Jianbao life

Chapter 771
Seeing that Nan Nan made such a statement, Chu Chen said with a smile: "As for the things, I do still have three items, and two of them can be transferred. As for the market value of these two items, they should add up to about 21 euros. , but it’s okay to trade with money, I personally prefer to exchange things.”

With that said, he took the box containing the three curios out of the shopping bag, and then put it on the table.

After hearing Chu Chen's reply, Nan Nan quickly said happily: "Okay! I have no problem at all!"
Before opening the box containing the antiques, Chu Chen said with a smile again: "Boss, I have taken out all my things. Shouldn't I be able to take a good look at your good things?"

"Yes, yes! I'll get it right away!"

After hearing what Chu Chen said, Nan Nan patted his forehead, and then he was about to walk out of the reception room, but before taking a few steps, he turned around and asked with a smile: "Mr. Chu, may I ask you?" What kind of items do you usually like to collect?"

"My main collection is porcelain."

"Okay, please wait a moment..."

After seeing Nan Nan left, Wu Ke asked, "Ah Chen, do you really plan to exchange antiques with him?"

Chu Chen replied: "Yeah, anyway, I don't plan to collect rhinoceros horn cups and black and white jade snuff bottles. It's not bad to be able to change to something I like!"

"Oh!" Wu Ke heard the words with a clear look. She also knew that Chu Chen actually liked porcelain the most, or some antiques that were relatively rare or of high research value. Although the two things Chu Chen said were good, But obviously not within the scope of his collection.

"Achen, what kind of jade is this black and white jade? I heard some people said it was Hetian jade, and others said it was local jade. I was confused." Wu Ke asked curiously.

"Black and white jade, generally speaking, refers to the black jade of Khotan." Chu Chen explained.

"No way, isn't moyu black? How can there be black and white?" After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Wu Ke felt very puzzled.

Chu Chen chuckled and explained: "In the traditional sense, black jade refers to white jade and sapphire being infiltrated with graphite. As black jade, of course, the darker the better, but it must have jade quality, otherwise it is a stone. Some black jade is gray, neither black nor white, this kind of material is called 'blue and white', which is what is often called Hotan blue and white in the market."

"Generally speaking, the jade quality of 'blue and white' is quite delicate, with a good sense of fat and a unique feeling in the hands. Among them, the 'blue and white' with distinct black and white is very popular in Yufang, and can be used for skillful carving. The clear black and white and Tianzi materials are commonly known as It is black and white, and the top grade requires 'white as rice paper, black as ink'."

"The most easily confused with Khotan 'blue and white' in the market is Qinghai 'blue and white'. Generally speaking, Qing.hai 'blue and white' gives people a frozen feeling, almost no ink dots can be seen, and the ink is melted. In the jade, some can show a purple halo, of course, black and white can be distinguished according to the white jade part..."

The black and white jade snuff bottle that Chu Chen bought this morning is the high-quality Khotan black and white jade.

The snuff bottle has a round mouth, a straight neck, sliding shoulders, and a slightly concave flat bottom.The ground is paved with black ink, pine trees and cliffs are carved, and white jade materials are used to emboss fishing, woodcutters, plowing and reading.

The fisherman catches fish by the river with a fishing basket on his back, the woodcutter in the mountains rests with firewood on his shoulders, the scholar pavilion leans on the window to read aloud, and a plowman hides outside the window to write, with a poem engraved on it.The utensils follow the original color, the conception is wonderful, the pondering is fine, and the workmanship is superb.

Based on the jade quality and carving workmanship of the snuff bottle, Chu Chen thinks its market value should be around 70.

After Chu Chen explained the black and white jade to Wu Ke, after a while, Nan Nan came in with a few boxes and a smile on his face with the shop assistant.

After putting the things on the table and dismissing the staff, Nan Nan smiled and said, "Mr. Chu, let's start!"

"Row!"

Chu Chen nodded with a smile, then opened the box and pushed it in front of Nan Nancai, and Nan Nancai also put the things he just brought over in front of Chu Chen.

"Hey! This is a fruit stone carving!"

When Nan Nan saw an antique in Chu Chen's box just now, he let out a little surprise, and then quickly took the thing into his hand carefully. It was a string of bracelets. After a rough look, he exclaimed again: " This is the work of Zhan Gusheng?!"

Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "It is indeed a bracelet carved with olive core carefully carved by Zhan Gusheng."

Fruit stone carving belongs to the category of three-dimensional miniature carving, which was popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Among them, olive stone carving was regarded as a treasure after its rise in the middle of Ming Dynasty, and it was very popular as decorations such as belts and fans.

Olive production areas are roughly distributed in Yangcheng, Lu Province and Suzhou in the south of Lingnan.Among them, Yangcheng Zengcheng is rich in black olive seed and white olive, and black olive is one of the four treasures of Zengcheng. In addition to making salty olive horn, oil olive horn, and Wangxiang olive horn, its core is hard, hollow and kernel-free. It is also a good material for making olive carvings.

Zengcheng olive carvings have been famous overseas for more than 300 years. They were tributes in the Qing Dynasty. The most famous olive carving works in history are Su Dongpo created by Zengcheng artist Zhan Gusheng in the fourth year of Xianfeng. Night cruise on Chibi Flower Boat.

