Chapter 015: Painting an enamel plum blossom snuff bottle
After breakfast the next day, after leaving his grandmother in the hospital, Dongzi drove and took Ye Jinglan and Zhang Wei to the famous antique street in T City.
After the reform and opening up, everyone's life is getting better and better, especially in recent years, every household basically has a deposit, in addition to the basic food and housing problems, but also began to pursue spiritual enjoyment, antiques are one of them, the price of antiques in recent years is also rising in a straight line, so the antique market, antique street shops are also opening more and more, of course, this business is not anyone can do, at least Zhang Wei and Dongzi do not understand this aspect at all.
"Girl, are you okay with that? Don't be fooled. Dongzi asked with some uncertainty, he was not worried about the oil money, but he was afraid that he would be kicked out and lose face when the time came.
"No problem, don't worry, I've already seen it." Ye Jinglan said with great certainty that her system has its own inspection function, and if it is an imitation, it will naturally be displayed.
Zhang Weizhi believes in his niece's words very much, first, Ye Jinglan did not lie to him, and second, she will not be sloppy for the sake of her mother.
The spring sun shone lazily on people's faces, and Mr. Wang Xuemin, the shopkeeper of Jigu Xuan, held a rich and auspicious teapot from Yongzheng Guan Kiln in his hand and looked at it.
A young man stood at the door smiling, ready to greet customers at any time.
"That's it" Ye Jinglan looked at the words on the plaque and smiled.
The reason why I recognized Ji Guxuan is because I heard of this store in my previous life, and this store has a very good reputation, at least more than half of the objects in it are genuine, don't underestimate half of this measure word, it is already a conscience store for antique shops.
"The three of you, please, there are guests here." The young man first smiled and welcomed people into the house, and then shouted at the shopkeeper inside, the young man was only responsible for welcoming customers and looking at the goods, and he couldn't buy and sell.
"What are you going to choose? Is En buying or selling? Mr. Wang saw that two of the adults were full of nervousness, and a little girl was quite calm, and couldn't help but be a little curious about what the situation was.
"Sell, Mr. Shopkeeper, you can help me take a look at this." Ye Jinglan took out the box that had been wrapped earlier from her schoolbag and placed it on the counter, and opened it.
Before coming, Ye Jinglan also learned about the rules of the antique industry through the guò mobile phone system, and the first thing to pay attention to when exchanging objects is to put them down and let the other party take them, not to deliver them.
"Snuff bottle, made during the Kangxi period?" After Mr. Wang held up the snuff bottle, he said louder and louder, in fact, he didn't blame him for being excited, because he was now continuing to participate in the snuff bottle auction that will be opened in Hanhai next month.
Antiques are not about buying where the store is opened, but the really big antique shops, everyone will inquire and admire, so every exchange meeting, if the auction can start the fame of their own store, it will bring unexpected sales.
This is a painting enamel plum blossom picture snuff bottle in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, with a height of 6cm and a belly width of 4.5cm.
The pot has a small round mouth, a flat belly, and an oval circled foot. Bronze gilded lid, with ivory spoon attached. The belly of the cigarette bottle is round on both sides, and the plum blossom picture is painted inside. Open the light and paint the color group pattern. The white glaze inside the foot, engraved with the blue script "Kangxi Imperial System" four-character paragraph.
This cigarette bottle is small and beautiful, the picture is clear and comfortable, the plum blossoms or compete to bloom, or the buds are about to be released, the branches are vigorous and powerful, the color is soft and elegant, the enamel glaze is delicate and smooth, it is a snuff bottle with a typical Kangxi Dynasty style.
The enamel of the Qing Dynasty Internal Affairs Office was made in the Kangxi period to make snuff bottles, but unfortunately the works that have been handed down to this day are rare, and the National Museum only collects two pieces, so it is precious. All of a sudden, Mr. Wang was not easy to give a price directly.
Ye Jinglan saw that the other party only looked at and didn't speak, so she took the lead and said: "This is genuine, if it weren't for the family's urgent money, I would definitely go to the capital's laboratory to open a certificate for auction." ”
"Yes, this girl's mother is sick and is anxious to wait for money for surgery, so you can give an affordable price, old man." Dongzi looked at the other party's eyes and knew that this was genuine, so he also picked up the appearance of doing business on weekdays to help speak.
"Hehe, the little girl thinks that she is willing to cut her love for a lot of money?" Mr. Wang smiled slightly, put down the snuffbox in his hand, and asked half-jokingly, half-seriously.
When he looked at it, he had already made up his mind to accept this snuff bottle, because as far as he knew, the biggest competitor in T City, the Treasure Pavilion, they wanted to bring a set of eight immortals across the sea snuff bottles in the Qianlong period.
The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea is the best work in the snuff bottle, and it is also the gift of Qianlong's 60th birthday, so it is very meaningful, the most important thing is that it is a set of eight, which is much better than the lot prepared in his hand, Wang Xuemin did not expect that when he was worried about trouble, there would be such a treasure sent to the door, and if he kept someone to buy it directly, it could be kept secret, so that others could not guess what he took to participate in the auction.
"Two years ago, at an art auction held by Swire Christie's on Hong Kong Island, a gold-tired cloisonné enamel crane pattern snuff bottle made in the Qianlong year of the Qing Dynasty was purchased by a collector in Taiwan at a high price of 1.045 million Hong Kong dollars, and the exchange rate that year was 1:1.06, so it was equivalent to more national currency." Ye Jinglan talked exaggeratedly, Wang Xuemin didn't interrupt, and Zhang Wei and Dongzi didn't understand it at all, so they just stood aside and listened, but the two were also frightened by the price.
"I didn't expect the little girl to know so much, but you also have to think that the right time, place and people are very important, although this one is not worse than the one in 92, but it may not necessarily be auctioned at that high price." After Ye Jinglan finished speaking, Wang Xuemin said, in the antique world, talent is watched, so Wang Xuemin did not look down on the other party at all because he was a little girl.
"Of course, antiques are priceless in the eyes of those who are worthwhile, and dust in the eyes of those who are not worthless, so I only need 500,000." This price was thought of by Ye Jinglan before she came, and there is a trading system, so she can be regarded as a big leak, there is no need to be too greedy, and she also has the intention of befriending this shopkeeper, after all, she may have to sell things in the future.
"The little girl is bold, you are in a hurry to use the money, then go to the bank, I will transfer the money to you." Mr. Wang was still very satisfied with the price, and he was within the scope of acceptance, so he didn't talk nonsense, and he was going out after taking the certificate.
"Uncle, you brought your bank card." Ye Jinglan packed the things before she remembered that she didn't have a card, and hurriedly asked Zhang Wei.
"Bring, brought, one of the Agricultural Bank of China and one of the CCB." Zhang Wei was still a little nervous when he spoke, and he wanted to pull out.
"Hehe, then go to the Agricultural Bank, it's close, walk more than ten meters to get there, no need to drive." Mr. Wang asked the young man to look after the house and walked out first.