Chapter 331: Black Market Auction (14)

After a few hours, more than 20 lots were taken into everyone's pockets, and now there are not many people who are empty-handed, each has its own advantages, and most of them have gained, so the atmosphere is still good. The auction has come to an end, and the mentality is very relaxed, seeing that Lao Liu is so mysterious, many people ridiculed.

This time, he didn't put the items on the table, Lao Liu waved his hand, and the young man standing behind him picked up the lid on a large wooden box at the back of the line, and pried open the wooden planks on the side, and cleaned up the hay stuffed inside, revealing an object, and there was a lot of broken grass on the top, but it couldn't hide it under the light, shining with the reflected brilliance.

"What the hell?"

Because it was not put on the table, the people sitting in the back could not see it, and when they saw that the people in front of them were stretching their necks, they simply stood up.

"It's a jade carving!"

"Isn't it just a jade piece, it's so mysterious, can't you put it up for everyone to see?"

Just when everyone was talking, the Jiang brothers had already stepped forward, squatted down to take a look, and after turning their heads to ask Lao Liu for advice, Jiang Da took out a pair of white gloves from the pocket behind his buttocks, and started directly.

"Hey, old Jiang, what the hell is it?" Seeing his cautious look, Yu Xiaozi directly asked many people's doubts.

"Buddha Top!" Jiang Da didn't speak, but Jiang Er on the side responded in a muffled voice.

"What?!" Yu Xiaozi didn't hear it clearly for a while, but the first few rows were already roaring, and many people stood up!

"What are they excited about?" Big Tooth asked a little hindsightly.

Wu Chen also stood up, but found that it had been surrounded by a ball, not to mention that people were squeezed in, even if he wanted to find a gap to get into, he couldn't get it. But the information coming out of those people's mouths was enough for him to get some information.

The top of the Buddha in their mouths, in fact, refers to the head of the Buddha, the head of the Buddha statue is chiseled down, this lack of virtue is no one to do in the past, after all, the people have always been not afraid of offending people, even if you are the emperor Laozi, there are still people who dare to take out the horse to pull down, but offend the gods This kind of thing, but no one dares to do it!

This situation lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty, with the influx of a large number of foreigners, in the name of various scientific expeditions, began to loot a large number of cultural relics of the Celestial Empire, and had a great interest in murals and Buddha statues, etc., the trade of the severed head and chiseled the wall, it was considered to be prosperous, forming the first wave of harvesting the Buddha's head, many well-known Buddha statues suffered from this bad luck, and those who were lucky to survive were also destroyed in the catastrophe a few decades ago, and the Buddha statues in many places were actually made up one after another.

People who engage in this line of work are somewhat superstitious, so they have always called the head of the Buddha the top of the Buddha. The word "Buddha's head" often refers to the large bead in the rosary, which also represents the Buddha.

Most of the people here have been immersed in this trip for many years, although the Buddha top is rarely circulated, but it should also be seen a lot, why is it so excited about this Buddha head, is there anything unique? This is also where Big Tooth is puzzled.

However, Wu Chen quickly let him know that these people were a little excited about anything, because this was a jade carved Buddha top!

A carved piece more than 30 centimeters high, even if it is a full-body Buddha statue, it is not easy to see, not to mention that this is just a Buddha top, according to the proportion of the Buddha statue, how big the jade Buddha full-body statue must be!

"What's so strange about that? Maybe some people like to just carve a Buddha top! There is no other part of the body at all! When Big Tooth heard it, it turned out to be like this. His mind was spinning, and he immediately thought of other plausible explanations.

"Come on, you can see that there is no culture at a glance!" Wu Chen glanced at him, the Buddha statue didn't want other objects, it was extremely particular, unless it was destroyed, let alone the Buddha's head, even the bust could not be seen.

In the Tripitaka Sutra, there is a rule for making Buddha statues, and the statues of Buddhas must have 32 phases and 80 shapes, and they must be done according to this standard to be complete. It is precisely because the Buddha has 32 phases and 80 kinds of goodness that when shaping the Buddha statue, we should try to show it as much as possible, from the top of the head to the white hair, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, and swastika.........

If what you want to express is not a Buddha statue, but a kind of secret meaning, for example, there are Buddha's eyes on the tower, the eyes of the wisdom eye, this is a kind of expression, it is to convey the characteristics and functions of wisdom, then it is okay. However, when circulating Buddha statues, try to make them complete, whether they are sitting or standing, so that they can get complete results. Not only that, but it is even necessary to take into account that the Buddha statue should have a backlight, because it is mentioned in the "Buddha Measurement Sutra" that if the Buddha statue is not backlit, the retribution is that there is no power and might.

"As far as you know! There is no guarantee that the person who carved this Buddha top is the same as me, I don't know if there is such a thing as a Tao! "Big Tooth thinks about it carefully, it is true that as Wu Chen said, he has never seen a half-body or a lonely Buddha head.

