Baolu Tianxing

After a few hours, more than 20 lots were bought by everyone. There are not many people who are still empty-handed. Everyone has their own interests, and most of them have gained something, so the atmosphere on the scene is still good.The auction has come to an end, and the mentality is very relaxed. Seeing that Lao Liu made it so mysterious, many people started to make fun of it.

This time, he didn't put the items on the table. Lao Liu waved his hand, and the young man standing behind picked up the lid of the last big wooden box, and pried off the wooden slats on the side. After cleaning up the hay that was stuffed inside, an object was exposed. The top was still covered with a lot of broken grass, but it couldn't hide the reflected brilliance under the light.

"What the hell is this?"

Because it was not placed on the table, the people sitting behind couldn't see it. Seeing that the people in front stretched their necks, they simply stood up.

"It's a jade carving!"

"Isn't it just a jade piece? It's so mysterious, why can't it be put up for everyone to see?"

While everyone was discussing, the Jiang brothers had already stepped forward, squatted down to have a look, and then turned their heads to ask Lao Liu for advice. Jiang Da then took out a pair of white gloves from the pocket behind his buttocks. Get started right away.

"Hey, Lao Jiang, what the hell is it?" Seeing his cautious look, Yu Aizi directly asked many people's doubts.

"Buddha!" ​​Jiang Da didn't speak, but Jiang Er who was beside him answered in a muffled voice.

"What?!" Shorty Yu didn't hear clearly for a while, but there was already a bang in the front rows, and many people stood up!

"What are they excited about?" Da Ya asked belatedly.

Wu Chen also stood up, only to find that the top was surrounded into a ball, not to mention people squeezing in, even if he was looking for a gap to get in, it was impossible.However, the information from those people's mouths was enough for him to obtain some information.

The Buddha's crown they talk about actually refers to the Buddha's head, and the head of the Buddha statue is chiseled off. No one has done this kind of immoral thing in the past. After all, Chinese people have never been afraid of offending others. Even if you are the emperor, there are still people. Dare to go all out to pull down the horse, but no one dares to offend the gods!

This situation lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty. With the influx of a large number of foreigners, in the name of various scientific researches, they began to search for a large number of cultural relics from the Celestial Dynasty, and they were very interested in murals and Buddha statues. The wall-chiseling business has flourished, forming the first wave of harvesting Buddha heads. Many well-known Buddha statues have suffered from this bad luck. Those lucky enough to survive were also killed in the catastrophe decades ago. It was completely destroyed, and the Buddha statues in many places were actually added later.

People in this industry are more or less superstitious, so they always call the Buddha's head the Buddha's top. The word "Buddha's head" in the industry often refers to the big bead in the rosary, which also represents the Buddha.

Most of you here have been immersed in this trip for many years. Although objects like the Buddha's head are rarely circulated, you should have seen a lot. Why are you so excited about this Buddha's head? Is there anything unique about it?This is also what Da Ya was puzzled about.

But Wu Chen quickly let him know why these people are a little excited, because this is a jade Buddha top!

A sculpture more than 30 centimeters high, even if it is a full-body Buddha statue, is not easy to see, not to mention that this is just a Buddha top. According to the proportion of the Buddha statue, how big is the full-body Jade Buddha statue? !

"What's so strange about this? Maybe some people like to carve only the top of the Buddha! There are no other parts of the body at all!" When Da Ya heard it, it turned out to be the case.His mind turned quickly, and he immediately thought of other reasonable explanations.

"Come on, you can tell that you are uneducated!" Wu Chen rolled his eyes at him. Buddha statues are extremely particular about other objects. Unless they are destroyed, let alone the Buddha's head, you can't even see the bust.

In the Tripitaka, there is a stipulation for making Buddha statues. Buddha statues must have 32 features and eighty-five shapes. Only by following these standards can they be completed.Just because the Buddha has 32 features and [-] kinds of goodness, when shaping the Buddha statue, we should try to express it, from the top of the head to the white hair, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, swastika...

If what you want to express is not a Buddha statue, but a secret meaning, for example, there are Buddha eyes on the pagoda, the eyes of wisdom eyes, this is a representation, what it wants to convey is the characteristics and functions of wisdom, then is allowed.However, when circulating Buddha statues, try to make them as complete as possible, whether it is sitting or standing, so that you can get perfect results.Not only that, but there is even a need to consider that the Buddha statue should have a backlight, because it is mentioned in the "Buddhist Buddha Measuring Sutra" that if the Buddha statue does not have a backlight, the result will be no power and power.

"As long as you know so much! There is no guarantee that the person who sculpted this Buddha-top is the same as me. I don't know there is such a thing!" Da Ya thought about it carefully, and it was indeed as Wu Chen said, he had never seen a half-length or There is only one Buddha head alone.

