Chapter 263: Li Mo is hard to find the best in the world
Tian topaz is a natural gemstone, which is a treasure given by nature to human beings, and it is also a kind of wealth for human beings.
Tian Huangyu stone is one of the "three treasures of the seal stone" in China, yellow is the most common, the use is also the most common, among them, the Qianlong Emperor is the most fond of Tian Huangshi, many of his seals are carved from Tian Huangshi.
Sanada yellow is like solidified honey, full of fat and oily, and it is the essence of the earth. It is extremely rare and prestigious. Emperor Qianlong regarded it as the supreme product of "exclusive respect".
His love also made the ministers under him set off a craze, and they rushed to follow suit.
But Tian Huangshi, only the best mined in Shoushan Township, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, with the large-scale mining of Tian Topaz, the number of Tian Topaz is getting smaller and smaller, and the value of Tian Topaz is getting higher and higher, to now, Tian Topaz is even more expensive than gold several times, and it is priceless in the market, and now Tian Topaz has reached the point of exhaustion.
Chu Yunqiu looked at the Tian topaz stone in his hand, his eyes were full of intoxication, he just lacked a seal, he didn't expect that the heavens would send one to him immediately, and it was also Tian topaz.
Chu Yunqiu secretly decided in his heart that after his carving level went up, he must carve a seal by himself.
Even if the level is inferior to those old-timers, but the meaning of the carving by oneself is different.
Chu Yunqiu took the Tian Huangshi in his hand, and words appeared in his eyes, it was really information about this Tian Huangshi.
Name: Tian Huangshi
Evaluation: Gold is easy to obtain, Tianhuang is hard to find, known as the "king of ten thousand stones", its color is warm and lovely, the texture is fine, since the Ming and Qing dynasties, it has been regarded as the "king of printing stones" by the Indians, and is liked by many literati and scholars.
Introduction: This jade was mined in the Republic of China period, due to the outbreak of the civil war, the guide zhì its exile to the people, although to find a batch back. But most of the years are treasured.
This jade is clear and transparent, like solidified honey, moist and lubricated. It belongs to the top grade of Tian Huangyu stone - Tian Huang frozen stone, but the yellow is red and the color is bright, so it belongs to the "golden yellow" in Tian Huang, since Emperor Qianlong. Loved by successive emperors.
Chu Yunqiu got the detailed information of Tian Huangyu Stone, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, this piece of Tian Huangshi Chu Yunqiu planned to use it himself, such a large piece was enough to carve a seal and a few seals by himself.
Chu Yunqiu put Tian Huang Frozen Stone into the treasure bag, and then took out the wooden box from the wooden box.
This wooden box is very ordinary, it is an ordinary wooden box in the people's homes, because it has been a long time, and there is even a piece of fungus on the ground.
Chu Yunqiu opened the wooden box. Inside, there are three ink ingots neatly arranged.
Two of the pieces are in the shape of a box, while the last one is in the shape of an ellipse.
Chu Yunqiu picked up one of the rectangular ink ingots, and kept looking at the body of the ink ingots, on the back of it, there was a dragon pattern on the left and right sides, which was magnificent, but the surface was very subtle, without the slightest domineering of teeth and claws, and on the front of the ink ingot, there were four big characters written on it. The font is graceful, very graceful, as if written by a woman, full of everyone's style. on top of the font. There is also a faint golden light, these fonts have been painted with gold powder, but for some reason, the gold paint on it seems to be slowly falling off, and only the corners still show obvious traces.
The words written on the ink ingot are - Yulou Rejuvenation.
Above the edges of the ingot. There are also a few small characters engraved - the sixth year of Xiande.
The other rectangular ink ingot depicts a hovering golden dragon, the golden dragon hovers on the ink ingot, with teeth and claws, scales and horns, very domineering, coated with gold dust on the golden dragon, it looks very high-end and atmospheric, far from the modern ink ingot he bought can be compared.
On the back of this ink ingot, "Xuanyuan Reiki" is written, and on the ground in the upper right corner is the signature of "Zhongde".
The last ink ingot is oval-shaped, carved with the pattern of the ancient city of Huizhou and the peak of the Yellow Mountain, exuding a faint musk fragrance, very rich.
