Jianbao life

Chapter 587

Hearing what Chu Chen said, Duan Kun's heart moved. Since it can be given to Zhenzhen, then this pair of things will not be bad. How much is the item?"

The stall owner said in an authentic Chuan tone: "Little brother, you have a good eye, this pair of things is..."

Before he finished speaking, Chu Chen interrupted with a smile: "Boss, let's stop talking about the origin and so on, let me give you a real price!"

The stall owner was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "Oh, this little brother is also a professional, if that's the case, let's count it as one thousand and five..."

Having said that, he paused for a moment and added: "This is a sterling silver body pasted with gold incense balls from the Qing Dynasty. Fifteen thousand is really not expensive!"

If it is an incense ball from the Qing Dynasty, although the price of [-] yuan is still a bit more expensive, it is not that expensive, and the price offered by the stall owner is also reasonable. Of course, if the price is lower, the stall owner should still agree. .

However, Duan Kun felt that since Chu Chen said that he could give it to Zhenzhen, the value of the item would definitely exceed one thousand and five. Counter-offer, since this is the case, I believe you, one thousand five is one thousand five."

Seeing that Duan Kun agreed so happily, Chu Chen and Liu Sizhe couldn't help but shook their heads slightly. With Duan Kun's personality, if he was in the antique business, he would even help count the money if it was sold.

The stall owner knew that he had taken advantage of it, and was in a very happy mood. After Duan Kun paid, he wrapped the things in a nonchalant manner, put them in the bag and handed them to Duan Kun.

"Boss, don't you have a look at this yet?" Chu Chen asked.

Hearing Chu Chen's question, the stall owner immediately knew that Chu Chen was a real insider, so he said with a smile on his face:

"I do have one more thing, but..."

Chu Chen said with a smile: "As long as your things are good, the price is easy to negotiate!"

The stall owner nodded with a smile, then took out something wrapped in newspaper from the box behind him, and carefully opened the newspaper, revealing a blue and white gourd bottle in his palm.

This gourd bottle is very small and exquisite. Chu Chen estimates that it is only about ten centimeters in height. This bottle has a closed mouth, double round belly, waist, and concave ring feet.The whole body is decorated with blue and white flowers.The abdomen is small at the top and large at the bottom, each painted with a hexagonal brocade ground decorated with four groups of dragon patterns.Lumbar light.The bottom blue and white book "Daming Jiajing year system" regular script.

The body of this bottle is fine and clean, the glaze surface is moist and bright, and the bottom of the bottle is bright green glaze. The blue and white color is light and elegant, clear and clear, and the halo is not serious. The color is light and elegant. The blue material should be used in the middle period of Jiajing The lost Pingqing.

In addition, the pen is strong, thick and thick, with a strong body, a combination of hardness and softness, and elegant and elegant.

Judging from the structure of the characters, the "big" character has a wider opening, and the strokes and strokes are evenly stroked. The side of the "moon" in the word "Ming" is clearly curved. The word "Ji" in the middle of the character "Jia" has a wider and flatter part of the lower part of the "mouth". The position next to "Li" on the left side of the word "Jing" is higher, which is in line with the upper part next to "Qing" on the right.These are the characteristics of this dynasty in the Jiajing year.

To sum up, Chu Chen can be sure that this is indeed an old thing that has been opened for generations.

Emperor Jiajing believed in Taoism, and the shape of a gourd bottle containing elixir was very popular at the time.This gourd bottle is rare.Chu Chen still remembers that there is a Jiajing-style gourd bottle in the collection of the Imperial Palace in Beijing and the Ancient Palace in Baodao. Its size and shape are similar to this bottle, but the decoration is slightly different.It can be seen from this that the gourd bottle in front of me is indeed a rare boutique and is very worthy of collection.

After Chu Chen finished reading the things, the stall owner said with a little satisfaction: "Brother, isn't my gourd bottle good?"

Chu Chen nodded with a smile and said, "It's really good, and it can be regarded as a fine product among Jiajing blue and white flowers. However, compared with Yongxuan and Chenghua blue and white flowers, Jiajing blue and white flowers are far behind. How much is this thing...?"

When buying antiques, you have to talk about some skills, and the most important thing is to hit the seller's spirit, because he can't understand the goods without knowing the details, and he dare not ask for too high a price, for fear of being laughed at by his peers.Of course, if the seller belongs to Dong Xing, it will be convenient to negotiate the price by talking about the shortcomings of the item.

For the stall owner, Chu Chen's behavior has been seen a lot, but he really didn't dare to charge too high a price for this bottle, and the reason was simple, because as I said before, shovels usually do business in a short-term way. , the price of this bottle was high when he bought it, so he didn't dare to keep it in his hand for too long.

Moreover, the Western Province is a western province after all, and it is only 2002. There are not as many rich people as in later generations. It is really not easy to sell a dozen or 20 things locally.Because of this, the stall owner took out the things when he saw Chu Chen's extraordinary clothes and demeanor.

The stall owner hesitated for a moment, and said: "At first, I thought I wouldn't sell it if it was less than 20 yuan, but I think you guys are very happy to buy things. You can give me 18 yuan, and it can't be less!"

