Play treasure master

Chapter 614
"Yeah, I heard that a lot of things were taken away! There are also quite a few left behind at the scene, such as jade, agate and gold artifacts, just a few broken tricolor horses!"

It is not surprising that these things appeared in a Tang tomb with four courtyards. The level of the tomb owner is enough.

"Oh." Yu Yao nodded slightly.

"Guess what?" Xu Jun looked mysterious, "In the past two days, it is said that a half-meter-high Tang Sancai vase inlaid with gold patterns appeared in Chang'an for trade!"

"Wait a minute." Yu Yao heard, "The tomb robber took something, and it's supposed to stop for a while, so he did it so soon?"

"Who said it hasn't stopped? The tomb was stolen two months ago! I'll say it first to set the stage. The point is this vase that appeared on the market in Chang'an!"

Yu Yao looked at Xu Jun, "Those things like this are traded in secret, you are well-informed!"

"It's not that I'm well-informed, it's that my friend has a wide and deep way." Xu Jun smiled, "Of course, such things, not to mention that they may come out of tombs, even if they can be bought and sold, I will buy them." Sorry!"

The tri-colored horses of the Tang Dynasty are quite popular nowadays, especially the tri-colored horses. Many players don't care whether they are dark weapons or not.

Tang Sancai has a wide range of themes, in addition to tricolor horses, there are figurines of figures, animals, and various utensils.

Vases are not uncommon; however, a large one over half a meter high with gold decorations is amazing.It's easy to pay a high price for something like this.

This kind of thing, Yu Yao just listened to it, and didn't say anything more when he understood it.

Xu Jun seemed to be very interested in Yu Yao. After talking about this matter, he didn't even talk about the red sandalwood flat head case, and kept asking Yu Yao about things.

Yu Yao couldn't be bothered, but in the end he just told him that he was doing some antique business in Jiangzhou.Xu Jun didn't just ask, he told Yu Yao that he was a "traveler" with him.

"Coming together?" Yu Yao couldn't help asking.Because Xu Jun's eyesight is really not very good, he is more like a self-taught "talent" player. If he is an antique dealer at this level, he will probably be able to cry.

"Let's count as half of my peers! I'm in the Wenwan walnut business." Xu Jun introduced, "So I like nuclear and wooden things."

"Oh, mainly wild walnuts from the Qinling Mountains?" Yu Yao asked.

"Hey! How many fruits does one wild tree produce? How many pairs can it match? Now in Laishui, Hebei Province, there are all kinds of Wenwan walnuts. I planted a few acres of walnut forests there. "

"No wonder you are relatively free now, you don't pick up when you are young!"

In spring and summer, last year's walnuts were sold out, and this year's walnuts will fall from the trees around the beginning of autumn, and there is indeed a shortage of walnuts.

"That's right. But now, the walnuts are off the tree early, and it doesn't take the beginning of autumn to start. First, match the green skins, then sell the finished pairs, and finally carve the rest." Xu Jun introduced, "Now the green skins are bet on the Internet. The live broadcast platform will be opened live, and I will hire an anchor and two to clean it up."

Walnut betting green skin is a game that many walnut players like.

When the walnuts come down the tree, the fruit has green skin and flesh. It is luck to pick out a pair of the same species that are basically the same size and shape.

If they are big, have good texture, and can be paired, the price of buying a pair of green skins is much cheaper than buying a pair of finished walnuts.But if you can't make a pair, or even if there is a problem with the walnuts or the melons are crooked, then you will lose.

"By the way, brother, I'll show you the right baby!" Xu Jun said, taking out a text bag from his body.

It is very common for Wenwan lovers to carry a Wenwan bag with them, such as walnuts, handles, and skewers.

What Xu Jun took out from the paper toy bag was a pair of heavily coated lion heads.For Wenwan walnuts, the main varieties on the market are lion head, tiger head, official hat, son hat, and chicken heart.They are basically named after their appearance.

Lion head is the most popular category among players, and there are dozens of categories below, such as Mopan, Sizuolou, Apple Circle, Gypsophila, White Lion, Nanjiang Stone and so on.

However, what Xu Jun took out was a kind of lion head that was not available on the market. It was more similar to the Mopan lion head, but with deeper lines and a more rounded shape.

The most important thing is that the pair of walnuts are almost purple-red, basically jade-like, shiny and clear; they have been worn down and have no edges, round and smooth.

"This should be the so-called old style lion head, right?" Yu Yao was really refreshed after seeing it.

Xu Jun turned it in his hand a few times first, and the two walnuts occasionally collided, making a crisp sound like jade, and then said, "This should be something from the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, 100 years ago!"

Xu Jun looks a bit showy, but it is inevitable for those who play antiques to be more or less complacent about the things they love and often play with.

Yu Yao smiled slightly, "It's really good. This pair of walnuts can also be worth more than 20 to [-]."

"Brother really knows how to do it! This is a pure wild old lion head, which is gone now! Even if it is a wild walnut, the weight is okay, but how can there be such a short pile? This kind of stuffy tip? How can such a good match be made? Son?"

The "pile" of Wenwan walnut is a very important indicator, which refers to the height of the walnut from the bottom to the tip; if the height is greater than the width of the opposite side, it is a high pile; if the height is obviously smaller than the width, it is a short pile.In the case of lionheads, short stakes are more attractive, more popular, and often more expensive than high stakes.

Most of the Wenwan walnuts on the market are grafted; while the wild walnuts in the deep mountains rarely have short piles and are difficult to match.

As for the dull tip, it means that the tip of the walnut is not so obvious, and the position of the tip is somewhat restrained, so that it looks more rounded and feels better.

The more Xu Jun talked, the more complacent he became, "Maybe it came from a palace in the late Qing Dynasty!"

In the Qing Dynasty, playing with walnuts was indeed very popular, and Qianlong also liked it very much. He also wrote a poem: Turning the sun and the moon in the palm, time seems to turn back;
By the end of the Qing Dynasty, a good pair of walnuts even became a status symbol and a mark of taste.There is a jingle that says: Baylor has three treasures in his hand, pointing to a bird in a walnut cage; there is also a jingle that says: literati plate walnuts, warriors turn iron balls, rich people play with gourds, and idlers walk their dogs.

Now in the Forbidden City, there are still Wenwan walnuts from the Qing Dynasty.

The two chatted and ate, Yu Yao saw that it was getting late, so he decided to call it quits.

Xu Jun seemed to have more than enough to say, because besides talking about walnuts, Yu Yao also talked a little bit about identification, and this alone has already made him admire.

"Hey!" Xu Jun showed a smirk, "You're fine tonight anyway, so I'll treat you to entertainment later, shall I?"

(End of this chapter)