Jianbao life

Chapter 444 A Blessing in Misfortune (Part [-])

Uncle Lu saw Chu Chen and Uncle Wu looking at them non-stop. The two cups he took out just now felt very strange in his heart, and finally couldn't help asking: "What's wrong with you?"

After careful observation, Uncle Wu and Chu Chen affirmed that the pair of cups were indeed a pair of authentic Yongzheng blue and white Sanskrit cups. They were both very excited when they encountered such a good thing when they were begging for a glass of water. He is an old man, and he is very good at controlling his emotions.

Therefore, in the eyes of Uncle Lu, there was only a faint trace of joy on the faces of the two of them.

Uncle Wu didn't respond directly, but asked instead: "Master, I wonder where you got this pair of cups?"

Uncle Lu said with some displeasure: "Where did I get it? These cups of mine are all inherited from my ancestors! If you didn't come, I wouldn't usually take them out!"

Speaking of this, he seemed to understand something, and said firmly: "Oh, you want to buy it, right? This is something passed down from my ancestors, and I won't sell it!"

In decades of antique career, Uncle Wu has encountered this kind of situation a lot, and often the owner is determined not to sell it at first, but as long as the conditions are paid enough, the thing can be obtained in the end.

Judging from the decoration of the house, Uncle Lu's family background should be good, so Uncle Wu made a tentative offer first, saying:
"Master, you put this cup at home, and it can only be used for drinking tea. If it is exchanged for money, it will be more useful, don't you think? In this way, we will not let you suffer. This pair of cups, We bought it for 5000 yuan, what do you think?"

Although Uncle Lu knew that antiques were quite valuable, a pair of cups could sell for 5000 yuan, which was beyond his expectation. Still shook his head and refused to agree.

For Uncle Wu, as long as Uncle Lu hesitates, it proves that there is something to be done, and if he does not agree now, it is just that the money is not in place, so he began to persuade him "with emotion and reason".

At the same time, Chu Chen took another blue-and-white cup to have a look. The diameter of this cup was similar to the pair of blue-and-white cups just now.

The mouth of the cup is skimmed, the abdomen is arced, and the foot is circled.The carcass is light and thin, the white glaze is shiny, and the outer wall of the cup is decorated with blue and white colors.

This cup is decorated with chrysanthemum as the theme, embellished with vegetation and butterflies. The composition of the picture is clear and layered.

Although the butterfly pattern with fine brushwork and color is small, the details are absolutely unambiguous, and even the slender and curved tentacles of the butterfly are vividly expressed.

The flowers and plants are swaying in the wind, and the butterflies are dancing. This delicate and delicate picture full of natural interest gives people a kind of beautiful enjoyment.

On the other side, there is a poem in blue and white regular script: "Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, and seeing Nanshan leisurely".The poem is taken from two sentences in Tao Yuanming's "Drinking Five".At the end, there is a blue-and-white seal script "Shang" seal, and the outer bottom book has a blue-and-white "Kangxi Years of the Qing Dynasty" six-character two-line double-circle regular script. The writing standard should be the original style of this dynasty.

Chu Chen put the cup back calmly. At this time, Uncle Wu had already raised the price to [-], and Uncle Lu had already started to waver, bowing his head and pondering.

Chu Chen and Uncle Wu looked at each other, and both of them could see what they wanted to express from the other's eyes.

Nodding his head lightly, Chu Chen said, "Master, how about this? I bought all three of these cups. The total is [-]. What do you think?"

Uncle Lu was already vacillating, and the price Chu Chen offered was undoubtedly like the last straw, which directly broke his defense line.

In an era when the monthly minimum wage was only 500 yuan, 5000 yuan was not a small sum, but the money could be exchanged for only three small cups. Uncle Lu didn’t even think about it. He readily agreed.

"Okay! But you won't lie to me, will you?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Chen directly took out the money, put it on the table, and motioned: "How can we lie to you about this, we can sign a contract now."

When Uncle Lu saw the stack of money that Chu Chen took out, his eyes lit up immediately, and he hurried to get the paper and pen...

After the money and goods were cleared, Uncle Wu asked, "Master, do you have any other old items handed down from your family? If the items are good, we will accept them, and the price will satisfy you."

"Old objects from the ancestors?"

Uncle Lu was happily putting the money into the envelope, and when he heard what Uncle Wu said, he frowned and thought about it. After a while, he might have thought of something, and said quickly: "Wait a minute, I'll go Take it..."

After a while, Uncle Lu took another pair of cups and came out of the room.

While putting the cup on the table, he said: "This pair of cups is a rare thing. It can only be filled with water at a shallower level. If there is too much water, it will be leaked by itself."

