Jianbao life

Chapter 325 Treasure Building "Ghost Market" ([-])
"It's okay, I bought a fairly good wolf hair. By the way, why did you buy so many calligraphy and painting works? Are these all good things?" Liu Sizhe was a little strange seeing Chu Chen holding so many scrolls.

Chu Chen chuckled and said, "Of course not, I asked the boss for three of them."

Liu Sizhe's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he asked in a low voice with excitement, "Brother Chen, if you don't know how to get good things, you're asking for it, right? Show me quickly!"

"You're quite clever, kid." Chu Chen said with a smile, "It's not appropriate to look at it now, let's talk about it when we go back."

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go!" Liu Sizhe said impatiently.

Chu Chen said speechlessly: "What are you in a hurry for? Brother Yi is still there!"

"Yes, yes! I'll call him!"

But before Liu Sizhe took out his phone, Chu Chen said, "No need to call, senior brother is already here."

Yi Hongguo walked up to him, seeing his overjoyed appearance, he probably found something good, so Chu Chen asked with a smile: "Brother, did you find something good?"

"Hey, I picked up a coral top bead for nothing." Yi Hongguo smiled and took out a ruddy, round and plump bead from his pocket.

At this time, Chu Chen was holding a lot of things in his hand, so he could only lean over to take a closer look. Judging from the color of the paste and some features, it should indeed be a coral official hat top bead.

Men's official hats in the Qing Dynasty were divided into top hats and casual hats. Top hats were commonly known as "big hats".

According to the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty, the first rank is ruby, the second rank is coral, the third rank is sapphire, the fourth rank is lapis lazuli, the fifth rank is crystal stone, the sixth rank is clam, the seventh rank is plain gold, and the eighth rank is gold with yin patterns. The ninth grade is carved gold with Yang patterns.Those without top beads have no official products.

Therefore, this coral official hat top bead should be used in the official top hat of the official second grade official, which is very rare.

"By the way, is this in your hand?" Yi Hongguo asked, pointing to the scroll in Chu Chen's hand.

"Good stuff." Chu Chen said with a smile: "Brother, do you have anything else to do? If nothing else, let's go back." He slightly raised the scroll in his hand.

Yi Hongguo immediately understood what he meant, waved his hands and said, "I'm fine, let's go..."

Sitting in the car, Liu Sizhe couldn't restrain the curiosity in his heart, and asked, "Brother Chen, which famous calligraphy and painting are you doing?"

Chu Chen made a fool of himself and said, "Let's wait until we get back to talk about it, otherwise the senior brother won't be in the mood to drive, and our lives are still in his hands."

Yi Hongguo laughed and said, "I'm more itchy if you don't say it!..."
The three laughed and quarreled for a while, Liu Sizhe asked: "Brother Chen, how did you smell that yellow pear just now, why didn't I smell it?"

"Of course the polished huanghuali won't smell too much." Chu Chen explained: "And that thing should have been fumigated with sulfuric acid and washed with lime water, so under normal circumstances, it definitely doesn't smell like wood. Before you smell it, you should scrape the cut surface a little, and you will be able to smell it."

"Oh, that's it!" Liu Sizhe suddenly said.

"Actually, in the situation just now, you can tell whether it is a real Hainan huanghuali without smelling it."

"Ah? Tell me quickly!" Liu Sizhe said eagerly.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "You should know that there is a special texture produced by the knots of huanghuali, called "ghost face" pattern?"

"I know that." Liu Sizhe nodded.

Chu Chen went on to say: "This kind of grimace pattern can also be produced at the knots of other mahogany trees, such as rosewood, but their grimace pattern is messy and rough, far less charming and elegant than the grimace pattern of huanghuali."
"The method to distinguish between Hainan huanghuali and Vietnamese huanghuali is also very simple, that is, to distinguish through grimace lines. In most cases, the grimace lines of Hainan huanghuali are solid, so they appear more charming, while Vietnamese huanghuali Most of the grimace lines are hollow, and the eyes are not as bright as Haihuang's. Think about it, isn't that the case."

"Well, I'm not familiar with huanghuali!" Liu Sizhe scratched his head and said, "But the arm just now is indeed hollow."

Yi Hongguo, who was driving the car, said happily: "Junior brother, when you said that, I remembered that the two kinds of huanghuali are indeed different in this respect. I really want to thank you, junior brother, for letting me learn another lesson." trick."

Chu Chen waved his hand and said, "Brother, you are very polite, but one thing to note is that not every huanghuali utensil will have grimace patterns. The market price of good things with tattoos will be much higher than those without."
"And if there are no grimace lines, you have to consider it comprehensively. In terms of color, the color of huanghuali is based on yellow, but the vast majority of Vietnamese huanghuali are relatively monotonous yellow, while Hainan huanghuali will be yellow. In the background color, there are some purple and brown. In addition, there are weight, smell, feel, etc., which can be easily distinguished after exposure to a lot.”
After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Liu Sizhe said with a smile: "Haha, thank you Brother Chen for your teaching. Next time, if I encounter huanghuali things again, I will count them..."

