This Boss Chen's real name is Chen Fuhua, and he has been a little fat since he was a child, so he has been called chubby, and when he grows up, a big fat man still makes people habitually call Chen Xiaopang.

Zhao Tianming looked at the jade in this shop for a while, and couldn't help but be speechless.

This dead fat man, no wonder he can eat so fat, more than half of the jade he has here is fake. If you are so blatant, aren't you afraid of an ugly death?

"Boss Wang, let's go inside and talk. Chen Xiaopang said.

"What's the matter, I don't think these jade artifacts are bad!" Wang Zhiwei said with a smile.

He doesn't know how to look at antiques, let alone appraisal, but his ability to read people's looks is first-class. As soon as I saw Zhao Tianming's expression, I knew that the things outside were not very good, and even a little fake.

So, just tease that guy.

Chen Xiaopang was embarrassed: "Ahem! It's all good things, but it's a little bit inconsistent with Boss Wang's identity." For example, the jade Pixiu that this little brother is looking at now, authentic jade carvings, first-class carvings, and extremely collectible. What do you think, little brother?"

Pixiu is a ferocious beast recorded in ancient Chinese books and Han folk myths and legends. Pixiu has a mouth without anus, can swallow all things without leaking, only in and out, the magic is special, so it has the meaning of attracting wealth and entering the treasure, absorbing the wealth of the Quartet, and also has the effect of driving away evil spirits and bringing good luck, and is also known as the beast of fortune.

From ancient times to the present, up to the emperor, down to the common people have paid great attention to the collection and wearing of Pixiu, in addition to the effect of attracting wealth, good luck, and warding off evil spirits, there are also the functions of town house, turning Tai Sui, and promoting marriage.

As far as Zhao Tianming knows, this kind of mythical beast is also divided into male and female, so most of the collection of Pixiu is a pair at a time, so that it can really attract wealth and treasure. But if you want to wear it on your body, it's better to have one so as not to fight.

Zhao Tianming glanced at him: "Do you really want me to say?"

Wang Zhiwei suddenly smiled and said: "My brother, who is a little famous in the antique industry, is young and has good strength. Boss Chen, are you trying to test his eyesight?"

Nima!

Chen Xiaopang was startled, and hurriedly said: "There, there! Let's go, let's talk inside, talk inside!"

There are so many customers here, once that guy says he leaks his mouth, does he still want to do business? Do you think that kid is young and doesn't understand anything?

However, now that I think about it seriously, will the people who can follow Wang Zhiwei be simple people?

"If there's anything good, take it out and take a look, and don't get out of those virtual things. Wang Zhiwei said.

When I got to the innermost room of the store, there were also some ancient jade collections, but as for whether they were real or fake, it was hard to say for the time being.

"Boss Wang said with a smile, don't worry! I have it here, it is guaranteed to be genuine, you can take it whatever you like, if it is a fake, you can trouble me at any time." Chen Xiaopang said with an oath.

"Are there any works of famous jade carvers in the Ming Dynasty?"

"Yes, there must be, you wait, I'll help you find it. Chen Xiaopang immediately flipped up.

Zhao Tianming was not idle, picking some high-quality products for inspection. Soon, he found a jade Buddha, carved from white jade, which was Maitreya Buddha, that is, the big-bellied Buddha in everyone's mouth.

Maitreya Buddha is a Buddha that is widely believed and popular among Chinese people. The statue of Maitreya has been painted in the Western Qin Dynasty, such as in the grottoes of GS Bingling Temple. The Maitreya statues before the Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty mainly have two categories: the Bodhisattva form and the Rulai form.

In fact, this Buddha statue has evolved three times.

The first image appeared in the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, and it was the image of Maitreya Bodhisattva. The image is based on Maitreya's Sutra of Upper Life, saying that he was originally an ordinary man in the world, who was foretold by the Buddha, and became a bodhisattva who ascended to the ten earths and attained enlightenment, giving lectures on the Dharma and saving sentient beings.

The second image appeared in the Northern Wei Dynasty and evolved into a Zen or reclining Buddha costume. The image is based on Maitreya's Sutra of the Next Life, saying that he will go from the world to the world, succeed Shakyamuni Buddha for teaching, and change from a bodhisattva to a future Buddha.

The third image began to appear in the fifth generation, and then evolved into the image of a fat monk with a fat head and big ears, a long grin, a lotus bag, a bare chest and abdomen, and a fat monk sitting cross-legged.

The image is based on the appearance of a monk who claimed to be the incarnation of Maitreya in the Later Liang period. In the end, this image no longer has the solemn and solemn religious connotation of the previous image, and has become easy-going and close to life. It can be ridiculed and teased by people at will. This is the inevitable consequence of Maitreya's secularization.

Now, the image they see is the third image, a fat monk with a fat head and big ears, a long grin, a lotus bag, a bare chest and abdomen, and sitting cross-legged.

Seeing this Buddha statue, everyone will feel that life has become sunny, and it is no wonder that it can become one of the most popular Buddha statues among the people.

In addition, it is also the work of the famous jade carver Liu Tan during the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Tan was a master of jade carving in Suzhou in the late Ming Dynasty. Good at crystal, agate, jade, characters flowers and birds, ingenious and beautiful, antique and vivid can be real. In the last process, that is, grinding fine work, there is a phenomenon of "seeking form but not work".

"This Buddha statue looks comfortable, do you know what the details are?" Wang Zhiwei also paid attention to Zhao Tianming when he saw that Zhao Tianming had been looking at the Buddha statue for so long.

Zhao Tianming told him: "The works of Liu Tan, a master of jade carving in Suzhou at the end of the Ming Dynasty, needless to say, are carvers, but this jade is white jade, which does not reach the level of mutton fat jade." ”

Still, it's not low in value. Zhao Tianming heard that before the Ming Dynasty, jade was usually based on the shape and carving, and the jade quality was second, and after the Qing Dynasty, jade quality was one of the keys.

"Look at the shape before the Ming Dynasty, and look at the jade quality after the Qing Dynasty", this is the secret of many senior ancient jade collectors. In the Ming Dynasty and before, there were very few ancient jades, and the material was either Hetian seed jade or local jade, and it was almost impossible to find fault with the quality of jade.

Although Hetian mountain material has entered the Central Plains in the Jingtai period, but at that time, Hetian mountain material was more difficult to pick than Hetian seed jade, and the size was larger, almost all of them became the material of large-scale jade carving in the palace, and it was difficult for the people to find it.

In the Qing Dynasty and later, the large-scale mining of Hetian mountain materials has accounted for more than 90%, so it is necessary to find fault with the quality of jade.

"Then look at the others, there is nothing more suitable, and think again. Wang Zhiwei nodded.

At this time, Chen Xiaopang struggled to move out a large carving, which was actually half a meter high, and it was a figure carving.

"How about this? The work of Li Wenfu, a master of jade carving in the Ming Dynasty, it is said that this person's carving is very sunflower and messy, the cloth is fine, and it is very stylish of the times, especially in the ...... of things," Chen Xiaopang began to boast.

Zhao Tianming didn't make any contact, and after looking at it, his expression suddenly became a little strange.

"Do you know who this carved figure is?" Zhao Tianming couldn't help but ask.

"Ji Xiaolan, there's nothing wrong, right?" Chen Xiaopang immediately responded with a smile, although he didn't understand it very well, but he couldn't figure out his own things?

"Is there a problem?" Wang Zhiwei looked at Zhao Tianming.

Oh my God! Zhao Tianming can't complain about these two fat people.