Chu Yunqiu looked at the three ink ingots, and the information of the three ink ingots appeared in his eyes.
Name: Jade House Rejuvenation
Type: Li Mo
Title: The world's first ink
Makers: Li Yanqi, Li Chao
Time: Five Dynasties Period.
Introduction: Li Mo was made by the famous ink-making master of the Southern Tang Dynasty - Li Tingqi and his father Li Chao in Shezhou, Anhui, more than 1,000 years ago.
Li Mosong smoke is light, the gum quality is good, the seasoning is even, the hammer is fine, stored for a hundred years, still "its hard as jade, its lines like rhino", there is no change. Li Mo "its strong and sharp can be cut wood", copied one and a half parts of the "Huayan Sutra", grinding an inch, can be stored for hundreds of years without rotting, grinding when there is "dipterocarp" emitted out, the title is sobering, praised by the world.
The Song people called it "the first product in the world".
Evaluation: "Gold is easy to obtain, Li Mo is hard to find", Li Tingqi makes ink, the materials are very particular, to pine smoke, pearls, jade chips, borneol, and lacquer, deer horn glue, rhino horn, musk and other precious items, pounded 100,000 times, made zuò molding. Li Mo is as hard as a stone, rich and greasy, lustrous as lacquer, and its hardness can be cut into wood and cut paper.
This ink is called [Jade House Rejuvenation], formed and a thousand years ago, belongs to the rare treasures, priceless treasures.
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The last sentence lit up, Chu Yunqiu's eyes were worth it, "Rare treasures, priceless treasures, okay, it's you", Chu Yunqiu is so cool.
Name: Xuanyuan Reiki
Type: Vermilion
Title: The world's first product
Maker: Cheng Junfang
Time: Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty
Introduction: Its shape is different, and the whole body of lacquer clothing is as fine as jade. The ink mold carving is fine, and the ink surface is exquisite and incomparable, which is extremely rare.
Evaluation: The design is exquisite, the type is chic, the name is ancient, and it has a social nature, which has a profound impact on the later ink industry, and there are still many ink makers in the Qing Dynasty who follow the model and name he formulated.
Dong Qichang appreciated, "A hundred years later, there is no monarch's house but there is the ink of the monarch's room; A thousand years later, there is no ink of the king's house but the name of the king's house. ”
Extremely high value.
Although it is not as good as Li Mo, it is not bad.
Chu Yunqiu turned his gaze to the last ink ingot, if it wasn't very precious, he planned to use it himself, but when he saw it like this, Chu Yunqiu was stunned, he didn't expect this ink ingot to have such a big origin.
Name: Purple Jade Light
Type: Cao Mo
Title: The ink of the world pushes Shezhou, and the ink of Shezhou pushes Cao's
Producer: Cao Sugong
Time: Kangxi era of the Qing Dynasty
Introduction: The material is taken from the century-old pine of Tiandu Peak, after being transported to the ink room, sawed from it, only the dense sunny side of the annual rings is taken, split into small pieces of foot length, and dried with a simmer. It is burned under a special copper pot, and pure mountain spring water is added to the copper pot, and many precious spices are added to the mountain spring water.
When the water is completely boiled dry and cooled, then use sandalwood strips to scrape off the pine smoke on it, mix gelatin, lotus root powder and other materials, add mountain spring water and boil slowly, when the fire arrives, immediately add pine smoke and stir evenly, and finally add musk. After cooling, it is poured into a special red sandalwood ink mold, and then slowly weighted and pressed into a mold.
Finally, it was carved by Cao Gongsu himself, and the whole ink block was formed into an oval shape, which was carved with the pattern of the ancient city of Huizhou and the peak of the Yellow Mountain, exuding a faint musk fragrance of ink treasure. 、
Evaluation: Emperor Kangxi said: "With the words written by Mr. Cao's Mobao, I am looking at the black and shiny pen and ink, and the side view emits a light purple light, like purple jade", so the handwritten - purple jade light, inherited to future generations.
Unique.
PS: Thank you for the support of the two monthly passes of the sister of "Louise ~~ Queen", thank you sister, thank you for the support of the big brother of "Xiaoyao Xingyu Star Wish" for a monthly pass, thank you big brother, and thank you for the strong support of the big brother and sister, thank you. (To be continued.) )