Shengshibaojian

Shen Qiu took the copper box of Avalokitesvara to the glass counter to look at it again.

There is one thing to say, the workmanship of the Guanyin bronze statue is lacklustre, and there is no special shining point on the surface, but no obvious defects can be seen, and the details of the workmanship are quite satisfactory.

To be precise, its material should be an alloy containing copper, because its surface hardness is higher than that of pure copper. If it is made of pure copper, the bumps on the surface of the statue will be more serious. In terms of brass statues that have been around for a long time, their appearance is not very good, and the surface is naturally less densely pockmarked.

"Boss Dong, actually the biggest flaw of this statue of yours is the inscription on the bottom!" Shen Qiu pointed to the inscription on the bronze statue: Kangde Jindian annual production in the eighth year of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty.

Boss Dong's face was livid, and he asked Shen Qiu with a stiff face: "What do you mean? What do you want to say?"

"Boss, you don't know about this. Do you know the origin of the Kangde Gold Store? This Kangde Gold Store was a famous gold store in the Qing Dynasty. Let's put it this way! At that time, its reputation in Yanjing was as good as it is today. Famous trademarks are well-known in the capital. When people in the capital think of buying gold and silver jewelry, the first thing that comes to mind is the Kangde Gold Store! The craftsmanship of the masters in the store is amazing, as well as the casting of goldware. It can be said to be second to none in those days, and there is absolutely no rival in jewelry processing technology.”

"It's a pity that the Kangde Gold Store suffered setbacks during the Guangxu period. When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded the capital, they robbed the Kangde Gold Store, and finally burned all the templates, tools, and processed utensils in the store. , Huaxia's century-old gold shop was destroyed by the foreign devils back then."

Boss Dong frowned: "Young man! I know about the Kangde Gold Store, so you don't need to repeat it in my ear! My shop is specialized in this area, and I know more about the Kangde Gold Store than you!"

Shen Qiu smiled lightly, pointed to the brass sculpture and said: "Boss, since you know the Kangde Gold Shop, you should know that the Kangde Gold Shop only makes gold wares, right? You can go to the market to have a look, but all Kant Gold Ware comes out All of the original works are made of pure gold, and the Kant Gold Shop only makes gold, silver, bronze, and iron items that are not sticky, so your copper sculpture of the Thousand-handed Avalokitesvara is a slap in the face!"

"You..." Boss Dong suddenly felt his cheeks burn, as if he had dug a big hole for himself.

Those inscriptions were engraved by the boss privately with a carving knife. He only knew that Kant’s gold wares were famous, but he didn’t expect to bump into the muzzle of others’ guns by mistake. He wanted to add an inscription. Convincing, who knew that there would be no silver 300 taels here!

"You... You two go out! You are here to find fault on purpose!"

Shen Qiu was in a good mood today, and continued to explain to Boss Dong: "Boss Dong, don't worry, I haven't finished my words yet! Turn over the statue of Avalokitesvara and see if there is anything in the root circle of this sculpture. Strange?"

The boss was completely confused, and looked at Shen Qiu eagerly, unable to understand what kind of medicine Shen Qiu was selling in this gourd.

Shen Qiu simply turned the bronze Avalokitesvara statue over by himself. At this time, he could see several clear imprints on the root ring around the bottom: Ming Chenghua 16th year, enshrined in Jinshan Temple.

This time the boss was dumbfounded. He didn't even know that there was another inscription on the bottom of the Guanyin statue. The handwriting of the inscription was already blurred. If Shen Qiu hadn't reminded him, it would have been directly ignored. .

"In this way, this Avalokitesvara statue should have come out of Jinshan Temple in the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty. So, boss, you have made a mistake. The Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands in Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, you have superfluously made it into a treasure of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty. There is a difference of nearly 100 years, so I said that you sold less than 2 yuan for this treasure? As for the inscription of Jinshan Temple, 4 yuan must not have escaped!"

