Uncle Song was sure that this chair could really be sold for 3,000 yuan, but the chair had to be sold to get the money, before it was sold, the chair was still an ordinary chair, but for him who had lived in Chenjia Village all his life, it was difficult to sell the chair, Uncle Yu Song said to Chen Dong, "Xiaodong, you read a lot and are well-informed, what is the way to sell this chair as soon as possible." ”

Chen Dong smiled and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Song, this chair is in such good condition, and the workmanship is also very rare, and it is easy to sell it to the antique city for 3,000 yuan, or else, in a few days, I will call a friend in the antique circle to come to the village to receive the goods, but the price may not be so high, after all, people also have to earn a little." ”

Hearing Chen Dong's words, many villagers have put down a heart, before, everyone has no bottom in their hearts, everything is empty before they get the money, and they heard that Chen Dong will introduce a friend in the antique circle to the village to receive the goods, everyone put down their hearts, although the price is a little less, but the heart is very solid.

"Okay, thank you, Xiaodong." Uncle Song's white beard trembled with laughter, revealing his mutilated teeth.

Song Ping struggled to lift the chair, his steps trembling.

Two young men from among the villagers came out and helped Song Ping carry the chair to his house.

After Uncle Song left, a middle-aged woman walked over with a bamboo basket.

"Xiaodong, help me see if these things are worth some money?" The middle-aged woman gently placed the bamboo basket on the table and said to Chen Dong.

"That's a lot of stuff." Chen Dong took out the contents of the bamboo basket and put them on the table.

First of all, take a few bowls and plates aside, these bowls and plates are the same as the bowls and plates that Chen Dashou brought, there is no decoration, the workmanship is simple and rough, the materials are just ordinary soil, very ordinary people's bowls for eating, plates for vegetables, have little value.

Many people think that the older the age of things, the higher the value, this perception is wrong, a thing, to measure the value, not only to look at the age of the thing, but also the value of the thing itself, the number of survival, the value of the culture, art and the meaning it represents, and so on.

Remove the bowls and plates in the bamboo basket, and there is a clay pot inside.

Chen Dong took the clay pot and checked it, it was a little heavy, green glaze, the bottom foot and the edge of the mouth were flint red, and there were some animal patterns on the side, with different qualifications, but some vague, and a lying tiger and a running deer could be vaguely identified.

"Aunt Hua, how did you get this clay pot?" Chen Dong took the clay pot in his hand and asked the middle-aged woman.

"I dug up the soil in the ground a few years ago, and I saw that this clay pot was very complete, so I used it to decorate something." Aunt Hua said to Chen Dong.

Chen Dong picked up the clay pot and sniffed it to his nose, he could smell a smell of pickled radish, and there were water stains in it.

Chen Dong raised his head and said to Aunt Hua, "The name of this clay pot is the Han Dynasty green glaze animal clay pot, the shape is large, the shape is exquisite, the pulp is thick, the age is long, after more than a thousand years of erosion, the quality can be preserved so well, this is rare, the green glaze is applied, the glaze is bright, the glaze flows naturally, forming a beautiful, smooth, vivid dynamic beauty, a little below the mouth edge, there are several animal patterns, different postures, the image is majestic and majestic, and has a certain artistic value. ”

Hearing Chen Dong say that this clay pot was from the Han Dynasty, the villagers were stunned, and everyone looked at Aunt Hua enviously and talked about the clay pot.

"Han Dynasty, this is terrible."

"The clay pot used by the ancients more than a thousand years ago is a national treasure, it's amazing."

"A bottle from the Qing Dynasty on TV will sell for hundreds of thousands, and the price of a clay pot more than a thousand years after the Qing Dynasty will at least increase several times, and now, Aunt Hua is going to make a fortune."

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Listening to the villagers talking about it next to him, Chen Dong laughed and shook his head, in fact, their cognition of antiques has entered a misunderstanding, including many outsiders in the antique circle, thinking that the older the age, the higher the value must be, which is wrong, for example, this clay pot, in fact, the price is really not as high as they imagined.

"Xiaodong, how much is this clay pot worth?" Aunt Hua obviously heard the discussion of the villagers, and asked Chen Dong very expectantly.

Chen Dong touched the clay pot with his hand, it was very rough, the surface of the clay pot was uneven, the workmanship was average, it was obviously fired in a general pottery kiln, and the material was also made of general clay, but the green glaze was applied externally, and there were animal patterns, obviously the owner of the clay pot was a commoner with some status and wealth in the Han Dynasty, and he was not a nobleman.

After pondering in his mind for a while, Chen Dong said to Aunt Hua, "Pottery is the most important living utensils of the ancients, some of which were used to hold water, cook food, and store items.

Pottery originated in the early Neolithic Age, and the ancestors in the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin in China have learned to fire pottery, until the primitive celadon of the Sui and Tang dynasties developed into mature celadon, and the pottery gradually withdrew from the historical stage. ”

"Xiaodong, just talk about the price." One of the villagers said loudly.

Chen Dong nodded, obviously everyone is looking forward to the price of this clay pot, and is not interested in the origin and development of pottery, in fact, the introduction of an antique often implies the price in it.

Even if everyone is eager to know the price of the clay pot, Chen Dong said directly, "The price of this clay pot is 11,000 yuan ~ 12,000 yuan, and the price can be mentioned a little more if you meet a favorite collector." ”

"Why? This green glazed animal clay pot is from the Han Dynasty, the older it is, the more valuable it should be, and similar pottery collections can be seen in many provincial museums, why is it worth more than 10,000 yuan. A villager asked Chen Dong.

Many of the villagers on the lookers had this question.

Chen Dong smiled and replied, "It's normal for everyone to have this kind of statement, however, the older the age, the higher the value of the item, this statement is wrong, to measure the value of an antique, not only to look at the age, but also to see the rarity of the item, the value of itself, as well as the cultural value and craft value contained, so it is not that the older the age, the more valuable it is."

Pottery, this thing, is the ancients said that the daily necessities, and the workmanship is relatively rough, there is no craft value, and in ancient times, after people died, often all the things used in their lives were buried, therefore, the survival of pottery today is very large, as far as the pottery itself is concerned, most of them are worthless road goods, dozens, hundreds can buy a pottery to the generation, but this Han Dynasty green glazed animal clay pot, because of its exquisite, large shape, good condition, and ornamentation, has a certain artistic value, All of this clay pots are worth a lot more.

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