Sun Zhongyuan looked at Huo Xiaodong. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Huo Xiaodong had no opinion, and asked Kang Ning, "You don't have anything to sell in this calligraphy, painting and furniture field?"

"I'm waiting for that jar with a lid on the kiln!" said Kang Ning twice, "Let's go?" ”

Kang Ning knew that the Dingyao lid jar was Sun Zhongyuan's thing, so he naturally wanted to talk to him. If you get this thing from the auction, it won't be much of a profit to change hands, so Kangning plans to collect it himself, not to find business for Tonggu Zhai.

Huo Xiaodong had known Kang Ning for a long time because of Shi Lao, and he was originally going to call him "Uncle Kang", but Kang Ning and Sun Zhongyuan now have a bit of a meaning of calling each other brothers, and it is really a little embarrassing to sit together.

Corning said in advance, "To each his own." ”

When eating in the private room, Sun Zhongyuan handed Kang Ning a cigarette, but Kang Ning waved his hand, "Quit it!"

As he spoke, Corning took out a snuffbox from his pocket, removed the top cover, took out a little snuff from it, and put his fingers into his nostrils in a decent manner, and after a while, covered it with a handkerchief and sneezed several times.

"Okay, enjoy snuff!" Huo Xiaodong laughed.

Nowadays, there are many cigarettes, but snuff is really rare. Snuff is an ancient enjoyment of life, but in fact, it has more benefits than smoking cigarettes, at least there is no need to light a fire, no need to let people smell second-hand smoke, and no need to harm the lungs.

Snuff is made of fermented tobacco leaf powder and spices, it is said that it was brought into China by Matteo Ricci during the Wanli period, and in the Kang Yongqian period, it ushered in the golden age. Like Ji Xiaolan, who still likes to smoke big cigarette pouches, is a very few.

Huo Xiaodong said, and looked at Kangning's snuff box again, which was a porcelain snuff bottle, pastel, painted with landscapes.

"This snuffbox is ordinary!" Huo Xiaodong commented again. Indeed, this is something new.

Kangning smiled, "Well, I found someone to make it from the porcelain." Really good snuff bottles, old objects, who would be willing to really use them for snuff!"

Snuff bottles are a kind of art brought about by the popularity of snuff. Don't look at the things are not big, but there are many kinds, what metal jade, porcelain, materials, etc., there are all kinds of techniques, and they are wide-ranging. The craftsmanship is superb, and it is truly exquisite, forming a unique collection category.

Sun Zhongyuan lit a cigarette himself, "It turns out that Kang is always better than this." ”

Kangning smiled and put away the pastel porcelain snuff box, but as if by magic, he reached out and another snuff box appeared in his palm!

Sun Zhongyuan looked at it, this snuff bottle is not ordinary!

It is a glass-painted snuff box with a tourmaline top. The shape of this snuff box is a slightly square cylinder, four patterns, plum orchid bamboo chrysanthemum, and four gentlemen.

And there is also a seal, and the payment "Wu Chang'an"!

"Wu Chang'an?" Huo Xiaodong immediately shouted after seeing it, "This is one of the four masters of the 'Beijing faction' in the late Qing Dynasty, is it really fake?"

"You know how to do it!" Kang Ning said, looking at Sun Zhongyuan again.

Sun Zhongyuan smiled, "Since Mr. Kang brought it, then let's appreciate it first." ”

The inner painting snuff bottle, unlike other snuff bottles of materials and handicrafts, only appeared in the late Qing Dynasty. There are glass, there are crystals, in short, they have to be transparent. First of all, the inner wall is made of something such as emery to make a frosted surface, and then a special bamboo pen is extremely small, and the inner frosted surface is painted in reverse.

The difficulty can be imagined. Because the snuff box is not only small, but also has a smaller spout, the bamboo pen sticks in, and you have to paint in reverse, and it has to look good, and the effort in this is great!

There were once three schools of inner painting snuff bottles: the Beijing school, the Lu school, and the Ji school, which were divided by region.

The two looked at it carefully, and Kang Ning said with a smile, "The four masters of the Beijing faction: Ma Shaoxuan, who entered the house, Ye Zhongsan, Zhou Leyuan, who was a civil and military all-rounder, and Wu Chang'an, who was a civil and military all-rounder. ”

The first three are easy to understand, entering the room, appreciating the elegance and vulgarity, and the spring and snow, all describe the painting and techniques. Only this "civil and military all-rounder", this painted snuff bottle, when did it become "martial"?

Kang Ning started to talk, and he didn't stop, "Actually, the so-called all-round talent in civil and military affairs is related to Wu Chang'an's background. In fact, he doesn't have any martial arts. I've read a chapter about Wu Chang'an, and I'll tell you about it. ”

According to Kang Ning, Wu Chang'an is a banner man, and the firearms battalion is a white flag, which was originally called Wu Shibao. His ancestors had military merits and were awarded the title of "Xiao Riding School", and he inherited it. As for a child of the Eight Banners of the late Qing Dynasty, it is estimated that it will be difficult to get on and off the horse. But he is a descendant of military generals, and this name is there.

In the late Qing Dynasty, Wu Shibao was basically unemployed, relying on the real estate and belongings left by his ancestors, which was relatively nourishing.

Usebo's fortunes turned because of a congregation. Duan Wang Zaiyi went out of the hall in the mansion, and he went up to sing the Eight Immortals to celebrate his birthday. There is something wrong with this, this Zaiyi wanted to use the Boxers at that time to urge Cixi to declare war on the outside world. When Wu Shibao sang the birthday celebration of the Eight Immortals, he added a few words about the Boxers. As a result, Zai Yi wanted to arrange for him to go to the Tiger God Camp.

What does the Tiger God Camp do? Dealing with foreign devils, tigers eat sheep, and gods destroy ghosts.

Usebo was also clever, and later found someone to accommodate him, got a leave of absence due to illness, and finally didn't go. However, the root of this bane has fallen.

Later, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army entered the capital, and the Qing government negotiated peace, demanding that the culprits of the Boxers be punished, and Zai Yi was sent to the frontier. At first, no one thought of such a small role as Usebo, but later because of some things, he was taken down and put in prison.

There is a saying called a blessing in disguise, and it was in prison that he met a master of firing utensils and interior paintings, and learned this skill.

After all, he didn't report to the Tiger God Camp, so he was finally released from prison. After being released from prison, Wu Shibao practiced the technique of painting pots inside, and later changed his name to Wu Chang'an, and eventually became a generation of everyone.

"You're reading a novel, right?" Huo Xiaodong felt a little overwhelmed after listening to it.

Sun Zhongyuan pointed to the snuff bottle and said, "The snuff bottle is painted inside, the first look at the technique, such a clever technique, even if it is not made by Wu Changan, the value is almost the same as his work!"

Kang Ning pointed at Huo Xiaodong, "You have to follow Mr. Sun to learn hard! The value, craftsmanship and technique of this inner painting snuff bottle are the most important, and the author and year are actually secondary." ”

In fact, what Sun Zhongyuan and Kang Ning mean is not that the author and year are not important, but that the inner painting of the snuff bottle is too special, and the value is directly linked to the craftsmanship. In other words, those who can reach the level of Wu Changan must also be a master, and they will not impersonate themselves.