Jianbao life

Chapter 400 Black Market ([-])

The results of today's auction were so outstanding that Bao Wen was in a very good mood. He said with a smile on his face:
"Everyone, next are the last three lots of this auction. I hope friends who like it don't miss it!"

While talking, the staff put the three boxes on the table, and then took out all the contents inside, but there were three wooden statues, namely the Ruyi Guanyin statue carved from boxwood, the skinny arhat carved from red sandalwood, and the traditional one. The theme is "blessing is in front of you".

The first two wooden statues, according to Bao Wen, are from the early Qing Dynasty, while the Fu in front of you is a work from the Republic of China.

When Chu Chen came to the stage and saw it, he couldn't help but sneered in his heart. What was in the early Qing Dynasty was obviously a modern handicraft, and it was all made of old chemicals.

However, these two wooden statues can still confuse novices. Not only do they look natural when they are old, but they are all hand-carved, and the craftsmanship of the sculptor is not bad. Like that.

After seeing the first two wooden statues, the last one, "Fortune is in front of me", really made Chu Chen feel a little interested.

This "blessing is in front of you" is actually a statue of a figure. It is carved with the familiar Tieguai plum.Although this thing is from the period of the Republic of China, the carving is very exquisite, the clothes are complicated, the eyebrows are full, and the figures are vivid and lovely, with a lot of charm.

The whole statue has a strong texture, which can be described as vivid and vivid. It has the style of the court building office in the Qianlong period, and also adds the unique understanding of the carver. It can be called a fine product.

In addition to the excellent carving of the statue, what surprised Chu Chen was that he saw the word "Fire Clay" in a place on the hem of the figure's clothes. This made him astonished, and he quickly used Lingbao Eye on it , and the results confirmed that it was indeed a work of the Republic of China, and he made a rather shocking discovery.

Chu Chen returned to his seat calmly, and after a while, after Bao Wen said the reserve price, everyone began to bid.

"Okay! Boss Huang offered [-] for Guanyin Xiang. Is there any other bid?"

"Boss Meng offered [-], and Luohan Xiang offered [-]!"

"Boss Zhou, Boss Zhou bid 18 yuan for the Guanyin statue! This Guanyin statue was enshrined by the Queen Mother at the beginning. According to the original owner, it is very effective. Has anyone else bid?"

"Okay! Boss Wang bids 22 yuan!..."

Hearing Bao Wen's passionate words, Chu Chen couldn't help laughing to himself. It was enshrined by the queen mother. I don't know which queen mother could live to this day?

However, until now, no one has made an offer for the "Fortune in Front of My Eyes", and I don't know if they are looking down on this wooden statue, or if they are going to wait until the other two statues decide the owner.

"Fu is in front of you, 1000 yuan!" After observing for a while, Chu Chen ignored it and directly quoted a reserve price.

"One thousand and five!" Hearing Chu Chen's quotation, someone immediately followed suit.

"two thousand!"

"Two thousand and one!"

"Two thousand and two!..."

From the beginning to the end, there was only one person who followed Chu Chen to quote the price, and Chu Chen quoted two thousand and two, and that person stopped talking, probably because he felt that it was not worth buying a thing from the Republic of China at a high price. In the end, this The wooden statue was taken by Chu Chen.

After paying the money, Chu Chen returned to his seat holding the [-]-[-]cm wooden statue, and Chu Junfeng asked curiously:
"San'er, why did you think of buying such a thing? It's not a work of a famous artist. Woodcarvings from the Republic of China shouldn't have much collection value, right?"

"Who said there is no collection value?" Chu Chen shook his head and said softly: "First of all, its material is quite good, it should be made of a piece of high-quality old material of Euonymus lobularis, the wood is smooth and soft, and the texture is fine , the color has changed from light to dark, and gradually turned reddish brown, giving people a simple and elegant, natural and noble beauty."

Boxwood, commonly known as a thousand-year-old boxwood, grows extremely slowly. There is a saying that a thousand-year-old boxwood grows one inch. The famous poet Li Yu commented in "Idle Love Occasionally": "The boxwood is one inch every year, and it does not overflow at all. It shrinks by one inch in leap years. , is the destiny of heaven.”

Su Dongpo also has a poem that says: "There are countless plants and trees in the garden in spring, but there are only leap years in Huangyang."

Therefore, boxwood is also known as the "tree of knowing life", which means being able to be content with destiny, guarding against difficulties, and inspiring people.

Because of the slow growth of boxwood, the wood is fine and delicate. Over time, it is similar to ivory. The color is uniform and pleasing to the eye, and the texture is tough and delicate.

Chu Chen continued: "Moreover, this carving is also very exquisite, no worse than the court craftsmanship of the Qing Dynasty."

Chu Junfeng asked with interest: "According to what you say, this statue should be very valuable?"

"Thirty to forty thousand is still available!" Chu Chen replied.

In fact, if Chu Chen said that the author was Zhang Huoni, then the price of this statue should be more expensive, but it is a confidential matter, so he did not disclose this matter.

"Hi! I thought it would be worth [-] or [-] yuan!" Chu Junfeng said disappointedly.

