Chapter 594: Agarwood Carving
"Master Fujiwara, is this really something carved from agarwood?" Hearing Takebe Siren's words, several tourists who were watching casually from the side couldn't help but be attracted by the three words of agarwood.
Hearing the words of Wubu Siren and these tourists, Fang You had a smile on his face, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly, these people could be said to have no understanding of agarwood at all.
Fujiwara Masahiko also had a smile on his face, and when he was about to correct the mistakes of these people, he saw Fang You shaking his head and smiling, he was suddenly a little surprised, could it be that this Fang Xiaoyou, who is extremely proficient in jade, is also proficient in other kinds of antiques, he couldn't help but say: "Fang Xiaoyou, why are you shaking your head and laughing, isn't what Wubu Xiaoyou and this gentleman said wrong." ”
Fang You smiled, "Mr. Fujiwara, don't make fun of me, the knowledge I have is too far from yours." ”
"Fang Xiaoyou, there is an old saying in Huaxia, there is no order to learn, the master is the teacher, you don't have to be modest, explain it for us." Fujiwara said with a smile on his face.
Takebe Siren's face suddenly sank, "Why, what I said is not right, this is a real thing carved from agarwood." ”
"Wube-kun, if these three things are really carved from agarwood, then they really won't be taken into our eyes." Fang You said with a slight smile.
"Fang You, what do you mean by this, the preciousness of agarwood has become a fact, you don't have to fool people here, I won't be fooled." Wube Siren stared at Fang You with a gloomy face, as if he felt that Fang You was going to do some kind of trick again.
Fang You shook his head and smiled, this martial arts Siren is very proficient in jewelry and jade, but in terms of antiques, it can make people sigh.
"For senior antique collectors, there is no agarwood this said, all agarwood carvings are made of agarwood as raw materials, agarwood is born in wood, but it is not wood, but resin and wood mixed after the condensation object, only with agarwood made of carvings, can be called agarwood carving, agarwood is extremely precious, but agarwood, is just an agarwood tree that does not bear agarwood."
Fang You smiled and continued: "Wube-kun, do you think that trees that don't bear agarwood will have a little value, don't say Mr. Fujiwara, everyone next to you may not be able to catch their eyes." ”
Hearing what Fang You said, most of the people watching from the side couldn't help but suddenly realize that they had always thought that agarwood carvings were only carved from agarwood, but now they finally understood that the value was agarwood, not agarwood.
Fujiwara Masahiko smiled and nodded, for a long time, people who have just entered the antique industry have always been unable to understand the relationship between agarwood and agarwood, which is not to blame them, just because in recent years, agarwood has become less and less, let alone items carved from agarwood.
"Fang Xiaoyou is right, trees that do not bear agarwood are called agarwood, this kind of agarwood compared to the value of agarwood, it can be said that it is the same as the price of cabbage. Fujiwara Masahiko said with a smile, what he was most tired of was people who didn't know how to pretend to understand like Takebe Shiren.
Wube Siren's face was dark, he couldn't wait to get into the crack in the ground, he also knew a little about agarwood, these three agarwood carvings, or he participated in the auction yesterday, he had nothing to do to visit the antique market, and met a person in a corner who set up a stall and was in urgent need of money.
There was a bracelet on the stall, and there was a big wood carving, and the stall owner said that it was carved from ancestral agarwood, and now there was an accident in the family, waiting for money.
Although he didn't know much about agarwood, but Takebe Siren also knew that it was a very valuable thing, seeing that the price was right, he observed for a while, and chatted with the stall owner, unconsciously, Takebe Siren got the information he wanted to know with his own ingenuity, and also knew that the stall owner was an honest person.
These two things are really his heirlooms, so he began to talk about the price, but the stall owner did not drop the price even if he died, which couldn't help but make Takebe Siren more sure, so he paid for it, and the stall owner was grateful, so he gave him the Maitreya Buddha that was also said to be made of agarwood as a thank you.
This shouldn't be fake, although it doesn't cost much, but I can't afford to lose this face, this is simply laughing at others, but I have no place to be ashamed, at this time, Takebe Siren can't care about the resentment in his heart against Fang You and Fujiwara Mahiko, and asked nervously: "Master Fujiwara, are these three things carved from agarwood." ”
"If it weren't for agarwood, we wouldn't have been able to watch it for so long." Fujiwara Masahiko shook his head and smiled, originally thought that Takebe Siren had some connotation, but now that he saw it, he was the appearance of a nouveau riche, and when he got something, whether he understood it or not, whether it was true or not, he came out to show off.
