gifted collector

Chapter 183 Tian Huangshi

Su Ning looked at Fang Ming. He knew that the other party already knew that he was looking for trouble. At the beginning, he thought he could see a nervous look, but there was none at all. This made him quite upset.

It is not the first day for Suning to do such a thing, he has quite a lot of experience. After receiving the "entrustment" from Jia Ming and others, he studied Fang Ming carefully, and concluded that Fang Ming is a master of appraisal. People are difficult to deal with, so he rejected the plan proposed by Jia Ming and others to use a piece of high-quality imitation porcelain from earlier years to deal with Fang Ming. It was a big loss for Fang Ming.

Just now I intentionally revealed a little "flaw" in order to influence Fang Ming's mind. The experience accumulated over the years tells Su Ning that, for experts who have reached a certain level of appraisal, it is not the so-called appraisal knowledge that affects the appraisal result, but the process of appraisal. He just wanted to influence Fang Ming's psychology, but now it seems that he was unsuccessful.

Sighing inwardly, he shook his head lightly. Seeing that it would not affect the decision, Suning slowly opened the box he had placed on the table, and first took out a piece of brocade cloth from inside, spread it Then carefully take out the contents from inside.

Fang Ming frowned slightly, and his eyes narrowed.

What Suning took out was not an antique such as porcelain or coins, but a stone, which was a bit unexpected to Fang Ming.

Seeing the silent Fang Ming, Su Ning became proud and said, "Don't tell me you don't accept stones in Guxuanzhai? This is the top-quality Tianhuang stone."

Tianhuang stone is produced under the rice fields on both sides of Shoushan River in Shoushan Township, FZ City. It is yellow in color.

According to legend, after Puyi, the Yellow Emperor of the late Qing Dynasty fled for his life, all the treasures he brought were thrown away, but in the end he still carried three Tianhuangshi seals used by Emperor Qianlong on his body. One can imagine how precious this Tianhuangshi is.

"How? To accept or not to accept?"

Suning became more and more proud.He felt that his choice today was right.Fang Ming is a master at picking up leaks, what does this mean?Explain that if you want to find trouble, you must not place your hope on ordinary antiques, as Fang Ming will definitely not be troubled by that.

It was precisely because of this consideration that Suning chose Fang Tian Huangshi. Now seeing Fang Ming's embarrassing and silent expression, he knew that his choice was right.

Fang Ming smiled, of course he understood what the other party meant.

Of course, Tian Huangshi is different from ordinary antiques. Many people who collect antiques are good at identifying porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, coins, etc. Even if they are not good at it, they know a little bit, but not everyone knows about stones, so Suning Use such things to make things difficult for yourself—of course you don't need to be polite to yourself when you make trouble.

However, on the other hand, the stone is an object in the collection, and I have no way to deny that it is not a collection, so I will not accept it.

"Heh, as long as it's a good thing, why don't you accept it?"

Tian Huangshi is a good thing, if it is true, why not accept it?
According to the legend, after Nuwa repaired the sky, there was one stone left that was useless. One day, when she was walking on the earth, she found that Shoushan Mountain in Fuzhou had a beautiful scenery and outstanding people. But the unused stones were scattered to the land of Shoushan Mountain, which became Tian Huangshi later.

Of course, legends are just legends after all.

Tian Huangshi According to the records of Shi Hongbao's "Miscellaneous Notes" in the Qing Dynasty, one day an old farmer who went to the city to sell millet entered the city. Because the soldiers pointed out that my burden was light at one end and heavy at the other, he picked up a yellow stone from the field and put it on the ground. On the light side.When passing by the house of Cao Xuequan, a famous writer who was at Zhiren’s home, he happened to meet Cao Xuequan when he came out, so he bought the stone, but even so, Tian Huangshi did not get people’s attention for a long time after that.

It was not until the Kangxi period that Tian Huangshi slowly became known to the world.

During the Kangxi period, a man named Gao Zhao wrote a book called "Guanshilu", which recorded more than 140 Shoushan stones he saw, and they were divided into "shenpin", "yipin" and "miaopin". Among them, there are "sweet yellow flawless", "yellow like steamed chestnut" and "blood soaked sweet yellow", etc. It should be seen from these descriptions that they refer to yellow stones, which most likely refer to Tian Huangshi.At this time, although Tian Huangshi was well known, he still won enough recognition.

