Chapter 336: Golden Branches and Jade Leaves
The most depressing thing about this matter is actually Ye Mei.
Because she is a godmother and daughter with the old lady, she has always been very cautious about finding a partner, and this time she found a little boyfriend who was a little younger, Ye Mei was even more nervous, for fear that the old lady would not agree to her old thoughts.
Look at this momentum is a little wrong, Ye Mei knows the old lady's temperament and personality best, although the old lady didn't say anything on the surface, but she already saw the dislike for Jack in her eyes.
The little boyfriend Jack loves to be in the limelight and speaks openly, which is understandable, this guy shouldn't have to deal with Shen Qiu, Shen Qiu's situation is not the same as yours.
Fortunately, the little boyfriend Jack's brain was still spinning fast, and at the last moment he took out this door-to-door gift bought from Bai Yutang, the name of this gift Ye Mei didn't understand, but it cost her nearly three million, the old lady was born as an antique, and she should be able to see the value.
"Old lady, please look...... This door-to-door gift is specially selected by me for you, I hope you can like it!"
Jack carefully opened the black box, revealing a pair of red-faced embroidery.
This embroidery is about 80 centimeters in length, 50 in width, in the embroidery space belongs to the category of large-scale works of art, the theme of the whole embroidery is to Chang'e running to the moon, the middle of the embroidery is embroidered with the mighty Guanghan Palace, Chang'e is wearing silk and satin, holding a white jade rabbit in her hand, the posture is elegant, the head is a round of bright moon, and the foot of the world is a cluster of purple and red peony flowers.
The name of the work is also clearly visible, the golden branch and jade leaf, the time of birth in 1932, the inscription is Suzhou Tian Xiao'e.
As soon as this door-to-door gift appeared, Shen Qiu saw its high value, no wonder Jack couldn't wait to take it out to show off, just to say that the value of this work is indeed much more expensive than the gift in his hand, relatively speaking, one is in the sky and the other is on the ground.
Although the author Tian Xiao'e passed away early, but her works are indeed worthy of the name of the master level, her works are not much, a total of six works, each of which is famous in the embroidery industry, her most famous work "Qianlong down the Yangtze River" has also reached more than 30 million, once refreshed the auction record of embroidery.
Compared with this "Golden Branches and Jade Leaves", it is a little more low-key.
"Old lady, please take a look!" Young Jack smiled, and the corners of his mouth piled up a hypocritical smile: "Master Tian Xiao'e's work, one of the six classic works, I know that the old lady you usually like to collect Suzhou embroidery, we specially selected it for you! This is also a good luck to come across this master-level work, if it is an hour late, it will be snatched away by others!haha!"
"Yes, yes, I can testify to this!" Ye Mei nodded and agreed: "Bai Yutang's things are very gunman, and I don't know the knowledge of antiques, fortunately Jack knows a lot, otherwise this master embroidery will miss us! Godmother! You have studied a lot of embroidery, what do you think?"
The old lady was still smiling: "Since I bought it from Bai Yutang, there is naturally no need to doubt whether it is true or false, but Jack, do you know the origin and meaning of this work? Do you know under what circumstances Tian Xiao'e created this work?"
"This ...... I don't know......" The smile on Jack's face was a little stiff: "I only know that Tian Xiao'e's works are extremely precious, plus the old lady, you like embroidery, no matter how much money you have to buy back! The old lady's liking is more important than anything else!"
The old lady nodded and smiled: "Actually, when Bai Yutang arrived, they called me first, they knew that I had a soft spot for embroidery, and the offer I was only given at that time was 280w, but I didn't make a move because I didn't think it was suitable......"
"Ah......h
As soon as the old lady said this, Jack was also stunned at the same time, like a thunderbolt exploding in the ears of the two at the same time.
The old lady who dared to love this embroidery didn't even look at it! She was still a baby and had to brag and show off in front of her, isn't this self-inflicted humiliation?
