Chapter 439: 'National Treasure' Qing Dynasty Three Generations Enamel Porcelain
Chapter 439 'National Treasure' Qing Dynasty Three Generations Enamel Porcelain
…… During the reign of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, Shan-Dong suffered a great drought, and the seventh grandson of the Pu family, Pu Price, took his family members to settle in Shen-Yang, and brought the original manuscript of the heirloom "Strange Tales of Liao Zhai" and "Liao Zhai Miscellaneous Notes" and the huge painting "Liao Zhai Xingle Tu" that was more than six zhang long.
Later, before his death, Pu Jieren passed the manuscripts of "Liao Zhai Xingle Tu" and "Liao Zhai Zhi Wei" to Pu Yinghan and Pu Yinghao respectively. Pu Yinghan later sold "Liao Zhai Xingle Tu" due to poor life.
Later, in addition to the preservation of half of the original manuscript of "Strange Tales of Liao Zhai" in the Liao-Ning Library, the other half of the manuscript of "Strange Tales of Liao Zhai" and the huge painting "Liao Zhai Xingle Tu" with a length of more than 20 meters were completely lost.
Unexpectedly, today, this famous national treasure, which made countless scholars, painters and calligraphy and painting connoisseurs shake their heads and sigh that they had never seen it, actually appeared in the hands of the Black Tiger Gang, and was also brought to Liu Dong as a gift.
Taking a gentle breath, Liu Dong rolled up the scroll that had been spread out for more than two meters. Now he was so glad he was here today. Not to mention anything else, just with this Pu Songling's authentic painting "Liao Zhai Xingle Tu", even if there is no more than 100 million behind, Liu Dong will do such a deal!
"What's the matter, Brother Liu is not satisfied with this painting?" Seeing that Liu Dong just stretched out and looked at the picture of more than two meters, he rolled it up again without saying a word, Wang Haitao couldn't help but ask in surprise.
"Hehe, Gang Master Wang misunderstood, I'm very satisfied with this painting, it's just that the place here is too small to stretch out!"
After listening to Liu Dong's words, Wang Haitao nodded. I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart. This painting is nearly a decade since the establishment of the Black Tiger Gang. There are limited goodies in the collection.
"Lao Pei. Go and bring a few more tables!" Wang Haitao instructed, now Liu Dong is his savior, of course he has to serve well.
"Forget it, Gang Master Wang doesn't have to be so troublesome, when I win the gamble, it's not too late to take this painting back and look at it!" Liu Dong smiled indifferently.
Perhaps the confidence in Liu Dong's words gave Wang Haitao confidence and made him smile more. "The gambling matter is up to Brother Liu!"
"Helper......" Pei Zhiming hesitated.
"Okay, listen to Brother Liu, don't bother!" Wang Haitao waved his hand.
After a few people sat down again, Liu Dong couldn't wait to lift the red silk on the second tray, and with the previous "Liao Zhai Xing Tu" as the foundation, he was even more looking forward to the second gift.
"This ...... It's so good!" When he saw the second gift for the first time, Liu Dong's heart jumped suddenly!
I saw that one was about 40 centimeters high, 25 centimeters wide at its widest point, and its feet were wide and circled. Short neck, bulging belly, gilded elephant ears. With a gold ring, a gorgeous and very gorgeous enamel color entwined lotus pattern large jar appeared in front of Liu Dong's eyes.
The value of enamel porcelain will be understood by anyone who understands Chinese ceramics.
According to historical records, this kind of special for the emperor's use, the process is complex, labor-intensive, and extremely expensive China's top porcelain, each piece must be approved by the emperor, and then preserved in history, and in addition to the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties, in the late Qing Dynasty, with the decline of national strength, enamel porcelain almost disappeared.
And this has caused the scarcity of Qing Dynasty enamel porcelain in the world now, almost every piece of Qing Dynasty enamel porcelain appeared on the market, will cause domestic and foreign collectors to rush to buy, and more than 10 million pieces!
In addition, this large amphora enamel color jar with yellow background entwined branch lotus pattern is gorgeous and gorgeous, with complex patterns and diverse colors. At first glance, it is different from the Kangxi enamel porcelain that is monotonous with most of the regular sketches, such as passionflower and entwined peony, with flowers and no birds, and there is also a big gap with the Yongzheng enamel porcelain with many landscapes and figures, enamel painted on a white background, and simple and elegant shape.
Liu Dong picked it up and looked at the circle foot, and sure enough, it was neatly written on it with the four-character regular script of 'Qianlong Imperial System'!
The enamel porcelain of the Qianlong period is the most exquisite in the enamel porcelain in the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, not only the materials and the cost of work, but also in order to fire the enamel color, and to meet the requirements of the Qianlong Emperor, the "first player in ancient and modern times", the office in Jing-Dezhen concentrated the best porcelain masters to fire the porcelain fetus, and then took the canal across thousands of miles to transport it to the capital, so that the court painters in the Ruyi Pavilion, including Wang Yuanqi, Lang Shining and others, painted the sketches! Kaixiang Palace's secondary firing!
In this way, the enamel porcelain, which was fired by the country's highest manpower, material resources and wisdom, reached its peak in the Qianlong period!
