"The official of the Ming Dynasty, Tantric Green Tara. Lin Fengcao responded.

"Green Qi Nan carved green Tara, it's really exquisite. Yu Yao couldn't help but sigh.

Buddhism is a foreign religion, and the Buddha statues that have been handed down can also be roughly divided into Zen Buddhism and Tantric Buddhism. Among them, the Zen Buddha statue is the Buddha statue after the sinicization, the rise time is early, the Jin Dynasty began, the Tang Dynasty reached its peak; and the Tantric Buddha statue, about the Yuan Dynasty from Nepal introduced, Tibet is particularly common, the Ming and Qing dynasties began to be popular, Qianlong "obsessed" Tibetan Buddhism, the largest number.

Broadly speaking, the Green Tara of Tantra is the Guanyin Bodhisattva of Zen Buddhism. The origin of this name is related to the early portraits, and the image of Green Tara is basically green.

"The Green Tara Buddha statue of Lu Qinan is also from the Ming Dynasty······ I'm afraid it's from the Yongle Dynasty, right?" Yu Yao asked again.

"I can't convince you, indeed. Lin Fengcao said, "Behind the base, from left to right, there is a horizontal carving of 'Daming Yongle Nianshi'. ”

In ancient times, the order in which Chinese characters were written was generally written vertically, from right to left, and even if they were carved horizontally, it was often in this order. However, the Tantric Buddha statues in the Yongle period are basically carved from left to right, which conforms to the reading and writing habits of Tibetan.

There have been fake imitations on the market that are engraved from right to left.

"However, I heard that the raw materials of this piece of green Qinan agarwood are from the Song Dynasty, a thousand-year-old material!" Lin Fengcao added.

"Song Dynasty?" Yu Yao thought for a while, "It seems that there is a record in the wild history, saying that Cai Jing once got a piece of superb agarwood, but he never found a suitable theme, so he didn't find someone to use the knife, but then he disappeared." In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, he was obtained by Zhu Yuanzhang, he was not good at this, but because of his preciousness, he had the right and collected it in the inner treasury. Could it be this one?"

"I have checked the historical materials, and there is indeed no record in the official history. But like you said, based on the various wild history notes, this one is the most likely. After the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di seized the throne of his nephew, he obtained this piece of agarwood from the inner library, and it was not impossible to carve it into a tantric Buddha statue later. I looked at the pattern, and it was the same as the shape of the bronze Buddha statue in the Yongle period. ”

"The ghost eye gate back then was so godly, such things could be accepted. Yu Yao thought of the weight of other words, and couldn't help but sigh again and again in his heart. It's just that Peng Xi knows too little, and he doesn't know what the heavy weapon of the soil word is.

"The last thing, and the big one, is a rhino horn cup. Lin Fengcao said this, his expression was a little unnatural, "However, this can't be verified." ”

Yu Yao looked at Lin Fengcao, "Rhino horn cup, big piece? Won't it be unbelievably bigger, right? It can't be verified, because it is impossible to have such a large rhino horn raw material?"

"It's not. Although it is large, larger than the heirloom rhino horn cup that can be found, it is also within the range of rhino horn. This large piece, in addition to the volume, is also because of the author. ”

"It is also from the Ming Dynasty? The Ming Dynasty has the most famous artists, and Bao Tiancheng is the first to be recommended. ”

"It's from the Ming Dynasty, but it's not Bao Tiancheng, this person is even more famous than Bao Tiancheng. Anyone who has been exposed to antiques and does not understand rhino horn also knows it. ”

Yu Yao's face was puzzled, "How is it possible? I don't know rhino horns, I know it, I'm still very famous, why don't I know?"

"Wu Zhong's stunt, Lu Zigang's jade, Bao Tiancheng's rhino······ All can be up and down for a hundred years, and they are invincible. Lin Fengcao said in a deep voice, "I said that I can't verify it because my grandfather said that according to the unanimous determination of my maternal great-grandfather and Da Zhangyan, this rhino horn cup is the work of Lu Zigang!"

"Lu Zigang?"

"That's what they believed. According to the pattern, there is indeed a 'sub-gang system' on it, which is a strong gang, not a hill of the hill. ”

"It's no problem to make the payment, both kinds of Zigang (Gang) have been. But Lu Zigang's carving of rhino horn cups is really unheard of. ”

Lin Fengcao smiled, "Don't you like wild history very much, it has been recorded in wild history, Lu Zigang once made a rhino horn seal." ”

"I've just seen a little more, how can I compare to you, a history lecturer at a prestigious university. Yu Yao said, and couldn't help but say, "Even the jade made by Lu Zigang himself can be recognized as rare······

Zigang jade is a peak in the history of Chinese jade, and when it comes to the peak of Chinese jade, there is a relationship between two historical periods, one is Hanyu and the other is Qianlonggong.

But Lu Zigang is the peak of the achievement with the power of one person, there is no one before and no one after him.

Play ancient, especially jade, if you don't know Lu Zigang, then don't play.

There are many types of Zigang jade, and jade cups and jade brand hostas are available. But since Lu Zigang, imitations have been everywhere, and there is no shortage of skilled people. So far, it is recognized that the jade made by Lu Zigang himself will not exceed the number of a slap.

It seems that none of them can be said to be "recognized," otherwise there will be none! Because there are always people who oppose it. Let's just say that it is basically recognized by most experts.

And the rhino horn cup, if it wants to be basically recognized, is a bit incredible, so Lin Fengcao said that it can't be verified.

However, it can be jointly identified by Zhu Zhengliang and Xu Taiyan, who are the palms of the wooden characters, and with the eyesight of these two people, the credibility is still very high.

At this time, something suddenly flashed in Yu Yao's mind, "Teacher Lin, this rhino horn cup can't also be a hero cup, right?"

The word 卺 (jin) is more obscure, which means scoop. A gourd is cut into two scoops, and the closing is to close it again, so the closing cup is a special cup used to drink a cup of wine in ancient weddings.

There is a blue and white jade hero's cup in the Forbidden City, which is basically recognized as Lu Zigang's heirloom jade.

This cup is two cups connected together. Drinking a cup of wine from this kind of cup is not to take one cup and cross one's arms to drink, but to drink two cups that are connected together, and one person drinks the same cup.

In the middle of these two cups, there is also a three-dimensional carving of a bird and a beast, the bird stands on the beast, and the bird stands on the head of the beast.

The bird is an eagle and a hero, and the beast is a bear and a hero. That's why it's called the Hero Cup.

"The shape is indeed the same as the jade cup in the Forbidden City, which is a rhino horn cup. However, the jade cup was less than ten centimeters tall (coincidentally, the actual height was nine .9 centimeters), and the rhino horn cup was much larger. In addition, although many people call it a hero cup, in fact, it is not supposed to be an eagle and a bear carved. ”

Yu Yao nodded, he also knew this, and it was described in the historical materials of the Ming Dynasty: "The shape is peculiar, with two cups of confrontation, one in the middle, so that the wine is passed, and the two cups are covered with a powerful phoenix, and the phoenix stands on top of the squatting beast." ”

It's just that the title of the Hero Cup has been agreed upon, and it has been said smoothly.

"Rhino horn cup, Lu Zigang's style. If it was really made by Lu Zigang himself, it would be more than just a heavy weapon!"

At this time, the two were already waiting for the bus on the side of the road, and a taxi came.

Lin Fengcao beckoned and said, "If this secret treasure can really see the light of day, it will definitely set off a hurricane in the cultural relics world!"