Chapter 8: The Dragon Fights

At this time, Zuo Xugang had already asked the staff to move the wooden boxes to the platform, and then opened one of them and took out a jade artifact with a lot of weight.

When the jade was placed on the table, everyone's eyes lit up.

This is a white jade carved statue of flying immortals, this statue is more than 40 centimeters high, the widest part is about more than 20 centimeters, it is carved from a complete piece of jade. The material resembles the finest mutton fat white jade, with some cyan color in it, but the carver's carving is wonderful, and he skillfully blends these variegated colors with the image of the flying fairy.

On the mountainside, several flying immortals hold magic weapons, fly around the mountain, below the mountainside, several flying phoenixes spread their wings and shape, these flying phoenix phoenix eyes are slender, slightly triangular, it is a typical phoenix eye of the Song Dynasty, and the lower part has a lotus flower along the pattern of the wall and unfolds, and the phoenix bird complements each other.

Zhao Zhuo squinted his eyes and looked carefully, just this carving and modeling were very Song Yu's style.

The Song Dynasty was a golden age for the development of jade, and the developed economy and politics made the study of gold and stone also develop by leaps and bounds, and jade was not only enjoyed by the emperor and nobles, but also flowed into the hands of the citizens and gradually became secularized.

Because of this, Song Yu is not as delicate as the Tang Dynasty, nor is it as vulgar as the Ming and Qing dynasties, but has a simple and unpretentious atmosphere.

Therefore, there have always been comments, Song Yuru Song painting, has always been vivid and ingenious composition, coupled with superb techniques, the knife work is simple and appropriate, that is, concise and expressive.

This statue of a flying immortal is just like a picture scroll, giving people the feeling of wanting to fly into an immortal.

Look at this jade again, moist and bright without oil, warm and thick, is Hetian jade is not fake.

In addition to the white and cyan, there is also a part of the jade carving dyed with a piece of blood, the color is bright and dazzling, and the white of the jade is clearly distinguished, very similar to the rare "glutinous rice bean paste".

The so-called glutinous rice bean paste is a kind of unearthed jade blood. The general blood stain is because the jade is buried in the tomb and is infiltrated by the blood of the corpse, which produces a dark red color year by year. And like this kind of local dyeing red, the red and retain the white jade natural color of the part, it is called glutinous rice bean paste, this kind of color generally only appears in the tombs of the Han Dynasty, Wei and Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is very rare to find, precious.

Zhao Zhuo looked at it carefully a few times, and felt that it was all like the real thing, so he asked Mo Ling.

Mo Ling was almost finished at this time, and nodded to affirm Zhao Zhuo's judgment.

Since it is judged to be genuine, and the dynasty is undoubtedly in the Song Dynasty, then the rest is the price of this white jade carved flying immortal statue.

He squinted, and searched the auction records of major auction houses over and over again in his mind, finding similar Song Dynasty jade carvings for comparison.

The jade carvings of the Song Dynasty are now very popular in the market, and the prices of large and high-quality products exceed 10 million, and the prices of medium and upper grades are more than 1 million, and the general products are also more than 100,000 yuan.

The price of new jade and ancient jade is different in measurement, the new jade is seven points of material, three points of knife work, while the old jade is three points of material, seven points of knife work.

Like such a jade carving, although there is some sheep fat jade in the material, but there is too much green variegation, it can only be regarded as medium. The carving does show the style of the Song Dynasty, but it is still a little worse in terms of expressiveness, but the blood of the glutinous rice bean paste is very rare and rare.

So after Zhao Zhuo thought about it, he wrote his answer on the answer board, a genuine product from the Song Dynasty, with a price of between 4.3 million and 5 million.

By the time he finished writing, Su Yunhan had almost just finished writing, and only eight minutes had passed.

Murong Xun hadn't finished the appraisal yet, he squinted his eyes and took a magnifying glass to observe carefully, and it took another two or three minutes before he made a judgment.

Next, Zuo Xugang announced the answers of the three people, and the answers of the three were all the same, thinking that they were genuine products of the Song Dynasty, and the prices were all above 4 million.

On the judges' seat, Ji Yuan and Ke Yun also gave affirmative answers.

Although it was only the first battle, the atmosphere at the scene did not relax at all, but became more tense, this first jade is a precious jade worth four million, God knows how high the price will be in the future? For everyone in the hall, this is also a rare opportunity to appreciate the fine jade.

Soon, the second piece of jade was also moved, and Zhao Zhuo immediately felt a little familiar when he saw this shape and color.

This is a piece of jade carving of Qiaoyun furnace building, the whole body is more than 20 centimeters high jade, carved into Qiaoyun furnace building, the clouds are rising, surrounding the furnace building, that is, there is a simple and natural beauty, and there is a kind of majestic and magnificent image.

What's more peculiar is that in addition to white, this jade also has four colors: black, red, green and yellow, if you don't know the goods, you will only think that this is a cheap jade material, only experienced people can distinguish, this is a rare five-color jade.

Under normal circumstances, the price of jade will be more expensive if it is only one color, but like this five-color jade from the ancient Western Regions, although there are many colors, it is very beautiful, and the price is more expensive than monochrome jade.

