Chapter Seventy-Four: Another Fool
After the price reached 6.5 million, it seemed to have reached the top, although there were many high-quality products repeatedly, but there was no breakthrough in the price, until Tong Dongyang came on the field.
As a contestant who has the strength to compete for the first place in the total price of six games, Tong Dongyang's appearance naturally attracted great attention from the audience.
After he opened the box, Zhao Zhuo's eyes couldn't help but light up, because this was a rather rare tabby glazed stove.
Tabby glaze is a kind of flower glaze, its color and pattern are very similar to the spotted skin on the tiger's body, the yellow glaze shows the tiger hair-like pattern, solemn and mighty, very suitable for decorating wild animals, such as tigers, leopards, owls and other sculpture porcelain.
In the Tang Dynasty era of Nanyue and Beixing, celadon and white porcelain occupied the mainstream, so it is very rare to see such a flower glaze.
What's more, in addition to the bright and beautiful color, this stove is also much larger than the ordinary stove of the same era, 15cm high, and the appearance is like a pumpkin-like petal, which looks majestic and magnificent under the rendering of tabby.
Moreover, the structure of this artifact is very complex, and the difficulty of making it can be said to be extremely high, so as soon as it is taken out, it makes people feel that it is a bright eye, and they can't take their eyes off it for a while.
Several judges also couldn't sit still for a while, left the table and walked to the table, picked up a magnifying glass to seriously identify this rare thing, and the more they looked at it, the more they felt that it was exquisite and extraordinary, and the atmosphere was magnificent.
Ji Xiaofan's attention was also attracted by this tabby glazed stove, and he said worriedly: "Brother Zhao, this porcelain is really rare, if it is genuine, the price is incredible." ”
Zhao Zhuo knew that he was worried about himself, but he just smiled lightly.
The judges appraised it for a while, then returned to their seats, discussed it in a whisper for a long time, and finally determined that the object was genuine, with an estimated value of 11 million.
As soon as this price was spoken, the audience suddenly boiled, and finally one item broke through the high price of 10 million in four consecutive games, Tong Feiyu's face couldn't help but show a little pride, with an expression of victory, for him, it took a lot of effort to get this tabby glazed stove, and the money was naturally not a few, as for the estimated price, he also agreed.
After all, although the price of Tang Dynasty porcelain and jade-like porcelain is higher, the price of any kind of antique cannot escape the law that rare things are expensive, so it is natural that this rare thing can be auctioned at such a high price.
After Tong Feiyu got off the field, everyone was still amazed by this work worth more than 10 million, and an old collector in his fifties walked up with a small wooden box.
This old collector's name is Hou Yun, and he also has some friendship with Ji Yuan, so Zhao Zhuo had seen this person before the start of the competition, and Hou Yun is also an old connoisseur who has been immersed in the antique world for twenty or thirty years, and has developed a pair of fiery eyes, and he is also a first-class master in the realm of Baicheng.
Tong Feiyu took out this thing worth tens of millions, which greatly disgraced many contestants, but instead of that frustration, Hou Yun's face was full of confidence, and he walked up to the stage with high spirits and laughed lightly.
The laughter was not loud, but the contempt contained in it was particularly obvious, as if laughing at the fact that everyone was shocked by a small thing, but what he had in his hand was even more powerful.
The contestants were all soaked in the antique world, and their noses and eyes were very smart, and just this contemptuous laugh immediately made everyone pay attention to Hou Yunlai.
Zhao Zhuo also looked at the old man with interest, and he could also feel it in contact, Mr. Hou's surname was quite straightforward, and his speech was straightforward, if he couldn't even look down on the tabby glazed stove, then the things in this small box were definitely not ordinary things.
After everyone's eyes were attracted by Hou Yun, Hou Yun began to open the box and slowly took out a pair of wine cups.
This pair of wine cups is only 5 or 6 cm high, about 15 cm in diameter, and the whole is glazed with azure, light green with blue, and it can be clearly seen that it is glazed twice by dipping the glaze method, the first layer is azure-colored tire glaze, and the outer layer is transparent glaze.
It is moisturized and delicate in the eye, and although the shape is simple, it looks quite good.
Zhao Zhuo's eyes also lit up slightly, and he saw that there was still some faint aura on this lamp.
Hou Yun slowly turned the wine cup to the bottom, and there were three nails at the bottom, which was very in line with the firing techniques of the Tang and Song dynasties, but when everyone saw the payment at the bottom, they all gasped, just because the bottom was engraved with a word in regular script: chai.
Ji Xiaofan's eyes widened all of a sudden, and he almost grabbed the seat with his hands, and said in shock: "This shouldn't be a firewood kiln thing, right?" ”
Zhao Zhuo frowned slightly, and his heart couldn't help but be shocked, no wonder Hou Yun was so confident, it turned out that the things in his hand were actually from the firewood kiln.
