Chapter 023: Fragment of Blue and White Porcelain Jue Cup
After entering the "Gu Bao Zhai", Yi Yang immediately cheered up, because he quickly noticed that the spacious and bright store, the shelves on both sides and the ground were neatly placed with all kinds of antiques, exquisite ceramics, simple goldware, bright furniture, everything, dazzling.
Yi Yang only felt that it was beautiful, it was the first time he came to "Gu Bao Zhai", and he thought that it was really better to see it than to hear it, and he could have a good visit today.
"Sister Qingqingβ" Suddenly, I heard a man's shout right in front of me.
Yi Yang immediately subconsciously raised his head to look, and what caught his eye was a young man of his age, only to see that the man was about 1.75 meters tall, not fat or thin, looking at him and Zhu Yeqing with a smile on his face.
When the other party approached head-on, Yi Yang saw the other party's appearance clearly, wheat-colored and healthy skin, short hair, looking energetic, and the whole person looked very handsome.
"Xiaochao, let me introduce you." Zhu Yeqing pointed at Yi Yang with a smile and said, "This is my friend, his name is Yi Yang, and he works in a nearby pawn shop." Yi Yang, he is Bai Wenchao, working in this antique shop. β
"Hello, hello!" The man named Bai Wenchao politely stretched out his hand to Yi Yang and said with a smile, "Which pawn shop do you work for?" 'Juyuanfang' or 'Ruitong'? It seems that there are only these two pawnshops on this antique street, and there are no others. β
Yi Yang also generously stretched out his hand, shook hands with the other party, and said, "Hello." Our pawnshop is 'Juyuanfang'. β
"Oh, it's 'Juyuanfang'?" Bai Wenchao laughed and said, "I won't tell you, I am very familiar with the manager of 'Juyuanfang', as far as the district manager is concerned, Ou Zhongtian, you must know each other, right?!" β
"Of course!" Yi Yang nodded.
After the two exchanged brief pleasantries, Zhu Yeqing asked, "Xiaochao, is Uncle Hao here?" β
Bai Wenchao shook his head and said, "Sister Qingqing, it's really unfortunate that you came, Uncle Hao just went out, but I'll be back later." Is there anything you guys are up to? β
Zhu Yeqing replied, "Well, there is something to look for him." β
Bai Wenchao hurriedly said: "If the matter is more urgent, then call Uncle Hao and call him back." β
Zhu Yeqing said: "This is not necessary. It's okay, let's wait, there's no rush anyway. Yi Yang, have you been to this antique shop before? 'Gu Bao Zhai' is the largest antique shop on this street, with the most antiques and the most boutiques. β
Yi Yang shook his head and said, "I haven't been here, it's only been less than a month since I entered the 'Juyuan Fang', and I'm honored to visit today." β
Zhu Yeqing smiled and said, "Then let's have a good visit first." β
Bai Wenchao also said enthusiastically: "Welcome to come and play often in the future." Brother Yi, please look at it casually, you are Sister Qingqing's friend, that is, our friend, don't be polite with us. β
"Thank you." Yi Yang said happily.
Then Bai Wenchao and Zhu Yeqing took him to watch those treasures and elegant toys, in fact, as soon as he walked in, Yi Yang was very interested, because he sensed the "treasure qi", and the aura was so strong, which showed that there were many treasures among the antiques displayed in the store, which were worth appreciating.
"Brother Yi, these are all blue and white porcelain, mainly from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and there are also from the Republic of China." When he walked to a shelf, Bai Wenchao pointed to the porcelain that was placed in an orderly manner on it.
The porcelain ware is of different shapes and ornaments, but it is all blue and white, and the glaze color is uniform, which is very attractive to the eye.
Yi Yang nodded approvingly: "Well, it's all exquisite." β
After seeing the blue and white porcelain on display, Bai Wenchao took Yi Yang to see other kinds of porcelain, including celadon, white porcelain and colored porcelain, cups, plates, dishes and bowls, bottles, jars and pots, almost all kinds of utensils, Yi Yang can be regarded as an eye-opener today.
