Under the reluctant farewell of the old stall owner, Hu Yang and others left the stall.

Andy came back to his senses from looking at the item and asked, "Brother Hu, what is this?"

This thing, which looks a bit like a duck, has a hole in the top of its head, which is hollow in the middle, and the duck's tail is like a cigarette holder, which can be held in the mouth, and I can't figure out what it is for.

"Musical instruments?" "Persistent was a little curious.

Hu Yang glanced at the persimmon in surprise: "It's not a musical instrument, but it has a similar function, so it can be said that it is almost the same! This is a mud call, also called a doll whistle." In fact, it was the whistle played by children in ancient times, and it was indeed used to blow. ”

The origin of this traditional craft is not very far away, that is, about two hundred years old.

It is said that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was an east walled village in Yuhua Village, and there was a "Niangniang Temple" in the village, in which lived two old men who had wandered here from other places, making mud and screaming for a living. Because of their generosity, the children in the village have mud screaming, playing and singing. The actions of the two old men inspired the spirituality of the people of Yuhua Village, and later the villagers successively put into the production of mud howling, so the East Wall Village was later known as "Mud Howling Village".

As a traditional folk craft, in the past, every household in the village took soil to make mud and screamed in the slack season, and sent it to the ancient city of Xi'an City God's Temple, Baxian Nunnery and other places, and was sold by hawkers through the streets and alleys, which was very popular. The mud bark also became a rare toy in the hearts of children at that time. From the end of the Qing Dynasty to the present, the mud screaming has experienced ups and downs.

Nowadays, the local villagers of Yuhua Village have long stopped making mud howls, and even some young people no longer know what mud calls are.

Listening to Brother Hu's explanation, Andy really blew it, and the whistle could happen.

Only then did everyone understand that this was an ancient children's toy. If you look at this thing, you will know that it is a handicraft, and if it has history, it can naturally be called an antique.

Ye Mei looked at it for a while and said, "This is made of mud, is it worth it?"

As soon as I heard this question, only a novice in antiques would ask it.

A lot of treasures are made of mud, millions, or even tens of millions.

Hu Yang smiled: "It is made of purple sand." ”

Ye Mei seemed to understand: "It turned out to be purple sand, not mud." ”

Andy couldn't stand this question a little bit, and couldn't help but remind: "Zisha is also a kind of mud." ”

"Ahh She had heard of the word purple sand, didn't someone often say that the purple sand pot? But she had never seen the real thing, a purple sand is a kind of sand, but she didn't expect it to be a kind of mud?

The audience in the live broadcast room immediately laughed when they saw that someone was more rookie than them, and they didn't know anything about it.

Populus euphratica had to explain that the raw materials of purple sand mud are mainly divided into three types: purple mud, green mud and red mud, commonly known as "rich soil".

In fact, there are many kinds of mud colors of purple sand, and some people call it "five-color soil". In addition to the main "five colors" of vermilion mud, purple mud, section mud, black mud, dark green mud, there are still white mud, black mud, yellow mud, pine mud and other colors.

The purple sand ware fired by purple sand does not hang glaze, but makes full use of the natural color of the mud, the color is warm and moist after firing, elegant and lovely, and the surface of the purple sand ware also has a matte effect, which can not only weaken the reflection of light energy, but also clearly express the vivid effect of the shape of the utensils, decoration and their own natural color.

The texture of purple sand pottery is simple and pure, not flattering and vulgar, and the temperament of the literati is very similar, so that the literati love to be good, to the blank as paper, or to write pot inscriptions, or to write the book knowledge, or to engrave flowers, engraved with seals, the meaning of the object.

"This kind of mud is most famous in Yixing, Jiangsu, so many people like to say Yixing purple sand.

This mud bark, its shape is very interesting, it is a bird-shaped whistle, in ancient times, it is a very innovative thing. Blowing into the air, like the sound of a bird, is very artistic. In addition, it is made of purple sand, and it is worth more than 20,000 yuan. Hu Yang said to everyone.

Yixing is not far from here, but Ye Mei really knew that the purple sand was from Yixing. She is not from this province, so naturally she rarely cares about her own specialties.

In fact, even people in this province pay little attention to the traditional industries in their own province.

A small whistle is worth more than 20,000 yuan, which is worthy of being made of purple sand.

"It's a pity that there is no signature, otherwise this thing is at least 50,000. Hu Yang added.

This can be understood by everyone, just like a poster of a star, with and without a signature, the value must be different, one more signature, the value is several times, or even more than ten times.

Qi Hongye took the box of ancient pills and asked, "What about this pill?

Someone in the live broadcast room guessed the truth: "What is the value of the pill? The real value should be the box, right? According to the previous plot, it seems that it has not run away." ”

"I guess so. ”

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Sure enough, Hu Yang smiled: "The pill is useless, if you have time to destroy it, it is not a good thing at first glance, and I don't know if it will eat the dead." But this box, the cloisonné enamel we have encountered before, is valuable. ”

"Cloisonné enamel?"

Even the persimmon has heard of cloisonné enamel, in their Japan, this kind of craft is also available, but it can't be as exquisite as China, after all, what was stolen back then was only the fur, not much essence.

The hammer told his roommate that cloisonné enamel is generally made of gold or copper wire on gold and copper tires, filled with various colors of enamel, and then made by roasting, grinding, gilding and other processes.

To put it simply, the surface of copper is plated with a layer of colored pigments and the like.

"You know everything?" Ye Mei realized that she was the most ignorant person.

Kazuko nodded: "This kind of craftsmanship has also been passed on to us in Japan, but the things that are made are not so beautiful." ”

In ancient times, whether it was Japan, Korea, the Xian Peninsula, or other surrounding countries, they stole a lot of Chinese crafts. It can be said that ancient China was the cultural origin and center of the whole of East Asia.

Seeing that the Japanese themselves admit this, the pride of the audience in the live broadcast room soared, and the ancestors created a glorious history, leaving them with a deep heritage, which made people in other countries envious.

"This cloisonné enamel box is very exquisitely made, with an extraordinary origin, it is estimated that it came from the palace, and it can be auctioned at an auction house, and it should be able to fetch a good price. Hu Yang reminded Qi Hongye.

When Qi Hongye heard this, he was overjoyed.

Ye Mei was envious, in her opinion, what could be auctioned was definitely not the thirty or fifty thousand items just now. And just now, Brother Hu also made it clear that it may be from the palace, and the things in the palace are naturally treasures!