The Book of Appreciation

Tickets! ! !

Wu Di turned the flashlight slightly away, and looked at the cup from the corner of his eye. Even under such a weak light source, the body of the cup is almost transparent, genuine!He didn't dare to look too much, and wanted to avoid the emergency lights on the booth. He seemingly casually put the cup among the tiles he picked out, and asked:

"Boss, how much are these?"

There was a smug flash of pride in the boss's eyes, and he said with a smile:

"Little brother, you are an expert, these are rare porcelain pieces! Look, there is also a piece of Yuan blue and white! I won't ask for prices randomly, you can give me a total of [-] yuan!"

The sparrow squatting next to Wu Di almost jumped up, these broken porcelain cups are worth [-] yuan, you might as well grab them!

Wu Di laughed and said:

"Excessive asking prices to pay back the money on the spot, for these things, I can only pay one hundred yuan."

"Hehe, my little brother is an expert, so I won't tell the story. How about I quote the price to you one by one, so you can listen to it first and then talk about it?"

"Okay, I'll listen to what the boss has to say."

"Let's talk about the Yuan blue and white first. Although it is not big, there is still half a human body on it, so five thousand is not expensive, right? The broken cup of wool porcelain, ten thousand is not too much for you? The other two pieces, one is The famille rose of the Qing Dynasty costs two thousand. One piece is celadon from Longquan Kiln in Song Dynasty. You will be charged two thousand, but the largest piece is the least valuable. The imitation celadon in the late Qing Dynasty only costs one thousand. How about it? Is the price reasonable?"

"This piece of hair porcelain costs [-] yuan, but it's negotiable. That Yuan blue and white piece... Hehe, I think it's worth [-] yuan at most. As for the remaining three yuan, can it be worth ten yuan?"

The boss is afraid that the customer will not counter the price, and he doesn't care no matter how low the price is. When talking about business, the business is negotiated slowly!Hearing this, he said with a smile:

"Since you understand, let me tell you the real price. Don't pay me back. Be a human being and stay ahead. The world is easy to meet, isn't it? I'll treat you as a little brother, your friend, eight thousand yuan for porcelain, three thousand yuan for blue and white flowers, The remaining three yuan will be given away!"

"Don't mind, it's safe to buy everything for this game. How about I give you ten yuan for the remaining three?"

The boss faintly felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong, so he hesitated and said:

"Accordingly, these three pieces are worth at least [-] yuan. I only said it as a gift because you want to buy the two pieces..."

"Oh, these three pieces are fifty? Mao porcelain eight thousand, Yuan blue and white three thousand?"

"That's right!"

"Okay, boss, here is 50 yuan, please keep it, I want these three pieces!"

When the three of them walked far away, Wu Di couldn't stop laughing when he remembered the astonished expression on the boss's face.The piece of Yuan blue and white is pure nonsense, but the Mao porcelain is real, but it can be said to be fake.

All the official kiln porcelains of the past dynasties are selected from the best products, and all defective ones are destroyed, and Mao porcelain is no exception. Although 7501 porcelain is precious, it also refers to the whole vessel. If it is a residual product used by a great man, its value is of course immeasurable. The general residual porcelain is no different.

Standing under a dim street lamp, Wu Di lightly put the two pieces of Ru Kiln powder celadon porcelain that he just bought together, and they fit perfectly!This is a whole device divided into two pieces!Seeing that it had a diameter of thirty centimeters and a rare pink-blue color, he smiled, even if he didn't get anything on this trip to Pingzhou, having this one is enough!

Walking to the other end of the old street, it was only after five o'clock. Wu Di was a little hesitant. Since he could find such a good thing as Ru porcelain, would there be any treasures that he hadn't found in the stalls that he just glanced at?Immediately, he shook his head because of his greed. There are so many rare treasures in this world, how could he collect them all by himself?

"Let's go, go back and get a good night's sleep. When you're full, you'll continue gambling with stones!"

When I turned around, I found that the sparrow was squatting on the ground and refused to get up.

"Fifth Brother, look at how exquisitely carved this pen holder is. Please help me to see it. I want to buy it."

