"Why can't you say that?" asked Ning Shuang.

"Didn't you say I have a story in my eyes?" replied Wu Duo, "because I didn't see something, but remembered a story." ”

"There is a beautiful legend that fine porcelain can sing?"

"Have you heard such an old song?" Wu Duo couldn't help but be amused by Ning Shuang, "It's not so outrageous, I think it can be regarded as an anecdote about the history of the wilderness, at least it can be consistent with the background of the times." ”

"Haven't you heard this song too?" Ning Shuang seemed interested, "Then let's talk about it." ”

Hearing such a "story", Wu Duo actually still has a certain desire to express himself, but this occasion is not suitable for storytelling, so he can only speak concisely.

After listening to this, Ning Shuang immediately asked, "Where did you see this?" or did you hear about it?"

"I heard that. Hmm······ When I used to visit the market, I overheard an old worm tell it, and I could only listen to it as a story. Wu Duo smiled, "Maybe the current 'nine' is just a coincidence." ”

"When you say that, I think of the vertical painting I saw, the upper end seems to be a little out to the left, and the lower end seems to have a tendency to turn to the right, maybe it's really a 'nine'!"

Wu Duo waved his hand, "Don't relate to it, one of us is a story I heard, and the other has seen a fragment of broken porcelain; ”

"Hey, what are you two talking about?"

As soon as Wu Duo's words fell, Luo Yuze came back.

"Or is it anything special about this cockroach garlic bottle. Wu Duo immediately responded.

"Then don't you say it in the cauldron, what kind of small stove are you opening?" Luo Yuze pursed his lips, and without waiting for the two of them to answer, he lowered his voice and asked Ning Shuang, "What did Uncle Ning bring today?"

"Wasn't all the incense burners auctioned?" replied Ning Shuang.

"That's a gizmo, I'm asking what he ended up with today?

"You asked him yourself?" Ning Shuang nodded at Wu Duo after speaking, and then floated away.

Luo Yuze raised his hand and looked at his watch, "Okay, it's almost six o'clock, and I'm about the same." ”

The discussion about the garlic bottle did not come to an end for a reason.

However, it was interspersed with many other discussions, Luo Yuze said that it was almost, but in the end, it took more than half an hour before Ning Yuanqi finally concluded.

Ning Yuanqi asked, no one planned to show it publicly, and finally said, "In this case, it's not too early, I'll be the last to make a fool of myself." ”

What Ning Yuanqi displayed on the round table was a cup.

Two for a pair, four for a class.

The cup is not big. The wooden box for the cups is not small, and the material is boxwood.

The boxwood is tough and delicate, but it has a nickname called "millennium dwarf", which is not easy to have large timber, and in terms of the size of this box, it is also rare.

The cup is not big, but the box is not small, because the box contains not only four cups, but also a tray, and a small set of four protective cups.

This tray is made of shadow wood.

Shadow wood, also known as gall wood, does not refer to a single type of wood, but to this characteristic. Gall means tumor scar, which is a sick thing, but after cutting, the surface will form beautiful lines and patterns. What nanmu gall, maple gall, birch gall, cypress gall, and so on.

And this tray used to support the cup is Huanghuali's.

Pear shadow wood, that's expensive.

The boxes and trays are so high-grade, and the cups are naturally not ordinary.

This class has four noses and is a rhino horn cup.

The height of the cup is seven or eight centimeters, and the type is a more common bell cup. The bell cup is also called a bell cup, and as the name suggests, the cup shape is like an upside-down bell with the mouth facing up.

The cup is not big, and the shape is ordinary, if it was just because the material of the rhino horn is precious, it would not have been taken out so solemnly by Ning Yuanqi.

These four rhino horn cups have exquisite relief patterns.

Four loves.

Wang Xizhi loves goose, Tao Yuan Ming loves chrysanthemum, Lin Hejing loves Mei, and Zhou Dunyi loves Lian.

The stories of the "infatuation" of these four literati and scholars in Chinese history have been widely circulated, and there are also "four loves" in many paintings, calligraphy, porcelain, and wood carvings.

In addition to carving people, animals, and the surrounding environment, the four love pictures on these four rhino horn cups are also engraved with poems.

Wang Xizhi's love goose's rhino horn cup is: Shuangling idle ink pool ice, realize the frost and think about it.

Tao Yuan Carita's rhino horn cup is: picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely see Nanshan.

Lin Hejing Aimei's rhino horn cup is: sparse shadows, horizontal slopes, clear and shallow, dark fragrance floating moon dusk.

Zhou Dunyi Ailian's rhino horn cup is: out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons.

In addition to Wang Xi's love goose horn cup, which is engraved with the poems in Wang Gong's "Title Wang Xi's Love Goose Picture" in the Ming Dynasty, the other three rhino horn cups are carved with their own poems or sentences.

It is not easy to have such intricate carving on the surface of a small rhino horn cup. Moreover, this carving is delicate and expressive, and the charm is good, which is obviously a master's handiwork.

After Wu Duo saw it, he was also amazed.

The bottom of each rhino horn cup has the same stamp on it.

Four words: Fang's pillar stone.

"Wonderful!" Zhang Chengjin held one of the rhino horn cups, "This four love rhino horn cups are indeed Fang Hongzhai's masterpieces!"

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was a saying about the famous rhino horn carving that "the south is in the north".

Bao Tiancheng is the leader of the rhino in Jiangnan, and there are many masters in the rhino horn carving industry in Jiangnan.

Zhang Dai, a historian at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, even discussed him and Lu Zigang together: "Wu Zhong's stunt, Lu Zigang's jade, and Bao Tiancheng's ・・・・・・ rhino have all been invincible for a hundred years." ”

"Fang's pillar stone" is Fang Hongzhai.

Fang Hongzhai is a native of Beijing. There is not much historical information about this person, he was a monk, but he achieved the legendary status of rhino horn carving.

The overall level of rhino horn carving in the north is far behind that of Jiangnan, and Fang Hongzhai can be as famous as Bao Tiancheng, the leader of Jiangnan, and is known as the only master of rhino control in the north.

Judging from the hand-me-down works, Fang Hongzhai is indeed worthy of this title. He is particularly good at carving landscapes on rhino horns, and the carving is beautiful.

Everyone was amazed, Luo Yuze sighed, and said secretly in his heart, "Yes, such a good thing must be a treasure, and it will never be sold." ”

Wu Duo was beside him, and when he saw his expression, he knew what he was thinking, this guy was really thinking about business all the time.

Nowadays, the sale of rhino horn products is strictly prohibited. The ancient rhino horn artworks that have been inherited in an orderly manner, although the market has some circulation, there are also certain restrictions.

This rhino horn cup, the pulp is very moist, and it should be a heirloom that opened the door. However, as Luo Yuze thought, this is Ning Yuanqi's treasure, and he will never make a move.