Jianbao life

Chapter 425 Nine Dragon Walnuts
Chu Chen looked at Wang Xiangong's expectant eyes, chuckled and said, "Okay, I'll call you then!"

"Here, are you talking about Jing Hao's "Autumn Evening Picture of Chu Mountain"?" Ning Shizhen asked with a look of surprise on the side.

After receiving Chu Chen's confirmation, Ning Shizhen couldn't help being dumbfounded. When he realized it, she quickly said, "Well, Mr. Chu, I wonder if I can have the honor to witness it then?"

Anyway, it's okay to add one more, Chu Chen readily agreed, of course, this is also because Ning Shizhen is a friend of Zhu Dafu and Wang Xiangong, otherwise he would not have agreed so readily.

Just like the two people next to them, although they looked envious, Chu Chen did not send out an invitation.

Although today is a better day, because it is not a weekend, there are not many guests, but Ning Shizhen doesn't care about it.

In his words, opening an antique shop to make money is second, and the most important thing is to meet like-minded friends.Moreover, the antique business either doesn't open for three years, or opens for three years. It's normal that the business is not good. If the business is good, he feels strange.

After drinking tea for a while, Zhu Dafu smiled and said, "Master Ning, let me ask you to bring out some good things for us to appreciate?"

Ning Shizhen laughed and said, "It's been prepared a long time ago, but I have made it clear in advance that I plan to barter some of the items. I hope you will be tolerant!"

After finishing speaking, he cupped his fists to everyone, and walked out of the room. After a while, he brought nine boxes with the clerk one after another.

"Everyone, please take a look. If you are interested, you can negotiate the price except for the few items that are bartered." Ning Shizhen opened all the boxes, and then made a gesture to everyone.

Everyone said politely, and looked into the brocade box in front of each other.

In front of Chu Chen is a bird food jar. This jar is double-jointed and shaped like a gourd. The top is rolled back to form a hole for wearing. From the back, it looks like a gourd with entwined branches and leaves. It is beautiful and lovely. The design is quite ingenious.

The body of the vessel is covered with bluish-white glaze except for the mouth, but it looks a bit grayish, and the glaze is moist and bright, but it is a bit thicker, with a vague sense of waves.The tire is exposed at the edge of the mouth, and it can be seen that the tire is fine, clean and dense, and the neat and generous "Da Ming Jiajing Annual System" six-character double-line regular script falls on the edge of the mouth.

The outer wall of the bird food jar is decorated with blue-and-white painted twigs. The blue-and-white material should be stone green material, and the color is blue with gray and elegant.There are two kinds of decorative painting methods: solid brush and outline rendering. The solid brush is mostly thin lines, and the outline rendering is mostly thick lines and decorations. The lines are smooth and the lines are clear, giving a sense of coherence.

Although the shape of this bird food jar is small, it is full of ingenuity, and the painting is also quite exquisite, but it is a pity that by the late Ming Dynasty, both the glaze and green materials of porcelain were not as good as those in the early and mid-Ming Dynasty. There are also some deficiencies, which greatly reduce the value of this bird food jar. Chu Chen thinks that the market value should be around [-].

But after all, this kind of bird food jar is relatively rare. Chu Chen thought about it, and if the price is right, it would be good to accept it, so he asked, "Master Ning, please ask for a price!"

Ning Shizhen smiled wryly and apologized: "Mr. Chu, I'm really sorry. My bird food jar was paid off in debt back then, and the price can't be lowered. If you want it, it's 8 yuan. How about it?"

Chu Chen didn't buy this bird food jar for his collection. In that case, he would definitely not do unprofitable business, so he could only shake his head and give up, looking at the next thing.

The next piece of antique is a large blue and white flower bowl with tangled branches and flowers from the Xuande period that Wang Xiangong had seen.

The mouth of this bowl is slightly turned outwards, the belly is deep, and the whole body is decorated with blue and white patterns. The inner wall is painted with peony, lotus, and chrysanthemum patterns. The inner double circle of the bowl is painted with lotus flowers.The outer edge is painted with back patterns, the feet and walls are connected with Ruyi curly grass patterns, and the lower abdomen is painted with Ruyi head upturned lotus patterns. The theme decoration is the same as the inner wall. The painting on the surface of the vessel is vigorous and free. Official six-character regular script.

The body of this bowl is precise and delicate, white and hard. The body of the bowl is glazed with green and white glaze.The blue and white materials are drawn from typical Sumali green materials. Due to the relationship between the kiln temperature, the blue and white flowers flow and scatter, which is similar to the rendering effect of Chinese painting on ink and blue on rice paper.

Xuande blue-and-white bowls with entangled branches and flowers, although they are ordinary official kiln practical utensils, the blue-and-white blue and white are green and beautiful, with appropriate shades, and the decoration is regular but not blind, which truly reflects the elegance and vulgarity of Xuande porcelain.

If you want to say that since such a good bowl, why did Wang Xiangong not not ask for a price, it is actually because this bowl has two shortcomings.

First of all, the bowl is covered with cracked ice flakes, and a lot of dirt has accumulated in the cracks of the ice flakes.There is another problem. One place on the surface of this bowl is smoked.

