Text Chapter 564 Lotus Boy
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The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man in his forties, and he had already seen a handsome and dashing young man and a beautiful foreign girl walking in.
When he saw the three-color old jade table on Alina's wrist, this person was happy, rich man, don't you keep such a valuable thing at home, why do you take it with you?
The shopkeeper walked over with a smile, put the lotus boy in the tray, put it in front of Ouyang Zhiyuan with a smile, and said with a smile: "Look, it's an old thing from the Qing Dynasty, it's very good, the jade quality and knife work are first-class." β
In the antique industry, the goods cannot be handed over by hand, so as not to slip and fall to the ground, and the responsibility is not clear. Therefore, when looking at the goods, they are all placed in the pallet.
Ouyang took the lotus boy and looked carefully at this jade artifact full of monuments and crystal clear.
This piece of jade, carved extremely expressive and fine, first-class knife work, knife skills like peers, extremely skilled, full use of round carving and high relief, as well as the ancient knife technique of skillful carving and skin.
The boy is about 8 centimeters tall, smiling, a pair of small eyes, smiling like a crescent moon, a face of satisfaction and happiness intoxication, his big head, with a peach-shaped bun, holding a blooming lotus in both hands, the lotus is carved on the back of the boy, and the legs are in a natural walking shape.
What's more valuable is that the golden jade skin is left behind, carved into a whole crystal bright lotus, and the boy's eyebrows happen to leave a little jujube red skin, carved into an eyebrow pearl, making the lotus boy more rich and lovely.
Ouyang Zhiyuan had already seen that the other party's label was written as a lotus boy in the Qing Dynasty, but this boy was not from the Qing Dynasty, but a typical Song Dynasty boy.
Judging what age this jade boy is, it is mainly judged from the slurry on the surface of the boy, but this boy is not just unearthed, but after nearly a thousand years of hand-me-down, after countless people's palms of the warm slow plate, formed a treasure-like thick pulp, this kind of pulp, has entered the bone, deep into the depths of the jade boy, the jade boy of the Qing Dynasty, there is no such thick pulp. In addition, judging the age of a piece of jade, but also from the jade charm style to judge, this jade boy's face and expression charm, is carved out of the heart of a typical Song Dynasty character, completely realistic style, the boy's happiness and joy of the moment, vividly expressed.
The expressions of the characters of the Qing Dynasty did not have the kind of satisfied happiness of the prosperous era of the Song Dynasty, even if the Qing Dynasty was prosperous, the culture of the Manchu Qing and the Han people still violently collided with each other, especially the high-pressure policy of keeping hair without head, so that people did not have the slightest satisfaction and happiness.
In addition, Ouyang Zhiyuan was in Zhu Wencai's safe, and he had seen the real thing of the Song Dynasty boy, which was almost exactly the same as this Song Dynasty boy, but Zhu Wencai's one was not as good as this.
Ouyang Zhiyuan smiled: "Shopkeeper, how much is this boy?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "I bought it for two thousand, you give it two and a half, and I will give it to you." β
Ouyang Zhiyuan smiled: "How about two thousand two?"
The shopkeeper looked at Ouyang Zhiyuan and said, "The minimum is two thousand three, and if it is less, I won't buy it." β
Ouyang Zhiyuan smiled: "Deal." β
Ouyang Zhiyuan took out two thousand three and handed it to the store.
The store is very happy that it has made a deal. This lotus boy was collected from the countryside and turned into two hundred, and now it is sold for two thousand three and earns two thousand one, which is really cool.
"Alas!"
There was a sigh from behind.
Ouyang Zhiyuan turned his face and saw that a middle-aged man in his forties was standing behind him, looking at the lotus boy in his hand, and was sighing. Ouyang Zhiyuan smiled: "Why is this gentleman sighing. β
The man smiled and said, "Little brother has good eyesight and bought a good thing."
When the shopkeeper heard the other party praise the Dingxi he sold as a good thing, he immediately smiled: "Of course, the things sold in our Ming and Qing Dynasty ancient jade stores are all real things, genuine, and they are returned, one day you don't like it, we can return it without any conditions." β
The man smiled and said: "I know that your Ming and Qing Dynasty ancient jade shops do not sell fakes, I mean, this little brother's eyesight is better, I saw this lotus boy yesterday, I originally wanted to buy it, but there was an urgency, I was in too much of a hurry, I wanted to buy it again today, but I didn't expect to let the little brother buy it." β
Ouyang Zhiyuan smiled and said, "This lotus boy, since you fell in love with it before, I can let it be given to you." β
Ouyang Zhiyuan saw that this person was extraordinary, and his demeanor and speech were definitely not like ordinary characters, so Ouyang Zhiyuan wanted to make friends.
The man smiled and said: "Thank you, little brother, the gentleman does not win the love, I saw that there is no chance to buy, it means that I have no chance to buy this boy, and now, you have bought it, it means that this thing has a fate with you, especially this ancient jade, this old thing with spirituality depends on fate." β
As soon as Ouyang Zhiyuan heard this person, he could also see that the age of this lotus boy was very old, and he knew that this person was an expert.
The jade collection, divided by chronology, can be divided into three periods: early antiquity, middle antiquity and ancient times. The jade of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties is called the ancient period, the jade from the Qin Dynasty to the Song and Tang dynasties is called the Middle Ages, the stone age and the jade of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, and is called the ancient times.
