Chapter 131: Rong Bao Zhai
Soon, Yi Yang repaired the porcelain, and the original pile of finely broken porcelain pieces turned into a piece of exquisite porcelain in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, what appeared in front of Yi Yang's eyes was a dazzling and beautiful porcelain.
Yi Yang can naturally see that the shape of this porcelain is a celestial globe vase, a more common type of porcelain.
Tianqiu vase is a kind of porcelain shape that is deeply influenced by West Asian culture, created and burned in the Jingdezhen kiln of Yongle and Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, and sees blue and white flowers, among which the seawater dragon pattern is precious.
The Yongle Dynasty began to become an ornamental bottle, and it was more popular during the Xuande period.
The shape of the bottle is a small mouth, a straight neck, a full shoulder, a false circle foot, and a slightly concave sand bottom, because the round ball belly is huge, as if it fell from the sky, so it is called "Tianqiu bottle", which is very vivid.
The Tianqiu bottle that Yi Yang got was from the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, and it belonged to a very early one and was worth a lot of money.
After the porcelain was perfectly restored, Yi Yang was pleasantly surprised.
He admired it for a long time before putting away the porcelain, and he couldn't let Bai Wenchao know about it for the time being, otherwise they might have some suspicions, after all, this thing is too magical, if it is a porcelain that is generally damaged, then it's okay to say, but Shui Bingling's porcelain has been seriously damaged, and it is probably not easy to put it together completely, and it is definitely not something that can be completed in a moment.
After admiring it again and again and putting away the celestial ball bottle, Yi Yang went to bed to rest.
Yi Yang also got up early the next day, and after washing, he and Bai Wenchao went to have breakfast with Mu Lao.
"Xiao Yi, wait for Mr. Duan, they will drive to pick us up." During the meal, Mu Lao said, "Today, you go and help them palm their eyes." ”
Yi Yang nodded without hesitation and said, "It's no problem, it's just ......"
He paused, his face darkened.
"Just what?" Mu Lao asked, "Xiao Yi, just say something about it, it's okay, let's solve the problem together." ”
Yi Yang shook his head lightly and smiled: "It's not a big problem, it's just that I can't guarantee that I can help anything." Mr. Duan, since so many experts have seen the batch of porcelain they are about to auction, what else do I have to say? ”
Mu Lao smiled, shook his head and said, "You are too modest! It's not that we don't know your ability, we witnessed it with our own eyes that day, when so many masters were appraising Mr. He's enamel porcelain, and everyone's affirmation was overturned by you, the evidence is loud, who is not convinced? ! ”
Yi Yang hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, isn't there still something you don't approve of?" ”
Mu Lao said: "I'm just a little suspicious, but I can't come up with any evidence." Xiao Yi, we believe that you can do it this time, no matter what, you go and take a look, you have a unique vision, maybe you can see what is famous, if you don't find a problem, it will be better, Mr. Duan, as an auction party, of course they hope that there is no problem with what they take out for auction. ”
Yi Yang nodded and agreed: "Well, okay, didn't you say that those porcelains are 'returnee porcelain'?" I also want to see it. ”
Not long after the three of them finished eating, sure enough, Mr. Duan drove to pick up Yi Yang and them.
There were two cars in total, both of which were luxury sedans of the BMW 6 Series.
Mr. Duan enthusiastically invited Yi Yang and them to get into the car, and then set off, rushing straight to the place where the batch of returnee porcelain was identified.
Yi Yang had learned something from Bai Wenchao before, Mr. Duan's auction company was "Rong Bao Zhai", and "Rong Bao Zhai" was in a famous antique market in Beijing, and the antique street was the glaze factory where Yi Yang and Bai Wenchao were going to go before.
On the way, Yi Yang suddenly received a phone call, but he didn't think it was Sun Shangwu calling.
That day, Sun Shangwu drove to Beijing with them, but Sun Shangwu took a private car and did not go with him.
After arriving in Beijing, Yi Yang also forgot to contact Sun Shangwu, and there was no news from the other party that day.
Suddenly received a call from Sun Shangwu, Yi Yang was a little excited, after all, he had regarded Sun Shangwu as a friend, and with the other party's knowledge and character, he was also a person worth befriending.
"Brother Sun, I haven't been in touch for a long time, how are you doing now?" After answering the phone, Yi Yang said with a smile.
Sun Shangwu replied, "It's good. Brother Yi, I'm sorry, I don't even have time to contact you if there is something going on this day. You and Brother Bai came to Beijing to play, as the host, I have to do the friendship of the landlord. ”
Yi Yang hurriedly said, "It's okay. We're going to have some fun here, and we'll get back to you when we have time. ”
Sun Shangwu said: "Then where are you going to play today?" If you have time, I'll treat you to a meal. ”
"You're welcome." Yi Yang said, "We have something to do today, and we may not be able to leave in the morning." Now we are sitting in the car rushing to Liulichang and going to 'Rong Bao Zhai' to see a batch of things. You should know there, right? ”
"Of course!" Sun Shangwu said loudly, "I often go to that place. 'Rong Bao Zhai' does often have appraisal meetings and other exchange meetings. Brother Yi, can I go? ”
His tone was eager, clearly interested.
