Pick up treasure

"Master Wang, I have a piece of jade here. Please show me..."

The person who came up at this time was about 30 years old, wearing a pair of glasses, holding a palm-sized box in his hand, and presented it to Wang Ding with a smile.

Wang Ding opened the box and saw that inside were several jade figures carved from white jade, no bigger than a thumb. Some had a drum hanging from their waists, some were holding a drumstick high in their hands, and some were in the shape of The kneeling shapes are different, and the facial expressions are vividly portrayed, and there are obvious colors on them. From the appearance, it should be a set of jade carvings for ancient sacrifices.

Playing with it in his hand, the patina is quite thick, but Wang Ding can still see from the fineness of this jade that it is not very old, and the color is deliberately old.

But although it is old-fashioned, the jade is real, and the carving is not bad. Wang Ding picked up the magnifying glass on the table, pushed it over and focused on it for a while, then put down the magnifying glass in his hand, and looked up at the jade in front of him. The treasure holder said, "Sir, can you tell me about the origin of your set of jade?"

"Ah, let me tell you the truth, I bought it in the antique market..." The man was honest.

"How much did it cost?" Wang Ding asked.

"Hehe, the person who sold it to me said it was an ancient jade from the Han Dynasty, and it was still covered with dirt. It cost me a total of 800 yuan. Mr. Wang, is this jade fake?"

This man's mentality is relatively good, it seems that he has already stored something in his heart, which is a false psychological preparation.

Wang Ding smiled and said: "The jade is not fake, but it is not the ancient jade of the Han Dynasty, but it is made old after modern carving. The quality of the jade is Hetian white jade, and the quality is average. But this set of old sacrificial jade, The carving is good, you can keep it for yourself, and the modern carving technology is not necessarily worse than the ancient ones, even better, like this set of jade, you have to keep it for hundreds of years, isn't it also a set of exquisite carvings Is it ancient jade? Also, when you go to the antique market in the future, look more and sell less. If this thing is real, you will have to add two zeros after the price you paid for it..."

"Thank you Master Wang, thank you very much, I will pay attention to it in the future." The visitor was very satisfied with Wang Ding's answer, bowed, and walked down with his belongings.

Then Wang Ding appraised two more treasures. After Wang Ding appraised, Kang Qiankun was appreciating a three-legged golden toad ornament. This golden toad Wang Ding had been appraised before, so he looked at it with great interest.

Right now, the shape of the three-legged golden cicada is very ordinary, with two legs in front and one leg in the back, with wide-open eyes, and a posture of squatting with its head raised slightly.

However, unlike the general golden toad that holds money or spits out money, this three-legged golden toad has a bead in its mouth.The toad's mouth is half-opened, revealing a gap, as if it is about to spit out beads.

"Jiuhe, come and see this golden toad with me!"

At this moment, Wan Jiuhe was idle aside, maybe Mr. Kang saw it and asked him to appreciate it together.When Wan Jiuhe heard that he was busy, he came over and took a fancy to the three-legged golden toad.

"Golden toad spitting beads? This kind of shape is relatively rare, and it may be a fabrication."

"Really, I also think it is relatively rare, so I asked you to take a look." Kang Lao said calmly.

"The material of this thing seems to be... stone."

Wan Jiuhe touched it, and said with a smile: "The color is black and yellow, like a stone. It's hard to judge the age, but it doesn't look too old. The only advantage is that the carving is relatively fine. The small hole on the stone is subtly modified into the skin of the toad...especially the shape of the toad spitting beads, which is very natural and lifelike."

"Of course it's a good thing."

At this time, the treasure bearer spoke, even though she is just a girl in her 20s, she is not a woman.

"Let me tell you two experts, my three-legged golden toad was carefully carved out of yellow wax stone. Yellow wax stone, you know, is the very expensive kind, also called Huanglongyu..."

Wan Jiuhe said lightly: "Little sister, there is a difference between yellow wax stone and yellow dragon jade. There may be yellow dragon jade in yellow wax stone, but yellow dragon jade is absolutely impossible to be yellow wax stone. Moreover, yellow wax stone is smooth and delicate, no matter Transparent or opaque, the color of the stone is very pure. But the stone of this three-legged golden toad is grayish and dark yellow in color, and its texture is rougher. To put it bluntly, even ordinary pebbles are better than this .”

"It's ugly enough."

The little sister didn't feel embarrassed, but smiled and said: "However, don't underestimate these stones. These stones were picked from Shangqing River and passed down from my grandfather. Does Shangqing River know? It has flowed For thousands of years, it is also a place where dragons and tigers meet, and there is spiritual energy in the river water. The stone soaked and washed by the river water has some spiritual surnames, and my stone must be unusual."

Wan Jiuhe had already said this, so it is inconvenient to say anything more, Kang Qiankun picked up the three-legged golden toad belatedly, and pressed it carefully in his palm.

After more than ten seconds, he said, "The stone of this three-legged golden toad is really not very good, but it is really old. It is also finely crafted and has a good meaning. It can attract wealth and treasure, town house, and exorcise evil spirits." , Prosperity. There is an old saying, if you have a golden toad at home, your fortune will be prosperous... You must be right to buy it back. Little sister, I intend to buy your golden toad, how much do you want to sell it for?"

Kang Qiankun's talking expression was very calm, making it impossible to see how much he liked this object. The younger sister glanced at Kang Qiankun, but did not immediately ask for a price.

"Master Kang, it's like this. If you say that my stone is not very good, then the price I sell must not be too high. I want to try another expert before making a decision?"

Sensing that Mr. Kang seems to be interested in buying the three-legged golden toad, the little sister talked about the conditions, which shows that she is also a scheming person.

Hearing the sound, Mr. Kang suddenly smiled and said, "Oh, I read it wrong. This thing is not a stone carving, it should be made of red mud and ash pottery. Look at the bottom, even the mud hasn't been completely dried and burned, and it's about to turn into ashes. Yes. I think this thing should be placed in the corner of the kiln and baked at a low temperature. I guess when the kiln was opened, this thing was not completely dry, at most it was a semi-finished product. Afterwards, the craftsman simply moved the knife, Carved like this, and then slowly dried, it has this kind of stone-like characteristics, I just saw it wrong."

"Oh... what Mr. Kang said makes sense. I said why it is so rough. It turned out to be muddy. Then you Jinchan will be even more difficult to say." Wan Jiuhe nodded.

When the little sister heard that the two experts said it was a muddy golden toad, her face suddenly stretched.

Of course she was not happy. Grandpa passed it on to her baby, saying it was burnt with plaster. Isn't that a slap in the face!

"Little sister, are you still selling it?" Kang Qiankun asked, anyway, it is not too expensive, but it is said to be exquisitely carved, so he can accept it! (To be continued.)