Chapter 094: December Flower God Cup
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As soon as the phone was connected, Bai Lao's slightly excited voice came: "Xiao Ran, is this the porcelain cup you saw, is there anything else?" β
Although Chen Ran was a little surprised that Bai Lao didn't say the origin of the teacup, he asked first, but he immediately replied: "Bai Lao, I saw this one." The full-text and ad-free novels are all on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info"
"Oh." Hearing Chen Ran's answer, Bai Lao responded with a little disappointment, and his excited tone returned to normal.
Chen Ran couldn't help but ask again: "Bai Lao, what is the origin of this porcelain cup?" β
"Haha......" As soon as Bai Lao heard Chen Ran ask, he laughed: "Xiao Ran, generally speaking, porcelain collectors have three biggest wishes, do you know which three these wishes are?" β
Chen Ran was stunned, Bai Lao's question really stopped him, he really hadn't heard of such a thing, in fact, this is not to blame him, one is that he has only been in the industry for a long time after all, although he has touched some antiques, but he doesn't know much about collectors, and the other is that he is not a ceramic collector himself.
Chen Ran couldn't answer, and Bai Lao didn't mean to let Chen Ran answer, after asking, he immediately said: "Let's talk about the first wish first, this first wish, is to have a genuine Yuan blue and white product." β
Chen Ran nodded, the name of Yuan Qinghua, naturally needless to say, every porcelain collector will be crazy about it. Speaking of the three biggest wishes of porcelain collectors, Bai Lao is also very interested, after saying Yuan Qinghua, he smiled and continued: "The first wish is Yuan Qinghua, and the second wish is naturally to have a genuine enamel color of the third generation of the Qing Dynasty!" β
Enamel porcelain was born in the Kangxi period, is an extremely valuable court supplies, representing the highest artistic level of porcelain fired in the official kiln of the Qing Dynasty, in terms of market price, the average single price of all porcelain is the most expensive.
Its own cost is the highest, the artistic level is also the highest, and the number is small, only for the emperor's concubine to play secretly, each piece is finely crafted, each piece is not the same, according to the data, the original Qing Palace collection Kang, Yong, Qian, three dynasties enamel porcelain a total of 400 pieces, of which more than 300 pieces in 1933 after the antiquities moved south to leave the Forbidden City, in 1949 was shipped to Taiwan, the remaining 40 pieces are now collected in the Palace Museum in Beijing, The enamel porcelain scattered in museums and private hands around the world should have been scattered out of the palace in the late Qing Dynasty or looted from the Old Summer Palace by the British and French forces, but it is rare to see among the people.
The greatest wish of many porcelain collectors in their lives is to own an authentic piece of enamel from the Qing Dynasty.
After Bai Lao finished talking about the second wish, it was time to say the third wish, Chen Ran knew that the third wish should be the main topic, the teacup in his hand was not Yuan Qinghua, nor was it enamel porcelain, so it was obviously related to the third biggest wish of porcelain collectors.
"This third wish is to be able to collect a set of Kangxi Colorful Twelve Flower God Cup......"
Bai Lao was happy when he spoke, but there was still a hint of regret in his tone, and after he finished speaking, Chen Ran also guessed the origin of the teacup in his hand.
It is one of the 12 colorful flower god cups.
In fact, as soon as Bai Lao said the name of the Twelve Flower God Cup, Chen Ran immediately came up with the information about the December Flower God Cup, which is a famous product in the official kiln porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, and was fired in the Kang, Yong, Qian, and Jia periods, with two forms of blue and white and blue and white multicolor, with the Kangxi Dynasty being the most famous.
The December Flower Cup is a set of 12 pieces, and the flowers representing each month are depicted on the cups according to the 12 months of the year, and then praised by verses. They are: daffodils in January, magnolia in February, peach blossoms in March, peonies in April, pomegranate flowers in May, lotus flowers in June, orchids in July, osmanthus in August, chrysanthemums in September, hibiscus in October, moon season in November, and plum blossoms in December.
This vessel is very precious in pairing, and it is a typical vessel in the Kangxi official kiln.
The production volume of the December Huashen Cup in Kangxi 61 years is very large, according to the next 40 years to start production, 10 sets per year, a total of at least 400 sets. However, a complete set of twelve cups was still very common in Tongzhi, but in the Guangxu period, it was difficult to find a complete set.
The December Flower God Cup is due to its beautiful shape. The delicate painting has always been loved by collectors. Due to the very few heirlooms, the complete set of more rare treasures, in addition to the Beijing Palace Museum, Taipei National Palace, Nanjing Palace Museum, Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum and other large museums have collections, in the auction at home and abroad is not common, even the collection of the December Flower God Cup in the museum is not a complete set.
Over the years, I have only occasionally seen one or two auctions on the auction, and the price is an astonishing 400,000 or so, but the set has never appeared, it is rumored that if someone can collect a set, at least it is worth more than 10 million, less than this price, then don't think about competing down, 10 million is just a low price, it may be higher, but although there are such rumors, but for many years, there has never been a set.
Generally speaking, if you can collect a pair, it is considered good, and if you have a collection of four, it is very rare.
