Chapter 17 The Lu Family Passed Down the Ages
Although this painting is expressive and has been collected by famous artists, it was not made by Emperor Qianlong, and it is not rare in terms of overall value, so it can only be sold for a price of 200,000 yuan.
When the second scroll was opened, it was two pieces of paper, and when it was opened, it was a seven-character couplet. One couplet reads "The Golden Pipe of Virtue in the World", and the other reads "Name of the Blue Yarn Dragon in the Sky".
Lu Zhaohui glanced at it, and couldn't help frowning, and said disdainfully: "What is this all written, it's like a paint, the words are crooked, it's not as good as the picture of flowers and birds just now." ”
Du Jinzhi also flattened his mouth and said: "That's it, the ancestor of your family really doesn't know how to become an official, buried so many burial goods, and got a few rare treasures, this calligraphy and painting is not worth it." ”
Lu Zhaofeng said unhappily when he heard it: "Brother and sister, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to say this kind of thing in front of the ancestors' things, no matter how much it's worth, this is a relic of the ancestors." ”
Zhao Zhuo said at this time; "If this lacquer book is genuine, it should be worth more than the painting."
"Lacquer books?" Lu Zhaofeng asked with a confused expression.
Zhao Zhuo did not answer immediately, but his eyes fell on the blank space of the couplet, only to see a line of small characters written there, "Hangren Jinnongshu in Jiangdu", and there were several square seals printed next to it.
Zhao Zhuo squinted his eyes and carefully distinguished for a while, Tong Dongyang handed over the couplet, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, then you can come and see if this is not the real thing." ”
Zhao Zhuo took it, touched the paper, thought about it slightly, and quickly said: "This is indeed the true work of Jin Nong, as for the price, it should be around 600,000." ”
When Tong Dongyang heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Zhao Zhuo, he asked him to identify two paintings in a row, and he never said a conclusion, in order to try his skills. Unexpectedly, this young man really had some strength, the two paintings did not take much time to judge, and he was very accurate in terms of price, and more importantly, the kind of confidence he showed in his gestures was not shaken in the slightest because he did not speak.
Tong Feiyu also frowned slightly, from Tong Dongyang's expression, he already knew that Zhao Zhuo's judgment was correct, which made him secretly surprised, just because he hadn't judged that this couplet was genuine.
Tong Feiyu still remembers that night's game, at least until he met Zhao Zhuo today, he still believed that his victory was due to luck, too good luck to be unimaginable. However, the facts seem to be changing this idea little by little, this young man named Zhao Zhuo has the strength far beyond his imagination.
Tong Feiyu's face remained calm, but his fists were clenched tightly, how could he tolerate the appearance of a person who was even more talented than himself?
Lu Zhaohui was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed heartily and said: "The painting just now is only worth 200,000 yuan when it is densely and almost full." That's a dozen words, it can be worth 600,000? ”
Zhao Zhuo was not moved by his rudeness, but explained lightly: "Jin Nong is one of the eight monsters of Yangzhou in the Qing Dynasty painting circle, living in the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties, and is known as the head of the eight monsters. This couplet is the 'lacquer book' created by him, which is a special method of using pen and ink, and the brush used is like a flat brush, dipped in thick ink, and the line of the brush is only folded and not turned, like a brush to paint. The words written in this way look vulgar and simple, and there is no rule at all, but in fact, it is a big picture, with a majestic charm, and this couplet is also a rare good product. ”
"What this kid said is true, these words are really worth 600,000?" Lu Zhaohui was confused when he heard this knowledge, but seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, he hurriedly asked Tong Dongyang.
Tong Dongyang bowed slightly: "As Brother Zhao said, 600,000 should still be a conservative number, and if it is taken to the auction house to auction, 700,000 should be no problem." ”
Lu Zhaohui couldn't help laughing, handed over the third painting, and urged: "Hurry up, this third painting must be more valuable." ”
Du Jinzhi also said happily: "The first one is more than 200,000, the second is more than 700,000, so isn't the third one a million?" ”
Tong Dongyang opened the third painting, his brows furrowed slightly, Zhao Zhuo walked over to take a look, and found that this painting was not a famous work, but a portrait of a woman, combing the hairstyle of the Qing Dynasty era, wearing the beautiful clothes of the Qing Dynasty, showing a bit of beauty.
Together with the scroll was a piece of paper with a line of regular script written on it, and after reading the text on it, I realized that this painting was actually a portrait of his wife painted by the ancestors of the Lu family.
According to the meaning of the word, because his wife died early, he had this painting after missing, and hung it in the room to think about it at night, and his heart gradually became haggard, but later the court was in turmoil, and he had to leave his homeland, and he had no time to open the coffin to collect his wife's bones, and finally had to order his descendants to bury this painting after his death.
Lu Zhaofeng sighed when he saw it, his eyes were a little red, obviously moved by the sincere feelings of his ancestors, but Lu Zhaohui and his wife chattered endlessly, originally thinking that the third painting could be worth millions, but it turned out to be something worthless.
Zhao Zhuo couldn't help frowning, if he hadn't come for Lu Zhaohui, he really wanted to leave, these two looked like they had gotten into the eyes of money, which made people sigh that it was not worth it.
