To the root carving, it is to use the self-form and distorted form of the tree root as the artistic creation of the conception, artistic processing and process processing, to create people, animals, utensils and other artistic image works. The art of root carving is the plastic art of natural beauty and creative processing, the so-called 'three points of artificial, seven points of nature', that is to say, in the creation of root carving, most of them should use the natural form of the root material to express the artistic image, and a small part of the artificial processing and modification, therefore, the root carving is also called 'root art' or 'root art'.

As for the selection of tree roots, naturally those tree roots with strange shapes, or tree roots with some kind of vivid form, including tree body, tree nodules, bamboo roots, etc., as long as they are eyed by artists, they can form a certain root carving art.

The auctioneer on the stage, at this time, did not know the information found from it, holding a book in one hand and reading it, and pointing to the root carving works on the display table with the other hand, introducing its origin.

If it weren't for the auctioneer's vivid words, I'm afraid, not to mention Jia Yidao, even some other customers on the side would not have taken a few more glances at it. This is not to say that the root carving work on the stage is not outstanding, on the contrary, the craftsmanship of its carving definitely belongs to the ranks of exquisite and exquisite.

When Jia Rudao looked at it at the beginning, he saw that this was a character-shaped root carving, and it was not an ordinary character, according to the shape of the root whiskers, there were three heads and six arms, and the first feeling in Jia Rudao's mind was to guess whether this character would be Nezha. After all, Nezha's three heads and six arms are really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

However, after carefully measuring it, it is now, this seems to be a Western god and Buddha, or a devil Yaksha or something, if you take it home to ward off evil spirits, I'm afraid it's not very suitable, and if you just appreciate it, it looks a little scary.

More importantly, from the quality of the root carving, at a glance, I don't know what kind of wood this is, but I feel that it is a little dark red, belonging to the category of mahogany, as if it is some years. There is also a layer of slurry-like ground material on the surface. However, when I think of this, it is an underground black market for antiques, and there will naturally be no shortage of counterfeit things. Such a simple pulp is naturally not in the eyes of everyone.

If you want to talk about root carving, although you care about the craftsmanship of its decoration, in the final analysis, it depends on whether the work of this root carving can reflect the natural atmosphere, and it is carved according to the original posture of the roots. The so-called ancient and weird" four characteristics are the essence of the root carving works.

When it comes to its value, it still needs its own material. To put it simply, the same root carving work, even if the carving and shape size are similar, the root carving of Hainan Huanghuali is naturally much more valuable than the root carving of ordinary mahogany.

It's no wonder that when everyone sees the carved ground, they are not very optimistic.

The auctioneer simply shouted out 5,000 lots to start the auction. Look at the current situation. It seems that there is also a possibility of unsuccessful auctions. This is true for the entire second round of land lots. It's already a price that can't be lower.

Could it be that the organizer put the things away? What is the peculiarity of this root carving?

It's not just Jia Yidao. I even have other customers on the side. also showed a playful look. Some people can't bear it. Still shouting, "Let's change the lot." That's all it looks like. It also costs 5,000 yuan, do you think we're all Kaizi?"

There is even a corresponding place: "That's it." It's not a red sandalwood root carving. It's not going to get worse and worse. ”

caused embarrassment on the stage for a while.

"How. Do you still like this thing?" Liu Yufei at this time. Obviously, he also felt that Jia Rudao was a little distracted when he looked at the carved ground. So I asked.

"It's not like it.

However, I always felt that this thing might be a valuable thing. Jia Yidao suppressed the doubts in his heart and said, "Otherwise, what do you mean when you say that they put this thing on hold until now before taking it out for filming?"

"You don't understand this, do you?" Liu Yufei looked at Jia Yidao with a smile and said, "The underground black market is also a place that pays attention to the virtual and the real, especially the auctioned things, which are even more complicated. There are occasionally some defective products in the middle of good things, and their biggest purpose is naturally to follow everyone's normal thinking inertia and want to fish in troubled waters. Sometimes, something that is clearly worn-out can often be auctioned for a high price just because it is well placed in the field. The profit obtained in this way is much richer than the high price of the original good thing!"

"Then you don't think you're optimistic about this thing, right?" Jia said seemingly unintentionally.

