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Chapter 134 Mansheng Eighteen Forms, Hedou Pot

Xie Zhihao had just left for less than 10 minutes when an unexpected visitor came.

"A rare visitor!" Yu Yao got up, "You suddenly changed into a delicate makeup, I almost didn't recognize it, you don't have to be so particular about me!"

Shen Ge made a "cut", and took out an invitation card from his bag, "The autumn auction preview, I have to send an invitation card to Boss Yu!"

"You didn't say in advance, what if I'm not here?"

"I sent you a WeChat message last week, saying that I would send you an invitation; you also replied, 'Anytime, if you're not around, just stuff it under the door'." Shen Ge put the invitation on the table of the Eight Immortals, "It's really You are so forgetful."

Yu Yao remembered sending invitations, but he really forgot about the door.

However, since Shen Ge came, he happened to ask, "By the way, does your auction house still have a piece of bronze from the Warring States Period for this autumn auction?"

"Have you looked at our auction house's official website?" Shen Ge responded, "That one, Bronze Dun."

"What is the cargo owner doing?"

"Do you want to shoot? You can only enter the venue with an invitation card. If you want to get a number plate, you have to register and pay a deposit."

"I don't want to make a bid. I can't find any leaks at the auction."

"If everyone in the antique shop is like you and always wants to pick up leaks, can't our auction house open?"

"Don't talk about this. I just want to ask, this Bronze Dun was a special auction held by Waguo Co., Ltd. on Taiwan Island at that time. How did it get to your auction?"

"The owner of the goods is from Jiangzhou." Shen Ge thought for a while, "It seems to be inherited. The owner of the goods has an uncle in Taiwan, who took this bronze Dun at the time. I don't know how his uncle's will was written. Anyway, this bronze piece was given to the owner after his death."

"Oh." Yu Yao nodded, "You have restricted foreigners from bidding on this bronze piece, right?"

"Yes, it is a guiding request from the cultural relics department, and the owner of the cargo agrees, so we will implement it."

Yu Yao interjected, "It's not very useful. Isn't it different after you shoot it and then sell it to foreigners?"

"There's nothing to do about it. In fact, the main reason is that the goods are not approved, so they won't be put up for auction, and the cultural relics department can't care about selling them themselves. To put it bluntly, it's just a superficial article."

Yu Yao nodded and didn't answer any more.

Shen Ge glanced at the shelves of the store, and then said casually, "You don't have any customers here. Let's go, I'll treat you to lunch, and I will repay you for helping me solve the indicators of the two auction items."

"I have to readily agree. I didn't eat in the morning and I'm hungry."

"What do you want to eat?"

"Laoma's roast lamb."

"It's too greasy, can I change it?"

"Okay, Mao's braised pork."

"Let's go to Lao Ma's house to roast mutton."

Yu Yao was really hungry. When he arrived at the place, he ordered a leg of lamb to be roasted first, and ate two lamb pies first.

Shen Ge ordered two more vegetarian dishes, a small bowl of rice, and after serving the leg of lamb, he tore off two small strands.

Shen Ge also finished eating earlier than Yu Yao. While wiping his hands with a wet towel, he asked, "By the way, do you understand the purple sand pot?"

"Didn't I tell you earlier? I know a little bit about everything." Yu Yao replied while eating, "What? You picked up a handful?"

"I don't know anything about purple clay teapots. What are you picking up? My grandpa is going to buy them."

"Mr. Shen's eyesight should be fine. What period?"

"Mansheng Pot."

"What?" Yu Yao put down his chopsticks, "Chen Mansheng and Yang Pengnian both have money?"

Mansheng teapot is a milestone in the history of purple clay teapots.Zisha teapots have appeared since the Ming Dynasty. Although there are many skilled craftsmen, the level has not been high.It was not until the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty that Chen Mansheng was an official in Liyang and met Yang Pengnian, a purple clay pot craftsman, that the art of purple clay pots opened up a new realm.

Chen Mansheng, named Chen Hongshou, named Mansheng.He doesn't know how to make pots, but he is a master of calligraphy, painting and seal cutting, and he likes purple clay pots very much.

Therefore, Chen Mansheng designed and Yang Pengnian made the pot, which is a perfect match.

There are disputes about how many styles of purple sand teapots designed by Chen Mansheng, but eighteen styles are the most widely spread, and eighteen is a customary auspicious number, so it is called Mansheng Eighteen Styles.

Each of Mansheng's eighteen styles is matched with poems and sentences written by Chen Mansheng himself.

At the same time, Chen Mansheng, who has a solid foundation in gold and stone seal carving, also grabbed a knife himself, and used the knife as a substitute for writing, and carved these poems and sentences on many pots.Such pot inscriptions make a wonderful fit between culture and pot art.

Since then, the creation of purple clay teapots has been inseparable from the style of literati.The poems and calligraphy on the teapot spread with the teapot, which greatly increased the value of the teapot.

Today, Mansheng pot has become a general term, including the purple clay pots made by later generations according to Mansheng's eighteen styles.

The real purple sand teapot made by Yang Pengnian in the Qing Dynasty and inscribed by Chen Mansheng has seen a high price of more than 1000 million at today's auction.

Shen Ge said that Shen Zhongyuan was going to buy it, and Yu Yao naturally didn't think it was just the style of the Mansheng pot, so he asked this question.

"Look for yourself!" Shen Ge called up a few photos from his phone.

This is a purple clay pot.

The Hedouhu is one of Mansheng's eighteen styles, the main body is like two buckets buckled together upside down.

It is rare to see utensils such as "dou" now, with four edges and a square cross section, but one end is large and the other end is small, and the vertical section is trapezoidal.If it is used as a unit of measurement, a dou is ten liters, and a dou is ten times the liter, so there is the so-called "Sheng Mi En, Dou Mi Qiu".

There is an inscription in running script engraved on the body of the pot: the Big Dipper is high, the South Dipper is down, the Milky Way flows down, and the railing hangs.

"Amantuo Room" is printed on the bottom of the pot, and "Peng Nian" is printed on the top of the pot, both in small seal script.

Whether it is the shape or the inscription, it can be matched with the atlas handed down from generation to generation.Of course, even if it is not a real product but a high imitation, it is impossible for problems to occur in these key places.

Judging from the picture, the patina is also very thick.

"Why did you take such detailed photos?" Yu Yao asked while watching.

"I don't think the owner of the goods is very authentic." Shen Ge said directly, "This person is the nephew of an old friend of my grandfather Huhai, and that old friend has passed away."

"It doesn't matter whether the people are authentic, the key is whether the things are authentic. He said it was an authentic product from the Qing Dynasty?"

"Yes, the asking price is 800 million."

"It seems that there is no deal yet?"

"My grandpa said to think about it for a few days."

"So, Elder Shen has doubts?"

"Not sure. So I asked you if you understood!"

"It's just superfluous. If Mr. Shen wants me to be an adviser, he can just come to me, right?"

"He did mention that among his friends, there are very few people who really understand purple clay pots, and he even said that he didn't know if you understood it. He just couldn't save face, so he was embarrassed to ask you directly! Didn't I feel ashamed to ask for him?"

"How can you say that you are not ashamed to ask?" Yu Yao clicked on the photo, "Just looking at the photo, you can't tell anything, this thing must be used."

"Then can you do me a favor? I don't think that person is a good person."

Yu Yao gave her a white look, "Mr. Chong, it's fine at first. But you don't think I'm a good person either?"

(End of this chapter)