The back of the box is inlaid with a large piece of hollow carving process of butterfly jade pendant, a big guy with a diameter of ten centimeters, looks like the craftsmanship of the late Qing Dynasty, although the value is not as good as the two pieces on the left and right, but the workmanship is delicate, and it is also a fine product!

There is a jade tiger on each of the two small doors, hollow and carved, and on the wooden door that is erected and inlaid with inlays, each has a length of thirteen or four centimeters. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

I don't know where these two tigers came from, although the jade quality is slightly inferior, the second white appearance, but it is a standard "coarse Ming" work!

A pair of jade tigers in the Ming Dynasty are even more rare!

Zhang Nan seems to remember that the decoration of inlaid jade on wooden furniture began in the Ming and Qing dynasties, but it was very rare in the Ming Dynasty. Some people also say that it seems to have existed in the Tang Dynasty at the earliest, but Zhang Nan has never seen it.

I have memorized this by myself, and I can't say that it is absolutely correct: human memory will always be wrong, and fortunately this question is not particularly important.

And this craft really began to appear on a large scale in the Qing Dynasty: the Qing emperor's fascination with jade greatly surpassed that of the previous dynasty, especially the Qianlong Emperor was even more favored by jade!

It's fascinating!

Qianlong not only collected a large number of ancient jade in the palace, but also ordered the Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ruyi Hall of the Inner Court to produce a large number of jade artifacts.

At the same time as carving jade into various individual utensils, the Qing Palace Internal Affairs Office also combined jade carving technology with furniture production to produce a large number of jade-inlaid furniture.

This kind of process is to inlay jade carving ornaments on the furniture, these jade-inlaid furniture is generally divided into two kinds: the first is to use jade materials to carve into a variety of figures, round bi, beasts, flowers and birds and other patterns, inlaid on the surface of chairs, stools, tables, cases, boxes, boxes and other furniture.

For example, the backrest armrests of the seats, the girdles of table furniture, and the cover of stationery boxes are inlaid with exquisite jade carvings to play the role of embellishment and foil.

This jewelry box in Zhang Nan's hand belongs to this type of jade-inlaid furniture, the small one.

The second is jade-inlaid shielding furniture, such as jade-inlaid screens.

This decorative style spread quickly in the Qianlong year, not only the princes and nobles of the capital liked this kind of furniture, but also similar furniture appeared all over the country.

In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, similar furniture was also made in Guangzhou for export, but the number of jade-inlaid furniture that would be used for export was not particularly large.

In the Republic of China period, there were fewer people wearing jade, and as a result, the number of old jade that could be used for inlay on furniture for export increased, and the export volume increased a lot.

At the beginning of liberation, there was a shortage of foreign exchange, and this old jade pendant was not worth two jujubes, and everyone had no money in their hands, so they were bought by cultural relics stores or something, and many of them were sent to handicraft factories and export furniture factories.

At that time, there were few people in China to buy jade, but foreigners don't have the Chinese people's complex for jade, and no one wants to sell ancient jade alone?

What to do?

Then simply use it as an ornament, learn from the experience of your predecessors, and no matter when you have jade, as long as it can be inlaid, it will all be inlaid on those small wooden furniture for export.

The jewelry box in Zhang Nan's hand is inlaid with a small jade ring on the surface of each drawer, and there is a slight color difference between each one, and it is 5 old jade rings at a closer look!

Now it's fancy, and foreigners also like this bells and whistles style - you can get valuable foreign exchange from Xiangjiang in a turn, and absolutely waste utilization!

Yes, at that time, an astonishing amount of old jade in the Ming and Qing dynasties was basically useless waste in the eyes of many people!

As for why jade pendants from different periods appear on the box?

The handicraft factories and cultural relics shops of that association were all state-run units, so they were definitely of any use. And the foreign devils on the other side can't understand the meaning of those Chinese jade, just look good, it doesn't matter what age and texture you have!

The handicraft factory here only looks at the decorative effect, so it doesn't matter if you are from the Ming Dynasty or the late Qing Dynasty, it doesn't matter if you are from the Republic of China, you can use it.

Poor old jade pendant, just like that, it became an ornament and drifted across the ocean to England, and after a few decades of hard work, it was transferred to the thrift market, and now it is worth fifty pounds.

Zhang Nan estimated that this would be in Huaxia, and these jade pendants could be worth two or three hundred together, but it was not easy to encounter.

As for the antiquities shop, the price is estimated to be a lot higher than 50 pounds! But it really can't be said that the stall owner doesn't know the goods and leaks things, and can only blame the British for not being good at jade at all!

The man just sold an old jewelry box and made a profit. As for how many pounds it was when it first arrived in England, and how did it get here...

None of these issues matter, the important thing is that it is an old box in the eyes of the British today!

No matter what jade you are, people will treat it as an ornament and a beautiful stone - the cultural background is different, and it really can't be said that people don't know the goods.

If it's old, don't want it, it's normal.

