Chapter 396: Treasure Embedded Stationery Box

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However, no matter what the Japanese boss thinks or reacts, at this moment, he is just a pitiful background board for Li Yi and the others, and it can only be a background board. Because once something is sold, it has nothing to do with him.

The old man with Huafa saw that the middle-aged man reported 200,000, and Li Yi still just shook his head indifferently, so he stepped forward and bowed 90 degrees to Li Yi.

"Sir, please give us a chance, I am willing to exchange this item with you for the treasure that you value more."

After the middle-aged man translated these words to Li Yi, Li Yi's interest was immediately raised, because of that well-known historical reason, among the cultural relics lost overseas in China, the country with the largest number is Japan, and he was ready to have the opportunity to go over there, but he didn't expect someone to take the initiative to send it to the door.

"You can try it, but can you tell me first, what kind of treasure is it?"

The old man hesitated for a moment, then said:

"I need to go back and pick it up on this issue, so I hope you can leave us your contact information......

Leaving the phone to the two Japanese, Li Yi carried a few treasures he bought and walked away.

Li Yi has absolutely no good feelings for the Japanese, even if he puts aside the war and the recent ****** disputes, just because he has seen some posts on the Internet about the teaching materials of the Japanese to educate the next generation. Let him hate this nation from the bottom of his heart.

In these posts, it is very clear that the Japanese are educating their next generation about Sinophobia, although he cannot tell whether it is true or false. But one thing, he's pretty sure. That is:

For an island country with a large population and few resources, as long as he wants to survive better, he will definitely hit the idea on the head of the country next to him that is rich in resources and looks powerful, but in fact it is easy to bully and be easily deceived!

This has nothing to do with nationality and humanity. Because if we were to switch places, we would definitely do that.

Understanding is understanding, but. There is no choice between people and no one should hesitate to choose a fundamental issue like this.

This is the fundamental reason why Cheng Sitian was able to convince him easily at that time.

But this hatred from the bottom of my heart. It does not mean that he has to blindly reject this nation like an angry youth. In particular, there is now a clear opportunity to take advantage of the bargains.

After walking a short distance, Li Yi noticed a stall again, which dealt with miscellaneous things, and what caught his attention was a treasure inlaid stationery box.

There are many kinds of stationery boxes in ancient times, but generally speaking, they can be used to place documents, books, pen and ink inkstones. Generally, it will be relatively large, and it can also be called a stationery box. And smaller. If you can only place pen and ink inkstones, it is the same as now, and it is called a stationery box.

In the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story", Ning Caichen is carrying a stationery box on his back, but he is a poor scholar, of course, things are not so good and of little value. But what some dignitaries and nobles used to use at home is different.

What Li Yi sees now is a small stationery box that can only be placed with pen and ink inkstones, although the things inlaid on the surface are also ordinary jade, luodian and other things, but because of the use of the process of treasure inlay, it should be used by those rich and noble families.

Because he had carefully observed the Baibao inlaid Arhat bed in Ma Dashen's museum before, he could see at a glance that the level of the Baibao inlay of this stationery box was very high, and the craftsmanship of the craftsman who made this stationery box was even a little better than that of the Baibao inlay on the Luohan bed that obviously came from the hands of the palace craftsmen.

With this discovery, it turns out that this stationery box is likely to be unusual, and the boss's asking price of 50,000 euros also confirms this.

This stationery box is obviously different from the stationery box used by children today, and the biggest difference is in the material and shape.

Because there was no plastic at that time, stationery boxes were generally made of wood, and because inkstones and other things had to be placed, most of the stationery boxes at that time were square, rather than slender rectangles like now.

The stationery box in Li Yi's hand is made of ordinary mahogany, and the various colors of jade, luodian and other things inlaid on the surface of the box constitute a rather exquisite pattern of flowers and birds.

But no matter how luxurious it is, this stationery box is definitely not worth 50,000 euros. Li Yi estimates that if you only see what you see in front of you, 20,000 euros is the limit, so this should be the main reason why this box has not been sold yet.

He first looked at the bottom of the box, then opened the stationery box, carefully checked the inside, and after not finding any style, he directly opened the spirit card.

Sure enough, it's weird!

This stationery box, the identification conclusion given by the spirit card is very normal and ordinary, it is a mahogany treasure inlaid stationery box in the Qianlong period.

