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Chapter 303 Half and two coins, snuff bottle, globe

Yu Yao and Yang Rui returned to the living room, before the new round started, the handsome man started chatting with the thin middle-aged man, as if humbly asking for advice.

The thin middle-aged man didn't seem to be impatient, but that handsome man was very proactive, making him seem a bit reserved.

About 5 minutes later, the wine was added and the lights were turned on to reopen the banquet.

The three items in this round are just the opposite of the previous round, they are all small items.

The smallest is a Qin Dynasty half two coins.

Among the three items, this ancient coin is considered the smallest, but in Qin Banliang Middle School, it is considered too large.

The standard of half-liang money is round money with a square hole, two characters of "ban-liang" in seal script on the front, and a bare back; it is generally divided into Qin Dynasty half-liang and Qin Dynasty half-liang.Qin State Banliang was the half Liang used by Qin State before Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, and the Qin Dynasty Banliang was naturally cast and issued after the unification.

Regardless of whether it is the Qin State Banliang or the Qin Dynasty Banliang, in general terms, they are not rare items, and ordinary items are not very valuable.

But this piece of Qin Dynasty Banliang has a diameter of four and a half to five centimeters, and it is estimated to weigh nearly thirty grams.The most common Qin Dynasty half-liang is generally more than three centimeters in diameter and weighs about eight grams.

At the same time, this Qianwen with the word "banliang" protruding from the Qin Dynasty is slightly narrow and long, with a curved shape, which is very graceful;

Banliang coins have no inner and outer outlines (that is, the raised edges around copper coins that we often see), so the edges are often not smooth, but the edges of this one are well cast and very regular.

The most important point is that this one has both rust color and patina, and the patina is naturally old and thick. It seems that it must have been unearthed for 300 to [-] years.

Handed down boutique.

Yang Rui and Yu Yao looked at each other, and Yu Yao gave him a positive look.

However, this is Yu Yao's vision, other people may not think so.There are a lot of half-two coins in raw pits, even if they were unearthed and circulated before, generally there will be no obvious patina, because most of them are left unearthed, and the characteristics of natural oxidation can be seen.

And the patina of this piece shows that it has been a collectible since it was unearthed, and the original owner loved it for 10 minutes, so he must touch it frequently. With this foundation, subsequent collectors, even if it has been naturally oxidized, the patina will be more moist.What's more, seeing that the patina is so old and thick, it must not be one or two collectors who often touch it.

Therefore, many people looked at this Qin Dynasty Banliang with doubts. Could this almost perfect handed down product be a high imitation?

When seeing a high imitation, it is easy to have doubts, and when seeing a near-perfect genuine product, it is also easy to have doubts.This is how the so-called "true competition and fake competition" came about.In fact, the real is the real, and the fake is the fake. The main reason for "true competition and fake" is psychological.

This Qin Dynasty half tael is priced at [-].For the Qin Dynasty Banliang, except for some special forms, such as mother money or rare extra large items, the price is already considered high.

However, Yu Yao doesn't think so.In terms of the rarity of the conventional size, wording, craftsmanship, etc., one hundred thousand is indeed a high price for this half tael; however, this kind of handed down time of two to three hundred years is the greater value!
Looking at it now, 30 is considered a high price, but because of the unique characteristics of this one, the price is prone to fluctuations, and it is possible to meet someone you particularly like, and [-] to [-] is not out of the question.At the same time, such a near-perfect product will inevitably increase rapidly, and it is still unknown what kind of high price it will be in a few years!

Therefore, while Yu Yao gave Yang Rui affirmative glances, he secretly made a grabbing motion with his hand, meaning that if he likes it, he can do it without hesitation.

Yang Rui nodded slightly, making up his mind.

He really liked the half tael.The nature of his work determines that he has seen many unearthed ancient coins, but the visual effects of unearthed ancient coins and handed down ancient coins are definitely different.Although some people also particularly like the rust color, the beautiful rust is much less than the ugly rust, and the unearthed ones are still much ugly.

Moreover, this Qin Dynasty half-two is rust-colored, but in addition to the rust-color, it is covered with a layer of paste, which is particularly moving.

Seeing that Yang Rui seemed to have made up his mind, Yu Yao looked at another snuff bottle.

Snuff is really not easy to see now. Snuff is made of fermented tobacco leaf powder mixed with spices, and it is directly pushed into the nose. It does not touch the lungs, does not ignite, does not produce second-hand smoke, and is quite environmentally friendly.

Snuff is an imported product. According to legend, the missionary named Matteo Ricci brought it to China during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, snuff was already very popular.

Snuff bottles have also gradually changed from a tool for holding snuff to a kind of art, with more functions for viewing and playing.There are many kinds of materials for snuff bottles, including gold, porcelain, jade, the corner of the feeder, and so on.

The snuff bottle displayed is a glass inner painting pot, which depicts landscapes and has an amethyst top cover.

Inside-painted snuff bottles appeared late, only in the late Qing Dynasty. There are more glass ones, and there are also crystal ones—since they are inside-painted, they must be transparent.

If you draw it backwards from the inside of the pot, it will look normal from the outside.It is not easy to paint in reverse, and the snuff bottle is small, and the mouth is even smaller, so you have to use a very thin pen to draw it in.

This inside-painted snuff bottle comes with a box, made of golden nanmu, lined with a golden velvet liner.When I brought it over, the box and the snuff bottle were side by side.

There are inscriptions and picture seals on the snuff bottle, but because it is too small, you have to look closely.

Yu Yao was fast, the probe approached, and then retracted.

What fell was actually Zhou Leyuan's money.

Speaking of Zhou Leyuan, one has to say that the largest school among the three schools of snuff bottles with inner paintings is the Beijing school.There are four great masters in the Beijing School: Ma Shaoxuan, who has entered the hall, Ye Zhongsan, who enjoys both refined and popular tastes, Zhou Leyuan, who is snowy in Yangchun, and Wu Changan, who is all-rounder in civil and military affairs.

On the whole, if this snuff bottle is Zhou Leyuan's genuine product, the price should be around 20.The price tag is also very close, 18.

However, Yu Yao can also see that this is not the real thing!This is an imitation of an entrustment in the period of the Republic of China.

But obviously, the running water mat was sold as a real product, and a small box of golden nanmu in the late Qing Dynasty was specially equipped with it.This little box can be worth thousands.This kind of "small investment" is naturally for "big return".

After finishing watching the snuff bottle, Yu Yao glanced at Yang Rui, who happened to be looking at him too, Yu Yao shook his head slightly.

The last thing Yu Yao looked at was a small ball with a diameter of about ten centimeters.

It is bright brown and red, with ink lines and ink drawings drawn on it, and small characters written on it.

It turned out to be a globe.

This globe is made of a gourd, which can be regarded as a gourd, but there is no mold shaping or printing, engraving or other crafts. It is a half gourd ball sealed with a top, and the latitude and longitude lines and maps are drawn with ink lines on it. country and so on.

(End of this chapter)