When Chu Chen heard the price, he was very satisfied. If such a bottle were to be auctioned, it would be worth 50 yuan. If it was bought for 18 yuan, it would be considered a missed opportunity.

"Okay! Boss, you are a happy person, 18 is 18!"

Chu Chen readily agreed: "Boss, do you want to go to the bank to transfer the money, or write a check?"
The stall owner was very happy to hear Chu Chen agree. He quickly said with a smile on his face, "Let's go and transfer the money. The bank is not far from here, just a few steps away."

"Okay." Chu Chen nodded, then picked up a bunch of bracelets from the booth, and asked, "Boss, how much are these bracelets?"

In fact, the reason why Chu Chen agreed to the price offered by the stall owner just now was because the stall owner seemed very determined on the one hand, and the most important thing was that he had taken a fancy to this string of bracelets.

This string of bracelets is made up of eighteen golden beads. Chu Chen estimates that each of those beads should be about 15mm in size. The luster of the beads is relatively soft, and the surface is covered with some inconspicuous cracks.

The stall owner glanced at the bracelet, and then said, "Give me 300!"

"This is a feeder, it's not worth anything!" Before Chu Chen could speak, an old man in his 60s or [-]s next to him started talking.

In the antique business, it is very taboo to comment on the owner's things in front of the owner's face, or whether the items are fakes, etc., so it is quite taboo for the old man to interrupt.But maybe the old man is an acquaintance of the stall owner, so the stall owner just smiled and didn't say anything.

As for the old man being kind enough to bargain for Chu Chen, that's definitely impossible.The reason why the old man did this, Chu Chen thought, was that he had taken a fancy to the things on the booth and wanted to make an alliance and say something nice to him, so he helped first.

Now that there was a reason, Chu Chen followed along and said, "Boss, let's count it as a hundred. I didn't even counter the price of this gourd bottle, which you said was 18. A feeder is not worth much, but I really like this golden one. It’s also good to send someone back when you go back.”

"Give it to him, give it to him, others have already bought your 18 things, so it's nothing to give away such a feeder." The old man continued to help, and Liu Sizhe and Duan Kun who were next to him also followed suit.

The stall owner heard the words, thought about it, and thought it was the same reason. After all, Chu Chen bought something worth 18 yuan, and the feeder is not a good thing, so let's sell it cheaper.

The feeder mentioned in antiques is not plastic, but a kind of glass with a lower melting point, which is mixed with other pigments or substances.

Feeder can be used to make various handicrafts, and there are also beads and the like. Because these things are relatively cheap, they were sold to ordinary people in ancient times.Of course, there are also good things in the feeder, such as snuff bottles and the like.

Seeing that the stall owner agreed, Chu Chen paid the money directly, and then put the bracelet in his pocket casually.

After the transaction was completed, the old man immediately picked up a piece of jade pendant and asked for the price. Seeing this, Chu Chen of course reciprocated and bought the jade pendant for the old man, and everyone was very happy.

After going to the bank to transfer the account, and saying goodbye to the stall owner, Liu Sizhe said enviously: "You both bought good things, but I got nothing."

Duan Kun scratched his head and said, "What good things are my pair of incense balls?"

Liu Sizhe said angrily: "Don't get cheap and act good. If I'm still wrong, your pair of incense balls should be from the Tang Dynasty."

"No way, this thing is from the Tang Dynasty?" Duan Kun took out the thing and asked in disbelief.

"This pair of incense balls is indeed from the Tang Dynasty." Chu Chen laughed.

The official name of the incense ball in the Tang Dynasty was the sachet, also known as the incense burner.During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, it was widely used among nobles, and it was also called "smoke cage".

It is unique in that when wearing and burning spices to fumigate clothes and bedding, no matter how the sphere rolls, the spices in the bag will not spill and scald the clothes.Therefore, it has the dual effects of smoking clothes and heating at the same time, and has two purposes.It uses the principle of gyroscope.

Yuan Zhen, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote a poem "Xiangqiu", which he praised: "Follow the custom, but stay in the middle and don't waver. If you don't feel sorry for the king, you will still be surprised that the fire will burn forever."

In the poem, the special structure of the incense ball is used as a metaphor for the principle of being a human being. Externally, you must follow the trend, but internally, you must not be influenced by the externally, and you must always keep a fire-like sincerity in your heart.

The pair of incense balls bought by Duan Kun are made of sterling silver, the whole body is hollowed out, grape patterns are carved, and gold-inlaid flying birds are vivid and vivid.

This pair of incense balls is beautiful in shape and brilliant in color. It is really ingenious, unique and unparalleled. It reflects the superb gold and silver craftsmanship of the Tang Dynasty. It is a very rare royal boutique, very rare.

Duan Kun said with a look of surprise: "No, it's really a thing from the Tang Dynasty, so how much is this pair of things worth?"

"I estimate the market value to be 20 to [-]!" Chu Chen thought for a while and replied.

Hearing the price given by Chu Chen, Duan Kunna was really ecstatic and couldn't help laughing...

(End of this chapter)