"That's natural. If not, I would have done it a long time ago. Liu Yufei said lightly, "However, the carving skills of this thing are really good, in appearance, if you look at it and like it, you can take a picture, anyway, there is not much money." As for me, don't look at me like that, I really don't have anything to do with root carving

Interesting. Not to mention the root carving, even the wooden pen holder in the study room or even the orthodox carving, I don't have much interest. ”

Saying that, Liu Yufei also shook his head, glanced at the root carving on the display table, and had the meaning that he didn't care about anything except jasper.

Jia Rudao touched his nose and said, "Then don't regret it when you arrive." Then, facing the embarrassed auctioneer, he raised his hand and signaled for a thousand increases.

The auctioneer immediately showed a bright smile, if you want to say the degree of his face change, it must be the face change in Sichuan opera, but that's it, right?

After the price was announced, Jia Rudao was also a little curious, so he walked to the front of the stage to check it. There was also a whisper on the side that the figure of this carving was the image of the Great Asura King. In terms of time speculation, it can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. Jia Rudao waved his hand and signaled that the other party did not need to be introduced.

These words were already said before the seller shouted the reserve price just now. Although Jia Rudao didn't listen very carefully, he was a little bit counting. However, when you go to the underground black market, can you still trust the auctioneer's words?

Reaching out to pick up this root carving, it was still a little heavy. The Great Asura King, even if it is the Great Asura King for the time being, its form is lifelike, the six arms are obviously roots, and on the three heads, the most prominent thing is their eyes, how to look, how to have a strange feeling.

Originally, I wanted to see what kind of material this carving was, but Jia seemed to know not much about wood. However, since they are already getting started, Jia Rudao~ The perception of the hand has also penetrated unconsciously. Compared with ordinary wooden furniture, the material of this carving is quite thick.

At first glance, it is a dark red bottom, which should belong to the type of mahogany, and it is generally not wrong. Just when Jia Rudao felt that spending 6,000 yuan to buy a root carving that he had never seen before could be regarded as a souvenir, suddenly, the perception that had not been completely withdrawn seemed to have encountered a crack.

Although this is for wood, as long as the stitching is in place enough, the average person can ~ see it. However, compared to Jia Yidao's ability to detect with his perception of ability, even if it is a tiny gap, no matter how tightly it is stitched, or what special glue is pasted in it, after all, it is very different from those whole pieces of wood.

Jia Rudao's heart was convex, and his expression became quite solemn.

Could it be that this peculiarly shaped root carving itself is not carved from the roots of a whole section of plants, but is put together? If this is the case, the price of the root carving will naturally have to be discounted. Jia Rudao didn't care about the 6,000 yuan he spent, but this made it clear that he could feel the loss, and Jia Rudao was still unhappy in his heart.

Immediately after thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong, for the sake of caution, Jia Rudao refocused his attention and once again sensed the place where the gap appeared just now, while sighing at the high craftsmanship of making it, he also sighed that he had bought a defective product.

Suddenly, a void space appeared in Jia Yidao's mind, the tight gap disappeared completely, and the perception on his left hand seemed to have lost its direction all of a sudden.

Could it be that the inside of this eagle has been hollowed out?

This caught Jia Yidao off guard.

After taking a few deep breaths and calming down, I used my perception to probe, and there was indeed a space the size of three fingers inside the entire root carving. However, it is not left by moths as Jia Yidao guessed, and the perimeter of the entire space is smooth and delicate, obviously thought to be carved.

Moreover, what surprised Jia Yidao even more was that in this small space, there was still something that seemed to be paper, folded, and the size could not be estimated for the time being. Also pressed on this piece of paper was a small piece of stone. That's right, it's stones. The only thing that puzzled Jia Nidao was that this small piece of stone, when Jia Nidao used his own perception to detect it, actually gave him an extremely familiar feeling, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

Jia Rudao could only frown helplessly. After all, this is a wooden part of the root carving, and if you detect the stones in it, it will inevitably be a little illusionary. Jia Rudao turned around and gave up to find out.

As long as you take a picture of this root carving, after taking it back, you still don't love to look at it?

I didn't expect that due to my interest for a while, there would be such a surprise, and the hidden mystery in this made Jia Yidao happy. Moreover, Jia Yidao is also worried that the organizer will find out about this in advance. The reserve price of 5,000 yuan is enough to show their cognition of this root carving.

If it really appeared in advance, I'm afraid it wouldn't be Jia Yidao's turn to find out, right?