Play treasure master

Chapter 195 Ten Scenes of West Lake
"She said that her friend is her best friend's husband, so he can be regarded as a player. Five years ago, the Dongjiang Provincial Cultural Relics Store opened a warehouse and sold a batch of gadgets from the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China; this paperweight is that I bought it at the time, and it cost more than 1 yuan. This year, money is a little tight, so I asked her to bring it to the auction."

Upon hearing this, Yu Yao said, "That is to say, the owner of the goods doesn't know anything anymore?"

"I said, why are you inquiring so much? I know that the cultural relics store opened a warehouse, and the source is detailed enough!"

"Just curious."

"You are quite curious!"

"Thank you anyway."

"Don't thank you. I happen to ask you for help with something, do you think it's for nothing?"

"I said you are so active!"

"This matter was settled after I asked you about it!" Shen Ge continued, "However, it can be regarded as something I took care of."

Yu Yao nodded, "Understood, that female colleague of yours, after asking you this question for you, asked you another question, and then you thought I could help."

"That's the thing. Don't you know a little bit about everything? Do you understand ink?"

"She took it?"

"It's from a client of hers. Isn't she in the miscellaneous department of the study? That client sees that the autumn auction is very popular, and wants to bring a set of ink ingots to the next spring auction."

"A group? Sounds like a good thing!"

"Then I take it as your promise?"

"Where is the thing now?"

"At the auction house, the client has just left. Go through the retention appraisal process first, and then decide whether you can accept the auction later. It's best if you can come now, and you haven't entered the warehouse yet."

Yu Yao frowned, "Since you have an expert team, why do you always want outsiders to look at it?"

Shen Ge sighed, "On our side, the only one who knows ink is an old expert. He had a heart attack yesterday and was hospitalized."

"He is going to shoot next spring, it's still early, just wait."

"That client paid a lot of attention to this group of inks, so he gave it three days and said that he wanted to send it to a major international auction house."

"My good fellow, this is a timely gift! With such a big auction house, can't you find anyone looking at Gu Mo?"

Shen Ge paused, "Didn't you think of you first all of a sudden! The client's auction price is going to be quite high, and besides you, I have to find someone else to look at it."

"Okay. Reciprocate. Since you are the real master who helped to ask the source of the paperweight, I will go and wait for me."

Yu Yao hung up the phone, thought for a while, and then called Yang Sihai.

"Xiao Yu?" Yang Sihai seemed to be taken aback, "Why, is there any news from Zhonggu Shenhua?"

"It's either yes or no. I had a meal with her once under Xie Zhihao's attention. She didn't leak anything, but wanted to inquire about Taidian Fangding from me. I guess she will go to the Provincial Expo to see Video data, nothing else."

"I haven't contacted you recently because the Qianhe Art Museum informed that the meeting will be postponed until the next year, saying that their old curator has been in poor health recently and needs to rest for a while."

About this matter, Yu Yao heard the letter from Pu Jie, "They are the ones who sent the letter in a hurry, and they are the ones who postponed it. What kind of trouble is this going to cause?"

"We have already sent people to Japan to investigate. The most important thing is to see if there is a chance to meet their 'Taidian Fang Ding'. However, the delay is not a bad thing for this side, and more thorough preparations can be made. "

After Yang Sihai finished speaking, he thought about calling himself again since he had no special news, so he asked again, "Do you have anything else to do?"

"It's a little thing I want you to help me with."

"You're welcome, as long as you don't violate discipline."

"That's right. Five years ago, the cultural relic store in Dongjiang Province opened a warehouse and put a batch of gadgets from the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Among them was a red sandalwood guqin paperweight with copper inlaid strings and sound emblems. I want you to ask Ask, the source of this paperweight."

"Why, it's in your hands now? The items in the cultural relics store are completely legal; even if there are any problems in the future, they will be taken back at a fixed price, so you don't have to worry about it."

"It's not that I have any concerns. Generally, there will be no problems with small gadgets. It's just that the paperweight has no money. I want to know the source. I want to see who has handled it. We can also play with the things in the study. Come out."

Yang Sihai smiled, "Okay, I'll make a note, it's a trivial matter."

After finishing the call with Yang Sihai, Yu Yao went out to take a taxi to Tianhe Auction House.

Shen Ge's female colleague is an appraiser in the Miscellaneous Department of the Study. She is best at ivory beeswax beads and the like, but she can only speak roughly about Mo.

This is a 40-year-old middle-aged woman with a slightly fat body, but she is well-groomed and looks a bit masculine. On her wrist, she wears a string of old beeswax and old Buddha head beads, which are also large.

Maybe Shen Ge didn't introduce in detail, this female colleague didn't expect Yu Yao to be so young, she was a little dazed at the time, but recovered quickly, "Thank you, Teacher Xiao Yu. My name is Li Tong."

"You're welcome. Teacher Li, let me be a good example. Is it right or wrong? Just use it a little bit." Yu Yao saw that she was a little disappointed, so he responded like this.

"Sister Tong, don't look at him as young. What I told you is all true. In the Jiangzhou antique shop, he is quite famous now!"

"Hey? Don't get me wrong, you two, I was just surprised, because I didn't expect him to be a young and handsome little brother, so I didn't question him!" Li Tong quickly explained.

The three of them came to the appraisal room. Li Tong put a large cloth bag on the table, opened it, and took out a suitcase.

It's a big lacquered wooden box.

The handle is made into a wishful shape, and the box body is black and shiny. On both sides of the handle on the box surface, there are gold-painted cloud dragons, and ivory inlays are inlaid on the four sides.The lower part of the vertical box is surrounded by a sea pattern, which is also painted with gold.

Yu Yao didn't get started, he took a closer look, and then said lightly, "This is the imperial ink box of Qianlong's court."

Li Tong opened his mouth, but did not say a word. The look in his eyes at this time was the real surprise.Shen Ge knew Yu Yao's eyesight a long time ago, so he smiled, "Then open it and have a look!"

Generally, such a large lacquered thing will not have too good wood inside, because too good wood does not need to be painted.However, the royal ink boxes of the Qing court were generally painted with lacquer and gold, which was for the sake of matching, because the surface of the ink ingot was also like black lacquer, and it was often painted with gold.

Yu Yao nodded, but stretched out his hand to signal Li Tong to open the box.

After the top cover of the carrying case was taken off, the grids inside were exposed. They were all normal-sized upper and lower rectangles, two rows, a total of ten grids, lined with bright yellow old silk.On the edges of the slightly wider grid on both sides, a few small characters are engraved vertically on each side.

Engraved on the right: Ten Scenes of Shemo West Lake.

Engraved on the left: Gong Cheng of the South Study Room.

Yu Yao had already understood this imperial ink carrying box, these two lines of engraved characters were just supporting evidence.He still didn't get started, but looked down at the ten ink ingots first.

(End of this chapter)