"Isn't it godmother?Isn't this embroidery the work of a master?Do you think there's something wrong with this work?" Ye Mei asked unwillingly, and then looked at Jack's face next to him was unusually embarrassed, as if covered with a layer of lard.
"Shen Qiu?" The old lady raised her head and glanced at Shen Qiu: "You are the Treasure Appreciation Grandmaster, tell me about the strangeness of this painting?" and also teach Jack a lesson by the way, I see that you are all about the same age, but there is a lot of difference between your cultivation and the city government......
The old lady said this mercilessly, and Jack's face turned blue and white for a while.
"Since the old lady said so, then Shen Qiu will be ugly!"
Shen Qiu couldn't know much about Tian Xiao'e's history, from the timeline, she and Wang Daqian were people of the same period, even if one was in the north and the other was in the south, Shen Qiu knew Tian Xiao'e's works very well, after all, this female master was already famous in the embroidery industry back then.
"Jack, you must not know, right? Master Tian Xiao'e has an eye disease, one eye is white, and the eyesight of the other eye is also very poor, even in this congenital deficiency situation, she still created the first few masterpieces, and the "Golden Branches and Jade Leaves" in front of us is actually Tian Xiao'e's last work, half a month after the completion of this work, Tian Xiao'e died of her own illness, from the birth of the work to the death of the master, there is only less than a month in between......"
"It can be seen from the content of this painting, the theme is Chang'e running to the moon, the Guanghan Palace above her head, and the flower pond at her feet, this work can be said to explain Tian Xiao'e's expectations at the end of her life, that is, her innermost expectations, and her extravagant hopes for love!"
"Although this embroidery is Tian Xiao'e's masterpiece, if you have seen her other works, you can see her difference, whether it is from the workmanship embroidery, or the craftsmanship proofing, there is a relatively obvious gap with her previous works, most likely related to her physical reasons, at that time her physical condition to be able to complete it is very difficult!"
"So now it seems that the value of this work is only three million, which is a huge difference from the value of her peak work, which is understandable!"
Jack frowned, and couldn't help asking: "I think the meaning of this embroidery is very good! Chang'e, Guanghan Palace, and a hundred flowers compete for beauty, these are all peaceful elements in antiques!"
Shen Qiu smiled indifferently and continued: "That's why I said that you are superficial, I have made it very clear just now, the meaning of this embroidery is Tian Xiao'e's longing and yearning for love, do you give this painting to the old lady?
"Huh?" Shen Qiu's words suddenly Jack was speechless, if the moral of what Shen Qiu said was true, then this painting is indeed not suitable for the old lady, the actual situation of this painting is not the same as the old lady's eight poles.
"Therefore, sending antiques is a technical job, not the more expensive the better, the newer the better, especially the old lady of this level, you have to send the right mentality, otherwise you will end up in a situation where the bamboo basket is empty!
Shen Qiu summed up the end of the class, as early as when Jack showed his greeting gift, he breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Jack's sycophant had slapped the horse's leg this time.
"I know, I know, I know, I know ......" Jack nodded again and again with a dark face, and suddenly raised his head and shouted at Shen Qiu: "What do I know! Shen Qiu, what did you bring to the old lady? It seems that your things haven't been unveiled yet! Who taught me a lesson here! Who gave you the courage!"
"Do you need to say this?" The old lady blocked a sentence: "Jack, I can also see that you have a bit of a basic level of antiques, at best it is a hobby, people are different from Shen Qiu, Jiangcheng Grandmaster, won the first prize of the Bai family, don't use your interests and hobbies to collide with other people's professional standards, understand?"
"Yes, yes...... The old lady taught a lesson......" Ye Mei didn't dare to let Jack speak again, and gave Shen Qiu a look.
Shen Qiu nodded in understanding, and took out a palm-sized box from his pocket, the box was just wrapped in a simple newspaper: "Old lady, please take a look, this is Shen Qiu's little heart......"