The Book of Appreciation

Wu Di hurriedly helped him to sit down, and then said:

"That's right, old man, you picked up the treasure. This is a piece of blue and white Song Dynasty, and it's not something from the third year of Yuanyou, it should be from the Southern Song Dynasty."

"What evidence is there? I have found similar styles and decorations on the Internet, and they are basically from the Qing Dynasty."

"From the Qing Dynasty? Qing Dynasty peasants would have this kind of hair?"

"These are two peasant women! Look at their clothes!"

"First of all, this pattern reflects the paddy fields, which should be the life scenes in the south. However, in the south of the Qing Dynasty, where did peasant women go to the fields? Then there is the dress. Han women in the Qing Dynasty usually wore skirts and cloaks, and only trousers. Those who don’t wear skirts are mostly maidservants or laborers. This is true, but you should pay attention to their tops, no shorts, and bare feet. The peasants’ clothes in the Song Dynasty are somewhat similar to this. Wearing sweatshirts and poor-quality trousers..."

Mr. Yang looked at Wu Di like a monster, and asked:

"How old is your boy this year?"

"25, what's wrong?"

"How do you have so much time to learn these things? You have studied the costumes of all dynasties and generations? Then tell me..."

Wu Di repeatedly begged for mercy,

"Old man, let's be honest, I've seen a large piece of Song Qinghua's porcelain from the senior brother, and there happens to be a complete image of a farmer's uncle on it..."

"I rely on!"

Now even the old man couldn't help but swear.Then he pointed to the big blue and white pot with a happy smile and said:

"Then you say, this one of mine is a real treasure? Hahahaha, now I'm finally proud!"

Wu Di rolled his eyes, if someone else didn't tell him, he would still try to fool him into my house!

After a meal, the guests and the host had a good time, and Mr. Yang told him that these three collections were all obtained from a friend who had difficulty in turnover. Except for the Zigang jade bottle, which cost a lot of money, the remaining two pieces were not suitable for their new identities. Said, that is simply the price of cabbage!

"By the way, Xiao Wu, I don't know much about calligraphy, painting and jade wares. That friend is short of cash right now and is handling the collection secretly. There should be quite a few pieces left, why don't we go and have a look? "

"Okay, go and have a look, I haven't collected anything from anyone's house yet!"

As soon as he said he would leave, Doraemon and others were left in the Yang family. That person lived in Pule Road on the top of the mountain, and it was also a mansion of more than 1000 square meters, worth more than one billion Hong Kong dollars.

Seeing that it was Mr. Yang, a muscular old man greeted him enthusiastically. Wu Di had no impression of rich people in Hong Kong. If he paid attention, he would recognize that this was Zhou Lesheng, the helm of Hong Kong's top jewelry brand Zhou Lesheng himself.

After hearing the intention of the two, Zhou Lesheng was full of confusion. Mr. Yang did not introduce Wu Di's other identity. As an old man in the jewelry industry, how could he not know about the sudden emergence of Blue Dream in the past two months?Could it be that this kid knew something and came to explore the way?

Last month, the person in charge of Zhou Lesheng's company going to South Africa to purchase diamonds had an accident, and the diamonds worth [-] million Hong Kong dollars in his possession disappeared, which suddenly put Zhou Lesheng's business in crisis.Coupled with the economic downturn in recent years, he had no choice but to block the news while contacting old friends in private, looking for excuses to sell antiques to cash.At this time, Wu Di took the liberty to visit, how could he not make him feel fearful?

The three of them finished their work in the living room, chatted casually, and Zhou Lesheng's doubts became more intense. It seemed that Wu Di really came here for antiques, but, is it that simple?He told them to wait a moment, turned around to get the collection, and took the opportunity to think about whether Wu Di had any other plans.

Wu Di looked at the hall of the villa. The decoration style here is completely different from that of Yang's hometown, which is completely European style.Wu Di didn't like this kind of westernized things before, but when he saw it today, he felt that there was some cultural precipitation in the luxury.After thinking about it, I understand a little bit. It must be that some designers in China can't learn the skills. They only learned the shape of others, but they didn't learn the spirit.If you get tired of living in a courtyard house in the future, you might as well try this style when you buy a villa again. It is best to ask Mr. Zhou to introduce the designer.

Not long after, Zhou Lesheng commanded two servants to carry a big box out. Seeing Wu Di looking at the hall, he said with a smile:

"If Mr. Wu likes it, he can also buy one to live in. I will introduce this designer to you, and you will be satisfied with the decoration effect."

Wu Di smiled bitterly and said:

"It's good, but it's a pity that I don't have that much money! The villa in this location plus decoration, don't even think about taking it if it doesn't cost more than a billion yuan. If you calculate it like this, am I a poor man?"

"Hehe, Mr. Wu is being polite, the helm of Lanmeng Jewelry, who has become famous, will be a poor man?"

Zhou Lesheng decided to go straight to see what this kid was doing.

Wu Di smiled and shook his head,

"I didn't expect Boss Zhou to know me. Hehe, I never get involved in the business. My interest lies in these things. Mr. Hu has the final say over there."

Elder Yang stood up and said with a smile:

"Look at my stupidity, what are you introducing? Are you two colleagues meeting colleagues? Come on, let me introduce again, Xiao Wu, this is the chairman of Zhou Lesheng, one of the top ten jewelry brands in Hong Kong. Zhou Lesheng Mr. Zhou, I think the two of you should have something in common besides collecting things."