The middle of the nuclear boat is the cabin, the front is the bow, and the back is the tail. There is a table in the middle, Dongpo and other three people sit on the table, and a boy servant is cooking tea with a fan fan on the stove. Floating water hyacinths, bending down to play, the six people have their own expressions.

There are windows on both sides of the cabin, and there are eight doors on the windows. The surface of the bottom of the ship is engraved with "Qian Chibi Fu" with a total of 537 characters.

Zhan Gusheng, whose real name is Zhan Jusheng, was a nuclear carving artist in the late Qing Dynasty. His original name was Maolan, and his nickname was Gusheng. He was eager to learn since he was a child. Yu olive nuclei carving craft.He is not only good at olive carving, but also has a wide range of books and outstanding articles.Its rich cultural connotation expands the theme of olive carving and improves the artistic level of olive carving.

According to historical records, all the knives of Zhan Gusheng were forged from fine iron. A window was opened in his home facing east. He stopped carving at noon, and he thought it was not suitable for carving after noon.

According to the "Yangcheng Mansion Records", Zhan Gusheng once carved eighteen arhat core carvings, with different expressions, lifelike, mountains, rocks and trees, scattered and scattered.Among them, there is an arhat who is holding a bowl in his hand, and next to the bowl is a pigeon with its head turned inward. The pigeon is as small as a sesame seed, but its feet are complete.

There is a two-page card that can be closed on the back, one page is engraved with Guanyin on the lotus pond, good fortune on the left, dragon girl on the right, a bottle on the upper left with a branch on it, and a parrot on the upper right with a mouth in its beak A string of 18 beads, with cards and beads.

The other page is engraved with the "Full Text of the Heart Sutra". On the back is engraved two beads, one round and one pointed. There are holes in each of the beads, and a Buddha is hidden in each hole, facing outward, and there is a sound when shaken.Its exquisite technique and ingenious kungfu can really be called uncanny workmanship.

Due to the high difficulty of micro-carving, Zhan Gusheng's works are very few in stock. Today, it is known that there are about a dozen of his handed down works, most of which are collected in museums, and only a few are in the hands of collectors.

In addition to the above-mentioned "Red Cliff Cruise", Chu Chen had seen Zhan Gusheng's miniature olive-nucleated boat boat in Mr. Liu's collection before. There were seven people in the boat, with vivid expressions, and the bottom of the boat was also engraved in lower script. Wen, styled as "Gusheng Taoist", is also a very wonderful work.

However, the olive core is shaped like a boat, so it is common to see carvings of boats and boats. The total length of the boat is about 4.5 cm. Therefore, in terms of the difficulty of creation, the complexity of the craftsmanship, the rarity of the subject matter and the number of olive cores, this piece of 108 A miniature character bracelet is even better.

This olive stone carving bracelet has all the stone beads of uniform size, round and brown in color, and each stone is carved with arhat statues. There are 108 stone beads, which are exactly 108 arhat statues.The characters are carved in high relief, with clear faces, vivid expressions, and smooth clothing lines. Arhats all have their backgrounds, and rocks, trees, animals, treasures, etc. all match the legendary stories of each Arhat.

For example, "Arhat crossing the river carries the scriptures and travels east to pass on the scriptures", "Arhat happy reveals his heart, making people aware of the Buddha in his heart", "Arhat laughing lion no longer kills because he learns Buddhism, and the lion comes to thank" and so on. Present a complete work.From another angle, this bracelet can already be regarded as a Buddhist treasure.

Moreover, in the process of carving the fruit cores, it is necessary to ensure that the shape, size, and color of the 108 fruit cores are all consistent, and it is also necessary to prevent the cores from breaking during the carving process, and to achieve finely carved, finely detailed, and structured shapes. It is very difficult to improve and change the level, which also fully demonstrates Zhan Gusheng's superb technical level and cultural connotation.

In addition, the name of Arhat is carved in Yangwen on each fruit core of the bracelet, each character is less than 2 mm, and two of the core carvings are added with "Gu Sheng Zuo" and "Zeng. Cheng Zhan Gu Sheng". "The characters are clear and regular, with the rhyme of Jin and Tang Xiaokai. According to historical records, Gu Sheng worked in Xiaokai, which is indeed well-deserved.

Although Zhan Jusheng is only a handicraft creator, "Yangcheng Magazine", "Zeng. City County Chronicles", and "Zhan's Genealogy" have all written his biographies, calling him "a generation of artists in south of the Five Ridges", which shows his great importance to society. Influence.

He not only carried forward the Zengcheng olive carving art with a long history, but also inspired the followers of the next generation, making the olive carving craft famous at home and abroad. It is indeed a wonderful flower in the art world of the Qing Dynasty.

And such a world-renowned nuclear carving artist carved out such lifelike nuclear carving works, no wonder Nan Nan was so surprised.

And after receiving Chu Chen's affirmative answer, he hurriedly asked: "Mr. Chu, I wonder if this bracelet is yours..."

Before he finished speaking, Chu Chen waved his hand directly and interrupted: "Boss Nan, I'm really sorry, I plan to collect this work for myself, and I have no intention of transferring it!"

(End of this chapter)