The reason why it is not an ordinary folk artifact is not only because of the complexity of the production process, but also because of its artistic level.

Moreover, the vintage is not shallow. At least Yu Yao only glanced at it a few times, and concluded that it was not something within a hundred years.

The reason why antiques are valuable, just like this name, is mainly because of two points.

One point is "ancient", with the year. This vintage is not simple, it carries history and culture. This is the essence that makes many players flock to it.

People who don't like antiques may have all kinds of things, but those who like antiques are basically people who like history and culture.

Another point is "play", appreciation, which is the value of appreciation, and a little deeper, artistic value.

It is difficult to call it an antique if it has a vintage and no artistic value.

For example, a folk crude pottery bowl of the Han Dynasty has been passed down to this day, two thousand years, and the year is okay, but if it is put in the antique market, it is not worth much.

There is only a year, no artistic value, that can only be called a cultural relic.

On the other hand, if it is a thing, it only has a value for playing, but the year is not enough, then it can only be played. To be more rigorous, it should be called a modern cultural game. Because the scope of cultural games is very large, including ancient cultural games.

Although the scope of cultural toys seems to be larger than that of antiques, it cannot be said that antiques are ancient cultural toys. Because some ancient things, such as sacrificial vessels, such as Buddha statues, such as furniture, etc., all contain historical, cultural and artistic values, which are antiques, but they cannot be called cultural toys.

This square pen holder is not only an antique, but also an ancient cultural toy.

Yu Yao first took out a folding fan placed in the container.

Of course, when he took it out, he also looked at it and found that the fan bones and fan surface of this folding fan were very ordinary, so he closed it and gently put it aside.

Looking at the bottom of the pen holder, although it is also inlaid with a base, the bottom of the center is also a gourd, and you can see the umbilicus. The umbilicus is the small part of the gourd at the bottom that resembles a concentric circle. Some of today's players call it **, which is not very good.

There is an umbilicus, which means that when this pen holder is made, the original bottom is used.

It's hard. Because the gourd flower falls out of the fruit, it is round, to make a part of the mold into a square, relatively easy to say, but if even the bottom is made into a square plane, the mold is very elegant, and the technical requirements are much higher.

A look of shock crossed Yu Yao's eyes.

Shock, not because of the use of the original bottom, difficult, does not mean that it cannot be done. Shocked, it was a square seal.

This seal is also overprinted with a mold. Convex edge, yang.

Four-character regular script: nine gong system.

This seal is in the middle of the umbilicus and the edge.

Yu Yao took the pen holder and looked up.

At this time, the shopkeeper Jin Ding was looking at him with a smile a few steps away. Pu Jie, on the other hand, was holding two copper coins to check the comparison, and he picked up a leak of Jingkang ingots, and his aftermath was undiminished.

"Boss, is this made of a gourd?" asked Yu Yao.

Jin Ding took two steps forward, "Yes, Kuang, have you heard of it?"

"Oh, I heard that. But I haven't seen it before. ”

"It's not easy to do, it's troublesome. Also, do you see the seal down there?"

Originally, he saw that this pen holder was placed inconspicuously, and an ordinary folding fan was added to it, and he thought that the boss didn't see the doorway, but unexpectedly, he came up and mentioned this seal.

"What do you mean?" Yu Yao asked stiffly.

Nine is the largest singular number, describing innumerable! It shows that this craftsman was very attentive and careful at that time. It's a good thing to finally make such a fine product!"

Yu Yao exhaled a long breath, "Boss, it seems that you are very proficient in the tool!"

"So-so. I usually play a lot of things, and I know a little bit about everything. ”

If you play miscellaneously, it is often difficult to be proficient. Yu Yao picked up the good words, but he understood in his heart that he actually didn't know much about the tool! From his explanation, it can also be seen that the most troublesome thing about this pen holder is not the square, but the flower pattern and seal of the entwined branches.

And he didn't pay much attention to this pen holder, saying that it was a good thing, but he placed it casually, and put a folding fan. The most important thing is that he knows the contents of the seal, but he takes the self-righteous analysis as the correct solution.

This, it is also understandable, after all, the gourd is an ordinary material, and the gourd seems to be difficult to be elegant.

The history of the veils is indeed not long, roughly starting from the end of the Ming Dynasty. At the beginning, it was indeed in the folk, not a high-grade thing.

However, during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, the device played a game of "grass chicken into a phoenix" and entered the court.

This is because Emperor Kangxi was particularly fond of utensils, so he made a large number of things for the court and rewarded many princes and ministers.

This pen holder is something from the Kangxi period.

Emperor Kangxi used to make the gourd, of course, can not be used casually, he a will, Yingtai Fengze Garden, open the gourd! At the same time, he also arranged a special person to manage, design the set of mold utensils, and carry out artistic processing.

This person in charge of managing the gourd is a person who usually meets Kangxi the most.

His name is Liang Jiugong.

The people who usually meet Kangxi the most are not their mothers and children, not concubines and beauties, not princes and ministers, but eunuchs.

Liang Jiugong was the chief eunuch of the Kangxi Dynasty. has seen the Kangxi Dynasty, the prototype of Li Dequan is Liang Jiugong.

However, Liang Jiugong is not as stupid as Li Dequan. In the thirty-ninth year of Kangxi, there was an edict about the selection of eunuchs for the crown prince Yinren, which mentioned a sentence: that is, if Liang Jiugong is very clever, whenever there is a sending, I will take precautions from time to time.

In the end, Kangxi chose an honest eunuch for the prince.

The emperor said "take precautions from time to time", which is just a rhetoric to find an honest eunuch for the crown prince. Because Liang Jiugong has been by his side for so many years, if he was uncomfortable, he would have been replaced a long time ago!

But, to say that he is clever, that must be true.

Clever people, things are generally not bad, Kangxi is very satisfied with Liang Jiugong, especially in the production of the tool.

Let Liang Jiugong be responsible for planting gourds, it is not a casual decision, because Liang Jiugong has his own sideline outside the palace, that is, planting gourds, "when the gourd is not completed, it is bound to a fan, and the size of the square circle is only what you want", "Selling must get a huge value".

From this, there is also a mixed number, which is called "Liang Hulu".

Yu Yao only remembered some historical materials, and his understanding was not comprehensive, and he even doubted that it was because of "Liang Hulu" that Kangxi liked Hulu?

But these are not important, this square pen holder, from the pulp, from the process, plus the seal of the "Nine Gong Gong System", it is completely certain that this is a court ware of the Kangxi Dynasty!