Lao Huang looked at Zhao Tianming, meaning to ask him to help palm his eyes.

Zhao Tianming could read the pleading in Lao Huang's eyes, he stepped forward, touched it with his hand, stared at the screen, and browsed the information from the ancient mirror while checking.

Sorrel wood is a general term for a variety of woods, mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, Southeast Asia is the main production area, and there are also some sorrel trees in the vast areas of China. The difference between the heartwood and the sapwood of sourhead wood is obvious. The heartwood is orange, red, purple, black-brown; Sapwood yellowish-white to yellowish-brown. Its wood structure is fine, the wood feels smooth to the touch and is shiny in the light.

It is precisely that there are many types of sour branch wood, and Lao Huang can't see which kind of sour branch wood it is.

The distinction between sour branches and trees in terms of color and quality is more complicated, there are black sour branches, red sour branches, and white branches and flower branches, among which black sour branches are the most precious and rare, and real black sour branches are rare.

The old sour branch furniture with good quality and deep color is very similar to red sandalwood after oxidation and pulp, and the value of old sour branch wood furniture with a history of more than two or three hundred years is also close to that of red sandalwood.

"Do you think this is a black sour branch?" asked Lao Huang.

Zhao Tianming observed for a while before nodding: "That's right, but this should be a black sour branch tree from Vietnam." The color of the wood is uneven, the heartwood is orange, light reddish-brown to black-brown, and the dark stripes are obvious. ”

What is rare is that this whole set, plus the furniture, is all black acid branches of the same quality, and it should be from the same person.

"Is this kind of wood different in different regions and different in price?" the man asked again.

Lao Huang replied with a smile: "Of course, in fact, not only wood, but many other things, produced in different places, their prices will vary by 108,000 miles. ”

"That is, my old furniture is worthless?" he glared, a little displeased.

"I can't say it's worthless, it's just a relatively better black sour branch, it's a little worse. However, no matter how bad it is, the black sour branch is second only to red sandalwood and huanghuali, and it is certainly not the price of ordinary wood. Ye Qiushuang couldn't help but say.

The real rise of black acid branches was in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and naturally the furniture in the Ming and Qing dynasties was the most valuable.

In the early Qing Dynasty, the use of precious furniture has gradually formed a social fashion, and the supply of rosewood and yellow pear furniture is insufficient. Against this backdrop, it was at this time that rosewoods such as sour branches made their debut.

After the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the mahogany furniture used the broad-leaved sandalwood, Barry sandalwood, and cochin sandalwood called the old mahogany, and the Au's sandalwood is the so-called new mahogany that is still used in large quantities in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China until today, and the knife-shaped black sandalwood and black sandalwood called black acid branches are rarely used, and they are almost not seen in the old mahogany furniture that can be seen.

Therefore, being able to see a complete set of black sour branch furniture here surprised Ye Qiushuang and them.

"From the style point of view, this is a more typical furniture style in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Zhao Tianming said again.

He continued: "Moreover, this is still the style of the Qing Dynasty. The Ming and Qing dynasties were the peak period of furniture. Among them, the Ming Dynasty was ruled by the Han Chinese, while the Qing Dynasty was ruled by the Manchus. Everyone also knows that ethnic minorities like to be gorgeous in decoration, while we Han people like simplicity. ”

Zhao Tianming told them that Qing Dynasty furniture likes to decorate, and its furniture products have very gorgeous and exquisite decorative processing, such as the most commonly used decorative processing techniques are carving, inlay, drawing, stacking and other means, among which the most used are carving and inlay these two techniques.

"The most obvious is this bone inlay. Old man, what do you say? Zhao Tianming looked at Lao Huang.

Lao Huang understood that this was Zhao Tianming's opportunity to perform.

The technique of bone inlay, which is the original process of the Qing Dynasty, he still knows a little about it.

Therefore, vaguely casting a grateful gaze, Lao Huang pretended to be difficult to overcome his appearance, and said: "The heyday of bone inlay is the middle of Qianlong, with excellent craftsmanship, hard workmanship, and skillful carving. The process is made to maintain porous, branchy, and knotty, and the block is small and angular, which is not only suitable for gluing, but also prevents falling off, and maintains a complete image even if it lasts for a long time. You see, it's like these pieces of furniture. ”

In addition, there are three types of bone embedding: high embeddedness, flat embedding, and high flat mixed embedding. In the early and peak periods, there are mixed embeddings of high embedding and high flat embedding, and in the later period, they are mostly flat embedding.

He once heard Lao Zhang say that the bone inlay is mostly sour branch wood, rosewood and other precious wood, because its wood is hard and fine, and the inlaid bone inlay is more ancient and simple.

"You won't let me say a few words?" Ye Qiushuang glared at Zhao Tianming.

Now looking at Lao Huang, the old guy is pretending to be forced, which makes her look uncomfortable.

Zhao Tianming smiled bitterly: "Then why don't you say a few words!"

"Hey, I'm not done yet! What do you know? Lao Huang was reluctant to let Ye Qiushuang step in and share this opportunity to show his knowledge.

In fact, the bone embedding process, when it comes to these, is almost the same, and there is nothing to introduce.

Due to the development of arts and crafts, furniture production can be made with the help of various arts and crafts means, comprehensive decoration treatment. Qing style furniture in the decoration of a variety of materials and a combination of a variety of processes, the formation of its own characteristics, is incomparable to the past dynasties.

"Forget it, let's talk about this, let's continue to talk about the difference in furniture styles in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Zhao Tianming said.

Ye Qiushuang said: "There is nothing more to say, compared with the furniture of the Ming Dynasty is simple and generous, beautiful and comfortable, the furniture of the Qing Dynasty is more heavy and prosperous and magnificent, so it will appear a little heavy and handsome, giving people a dull and bulky feeling."

But from another point of view, it is precisely because the Qing Dynasty furniture is rich, luxurious, stable and majestic as the furniture production criteria, in order to achieve this purpose, it adopts various means in the design of furniture. ”

Zhao Tianming agreed: "So, from all aspects, this is the black acid branch furniture of the Qing Dynasty. ”

"What about the price?" the owner of the old mansion hurriedly asked.

When it comes to the price, Ye Qiushuang and the others are all immediately hesitant, not happy, and they are all calculating in their hearts how much to shout in order to satisfy this man and give themselves a profit margin.

"We're not the first to come, are we?" Zhao Tianming suddenly asked.

When Ye Qiushuang and Lao Huang heard this, they immediately looked up at the man.

The middle-aged man did not hide it, admitting: "Before you, a group of people came. Otherwise, I wouldn't have guessed that you were here to see antiques. ”

No wonder, when this guy was at the door, he reacted so quickly and said their purpose in one word.

"Then how much do they give, and what is your ideal price?" Zhao Tianming asked.

When negotiating the price, it is better to let the other party make the price first.