golden eye

Chapter 8 The treasure gourd that flew unexpectedly
Chapter 008

Mo Liming had never heard of the term "body urn" before. It was an eye-opener for him who has been good at learning related knowledge since he entered the antique business. He listened carefully to Chen Hanwen with his ears up. He was full of admiration for Chen Hanwen in his heart, thinking that he is worthy of being a great expert in this industry, he is well-informed, and his pointers can be pointed out.

"What?! This... is this a thing for pretending to be dead?!" After hearing Chen Hanwen's explanation clearly, Lao Cheng's face changed color at that moment, his eyes widened in disbelief and tremblingly asked Chen Hanwen back.

Chen Hanwen's face was heavy, he glanced sharply at Lao Cheng and the others, and sighed solemnly, "Yes, most of these porcelain vats are 'flesh body urns' used by monks in the south of the Yangtze River, and they are also called 'meat urns'. It's an old thing, but its value is extremely limited. Think about it, no matter how exquisitely made something like this is, no one would be willing to spend a lot of money to collect it after knowing its origin and purpose. Right? There’s a kind of taboo in the collection world called ‘avoidance’, objects specially made for the dead or other ominous objects are rarely cared about by collectors, unless the collector has a special hobby.”

"What about the things that the grave robber dug up from the grave, why are they so valuable?" Lao Cheng asked retortly, obviously upset and unwilling.

Chen Hanwen said: "Of course, the cultural relics unearthed are often valuable, but the biggest difference is that the original value of those gold, silver, jewelry and sacrificial objects is placed there, that is their inherent value. For example, a piece of golden jade clothes is invaluable, and it is specially made for the dead, but don’t forget that the value of the golden jade clothes lies in the two "gold" and "jade". In terms of words, if it is 'grass' strands of 'wooden' clothes, would it still be amazing? The answer is obviously no. Whether it is glaze color or drawing, to be honest, it has no characteristics, in other words it has no ornamental value, which also determines that it has little potential for collection in the market, at least our auction company expressly stipulates that it does not accept this kind of painting. It's kind of stuff, so I'm sorry to be old, but I can't take this thing away from your house."

He narrated this long speech calmly, and after listening to the elders and the brothers, they all looked depressed and disappointed. Later, the four of them looked at each other, and they all didn't know what to do. Subconsciously, they all moved a little further away from the big blue-gray vat, and their eyes were quite dejected when they looked at it, as if they were afraid of getting bad luck from it.

"Mr. Chen, thank you very much. If it weren't for your guidance, we would have been kept in the dark!" Lao Cheng suddenly sighed and said, "Oh, we have been deceived." Already!"

He finally told the truth, Chen Hanwen smiled meaningfully and said: "So, this thing is not passed down by your father? I think it's because your father has poor eyesight, and he insisted on risking it in a special period with good intentions." I painstakingly buried this mourning thing deeply, and then waited for future generations to dig it up as a big treasure, hehe, but it turned out that I was wrong."

"Mr. Chen, it's not that you're thinking wrong, it's...it's that we sang double reeds in front of you, I'm ashamed of you!" Lao Cheng said, staring at Chen Hanwen with guilt on his face.

Then he explained the twists and turns of the matter. It turned out that they bought the big vat from a dealer in cultural relics. At that time, they spent 8 yuan, and the four brothers agreed that it was It was an inestimable piece of Xuande blue and white porcelain, but who knew that in the end, it was tricked by someone and severely punched.

"Mr. Chen, we did it to ourselves!" Lao Cheng said regretfully, he held Chen Hanwen's hand excitedly and wouldn't let go.

Chen Hanwen said consolingly: "On this road, for those who don't know their luck, drilling holes is common and understandable. Just be more careful in the future."

After finishing speaking, he was about to say goodbye and leave. At this moment, Lao Cheng, the youngest brother, said: "Mr. Chen, since you have come to our house, we can't let you go in vain. We still have some Things should be good things, I don’t know if they can enter your Dharma eyes.”

"Oh, what is it?" Chen Hanwen glanced at the young man, seeming to be interested again.

"Old Wu, it's useless to just talk, you should quickly fetch something and give it to Mr. Chen!" Lao Cheng greeted loudly.

"Okay, big brother, I understand, I'll go right away!" Cheng Laowu said hurriedly, then turned around and ran away quickly.

About seven or eight minutes later, he turned around and walked back, only to see that he was carrying two large bags of goods upside down in his hands.

"Mr. Chen, many of these things have been collected by our brothers over the years. You can help me take a look first, but if you like any one, you can choose it at will, and the price is up to you!" The young man said in a tone. On the contrary, he said it very boldly and quite generously.

Chen Hanwen said, "Don't say that, as long as it's a good thing, I won't treat you badly."

"Success! Mr. Chen, come and see." Cheng Laowu took out the things from the two bags one by one, and carefully placed them on the coffee table for Chen Hanwen to appreciate.

Probably because he didn't see anything eye-catching, Chen Hanwen's expression didn't change at all, Lao Cheng seemed to see something tricky, so he couldn't help asking: "Mr. Chen, can't you do anything?"

Chen Hanwen said implicitly: "Old man, I didn't say no, you said it yourself. If you insist on me making a judgment, these things are genuine but not worth enough, so it's hard to send them to the auction block."

"How do you say that?" Lao Cheng wondered, and his three brothers also stared at Chen Hanwen without blinking, waiting to hear his defense.

Chen Hanwen said without concealment: "There is a jargon in the antique shop, called 'one kick', you are also pedestrians, and you should have heard the meaning of it, that is to say, the total value of your batch of goods is It’s not worth a lot of money. When it comes to antiques, they can only be said to be old things. The earliest ones are from the Ming Dynasty. The main things are all trivial things, and they are not very useful to buy. What about you! Maybe what I said was too straightforward, but seeing that you are very sincere, I will tell the truth, so that each other understands in their hearts, right?"

"Mr. Chen is a straightforward person. We are very grateful for your guidance." Lao Cheng thanked Chen Hanwen with reverent eyes.

Afterwards, Chen Hanwen said goodbye, he greeted Mo Liming, and the two of them started to walk out of the gate of the family.

"boom!"

At that moment, a big yellow dog rushed in from the door. It quickly knocked down a bottle that Cheng's family had left by the door. land.

Chen Hanwen didn't pay attention to anything, but Mo Liming inadvertently took a look at the gourd-shaped bottle. At that moment, his left eye was firmly attracted by that thing.

(End of this chapter)