After hearing the old man's introduction, Chu Chen and Uncle Wu immediately understood what it was, and after a closer look, it was indeed what they thought, what Uncle Lu brought was a pair of justice cups.

In fact, the justice cup is the same as the backflow pot. It is a special wine cup that adopts the principle of physical siphon in ancient times.

Generally, there is a person-shaped (mostly old birthday star) or dragon-shaped decoration in the middle of the justice cup. It is actually composed of two cylinders. There is a dark hole at the junction between the outer cylinder and the cup. position, water will flow out from the small hole until the water in the cup runs out.

Therefore, in the banquet, the drinker can only pour the same amount of wine into the drinker, so it is called "justice cup", "jieying cup", "pingxin cup" or "nine dragon cup".The cup of justice has the meaning of "full loss, modest benefit", which enlightens people to be fair in handling affairs and not to be greedy.

The diameter of these two cups is slightly larger than the previous cup, and their shape is basically the same, with a skimming mouth, a round belly and a round foot.The fetal bone is firm and fine, orange peel appears on the glaze surface, the color is bright green, thick and natural, the blue and white hair color is rich and colorful, and the rust spots are natural.However, the decorations on the outer walls of the two cups and the figures standing in the middle are not the same.

One of the fairness cups has a plain inner wall with no decorations, and the outer wall is covered with rose patterns with entangled branches. The lines are smooth and free, and the shape is beautiful and pleasant. The circle of deformed lotus petals is painted near the foot of the circle.The six-character regular script of "Daming Xuande Year System" written in double circles along the mouth is simple and vigorous, full of ancient flavor.

Its composition is clear and natural, with proper white space, which avoids the common disadvantages of dense and cramped branch decorations. The brush strokes are delicate and meticulous, but it does not feel kitsch.

In addition, standing in the middle of the cup is a civil official figure, wearing a civil official hat, holding a guard in his right hand, his left hand drooping naturally, looking forward, with a solemn and solemn expression. Breathtaking.

The rest of the fairness cup also has plain surface and no pattern inside. The outer pattern is decorated with blue and white flowers, and the mouth is decorated with string patterns. The shape is beautiful and pleasant, with a circle of deformed lotus petal patterns painted on the foot near the circle.

The same book is written along the double-stringed line at the mouth, and the six-character regular script of "Xuande Annual System of the Ming Dynasty" was written for Fan by Emperor Xuande's imperial pen.

The craftsman who made this justice cup should be someone else. His decorative painting is quite artistic. It is outlined with a soft brush and has smooth lines. The paint brushes are all small brushes, so the phenomenon of repeated painting by their strokes can be distinguished everywhere on the blue and white decoration.

Standing in the cup of this cup is an old man. His open face is natural, his smile is always open in a slightly upturned shape, and his beard is detailed and detailed. The figure can be said to be vivid, not inferior to the former.

Neither Chu Chen nor Uncle Wu thought that these two cups were blue and white porcelain fairness cups from the Xuande period, and the workmanship was so exquisite, and among the blue and white porcelains from the Xuande period, neither of them even had a fairness cup of the same type. Having seen it, while the two were amazed, they were undoubtedly extremely excited and excited.

"Master, I wonder how you plan to sell this pair of cups?" Chu Chen asked.

Uncle Lu said with a smile: "This pair of cups is a rare item, and the price can't be as high as just now."

Chu Chen chuckled and said, "Master, it uses the siphon principle that I was taught in junior high school. When the liquid level exceeds a certain height in the cup, it will flow out from the small hole at the bottom of the cup. It's really not that rare."

Uncle Lu was taken aback for a moment, thinking, is this really made according to the curriculum taught in junior high school?But he immediately realized that in ancient times, there was no junior high school, and he was almost taken into the ditch by this kid, so he said:

"Young man, what you said is wrong, how could the ancient technology be so advanced now, how could it be possible to know the principle of siphon you are talking about?"

Chu Chen spread his hands and said, "There's nothing impossible about this. If the ancients didn't know about it, they wouldn't be able to make these two cups, would they?"

Uncle Lu thought about it, and felt that this was indeed the truth. If the ancients really didn't know the truth, these two cups would not exist. However, he always felt that something was wrong, and it took him a long time to realize it. He said speechlessly:
"I said young man, we are now talking about how much this cup costs. What does it have to do with us?"

Chu Chen chuckled and said, "Master, I just wanted to discuss whether this thing is a particularly rare item. Now, please make a price first!"

Uncle Lu pondered for a while and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't think it's rare, I think it's fine that my pair of cups are very rare, at least I have never seen this kind of cups in other places, and you look at the pair of cups. The pattern is also much more beautiful than the three cups just now, if you want it, the price is 5 yuan!"

(End of this chapter)