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The jade of the Shang Dynasty, this special, such jade, as long as it is brought to China, it must be a national treasure!

Even if Jin Muchen doesn't understand jade, he also knows the status of Shang Dynasty jade in the history of Chinese jade development, and it can be said that this is the ancestor of Chinese jade, which is not an exaggeration.

As we all know, the Chinese love jade, and the era of playing jade is very old, which can be seen from the jade unearthed during the Hongshan culture period.

The Hongshan culture is the culture that has been identified by many Chinese historical researchers as the origin of our Chinese culture.

We Chinese often say that our history and culture have up and down 5,000 years, and this so-called 5,000 years requires cultural relics and 5,000 years of documentary records.

As early as more than 5,000 years ago, human beings living in Chinese mainland did not have writing, so how can we say that we had cultural inheritance at that time?

This mainly depends on the historical relics unearthed in that era, and the cultural relics that can represent human civilization are also the production tools and living tools used by human beings at that time.

The earliest cultural relics found on the land of our country are the relics of Hongshan culture, which is also the earliest record of human civilization in our country.

The birthplace of this Hongshan culture is in the northeast of what is now Liao@Ning and Inner @Mongolia, so it is accurate to say that our Chinese civilization originated in the Yellow River, which is incorrect, in fact, our civilization should have originated in the modern Liao@Ninghe Inner @ Northeast Mongolia.

As for why he later moved eastward to the Yellow River, it is necessary to test the research and reasoning of historians. For now, though. No reasonable inferences have been drawn.

And there is the exact beginning of the documentary or written record era of our country. In fact, it should be more than 4,000 years ago, that is, the beginning of the Xia Dynasty.

But the people of the Xia Dynasty, in fact, do not play jade, even if they do, it is very rare, so far, it has only been found in the modern river @ north, the ancient jade of the Xia Dynasty.

And our country really began to play with the dynasty of jade. It should have started from the Shang Dynasty, and the Shang Dynasty witchcraft flourished, and many jade artifacts existed in the form of magic weapons used by wizards at that time, and many jade carved shapes were shapes that could be customized by wizards back then.

And these jades, even if thousands of museums of all sizes in China add up, there are only a few hundred pieces in total, and these jades, in the domestic antique circle, are almost the same as bronzes. Definitely a minefield.

The state has clear regulations prohibiting circulation. You can play with the ancient jade of the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, and the ancient jade of the Shang Dynasty, as long as you touch it, it is illegal, it is a thunderbolt, if someone reports it, it is appropriate to catch it.

Because the jade of this era is so important, it has extraordinary historical and scientific significance, because most of the words of that era existed in the form of oracle bone inscriptions, and it is difficult to decipher those words.

However, if you decipher the symbols on this jade, it is relatively simple, and maybe you can learn more about the living conditions of people at that time without deciphering the symbols on a piece of jade, so it is precisely because these jade artifacts have extraordinary archaeological and historical significance that the status of these jade artifacts in the history of Chinese jade is particularly important.

Unlike the ancient jade of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations, most of the jade at that time was ornaments, and it was a small plaything of literati and scholars, and the role of decoration and play was more important, and there was not much historical and archaeological value, so the state would allow jade from that period to circulate in the market.

Looking at the rows of ancient jade of the Shang Dynasty on the bookshelf in front of him, Jin Muchen felt that his brain was numb, this is a priceless treasure!

Not to mention the quality and quality of these jades, just talk about this Paul. Singh's vision is really good, because judging from the jewels that these jade objects shine through, these jades are basically treasures, and they can't be wrong.

The first thing Jin Muchen saw was a bull's head carved from green jade, and when Jin Muchen saw this, he knew that this was a typical representative work of jade in the Shang Dynasty, a magic weapon for wizards.

At that time, when the sorcerers were channeling, they liked to use this jade bull's head as a magic weapon, and the Shang Dynasty people also believed in this, so the Shang Dynasty jade and bronze found in China can often see the embodiment of the bull's head.

Therefore, this bull's head is a typical representative work of Shang Dynasty jade!

And on the side of the bull's head, there is a jade tiger, the carving is also vivid, especially in the tiger tail, and the carving on the tiger's head, it is very visible kung fu, the shape of the instrument is not big, a slap can hold that, on the other side, there is a jade turtle, the carving is also very good, even the neck and back shell of the jade turtle, are carved clearly, it can be seen that when carving these jade, the master of the jade is very troublesome.

These things are definitely not treasures that ordinary wizards can afford, and they must be treasures that can only be used by great witches at that time, which can be judged just by looking at the shape of the instrument and the carving.