The smoke phenomenon refers to the partial or complete color of gray, yellow, brown or impure white on the ceramic surface, mainly due to the fact that the glaze is not oxidized before the glaze is melted, and the carbon deposits on the glaze surface after the glaze is melted. cause a phenomenon.

There is another borneol pattern, and there is another smoky phenomenon, which makes the appearance of this blue and white bowl really bad. Wang Xiangong didn't inquire about it because he disliked it.

Although this blue and white bowl is precious, Chu Chen's heart also cooled down because of these two flaws, but when he was about to put the bowl back, he suddenly thought of something, so he changed his mind and asked Ning Shizhen asked for the price.

Although Ning Shizhen didn't know why Chu Chen would ask about the price of this poor-looking blue and white bowl, but this bowl has been in his hands for a long time, not only because he has some dislike for the appearance of this bowl , Even if it is the same for others, no one is willing to change hands or exchange. Of course, there are also reasons why he refuses to sell at a low price.

Now that Chu Chen was interested, he quickly quoted a price of 22, which was slightly lower than the market price, and Chu Chen only agreed after a little thought.

Just when Chu Chen was about to watch the next thing, he heard Ning Shizhen who was beside him say, "Old Wang, I'm really sorry, I plan to barter this pair of Wenwan walnuts."

When Chu Chen heard the word walnut, he was immediately attracted to it, but he remembered that he wanted to buy a pair of good Wenwan walnuts for the master.

"Then how are you going to change?" Wang Xiangong asked.

"If the three Xuande stoves from the Xuande Dynasty are rare, we can still discuss them." Ning Shizhen said with a gesture.

Hearing what Ning Shizhen said, Wang Xiangong couldn't help frowning: "I only have one ordinary Xuande stove, can the rest be replaced by other things?"

Ning Shizhen shook her head resolutely, he just changed it because he liked the Xuande stove.

Seeing this, Wang Xiangong could only show regret on his face.

At this time, Chu Chen also saw that Ning Shizhen wanted to exchange for three Wenwan walnuts from Xuande furnace. His eyes lit up as soon as the walnuts came into his eyes.

This pair of walnuts should be a mutated lion's head, round and solemn in shape, fine and hard in texture, ordinary walnuts usually have two ribs, but there are as many as five ribs, and all five ribs are wide and straight, blunt and round.

The color of the walnut is bronze, the pulp is fine, and it shines with the luster of a gemstone like onyx. It feels warm and moist like jade. It looks like an old walnut from the previous year.

What moved him even more was the carver on the walnut, which was actually a finely carved nine dragons.Walnuts are notoriously difficult to carve.Nuclei carving needs to be micro-carved according to its texture, and if there is a slight failure, the whole game will be lost. Therefore, without full skill and confidence, the nuclear carver would rather keep its original texture.

This pair of walnuts is carved with nine dragons, and there are five ribs, which add up to the ninety-five statues. In ancient times, who else would dare to use such walnuts except the emperor?

In addition, this pair of walnuts also has a carved ivory base. This pair of walnuts can be said to be a perfect match in terms of shape, texture and color, and can be called the king of Wenwan walnuts.With such superb Wenwan walnuts, it's no wonder that Ning Shizhen refused to let go!

Chu Chen decided to get the pair of walnuts evenly, so he said, "Master Ning, I wonder if I can use two Xuande furnaces to make up the price difference. Can I get this pair of walnuts?"

"This..." When Ning Shizhen heard that there were two Xuande stoves, she couldn't help but feel moved. Although Wenwan walnuts are more precious, the people who play with them are after all a minority. Although his walnuts are indeed more precious, there is room for appreciation in the future. , it must not be as high as the Xuande stove.

It's just that Ning Shizhen still seemed a little unwilling. Just when he was about to refuse, Chu Chen added weight: "Shopkeeper Ning, how about this, two Xuande stoves, plus a hand stove by Hu Wenming, If not enough, then calculate the price difference, what do you think?"

Hearing what Chu Chen said, Ning Shizhen suppressed the words that had just come to her mouth. Although Hu Wenming's hand stove is not as precious as the Xuande stove, it is not low in value.

Seeing Ning Shizhen's moved expression, Wang Xiangong at the side became anxious immediately, and he quickly bowed to Chu Chen and said:

"Xiao Chu, let's discuss it. I usually like to collect Wenwan walnuts the most. What about this pair of walnuts?"

Chu Chen replied, "Old Wang, it's not that I don't want to give it up. I'm going to give this pair of walnuts to my master. Please forgive me!"

Seeing what Chu Chen said, Wang Xiangong seemed to have thought of something, opened his mouth, and then sighed softly, "Okay then!"

Seeing this, Chu Chen quickly said: "Old Wang, I'm really sorry, next time I have a chance, I will help you find a pair of top-quality walnuts, what do you think?"

Hearing what Chu Chen said, Wang Xiangong felt a lot more comforted. He waved his hand and said, "Don't bother, you just need to have this heart!"

Ning Shizhen was still a little hesitant at first, but when she heard that Chu Chen wanted to give the walnuts to Mr. Liu, she immediately agreed. Usually, she didn't know how many people would have a chance to get in touch with Mr. Liu. The opportunity to show your face in front of the old man cannot be missed.

(End of this chapter)