"I still have some impressions of "Gourd Baby", but the goblin Ruyi baby in it should be a little different from the Ruyi we see in front of us now. Ignoring Ali's laughter, Ah San said to Jia Rudao, "Actually, this Ruyi, at the beginning, was an itch, and then it gradually became a ritual weapon." ”

"Isn't it, tickle?" Jia seemed to mutter, but in other words, this wishful shape is really a bit similar to tickling.

"Then what do you think?" Ali looked at Jia Nidao from the side and said, "The ancient working people were full of wisdom, at the beginning, if there was no practicality, what did you want it to do?" Ali said, and glanced at Jia Yidao, as if Jia Nidao's doubts were doubts about the wisdom of the majority of laborers.

"Hehe, Ruyi, or Ali is more researched, why don't you, Ali, just tell us?" Ah San said a little modestly, and then, he secretly shrugged his shoulders at Jia Yidao, revealing a helpless look. Fortunately, this expression was not seen by Zhou Li, otherwise, I don't know if Zhou Li will explain it to the two of them.

"Okay, let you see for a long time. Ali was not polite, and said very politely, "In the earliest days, the monks of ancient India, when they were preaching the scriptures, were afraid of forgetting the words, so they had such a thing, and they could write some key points, outlines, or so on. The Sanskrit word is 'Anaru'. I don't know what's going on, but the transliteration translation comes and goes, and when it comes to China, it becomes wishful. But, seriously, this thing was really tickling at the earliest, also known as 'not asking for help'. Also, it's a transformation from one thing. We all know that before the Ming Dynasty, many ministers brought it when they went to court, for example, it was easy to forget words when they were nervous, and it was used to teleprompt words. …… Combining these functions, slowly, it has become the wishful thinking we see now. ”

"Bang bang. - "Not only Ah San, but also Jia Yidao also slapped Ah Li's palm a few times. Some of the other people on the side also smiled kindly at Ali.

For a while, Ali looked a little embarrassed.

Looking at Yanran's jade Ruyi, it also has a lot of origins. Ah San seemed to know that Jia Yidao didn't know much about the basics, after all, he was new to antiques, and it was impossible to be specific to the details of such specific things as Ruyi, so he explained on the side: "This is the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, when he wanted to spend flowers in autumn, he asked the manufacturing office to make it specially made." When Yan Ran received this jade Ruyi before, she also asked an expert to specially identify it, and there must be nothing wrong with it, and it is also very collectible. However, people don't seem to like this nephrite jade very much, but prefer the colder jadeite, so it will be put up for auction now. ”

"I also don't think nephrite is as beautiful as jadeite. Ali interjected on the side, "However, my dad likes jasper, and there are a lot of jade items in the store, such as jasper ruyi or something, and there are a few pieces." It's just that there is still a lot of gap compared with Yanran's. Before Yanran decided to auction it, she also approached my dad. ”

As for why Uncle Zhou didn't accept it, Jia Yidao guessed that it might have something to do with Uncle Zhou's love for jasper. The one in front of me is made of white jade. If it is not for the purpose of collecting, accept it and resell it, with the relationship between Uncle Zhou and Yan Ran, it is naturally not good to lower the price too much, but it is better to let Yan Ran sell it directly at the auction, and the price will be higher.

However, Yanran's love for jadeite reminded Jia Yidao of Yu Feiyan, who runs a jadeite business, but he especially loves nephrite. If these two people get together, they can complement each other in terms of business and preferences.

"Hehe, turnip greens, each has his own love. Don't talk about different people, it's the same person, in different periods, the things they like are different. Ah San spread his hands and said, "Let's take Emperor Qianlong as an analogy, in his later years, he prefers a plain white and plain style, and the craftsmanship is not so splendid, so the palace office made a batch of more peaceful and down-to-earth Ruyi for him." Of course, this is also related to Emperor Qianlong's southern tour, when he is older, he has been to many places and seen a lot of things, and after returning to the palace, he will feel that peace is a blessing. We can still see that many of the Ruyi in that period had quails, treasure bottles, etc., which meant 'peace'. Of course, the one in front of me is a ju pattern, smooth and concise, and quite elegant. ”

After listening to Ah San's words, combined with the historical background in the words, Jia Rudao came to Bai Yu Ruyi again, looked at it carefully, and his experience was even more profound.

The ju-pattern of the relief, above the cloud head, is a large ju-flower shape, the middle blank is flat, very plain white. Jia Rudao guessed that it was possible that Emperor Qianlong was going to have a royal inscription on it after appreciating the flowers, so he left a blank cloud head, after all, the Ruyi of the imperial pen inscription, Jia Rudao also saw the picture on the Internet. However, there is no inscription in front of me, although there is less elegance of writing and ink, but there is a trace of the simplicity of the white jade itself, highlighting the flawless temperament of the white jade. Moreover, the whole Ruyi, with slender form and fine craftsmanship, makes people feel that there is a royal style at a glance.

"This white jade Ruyi should be worth a lot of money, right?" Jia Rudao asked, but the thoughts in his heart may be more subtle, probably thinking that judging from the impression left by Yan Ran, he doesn't seem to be a person who is short of money.

"Brother Jia, if you say that, it's not authentic, no matter how valuable it is, can it be compared to your set of porcelain?" Ah San couldn't help but laugh and teased Jia Rudao, "However, I can give a piece of information, for reference, not long ago, in the Beijing Poly Spring Auction, Qianlong's white jade imperial inscription poem dragon pattern Ruyi, the hammer price was 2.58 million." Last year, that is, in 2007, Christie's Hong Kong auction house also had a Qianlong white jade auspicious pattern Ruyi, and finally shouted 2.88 million. This one, presumably, can also reach two million. ”

"Not necessarily, although Hangzhou is a provincial capital, it is not as good as Beijing and Hong Kong. Moreover, most of the prices at the auction will be much higher than those in the first-tier market. I don't know when, Yan Ran has already returned to the side of a few people, and after hearing Ah San's estimated price, she said lightly, "If it is sought after by collectors who do not have strength in the auction, this Ruyi can exceed 1.5 million, even if it meets expectations." ”

"Sister Yanran, you are humble. When Ali saw Yanran, she walked up to her, took her hand, and said, "My father said that even if it is the market price, this white jade Ruyi is between 1.8 million and 2 million." ”

With that intimate appearance, Ah San on the side was envious, and he couldn't wait to take Ali's place.

I don't know why, women always seem very sticky when they are together, especially young women.

Subsequently, the four of them looked at a few more lots, chatted with great interest for a while, saw that the time was close to noon, then left the exhibition hall, and after eating lunch outside, they opened two nearby hotel rooms, took a short rest, and waited for the official auction in the afternoon.

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