Because the Shang Dynasty was still the Bronze Age, there was no iron at that time, and the copper was very soft and could not be jade, so the master of jade generally used a hard wooden stick, stained with agate powder, or crystal powder, and it took a long time to make a jade artifact with a little frustration on the jade.

And the three small pieces of jade in front of me were so exquisitely made, which was unimaginable in that era.

Jin Muchen took out a high-powered magnifying glass and carefully inspected the periphery of the patterns on the jade cow head, jade turtle, and jade tiger, and sure enough, he found a large number of irregular abrasion marks.

Seeing these abrasion marks, Jin Muchen could basically conclude that these jade artifacts must be the magic weapons used by the great witches of the Shang Dynasty.

The identity of the great witch who can use such a beautiful magic weapon must be quite remarkable, at least he had to be a national teacher back then, that is, the person who had to be favored by the Shang king at that time.

You must know that the status of wizards in those years was not low, because they could not only pretend to be ghosts, but also have a lot of witch doctors' skills, that is, relying on dancing gods or making some fake medicine to save people.

In such an ignorant era, the one who can save people is the gods, so even the king of Shang sometimes does not dare to offend such a great witch.

So if a person with such an identity has used jade, is it still simple?

Although it is now forbidden for some people to play jade in the Shang Dynasty in China, because Chinese like jade and already like it to the bone, so although the state explicitly prohibits this thing from circulating in the market, in fact, some people will secretly collect it.

After all, this thing is not the same as bronzes without a mass base, and the country generally adopts an attitude of turning a blind eye and closing an eye, as long as the trouble is not too big and it is not filmed, the people will not raise it, and the officials will not be held accountable.

Therefore, such jade is still very marketable in China, and the price is not low, so it is possible to have three pieces and tens of millions of them casually.

Don't look at the texture of these jade pieces is not as good as the Hetian jade praised by the Chinese, and the carving is incomparable with the jade at the peak of the Qing Dynasty, but its historical status is there, which has established his status in the domestic black market.

This is the ancestor of Chinese jade, so the price is also expensive.

Qing Dynasty jade of this size, even if it is mutton fat white jade, carved by famous artists, can buy hundreds of thousands of dollars, even if there is an emperor, or celebrities have used the bonus, it will be millions to the top.

But there are so many pieces in front of you, don't look at the rough carving, don't look at the poor quality of the jade, but as long as you take it out, there must be countless people carrying millions of cash, and you want to buy, for no other reason, people's status in the rivers and lakes is there!

Don't say anything, just take it, it's all $20,000 a piece anyway!

When Uncle Fang saw Jin Muchen pull the jade into the cloth pocket in his hand, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he raised his hand and gave him a chestnut: "You are light!" What should I do if I bump into it? ”

Jin Muchen could only crook his mouth and deal with the past, and at this time, his spiritual head was all on the jade in front of him.

This Paul. The name of Singh's Chinese antique expert, it is really not called in vain, you look at how many Shang Dynasty jade we have collected in China, then I don't know how many pits to dig and how many ancestral graves to dig in the Shaanxi @ West, Mountain @ West, and River @ South generation.

But what's the matter, people have a whole bookshelf here!

All kinds of jade varieties can be said to be dazzling, some people in China have them here, and those that are not available in China have the same here.

In addition to the three typical representatives of Shang Dynasty jade, Jin Muchen also saw several other representatives, such as Shang Dynasty jade ge, jade axe, jade knife, jade jade, jade shovel, jade adze, these are all representatives of weapons and tools.

At that time, because the main metal objects were bronze, and bronze tools were relatively soft, in order to pursue a harder effect, people would use jade to make some weapons and tools.

Of course, such weapons and tools are not available to ordinary people, and in that era, even the softer bronze tools have not yet been popularized in ordinary people's homes, let alone such jade weapons and tools?

Therefore, there is no doubt that these were used by the princes and nobles at that time, which can be judged from the fact that these weapons and tools are especially delicate and beautiful.

Ordinary people can't even afford ordinary bronze kitchen knives, so why do they still have the heart to carve flowers on jade weapons and tools?

Next is some decorative jade, such as jade cong, jade gui, jade huang, jade rabbit, jade handle-shaped ware, jade cylinder-shaped ware, etc., these alone are no less than a hundred, Jin Muchen saw these things, and felt that he was about to cry.

His attitude is that no one is missing, but if he takes them all, this will be more than the limit of 100 pieces, but there are more than a dozen dynasties and their masterpieces waiting for him? What can I do? (To be continued......)