This bronze is indeed an iron, with a hollow handle that looks like a muzzle of a cannon, and a wooden handle of different lengths can be stuffed as needed, and the part at the front that looks like a half-cut cup is used to place the red-hot charcoal fire, and in order to prevent burns, the rim of the cup near the handle is made into a flame shape, more than an inch above the rest of the place. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The iron was first invented in the Shang Dynasty, but at that time, it was not a tool for ironing clothes, its original function was invented as a torture instrument, specifically used to inflict burning on prisoners, and it was not until the Han Dynasty that it began to be used to iron clothes.

The first irons were all long-handled spoon-shaped, and the front end was like a pan with a wide rim, and this one, like the one Li Yi saw, not only had a much more refined shape, but also was imprinted with exquisite patterns, which should be a product of the Song Dynasty and later.

However, the people who could use such exquisite bronze irons were generally from large families at that time, so the ones that could be handed down and preserved so well were quite rare, and they were also a relatively rare collection. It's a pity that Marc labeled it as not for sale, so it didn't appear in the information provided to Li Yi, which is indeed a pity.

"These items are not for sale, but someone has pre-ordered them in advance, so there is no way to sell them again, Mr. Li, you can take a look at other things, the catalog is relatively simple, and many things have not been registered."

Li Yi smiled and nodded, the catalog was not simple, but the items registered on it were all valuable items, but no one knew at all, although he wanted those things, but these things that were considered unqualified to enter the information were the focus of his attention.

Marc continued to negotiate with Rogov in the past, while Li Yi, the real buyer, remained in the room, where there were almost hundreds of Chinese and foreign antiques waiting for him to sift through them one by one.

"This ......"

The first thing that caught Li Yi's attention was a purple-black wood carving Guanyin statue, looking at the introduction of the label, the material should be ordinary small-leaved red sandalwood, and the age is not too old, about the appearance of the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and it is not so precious.

However, Li Yi has gained a lot of benefits from wood carving, so although this wood carving is average and relatively small, the widest part is only the thickness of an adult's forearm, and it doesn't look like he can hide something at all, he still picked it up and looked at it carefully.

Starting with the wood carving, the weight is indeed similar to that of red sandalwood, and there is a faint sandalwood, but judging from the wood grain, it is obviously not the texture of red sandalwood, so Li Yi became interested in it.

After carefully studying the wood carving and comparing the texture characteristics of the wood in his memory, Li Yi was surprised to find that the material used in this wood carving was actually a cypress root!

It stands to reason that the wood carving made of cypress roots, even if it is precious, should not be precious in the material, but this piece is a little different, because this piece is made of a completely mellow honey cedar root.

Honey cypress, is a variant of alpine cypress, and has many aliases, such as honey agarwood, jade cypress, honey fragrant wood, cedar, and so on.

Although there is another name for honey agarwood, honey cedar and agarwood are not the same thing. It is just the living tree of honey cypress, its branches and leaves, cones can also be used in medicine, and the natural mellowing honey cedar is also a high-grade spice, and its fragrance is more complex and changeable than agarwood, there are herb fragrance, flower and fruit fragrance, grass and wood fragrance, honey fragrance, aged wine fragrance, ancient book fragrance, sandalwood and so on more than a dozen kinds, among which the best, the degree of preciousness is not less than the top agarwood!

Similar to agarwood, the grade of honey cedar is basically determined by the oil grid and oil line. Among them, the oil grid refers to the darker part of the wood, which is often mellowed more successfully and oily and heavier, so the amount of oil grid is a very important indicator to determine the quality of spices.

The oil line is because of the uneven distribution of the oil of the spice itself, and the color of the oil is generally darker, black or brown, and there is an obvious color difference with the lighter wood part, which promotes the production of the oil line.

For friends who like to collect agarwood bracelets or Buddha beads, the oil line is not only an important part of the quality, but also an important indicator of authenticity.

For honey cedar, golden honey cedar, flower oil grid honey cedar, black oil grid honey cedar are among the treasures, especially the black oil grid is the most precious. This kind of honey cypress often only exists in the root material, after removing the soil, the surface is mostly gray or earth gray, the cross-section is almost full of oil, the color is purple and black shiny, and its value is not much better than the top agarwood.

The material used in this wood carving is this black oil gram honey cedar, and its fragrance is similar to sandalwood, so Marker labeled it with red sandalwood. It's just that in this way, his loss is a bit big, just from the unit price of the same weight, the price difference between the two is more than a hundred times?!

