Chapter 285: Bronze Elephant Vase
"Uncle De has a lot of advice. Wu Duo also smiled.
"Let's learn from each other. Hu Yunde said, "This afternoon's gold and bronze field, tomorrow's miscellaneous field, let's go back the day after tomorrow." β
"There should be no bronzes in the afternoon gold and bronze field, right?"
"Definitely not, at least not for the last three generations. It would have been troublesome for the bronzes to come in, and if they were sold like this, Lao Wu would not have taken any chances. β
Really.
In the afternoon, there were no bronzes of the last three generations.
Among them, there are five bronze mirrors, two Han mirror styles, and three Tang mirror styles, but in their bones, they are all high imitations of the Ming Dynasty.
There are four incense burners, a water of "Ming Xuande year". Three of them are Qing imitations, and one is Republic of China imitations.
One of them looked very good, and it was taken down when it came up, but the other three were not cared for. Everyone present understands it, and they know it.
There is also a copper ancestor-shaped vessel, exquisite craftsmanship, realistic form, Ming Dynasty utensils that open the door;
But the pulp of this thing is estimated to have been used back thenΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·
It's been there, and no one has been getting their hands on it.
Of course, it's not all because of this, the price tag of the main ancestor is also very high, and there is almost no profit. Presumably they are not cheap.
There weren't too many people involved in the gold and bronze wares, and most of the people were not interested, and most of them were divided into two groups, focusing on two things.
One piece, a gilded bronze elephant.
The reason why it is not said that the bronze statue is a bronze elephant is because it is a copper elephant.
This bronze elephant is more than half a meter high, but it is cast in pieces.
The bronze tire is gilded, and the elephant carries a saddle on its back, carrying a treasure bottle. The bronze elephant is more than half a meter tall and has something to do with the treasure bottle it carries, and this treasure bottle is not small, and the height is more than 20 centimeters.
The elephant carries the treasure vase, which means that there is a peaceful elephant, and the weather is level, in short, it is very beautiful.
Classic atmosphere, well-preserved, exquisite brilliance, good meaning. If it's vintage enough, it's definitely a hot item.
However, this thing is not taken casually, but is to be auctioned.
Wu Xianming is not a fool, the field of gold and bronze ware, this is the largest and most eye-catching piece, if you directly mark the price and take it, and then someone takes it away, the whole field will be cold.
The auction starts at 3 p.m., so let's put it here for everyone to see.
Wu Duozi wanted to listen to it in advance, and Hu Yunde also watched it very carefully.
Another thing that has attracted a lot of attention is a incense bottle.
An important reason why it has attracted attention is that it is golden.
The height of this vase is about 12 centimeters, with a lip, a straight neck, a round belly, and a flat bottom. There are back lines below the mouth and at the foot of the circle, and the bottle body has entwined lotus patterns.
The sole of the foot is engraved with four characters: Qianlong year.
Don't look at this incense bottle, it's not big, and the tire is not thick, but the proportion of gold is heavy, and a small bottle is almost a pound and a half.
The price of gold alone, this bottle is worth a lot of money.
However, this bottle is not 24K gold, looking at the pan blue, the so-called seven green, eight yellow, nine purple and ten red, it is estimated that the gold content can reach 80% at most.
But even if it is calculated according to 75 percent, one and a half catties, and 750 grams, it is not cheap.
Moreover, the price of gold, that is only the price of the material, such a beautiful incense bottle, with the "Qianlong year" paragraph, if it is a court utensils of the dynasty, the value here must be much higher than the gold price.
This incense bottle is not auctioned, and the price is 990,000. It seems that Wu Xianming likes nine a lot, and there are a lot of offers for mantissa with nine.
There were many onlookers, and there were some who discussed, but there was no action for a while.
If it is indeed a pure gold incense bottle used by the court of the Qianlong Dynasty, 990,000 is not high, and the market can almost exceed 1.5 million.
But if it is an imitation, even if it is an imitation of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, this thing is also a gold price, and the gold price is not more than 300,000.
When it was Wu Duo's turn to get started, Wu Duo first took a closer look at the paragraph, the engraving of the Qianlong year was quite good, clear and elegant.
It's really heavy in your hand, such a small bottle, you have to be careful with one hand and the other hand.
However, when Wu Duo heard this, his brows furrowed.
He had heard a lot about this gold incense vase, and he didn't know if it was because it involved incense offerings.
This incense bottle has a genuine product, which flowed into the Wa Kingdom at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the one in front of it was imitated in the Wa Kingdom during the Republic of China, and at that time, not only one was imitated, but three were imitated, and this is only one of them.
I just can't hear where the real thing is now, or where the other two imitations are.
But either way, this one can't be taken.
The imitation process of this incense bottle is very high, and it is also related to the imitator holding the real thing; Hu Yunde couldn't make up his mind for a while, Wu Duo stepped forward to hint, and the two walked to a corner of the room and whispered.
Wu Duo couldn't say anything obvious about it. In addition to feeling wrong, I only said one thing, that is, the gold is soft, and it is easy to leave traces if there is a bump, but this leather shell is very well done, but there are almost no traces.
Of course, this is not a problem, because there are a lot of "real and fake" things in the antique shop, just because they are too well preserved and perfect.
Hu Yunde still listened to Wu Duo. Hu Yunde also has another consideration, that is, today's gold and bronze ware, the surface is not good, and there is not even a bronze Buddha statue; if this incense vase is genuine, it is a palace thing, and he doesn't feel good when it is mixed with a pile of ordinary products.
"What do you think of the Taiping Elephant?" gave up this one, and Hu Yunde naturally had to ask another.
"I think it can be until the late Ming Dynasty. β
"Jiajing?"
"Yes. β
Hu Yunde nodded, "Then we both agree on the same page." β
"I'm not done yet, Uncle De. Wu grabbed the pressure hand, "There's something wrong with this thing." β
"Oh? β
"Gilded, mended. β
"Where?"
"Jewels. β
The gilt on this "Taiping Elephant" is not a whole, but a part, including the elephant's head, saddle, and vase, as well as the treasure flower and jewel worn by the elephant's body from the neck to the tail. It is precisely these treasures that make this "Taiping Elephant" more brilliant.
"If you don't say it, I really can't think of it. It seems that these embellished jewels are a little different from other gilt colors. Hu Yunde muttered, "However, because the Baohua Yingluo is an embellishment distribution, and the light perception is not exactly the same, it is difficult to distinguish in detail." β
"But Uncle De, even if these treasures have been gilded, this 'Taiping Elephant' is still good. β
Hu Yunde shook his head, "I'm afraid that there are still some problems with the copper below being covered, such as holes and the like." β
"Then this one was given up too?"
Hu Yunde thought for a while, "It's not easy to shoot." People who pursue perfection will mind, and people who do not pursue perfection will make profits from their hands, and they will definitely lower the price; β
"Okay, then we can call it an early end this afternoon!" Wu Duo smiled, "Then let's watch them auction?"