The Book of Appreciation

The commercial vehicle with one more box drove out of the village and drove towards a village not far away hidden in the tender green of spring.

"This village is full of jade ornaments, but they are not processed locally. They are finished products from Pingzhou and Jieyang. When they are sold on the street, they are usually placed in basins filled with water, plus some The dyed ones look crystal clear and beautiful, but in fact, many of those materials can’t even be called jade.”

Xiao Ru, who was a guest tour guide, looked down on this village a little bit. Hmph, isn’t it because people eat finished products and can only earn some hard money?Just like that, I dare not buy from my aunt's house...

Hearing what Xiaoru said, Wu Di smiled, it doesn't matter if you don't look at it like this, a finished product has passed through the hands of countless people, so there is nothing to miss.But today he was surprised to find such a large piece of suet white jade in a pile of Afghan jade.Presumably these people have been cheating for a long time, and they don't know the real thing when it's in front of them!How could he have thought that these people have never seen any suet white jade in their life, and they are not guarded, so how could they recognize it?

"This village mainly makes seals, jade mahjong, agate go, etc. Gold sandstone and tiger's eye stone are all rotten stones, or synthetic things, which are not worth seeing, but a nearby village can be visited. That’s real craftsmanship.”

"Oh, what craft?"

"Antiques are fraudulent. These people bury some things in the soil, or corrode them with diluted acid water. Anyway, they come up with whatever is suitable. The things they make look old or new. When they are put on the table, there are still many. Foreigners want to buy it, and it’s all priced in US dollars! The family in the village is buying and selling hair. An imitation Japanese samurai sword costs dozens of yuan and sells for thousands of dollars.

Wu Di's heart skipped a beat, most likely there would be real products as models for counterfeiting, but I don't know if I can see them with clairvoyant eyes.However, it would be good if you can learn some counterfeiting techniques through Xiaoru's relationship...you must check it out.

"Don't think about it, it's all the unique tricks of each family, and I can't even see it! How about this, I will take you to a family to see and see. They are still distant relatives of my mother's family. My name is Uncle. I heard that only a year Shot twice, and the rest of the time was wandering around major museums, looking for prototypes, I don’t know if they are there today. Remember, no matter what you see when you go in, no matter what they say, there is only one anyway, let me pay for something ,no way!"

Wu Di smiled and nodded. Now these things have been made semi-public. Anyway, no one else can say whether it is true or false. You can see everything for yourself.After the deal is made, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. Coupled with the protection of the local area, this area has developed in such a deformed way.

The life of the common people is better and richer, but their spiritual civilization has been completely corrupted.However, this is also a common phenomenon. Now that even a three-year-old child knows that everything depends on money, how can there be any pure land to speak of?

Xiaoru's uncle was not at home, and it was his son who received them. A middle-aged man named Xiaoru, who heard that Wu Di and the others were brought by Xiaoru to see the goods, did not have any doubts, and took them generously. Out of two things, said with a smile:

"These two items were not made by the old man. They were collected. They are real products. It's just that the price is a bit expensive. You should take a look first, and we'll talk after you're satisfied."

Wu Di glanced at it with a smile, frowned, and took the lead to pick up the blue mallet bottle with twining lotus patterns, which looked almost new and old like a modern handicraft.

This is a mallet bottle with blue-glazed ground and gold-painted lotus patterns. It is about 45 cm high by visual inspection, and its diameter is about the same as the foot diameter. It should be about 14 cm.

After reading the size, look at the shape of the vessel, handicap, straight neck, full shoulders, cylindrical abdomen, and round feet. It is the standard standard of the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.

After looking at the shape of the vessel and then looking at the glaze color, I can see that the outer wall of this bottle is covered with blue glaze. The glaze surface is smooth and evenly sprinkled, and the glaze is painted.The decoration is golden color patterns, the neck is double dragons playing with pearls, the shoulders are brightly painted with flower patterns, the abdomen is decorated with twining lotus patterns, and the shin is patterned with lotus petals. A genuine piece.

Sprinkling blue glaze is a kind of colored glaze created and fired during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, and it is a low-temperature glaze.It is made by blowing glaze technique, the glaze surface is different in shade, dark blue dots are scattered on the light blue ground, like scattered blue water droplets, so it is called "sprinkling blue" or "snowflake blue".Qing "Nan Kiln Notes" also called it "blowing green glaze".

Xuande sprinkled blue glaze ware handed down is only seen in bowls, decorated with engraved cloud and dragon patterns.The blue-glazed porcelain in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty is more common, and it is a high-temperature colored glaze.The shapes are rich and varied, including plates, bowls, pen holders, mallet bottles, jars, etc. The glaze is smooth, sprinkled evenly, and decorated in various ways, including under-glaze or over-glaze painting with blue ground, white flowers sprinkled with blue ground, and gold painted with blue ground, etc. .

The bottle in Wu Di's hand has a thin, firm body, deep and elegant enamel, and elegant and luxurious gold color, giving people a magnificent feeling. The pattern is dense, but the layout is orderly, and it seems to be a typical utensil of the Kangxi Dynasty.