If it is at this level, the amount of cool air contained in this stationery box should be very small, and at most it is that kind of slightly cool breath, but Li Yi found that although the amount of cool air he absorbed from the stationery box was very small, its coldness was almost catching up with Gao Bing.

What is the reason for this?

When Li Yi was holding the stationery box and looking at it carefully, behind him, an old man and a young man walked side by side, and the young man seemed very excited, and said as he walked:

"That miniature walnut looks a lot like ......"

As if a lightning bolt pierced the sky, Li Yi suddenly remembered a possibility, this stationery box is likely to have a model, but its style, maybe it is the same as the golden step shake he got, it is a miniature carving on something!

And the reason why the cool air of this stationery box is abnormal, most of the problem is in that style!

This stationery box is either everyone's work, or it was once used by famous artists!

Guessed the root of the problem, purposefully searched for it, and sure enough, he soon found the problem.

He found that on a certain piece of Hetian jade leaf inlaid on the surface of this stationery box, there were several marks that looked like jade cotton and rubbing scratches caused by poor storage.

This should be the place for miniature carving.

Li Yi first negotiated the price with the boss, paid the money, and left the stall before taking out a magnifying glass from his bag.

"Stone An...... Xiaolan? ”

Li Yi just saw the word Shi'an and didn't remember who it was, but when he saw the word Xiaolan who left the money behind, he smiled, the 40,000 euros, the value of the flower!

After checking the information on the Internet, Li Yi finally figured out the origin of this stationery box, which was a congratulatory gift from Ji Xiaolan, who was then the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to Liu Yong Liu Luoguo, who had just been promoted to the governor of Zhili and the secretary of the ministry that year, and was also in charge of the affairs of the country's sub-supervisors!

Ji Xiaolan is talented, well-read, good at poetry, prose, and even better at research and exegesis, able to explain some very complex and difficult languages in a popular way, and has also served as the chief compiler of the "Siku Quanshu".

And Liu Yong is known as the "Prime Minister of Thick Ink", and he is a famous scholar in the Qing Dynasty.

After the death of the two people, one was called Wenda and the other was Wenqing, both with words.

And the things that these two great literati have handled, their cool air has upgraded, Li Yi can naturally understand that things like this are not normal if they don't go wrong.

Looking at the full harvest in his hands, Li Yi smiled, these leaks were placed in front of everyone so openly, but no one found out, and in the end, they all cheapened him, this is really a blessed person who doesn't have to be busy, and an unblessed person runs out of his intestines!

It didn't take long for this blessed man to have another handmade gold watch that looked very ordinary and did not have any logo on the appearance.

This gold watch looks like a handmade watch produced by a workshop in Europe before World War II, and the identification conclusion of the Jianling brand can only tell Li Yi that this watch was produced in Sweden in 1940.

But his clairing eye told him that there were three simple capital letters engraved in a very hidden position on the inside of the bezel of this watch, which he guessed was likely to be an abbreviation of a name.

Although he is not sure what the three letters represent in the end, Li Yi believes that no matter what it represents, it means that this watch definitely has a story, so he feels very fortunate to be able to win this gold watch at a normal price.

A few more steps will bring you to the end of the market, which is a trading area for antique furniture.

It is said that it is antique furniture, but in fact, there are not many antique furniture, but a lot of old furniture and old household appliances are the mainstream.

After Li Yi browsed a few of these stalls, his eyes suddenly lit up, because he saw a real piece of antique furniture.

For modern furniture in Europe, Li Yi has not studied it before, let alone antique furniture. Therefore, even if he has a spirit identification card, at most he can only judge the specific value of an antique piece of furniture from the material and provenance.

But now it's different, and this one is thanks to Lanzhu. Because the furniture series that Lanzhu wants to give away contains three sets of European antique furniture, and this one in front of Li Yi is exactly one of them!

This is a desk, the shape of this desk is different from those Li Yi has seen before, although it is still rectangular, but the position of the drawers at both ends of it is protruding to form two semicircles, and its left and right ends are also arcs, on the desktop against the wall of the desktop, there is a wooden board, in the wooden board, there are two layers of open drawers on the left and right. Between the two drawers, there is a corridor-like connection, and on that connection, there are also two drawers.

All the four sides of the drawers are inlaid with a circle of copper nails, although it looks like there are some traces of rust, but with the classical yellow pear color of the table, people can see at a glance that this desk should be very precious.

It is indeed precious, because the spirit identification card tells Li Yi that those round nails that look like they are made of copper are actually made of pure gold!

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