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Chapter 2 Antique Store

The antique shop is located at the west end of Mudu Scenic Area. It has a single shop front, with two entrances inside and outside, and the outside is the shop.The antique shop was opened by Chen Zhong, a friend of Jin Qi.When the factory closed down and was laid off, Chen Zhong took him in, borrowed money to let him rent a house at the foot of Yaofeng Mountain, and worked as a salesman in an antique shop, paying [-] yuan a month. After becoming a big business and then paying dividends, his life finally settled down. .Of course, Chen Zhong is not at a disadvantage. Jin Qi's knowledge of antiques has helped him a lot. In the past year, he has done several decent businesses. The tourist product street in Bendu Scenic Area has indeed added a few famous stories.There are only three people in the antique shop and the other clerk is Mei Ling, who is less than [-] years old, white and tender, a typical water town girl, and Wu Nong's soft words are so sweet that she gets tired of it.No, as soon as Jin Qi stepped into the store, Mei Ling said with a charming smile: "Hey, what did you do last night, you overslept."

Jin Qi asked softly, "Where's the boss?"

Mei Ling pointed at the inside and pouted and said, "I was asking you just now, but he bought the goods and wanted to see you."

A voice came from inside the room: "Is it the flag? Come in."

When Jin Qi stepped into the back room, Chen Zhongzheng was looking at a three-color plum vase with ink ground very seriously with a magnifying glass.Without raising his head, he said, "The plum vase was obtained from Qingke, do you think it's genuine?"

After looking closely for a while, he sighed: "The ink-ground tricolor is different from the traditional yellow, green, and purple overglaze tricolor. It first engraves the picture on the body of the utensil, and then uses blue and white, underglaze red, and blue blue. The color is painted and glazed and fired. Five colors are more expensive than gold, and three colors are more expensive than ink texture. If they are genuine, they should be rare treasures, because the three colors with ink bases stopped firing in the late Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, and there are very few pieces. This The plum bottle can be seen to be painted on glaze at a glance, and it is undoubtedly a high imitation."

Chen Zhong put down the plum vase in his hand and said: "I also know that the bottle is not real, but the imitation is really beautiful, maybe it can be regarded as a late Qing imitation?"

Jin Qi pondered again and again, shaking his head: "Looking at the blue and white color and lavender hair, it should be a modern work. Someone from JDZ imitated it, and the method is very clever."

"How much do you think you can buy?"

Jin Qi pondered silently for a while and said, "Modern imitation Kangxi porcelain has a price on the outside. It can be worth two or three thousand. If you buy it, it will be at most five thousand. Some gift givers specialize in finding these exquisite high-quality imitations to fool self-proclaimed officials. .”

Chen Zhong got up and wrapped the plum vase with a cloth towel, and said, "I'll talk to Qingke right now. If he's willing to sell a thousand dollars, I'll accept it. At least I can earn two." After speaking, he hurried away.

Qingke is a tea house in Mudu Town, which also makes antiques.The owner, Peng Qingke, is a friend of Chen Zhong. He often sells high imitations of Jiangxi porcelain dealers, and sells them exclusively to new antique lovers. The profits are quite astonishing.There are a lot of tourists in Mudu Lingyan Scenic Area, and there are three or four antique shops. The business is good, and the monthly expenses are excluded, and they can earn tens of thousands.

As soon as the boss left the store, a customer came.A middle-aged tourist walked in, wearing a yellow tourist hat and a badge. He could tell he was from Guangdong at a glance.

"Boss, just take a look. I'll introduce you to whatever you like." Mei Ling greeted with a smile.Generally, tourists will follow her, and then they will get close.But today, the guest didn't talk, and looked at every antique on the shelf without saying a word, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was obviously contemptuous.

After a circle, he pointed to a stone inkstone and asked: "Miss, can you tell me the origin of this stone inkstone?"

Mei Ling was taken aback, this square stone inkstone was purchased by Jinqi a few days ago, it was said to be Chengni inkstone from the Qing Dynasty, and it cost 1000 yuan, Chen Zhong was not very happy to say that Tai Su could not make money, someone really came to ask today.She said softly, "Sir, you have good eyesight. This is a clear clay inkstone from the Qing Dynasty. It's an antique."

"Oh, Miss, can you tell me in detail about the source and history of this inkstone, and why it is judged to be a Chengni inkstone?" The guest smiled, and the contempt in his eyes became stronger.

Not waiting for Mei Ling to be embarrassed, Jin Qi had already stepped forward and took the stone inkstone from the shelf to play with, and said: "You can tell that the guest is a person who knows inkstones as soon as you hear it. This small shop treasures this inkstone and you will eventually know someone. Since Mr. asked Let me tell you about this inkstone in detail for Mr. This inkstone is the fourth among the five famous inkstones in China, the eldest Duan inkstone, the second She inkstone, and the third Tao inkstone. The Chengni inkstone had its prototype in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period. It is recorded in "Sipu of the Study Room" that "the ruins of Wei Tongque Terrace, many people found its ancient tiles, carved them into inkstones, and they were very skilled, and the amount of water stored was not dry." Later, the production level of Chengni inkstone in the prosperous Tang Dynasty was already very high, and it was called Chengni. Inkstone is the "King of Inkstone". This square Chengni inkstone is a work of the Qing Dynasty. It imitates the shape of the central tile at the end of the Han Dynasty. The ink hall is flat, shallow and slightly concave. The ink pool is like a crescent moon standing on the flat hall. Yes, the honest and honest style has a kind of age that modern people cannot imitate. Therefore, when the store received it at a high price, it confirmed that it was a famous inkstone of the Qing Dynasty. I would like to leave it to the customers to explore the specific period of the Qing Dynasty. I don’t know the customers. What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)