Zhao Zhuo has an excellent memory, never forget, when he saw this five-colored jade, he had a sense of déjà vu, he recalled carefully, the information of the auction house quickly turned through the pages in his mind, about five minutes later, he really found this jade carving.

Twenty years ago, there was a five-color jade carving of Qiaoyun Lulou at an auction abroad, which was bought back by a domestic buyer at a price of 5 million, and five years later, it was sold at a high price of 6 million at an auction in a northern province and city.

That jade carving is exactly the same as the current one, because the auction house information about the auction items has various directions of shooting, Zhao Zhuo compared it, and knew that the two were the same thing.

Since he has the ability to never forget, Zhao Zhuo's head is like a library, and when he occasionally closes his eyes when he rests, he can casually pull out a book and flip through it, not long ago, he happened to see this jade carving on the auction album on the side, because this five-colored jade is rare, so he paid a little attention to it, and didn't want to run into it here.

Zhao Zhuo was the first to write the answer, and after two minutes, Su Yunhan also wrote it, although there was no time limit, but both of them finished answering, which gave Murong a lot of pressure.

Murong Xun took a deep breath, patiently and carefully identified the surname, as time passed, the sweat on his forehead seeped out from time to time, and when everyone's eyes in the hall were all focused on one person, the invisible pressure also tested his psychological ability.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Murong Xun finally found something and hurriedly wrote the answer on the answer board.

The answers of the three people were issued, and they all recognized it as a genuine product from the Tang Dynasty, with a price of more than 5 million, but the gap in strength has gradually widened. After two games, Zhao Zhuo was the first to write the answer every time, Su Yunhan followed, and Murong Xun was obviously a big step behind.

In addition to the members and guests who watched the game in the clubhouse, there were many appraisers who had already left. Everyone has already picked up their mood, in fact, there is nothing shameful about losing in such a battle of strength, what they lost was knowledge, but the dignity of daring to fight remained on their faces.

When the three of them were appraising the jade, the appraiser was also appraising, but often after the three people's answers were announced, they didn't have a clue, and then everyone suddenly realized that failure was not accidental, and the strength of these three people was far above their own.

As soon as the third piece of jade was brought up, Zhao Zhuo secretly said that it was not good, just looking at this carving, he felt that it seemed to be a work of the late Qing Dynasty, and the knowledge at that time was what he lacked the most.

Although the works of the late Qing Dynasty have also appeared in the previous sessions, those that can be placed in the fourth session for identification can definitely fool experts if they are fakes.

He couldn't help but cheer up his spirits and carefully looked at this jade.

This is a jade carved dragon pattern beast ear square statue, about 15 centimeters high, the statue round mouth, thin neck, round belly. The ears and neck of the beast are painted with cicada patterns, the abdomen is engraved with the pattern of the cocktail, the bottom is carved with the cloud and thunder shading, the decoration is simple and solemn, and the shape and decoration are imitated from the pre-Qin bronzes.

The most eye-catching thing is that there is also a six-character three-line seal book of "Guangxu Year System of the Great Qing Dynasty" engraved under the abdomen.

It seems that because of the perennial burial in the ground, due to the long-term erosion of metal elements such as lead and iron contained in the soil, Fang Zun has produced a large number of black spots all over his body, accounting for almost two-thirds of the part, and he can vaguely distinguish that his jade color is yellow.

If it's just covered with dark spots, it's fine, but this Fang Zun actually has a condensed pulp, as if it has been playing for many years, which suddenly increases the difficulty of identification.

The so-called disc play refers to the ancient jade to be played with to achieve the effect of jade rebirth and transparency, which is generally divided into slow disc, fast disc, and heart disc.

The slow plate, also known as the Wenpan, is generally worn on the body and raised jade with popularity, so that the jade slowly spits out the impurities that were originally eroded into the soil, and after a few years or even decades, the jade becomes transparent.

Fast plate is also called Wupan, refers to the use of old white cloth, from time to time to rub the ancient jade to make it hot, gradually spit out of the impurities, can even be boiled with water, and then rubbed with a brown brush, but if this kind of plate method is not well mastered, it is easy to hurt the jade.

The heart plate is also called the meaning plate, which is the highest state of the jade, while playing, while tasting the culture of jade, its ornamentation, its knife work, etc., that is, to raise jade with the heart.

Playing with the jade does not necessarily make all the jade transparent, but because of the invasion of sweat and secretions, it will produce a layer of smooth and moist slurry on the surface of the jade.

In this way, some traces of artificial forgery are concealed. For example, if this dark spot is made of a fake, it is generally dark and shiny hair oil, but this pulp will also produce oil, which increases the difficulty of judging, and to form such a moisturizing pulp, I am afraid it has been played with for many years.

Zhao Zhuo didn't dare to take it lightly, squinted his eyes and carefully distinguished, this jade is the top grade of topaz, the color is like freshly peeled ripe chestnuts, commonly known as "sweet topaz".

Looking at this ornament again, it is obviously imitating the bronze ware of the pre-Qin period, with the upper layer of carving, only the black spots are quite difficult to distinguish.

(To be continued)