In fact, there is more to the chicken bowl cup.

"Chicken" is homophonic to "auspicious", so "big chicken" implies "great luck" and is deeply loved by the world.

Moreover, there is a crown on the head of the chicken, and the "crown" has the same sound as "official", and it also has the meaning of "official plus official", implying the promotion and tengda of the official.

And the hen or rooster and the five chickens play with each other, that is, the picture of the mother and the son and the chicken, with the "hole" harmonic "branch", called the "five sons of the department", which is a metaphor for the title of the gold list in the imperial examination.

"Alright, let's put the object back on."

Enough of showing it, Zhang Lao's purpose was also halfway, he waved his hand, and instructed the security guard to re-seal the two chicken bowl cups into the bulletproof glass cover.

Chu Lao has also seen chicken bowl cups before, but either they are separated by a thick layer of bulletproof glass like now, and what can be used is only the imitation of Yongzheng Doucai in the Qing Dynasty, and Zhang Lao's two chicken bowl cups are authentic Wanli pastels, and the condition is well preserved, which is indeed very rare.

"The hair color is elegant and soft, the color is bright and shining, Zhang Lao, congratulations!"

Although there was no false envy in Chu Lao's tone, it was only a compliment to the two chicken cups, but his eyes were clear, and there was no trace of greed.

Rong Lao, who has never been smiling in front of outsiders, couldn't help nodding his head again and again, and said: "Delicate and elegant, occasionally colorful, delicate and elegant, thousands of postures and beautiful beauty, it can indeed be called a boutique!" ”

Chu Lao and the so-called Zhang Lao, Zhang Wei actually has a very tangled memory, both of them were classmates of Beijing University, and they both studied under Mr. Li Boda. What's even more interesting is that Zhang Wei and Chu Lao fell in love with their teacher's daughter at the same time.

The battle between the two young men began.

Later, Mr. Li Boda's daughter naturally chose the honest but well-behaved Chu Lao, while Zhang Wei, who was completely disappointed, left for the rest of the city.

Although decades have passed since the incident and Mrs. Li has passed away, Zhang Wei has always hated Chu Lao in his heart and is obsessed with the events of that year.

In front of Chu Lao, as long as he can suppress the other party, even if it is something that harms others and himself, Zhang Wei will not hesitate to do it.

"The two of you are exaggerating, but they are just two teacups."

said so, but Zhang Lao's expression couldn't hide the joy and pride.

Ever since he got his first chicken cup, he has to shut himself in the house every night to rub and taste, entertain himself before he can fall asleep, and the night he got into a pair, he couldn't sleep all night.

Some people are afraid that others will know about good things, but there are also some people who are afraid that others will know about it too late and be less envious.

And Zhang Wei is precisely the latter.

Some time ago, Zhang Wei took advantage of the visit of Qiu Kuan, the boss of the Green Gang, and took out the two chicken bowl cups to make a pot of high-grade Longjing that was auctioned off.

It shows that this person is the kind of person who can't hide things in his heart, and he doesn't know when to keep a low profile.

"Elder Zhang, do you have the idea of taking out the chicken bowl cup for the exhibition this time?"

Chu Lao smiled and said tentatively.

Zhang Wei narrowed his eyes, with a look of disdain and contempt, and shook his head and said: "Lao Chu, I don't dare to say anything else, but if you kid can take out the piece of Zigang jade plate left by the teacher back then, I can consider exchanging one of them with you." ”

"You"

Chu Lao's face sank, and he finally swallowed back the words he was about to say.

The piece of Zigang jade plate that Zhang Wei said was the only thought that Mr. Li Boda left to Chu Lao and his wife, not to mention a chicken bowl cup, even if Zhang Wei took the most exquisite antiques in the world, Chu Lao would not exchange it with it.

It's obviously embarrassing!

Rong Lao's face also changed when he heard this, he snorted coldly and shook his head, he didn't bother to pay attention to that kind of fool who had no eyes, and went to a booth next to him to watch a group of jade carvings with disdain.

Zhang Wei is used to looking forward to being arrogant, where will he take care of Rong Lao, and took Chu Lao's hand and smiled: "Lao Chu, there is my new moire lacquer plate here, you are an expert, come to help me increase my eyes!" ”

It's not so much that it is better to say bluntly that Zhang Lao wants to be proud in front of Chu Lao, an acquaintance of the year.

As for Liu Yuhao next to him, Zhang Wei took a blind attitude.

In Zhang Wei's eyes, Liu Yuhao is just a foil, a dispensable character, what kind of expert did he pretend to be at a young age? Hum! I'm not afraid of being laughed at and lose my big teeth!

However, that Zhang Wei is not really a person who has no eyesight, usually he can please the bigwigs of the green and red gangs when he sees them, and if he wants to blame, he can only blame Liu Yuhao for being too young and blinding others.

Later, Zhang Wei suffered losses in the hands of Liu Yuhao, but he was deceived, but he really regretted that he came out of his mother's womb for decades, and he didn't know gold and jade, and missed the best opportunity to make friends with Liu Yuhao.

Then again.

Zhang Wei said that the moire lacquer is not a hand-me-down, but after research, it was found that it was left by the apprentice of Zhang Cheng, a master of carving lacquer in the Yuan Dynasty, although its deterrent power is not as good as the chicken bowl cup just now, but it can barely be seen.