After Shen Qiu's words, Boss Dong woke up like a dream. At first, he thought that these two young people were just noobs who didn't know anything about antiques. The language broke the mystery and immediately increased the value of his brass Guanyin statue to 4 yuan.

"Ah, ah! Please sit down, both of you! Mr. Dong is too blind to see Mount Tai, so he is ignoring the two of you! Dude, dude! Serve tea to the bosses! Serve the best Tieguanyin!"

Boss Dong suddenly realized, and he was very grateful to Shen Qiu and Qin Qingyu for their advice: "The two bosses have helped me a lot today. Today, I, Mr. Dong, went all out. Except for two special items in the store, you can take care of the rest. Pick! Take the one you fancy and take it away!"

"Avalokitesvara is like the treasure in my store, so I can't give this one away. The other one is the treasure behind me. This is sold by a friend of mine in my store. The treasure belongs to someone else! I made it No master! You can choose whatever you want from the other hundreds of treasures!"

I go!

Shen Qiu couldn't help but secretly exclaimed, this is exactly which pot is not opened and which pot to lift, and the collection he took a fancy to happened to be the other one that Boss Dong said.

Just seeing that baby is placed on the wooden cabinet of the store shelf. To be precise, it is not a traditional collection, but a very modern stag taxidermy!

The specimen looks like a stag, with a height of [-] centimeters and a width of [-] centimeters. The fur, eyes, and antlers are clearly visible. The upper body of a robust stag has a particularly realistic visual effect.

What Shen Qiu paid attention to was not the stag specimen itself, but a silver collar hanging around the stag's neck. The collar was inconspicuous when hung on the stag's neck. Manchu records could be vaguely seen on the edge of the collar. Let him enter the door. I caught my eye at the first sight, this circle is definitely a good thing!

Boss Dong pointed to the stag specimen behind and introduced: "This one! It's a treasure that an old friend of mine put in the shop for consignment. The stag specimen was brought back from a foreign country a few years ago, and the collar around his neck is his. I bought it from an auction house in a foreign country, and it cost nearly [-] U.S. dollars, and the stag specimens cost a total of nearly [-] U.S. dollars! Recently, my friend got tired of playing with it! So I put this thing in my store Let’s sell it here! My friend doesn’t expect how much money this thing can sell, at least not losing money!”

Qin Qingyu carefully observed the silver necklace on her neck, and asked curiously: "Boss, tell me, is there anything special about this treasure?"

"I really can't say this. I don't know the Manchu script on it, and my friend can't say anything himself. He only knows that it is an antique from the Manchu Qing period. Why don't you, little brother, take a look at it?"

Hey!

Shen Qiu sighed silently. Originally, he wanted to be a good person, so he picked up a leak along the way. Now it seems that this thing is not cheap. Forty thousand US dollars is calculated to be about 30. The price in their pockets The 2000 yuan you bought is not enough to watch at all.

"That's all! Since meeting is fate, then I will talk about this silver collar!"

Shen Qiu started to remove the silver collar from the stag's neck. The outside of the collar was full of Manchu script, including many runes that he didn't recognize on the inside.

First of all, I felt the warm temperature emanating from the silver collar itself. Only by the warmth of this meaning can clearly judge its age. Based on this, Shen Qiu can clearly judge that this is a collection from the Kangxi period. Back then it was called a hunting collar.

Shen Qiu originally knew some allusions about hunting collars. When he touched them, a picture immediately appeared in his mind. The content of the picture really surprised him. He did not expect such a silver collar to hide A special story.

"As we all know, the story of the nine sons seizing the throne during the Kangxi period. In order to win the position of emperor, the nine princes tried their best to show off their literary skills and martial arts. Among them, the hunting was to test the abilities of the princes. An important hurdle, to put it bluntly, to be an emperor you must not only be talented, but also have the ability to lead the army to fight, if you are not good at martial arts and physical fitness, no matter how good you are in other aspects, you have to stand aside!"

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