At this time, Brother Yu spoke: "This bookshelf is okay." ”

He is a carver, although he specializes in jade carving, but at least he knows a little about wood. Also, some of the carvings on this bookshelf are definitely not something that ordinary carpenters can make.

Bookshelf?

The old man was puzzled, this bookshelf actually had nothing to do with him, and when he took down this store, the bookshelf was here. He just looked like it could be used, so he didn't throw it away.

Is it worth it?

Hu Yang echoed Brother Yu's words and said: "Well, that's right! You look at the wood grain, it has a shape similar to the chicken wing pattern, so it is wenge wood, and it is a precious wood for making high-end furniture, ornaments, and ornaments. ”

As soon as you hear it, the material is precious wood, and it must be worth it!

Andy was a little puzzled: "Is wenge black? I've seen it before, but it doesn't seem to be this color." ”

Wenge, Andy is not the first time I have seen it, I have seen it two or three times when I walked around with Brother Hu in other places before, so I have an impression that it is not like this.

"This is black wenge, which is a little different from what I saw before, and it is produced from a different origin. In the past, it was produced domestically, but this is the African Stuya bean wood, which is usually darker in color, purple-brown or black-brown. There is also one from Myanmar and Thailand. Populus explained.

Wenge wood has white and black seals, and some colors are yellow and purple, and the grain of diagonal sawn wood is in the shape of fine flowers and clouds, which resembles chicken wings. Especially in the longitudinal section, the wood grain is slender and floating, and the changes are endless, naturally forming landscape and figure patterns.

In front of you, the heartwood is black-brown, slightly yellowish, often with black stripes; The tube bore is the thickest of the three wenges; The texture is the coarseest; It is also the lightest dense and does not sink in water; The material is brittle and slightly less hard.

He told everyone that this is the worst quality wenge among the three origins, and the price is naturally not so high.

Even so, the old man was still very happy to hear it, at least it was worth some money!

"Also, let's look at the workmanship style of this shelf. This is a kind of Ming-style furniture, which should be left over from the Ming Dynasty. Then, it is more valuable. I told you earlier that the Ming and Qing dynasties are the two best dynasties in China, especially the Ming Dynasty. ”

Ming and Qing dynasty furniture is usually a wooden furniture made in the Qing Dynasty with beautiful craftsmanship and a certain artistic level. As exquisite works of art and precious cultural relics, they are more and more cherished and valued by the world. In the academic world, Ming and Qing dynasty furniture is not divided by dynasties, but according to its style and style is divided into two categories: "Ming style" and "Qing style".

"Ming-style furniture" refers to furniture made in the early Ming and Qing dynasties with a specific style of molding, especially the Ming-style furniture made in the more than 200 years from Jiajing to Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty is the most successful, and this period is known as the golden age of traditional Chinese furniture.

"Classical furniture, the reason why it can be valued, is in the thirties of the twentieth century, a foreigner published a book, to promote the furniture of the Ming Dynasty, which had a great impact in the academic circles, so that people began to realize the importance of the material and cultural heritage left by our ancestors, and the pictures in the book reflect the skills of ancient Chinese craftsmen, so that many experts and scholars at home and abroad were amazed. Hu Yang said.

Since then, collectors from Hong Kong and Taiwan have poured into the mainland to buy, resulting in a sharp rise in furniture prices in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

At that time, there was no market for classical furniture in the mainland, and the antique dealers in the mainland did not know the international price of classical furniture. The prices offered by collectors from Hong Kong and Taiwan have greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of mainland furniture dealers.

They went deep into the cities and villages of Jiangsu, Shanxi, Hebei, Shaanxi and other provinces, searched in every old house and house, and removed Ming and Qing dynasty furniture such as huanghuali, mahogany, ebony, and wenge at a very low price, so that the price of Ming and Qing furniture skyrocketed by nearly 10 times.

In the climax of the exodus of antique furniture, domestic collectors also began to collect classical furniture. The first attraction of Chinese people is the rapidly rising price, the collection of antique furniture in addition to maintaining its value, but also make people feel the artistic charm of Ming and Qing dynasty furniture.

Hu Yang believes that in various traditional collections, such as Chinese paintings and calligraphy, ceramics, antiques, etc., the price of Ming and Qing dynasty furniture and the international market still has a huge difference, and there is a lot of room for appreciation in the future, which should be a potential investment project.

"Those who have learned about Ming Dynasty furniture will find that the furniture of the Ming Dynasty has the temperament that best matches the literati and is most in line with the appreciation taste of the Chinese.

Its shape is concise, mainly based on lines, rigorous structure, fine workmanship, moderate decoration, complex and simple, etc., are the most significant characteristics of Ming Dynasty furniture. Hu Yang said.

For example, in terms of modeling, the proportion of parts and parts of Ming Dynasty furniture, and the proportion of decoration and overall form, are extremely symmetrical and coordinated. The lines of each part of it are straight and beautiful. Rigidity and softness, the lines are straight but not stiff, soft but not weak, showing the beauty of conciseness, simplicity, elegance and generosity.

For example, in terms of structure, the mortise and tenon structure of furniture in the Ming Dynasty is very scientific. No nails and less glue, not affected by the humidity or dryness of natural conditions, the production of edge accumulation and other practices. Between the parts with a large span, inlaid with tooth plates, tooth strips, coupon mouths, circle mouths, dwarf elders, overlord fangs, Luo pot fangs, card flowers, etc., which are not only beautiful, but also strengthen the firmness.

In the eyes of many people, the structural design of furniture in the Ming Dynasty is an excellent combination of science and art.

The furniture of the Qing Dynasty, which is the same as porcelain, is cumbersome, gives people a very gorgeous feeling, and has a lot of carvings. This style of furniture is more in line with the appreciation angle of foreigners.

"Judging from the style of workmanship, this should be Suzuo furniture. The so-called Suzuo is a genre. When we appreciate classical furniture, it is usually divided into Suzuo, Jingzuo, and Guangzuo, which is actually the workmanship style of the three places.

Suzuo is naturally the style of Suzhou as the center and the south of the Yangtze River. With a long history and profound tradition, it is the birthplace of Ming-style furniture, and the Ming-style furniture that is famous at home and abroad is mainly Suzuo furniture.

When we look at this bookshelf, we can see that it is generous, concise, beautiful, smooth lines, moderate proportions, and proficient in materials.

Aside from the materials, just the business card of Ming Dynasty furniture can make this bookshelf sell for more than three or four hundred thousand. ”

The old man's eyes widened suddenly, he never thought that there were such valuable treasures in his shop!

"If you add materials, carvings, etc., its value can be doubled to more than 800,000 yuan, and if it is an auction, it is not impossible to have more than one million. ”

As if the old man had been immobilized, a piece of porcelain in his hand fell to the ground in an instant and shattered.

Seeing him so gaffe, the audience in the live broadcast room can understand. Recovered so many antique calligraphy and paintings, none of them are real, at the beginning of Brother Hu crazy poured cold water, and suddenly found a super valuable baby, how not to lose his temper?