Of course, whether it is Kangxi, Yongzheng, or Qianlong, every piece of enamel porcelain is a priceless treasure, Liu Dong doesn't believe that Wang Haitao doesn't know.
But now, he actually took this priceless Qianlong enamel color jar and made it a gift for himself, which shows how much he has invested. If you add the original work of Pu Songling's "Liao Zhai Xingle Tu" above, these two things alone are worth no less than 50 million. Of course, maybe when these two things arrived in Wang Haitao's hands, they might not have cost much, but Liu Dong couldn't help but think about it.
There is a way to be courteous to people must have something to ask for, such a heavy courtesy, then tonight's affairs will inevitably be very troublesome.
But no matter how troublesome it is, Liu Dong will never push these two things out, because they are priceless national treasures, and they may never be seen again after missing them today.
"As long as Brother Liu can win today's gamble, Brother Liu will have a heavy thank you behind him!, Brother Liu will definitely be satisfied!" Wang Haitao waited for Liu Dong to put down the porcelain, and hurriedly said beside him.
"Then thank you Brother Wang!" Liu Dong, who was very satisfied in his heart, did not care about his face, and immediately changed his words, taking the opportunity to get closer to the relationship between the two sides, and it was convenient for him to act later!
Wang Gangmaster, changed to Brother Wang, Wang Haitao naturally heard the intimacy in Liu Dong's words, and the smile on his face increased even more at the moment, "Hehe, Brother Liu is polite, if you want to say thank you, it's also Brother thank you!"
Just when the two of them were in harmony, a shirtless young man with a hideous wolf head tattoo tattooed on his exposed right arm hurriedly pushed the door and walked in.
"Big brother, they're coming!"
A simple sentence immediately makes the atmosphere in the office a little tense.
After noticing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Liu Dong also realized that it was his turn to play next.
He was not polite at the moment, and after taking one last look at the two antiques on the table, he stood up, "Brother Wang, I have no problem here, and then it depends on your arrangement!"
"Okay, just wait for my brother's words!" Wang Haitao slapped his thigh, stood up and said loudly.
"Let's go, go to the casino!" After greeting everyone, Wang Haitao stretched out his hand and said, "Brother Liu, please!"
"Please!"
After a brief politeness, the two of them went first, took more than a dozen high-level officials of the Black Tiger Gang, walked out of the office together, and then took a special elevator down to the third floor underground. Of course, they won't go to the noisy casino hall, which involves hundreds of millions of gambling games, and the Black Tiger Gang of course also has a special luxury gambling hall.
After Liu Dong sat down on the luxurious seats around the gambling hall, three people of different heights, fat and thin, walked in under the leadership of the Black Tiger Gang.
The latter two are also counted, although they are sturdy, have solid muscles, and have kung fu on their bodies at a glance, Liu Dong still doesn't pay attention to them. But the old man in his fifties who came in at the head made him a little interested!
The old man wore a gray cardigan on his upper body, but the sleeves were very long, and he covered all his hands, which looked a little weird. A pair of black trousers on the lower body, but with leggings, a pair of black old cloth shoes under his feet, coupled with a thin figure, is almost the same as the old people in the countryside who just broke free from feudal ignorance in the Republic of China!
But what is even more rare is that there is a yellow-haired monkey squatting on the right shoulder of this old man, and it is not easy to see today's scene when the profession of monkey is basically dying out because monkeys have become protected animals.
After the old man came in, he looked at the Black Tiger Gang around him, sneered, and sneered: "Gang Master Wang is a big battle today?
With the old man's words, the two tall men standing behind him also grinned and laughed.
The unscrupulousness of the three of them aroused the anger of the surrounding Black Tiger Gang, but they also seemed to have suffered a lot of losses, so despite their anger, no one took the initiative to step forward.
"Mr. Zhao, there is a saying that 'be a man and leave a line, and we will see each other in the future'! In the past few days, you have taken 150 million from our Black Tiger Gang, is it time to stop?" Wang Haitao held back the anger in his heart and said coldly.
"Stop, of course I'm willing to stop, provided that the Wang Gang Master agrees to our conditions!"
"Impossible!!" Wang Haitao refused without thinking about it.
He knew what the so-called conditions were, but this casino was the basis for the Black Tiger Gang to be able to occupy the number one gang in Quancheng City for a long time, even if it was a two-percent profit, it would be a big piece of fat. Wang Haitao is not stupid, how can he share this kind of golden rooster with others.
"Then there is no way!" said the old man surnamed Zhao with a smile.
"Second, sixth, let's go!" After greeting, the old man surnamed Zhao was ready to go out. Winning money at the outside gambling table, in full view of everyone, the gangsters dare not lose money for the sign of the casino!
"Wait!"
"What's the matter? Did Gang Leader Wang change his mind?" the old man surnamed Zhao half-turned to look at Wang Haitao and said with a smile.
"Of course it can't be! However, today our Black Tiger Gang has invited a master to gamble with Your Excellency, so there is no need for Mr. Zhao to go to the outside hall again!" Wang Haitao said.
…………………… (To be continued......)