"Oh, is the sparrow going to work hard? Let me see, we need to support this matter."

"No...but..."

The stall where the sparrow squats is the first one at the intersection here, and it deals in bamboo and wood carvings. The pen holder held by the sparrow at the moment is a wood carving. Wu Di took a look at it. Generally, the boxwood is not bad, but the hollow part is not bad. It looks very delicate, but it is a pity that it is made by machine.

"If it's cheap, it's not bad to buy it and put it on the desk."

Wu Di returned the wood carving to the sparrow, took a look at the booth, picked up a dark root carving, weighed it, and said with a smile:

"This thing is interesting..."

"At first I thought it was red sandalwood, but unfortunately, although the weight is about the same, it is not. But I don't know what material it is."

Wu Di glanced at the boss and said to himself, you are honest.He pressed several parts of the root carving with his thumb, and said with a smile:

"This piece is probably carved from the root of a tree called iron birch in the dense forest in Northeast China. Boss, how do you sell it?"

"Iron birch? This thing is handed down from my ancestors. I just found out the ancestral house. If you want it, two... no, 1000 yuan."

Wu Di didn't even counter the price, and directly counted a thousand and handed it to the boss. After looking at the booth for a while, he picked up a bamboo pen holder and asked:

"How much is this?"

"This one is cheap, one hundred."

Wu Di nodded, put down the pen holder, picked up the next one, and asked:

"How much is this?"

"This one is different. Take a closer look. It's the most expensive one in my booth. If you want it, brother, it's [-]!"

The sparrow saw that this one was not as good-looking as the hundred ones, and it was a little damaged, so he couldn't help asking:

"The one just now is obviously much better looking, why is this broken one so much more expensive?"

"Little brother, this is an antique! Cai Shimin, do you know? Jiading was a famous bamboo carver in the mid-Qing Dynasty, and he was the best at carving figures in the round. This is his work. Here, look, here is his deposit, and this patina... ..."

"Then what about this one in my hand?"

"You only need one hundred."

Wu Di smiled, and put Cai Shimin's pen holder down, speaking like this, nine truths and one false, let others think it's true, so as to catch the wrongdoer.The owner's entire booth is probably to set off this one.He picked up another light yellow bamboo pen holder seemingly casually, and asked:

"How much is this?"

"This one is an imitation. Don't think it's a new bamboo carving, but it's also the work of a famous artist, and it's an imitation of the work of Wu Zhifan, a famous bamboo carving master during the Qianlong period. Look at the craftsmanship of this knife. If you want it, it will cost at least five hundred."

As soon as Wu Di heard the price, he knew that the boss had missed him.This light yellow bamboo carving, from the surface it seems that it is not long ago, even the Zhupi has not had time to turn dark, but it is definitely not a new bamboo carving, but it is a real old thing.

This technique is called "bamboo carving with green leaves", and it is the most difficult type of bamboo carving. A piece of green leaves can be completed in as little as a month, as long as a year or even several years.It is a carving technique in which only green bamboo leaves are left during bamboo carving. The material used is Moso bamboo that has grown for several years. There are obvious differences in texture and color from bamboo skin, so the works can achieve artistic effects like the charm of brush and ink.This kind of bamboo carving is not only exquisite, but also moist in appearance. As time goes by, the green part of the jade will turn yellow, and the unique charm of its pattern will become more magical and simple.

Liuqing bamboo carvings generally have arm rests, screen cores, pen holders, incense holders, poem slips, fan bones, insect utensils, stationery, etc., especially arm rests.

The first Liuqing master in history to leave a famous name was Zhang Xihuang in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.And this unnamed pen holder that the boss said was an imitation of Wu Zhifan's work, in terms of style, it is Zhang Xihuang's work, and the value is at least 200 million or more!In fact, the value is second, the key is the quantity, Wu Di remembers, the master seems to have mentioned it unintentionally, in the entire collection circle, Zhang Xihuang's works will not exceed five pieces at most!

Wu Di didn't bother to haggle over the price, so he directly counted 600 yuan, motioned for the sparrow to take the one he liked, got up and left.