"You don't know the way, but will you carve a Buddha statue? Anyone who is engaged in this profession will definitely know some basic common sense. Wu Chen knew that he had a hard mouth, but this was not a joke, just carving a head, this is called the blood of the Buddha's body, and it is a sinful karma! It belongs to the five evils and ten heinous sins!

There is also a story in this, saying that a few years ago, there was a monk named Master Jingkong, who was invited to a certain temple to preach the Fa, all the way to the temple, the living room is very spacious, and the layout is also very elegant, but in the middle there is a work of art - a bodhisattva's head.

At that time, the Jingkong Master didn't say a word, and after paying homage, he went out, and the presiding monk in the temple didn't know what was going on, so he chased out of the door, accompanied by a smiling face, so that he could say something wrong, and the Jingkong Master finally left a sentence, "Out of the Buddha's blood, you will fall into hell." And he drifted away. Soon after, a landslide caused most of the temple to be buried, and many people died in it.

"This evil nature! Who would dare to ask for this! Big Tooth was dumbfounded when he heard this, blinking his eyes, and suddenly showed no interest in the so-called Buddha top above.

Wu Chen is too clear about this guy, so he can't play cards with him according to common sense! Don't look at Big Tooth's repeated claims to idolize Einstein, but in fact, he is very superstitious in his bones.

At this time, the people who came forward to watch had already withdrawn one after another, and there was an inexplicable profundity on their faces, even the Jiang brothers who had done it were calm and did not bite their ears again.

Only then did Wu Chen see this Buddha top. Looking at the place where he was sitting, under the light, the entire Buddha top exuded the brilliance of jade, and there was a faint halo, which was definitely not jadeite, it should be nephrite jade in China, but the jade in the place where it was used couldn't be seen for a while.

The whole top of the Buddha is smaller, slightly larger than the child's head, plus the neck below, it should be more than 20 centimeters. The Buddha's head has a spiral high bun, a high nose and big ears, plump lips and wide cheeks, two long eyes with high corners of the eyes, and pupils looking downward, and the style belongs to the typical Tang Dynasty. It may be old, and there is no maintenance, and the face is naturally cracked.

Lao Liu saw that everyone was back in their seats, so he said aloud: "How are you watching?" This Buddha top, not to mention the bottom material, is this charm color and quality craftsmanship, can be called the top grade, I won't say much else, like friends just call a price! ”

Antique trading, pay attention to the origin, now Lao Liu never mentions it, there is a hidden secret, this is the black market, and no one is looking to the bottom of it. Of course, in the formal auction market, the Buddha's head is never auctioned, and there are many reasons for this, but the more public and plausible reason is that the Buddha's head is not an independent individual!

Therefore, this kind of collection has always only circulated in the private sector, and most of them are traded through the black market, and the price is relatively much cheaper.

Such a jade Tang Dynasty Buddha top, never seen, as long as it can really be broken, there is no doubt that it is a national treasure-level heavy weapon, if it is now people old, it is not worth any money, because the Buddha top and other jade carvings can not be compared, even if the bottom material is good, if it is newly carved, the process modeling can almost be said to be completely wasted.

"Muttering, 50,000 yuan!"

It was Yu Xiaozi who broke the silence first and threw a brick out. Big Tooth praised this buddy's courage and gave him a thumbs up directly! drew a lewd smile back from Yu Shorty.

"Fifty-five thousand dollars."

"60,000 ......"

It can be seen that everyone's quotations are very cautious, and Lao Liu is crazy, and he wants to take pictures of this Buddha top for tens of thousands of yuan? These people don't know what Lu Dao is thinking! Although he didn't quote a low price, he also had an expectation in his heart, without a million, no one would want to take it, and it would be a big deal to cut off his beard after the worst!

"I'll give 100,000!" Seeing Lao Liu squatting there and smoking a cigarette by himself, Daya didn't even look at the scene, probably dissatisfied with the price, so he fanned the wind! The last one, join in the fun!

However, his voice quieted the audience, no one made any more offers, but many people's eyes were staring at him, this kid is really suspicious, the more he looks at it, the more he looks like a trust!

"Why are you looking at me?"

Big Tooth saw that the momentum was not right, and the brick was thrown out, but it didn't make a sound, but it was about to hurt himself by mistake.

"It's okay, everyone thinks you are handsome and have a unique temperament!"

Wu Chen smiled, they didn't have much cash, but they still had 100,000 yuan, even if they bought this jade Buddha head, it didn't matter, if they really calculated it, they still picked a big bargain! As for the use, it's a big deal to go back and reshape it with a golden body, donate it to the temple in your hometown, and round out a public morality.

"Less!"

Big Tooth is still self-aware of this, but when he saw Wu Chen speak, he knew that this kid was okay in his heart, according to Wu Chen's temperament, this price should not be high, otherwise he would not be interested.