How did I become an old artist?

Chapter 178 Priceless Ancient Jade, Hidden Rumor! !
Panjiayuan's store is very powerful.

A lot of old Kyoto is very much alive here.

There are also many rare treasures here.

Some things can only be sold on the surface, while others can only be traded secretly.

Zhao Chen and Liu Hanlin were wandering around in the porcelain shop, and no one disturbed them during the whole process.

There are too many celebrities here, and the store owners are no strangers to it.

Zhao Chen carefully inspected the porcelain placed in the shop.

The production level of porcelain is very high, and most of them are handmade porcelain, which shows that such shops cooperate closely with porcelain craftsmen.

This is very important for the survival of the artisans.

"These colored porcelain shapes are pretty good." Zhao Chen praised.

"All of them are collected. The craftsmanship is not bad, but it's not as good as yours. If it's master porcelain, I have one here, but there are not many master porcelain in Panjiayuan." The owner of the shop is a lover of handmade porcelain. man, replied.

For the shop owner, opening a porcelain shop is equivalent to opening a large collection shop. He looks at his collection every day and then sells some. Life is very comfortable.

Liu Hanlin and Zhao Chen didn't see the overly eye-catching works, so they left the porcelain shop.

There are too many shops here, it is really dazzling.

Calligraphy, painting and classical furniture are all available.

Liu Hanlin led Zhao Chen to turn left and right, and turned all the way into a very inconspicuous antique shop.

This shop does not specialize in one kind of goods, but sells everything. There are various objects in the shop, including chimes, porcelain, vases, calligraphy and paintings, but they are not very precious at first glance.

Liu Hanlin walked straight forward, the other two just glanced at Liu Hanlin, and immediately continued to hang their hair in a daze.

Zhao Chen could tell that this should be the sentinel.

Then, the two continued to walk in along a door, which looked like an alley in old Kyoto.

After walking through the alley, the two of them turned into a small courtyard.

There was a man sitting on a pony outside the yard. When he saw Liu Hanlin, he immediately stood up and greeted him with a smile:
"Master, please come inside."

This person glanced at Zhao Chen, he knew Zhao Chen, so he didn't say much.

Zhao Chen found this experience very interesting.

There are still some gray areas involved in the antique business.

The two entered the yard, and there was a shop in the yard, so they walked in directly.

There were three people in the shop, a man in his 70s and [-]s wearing a plain gown without any decorations, a gentle man in his thirties, and a strong man who looked like a bodyguard.

"Master Liu, welcome! We brought guests here today." The man in the long gown greeted with a smile.

"Boss Qin, please be polite." Liu Hanlin replied, and then introduced to Zhao Chen: "Boss Jiubaozhai, Qin Fu."

"Master of Porcelain, Zhao Chen."

"Master Zhao, I keep seeing you on the video. I always like the cloisonné incense burner you made. And Yao Bian Tianmu, are you interested in making another one? If you can make it, hundreds of them must be indispensable .” Qin Fu said with a smile.

"Yao Bian Tianmu depends on luck. If luck was good that time, it will be difficult to make it again." Zhao Chen looked at the situation in the shop without any trace, and replied at the same time.

The stuff in this store is really good.

Just the few collections he saw were all high-quality Qing Dynasty antiques.

Kyoto has the most antiques from the Qing Dynasty. In the decades after the end of the Qing Dynasty, antique activities in this city were very frequent. Almost all the collections of the imperial palace were lost to the people and bought by many big customers.

"Boss Qin, you also know what I'm here for, and tell me if the things are here." Liu Hanlin asked after coming here for business.

Qin Fu hesitated for a moment, then said immediately, "No problem, please come inside."

After he finished speaking, the bodyguard came over with a box, Liu Hanlin put the phone in the box, and Zhao Chen followed suit.

Then, a few people walked inside and had to go through a security gate, and then they used a metal detector to conduct a full-body inspection.

After doing this, they entered the deeper room.

Along the way, Zhao Chen didn't say anything.

After all, it is a cultural relic transaction, everyone must be very careful and will not leave any clues.

Then, a few people went up to the second floor, where the decoration was much brighter.

They walked into a room with an old man in his 70s and [-]s, and took out a square box.

"Let's take a look at this first, how much you can bid, this will be out the day after tomorrow night at the latest, and you can bid at any time within two days." Qin Fu said directly.

The old man opened the square box, Zhao Chen and Liu Hanlin immediately looked into the box.

Seeing the things in the square box, Zhao Chen's eyes changed slightly.

Inside the box is a white jade pendant.

The jade wares of the Song Dynasty are a link between the past and the future, and the composition of the jade wares is complex, with both spirit and shape.

People in the Song Dynasty used a lot of jade, such as jade belts and pendants for clothes;

Moreover, there is also a jade work inside the palace, which is responsible for making jade wealth for the royal family.

"This is the top-quality jade of the Song Dynasty. There are not many Song Dynasty jades in China that can be circulated on the market." Qin Fu added from the side.

"Song Baiyu hollowed out with double cranes, the shape is very good, but it is not considered the best jade." Zhao Chen retorted.

"Is this not the best?" Qin Fu looked at Zhao Chen and asked.

"Is it right? Song jade is divided into ancient jade, seasonal jade, and imitation ancient jade. There were a lot of imitation ancient jade in the Song Dynasty, which were used by the people."

"Almost all the jade materials in the court come from the tributes from the countries of the Western Regions, and then they are processed by the jade maker before being used by the royal family."

