Chapter 17 Qi Lao's Collection

Getting three such good treasures, Old Man Qi was in a good mood, and he was a little impatient, and he immediately had to grind the ink and make a few strokes.

"Let me show you the magic of this inkstone. Old Man Qi said happily.

After he was ready, he didn't pour water into the shallow groove of the inkstone, but just took a breath there. The water vapor in the air immediately condenses on the inkstone, forming a layer of water traces.

It's amazing for everyone to look at it, it's not winter now! On a hot day, you can still smoke water vapor and condense on objects. Besides, this seems to be more obvious than the winter haze, right?

"Hehe! This is the magic of Duanyan. And these three holy inkstones are incomparable, and they don't use water at all to grind ink, and they can grind ink with a breath. One of the old men spoke, his tone full of envy.

Those who know Duan Yan know that there is a saying in history that "the south end and the north Tao" refer to the Duan Yan in the south and the Tao Yan in the north. Duan inkstone has not only been very valuable in ancient times, but also because of the depletion of several famous pit inkstones, in recent years, all the famous pits have been "sealed pits", especially the old pits have been sealed for many years, there is no stone to be mined, and now only Tao Yan still has a small number of old pit stones.

The old pit inkstone has been soaked in groundwater for a long time, and the clay minerals are dissolved by the groundwater, which is the reason why the stone gradually becomes pure and soft, so the old pit inkstone is so delicate and delicate, moisturized to the effect of "grinding ink".

Seeing this scene, no one couldn't help but feel surprised, no wonder those old men quarreled just now regardless of their faces.

After writing and getting addicted, one of the old men said to Yang Fan and others: "There is another magic in this inkstone. ”

Everyone's curiosity was mobilized again, and Old Man Qi laughed, washed the inkstone, and asked someone to bring a basin of water.

Under the eyes of everyone, put the green cow inkstone into the clear water. At this time, the inkstone seems to have a layer of purple light, with a hint of blue, which is very magical.

Yang Fan knew that they were some minerals that were somewhat similar to fluorescence, and those who didn't understand it would feel very strange when they saw it.

"It's so beautiful. Qi Nianci couldn't help but sigh. For girls, what is shiny and shiny is what they pursue.

"Haha! The inkstone is much better now, but it wasn't so beautiful before. ”

Of course, the so-called before refers to the pre-Tang Dynasty, which was just a simple ink grinding tool. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that it was transformed into a practical and appreciative treasure.

They told a story, it is said that in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, one day when an old inkstone worker passed through Duanxi, he saw two cranes flying down into the stream, and he could not afford it for a long time, so he was suspicious, and opened a net to catch it, but what he picked up was a stone! However, this stone is very strange, there are cracks, and from time to time there is a crane chirping sound, and the old inkstone worker pries open the strange stone along the crack, and the strange stone is divided into two, turning into two inkstones, and there is a crane standing on the pine on the side of the inkstone.

When the news spread, the inkstone workers imitated it one after another, or showed their own skills, carving various patterns and patterns on the inkstone. This is probably the beginning of Duan Yan from practical products to practical crafts.

"How much is this treasure worth?" Zhou Wentao asked.

Several old men looked at each other and smiled: "Priceless treasure." ”

"There has to be a limit, right?" Zhou Wentao is a businessman, and he pays attention to specific numbers.

"Nobody has ever traded these kinds of babes, who knows. However, last time I took a duanyan, called a stone bell-shaped duanyan, more than 13 million!" said an old man.

This green cow inkstone, but one of the three strange inkstones in the world, ranks third, which is even more precious. Looking at the Guangdong Museum, both sides are not on public display, which shows how precious it is.

After listening to this, everyone present gasped. Although everyone is not short of money, a book-sized thing costs tens of millions, which is really terrifying.

Yang Fan doesn't think so, it's not surprising that a blue and white porcelain can cost hundreds of millions. Not to mention those ghosts, an oil painting costs hundreds of millions of dollars, and the money has really become a series of figures.

Immediately afterwards, Old Man Qi took Yang Fan to appreciate his treasures, and directly threw the juniors aside. A large classroom room with hundreds of treasures, jade, porcelain, bronze, calligraphy and painting, lacquerware and so on.

This is the largest scale Yang Fan has ever seen, even those antique shops can't take out so many treasures.

Old Man Qi focused on the treasures just now before greeting Yang Fan.

"Xiaofan, come and see my heavy treasure here. Old Man Qi said.

It is a jade Guanyin, more than 30 centimeters high, white and delicate jade, reflecting a soft opalescence under the light, very beautiful.

"Sheep fat jade!" Yang Fan's eyes narrowed slightly.

Sheep fat jade is a gem-grade material in Hetian jade, which is the best pure color white in white jade, with the best luster and texture, and is manifested as: warm and dense, transparent and pure, white and flawless, like clotted fat, hence the name.

Since ancient times, people have attached great importance to mutton fat jade, and it is the best in jade and is very precious. It not only symbolizes the gentlemanly character of "benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage and purity", but also symbolizes the secular emotions of "beauty, nobility, auspiciousness, gentleness and tranquility". In ancient times, only emperors and generals were qualified to wear high-quality white jade.

This kind of jade is the best, it is very rare, but there is a large piece here, and it is also carved into Guanyin. Yang Fan estimated that this jade Guanyin would not be worse than the Tianhuangshi birthday carving.

"Before, the most valuable thing I had here was this Jade Guanyin. However, from today, there are three heavy treasures. ”

Yang Fan knew that he was referring to this Jade Guanyin, as well as the Qingniu inkstone he had just gotten, and the Tianhuangshi Shouxing carving. Although those two pieces of ancient ink are rare, they are not rare.

The other old men were very envious, in the past, this old guy's collection was half a catty compared to them. But now, completely threw them off a few streets. They thought to themselves, will they have to hold a grand birthday banquet in the future?

Yang Fan was very surprised that he actually saw a tiger talisman.

Tiger talisman is an ancient Chinese metal tiger-shaped troop transfer certificate, legend is invented by Jiang Ziya of the Western Zhou Dynasty, issued by the central government to the general in charge, its back is engraved with an inscription, divided into two halves, the right half is stored in the imperial court, the left half is issued to the commander of the army or the local governor, the two halves need to be combined with the inscription to take effect. The Tiger Talisman is dedicated to each army, and each army has a corresponding Tiger Talisman.

"This is something from the Yuan Dynasty, which is relatively rare. Old Man Qi said.

Although the Yuan Dynasty was a vast region, it was one of the most glorious dynasties in China in terms of land area. However, the life span of the Yuan Dynasty was very short, and like the Qin Dynasty, it was like a meteor crossing the sky, leaving a lot of mysteries, which were explored by historians and archaeologists.

Yangfan nodded, did not speak, his eyes fell on another thing, and he was stunned for a moment.