"You don't know, but do you know how to carve Buddha statues? Anyone who is engaged in this industry must know some basic common sense." Wu Chen knew that he was stubborn, but this was not a joke. Just carving a head is called To shed the blood of the Buddha's body is to create sinful karma!It belongs to the five evils and ten evil crimes!

There is also a story here. It is said that a few years ago, an eminent monk named Master Jingkong was invited to a certain temple to give lectures. The whole journey was good. When he arrived in the temple, the living room was very spacious and elegantly furnished, but In the middle there is a work of art - the head of a Bodhisattva.

At that time, Master Jingkong went out without saying a word, and after bowing his hands to pay homage, the presiding monk in the temple chased him out of the door, accompanied by a smiling face. Blood, you will fall into hell." Then he drifted away.Not long after, there was a sudden landslide in the local area, and more than half of the temple was buried, and many people died in it.

"This evil nature! Then who would dare to want this thing!" Da Ya was stunned, blinking his eyes, and suddenly lost interest in the so-called Buddha top above.

Wu Chen is too clear about this guy, so he can't play cards with him according to common sense!Don't look at Da Ya who keeps saying that Einstein is his idol, but he is actually very superstitious in his bones.

At this time, the people who came forward to watch had withdrawn one after another, with an inexplicable sophistication on their faces, even the Jiang brothers who had fought before, had a sullen face and did not bite their ears again.

Only then did Wu Chen see the Buddha's top.Looking from the place where he was sitting, under the light, the entire top of the Buddha exudes the brilliance of jade, and there is a faint halo. It is definitely not jade, it should be nephrite in China, but the jade from the place is used. I can't see it for a while.

The size of the entire Buddha's top is slightly larger than the child's head, plus the neck below, it should be more than 20 centimeters.There is a spiral high bun on the Buddha's head, high nose and big ears, full lips and wide cheeks, two long eyes with high corners, and pupils looking down. The style belongs to the typical Tang Dynasty.It may be a long time, and without maintenance, the face is naturally chapped.

When Lao Liu saw that everyone had returned to their seats, he said loudly, "How do you see it? This Buddha top, not to mention the base material, is the charm, color and appearance craftsmanship. It can be called a top-grade work. I won’t say more, if you like it, just ask for a price!”

Antique business, pay attention to the origin, now Lao Liu never mentions it, there is something hidden in it, this is a black market, and no one is going to get to the bottom of it.Of course, in the formal auction market, Buddha heads are never auctioned. There are many reasons for this, but the more public and plausible reason is that Buddha heads are not independent individuals!

Therefore, collections like this have always been only circulated among the people, and most of them are traded on the black market, so the price is relatively much lower. Without an open market reference price, how much it is worth depends on personal preference!

Such a jade Buddha top in the Tang Dynasty has never been seen before. As long as it can be dated, it will undoubtedly be a national treasure. In comparison, even if the base material is good, if it is newly carved, the craftsmanship and modeling can be said to be completely useless.

"Whispering, 5 yuan!"

It was Shorty Yu who broke the silence first and threw a brick out.Da Ya greatly appreciated this buddy's courage, and immediately gave him a thumbs up!Yu Xiaozi responded with a wretched smile.

"Fifty-five thousand yuan."

"Sixty thousand..."

It can be seen that everyone's quotations are very cautious, and Lao Liu is so happy that he wants to buy this Buddha top for tens of thousands of dollars?These people don't know what they are thinking!Although he didn't quote a low price, he also had an expectation in his heart that if he didn't have a million or so, no one would want to take it away, and at worst he would end up cutting it off himself!

"I'll pay [-]!" Da Ya saw Lao Liu squatting there smoking a cigarette by himself, with a weird smile on his mouth, without even looking at the scene, probably because he was dissatisfied with the price, so he fanned him!The last one, let's join in the fun!

However, his voice made the audience quiet down. No one made any further quotations. Instead, many people stared at him. This kid is really suspicious, the more he looks at it, the more he looks like a trick!

"Why are you all looking at me?"

Da Ya saw that the momentum was not right, the brick was thrown out, but it didn't make a sound, instead it was about to accidentally injure himself.

"It's okay, everyone thinks you are handsome and have a unique temperament!"

Wu Chen laughed. They didn't have much cash, but they still had 10 yuan. Even if they bought this Jade Buddha head, it didn't matter. After all, it was a good deal!As for the usefulness, at worst, I will reshape it into a golden body and donate it to the temple in my hometown to fulfill public morality.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Da Ya was self-aware of this, but when he saw Wu Chen speak, he knew that the boy agreed in his heart. According to Wu Chen's temperament, the price should not be high, otherwise he would not be interested.