Ten minutes later, the three of them returned to the hotel. Under Liu Sizhe's impatient urging, Chu Chen carefully opened the painting slowly. When the whole scroll was displayed in front of everyone, Liu Sizhe and Yi Hongguo All of them were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped.

After a long time, Liu Sizhe pointed to the painting and said incoherently, "Did I lose sight? This is...is this really Jing Hao's "Autumn Evening Picture of Chu Mountain"?"

"Is this still fake?"

At this time, Yi Hongguo also came back to his senses, pointed to the rows of seals and inscriptions beside him and said: "Look at these, you should know that this is not fake."

"Hehe, I just think it's incredible, this is Jing Hao's "Autumn Evening Picture of Chu Mountain"!" Liu Sizhe's face was full of disbelief.

"I don't think it's incredible. It's not surprising that my junior can get Wu Daozi's magical painting of the vast sea and Jing Hao's work." Yi Hongguo shook his head and laughed.

"Ah!" Liu Sizhe grabbed Chu Chen's shoulder and shook violently back and forth: "How is your luck so good, you can find such a shocking leak when you visit a ghost market! Could it be that the stall owner is Are you blind!"

"I don't know how the stall owner would put such a thing in a pile of garbage." Chu Chen smiled and took out the argument he had thought up before.

Chu Chen explained that when Liu Sizhe was bargaining in the ghost market just now, he felt bored, so he casually looked at the paintings on the booth next to him, but all he saw were low-quality prints, but by chance, he saw this painting The material of the picture scroll was a bit different. After being curious, he opened it and took a look. This was unbelievable. As a result, he bought the picture as a gift.

Liu Sizhe was surprised and said, "No way, could it be this painting you found when I told you to choose a brush just now?"

Chu Chen chuckled and said, "That's when."

Liu Sizhe pulled his hair violently, and growled: "Ah! Why is it such a coincidence! It must be the luck I brought you! No, Brother Chen, you have to give me some compensation, or I won't feel balanced!"

Although he knew that this was Liu Sizhe's joke, Chu Chen still said with a smile: "Then when the market comes, I'll pick a good material for you, how about it?"

"Long live Brother Chen!" Liu Sizhe cheered after hearing the words: "But this makes me somewhat embarrassed!"

Chu Chen scolded with a smile: "You brat, don't take advantage of it and act like a good boy."

At the same time, Yi Hongguo put on his gloves, took out a magnifying glass, and looked carefully bit by bit, not missing every inch.

About four or ten minutes later, Yi Hongguo put down the magnifying glass in his hand, breathed a sigh of relief, and sighed: "It's really a good thing! No matter from the creation technique of the work, famous inscriptions, seals, mountings, etc., I can For sure, this is Jing Hao's authentic work, the same as the one I saw in the Forbidden City on Baodao."

"Moreover, after more than 1000 years, this work has been damaged, but the damage has not affected the integrity of the work. This is very rare. It is not that a work like this can be preserved so completely. It’s so common, it can be called a national treasure-level cultural relic!”

"However, after all, this work is somewhat damaged. The most important thing now is to re-frame it and repair the damaged parts."

Chu Chen nodded and said, "That's what I thought too. I'll call the master in a while. For such a precious thing, I can only rest assured if I ask him to help."

"Hehe, I think the master must be very happy to do this." Yi Hongguo laughed.

Next, Chu Chen and Liu Sizhe took turns to appreciate it, and when they finished watching, it was already dawn.Although the three of them didn't sleep almost all night, they were all in good spirits. It was no wonder that when they encountered such a priceless treasure, it was normal for them not to feel sleepy when they were excited.

"Duk duk! Xiao Chu, are you up yet?"

"Old Guan! Why did you wake up so early?" Chu Chen opened the door and saw that it was Guan Guokang.

"There was an accident!" Guan Guokang explained: "The owner of an object to be appraised this time has an eight o'clock plane, so we have to go there early. By the way, why did you get up so early? Go to sleep?"

"Hehe, I slept for a while before, and I went to visit the ghost market early this morning." Chu Chen laughed.

"So you went to the ghost market!" Guan Guokang sighed: "It's a pity that I am old, otherwise I would also like to go shopping. By the way, looking at you like this, you can't find some good treasures, right? May I enjoy it too?"

"Of course it's no problem." Chu Chen smiled and invited Guan Guokang in.

Later, when Guan Guokang saw that Chu Chen's harvest would be Jing Hao's "Chu Mountain Autumn Evening Picture", the same expression immediately became exciting...

(End of this chapter)