However, there was no payment on the gourd, and Yu Yao was only preliminarily determined.

This gourd, he can roughly judge that it is from the Xianfeng Dynasty, and the gourd that can be made in the Xianfeng Dynasty is basically from the hand of Sanhe Liu.

As for this ivory carving Mengxin, with such a level in the Xianfeng Dynasty, Yu Yao can also think of Dong Sanbao.

Dong Sanbao is not the tooth carver of the office, but the tooth carver of the Ruyi Pavilion of the office.

There are many workshops in the office, but this Ruyi Pavilion, in the three generations of Kang Yongqian, was directly managed by the emperor. In the beginning, it was mostly painting, but later it expanded into many categories, including porcelain, jade carving, ivory carving, wood carving, and so on. It was not until the late Qing Dynasty that the Ruyi Pavilion was assigned to the manufacturing office.

There are also "tooth works" in the manufacturing office, but the ivory carvings that come out, such as the things in the Italian museum, are still slightly inferior.

Dong Sanbao was in the Ruyi Pavilion of the Xianfeng Dynasty, and his name was relatively large, and he was highly praised as a "ghost worker" by the Xianfeng Emperor. Sometimes the things he carved, Emperor Xianfeng had to look at them with a condenser, because they were too delicate.

However, as an errand under the emperor, Dong Sanbao did not end well. Once, he carved a phoenix bead for the emperor, but because the requirements were too complicated, after the beads were made, he went blind!

Dong Sanbao first became famous among the people, and then entered the Ruyi Museum, so there are also a small number of his works circulating among the people, but not many after all.

The ivory carved lotus flower on the gourd of this grasshopper is covered with dust, which can be called ingenious.

Even if it is a Sanhe Liu's gourd, if there is no payment, the price will reach 100,000 yuan a few years ago. If Dong Sanbao's ivory carving is covered with dust, the works of the two masters will be auctioned for hundreds of thousands, and it is not impossible to soar to one million.

"Grandma Wang, do you usually like to use tools?" Yu Yao asked softly after reading it. The reason why he said that the gourd is not a gourd is because of habit, and secondly, he also wants to ask if it is the old lady's own collection.

"Xiaoyu, you are indeed quite professional. I used to hear my old man talk about the gourd, but this classification is very specific, it is the songworm gourd. ”

Yu Yao nodded, and said in her heart that it was originally her old gentleman's thing, "Old man, this is to hide and hide?"

To put it bluntly, there is not so much spare money in your hands, so you sell old things and buy new things in exchange for money.

"It's been many years since he died. Some of the big items and the ones I liked, some of which I kept, and some of which I passed on to my children, and some of the small items and those that I didn't like, I plan to sell one after another. ”

"Oh, I'm sorry, Grandma Wang, I don't know ······· old man."

"It's okay, there is always a time for people to leave. ”

"Do you have anything else to do besides this one?"

"Yes. What's the matter?

Yu Yao waved his hand, "No, no, no, I can accept it, didn't I ask by the way? ”

The old lady thought for a moment, "You can make a price for this one first." ”

Yu Yao also thought for a while, "If you want to make a move, you should make a bid." ”

The old lady smiled, and then took out a small notebook from her pocket, and looked through it, "The old man bought this thing to pick up leaks, and he said before that I would sell it at least ten times more." ”

"Then how much was when he bought it. ”

"Six thousand. "The old lady doesn't beat around the bush.

"That is, you want to sell it for 60,000?"

"Yes. ”

"Can you give in a little?"

"No more. ”

Yu Yao took out a cigarette, and just as he lit it, he looked at the old lady again, "Grandma Wang, can I smoke a cigarette?"

Unexpectedly, the old lady said, "Give me one too." ”

Yu Yao was stunned for a moment, but still handed the old lady a cigarette, "You have to take care of your body!"

"It's okay, I only smoke one a day. ”

After taking two puffs of cigarette, Yu Yao said, "Okay, I won't tell you the price." It's just that if you have something to sell, send it to me more. ”

"Xiaoyu, the price has been negotiated, but I still have to say a few more words. The old lady only took a few puffs of cigarette and then extinguished the cigarette butt, "If you make this gourd, I will not be blushing, but after buying it, if there is any problem, you can't look for me again." ”

"Don't worry, I never do anything about finding a post-account. ”

"Okay, let's get it!"

After the payment was cleared, Yu Yao put the gourd into the brocade box and put it away, "Grandma Wang, don't forget me if you sell anything in the future!"

As a result, the old lady smiled slightly and patted the cloth bag, "No need to do it, there is another one here." ”

The transaction just now was done happily, and the old lady doubled the price tenfold, but Yu Yao still picked up a leak!

The most important thing is that the thing is indeed a high-quality product, so Yu Yao was really a little surprised when he heard this, and secretly wondered what good things the old lady would come up with?

"Grandma Wang, you won't bring several things to sell, will you?"

"No, just two. I also took the song insect gourd to the Qixing Bridge just now, but no one bid more than 30,000 yuan; when I arrived at the old street, I didn't expect to meet you, you were very happy, and 60,000 yuan did not bargain. ”

The old lady paused, "The main thing is that you helped me, and you have a good heart." ”

Yu Yao's mind was relatively quick, and his heart said that the old lady's words sounded illogical. Since she brought out two pieces, they were to be sold, how could she sell them because she helped her?

Moreover, if you are grateful for your help, you should give a discount on the first item, although the thing itself is also a leak.

However, many things are not logical on the surface, but there are other factors inside, and the old lady's next words made it clear:

"This thing is handed down from my mother's family, but it can be sold or not, I took it with me because I found a professional shop in Qixingqiao to clean it by the way. If you want to take it, I can give it to you cheaper. ”

Yu Yao smiled at the old lady, "Then I thank you first." ”

The old lady took out a brocade box from her cloth bag, which was rectangular. Yu Yao thought to himself, the ancestral heirloom of his mother's family, and as a dowry, should probably be jewelry.

As a result, the old lady opened the brocade box, and inside was actually a folding fan.

The fan bone is Hongxiangfei's, and the workmanship is very fine.

The fan bone of Xiangfei bamboo is relatively famous, and it is expensive in the marks of Xiangfei bamboo itself, natural decorative lines, vivid and beautiful.

The fan bone of this folding fan is the red Hunan concubine of Fujian Province, old material, safflower, full and round lines. And the size is not small, looking at the length should be 10 inches, more than 2 cm of the row.

The so-called discharge mouth refers to the widest part of the largest fan bone. Because of the Xiangfei bamboo fan bone, if you want to make a large row, you have to take the arc-shaped bamboo between the original bamboo nodes, and you have to grind it flat, under the premise of ensuring a certain thickness, you can make a flat 10-inch length and 2 cm row, which is very rare in Xiangfei bamboo.

"Grandma Wang, then I've got started?" Yu Yao immediately spoke after reading it.