Ouyang Zhiyuan said with a smile: "Okay, but the jade of the Middle Ages is difficult to see now, and today I finally found a superb one." β
When the man heard Ouyang Zhiyuan say that this boy belonged to the second-hand superb, a knowing smile appeared on his face. The young man must have been an antique expert.
When the shopkeeper heard Ouyang Zhiyuan say that this lotus boy was said by young people to be a jade in the Middle Ages, he said in his heart, young, a boy in the Ming and Qing dynasties, he was actually regarded as a boy in the Middle Ages, hehe, his eyesight is still not good.
The shopkeeper smiled: "Young man, this is a boy who imitates the Song Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty, you can't see it as a boy in the Song Dynasty, lest people hear it and laugh at you." β
The man couldn't help but laugh when he heard the shopkeeper say this.
At this time, an old man in Tang costume walked in, and when the man saw the old man in Tang costume, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Old Kong, you are here." β
The old man in Tang costume who came in was the old man Kong Fansheng, a famous collector in the Yanjing collection world.
As soon as the old man saw the middle-aged man, he immediately smiled and said, "Zhengxiang, when did you come back from Africa?"
Gu Zhengxiang said with a smile: "Old Kong, I just came back from Africa yesterday, and your old body is still so tough. β
Kong Lao smiled: "No, when you are old, you will still be the world of your young people in the future." β
When the shopkeeper saw that Kong Lao was coming, he hurriedly walked out of the counter and said respectfully: "Kong Lao, you are here." β
Kong Fansheng said with a smile: "Xiao Zhang, I heard that you have taken in a new boy, let me take a look." When the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Old Kong, you are late, the lotus boy was bought by this little brother." β
The shopkeeper Xiao Zhang pointed at Ouyang Zhiyuan.
When Kong Lao saw the lotus boy in Ouyang Zhiyuan's hand, his face changed, and he shook his head regretfully and said: "What a lotus boy in the Song Dynasty, the texture and knife work are first-class products, and this is a royal thing." β
When the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang heard that Kong Lao also said that this lotus boy was also from the Song Dynasty, he couldn't help but be stunned and whispered: "Kong Lao, isn't it the imitation of the Song Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty?"
Kong Lao shook his head regretfully and said, "Xiao Zhang, did you sell it as a Qing Dynasty?"
As soon as the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang heard Kong Lao say this, his face turned green, and Kong Lao's eyesight was second to none in Yanjing's antique shop.
The shopkeeper Xiao Zhang's intestines were blue, and he had just taught this young man a lesson, but now, he was looking away. The things are sold out, and I can't regret it.
The shopkeeper Xiao Zhang looked at Kong Lao and stammered: "Kong Lao, you ...... You say this boy is really from the Song Dynasty?"
Kong Lao nodded.
The shopkeeper Xiao Zhang lowered his head regretfully and said, "I'm blind." β
Kong Lao looked at Ouyang Zhiyuan and said, "Little brother, shall I take a look at that boy?"
Ouyang Zhiyuan heard others call the old man Kong Lao, and he also shouted: "Okay, Kong Lao." β
Ouyang Zhiyuan spoke, and handed the boy into the old man's hand.
The old man took it, looked at it carefully, and said: "Good thing, yes, it is definitely a thing of the royal court, the knife work is sharp and smooth, the clouds are smooth, the carving is extremely expressive, and the jade quality is first-class." β
As soon as Kong Lao said this, the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang fainted directly.
Kong Lao handed the lotus boy to Ouyang Zhiyuan and said with a smile: "Young man, yes, this kind of thing is hard to find, don't sell it if you buy it, it's best to give it to your daughter-in-law, you should know the meaning of the lotus boy." β
Of course, Ouyang Zhiyuan knew the beautiful legend of the Lotus Boy.
The lotus boy is auspicious and very popular in the Song Dynasty, which had a profound impact on the development of jade carved figures in later generations. According to the record of "Miscellaneous Treasure Essence", there is an immortal mountain in the Western Regions Bolonai, and Fan Zhi lives on this mountain, and he often lives on the mountain rock to urinate. After a female deer licked his urine, she conceived and gave birth to a daughter. Fan Zhi raised the deer girl to adulthood and married King Fanyu as a concubine. Later, the deer girl gave birth to a dry-leaf lotus freak. The deer girl secretly threw the fetus into the blue and threw it into the river, and when the king of Wuyan and his apprentices passed by the river, they salvaged the basket, and saw that there was a child on each lotus seed, so she adopted them. When children become adults, they are extremely brave and become the pillars of the country.
"Xiangzu Notes" records that once, Song Gaozong feasted the ministers, and during the banquet, he saw the jade boy fan pendant on the fan held by Wang Jun, which he fell into the water, so he asked Wang Jun where he got it, and Wang Jun said that he bought it from the Qinghefang store. When I asked the shopkeeper, he said that he had bought it from the basket bearer. I asked the basket man again, and said that he bought it from the cook lady of the Chen Mansion outside the gate of Hou Chao, and finally the cook said that it was obtained from the belly of the fish when washing the yellow croaker, so these people were rewarded by the emperor. It can be seen that the emperor and the commoners both love the lotus boy. It is said that children can grow up healthily when they wear this jade pendant, and daughters-in-law will have precious sons if they wear them.