Yu Yao put away the jade pendant and said respectfully, "It's really a blessing to meet a master like Mr. Lao today." ”

"Young man, when I'm your age, I can't say what you just said to this chubby boy. The old man waved his hand slightly, "It's really a talented person from generation to generation!"

"Thank you for your advice. The old gentleman's eyesight is amazing, otherwise I am guarding the jade pendant, and I don't know who the author is. ”

The old man smiled, "Do you think I can see it at once? Dong Jin is a part-time worker, and he has the habit of making money, but on this lotus leaf, he has made money! But there is only one word 'Dong', so I said that it looks like Dong Jin's craftsmanship." ”

"Huh?" Yu Yao picked up the lotus boy and looked at the lotus leaf on the back, but he didn't find any inscriptions.

"You follow the main vein, jump and look, and pay attention to distinguish the branch veins next to it. ”

Under the old man's suggestion, Yu Yao found that on the main vein of the lotus leaf, there were three glyphs vaguely engraved at intervals: 艹, thousand, and li.

Because some of the strokes of each character are based on the texture of the leaf vein itself, and the three characters are separated separately, and they are as thick as the connected branch leaf veins, if you don't remind them, it is extremely difficult to find. The strokes and leaf veins are integrated into one, and they are natural.

"I see!"

The old man also said, "The jade culture of the Song Dynasty began to penetrate downward, and under the influence of the literati, jade carving craftsmen also began to leave their names and money. But this one is just a hidden secret. I have a piece of Dong Jin's topaz lying sheep, and I left the Ming style of 'Thousand Miles of Grass'. ”

"The old gentleman is an ancient jade collector!"

"I can't talk about it. The old man turned to point to the bronze Dun in the display case, "You are also interested in this Warring States bronz?"

"Come and see with a friend. Yu Yao responded, "Mr. is trying to shoot?"

"It is rare to have a bronze from the last three generations in domestic auctions, so let's take a look at it first. ”

At this time, the middle-aged man beside the old man said softly, "Old man, that ······"

The old man nodded, and turned to Yu Yao and said, "In this auction, there is another piece of Song Yu, have you seen it, young man?"

"I haven't looked at the auction catalogue, and I didn't see it when I first came in. ”

"How about we go and see?"

"Okay!"

As soon as the words fell, Xie Zhihao pulled Yu Yao, "This bronze Dun ······"

"I'm done watching it, and I'll talk about it later, and it's not right away. Yu Yao can be regarded as having found a reason, "It's fate to meet the old man, I'll follow and learn." ”

Xie Zhihao was helpless, "Then you guys go to see it first, I'll go and see the Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain." ”

Yu Yao snorted, the old man smiled slightly, and left first, and the middle-aged man followed.

Xie Zhihao turned to the porcelain exhibition area, muttering in his heart, this old man is a collector who only enters and can't leave, and no matter how high his eyesight is, he doesn't have much to talk about.

Yu Yao followed the old man to a display case, and the old man clicked on the jade inside, "Look at Song Yu?"

This is a jade dove, Hetian jade texture, jade color blue and white. About thirteen or fourteen centimeters long, about five or six centimeters wide, and nearly ten centimeters high, the dove has a long beak, round eyes, a slightly upturned tail, and the claws are retracted, located on both sides of the abdomen.

The carving is very delicate, even the feathers are depicted very clearly, and many details are also very realistic and lifelike.

There is also a round hole under the belly of the jade dove.

Because this is a jade dove cane head.

The head of the cane is the head of the cane, the armrest part. A wooden stick was placed in the round hole under the jade dove, which was a complete walking stick.

When it comes to the armrests of walking sticks, they can be described as varied, with various textures and forms. The dove's head, that is, the handrail of the cane is made in the shape of a dove, in ancient times, it was a traditional shape of respecting the elderly.

There is also a legend in this, saying that when Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were fighting for the world, they were chased by Xiang Yu's army, and their legs and feet were inconvenient, and they hid in the bushes behind the trees in embarrassment. The pursuers arrived here and were about to look for it, when a turtledove landed on a tree and chirped freely. The pursuers felt that since the turtledove was so relaxed, it was impossible to hide people near the tree, so they left. After Liu Bang escaped, he was very grateful to the turtledove, and after becoming emperor, he prescribed the system of the head of the dove cane for the elderly with inconvenient legs and feet.

This legend is not credible, that is, it is used as a talking point. However, at least since the Han Dynasty, it is true that the dove-headed staff has been implemented.

Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty once sacrificed to the birthday star, and held a banquet, entertained a group of ancient old people, and at the same time, each old man who participated in the banquet was given wine, meat and food after the banquet, as well as a walking stick, which is the shape of a dove's head.

The dove head of the cane is mostly made of copper and wood, and the jade one is relatively rare because it is expensive. Not to mention anything else, jade has not been a cheap thing since ancient times, the dove head is not a small piece, the cost of such a piece of jade is not low, and the carving must be added.

This jade dove head is not only of good jade quality, but also of excellent carving. Yu Yao took a closer look, smart, elegant, this style should be from the Song Dynasty.

At this time, Yu Yao went to look at the sign, and understood why the old man asked him so much just now.

The auction house is wrong!

The starting price of this jade dove cane is 600,000 yuan, and the year is marked as the Qing Dynasty. The antique jade carving of the Qing Dynasty is easy to get its realistic shape, but the kind of convergence in the bones of Song Yu and the implied style cannot be imitated by the craftsmen of the Qing Dynasty.

"Old gentleman, you only look at the auction catalogue, you know that it is the Song Dynasty and not the Qing Dynasty?" Yu Yao didn't think about why the auction house broke the wrong generation, and asked the old man this first.

No matter how high his eyesight is, he can judge the generation just by looking at the pictures, and he thinks it is still impossible. Without three-dimensional display, it is useless to take photos in detail, and there are chromatic and light aberrations in the pictures.

"Look at Song Yu?" the old man did not answer his question, but repeated the question he himself had asked before Yu Yao saw it.

"Yes. Yu Yao immediately responded, paused, and added, "It's just that this piece has no traces of entering the ground, it should be an heirloom, but the pulp is not obvious, which is a bit strange." ”

"Sure enough, it's good eyesight!" the old man bowed, "It's not strange, it's always been treasured, never touched, and there will be no pulp left." I'm afraid that's why the auction house is wrong. Looking at the heirloom jade, the pulp is important, but what is more important is the spirit of the process. ”

Yu Yao nodded frequently, but suddenly said again, "Old man, if you want to shoot, you shouldn't remind me that I am the real Song Yu and not Qing Fang." ”

The old man smiled again, "It's easy to get a daughter, it's hard to find a bosom friend, you have a piece of Song Yu with you, I don't remind you to look at this, you will feel uncomfortable!"

"This ······ Don't be surprised, sir, when I make a shallow joke. ”

"Jokes also see human nature, you are not shallow, just kind. The old man raised his hand and pointed, "Didn't you ask me just now, why can you judge Song Feiqing just by looking at the catalogue? I'll tell you, because it's mine!"