This situation was not changed until Qianlong.It is said that Qianlong had a dream. He dreamed that he was summoned by the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor gave him a yellow stone and the three characters "Fu Shou Tian". It refers to Tian Huangshi in Shoushan, Fuzhou, and "Fushoutian" refers to Tianhuang in Shoushan, Fuzhou.Qianlong was very happy, and because of this, he would put a piece of Tianhuang stone in the future sacrifices to heaven.Since then, Tian Huangshi has become the "King of Stones" and "Emperor of Stone", and his status has not changed until today.

However, the reason why Tian Huangshi has become a priceless treasure is that there is only one place in the world where such stones can be produced, and that is on both sides of a stream in Shoushan Village. , only the stones produced in such a paddy field are called Tianhuangshi. In fact, the real Tianhuangshi refers to the "yellow" stones that appear in the watershed of Kengtou River in Shoushan Mountain and its downstream Shoushan River. Of course, there is only this place. Tian Huangshi just appeared, and Tian Huangshi was not found at all in Daduan River, which is only a few steps away from Kengtou River.From Kengtou, the source of Kengtou River, to Jiementan, the lower reaches of Shoushan River, the total length is eight miles long, and the area where Tianhuangshi is produced is only one kilometer, and even in this area, the paddy fields are divided into Shangban, Shangban, Nakasaka, Shimosaka, and Ushitasaka, the Tianhuang from Kamibanta is bright in texture but lighter in color, the texture of Nakasakata is softer but thicker in color, and the texture of Shimosaka is like tung oil. The Tianhuang stone in Xiaban has a rough texture and a dull color, so only Zhongban can produce the best Tianhuang stone.

After years of mining, the number of Tianhuangshi is very small and close to extinction, so it is getting more and more expensive.

As early as many years ago, Tian Huangshi had a saying of one or two Tianhuang and one or two gold, but now it is actually more than this price.

In 1998, at the Sotheby’s Spring Auction in Hong Kong, there was a piece of Maitreya Buddha that was said to be carved by Yang Yuxuan from the Qing Dynasty.

In other words, Tian Huangshi now sees one piece missing, so if the one in front of him is real, Fang Ming can't understand why he doesn't accept it, even if he pays a little more money, it doesn't make any difference. questionable.

"Oh? Boss Fang, do you think this is a good thing?"

Su Ning looked at Fang Ming with a smile on his face, but the smile was a sneer no matter what.

"I have to see."

Fang Ming's expression was calm, and he didn't seem to feel the provocation in Suning's tone at all.Gently pick up the fist-sized stone in Jinbu—if this is really Tian Huangshi, it will be a big deal in terms of size.

"I want this stone, how much is it?"

Su Ning was taken aback, Fang Ming's appraisal was a little too fast, it was exactly the same as before, but the appraisal was completed as soon as he got started, which is really too scary.

"This...have you finished the appraisal?"

Although it is said that the faster Fang Ming makes the appraisal, the greater the chance of making mistakes, which is better for Suning, but he is not happy at this moment, instead he feels that something bad is happening in his heart.Because in his original imagination, Fang Ming would at least have to hesitate for a while or turn the stone over and over in his hands and study it carefully for a long time before he could come to a conclusion!

Putting the stone back on the brocade cloth, Fang Ming nodded lightly and said, "Of course, what's the problem? It doesn't take much time to identify a stone."

Suning was so angry that he almost vomited blood, how long would it take to identify a stone?At least it will take a little longer, right?Are you sure just by looking at it?Is this identification, guesswork, or deception?

Tian Huangshi is extremely precious, so there is naturally a way to appraise it, which is not child's play.

And to distinguish and identify these things, even experienced people will spend hours or even days or months carefully playing with the identification. Make a judgment at the moment of hand addiction?

Impossible, how could this kid identify it as soon as he got it?He must be playing tricks!Yes, it must be so.

Suning has been in the antique collection industry for many years, and has seen many bizarre things. I won’t talk about the various situations, but there are also many strange ways of doing business. He looks like he knows it well, and he packs himself up as a "golden hand", "golden eye" or something like that.

That's the way of doing business, everything is easy when you have a reputation.

Su Ning suddenly thought, is Fang Ming the same?Are you thinking of this too?Otherwise, it can't explain why he was able to appraise an antique so quickly!As for the things that swept through the Small Antiques Street in a day and missed hundreds of pieces, and the deliberate rumors from Qian Fang's mouth, Na was just a means to make Fang Ming famous.

Of course, it can also be seen from this that Fang Ming's background is not small, for example, the second generation of a high-ranking official, or the second generation of a rich rich, who used money to buy Qian Fang and others, Deliberately create the image of a leak-seeking madman.

The more Su Ning thought about it, the more he felt that his conjecture was correct.

(End of this chapter)