Chapter 40: Sacrifice to the Red
Ye Tian saw Mr. Hua's snarky appearance, and he felt a burst of disgust in his heart, just at this time, the waiter came over with the things they auctioned.
Hearing and not being upset, Ye Tian simply walked away and went over to look at his bottle and jade block.
The bottle is pitch black like a chimney, and apart from the smooth lines of the shape, there is really nothing beautiful to see.
Especially the layer of putty-like things on the bottle, Ye Tian has seen so many fake antiques that are better than this.
But his value is only known to Ye Tian.
Mr. Hua didn't know what he said to Gao Santong, both of them looked at Ye Tian, and then looked at the bottle in Ye Tian's hand.
Ye Tian had a cold face, he didn't plan to talk to Mr. Hua, and was about to tell Gao Santong to leave early, but Mr. Hua spoke.
"I said, what are you buying this?"
Mr. Hua didn't say this to Ye Tian, but sneered at Gao Santong.
Gao Santong was already so angry that he kept taking deep breaths, clenching his fists, and trembling all over.
"If you regret it, I can do you a favor and help you reluctantly accept it. Mr. Hua pointed to the bottle in Ye Tian's hand and smiled.
Ye Tian snorted coldly and didn't want to pay attention to it at all.
"It's okay, isn't it just a few thousand dollars? ”
Ye Tian sneered and said, "A few thousand yuan, this bottle can't be sold to you for three million!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone laughed, and in the face of the ridicule of several people, Ye Tian didn't care, but Gao Santong on the side felt extremely ashamed, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground at this time.
"Let's go, don't be embarrassed here. Gao Santong pulled Ye Tian and was about to leave with a displeased face.
Ye Tian gently withdrew his hand, smiled at Gao Santong, and then slowly took out a knife from his pocket.
"What are you doing here! I'll tell you, there's no room for you here!" Mr. Hua looked at Ye Tian with wide eyes.
"Don't worry, Mr. Hua, I won't make a hole in you, don't be so cowardly. Ye Tian waved the dagger in his hand a little mockingly.
"What the hell are you going to do?"
Ye Tian inspected the people around him, and said with a cold face: "Let you uninformed open your eyes!"
After that, he directly picked up the black bottle and gently scraped the mouth of the bottle with a knife.
Mr. Hua looked at Ye Tian's movements, first stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face, he felt that Ye Tian was mentally abnormal.
"You're going to ruin him? But you're really crazy, this man bought a rag, and now he wants me to open my eyes and carve him with a knife, what kind of reason do you say?"
Mr. Hua shouted loudly to everyone, and everyone laughed, watching Ye Tian's performance like a monkey.
"Boss Gao, the person you brought is just this kind of ability, he will destroy things if he doesn't agree, although this is a worthless, but how can you say that you spent money to buy it, don't you stop him?"
Mr. Hua's voice was extremely scathing, but there was still that irritating smile on his face, Gao Santong's face was flushed, his neck was stalked, and he simply ignored it.
No one knew what he was thinking in his heart, but Gao Santong's eyes when he looked at Ye Tian were also mixed with a bit of indifference and suspicion.
Ye Tian just smiled slightly, not caring at all about the ridicule and sarcasm of the people around him, he took the knife and slowly scratched the bottle, like a careful craftsman.
After a while, a layer of black ash was scraped off the bottle, and it looked like it was sick skin.
"This is the ash of the pot, not the color of the bottle itself, can you see it clearly?" Ye Tian slowly scraped while coldly glancing at those who were laughing at him.
The ridicule grew quieter, and one of them asked, "What is the color of the bottle itself?"
Ye Tian looked up and saw that the person who asked the question was actually Mr. Zhang, who had made fake walnuts before.
"You'll find out when you see. Ye Tian said angrily.
After the black ash was scraped, there was actually a layer of protective paper inside, Ye Tian tore off the protective paper, and the true body of the bottle was revealed.
This is a red that amazes everyone, the red is translucent, the red is pure, warm and eye-catching.
Even Ye Bin couldn't help but be secretly surprised, at this glance, he knew that it was by no means ordinary.
He never imagined that this bottle with a disgusting appearance would be such a beautiful utensil.
Ye Tian picked up the bottle and looked at it, with a look of appreciation in his eyes.
"This is red glaze, even if I don't say it, everyone here who knows should know that red glaze is the most difficult glaze to fire!"
Gao Santong and a few people standing behind nodded secretly.
Most of them knew that red glaze was rare, but they didn't know the allusions, everyone looked at each other, and finally looked at Ye Tian.
Even Mr. Hua couldn't help but say, "What's so unusual about this red glaze?"
Ye Tian sneered, looking at Mr. Hua's eyes full of sarcasm.
"You really don't know, then let me tell you, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor decreed that this red glazed porcelain was necessary, but the red glaze could not be burned, and Jingdezhen did not have this technology at that time. ”
"Then how did this thing come out? Could it be a fake?" Mr. Hua said, pointing to the red glazed bottle.
Ye Tian was just too lazy to talk to Mr. Lihua, looking at the bottle with a hint of admiration in his eyes.
"At that time, there was a potter surnamed Tong who died in the kiln and jumped into the kiln himself. ”
"When a person died, the red glaze was burned out, and later people called this a sacrificial red in order to pay tribute to him, also called Ji Hong. ”
After Ye Tian said this, the people present were silent for a long time, not only because of the preciousness of the collection, but also because of Ye Tian's wonderful explanation.
Even Mr. Hua kept looking at Ye Tian, his eyes were complicated, and after Ye Tian finished speaking, he just exhaled softly.
Gao Santong looked at this, looked at that, and saw the shocked and admiring expressions of the people present, and the gloom on his face that had been frozen for ten thousand years instantly unfolded.
All of a sudden, he was a little unhappy, as if it was not Ye Tian who had just shown his face but himself.
Gao Santong nodded to Ye Tian, he was very proud in his heart now.
Ye Tian just glanced at him lightly, and then continued: "Let's look at the mouth of the bottle again, this bottle mouth is neat and white, and the quality is excellent!"
"Insiders, people who understand this call this lamp grass mouth, that is, he is as white as the wick, which is not only a rare red glaze, but also a fine product in the red glaze. ”
Gao Santong couldn't help but come over to take a look, under the illumination of the light, this bottle mouth was really as Ye Tian said, Gao Santong trembled his lips and asked Ye Tian: "How much is this thing worth?"
"It's not worth much. Ye Tian shook his head.
"Ahh......h
"I'll give you a reference price, I remember that on June 1, 2011, I auctioned the same antique Xuanyao Ji red plum bottle as this red glaze bottle, and the auction price was 3.31 million. ”
Everyone gasped, 3.31 million, which is a lot of money, and this bottle only cost a few thousand yuan to get it.
Ye Tian ignored everyone's exclamations, and added to himself: "At that time, it has been eight years since now, and his quality is not as good as this, so how far has he appreciated, you can think about the blow." ”
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and Ye Tian's words shocked everyone, and those who had previously ridiculed and mocked lowered their heads one after another.