At that moment, Bai Wenchao led Yi Yang to watch other antiques, including gold, silver and bronze, antique furniture, and ancient calligraphy and paintings
After carefully looking at them one by one, Yi Yang gained a lot of gains, he didn't have so many fine antiques at one time, although his eyesight was limited, and he couldn't judge whether those antiques were genuine based on identification knowledge alone, but he could sense the aura, and the things he carefully inspected just now basically exuded a relatively strong aura, which showed that there were many high-quality products in the store, and many antique collections were worth a lot.
Suddenly, Yi Yang only felt a chill in his right eye, and almost at the same time, a golden light flashed in front of his eyes, which was the active expression of the golden thread.
"What's wrong?!" Yi Yang was secretly shocked, and the golden silk reacted, indicating that he was close to the ancient treasure to be repaired, and then, he noticed that there was a blue and white porcelain in a cardboard box in the corner of the wall in front of the right, and I saw that the porcelain was very small and the shape was also very strange, like a small cup used for drinking in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with a long pointed mouth and a crane's beak.
Yi Yang immediately saw that there was something wrong with the blue and white porcelain cup, one of the three feet below was broken, and there were traces of damage in a certain part of the upper end.
"It turned out to be a fragment!" Yi Yang secretly realized, thinking that it was no wonder that the golden wire had moved, and he couldn't wait to repair the blue and white porcelain.
"Brother Bai, may I ask, is that blue and white cup also for sale?" After seeing the situation clearly, Yi Yang fixed his body, and pointed to the blue and white porcelain very casually and asked Bai Wenchao.
Now that he has met an ancient porcelain that can be repaired, then how could he give up this opportunity, naturally he has to find a way to take it down, and then take it back to study it well, now it is just a damaged porcelain, but after the repair, the situation will be completely different, and the appreciation space can be imagined.
"Oh, no!" Bai Wenchao hurriedly shook his head and said, "It's just a fragment, it was originally a blue and white porcelain cup, but it accidentally fell to the ground when cleaning up things, and now it has fallen like that, it is difficult to repair, even if it can be repaired, the collection value is greatly reduced, after all, the porcelain collection has extremely strict requirements for the quality of the whole porcelain, but wherever there is damage or repair, the buyer will not recognize or dislike it." β
"Blue and white porcelain cup?" Hearing this, Yi Yang couldn't help but be surprised, he had never heard of this kind of porcelain cup, and he felt very strange.
"This is the Three Lords' Cup, right?" At this moment, I only heard Zhu Yeqing, who was standing aside, say, "Imitation bronze utensils, Jue as a drinking utensil, have appeared as early as around 2400 BC. Tao Jue was popular in Xia and Shang, and Bronze Jue was popular in Shang and the Western Zhou Dynasty, and there were few traces of Jue Cups after the Western Zhou Dynasty, and in the Qin and Han dynasties, people almost didn't know what Jue was, right? Since the Song Dynasty, the antiquities as the object of study of gold and stone flourished, at this time people began to understand the original appearance of the Shang and Zhou Jue cups, followed by the antique wind masterpiece, the antique Jue cups seen at present, there are silver jue, bronze jue, jade jue and porcelain jue. These antique cups also often appear in the paintings of the time, and the Ming Dynasty painter Chen Hongshou's "Banana Forest Wine Drinking Picture" has the image of drinking with antique cups, which is particularly vivid.
"We have unearthed a lot of bronze three-legged bars in our museum, but porcelain imitations are rare. It looks like a good thing, but it's a pity that it broke. β
"Isn't it?" Bai Wenchao nodded and sighed, "We spent tens of thousands of dollars on this thing when we received it, and now the price is more than 600,000 yuan, if we sell it at the auction house, we may not be able to fetch a high price!" It's all to blame for Mu Lao's grandson, who always does things roughly, which caused Mu Lao to lose so much all of a sudden! β
"So what are you going to do with this fragment?" Yi Yang asked.
Bai Wenchao said: "Let's put it here for the time being, we have to ask a professional porcelain repair master to repair it, but it is impossible to restore it to its original state." β
Yi Yang said solemnly: "Brother Bai, I have a reluctant request. Can you give me this broken piece of porcelain? I'm willing to take it, and as for the price, I'll sell it to me after you've repaired it, what do you think? β
An old blue and white porcelain worth as much as 600,000 yuan to be restored, Yi Yang naturally wants to seize it, such a good opportunity can be met but not sought.