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This pen holder is all blue-green, carved with figures and grassland paintings, the carving is very delicate, beautiful, carefully look at the carving pattern, you can see that this carving should be a picture of herdsmen on the prairie during the Qing Dynasty.

The pen holder is about 25 centimeters high, about 15 centimeters in diameter, and is equipped with a mahogany base, which looks very noble and generous.

And the most important thing is the strong green light flashing on the body of this cylinder, Jin Muchen has been walking here for a while, and he has also seen a lot of treasures, and he has really never seen a few treasures that can flash such a strong jewel like this pen holder.

Jin Muchen pushed the door into the store, as soon as he came in, he could feel the strong Chinese style of this store, the archway hanging outside the store is the square word, called Yufang, without entering the door Jin Muchen can guess that this store should be opened by Chinese or Chinese.

Sure enough, when I entered the store, I saw the Chinese face of the boss at the back counter, a young man in his twenties and less than thirty, with a medium build and short hair.

"Hello, boss, welcome."

When the owner of the store saw Jin Muchen who pushed the door into the store, he hurriedly greeted Jin Muchen with a smile in Mandarin with a broad flavor.

"Hello."

Jin Muchen also greeted the shopkeeper with a smile and said.

This shop is specialized in the jade business, and the area of the shop is not large, about 100 square meters. It's not like other antique shops. Other antique shops. There will be a lot of calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls, or some Bogu shelves, on which all kinds of antiques are placed.

There are no decorations in this shop, only rows of glass counters, and on the red lining of the glass counters, there are pieces of jade with different carvings and different grades.

Just looking at the layout and order of the store, it gives people a feeling here. More like a jewelry store than an antique store.

"Boss, please take a look at it, just say hello, I am the owner of this store, my name is David Zhang."

As soon as this boss heard the accent, he knew that he should be a descendant of Chinese immigrants, although he also learned the way Chinese people do business and greeted each other, but his Mandarin accent was really a little lame, listen to his introduction. It's really awkward and funny.

Jin Muchen also briefly introduced himself, and then began to walk around the store. didn't let the boss take out the pen holder in the window directly.

Just contacted, Jin Muchen didn't know the depth of this boss, so he didn't dare to expose his target lightly, but after looking around the store, he probably had a spectrum in his heart.

There are indeed a lot of good things in this store, especially the jade in the counter, and most of the jade items placed in the outermost row of glass cabinets are some modern crafts imported from China in recent years.

The quality of jade is also very general, there are Qinghai materials, Xiuyan materials, and even Russian materials, but there are no Hetian materials, and the carved things are also varied, unlike traditional Chinese style things, and some are even specially designed to cater to the tastes of Western customers.

It seems that the owner of the store should have purchased it from China, and most of these things are machined, and the price range from tens of dollars to hundreds of dollars, these things are very suitable for the taste of Western consumers, but Chinese collectors will definitely not buy them.

The two rows of counters in the back are some jade artifacts from the Republic of China period, most of the materials are also average, but there are also a few very good pieces, belonging to Hetian seed material, and the carving can also be regarded as exquisite, but the price is also much higher than the jade in the front row of cabinets, which basically starts at a few thousand dollars.

Such jade already has a certain antique value, so it is said that the price is too high.

And in the innermost row of counters, the jade placed is all good things, there are a few pieces of jade in the Ming Dynasty, and more should be jade in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, almost all of them are carved from Hetian jade, although the shape is not large, but the carving is exquisite, and those jade are playing with some years, the pulp is oily, the quality is complete, in the eyes of jade lovers, it is definitely a rare boutique.

Jin Muchen glanced at it a few times, and probably had a judgment on this store in his heart, the owner of this store should be very knowledgeable, according to his furnishings, the cheapest, the most fancy carvers are all placed at the door, attracting the attention of people passing by.

And the best things are placed inside, which is the number of ways to arrange many antique stores, which shows that the owners of other shops know their own things.

"Boss, there are a lot of good things in your store, and the jade in here should be the top jade I have seen in the United States in the past few years, right? These old objects from the Ming and Qing dynasties are rare even on the mainland? ”

Jin Muchen said tentatively, and sure enough, the boss surnamed Zhang couldn't help it as soon as he heard this.

"That's absolutely true, Mr. Jin, I think it's the first time you should come to my shop, you may not know the fame of my shop, don't dare to say anything else, our family in San Francisco is definitely this in terms of jade."

