Xie Zhihao had just walked for less than ten minutes when an uninvited guest came.

"Rare guest!" Yu Yao got up, "You suddenly changed into a delicate makeup, I almost didn't recognize it, you don't have to be so particular about it here!"

Shen Ge "cut" and took out an invitation card from his bag, "Autumn Auction Preview, I have to send an invitation to Boss Yu!"

"You don't say it in advance, what if I'm not there?"

"I sent you a WeChat message last week, saying that I would send you an invitation, and you replied that 'at any time, if no one is there, you can stuff it in under the crack in the door'. Shen Ge put the invitation card on the table of the Eight Immortals, "It's really a noble person who forgets things." ”

Yu Yao remembered sending the invitation, but he did forget it.

However, since Shen Ge came, he just asked, "By the way, your auction house has a Warring States bronze in this autumn auction?"

"Have you seen the official website of our auction house?" Shen Ge responded, "That's it, Bronze Dun." ”

"What does the owner do?"

"If you want to shoot, the invitation card can only be entered, and if you want to get a number plate, you have to register and pay a deposit. ”

"I don't want to shoot. I can't pick up the leaks at the auction. ”

"If the antique shop is like you, and you always want to pick up leaks, our auction house won't be able to open?"

"Don't talk about that. I want to ask, this bronze tun was a special auction on Taiwan Island by the company of the Japanese kingdom at that time, how did it get to your auction?"

"The owner of the goods is from Jiangzhou. Shen Ge thought for a while, "It seems to be inherited, the owner of the goods has an uncle and grandfather on Taiwan Island, and he took this bronze dun back then." I don't know how his uncle's will was written, anyway, after his death, this bronze tun was given to this owner. ”

"Oh. Yu Yao nodded, "You have restricted this bronze Dun to foreigners who can't bid for it, right?"

"Yes, it is the guiding requirement of the cultural relics department, and the owner of the goods agrees, so we will implement it. ”

Yu Yao said, "It's not much use, isn't it different to shoot it and then sell it to foreigners?"

"There's no way around it. In fact, the main reason for the goods is not to agree, they are not auctioned, they sell themselves, and the cultural relics department can't control it. To put it bluntly, it's a superficial article. ”

Yu Yao nodded and didn't answer again.

Shen Ge glanced at the shelves of the store a few times, and then said seemingly casually: "You don't have any customers either." Let's go, I'll treat you to lunch and repay you for helping me solve the two lot indicators. ”

"I have to gladly agree, I haven't eaten in the morning, and I'm hungry. ”

"What do you want to eat?"

"Lao Ma's roast mutton. ”

"It's too greasy, can you do it another way?"

"Okay, Mao's braised pork. ”

"It's still the old Ma's roast mutton. ”

Yu Yao was really hungry, and when he arrived at the place, he ordered a leg of mutton and roasted it first, and ate two beef pot helmets first.

Shen Ge ordered two more vegetarian dishes, a small bowl of rice, and after serving the leg of mutton, he tore two small locks.

Shen Ge finished eating earlier than Yu Yao, and while wiping his hands with wet wipes, he asked, "By the way, do you understand the purple clay pot?"

"Didn't I say it a long time ago? Yu Yao replied while eating, "What?

"I don't know anything about purple clay pots, what are you picking up? ”

"Shen Lao's eyesight should be fine. What period?"

"Mansheng pot. ”

"What?" Yu Yao put down his chopsticks, "Chen Mansheng and Yang Pengnian have all the money?"

Mansheng pot is a milestone in the history of purple clay pots. Purple clay pots have appeared since the Ming Dynasty, although there are many skilled craftsmen, but the realm has not been high. It was not until the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty that Chen Mansheng was an official in Liyang and met Yang Pengnian, a purple clay pot craftsman, that the art of purple clay pots opened up a new realm.

Chen Mansheng, named Chen Hongshou, is called Mansheng. He doesn't know how to make pots, but he is a master of calligraphy, painting and seal carving, and he likes purple clay pots very much.

So, Chen Mansheng designed and Yang Pengnian made the pot, which was a perfect match.

There is controversy about how many styles of purple clay pots designed by Chen Mansheng, but there are eighteen styles that are the most widely spread, and eighteen is a habitual auspicious number, so it is known as Mansheng's eighteen styles.

Each style of Mansheng's eighteen styles is matched by poems and sentences written by Chen Mansheng himself.

At the same time, Chen Mansheng, who has a deep foundation in gold and stone seal carving, also personally caught the knife and used the knife to write on behalf of the knife, and engraved these poems and verses on many pots. Such a pot inscription makes the culture and the pot art have a wonderful fit.

Since then, the creation of purple clay pots has been inseparable from the style of the literati. The poems and calligraphy on the pot have been passed down with the pot, which has also greatly increased the value of the purple clay pot.

Today, Mansheng pots have become a general name, including the purple clay pots made by later generations according to the eighteen styles of Mansheng.

The real purple clay pot made by Yang Pengnian in the Qing Dynasty and inscribed by Chen Mansheng has a high price of more than 10 million yuan at today's auction.

Shen Ge said that Shen Chongyuan was ready to start, but Yu Yao naturally didn't think it was just the style of the Mansheng pot, so he asked.

"See for yourself!" Shen Ge pulled up a few photos from his phone.

This is a purple clay pot.

The bucket pot is one of the eighteenth style of Mansheng, and the main body is like two buckets buckled upside down.

Nowadays, it is rare to see such an appliance as "bucket", which is four-edged, with a square cross-section, but one end is large and the other is small, and the vertical section is trapezoidal. If used as a unit of measurement, a bucket is ten liters, and a bucket is ten times that of liters, so there is the so-called "liter Mien, dou Mi hate".

The body of the pot is engraved with the inscription of the line: Beidou high, Nandou down, Milky Way Epsom, Lang Gan hanging.

The bottom of the pot is inscribed "Amanda Room", and the lid of the pot is inscribed "Peng Nian", all of which are small seals.

Whether it is the shape or the inscription, it can be matched with the heirloom map. Of course, even if it is not genuine, it is a high imitation, and it is impossible to have problems in these key places.

Judging from the picture, the pulp also looks very heavy.

"Why did you take such detailed photos?" asked Yu Yao as he looked at it.

"I don't think the owner is very authentic. Shen Ge said directly, "This person is the nephew of an old friend of my grandfather Huhai, and that old friend has passed away." ”

"It doesn't matter if people are authentic or not, the key is that things are not authentic. He said it was genuine from the Qing Dynasty?"

"Yes, eight million. ”

"Looks like it hasn't been done yet?"

"My grandfather said to think about it for a few days. ”

"So, Shen Lao thinks he has doubts?"

"I'm not sure. So I'll ask you if you understand!"

"You are purely doing this superfluously, if Elder Shen wants me to be a staff officer, just come to me directly?"

He mentioned that there are few friends who really understand purple clay pots, and he said that he doesn't know if you understand it. He just can't wipe his face, and I'm embarrassed to ask you directly! Aren't I ashamed to ask for him?"

"How can anyone say that they are not ashamed to ask?" Yu Yao nodded to the photo, "Just looking at the photo, you can't see anything, this thing has to be used." ”

"Then you're going to do me a favor? I don't think that guy is a good thing. ”

Yu Yaobai glanced at her, "Chong Shen Lao, it was no problem." But you don't think I'm a good thing, do you?"