He looked at the blue and white logo inside the circle again, put down the mallet bottle without saying a word, and leaned over to look at another tall sky blue bottle.This one is even more incredible, it is actually a hollowed-out Jun kiln vase!

The bottle is divided into upper and lower parts, the upper part is the bottle shape, and the lower part is the hollow bottle seat. There is no seam between the upper part and the upper part, which is obviously connected as a whole during firing.

Wu Di looked at this rare shape carefully, and saw that the mouth of the bottle was open, with a long neck, chi-shaped ears, a round belly, and a crown ring on each side.The bottle body is covered with sky blue glaze, the glaze layer is thick, the glaze color is uneven, and part of it flows at the bottom, which is the standard "flowing glaze" phenomenon.Moreover, there are many purple spots on the glaze surface, which looks mottled and not very beautiful.However, he knew that it was caused by the reduction of copper in the glaze during firing, which was precisely an important symbol to prove its identity.

This hollow vase is nearly 60 centimeters high, with a mouth and bottom diameter of about 18 centimeters. Judging from the characteristics of the glaze, tire quality, and vessel shape, it should be Jun kiln porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty.

The glaze color of the Jun kiln in the Yuan Dynasty was based on blue and varied, but the glaze layer of the finished product was thicker, showing "opacity phenomenon", not as transparent as other celadon.In terms of artistic style, it is majestic and majestic, and works with large shapes often appear.All these characteristics, this bottle fits perfectly.

"Adi, this one doesn't seem to be as good-looking as that one."

Meng Yao saw that Wu Di was concentrating on looking at the collection, and the others didn't know what they were thinking, and no one spoke. She felt that the atmosphere in the room was a bit dignified, and she couldn't help expressing her opinion.

"Hehe, it's true that the craftsmanship of this hollowed-out vase is relatively rough, the quality of the porcelain body is relatively loose, and the glaze color is still a bit stiff. It is a bit unqualified as an ornamental vessel, but there are very few such hollowed-out vessels. See. This... brother-in-law, what price are you going to sell for these two pieces?"

Wu Di thought for a long time, but he couldn't find a suitable address, so he just followed Xiao Ru and called him Xiaojiu.

"One of these two pieces is a mallet vase with a blue-glazed floor painted with gold and lotus patterns from the Kangxi Dynasty, and the other is a hollowed-out Jun kiln vase from the Yuan Dynasty. Before leaving, the old man explained that it is not allowed to sell if it is less than 1000 million."

"1000 million? Two pieces of 1000 million?"

Uncle nodded,

"The price is actually low, but we don't know any big collectors, and we don't have a channel to sell it. It's a worry to keep this thing at home for a day, so we just sell it at a cheaper price. Don't give it to others. Profit margins, who wants to pay that much for two old bottles and go back and see for themselves?"

Wu Di smiled wryly, there is no need to look for it, there is one here, and I bought an old bottle at a high price just to see it for myself.However, 1000 million yuan for these two items is really not expensive. They should have learned about this price a few years ago. Now they don't even need to operate for the auction, and 2000 million yuan is very easy.

He verified it with the heavenly book habitually, and then the wry smile on his face became more obvious. It's shameful, it's got a hole in it, and something with such obvious features can get a hole in it!

These two bottles are real and the other is fake. Although the mallet bottle with blue glaze and gold-painted lotus patterns from the Kangxi Dynasty looks very new, it is true that the ancient Jun kiln hollow seat bottle of the Yuan Dynasty is a genuine imitation. Taste!This 1000 million is actually only the price of the sprinkled blue glaze!

Wu Di calmly picked up the piece of Jun kiln porcelain and looked it up and down. There was no problem with the glaze and tire quality.

While pondering carefully, he pretended to ask casually:

"If it's a single piece, how much is this piece?"

The uncle hesitated for a moment. Before leaving, the old man explained that the two pieces would be sold together. He didn't say what the price would be if they were separated, but this kid obviously liked this one. Could it be that he thinks the old and ugly ones are the real ones?

He scratched his head pretending to be embarrassed,

"I really don't know the price of this single piece, why don't you wait a while and I'll ask you?"

Wu Di nodded and continued to study the bottle on the ground. Seeing that Xiao Ru was about to speak, she shook her head slightly. This is probably the work of her old uncle. It can be imitated to this extent, let alone only sold twice a year. Once again, once in a few years, you will already be a billionaire!

After a while, the uncle came out from the back room, saw Wu Di was still studying the bottle, and said with a smile:

"The old man said that these two pieces were supposed to be sold together, but since I'm a relative of Xiaoru's family, I really only want one piece, and I can take it apart, but the price is a little bit more expensive."

"Oh, tell me, how much are these two things?"

"This piece of Jun kiln porcelain is very rare in shape, and it is much older. It is not easy to preserve such a large and complete piece of porcelain, so the price is slightly more expensive, 800 million. This Kangxi's sprinkled blue Glaze, it looks good, but there are many surviving, as long as 240 million." (To be continued.)