"What's not to do?" Yi Yang said without thinking, "If you have time, come and play." The 'Rong Bao Zhai' auction company received a batch of porcelain returned from overseas and needed to be identified, so Mu Lao and I came over to take a look and help casually. ”
"Oh, really?" Sun Shangwu said with a smile, "Then they really invited the right person, with the appraisal of you and Master Mu, there will definitely be no problem!" ”
He was convinced of Yi Yang's vision, because he, like Mu Lao, had witnessed Yi Yang's wonderful watch when he appraised the enamel weight that day.
Since then, he has admired Yi Yang's identification ability so much.
"It's not clear yet, but I'll do my best." Yi Yang said modestly.
After the two chatted on the phone for a while, Sun Shangwu said goodbye and hung up the phone, saying that he would leave now and would rush to Liulichang to meet them.
Liulichang is far away from the hotel where they are staying in Yiyang, so it took more than an hour to reach their destination.
After arriving at the Liulichang range, Yiyang has a different feeling, only feeling that the surrounding cultural atmosphere is very strong, and it is a veritable old antique street.
The well-known Beijing Liulichang Cultural Street, located outside the Peace Gate in Beijing, is about 800 meters long in the west to the north and south willow lanes in Xuanwu District and Yanshousi Street in Xuanwu District in the east.
In fact, from the Liao Dynasty in history, this is not a city, but a suburb, called "Haiwang Village" at that time.
Later, in the Yuan Dynasty, an official kiln was opened here to fire glazed tiles.
Since the construction of the inner city in the Ming Dynasty, because of the construction of the palace, the scale of the official kiln has been expanded, and the glaze factory has become one of the five major factories of the imperial court at that time.
After the construction of the outer city in the 32nd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, it became an urban area, and the glaze factory was not suitable for firing kilns in the city, and moved to the current Liuliqu Village in Mentougou District, but the name of "Liulichang" was retained and passed down to this day.
"Xiao Yi, you haven't been here yet, have you?"
After getting out of the car, Mu Lao asked Yi Yang with a smile.
Yi Yang nodded and said, "Well, I haven't been here." ”
Mu Lao said: "This is a good place, it is the largest antique market in Beijing except for Panjiayuan. There are a lot of tourists here every day, and most foreigners come here to visit Beijing. During the Qing Dynasty, most of the people who came to Beijing to participate in the imperial examination lived in this area, so there were many shops selling books and pen, ink, paper and inkstone here, forming a very strong cultural atmosphere. You should also see that there are many shops dealing in antique calligraphy and painting here, especially the four treasures of the study, and there are all kinds of boutiques. ”
"It does feel good!" Yi Yang nodded in admiration.
He stood there and looked around for a moment.
"Master Mu, Brother Yi, let's go in."
At this moment, Mr. Duan walked over and greeted with a smile.
Yi Yang reacted, shook his head and said, "Mr. Duan, I have to wait a while." ”
"What? Is there something wrong? Mr. Duan wondered.
Yi Yang replied, "I just made an appointment with a friend, and he will be coming over soon." Wait here for a while, and go in with him then. ”
"Well, that's good, there's no hurry." Mr. Duan hurriedly nodded in agreement.
In fact, in less than a minute, I saw a car driving by, it was an old-looking jeep, very familiar.
"Brother Yi Yang, Brother Sun is here!"
When the car approached, Bai Wenchao exclaimed, he didn't know that Yi Yang had made an appointment with Sun Shangwu, and he was naturally surprised when he suddenly saw Sun Shangwu's car.
Yi Yang nodded and said, "I know, I have already contacted him on the road just now, and he said that he will also come here to play." ”
"I see!" Bai Wenchao suddenly realized, "Brother Sun is here, it will be even better!" Brother Yi Yang, after Mr. Duan has appraised that batch of porcelain, let's go out for a walk. I wanted to come here yesterday, but unfortunately you don't have time. ”
"Of course!" Yi Yang readily agreed.
Soon, Sun Shangwu's car drove over and stopped aside.
Sun Shangwu immediately opened the car door, jumped out of the car, and shouted happily: "Brother Yi, Brother Bai!" ”
Seeing this, Yi Yang and Bai Wenchao both greeted him.
"Hasn't the appraisal started yet?" As soon as he saw Yi Yang, Sun Shangwu asked anxiously.
Yi Yang nodded and said, "Well, it hasn't started yet, Xiaochao and I have just arrived, and we haven't gone in yet." Now let's go in together. ”
"yes, okay." Sun Shangwu responded.
Then Yi Yang and his party walked into the "Rong Bao Zhai" under the enthusiastic leadership of Mr. Duan.