Jianbao life

Chapter 688 Hidden Mysteries
After the transaction was completed, Chu Chen asked Nian Dasha for a clean rag, wiped the surface a little, and then picked up the statue to put it at the door, but he immediately felt that this There seems to be something wrong with the weight of the statue!
"Is there something wrong with this statue?"

Despite such doubts, Chu Chen was still very calm on the surface. After he carried the thing to the door of the room, he quickly used the power. The result was indeed as he thought. There was indeed something hidden inside, but the thing But it surprised him.

Considering that this place is still in the original owner's territory, Chu Chen quickly regained his composure and walked back into the house.

Nian Dasha, who had earned almost a month's living expenses, was in a good mood. When he saw Chu Chen walking in, he quickly asked with a smile on his face, "Boss Chu, is there anything else you need?"

Seeing that other people were still picking things, Chu Chen said, "I'll take a look first."

"Just take a look, the price is negotiable..."

As mentioned earlier, although there are many things in Nian Dasha's room, there are really few good ones. Next, Chu Chen checked with his supernatural power and found that there was nothing but Zhu Dafu and the others. Very good stuff.However, with that old beeswax Buddha statue and a statue with a hidden mystery, he was quite satisfied.

The things in Meng Yixian and Qiao Qingtai's hands were just stationery items such as pen holders and inkstones. Although Chu Chen didn't look carefully, he could tell that the things were quite ordinary. If there were no accidents, there should be no value in them. million things.

However, what Zhu Dafu chose was not too common, it was a set of quadruple silver and blue flasks.

"Silver burning blue", also known as silver tire enamel, uses silver as the tire, pinches patterns on the tire with silver filigree, and then fills the silver tire pattern with transparent and translucent enamel glaze, after 500 to 600 degrees The left and right are fired many times at low temperature, and the works are gorgeous, bright and unique.

This craft was invented by Italian craftsmen at the end of the 13th century, and colorful transparent enamelware appeared in France in the 14th century.The earliest object found in China so far is the "Silver Burning Blue" Wufu Holding Shou Bafang Box in the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. There are sapphire blue, light blue, light green, red, yellow, white and other colors of enamel. The transparency is good, the color is thorough, and it is mature. period products, so its origin should be no later than the end of the 17th century.

The process of cloisonne is similar to that of burning blue, but due to the different ingredients of the blue material, the final "blue" of cloisonne is not as transparent as that of burning blue.

Generally speaking, silver body enamel technology is mostly used to make boxes, jars, bottles or small ornaments, and the finished products can be inlaid with agate, turquoise, etc. for decoration as needed.

Silver is precious and strong, while enamel glaze is crystal clear and smooth, very decorative, but also resistant to wear and corrosion.As a palace furnishing item, it can add color to the palace, and as a royal living utensil, it can better reflect the noble status of the feudal emperor.

The quadruple medicine bottle in Zhu Dafu's hand is a string of four square vials connected together with hinges similar to door leaves.The name of the medicine is written on one side of the vial, and various patterns are engraved on the other side. It seems that the workmanship is quite exquisite, but because this thing may have a long history, the surface is a little black due to oxidation, so it doesn't look very eye-catching.

Considering that he was still at Nian Dasha's house, although Chu Chen was a little curious about what the thing was like, he didn't ask for it to appreciate it.

Nian Dasha was very happy to see that he had another sum of money in the account, and in his eyes, Zhu Dafu and others had much better eyesight than Chu Chen, so the price quoted was not low, and he was bitten to death.But no matter what, he didn't know the true value of these things, so the last three of them took the things at a similar price.

Everyone came out of the house with their things, and saw the wooden statue that Chu Chen placed at the door.

"what!"

Seeing Chu Chen walking directly in front of the statue, Zhu Dafu gave a light sigh: "Xiao Chen, did you choose this?"

"I think this thing is quite strange, I'm going to study it."

Chu Chen nodded with a smile, and said, "It's getting late, let's go back and talk about it?"

Zhu Dafu and the others originally wanted to study what was so special about this statue. After hearing what Chu Chen said, they realized that this is the owner's house after all. ?So everyone nodded in unison.

Because the wooden statue was not small, Nian Dasha helped find a van nearby, and then everyone left.

There is a saying that the wealth should not be disclosed, because the driver is not an acquaintance, and Chu Chen and others sitting in the car did not discuss the harvest just now, but talked about the interesting things they had experienced.

While joking, time passed quickly, and everyone felt that after a while, the car arrived at the hotel where Chu Chen and the others were staying.

Chu Chen moved the statue to his room, Zhu Dafu and others took out the harvest and put it on the table in Chu Chen's room.

Meng Yi pointed to the two pieces of jade on the table and said, "Let's talk about how to divide the two pieces of jade first!"

Zhu Dafu said: "This octogenarian ornament must be given to Old Qiao, do you have any objections?"

Chu Chen and Meng Yi shook their heads first, expressing that they had no objection, and Qiao Qingtai hurriedly bowed his hands to everyone to express his gratitude.