"For so many years, I have been collecting December Flower God Cup, but until now, I have only collected three, one is a January narcissus, one is a March peach blossom, one is a June lotus, Xiao Ran, your one is the June lotus, this one is also the most common one, according to the rarity of each type of Cheng dù, the price of each cup is also different, like the January narcissus, at the current market price can be auctioned at least more than 600,000, the rarest one is the August osmanthus, this one, So far, I haven't heard of who has collected it, if anyone has it, take it out for auction, it can definitely be auctioned at a sky-high price, your lotus is the most common one, estimated to be worth about 250,000 to 300,000, but ah, Xiao Ran, this cup, I build yì you still keep your own collection, you don't lack this money, in the future, just collect slowly, with your luck, maybe you can really collect a set, when the time comes, it will definitely be able to sensational the entire ceramic world, collection, fun, it's here, haha......"
"Xiao Ran, this cup is really worth two or three hundred thousand......"
For such a long time, Guo Hai had already found a place, but he saw that Chen Ran was still answering the phone, so he didn't bother Chen Ran, and parked the car directly at the door of the hotel.
"Almost!" Chen Ran nodded with great interest, although this cup is the most common lotus cup in the December Flower God Cup, but he was not disappointed, but on a whim he was interested in collecting a set of December Flower God Cup, just like Bai Lao said, this lotus cup is worth about two or three hundred thousand, he is not short of this money, it is better to keep his own collection, slowly collect a set of December Flower God Cup, think about the process of this collection, it feels very interesting, as Bai Lao said, maybe this is the fun of collecting.
The ivory longevity lock is his first collection, and now the lotus cup is his second collection, Chen Ran said to himself silently.
Guo Hai's lips squirmed, looking at this ordinary cup in disbelief, for him, the events of the past two days were like a dream, and the shock to him was too great, and he felt that even if he picked up money, there was no such shock, I have to say that at this moment, he has been completely conquered by the charm of antiques.
At this time, in Guo Hai's heart, he couldn't help but jump out of the idea of learning to engage in antiques with Chen Ran again, in fact, last night, he had such an impulse, but when he told Lao Guo about his decision, Lao Guo persuaded him, don't see Xiao Ran make money, you will blindly bump into it, Xiao Ran made money, that is Xiao Ran's luck Daosheng, you look at other antiques, how much money is earned, if you can make a fortune by casually engaging in antiques, don't say you have this impulse, I'm just going to do it.
As soon as Lao Guo said this, he dispelled his thoughts, but he finally calmed down, and as soon as he was stimulated by today's incident, he had an impulse again.
"It's the place, why don't you get out of the car, I've been hungry for more than half an hour!" Keeping the teacup and letting go of this thought, Chen Ran felt his stomach growling, and when he went out in the morning, he was pulled out by Guo Hai before breakfast, and he was busy for most of the morning, and his stomach was already hungry.
"Damn, what are you still saying, buddy, aren't you waiting for you." Chen Ran's words suddenly pulled Guo Hai's impulse back, he was even hungrier than Chen Ran, laughed and scolded, opened the car door, got out, and Chen Ran also went out.
The off-road vehicle was parked at the door of the hotel, and when he got out of the car, Chen Ran smelled the smell of roast mutton, and then looked at the restaurant in front of him, it was obvious that it was a restaurant opened by Xinjiang people, and the hotel covers an area of not small, it is a two-story building, and the signboard on the door is made of black wood, with three words written -
Pilaf.
Following Guo Hai into the hotel, he found that the business in the hotel was good, the entire hall on the first floor was full of people, and when he saw that the first floor was full, Guo Hai took Chen Ran directly to the second floor, but the second floor was also full, fortunately, there was a box of guests who had just finished eating and were about to leave.
After the waiter cleaned up the tables in the box, the two of them entered the box, which was a large box with two tables in it, and the two of them chose one to sit down against the window.
followed by a little girl dressed in Xinjiang, that is, a waiter in the hotel, Guo Hai directly ordered two signature dishes of the hotel, one was naturally pilaf, and the other ordered a roast whole sheep, and directly ordered a Harbin beer.
Those who have been to Xinjiang will not forget three things, one is the girls of Xinjiang, the second is the roast whole sheep, and the third is this pilaf, which is the food loved by the people of Kazakh, Mongolian, Uygur, Kirgiz, Tajik and other ethnic groups in Xinjiang.
It is said that the practice of hand pilaf is to chop the lamb into small pieces and fry it in clear oil, then put onions and carrots in the pot and fry them, and add some salt and water as appropriate, wait for 20 minutes, and then backwash the soaked rice into the pot, do not stir, after 40 minutes, the pilaf is cooked. The cooked pilaf oil is shiny and delicious.
The Uyghur masses regard pilaf as a first-class meal.
You have to use your hands to eat pilaf, this is a technical job, Guo Hai was stunned for a long time and didn't learn it, but Chen Ran learned it well, which made Guo Hai angry and hateful, buddies have come to eat once, it's not as good as your first time, I'm still consuming it with this thing.
Roasted whole sheep is also very authentic, it is an authentic roasted whole sheep, and now none of those outside are authentic. Real roasted whole lamb is made from that kind of lamb. After the entrails are taken out and cleaned, the various spices are wrapped and hidden in the belly of the sheep, and after a layer of mud is pasted on the outside to form a fully enclosed state, it is placed in the cellar and baked with natural anthracite. After roasting, the mud is peeled off and knocked on the sheep, and all the meat falls off, leaving only a sheep skeleton.
In less than a while, the two of them were almost finished, and just as the brothers were drinking beer, the door of the box was suddenly pushed open.
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