It's the same thing as the "tens of thousands of dollars for a pair of 19th-century American worn-out jeans": American collectors can't say that the Chinese don't know the goods, because the Chinese don't play with this at all.

And this kind of small furniture inlaid with jade is still being exported in Huaxia, but because there is not so much old jade for the handicraft factory to use, or it is not cost-effective to use it at present: in order to save trouble, the handicraft factory will use a large number of Xiuyu, which is low hardness and easy to process, anyway, in the eyes of foreigners, any texture of jade is the same.

Zhang Nan crackled in the car, and Xiang Weirong also understood.

"It seems that I have to go around a lot these days, and I can get a lot of good things back from the British. ”

"After we went to see the house this time, we had to visit two important antique markets in Lundun, which I estimated would spend at least five or six days, and then we went to France, where there is the largest flea market in the world. If we even want something of this grade as that glorious vase, I guess we can go back in a shipping container!"

Guan Xingquan interjected, "I don't think the price is high, and these gringos don't know much about it, so let's buy them all!

Zhang Nan didn't answer, but said: "In this way, let's do a big job this time, but let's say it first, unless we encounter extremely important objects, in Britain and France, no one spends up to 500,000 US dollars, so don't buy everything back, then it will be a rag." ”

Xiang Weirong and the two agreed.

"In this case, let's talk about it first: whoever buys it will belong to whomever it is, and if there is no place to put it, pile it up in my ammunition depot first. When the villa on the top of the hill is built, I will also prepare a piece of land for my brother-in-law and Brother Guan, and build a big American-style house, which is similar to my Long Island, and then move the things back by yourself, don't let me go!"

Without waiting for the two to object, Zhang Nan said very strongly: This issue is not negotiable!

But there is still a small idea: "Brother-in-law, I don't know if I can think of a way, I want to buy the miscellaneous woods in Daiwang Village behind the land on the top of the hill at home." ”

"It's difficult, but I can figure out something. Xiang Weirong thought for a while and said, "Actually, some time ago, the branch secretary of Daiwang Village met with me. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Oh, I know him, they basically pass by the door of the convoy when they go out of the village and down the mountain, and sometimes they also go to the convoy parking lot to move things, and they are familiar with it after a long time.

You also know that their village is not like yours, there are no cars at all, there are enough tractors, so they want to build an easy road up the mountain that can pass a truck. ”

"Come to the fate?"

"That's not it, it's just that there are a few turns on the design route to use some explosives, and the indicators given by the county are barely enough at most, and if you want to drag a little more relationship to get an extra 100 kilograms and some paper detonators, I went to Director Guo to do it. ”

This explosives, explosives, and dangerous goods such as explosives and detonators are also the franchise of the Materials Bureau, and there is a 785 factory that manufactures industrial explosives in Yanxian County, and 100 kilograms of explosives is a matter of Director Guo's words.

But if you don't have acquaintances, you can be a village party secretary with a kilogram of play! Even if you can run the indicators of the superiors, a lap of the process can make you run thin legs!

Now Director Guo is following a simple process, and it will be done in half a day. Not yet in violation.

Now the branch secretary owes Xiang Weirong a favor.

Xiang Weirong thought for a while and said: "In this way, the county needs to come forward to transfer the land in this village, this is not a big problem, but the compensation should be higher, and I will find someone after I go back." ”

As soon as he heard the approximate amount that Xiang Weirong said, Zhang Nan was really speechless: it was a miscellaneous forest, and the main body of the village was on the other side of the mountain, and those villagers didn't bother to come to this forest to cut firewood.

In a few years, no one would ask for firewood and grass, and that large piece of land would be wasted for almost 20 years before it was turned into a high-end villa area!

"Then buy it, let the village party secretary do the work of the villagers, and there is no problem with more money, so as not to have problems. ”

Zhang Nan is the most afraid of trouble, and the things in Huaxia Village are one of the most troublesome, headache and complicated things in the world!

However, Xiang Weirong has a different opinion, "It's better to let the county do it, once you contact the villagers, no matter what, there will be problems, and it's a big deal to pay more money." With money, it is easy for the village leaders to do their work, and they are motivated. ”

Zhang Nan and his brother-in-law were chatting in the back seat, and Guan Xingquan and John were in the front row, not interfering with each other, so as not to let John be cold because he couldn't understand the county dialect.

Dozens of minutes later, the small village of Hoxerson appeared on the side of the road.

A typical oil painting of the English countryside, although Zhang Nan is here for the second time, he is still attracted by the scenery here that is completely different from the Chinese and American countryside!

When he arrived at the low fence of the small farm, Xiang Weirong couldn't help but say: "Anan, you really know how to choose a place, it's really good here!"

John handed over a large set of keys: "All the keys are new, and the house has been rearranged and simply decorated. There are currently no animals on the small farm except for rats and birds. Every week, the housekeeping company will send professionals to come here to ventilate, clean inside and out, exactly according to your requirements.

If you don't live here, you'll be drying all the bedding and quilts in the house almost once a month, so you can stay at any time. (To be continued.) )