"I'm sorry, my name sounded familiar to me before, but I didn't dare to ask, it turned out to be a senior in the industry! I'm ashamed, compared to Zhou Lesheng, Lan Meng is still a child who has just learned to walk!"

The two of you came and I went back and forth for a while, and then began to sit down and look at the collection.The first piece caught Wu Di's eyes, it was an elephant trunk bottle from Ge Kiln!

"This is an imitation Ge kiln elephant trunk bottle from the Ming Dynasty. Judging from the craftsmanship, it can be regarded as a fine piece. I wonder if Mr. Wu still catches the eye?"

Wu Di didn't speak, picked up the bottle and looked it over carefully. It was a square gray elephant trunk bottle with a simple and elegant shape and natural opening.

The imitation Ge kiln porcelain of the Ming Dynasty was mainly concentrated in the Xuande and Chenghua dynasties, but this is obviously not the case.This piece of porcelain has a thick body, slightly loose white body, bright glaze, and full glaze on the mouth.If you look closely at the bubbles in the glaze, which appear like beads, the feature of "gathering foam and accumulating beads" is very obvious. If it is really the Ming Dynasty, it is probably imitated by the Jiajing Dynasty.

I looked at the bottom of the foot, but there was no money.Wu Di put down the porcelain and said with a smile:

"Boss Zhou's possession is a treasure. This one is a good thing! I don't know how much it will take to give it up?"

"Why? I fell in love with the first one? I still have a lot of good things here, why don't we talk about it after reading it?"

"Okay, let me learn a lot today."

Zhou Lesheng took out another piece of porcelain, but he didn't introduce it anymore, he just stretched out his hand to signal Wu Di to look at it.

This is a standing statue of Guanyin made of Dehua white porcelain. The porcelain is white and crystal clear, with pink in the glaze.The shape of Avalokitesvara is majestic and majestic, with vivid charm and moderate proportions, which truly embodies the great compassion of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, who saves all living beings with compassion and saves suffering.Looking at the knife technique of carved porcelain, it is round, soft, deep and beautiful, with appropriate depth, and accurately depicts the rhythmic lines of clothing lines and multi-layered dresses that flutter in the wind, especially the facial features, hands and feet of Buddha statues. The characterization is even more nuanced, meticulous, and the skill is especially evident in the slightest hair.

"Okay, the lines are clear, concise, unrestrained, changeable, soft and smooth, natural inversion, round and powerful! Both form and spirit, infinite charm! This must be the famous He Chaozong Dehua white porcelain Avalokitesvara!"

While applauding, Wu Di went to look for inscriptions on Guanyin's waist.Sure enough, at the back and waist of the Buddha statue, I saw a gourd-shaped official script seal-style inscription, with "He" written in the upper part and "Chaozong" written in the lower part. The inscription form matches.

"He Chaozong? The authentic Ming Dynasty porcelain Buddha statue No. 1 handed down? Lao Zhou, you have such a good thing, but you are reluctant to show it to me. It's really embarrassing!"

"You? Forget it, it's not porcelain, so it's not for nothing to show you?"

Next came two pieces of high-quality porcelain from the Three Dynasties of the Qing Dynasty. Wu Di felt his index finger twitch and his heart itch.

After reading the porcelain, it's calligraphy and painting, which is Lao Yang's forte. He first blew his beard and stared at Zhou Lesheng for a while, and then sat down to appreciate it honestly. The first one he opened shocked the two of them. It turned out to be Castiglione's "Hundred Sons"!

Elder Yang just glanced at it, then frowned, looked at it for a while, and moved aside without saying a word, motioning Wu Di to watch for himself.

Wu Di glanced at Mr. Yang suspiciously. In his opinion, the problem with this painting is not very big. The inscription and the collection appreciation seal do not seem to be fake, but some parts of the picture are slightly blurred. He also gave a judgment of authenticity, so why would Old Yang frown?

The second painting is "Fishing Returning Picture" by Huang Shen, one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou in the Qing Dynasty. Compared with the one collected in Guangling Museum, there is one less willow tree, but one more fishing boat, and there are many people in the boat. It is the same, but the poems written in cursive script in the left corner are the same.

Mr. Yang was expressionless after reading it this time, and after Wu Di carefully read the inscription and inscription, he fell silent.

The next few items were relatively ordinary. Wu Di and Mr. Yang moved a lot faster. Zhou Lesheng kept looking at them cheerfully without saying a word.

After reading all the collections, Zhou Lesheng smiled bitterly and said:

"These are all collected by me over the past few decades. Of course, there are some eye-catching works, so I won't show them as treasures. I don't know which ones Mr. Wu has taken a fancy to?"

After thinking for a while, Wu Di picked out Ge Kiln Elephant Trunk Vase, He Chaozong Avalokitesvara Porcelain Carving, "Picture of Hundred Sons", "Picture of Fisherman's Return" and a garlic vase with famille rose painting of ladies playing in Yongzheng Dynasty, and said:

"Just these few pieces, Boss Zhou, let's make a price."

"Are these a few pieces? Although they were collected early and didn't cost much, I'm anxiously waiting for the money to be used, so I set the price according to the market price. Don't blame Mr. Zhou."

"Hehe, this is the proper meaning of business. Why should I blame it? Boss Zhou, please tell me." (To be continued.)