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Chapter 498 The Octagonal Plum Vase Looks Sloppy

"Don't worry, after you gave me the opportunity face-to-face, I studied it for a while."

"Well, be prepared." Cai Chihuang said again, "By the way, I was in front of Fu Mancang, but I blown you away. This old man is an expert in China and knows a lot. When the time comes, I will talk about rare antiques. You can't misfire, can you?"

Yu Yao smiled, "I can't be inferior to an Englishman."

"Yeah. But don't look at him as an Englishman, those so-called experts in China may not be able to do him well."

The two smoked a cigarette, and Shen Ge came out.

Cai Chihuang invited them to dinner nearby, and left early, "I have a lot of things to do this afternoon, so I'm sorry."

After the meal, Shen Ge was fine, because the appraisal by the expert team was still in progress, and the result was expected to be available tomorrow, so the two went to the nearby antique market.

The antique market on Hong Kong Island started earlier than in the Mainland.Especially in the 80s, when the antique market in the Mainland had not yet flourished, some people from Hong Kong Island went to the Mainland to collect goods, and they really picked up a lot of bargains.

Later, the mainland antique market boomed, and there were many antique dealers on Hong Kong Island, who received goods on Hong Kong Island or even abroad and sold them to the mainland.

However, in recent years, the antique market in various places has been a little weak, and the ones that are tenable are basically high-end goods.

Yu Yao and Shen Ge first walked to the east entrance of Hollywood Road.

This is an old street, which has been built since the opening of Hong Kong Island. There are many shops on the street, and the architectural style is also very distinctive, full of ancient style.However, there is also a big gap between the shops. There are majestic multi-storey stores, and there are cramped small kiosks.

On Hollywood Road, the two visited a few shops casually, but there were not many good things, and they still mainly focus on modern artworks and high imitations.

Moreover, Yu Yao also discovered that the shopkeepers here generally have good eyesight, and at the same time, the price tiers are very clear, imitation products are the price of imitation products, and genuine products are the price of genuine products.It's really not easy to pick up the leak.

When they arrived for the first time, the two of them were a little bit like looking at the flowers on horseback. They passed by the shop without feeling it. After entering the shop and taking a general look, if the people in the shop didn't greet warmly, they would just walk around and leave.

There are still a lot of people on Hollywood Road, and quite a few of them are not antique lovers and collectors, but tourists and shoppers.

Walking from the east end to the west end, they arrived at Sheung Wan, and then they took the opportunity to walk on Moro Street.

There are relatively fewer people on this street than Hollywood Road.

Yu Yao noticed a shop with a couplet hanging on it:
The ancient and the ancient have the eyes of heaven

happy but not happy
The name of the store is just the first characters in the couplet, it is called Le Guxuan.

This store is not big, two people walk in, it is five or six square meters, there is only one woman in the store, she looks like a woman in her 30s, with short hair around her ears, very capable.

The woman greeted in Cantonese, Yu Yao replied, and she immediately changed it to Mandarin, and asked Yu Yao and Shen Ge if they were from the Mainland, and handed over a business card with the name Liang Zhanyan on it.

Yu Yao said that he is from the mainland and he likes antiques, so he came here to have a look.

"This store was opened by my uncle. He is old and doesn't come here often, so I mostly take care of it. I have been to Yanjing several times and bought things from Panjiayuan." Liang Zhanyan spoke very neatly, then laughed He asked, "Since it's for shopping, why don't you just take a look around first."

The things in Le Guxuan are quite complicated.

Not long after, Shen Ge picked up a pastel butterfly love flower ink pad box and asked.The bottom of this ink clay box has a money, red color "Made in the Qianlong Year of the Qing Dynasty".

Yu Yao didn't expect Liang Zhanyan to say directly, "This is an imitation of Qianlong in the Republic of China, and the craftsmanship is good. It hasn't opened today, so I'll give you a discount if you like it."

In fact, both Yu Yao and Shen Ge could tell that it was something from the Republic of China, but the shop owner pointed it out when he came up, which really surprised him.Combining with the few shops I visited on Hollywood Road before, some high-quality imitations are also clearly marked; Yu Yaoxin said that many antique shops in Hong Kong Island seem to like to do their business clearly.

Shen Ge was also taken aback for a moment, then nodded, "Leave it for now, I'll look at it later."

After looking for a while, Yu Yao found a white-glazed octagonal plum bottle on the shelf.

After getting started, it feels light to the touch, and there are many dark yellow cracks on the glaze surface. Looking at the bottom of the tire, it is also relatively loose.No money.

However, this octagonal plum vase is quite interesting, with the word "Neifu" written vertically in blue and white on the shoulder.Regular script, quite satisfactory.

This kind of body and glaze, plus the word "neifu", makes people feel a little awkward.However, Yu Yao looked at it very carefully.

Finally, Yu Yao put the octagonal plum vase on the counter, "Miss Liang, do you want to talk about this plum vase?"

Liang Zhanyan smiled, "This should be from the Ming Dynasty."

Yu Yaojing waited for the next article, but the result was gone, so he couldn't help but chase, "What period and what kiln mouth?"

"It's hard to say, let's rely on your own eyesight."

Yu Yao thought for a while, "I've finished watching it, let's inquire about the price!"

"This one, the minimum is 8 yuan." Liang Zhanyan paused, "RMB."

"Too high." Yu Yao shook his head.

"It's indeed the lowest price. If you can't accept it, then you can look at something else." Liang Zhanyan spoke softly, but her tone was firm.Yu Yao immediately had the feeling that he could no longer negotiate the price.

At this time, Shen Ge couldn't help but stepped forward to look at the octagonal plum vase, and then looked at Yu Yao suspiciously, "Are you sure you want to buy it?"

"Isn't this a bargain!" Yu Yao responded, "But the boss seems to be unwilling to give up."

"Miss Liang, this bottle is very loose, the glaze is average, the white glaze is not white, and there are many pieces. Even if it is from the Ming Dynasty, it is not an outstanding folk kiln. Eighty thousand is really expensive!" Shen Ge then said to Liang Zhanyan .

Liang Zhanyan was slightly taken aback, then pursed her lips lightly, "So you two are masters! I almost..."

Yu Yao waved his hand, "What she said was just the superficial phenomena she saw, and Ms. Liang's definition of a master is too low."

When Shen Ge heard it, he knew that Yu Yao was trying to bargain, but he couldn't help but glared at him.

Liang Zhanyan asked back, "If that's the case, why buy it?"

"It's distinctive. How about this, I won't say much, let's go a little smaller, 6 yuan, how about it?"

Liang Zhanyan shook her head lightly, "I've already said that 8 yuan is the lowest price."

Yu Yao pondered.Shen Ge, who was originally eloquent, didn't know what to say at this moment.

Liang Zhanyan looked at the two of them, "How about this, I will make a final concession, buy this plum vase for 8 yuan, and give the two of you that pastel ink pad box."

This pastel ink clay box is naturally not worth a few thousand yuan, but judging by Liang Zhanyan's intentions, this step is already impossible.

In the end, Yu Yao agreed.

The two looked around in the shop again, but there was nothing they liked, so they settled the payment and left.

A few meters away from the store door, Shen Ge couldn't wait to ask in a low voice, "Tell me quickly, what's so special about this bottle?"

(End of this chapter)