Chu Chen was speechless after hearing the words: "Art is priceless, okay? Besides, the sculptor of this wooden statue inspired me no less than the [-] to [-] statues."

"Why, San'er, are you still planning to learn sculpture?" Chu Junfeng asked.

"Hmm! I have this idea!"

Chu Junfeng shook his head and said, "I said, what kind of sculpture are you learning? According to my opinion, you should go on an official career!"

Chu Chen smiled bitterly and said, "Second brother, I'm really not interested in official career, otherwise I would have promised my parents a long time ago! Besides, it's better for me to get in than you, at least you have more connections than me in this area." Are there more coming?"

"My temper is too violent, I'm not suitable for this career." Chu Junfeng shook his head.

Chu Chen spread his hands: "Me too! Besides, it's not that there is no one in our family, there is the fourth child from the second uncle's family, and the cousin from the sister-in-law's family can still take over!"

Chu Junfeng clicked his tongue lightly: "The fourth child is okay, but my cousin, let's forget it!"

Some time ago, when Chu Chen heard Chu Junfeng's introduction, he thought that his father had only three brothers. Later, he found out that he also had a sister-in-law. The reason why the family had opinions on the sister-in-law was actually because the princess married A bloody plot of a commoner.

It's okay to say that my uncle is capable, but the fact is that my uncle is a bit of a nerd with high-sightedness and low-handedness.After many contacts, the old man and uncle were very disappointed with him, but my sister-in-law protected him again, which made the old man and uncle very dissatisfied with my sister-in-law's family.

In fact, the matter of the elders has nothing to do with Chu Junfeng, and Chu Junfeng used to have a good relationship with my sister-in-law, so he even paid for my sister-in-law to do business two years ago, and he has already decided on the project and gave it to my sister-in-law. Uncle introduced a few acquaintances, just like that, the business not only failed, but also lost money.

In addition, my sister-in-law complained about Chu Junfeng again afterwards, which made Chu Junfeng very angry, so now he can't see much of his sister-in-law's family.

After the auction was completed, Bao Wen said with a smile on his face: "Everyone, today's auction is over, thank you for coming, and look forward to seeing you next time!..."

"Let's go!"

Chu Junfeng stood up, greeted Bao Wen, and led everyone straight out of the room.

"San'er, are there any activities tonight?" Chu Junfeng asked while walking.

Chu Chen replied: "I have reserved a table at Bazhen Yushi tonight. If you are free, go with my sister-in-law too!"
"Bazhen Jade Food? Are you talking about the restaurant owned by the second uncle?"

After getting Chu Chen's confirmation, Chu Junfeng nodded and said, "Okay, I heard that the taste over there is very good, so I just went over to taste it today. By the way, you haven't said what's going on with that vase yet!"

Chu Chen was quite speechless when he heard the words. The collector was in the elevator with them just now, and it was taboo to ask him to expose other people's scars!

"Mr. Chu, just tell me, this vase just now looks more and more wrong!" The collector smiled wryly, and then apologized to Zhu Dafu.

Chu Chen said: "Well, after we go downstairs, find a place to sit, it's not convenient to talk about it on the elevator."

"Row!……"

After getting off the elevator, everyone sat down on the sofa beside the hall.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Chu Chen took a closer look at the shadow-celadon vase with a carved flower mouth.

This bottle, flower mouth, whole body shadow celadon glaze, glaze color is elegant, the body engraved flower patterns, smooth lines, half glaze is applied in the ring foot, there is a glaze spot on the outer bottom, the glaze spot is exposed.

Although this vase is exquisitely made, and some features seem to be the same, but if you compare it with the real one, it is completely different, and it is thousands of miles away.

Chu Chen put down the vase, and then said, "Mr. Yang, let me mention a place for your reference."

"Say it!" the collector said nervously.

Chu Chen talked eloquently: "First of all, this vase is said to be made in the Yuan Dynasty, but the clay body is different from the porcelain body in the Yuan Dynasty. From the texture of the body, there are signs of mechanical mud washing, mud refining, and rapid staleness. .”

"Secondly, the glaze is inconsistent with the Yingqing glaze of the Yuan Dynasty. Although the maker added a matting agent, so that it does not have the "thief light" of the new work, it is fired in a steam kiln after all, and the glaze looks very good. Rigid, rigid, not in line with the characteristics of Yuan Dynasty Yingqing."

"In addition, the treatment of the pedicure and the details of the rim are not in place, which is very different from the craftsmanship of the Yuan Dynasty JDZ. Finally, the glaze spot can be said to be the biggest flaw of this vase, but we can't see it when we observed it just now. Getting started, this is a crime other than war!"

Chu Junfeng took a look at it, and said, "I think it's very good, why did it become a flaw in your mouth?"

Chu Chen chuckled and said, "You are speaking from a layman. Anyone who has a little understanding of the JDZ craft in the Yuan Dynasty will know that this kind of "glaze spot" on the outsole is common in the products of the Longquan Kiln in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and that of the JDZ in the Yuan Dynasty. It’s rare to see this in his works.”

(End of this chapter)