Zhao Zhuo and Mo Ling whispered about the new ability of the Yin and Yang Eyes, and the people inside and outside the venue were also talking about this small piece of celadon lotus venerable.

In fact, as soon as this lotus statue came out, there were already some old qualified appraisers who asserted that this was a fake, although the first lotus statue was unearthed only for 40 years, and many similar porcelains were unearthed later, whether it was the south or the north, but without exception it was a tall shape.

And this piece of porcelain is more than 20 centimeters shorter than the smallest Lotus Zun, and the possibility of a fake is very large.

However, some people soon thought that this was not a fake, and the reason was very simple, the craftsmanship of the Lotus Zun represented the highest craftsmanship of porcelain during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, especially its decorative arts, which almost collected all kinds of decorative techniques at that time, and it was not difficult to imitate a fake.

The people on both sides had their own opinions, only Ji Yuan and the others were much calmer, although they didn't know when Zhao Zhuo got a Lotus Venerable, but they were convinced of his eyesight.

In the end, the judges couldn't hold back their curiosity, left the table again, and approached one by one to carefully observe this celadon lotus statue.

Generally speaking, the more complex the process of porcelain, the greater the possibility of imitating the flaw, just like this celadon lotus Zun, from the mouth to the base, including multiple layers of upturned lotus petals, group flowers, Bodhi leaves, flying sky, dragon patterns and other decorations, the process also includes carving, sculpture, molding, pasting, etc., as long as there is a flaw in one place, then the whole piece is absolutely a fake.

The judges did not dare to take it lightly, and carefully and carefully appraised it, and it took more than half an hour for the six judges to complete the identification of this porcelain, and it was determined that it was a genuine work in the Southern Dynasties.

As soon as these words came out, the audience was shocked, Tong Dongyang's brows couldn't help frowning, the shadow of the famous tree, in the celadon world, this lotus is like thunder, this piece of porcelain is definitely likely to impact the status of the candlestick to ward off evil spirits.

However, after the judges discussed, the appraisal price was 7.6 million.

The reason is that although this is also a lotus statue, but there is no majestic and solemn shape of the large lotus statue, there are many traces of damage on the decoration, and the green glaze decolorization of the whole body is also quite serious, although all this shows the vicissitudes of history, but the antique is the pursuit of perfection, missing the gap, cracked gaps, the surface is worn, all kinds of circumstances will make its value doubled.

Even though there are so many unfavorable factors, this price still amazes the audience in the venue, after all, the price of the candlestick is only 8.8 million.

Seeing that the price of the small lotus venerable did not exceed the candlestick to ward off evil spirits, the corners of Tong Dongyang's mouth couldn't help but hook up a smile.

Since Hua Zun appeared, the contestants behind Zhao Zhuo no longer had a collection worth more than four million, and with the evaluation of the last collection, the third Six Dynasties Era Celadon Competition was finally completed.

In the third game, Tong Dongyang's candlestick ranked first with a high price of 8.8 million, the second was Zhao Zhuo's celadon lotus statue, estimated at 7.6 million, and the third was Tong Qizhou's double-headed chicken head pot, estimated at 7.5 million.

Although there was no porcelain with an estimated value of more than 10 million in the third game, careful people would be taken aback as long as they calculated the total price of Tong Dongyang and others for three consecutive games.

Compared with the three games, Tong Dongyang's first game is Zhang Zhidong's glazed red square bottle, with an estimated value of 7 million, the second is a Shuanglong beast ear celadon jar, with an estimated value of 6.5 million, and the third is a candlestick to ward off evil spirits, with a total value of 8.8 million yuan, and the total value of the collection is as high as 22.3 million.

The first one in Tong Qizhou is the green dragon bottle used by Cixi, with an estimated value of 6.2 million, the second is a green glazed lotus petal lid jar, with an estimate of 6.8 million, and the third is a double-headed chicken head pot, with an estimated value of 7.5 million yuan, with a total value of 20.3 million.

Fang Youming's first scene is the imperial pen holder of Emperor Guangxu, with an estimated value of 5 million, the second is a black glazed four-series bird button cover jar, with an estimate of 7.2 million, and the third is a bird-shaped cup, with an estimated value of 6.2 million yuan, and the total value of the collection is 18.4 million.

The old collector Chen Caiyuan was the first blue and white Suihan Sanyou bowl, with an estimated value of 4.8 million, the second was a four-series pot, with an appraisal of 7.5 million, and the third was a Yue kiln celadon with an appraisal of 6 million, with a total value of 18.3 million.

In fact, there are at least a dozen people who can reach 10 million in the total value of the collection in three consecutive games, although these people may not necessarily sell the collection in their hands, but the actual assets are also among the 10 million.

Looking at Zhao Zhuo again, the value of the first imitation enamel porcelain is 4.6 million, the second Yangxian celadon is 5.5 million, and the third is the celadon lotus honor, which is assessed at 7.6 million, and the total value of the collection is 17.7 million, which is nearly 5 million different from the total value of Tong Dongyang!