After confirming the ownership of this jade plate, Meng Yixian asked: "What about this jade plate?"

Zhu Dafu laughed when he heard the words: "Xiao Meng, you also know that I like to collect jade wares, can you give me this jade plate?"
This kind of jade plate is still very uncommon, and Meng Yixian also likes it very much, but Zhu Dafu is his old friend after all, and Zhu Dafu really likes jadeware very much.

So he said with a smile: "It's okay to give it to you, but you have to give me this quadruple medicine bottle, is it okay?"

"Okay! No problem!" Zhu Dafu nodded again and again. Although the quadruple medicine bottle is quite rare, it is not worth mentioning compared to his favorite jade.

After Chu Chen put the statues in place, he picked up the group of medicine bottles and looked at them. On one side of this group of medicine bottles, the names of the four medicines were embossed "Wolongdan, Shayaowan, Honglingdan, and Pingan San", and on the other side were embossed "Fan, Sword". ; flower blue, flute; gourd, jade plate; lotus, fish drum" eight patterns representing the Eight Immortals.

In addition, the medicine bottle uses light blue, purple red, lake blue, and dark blue four-color enamel as the background color, which brings out the simplicity of the characters and the vividness of the instruments.On the side of the bottle, peonies in spring, lotuses in summer, golden chrysanthemums in autumn, and winter plums in four seasons are engraved with smooth lines and elegant postures.

This group of silver and blue burning medicine bottles is quite delicate in workmanship. From the perspective of craftsmanship, it should be made by the palace building office in the middle of Qing Dynasty. It was a special thing for imperial doctors at that time, and it is a very rare object.

Meng Yi waited for Chu Chen to finish reading the things first, and then asked, "Xiao Chu, how is this thing?"
Chu Chen said with a smile: "The thing is from the middle Qing Dynasty, it is very good, it can be regarded as a fine work of silver burning blue."

Seeing what Chu Chen said, Meng Yixian was very happy. After taking the medicine bottle, he couldn't put it down and started playing with it.

At this moment, Zhu Dafu asked: "Xiao Chen, I had the impression that you bought more than just this statue, right?"

Chu Chen chuckled, and took the Buddha statue out of his bag. When everyone saw the Buddha statue, they were a little dazed.For Nian Dasha, he would still regard the old beeswax as Xiuyu, but for experienced old people like them, they can tell at a glance that this Buddha statue is made of high-quality old beeswax.

Qiao Qingtai asked in surprise, "Is this old beeswax?"

Chu Chen nodded and said, "Yes, I think this is a statue of Buddha crossing the sea carved with old beeswax during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty."

Everyone was even more surprised when they heard that it was from the Yongle period, and started to observe it one after another.

After a while, Zhu Dafu put down the Buddha statue in his hand, and praised: "It's really a good thing, the quality of the beeswax is excellent, not to mention old enough, the carving is also extremely exquisite."

Qiao Qingtai was full of praise while looking at it, and Meng Yixian asked next to him: "Xiao Chu, I think the workmanship of this Buddha statue is really excellent, but this Buddha statue does not belong to the year, why do you think it was made in Yongle year?" Woolen cloth?"

"Then I'll take a stab at the door. If there's anything wrong, please forgive me, seniors!"

Chu Chen chuckled, and then began to explain: "First of all, the craftsmanship of this Buddha statue is completely different from that of Buddha statues carved from jade in the Qing Dynasty. The characteristics of the material and the vicissitudes left by time are also far earlier than the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, no matter how you look at it, this Buddha statue should have been carved in the Ming Dynasty."

Hearing this, the three of them nodded in agreement.

Chu Chen went on to say: "Historical data say that Emperor Yongle's admiration for Tibetan living Buddhas reached an unrepeatable level. At that time, the court produced a large number of Buddha statues. The bronze Buddha statues that we usually see with the words "Daming Yongle Year Giving", Most of them were made during this period, but most of the craftsmen who made them came from South Asian countries, and their Buddha statues obviously have a completely different artistic style from Han Buddha statues."

"This is not the case when carving materials such as jade and beeswax. At that time, these foreign technicians did not understand the production technology and could not carry out rigorous artistic processing of these hard materials. Therefore, the production of such utensils still depends on the craftsmanship of the mainland. artisan."

"However, due to the influence of the program of the bronze Buddha statue, the body style of the jade Buddha statue is obviously closer to the style of the bronze Buddha statue, which forms a new style of Han-Tibetan combination. And the treatment of the face of my Buddha statue is It is basically consistent with the shape of the Yongle Bronze Buddha. The clothing patterns and other aspects also conform to the characteristics of the Yongle period."

"And in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, because the emperors gradually accepted the Taoist theory, Tibetan Buddhism gradually became indifferent. Even if there were occasional jade Buddha statues in the court, the production style was completely sinicized, and there was no trace of Tantric style..."

(End of this chapter)