Suddenly, Wubu Siren breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and his face showed smugness again, regardless of whether he understood agarwood or not, he found three agarwood carvings at a low price, which is an undoubted fact.
"Master Fujiwara, isn't agarwood a kind of oil, how can you carve things, you said that these three things are agarwood, but I look at it clearly wood." A bystander asked, puzzled.
Fujiwara Masahiko smiled, "It seems that there are many people who don't seem to understand agarwood, today I will take this opportunity to tell you what agarwood is, Fang Xiaoyou, or you can talk about it." ”
"Mr. Fujiwara, no need, you are always on the rise, I don't dare to interject." Fang You shook his head and smiled.
"Okay, you're welcome, listen carefully." Fujiwara Masahiko smiled, took a sip of tea, and began to talk about the origin of agarwood.
Agarwood is formed by the deposition of wood containing resin over the years, and this resin is the balsam formed by the invasion and parasitism of the wood trunk by fungi, and changes after years of deposition, which is called agarwood.
Since ancient times, China has the habit of using spices, as the ancient saying goes, the spices are the most precious for the Shen Tan Dragon Musk, which Shen is the said agarwood, the head of all incense, sandalwood and the Dragon Festival, musk, can not compare with the agarwood.
It can be seen that the preciousness of agarwood, and agarwood is a very precious medicinal material since ancient times, and it is also the best raw material for making handicrafts.
Agarwood is an agarwood that contains agarwood oil, and agarwood is an agarwood tree that does not produce agarwood oil, and agarwood oil is a pure oil that is truly separated from agarwood.
And used to carve is the kind of agarwood containing agarwood oil, but because of the agarwood is precious and the branches are slender, with it for carving, there are few large pieces of wood appear, and agarwood from the material, belongs to rotten wood, as the saying goes, rotten wood can not be carved, the carving of agarwood is extremely difficult.
The agarwood itself is composed of grease and wood, and the internal structure can not be seen from the outside.
Carving with agarwood requires very high skills, and good agarwood carving is extremely precious.
The reason why agarwood is extremely precious is that the resin gland of the agarwood tree with a short year is immature, and it generally takes more than ten years of agarwood trees to form agarwood, and it takes many years from incense to maturity, and it takes many years to form only palm-sized agarwood, not to mention the large material used for carving, and in the agarwood tree, only a very small number of trees can produce agarwood, so the high-grade natural agarwood can be met but not sought, and it is a priceless treasure.
And while most of the people were listening intently to Fujiwara Masahiko's explanation, and taking advantage of the fact that Takebe Siren was proud, he buckled a little sawdust under the large agarwood carving at a very fast speed, and then pretended to drink tea, put it in his mouth, and tasted it slightly, and couldn't help but be more sure of his guess.
When he was sure that these were agarwood, Fang You used the retreat technique to absorb it, and a large aura surged in his body in an instant, which couldn't help but make him realize that this was by no means an ordinary agarwood, it should be a fine product in agarwood.
Looking at the appearance of these agarwood carvings, he remembered the types of agarwood that Chu Lao had explained to him before, and only then did his face appear the emotion that Martial Siren saw, this guess made him decide to try it, but now he tried it, but he couldn't help but flash a little excitement in his heart, this is a real legendary thing.
"Hehe, that's all, the agarwood that this friend said just now is actually out of the pure oil of agarwood, that kind of agarwood, can only be used as a simple spice, but due to large-scale mining, agarwood production is almost exhausted, and because of the low oil content of agarwood itself, refining agarwood oil requires a large amount of agarwood, most Southeast Asian countries, has explicitly banned the refining of agarwood oil, and now the agarwood oil sold on the market, more than ninety percent are fakes, so you should pay attention to it."
Fujiwara Masahiko described some knowledge about agarwood in detail, which made those who knew nothing next to him have a feeling of sudden enlightenment, it turned out that agarwood was very different from what they understood.
"Since agarwood is so precious, then the three carvings of this gentleman should be extremely valuable." A bystander looked fiery at the three agarwood carvings on the table.
Fang You smiled slightly, "That's nature, the formation of a piece of agarwood is extremely difficult, Vietnam, which is rich in agarwood in the world, last year's entire output was only eighteen kilograms, and look at the three carvings of Wu Bu Jun, the content of agarwood in them is extremely high, and its overall carving is very exquisite, and the charm is good, it can be said to be a rare thing, Wu Bu Jun, just now you said that you found it at a very low price, I don't know what this price is." ”
The others couldn't help but look at Takebe Siren in anticipation, what they wanted to hear most was the experience of others picking up the leaks, it was tantamount to an opportunity to increase their knowledge.
(To be continued)