Therefore, although Tong Dongyang was a little surprised by the celadon lotus statue that Zhao Zhuo took out, it was still as stable as Mount Tai, after all, the gap of five million was not small, and as long as the last three games stood firm, the price gap would be widened more and more.

Although Ji Yuan and the others didn't know what Zhao Zhuo's so-called killer weapon was, they also secretly sweated for Zhao Zhuo, everyone came to the car, and carefully loaded the collection into the carriage, Ji Yuan's phone rang at this time, and as soon as he answered the phone, his brows frowned slightly.

Ji Yuan frowned and listened to the voice on the other end of the phone, and seemed to be very confused, and when he hung up the phone, Cui Shiyan couldn't help but ask, "Old Ji, is something happening?" ”

Ji Yuan didn't seem to come back to his senses yet, and only said after a while: "It's Manager Ye who called." ”

"Ye Wan from the artifact store? Could it be that something happened to the artifact shop? Cui Shiyan was taken aback.

Saying this, everyone was immediately surprised, and Ji Yuan shook his head and said, "It's not, Xiaofan, you drive first, and I'll tell you the specific things in the car." ”

When everyone saw his serious expression, they knew that something big must have happened, so they hurriedly got into the car, and in the car, Ji Yuan talked about what happened in the cultural relics store.

The cultural relics store is a cultural relics institution established by the state, and its main functions are to protect and collect cultural relics in the social diaspora, to provide museums and research institutions with cultural relics and research materials in their collections, and to provide coordination and exchange for the collection of folk cultural relics.

That is to say, he has the qualifications to acquire and sell cultural relics, of course, the cultural relics sold also have certain rules, priority is given to the valuable cultural relics to the museum, and the cultural relics sold can only be retailed and not wholesaled.

There are the head office of the cultural relics store in all provinces of the country, there are branches in the city, the Baicheng cultural relics store is the branch under the cultural relics store of Guangzhou Province, the address is on a street outside the porcelain market, the area is not large, there are two facades, one façade specializes in selling modern handicrafts, one façade is the export of cultural relics, the items sold include porcelain, jade, celebrity calligraphy and painting, bronze, embroidered clothing, famous inkstone stamps, bamboo and wood ivory carvings and ancient furniture.

Because it is a state-owned store, the cultural relics sold are identified and purchased by experienced and famous appraisal experts, eliminating fakes and keeping them true one by one, which is different from ordinary antique shops.

Therefore, both novices and veterans are also accustomed to going to the cultural relics store to shop for things, although things may be more expensive, but there are rarely fakes.

The manager of the Baicheng cultural relics store is named Ye Wan, in her forties, who used to be a staff member of the city museum and a relative of the Ji family, and later transferred to the cultural relics store and became the current manager.

Ye Wan called, saying a very strange thing, not long ago, the staff of the cultural relics store organized an acquisition in the suburbs of Baicheng, which was personally responsible for Ye Wan at that time, Ye Wan was also a national first-class porcelain appraiser, her eyesight is very good, and she also has a good reputation in the antique circle.

When she was in the suburbs, she happened to meet Meng Hong, an old collector in Baicheng, because both of them are women, and they are both engaged in antiques, so the friendship is quite good, Meng Hong was driving a small car at the time, looking very excited, during the conversation, he revealed that he had just taken out a piece of Yuan blue and white porcelain that he had just gotten his hands on, saying that it was quite high-quality regardless of shape and glaze, and it was worth tens of millions of things, but she met a person who did not know how to do it, and it only cost a million to buy it.

It's just that when Meng Hong opened the carriage and took out the so-called Yuan blue and white porcelain worth tens of millions, Ye Wan only glanced at it a few times and decided that it was a fake, and it was not too superb.

Meng Hong was a little unconvinced at the time, so he took it and looked at it again, and he was immediately taken aback.

Speaking of this, Jing Yao was a little suspicious: "I know Sister Meng, she is very low-key, although there are many treasures hidden at home, but even the Dou Porcelain Festival has never participated. Her eyesight is also very powerful in Bai Cheng, no worse than me, if it is a piece of porcelain that looks at a few times and does not imitate well, how can it not escape her eyes. ”

Ji Yuan bowed slightly: "Xiao Yao, you are right, the strange place is here, according to Meng Hong's words, when she bought this porcelain, she was 100% sure that it was a genuine product, especially the kind of charm revealed above, which is by no means a modern imitation that can be made." However, after Ye Wan's appraisal, she looked at it, but found that the charm seemed to have disappeared, as if the porcelain before buying it was completely different from the one after buying it. ”

Zhao Zhuo asked, "Could it be that the bag was dropped when I bought it?" ”

Ji Yuan shook his head and said: "When I bought this thing, I paid the money with one hand and delivered it with the other, and there was only one person on the other side, so it was impossible to drop the package, and this thing happened in broad daylight, so Meng Hong has not come to his senses until now, and he doesn't believe that he will spend a million for this kind of fake." ”

(To be continued)