued, "This flower pot is a piece of Lang Hong."

"Isn't it Jihong?" Xia Yu thought it was Jihong porcelain at first.

"No, although they are all red, the glaze color of Jihong is thick and moist, and the glaze surface is devitrified; the glaze color of Langhong is clear and transparent, and the glaze surface is glassy. If you observe carefully, you will find it."

In addition, the biggest difference between Jihong and Langhong is the blurring feature. Jihong basically does not blur in color, glaze does not hang down, and has obvious "grass edge".

The Langhong glaze juice is very fluid, and the white carcass will be exposed under the rim, that is, "off the mouth", and there is a ring of dark brown accumulated glaze on the bottom foot, that is, the "hanging foot", but the flowing glaze is generally not enough, so Langhong also has The demeanor of "talking and hanging down".

"If you look at it with a magnifying glass, you will find that the Jihong glaze has dense and large bubbles, while the Langhong glaze has thin and small bubbles. The Jihong glaze is smooth and has no lines, and the Langhong glaze has large ice patterns from the inside out."

When Xia Yu heard this, she quickly took out the magnifying glass to observe, and it was indeed as Fang Xing said, it was a piece of Langhong porcelain.

(End of this chapter)