Li Yi estimates that if this wood carving is priced according to the honey cedar, regardless of the age and carving, but its material value is more than 20 million soft sister coins, and if it is calculated according to the small leaf red sandalwood, it is still a question whether it can go up to 100,000!

Li Yi verified it with the spirit identification card, and then looked at the inside of the wood with perspective, and found that this was indeed a top-grade oil-filled black oil grid honey cedar, and he couldn't help but let out a long breath of turbidity. This kind of big leak is often inadvertently intruded, this feeling, how many times repeated, I don't feel tired!

Picking up the wood carving and putting it aside, Li Yi continued to look down, and after a while, he found something interesting.

This is a set of four seals made of Tian Huangshi, the material used is the best chanterelle yellow, the color is warm, the texture is fine, but the most important thing is not this, but the characters carved by these four seals, it is actually a modern cartoon concept of the Journey to the West master and apprentice foursome!

These four stone carvings are the same, the height is almost about 5 centimeters, and the width reaches 3 centimeters, so they all look short and fat, coupled with the simple and cute expression, it is very lovely.

It's just that this kind of cartoon shape, in Li Yi's concept, should be an image that has only existed in the past one or two decades, that is to say, although this set of seals is superb in terms of materials and carving, it is a modern product, which is a bit of a fly in the ointment.

Of course, modern carvings are not necessarily inferior to ancient carvings, especially in terms of materials and carving, these four Tianhuang stone carvings should still be very collectible, so Li Yi also picked it out with a piece of the base and put it aside.

After walking around the room for a while, I had almost finished reading everything, but I didn't find a single object worth collecting. Li Yi was about to call Marker over to settle the bill, suddenly, footsteps sounded, and then there was a sound of greetings from next door, and without saying a few words, Marker led an old man in.

"Oh, Li, Mr. Zhu is also from Huaxia, and the iron was ordered by him, if you are interested, you can talk about it."

The Mr. Zhu that Marc is talking about is an old man who is over half a hundred years old, although his temples are white, his cheeks are ruddy, his eyes are deep and bright, and he looks very energetic.

Li Yi greeted the two with a smile, and shook the two things in his hand at Malke, someone came, and it was an old man in China who seemed to be a little knowledgeable, so it was safe to get the things in his hands first.

"Huh? You can actually look at these two things? ”

In the next room, Rogov was sitting on the sofa leisurely drinking coffee, and when he saw Li Yi come in with two things, he hurriedly took them over and looked at them carefully for a while, and then shook his head in disappointment. A piece of rosewood carving, a Tianhuang stone carving, the materials are not bad, but unfortunately the size is too small, it should not be worth a few dollars, that is, even if there is a commission, he can't raise much money.

The two things just now, he estimated that he should be able to get them for almost 1.4 million, but because of Li Yi's troubles, he had about $100,000 more. Li Yi asked him to exchange Picasso's work for the things that had been checked off in the catalog, which was in fact a kind of lump sum, and the extra profit he should have received was the profit.

However, Li Yi is the boss, and he can't help the boss's willfulness, but when he saw Li Yi buy two more things, he thought he could make up for them, but these two things ......

He really wanted Marc to simply give these two pieces directly to Li Yi, but when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly realized that he didn't tell Marc that Li Yi was actually the real buyer behind the two things before, so naturally he couldn't use the excuse that he had just bought two things to suppress the price of these two things. On the contrary, when it comes to real bargaining, he should still be on Marke's side, because even if Li Yizhen is the expert he invited, he and Marke should be partners with the same hatred......

"This rosewood carving normally costs 12,000 euros, but if Mr. Li wants to buy it, just give me 10,000 euros. This set of Tianhuang stone carvings, so let's count you 60,000 euros? ”

Li Yi silently calculated, the price of these two things, the price of wood carving was about the same as he estimated, but the price of Tianhuang stone carving was much less than he estimated. The current price per gram in China should be between 8,000 and 10,000 yuan, and the weight of these four stone carvings is obviously more than 100 grams, that is to say, not counting the carving only the material, these four stone carvings are also worth 100,000 euros.

Although a bad carver will in turn affect the value of the material, this set of stone carvings should not be in this category, in fact, if it is not for the carved image is too cartoonish, this carver should be able to add a lot of points!

In this case, there is no need to talk about this price, there are outsiders, and it is not good in case of extraneous branches.

Li Yi was about to nod, and suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to use the spirit card to verify just now, and couldn't help but smile and opened the spirit card, although he would definitely not be wrong about this, but ......

A cool air flashed, and his mouth opened slightly, and then closed tightly. nnd, I didn't expect there to be such a small probability event?! (To be continued.) )