This boss did not hide the smug look on his face, and at the same time gave his right thumbs up, sure enough, he was educated in the United States since he was a child, and he didn't know how to write the word modesty.

"This shop was handed down by my grandfather, and it has been in my hands for three generations, and I have always specialized in this jade business, so if you want to buy the right jade in the United States, you can come to me to find the right one."

"Sure enough, before I came to San Francisco, my friend mentioned your store to me, and I was right. But I see that the jade artifacts you have here have a fairly large age span, so it shouldn't be easy to collect so much. ”

Jin Muchen continued to talk to this boss about it.

"That's not it, in order to collect these ancient jades, my grandfather and father worked hard, not only in the United States, but also in Xiangjiang and Treasure Island, I don't know how many times they have to go every year, so they collected these treasures. To tell you the truth, even if Sotheby's and Christie's are going to hold a special auction of Chinese jade, they will come to me to pick up the goods! ”

This boss was even more arrogant when he said this, Jin Muchen also believed that what he said was true, the warm-up had been done, and the rest should be on topic.

"Mr. Jin, which treasure do you have your eye on? Do you want me to show it to you, and you can take a closer look? ”

This boss saw that Jin Muchen was constantly dangling in front of those counters, but he was still hesitant and undecided, so he asked out loud.

Jin Muchen didn't answer, walked around the store again, and then pretended to come to the window inadvertently, suddenly raised his head and said to Boss Zhang, pointing to the green jade pen holder in the window.

"Boss Zhang, can you take out this pen holder and take a look?"

A touch of disdain flashed in Boss Zhang's eyes, and he was a rookie who didn't know how to pretend to understand, but he said with a smile on his face.

"Absolutely."

After speaking, he took out the pen holder, Jin Muchen carefully picked up the pen holder from the counter and began to watch.

The pen holder is warm and moist, the feel is good, the turquoise pen holder looks at the light, the light color is transparent, the material is very real, and the weight can be more than three catties.

In a closer look at the herdsmen, grasslands, sheep carved on the pen holder, the lines are very distinct, the yin line is soft, the yang line is strong, the flat convex, hidden, hollow and other crafts are used, it is absolutely lifelike, and the carving is exquisite.

At first glance, it is not from the hands of ordinary people, and it is not something that ordinary people can afford.

Then turn things over and look at the bottom foot, this look is amazing, between the bottom foot is written on the four big characters of the perfect old man.

Seeing this, Jin Muchen was surprised at the same time, and his mind finally brightened, no wonder he looked at the jewels on the pen holder so strongly, and his feelings were only things that the royal family had used.

If it was someone else, even if they saw the name of the perfect old man, they wouldn't dare to conclude that this was the pen holder used by Qianlong, but Jin Muchen was so sure because of his golden eyes.

Emperor Qianlong had an indissoluble bond with jade all his life, and he also had the nickname of the Jade Idiot Emperor, and the jade he handled in his life can be said to be countless.

He likes all kinds of jade, jade wrenches, jade pendants, jade handles, jade cups and bowls, and the four treasures of the jade study, and there are no less than thousands of records alone.

And this emperor also has a habit of signing on jade, and many heirloom jade artifacts have his name, which makes today's archaeological experts cry and laugh.

Because on the one hand, the jade with his signature, as long as the age is correct, is basically genuine, after all, the emperor's collection, signed on it, it is equivalent to leaving his own inscription, at that time no one dared to fake the copycat.

But on the other hand, he likes to sign indiscriminately on jade, but it destroys the integrity of those heirloom jade, such as a lot of jade that came from the Ming Dynasty, because of his signature of Emperor Qianlong, it seems nondescript and looks very awkward.

If this is put aside until now, it will definitely be impossible to run away with the crime of destroying national first-class cultural relics, and it will be appropriate.

The jade pen holder in front of him, if Jin Muchen's estimate is correct, should be a jade pen holder handed down from the Qianlong period, but how could such a precious thing be placed in the window as the most worthless ornament to attract the attention of street sweeping customers?

This boss Zhang listened to him before, although it was a little exaggerated, but looking at him himself, it seems that he still has a set of jade identification, why didn't he see that this could be a pen holder in the Qianlong period?

Jin Muchen was playing with this pen holder in his hand, and he was constantly pondering in his heart, when he asked the boss to take out the cylinder just now, he didn't miss the trace of contempt that flashed in the boss's eyes...... (To be continued......)