The firewood kiln is the imperial kiln of Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong after the Five Dynasties period, so it has been called the firewood kiln since the Northern Song Dynasty.
There are countless records about the firewood kiln in history, it is said that the things of the firewood kiln are as blue as the sky, bright as a mirror, thin as paper, the sound is like a rock, its production is rare and exquisite, it is ranked in the first place of Ru, Guan, Ge, Jun, Zhu kiln, and even more, it is called the ancestor of the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty.
However, the firewood kiln has not been found so far in kind and the kiln site, because of this, there is a firewood kiln worth a thousand gold said, so far unearthed Tang and Song Dynasty kilns are countless, but none of them can meet the specifications of the legendary firewood kiln, and, what color is blue as the sky, what is clear as a mirror, how to be thin as paper, sound like a rock, these ancients left a record because there is no physical reference, for modern people, it is more like a difficult mystery to solve.
Therefore, if this porcelain is really a firewood kiln thing, the price will definitely be more than 10 million.
As soon as Zhao Zhuo thought of this, his eyes looked towards the pair of wine cups again, and he was suddenly taken aback!
Just now, there were at least six spiritual lights around the wine cup, but in a short period of time, half of them disappeared, and the only three spiritual lights were much dimmer than before.
Moreover, just now because of the aura surrounding, the wine cup gives people the feeling that no matter from the shape or glaze, there is a sense of real illusion, as if a cyan jade has just been fished out of the water, moist and delicate, so when I saw the word "chai" on this bottom paragraph, I suddenly remembered the legend of the firewood kiln.
However, now that only half of the aura is left, the ancient charm emitted by this wine cup has suddenly disappeared a lot, as if the soul has been drained, and it has become a little lifeless.
And on the surface, there are also some crystals caused by the two glazing, which suddenly looks a little rough.
Seeing such a change, Zhao Zhuo suddenly remembered what Meng Hong and the others had experienced, could it be that this wine cup was also bought from that young man?
At this moment, Hou Yun seemed to have noticed the change in the wine cup, he rubbed his eyes vigorously, as if he didn't expect that the firewood kiln wine cup that was obviously like the real product had changed all of a sudden, this was obviously a modern fake!
The judges also whispered, and they all shook their heads, thinking that they had just looked away, and they didn't think much about it, after all, the fame of this firewood kiln is too great, so it is very likely that this porcelain may be a firewood kiln and there is an error in eyesight, but as soon as I calmed down, I saw the loopholes in the porcelain.
The color of the firewood kiln is as blue as the sky, that is, the beauty of "the rain is clear and the clouds are broken", although this comment of the ancients is too illusory for modern people, but it is obvious that the glaze of the firewood kiln is quite warm and simple, and its craftsmanship level is higher than that of the Yue kiln and the Xing kiln.
However, the glaze of this pair of wine cups is obviously not up to the level of a firewood kiln, and even an experienced appraiser can clearly see that the glaze is made of modern technology.
In the blink of an eye, the aura disappeared again, and the flaws in the wine cup became more and more obvious, Hou Yun was obviously shocked, he was stunned for a while, his mouth opened, and he didn't say a word, without waiting for the judges' appraisal, he turned around and stepped off the stage, staggering towards the special passage.
Zhao Zhuo hurriedly stood up, ran up to the stage to pick up the wine cup, and said to the judges, "I'll go and give things to Hou Lao." ”
Of course, the judges would not object, and let Zhao Zhuo catch up, and as soon as Zhao Zhuo got the wine cup, he stretched out his finger and pointed at the remaining aura of the wine cup.
A picture flashed from my mind, this is an underground square, the lights are a little dim, there are many small stalls around, which are full of all kinds of antiques, people come and go, in this stall, a long-haired young man with a low hat is holding a wine cup and watching, and there is suddenly a jade ring on his finger.
The picture flashed, although he still didn't see the young man's face clearly, but Zhao Zhuo was secretly taken aback, just because the underground square was really familiar, it was the ghost market of Baicheng!
Moreover, the wine cup was indeed a fake, as he thought.
Zhao Zhuo didn't hesitate, stretched out his finger and pointed at the last aura of the wine cup, the scene appeared again, but it was quite similar to the scene when he came into contact with Yuan Qinghua before, the hand wearing the jade ring was caressing the wine cup, the green jade exuded a strange light, and at this time, Zhao Zhuo finally saw the young man's face clearly.
This young man is only in his 20s, his appearance is ordinary, and there is really nothing that people cares about, but his whole person looks very evil, with one hand stroking the wine cup, and the corners of his mouth hook a somewhat playful smile, as if he is laughing at the people who are about to be fooled.
It didn't take long for the young man to withdraw his hands, and ten spiritual lights suddenly emitted from this wine cup, which flickered, which greatly affected the vision of ordinary people, and it was enough to mistakenly think that this fake was the real thing, plus the word "chai" at the bottom of the cup, it would naturally be reminiscent of the firewood kiln.
(To be continued)