"This white jade pair with double cranes is hollowed out. The material is Shizuo jade, which is a folk imitation ancient jade."

"But after all, it is an object from the Song Dynasty, so it must be very valuable." Zhao Chen said directly.

Qin Fu looked at Zhao Chen, and couldn't help but improve his evaluation of Zhao Chen a lot.

He knew that Zhao Chen was very proficient in Song Dynasty culture, but after all, the things on the Internet were true and false, and many things were packaged.

Now after hearing what Zhao Chen said, he knew that Zhao Chen had something in his stomach.

"This is indeed Shi Zuoyu, it's just a folk imitation, and it should belong to a merchant's son."

"If it was really an ancient jade from the imperial court, it would not be so easy to see." Qin Fu said immediately.

Zhao Chen glanced at this white jade hollowed-out pair of cranes, and immediately lost interest.

Liu Hanlin took a closer look at it, after all, it was an ancient jade from the Song Dynasty, so as a collector, he couldn't help being moved.

"Boss Qin? What's the current price? Give me an explanation." Liu Hanlin looked at Qin Fu and asked.

Then, Qin Fu hid his hand in his sleeve, and Liu Hanlin stretched out his hand. The two of them seemed to be shaking hands, and they decided on the price below.

"I'll add two hundred more." Liu Hanlin gave his offer.

"Okay, no problem." Hearing Liu Hanlin's offer, Qin Fu immediately laughed.

Then, Qin Fu took out another brocade box and opened it.

"Here is another white jade peacock flower pendant, which is the same as the last one, and it is not bad." Qin Fu introduced again.

Seeing the white jade peacock flower pendant, Liu Hanlin's heart moved again.

For a person like him, seeing a top-quality antique is like a woman seeing a luxury bag, and she naturally wants to buy more if she can buy it.

After all, it is almost impossible to find such a top-quality item in circulation, so everyone naturally wants to get it.

Zhao Chen also glanced at the white jade peacock flower pendant in the box.

This is indeed genuine, Song Dynasty jade.

Jade from the Song Dynasty in this era is already considered an antique handed down from generation to generation, and can be included in the Palace Museum.

Zhao Chen was amazed at the skill of these antique transactions.

Afterwards, Liu Hanlin made another offer of his own.

Qin Fuxi smiled, after all, business must welcome customers.

Then, Qin Fu took out a third box, which also contained an ancient jade.

However, the shape of this jade is a bit strange, it looks very rough, and even the shape of the jade cannot be seen, only the shape of an animal can be seen, as if it is not finished.

"Is this a semi-finished product? Boss Qin, the semi-finished product is not worth much." Liu Hanlin glanced at it and asked.

"Master Liu, you don't think it's normal, but after all, it's Song Dynasty jade, so it's worth some money." Qin Fu replied.

"It can't be reprocessed, it's useless, and the processed antique is no longer an antique." Liu Hanlin shook his head.

What Liu Hanlin said makes sense. Although this is a semi-finished product, anyone who understands cultural relics knows that reprocessing cannot be done to change the original appearance of cultural relics.

If this cultural relic is re-polished by craftsmen, then it is not a cultural relic, but a modern handicraft, and its value will be greatly reduced.

"This sapphire looks good. I want it. I like objects from the Song Dynasty, but I can't afford the good ones. I can afford the price for this one."

At this time, Zhao Chen seemed interested and said to Qin Fu.

"That's no problem. I also know that Master Zhao is a master of Song Dynasty culture. I want to collect a few more of the things you made."

"It depends on how much you bid." Qin Fu replied with a smile.

Then, Zhao Chen and Qin Fu discussed the price.

The low price of this piece of ancient jade was 1000 million, someone offered 300 million, and Zhao Chen added another 200 million.

The price is already very high.

No matter how rich people are, they look down on semi-finished products.And people with a little money, seeing such a high price, will also consider whether it is worth it.

So, the bid for this item is low.

But the two pieces of ancient jade that Liu Hanlin liked were much more valuable.

"Okay, no problem. There are still bids in the next two days. We will contact you later." Qin Fu said cautiously.

There are still some cultural relics in the house, but most of them are worth hundreds of thousands of objects, which is completely incomparable with these tens of millions of ancient relics.

Zhao Chen nodded, acting very calm.

But at this moment, his heart was already turbulent.

Because he could tell at a glance that it was a work made by the imperial court of the Northern Song Dynasty, Qingyu Crouching Deer!
If he guessed right, the work was a congratulatory gift for the emperor's birthday.

Moreover, that is not a semi-finished product at all, but a real finished product!

It's just that, before it is dedicated to the emperor, this work needs to be "jade hidden inside", that is, on the outside of the finished product, a layer of rough jade blank is wrapped with isinglass.

When it's time to offer gifts, boil the jade in hot water, the jade will fall off, and a brand new jade will appear, broken jade and born!

The price of this piece of jade is much higher than the value of the two Song Dynasty folk jades just now.

It can even be said that the price of this jade article is beyond the imagination of everyone present.

This kind of secret information is rarely recorded even in history books, but Zhao Chen knows it very clearly.

The value of this jade article is definitely more than [-] million!
Zhao Chen had ups and downs in his heart, but on the surface he was calm, only showing a little interest in this jade article.

In the antique industry, there has always been a saying of picking up leaks.

It is a skill to be able to pick up leaks.

Zhao Chen never thought that such a shocking leak could be found in such a hidden place!

This time, be sure to take it down.

(End of this chapter)