Next, there are three clay pots, and after washing the clay pots, it was found that they were actually three purple clay pots.
Zisha pot, also known as Yixing purple sand pot, it does not take away the aroma of tea and has no cooked soup, the wall of the pot adsorbs tea gas, and it is said that the empty pot is used for a long time to inject boiling water into the tea fragrance, in recent years, the market in the auction market is gradually bullish, especially the masterpieces of famous masters are hard to find.
It is said that the origin of the purple sand pot can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period of the Yue State Doctor Fan Li, has a history of more than 2,000 years, the real rise is in the Ming Dynasty, from the Ming Dynasty Wuzong Zhengde years to the purple sand began to make the pot, famous masters, 500 years continue to have fine products handed down.
These three pieces of purple clay pots can be said to have their own merits in the shape, the first of its buttons, covers, and handles are made of pine branches, and the body of the pot is decorated with the dragon's head and dragon body respectively, giving people a feeling that the dragon sees the head but does not see the tail. In the hand, the pot bread is thick, and the whole is simple and simple.
The second piece, the lid of the pot is used as a button, the body of the pot is stacked with pine branches and geckos, and the plum branches are bent as the circle handle. The overall Gumu is dignified, and the pulp is moist.
The last piece of its instrument is painted with mud and blowing sheng figures, the mud color and carcass are elegant and simple, no matter from the modeling, knife skills, and form are quite level, and the ancient rhyme is long.
Zhao Zhuo and Tong Dongyang each picked up a pot to identify, and then turned to the bottom at the same time, only to see that it was suddenly engraved with the words "for spring".
"It turned out to be a spring pot!" Tong Feiyu couldn't help but sigh lightly, this offering spring is said to be the founder of the purple clay pot, and its works can be described as priceless.
However, Zhao Zhuo shook his head and said: "The pot for spring, the chestnut color is dark, like ancient and modern iron, Dun Pang Zhouzheng. Although these three pieces are good in all aspects, the color is slightly different, and the knife skills cannot reach the level of the square vessel, which should be imitations. ”
Tong Feiyu couldn't help but be stunned, although he was in a hurry to export just now, but he had already decided that this was genuine, but he didn't expect Zhao Zhuo to study the purple clay pot so much, and in just a dozen words, the characteristics of the spring pot were explained, and then look at these three pieces, the previous one or two pieces were indeed lacking in the shape of the knife, however, he raised his eyebrows, picked up the last clay painted purple sand pot and asked: "The other two may be as you said, but this one, the color is maroon, and the shape can also be described as square and thoughtful, how can it be an imitation?" ”
Zhao Zhuo smiled slightly, pointed to the pot and said, "Tong Shao, please take a closer look at the bottom of this pot, whether there is some purple sand with pear skin like a small dot, because it is small, you may have to look carefully to see it." ”
Tong Feiyu took a serious look, it was really like what Zhao Zhuo said, there were small dots, as soon as Tong Dongyang heard this, he looked at the pot in Tong Feiyu's hand, looked at him with a stunned face, and shook his head slightly, obviously knowing what Zhao Zhuo meant.
I only listened to Zhao Zhuo talk eloquently: "The dating of the purple sand pot can be seen from the mud color, the mud color of the Ming Dynasty is more purple and red, and the Qing Dynasty because of the mastery of the mud refining process, the purple sand fine mud appeared, so in addition to these two colors, there are more colors." Tong Shao's hand of this pot, the bottom is this purple sand fine mud, which is called 'pear blossom dot' or 'osmanthus sand', the former is thicker than the latter, and some people collectively refer to them as 'pear peel'. 'Pear blossom spot' was more common in the early Qing Dynasty, while 'osmanthus sand' was more common in the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods. ”
As soon as he said this, Tong Feiyu's face couldn't help but change slightly, which means that the purple sand pot with osmanthus sand could not have appeared in the Ming Dynasty, let alone the work of the spring, but it is very likely to be the work of the Yongzheng Qianlong period.
He has always believed that his knowledge is beyond the reach of others among his peers, not only has four qualifications, but also has a lot of knowledge of other types of antiques, and has practiced his eyesight in the ghost market.
However, this Zhao Zhuo made himself deflated every time, which made him feel incredible, this guy was like jumping out of a stone, suppressing his aura of genius.
"Imitations? Isn't that fake, it's really unlucky. Lu Zhaohui said with a disappointed face.
Zhao Zhuo said lightly: "Although it is an imitation, the overall feeling is very good, and it is a thing of the Qing Dynasty, and the three pieces together are probably worth more than one and a half million." ”
Lu Zhaohui was immediately overjoyed, and after getting Tong Dongyang's nod of affirmation, he laughed: "Interesting, these pots are more valuable than paintings, it seems that the ancestor really left something, and then look at it." ”
Next are two pieces of jade, a green jade carved Pixiu, and a relief dragon pattern paperweight, which are not valuable things, they should be used by the tomb owner in his life, and they will be buried with him after death.
As for the jar of copper coins, it was ordinary money in the Qing Dynasty, and it was not expensive.
In the end, it was the two cups, after the two cups were washed, they were a pair, and as soon as they saw this artifact, Zhao Zhuo's chest jumped suddenly, Mo Ling's eyes also opened wide, and the two subconsciously glanced at each other.
(To be continued)