Liu Yuhao paid attention to the moire lacquer plate when he entered the door, the black lacquer of the wooden tire, the moire pattern was carved inside and outside, the lacquer was very thick, the crystal shined, and the carving was round.

It can be seen from the shape and carving that the author is not only a master of removing red, but his rhino removal skills are also exquisite, but there are two such objects in the old man's house, and Liu Yuhao doesn't care very much.

"Brother Liu, is this kind of teacup very valuable?"

After waiting for Chu Lao to leave, Teng Yi stepped forward softly to ask Liu Yuhao, who had been hovering in front of the Wanli Doucai Chicken Cup for a long time, with a trace of curiosity on his face.

Xue Weiwei had asked similar questions before.

Coincidentally, today Fuji Yi has also connected the price of the object with its own weight.

But Liu Yuhao knew that Teng Yi should not be blamed for this, because they did not know how to appreciate a cultural relic, nor did they know the importance of the seemingly inconspicuous chicken bowl cup in the inheritance of Chinese civilization.

It seems superficial to use the value to measure the splendor of China's excellent culture, but it can directly let more people like Teng Yi understand the profound historical culture and artistic connotation contained in those treasures.

Liu Yuhao smiled bitterly and said: "Ten years ago, Sotheby's autumn auction of a Chenghua Doucai floral pattern goblet has been as high as 10 million Hong Kong dollars, and this chicken bowl cup is a representative of Chenghua Doucai, what do you say?" ”

"Ahh So powerful! ”

Teng Yi was so frightened that he stuck out his tongue, touched the Hetian jade pendant around his neck with his hand, and said with a wry smile: "I thought that the Hetian jade that Brother Liu gave me was already priceless, but I didn't expect it to be as good as these two cups." ”

What a thing!

"Boy, these two things are not comparable at all."

Liu Yuhao almost collapsed on the spot when he heard Teng Yi's words, and laughed and scolded.

About the origin of this Chenghua Doucai, there is a moving legend, according to legend, the Chenghua Emperor has a favorite concubine surnamed Wan, whose real name is Wan Zhen'er, was originally a maid around the Empress Dowager Cishou, and later got the favor of the Chenghua Emperor, Wan Guifei likes rare treasures, so the Jingdezhen official kiln specially created and burned Doucai porcelain for Wan Guifei.

In order to please Wan Guifei, the official in charge of the official kiln combined the underglaze blue and white with the glaze color, which not only maintained the beautiful and elegant characteristics of the blue and white, but also increased the colorful and gorgeous tones, which set off each other, competed for beauty, and was gorgeous and colorful, and later won the praise of "the crown of colored porcelain".

Each piece of Chenghua Doucai porcelain is inseparable from underglaze blue and white and overglaze color, blue and white are used to outline and render ornamentation, constituting the main outline of the picture; Colorful increases the color of the picture, sets off and embellishes the pattern, pays attention to the matching of shades, and pursues elegant and rich artistic effects.

In particular, it is worth mentioning that Chenghua Doucai porcelain painting is often based on the picture to set the color, so that the pattern and color of the collocation are integrated, quiet and quiet. Because the pattern is depicted using the flat sketch and fill painting technique, the picture lacks a sense of layering.

For example, the clothes of the characters are all one-color single clothes, the mountains and rocks have no concave and convex feeling, and the branches are not wrinkled; The leaves only have a yang side, and there is no yin and yang to the back; The flowers are painted only on the front, and there is no difference between the side and the back

"Hey, the two chicken cups seem to be very different."

Liu Yuhao and Teng Yi were talking and laughing boringly, and suddenly there was another person beside them, the man carefully looked at the two chicken bowl cups, rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and shook his head regretfully after confirming that he was not mistaken.

"It turned out to be Mr. Tian."

Liu Yuhao turned around and saw that the person who spoke was Tian Zhiyuan, one of the eight experts, who had already known each other last night, and Liu Yuhao still remembered that Tian Zhiyuan was a researcher at the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and had just been hired as a special professor at his alma mater.

Tian Zhiyuan stretched out his hand to support his black-framed eyes, nodded and smiled: "I said yesterday not to call me teacher, we are about the same age, you can call me big brother." ”

said that he was about the same age, but Liu Yuhao knew that he was more than ten years younger than others.

Liu Yuhao smiled and said, "Then I'm not welcome, I'll call you Brother Tian in the future." ”

In fact, what Liu Yuhao admires most is Tian Zhiyuan's literati temperament, and he says what he thinks of in his heart, which is not hypocritical at all.

And when he met Zhou Xi's businessmen and the second brother, Liu Yuhao was awkward, and he had to shake hands and talk for a long time at every turn, even if you couldn't get used to the other party, you couldn't show a disgusted expression in front of you.

Didn't make people vomit!

Seeing that Tian Zhiyuan was very interested in the two chicken cups, Liu Yuhao couldn't help but laugh and said, "Brother Tian, I just heard you say that the two cups are not the same, right?" ”

Tian Zhiyuan did not answer Liu Yuhao's words immediately, but frowned and looked at it for a while before nodding, and said: "Brother, look at the chicken in the cup, the head shape and body shape are long and pointed, from an artistic point of view, it is not quite in line with the idea of the craftsmen in the Wanli period to be fat and beautiful. ”

Liu Yuhao was stunned suddenly, the chicken bowl cup just now had been in Chu Lao's hand, he didn't observe it carefully, and now he looked in the direction of Tian Zhiyuan's finger and found that what he said was really like that.