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Chapter 23 Wang Yulan

The boss nodded, "Look, be careful."

Yu Yao leaned over from one side, moved slightly, and found a seal just behind "Zhao Gongming".

Xiaozhuan, Yangwen.

Made by Wang Yulan.

Yu Yao was pleasantly surprised.

Afterwards, he gently returned to his original position, "There is no damage at the back."

"Well, this bronze statue must be around 100 years old, and it's so difficult to preserve it." The boss nodded.

Of course, this bronze statue is more than a hundred years old, Yu Yao took a puff of cigarette, "How do you know?"

"There is a seal engraved on the back, made by Wang Yulan!" The boss explained seriously, "My wife's great-grandmother is called Wang Yulan, and this is her family's ancestral tradition. Think about it, maybe it was custom-made by someone back then, as a dowry Dowry. However, her great-grandmother is a lady, so she probably doesn’t know how to make bronze wares, so she might get a lottery if she pays her a name.”

Yu Yao couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking that this boss has a really rich imagination!
This is another coincidence.

To say that "Wang Yulan" sounds like an ordinary woman's name, in fact, there was a folk bronze master in the Ming Dynasty, also named Wang Yulan.

Because she is a folk master, the historical data are extremely limited. It can be roughly known that Wang Yulan lived in the Ming Dynasty, and only a small number of handed down bronzes have appeared so far.

At the same time, most of the bronze wares made by Wang Yulan are copper pots; this is the first time Yu Yao has heard of this figure, let alone seeing it.

According to auction records, the market value of the fine copper pot "made by Wang Yulan" should be more than one million.As for the portraits, although there is no precedent, it will not be cheap.

However, there is a problem here.

Because there are too few handed down works of Wang Yulan, it is difficult to systematically judge the artistic style.Generally speaking, those experts in copperware are judged on the basis of the year and the degree of exquisite workmanship.

For example, the generation is broken first, and it is determined to be from the Ming Dynasty; then it is not of the general level, and a "Made by Wang Yulan" is added, basically it can be identified in this way.

But in fact, China has never been short of counterfeit goods since ancient times.Whether it is modern counterfeit imitation antiques, or the same dynasty or later dynasties, there will always be imitations.Intellectual property rights were not even mentioned in ancient times. "Made by Wang Yulan" is easy to sell, so let's imitate it and add more money.

Of course, even in the same dynasty, most imitations are not comparable to the real ones, but there may also be high-end imitations.

Yu Yao can only judge this bronze statue of Zhao Gongming in this way.To put it bluntly, if it is a high imitation boutique from the same dynasty, he can't help it.

However, it is better to have money made by Wang Yulan than to have no peace of mind.

"That's okay, boss, what's your surname? Leave me a call too."

"Okay, my surname is also Wang." Boss Wang left the phone number and did not forget to ask, "If Boss Yu eats well, please introduce more friends!"

After returning, Pu Jie called out, "Did you fall into the pit? It took you so long to come back."

"I had a chat with the boss."

"What are you chatting with the boss for so long?" Old Zhou asked.

Yu Yao lowered his voice, "Since I met it, I'll tell you about it. But don't look at it now, wait until I take it down."

In the end, after hearing Yu Yao's words, Pu Jie and Lao Zhou stared wide-eyed.Although the two of them are considered insiders, they have never heard of Wang Yulan in the dark.

It should be understood that the benefits of reading books are not just eyesight.Yu Yao is majoring in archeology, and ancient history is the main part of the compulsory course. He also loves reading books, including many miscellaneous notes on unofficial history.

At the same time, although he has only been in the industry for more than three years, Yu Yao has ideals, and he wants to make a lot of money. Therefore, he can't say that he has read all the auction yearbooks in the past ten or eight years, but they are still inseparable. ten.

Yu Yao had no choice but to briefly explain.

"When it comes to explaining the bronze wares of the Ming Dynasty, the Xuande furnace is the first to be recommended; the folk masters, I also know a 'stone old man'. You said that Wang Yulan had photographed it on a copper pot, but I really don't remember it." Lao Zhou laughed.

"Let's see if he sells it or not. It's useless if he doesn't." Yu Yao replied, "I'm afraid that I'll surprise him and find out Wang Yulan."

"According to what you said, he has known about this seal for a long time, hasn't he never paid attention to it? The key is that there is such a grandma! People, sometimes inertial thinking can last a lifetime." Old Zhou said, "Or That sentence, there must be something in fate sometimes, if he doesn't bring this wealth luck, then nothing will happen."

Pu Jie laughed and said, "You've been lucky recently, first you got the Chongzhen official kiln pen holder, and then the bronze statue of Zhao Gongming. Let one go!"

Yu Yao smiled wryly, what kind of luck is this?Just like that sentence, it is not the lack of beauty, but the lack of eyes to discover; it is not the lack of genuine antiques, but the lack of real eyesight.

If you want to put it aside, how could he casually glance at it and find out that it is a fine bronze statue of the Ming Dynasty?
In the morning of the next day, Yu Yao cleaned up in the store, and took out all the unsightly things and "handicrafts", planning to pack them up and sell them at a low price.Such things, in his eyes, are now unsightly.

However, Geguzhai didn't have many good things in the first place, and the shelves were mostly empty after this packing.

After a whole morning of tossing around, Yu Yao was quite tired, so he took a nap at noon, made a pot of tea in the afternoon and drank it in the shop.

After drinking for a while, Geguzhai's door opened, and a man walked in through the door.He wore a baseball cap with the brim pushed down low, a striped jacket with a stand-up collar, and was carrying what appeared to be a shoebox in a hard-leather plastic bag.

Yu Yao stood up, "Hello."

The man raised his head, wearing black-rimmed glasses, unshaven, and looked like a man in his thirties, "Boss, do you want to collect things?"

The voice is a bit like a male duck's voice, which is not very pleasant.

"Open the door for business, if there is a suitable one, of course. Please sit down!" Yu Yao reached out to the Eight Immortals table, picked up another teacup, and poured him a cup of tea.

"Thank you." The man smiled and patted the plastic bag. "I came out in a hurry. There is a shoe box and packing bag that are empty, so I put them inside."

Yu Yao followed suit with a smile, and pushed the teacup aside, "This is not a gift, the packaging doesn't matter."

The man took advantage of the situation and put the things on the Eight Immortals table, "The boss is knowledgeable. What's your surname?"

"Miangui's surname is Yu, how about you?"

"My surname is Li. I still have something to do. Would you like to have a look first?"

"Okay. Sit down and have a cup of tea. The cup is new and no one has used it."

Hearing Yu Yao's words, the man's expression changed slightly. The boss looked young, but he was quite slender.

Yu Yao pulled out the plastic bag and opened the shoe box.

There was no more package inside, and a bronze noble appeared in front of my eyes.

This Bronze Jue is not big.Jue was originally a kind of wine vessel, but it was later developed into a ritual vessel, and it will not be too big.

Yu Yao glanced at it for a few moments, this bronze jade was smooth, green and rusty like emerald green, but there was a dent (jargon, crack) on the body of the jade.

From the beginning to the end, Yu Yao didn't get started at all.After reading it, he took out a cigarette, handed one to the man, and lit it himself, "Brother, I don't know much about bronze wares. What period is this?"

(End of this chapter)