Chapter 92 Ming Dynasty Stone Lion
"What to see? Do you really think that Chen Qing's shop was rented by your eldest brother for him? I've inquired a long time ago, renting a house here, the cost of a year is more than 500,000, where does your eldest brother come from with so much money? Don't be cranky, let's go back to bed early, we have to get up at three o'clock tomorrow, if tomorrow's business is not good, then our pumpkins are in danger. ”
Han Jianguo really has no strength, not to mention that now it's still him, an old man, pushing the cart, at this time, he misses Han Peacock a little, if Han Peacock is here, it will definitely not be his turn to push the cart.
When the two of them went home, Han Peacock and Chen Qing had already returned, and Han Peacock was studying an invitation at home, which was sent by Fat Liu, so that he must participate tomorrow.
This is an internal exchange banquet in the antique shop, I heard Fat Liu say that the specifications are very high, if you want to mix in the magic capital antique shop in the future, you must enter this circle, otherwise, you will have to be like Meng Guangtao, and it is not easy to sell with good things.
Only when you really enter this circle can you be recognized by insiders, so that when you have good things in your hands, you can be recognized by others, otherwise, no matter how good things are, they will be suppressed by all insiders.
The standard of this antique exchange is very high, and only the masters of the antique industry or those who have a certain reputation will receive an invitation.
Just receiving an invitation doesn't mean you'll be able to attend the banquet, if you want to participate, you have to show your strength, and the way is to take out a treasure worth millions, otherwise, you won't be able to enter this antique exchange.
This large-scale antique exchange meeting was originally held at the end of each year, and I don't know what happened to the road, so it was held in advance today.
And Fat Liu and Han Peacock were originally not eligible to get the invitation letter, but this kind of invitation was sent to them through Jiang Lin, and it was with Jiang Lin's invitation that they had the qualifications to get started.
Tonight, Fat Liu was still rejoicing when he sent an invitation to Han Peacock! Fortunately, the emerald necklace in his hand was not sold, otherwise he would not be qualified to participate in the antique exchange meeting.
Fat Liu is the happiest to be able to participate in such a party, you must know that if Lu Dao can enter the venue, everyone must bring a treasure worth millions, this kind of opportunity is rare.
Normally, it is not easy for you to see a single treasure like this, but this time, you can see dozens or hundreds of pieces.
In the entire Demon Capital, there are not five hundred but three hundred people who receive invitations, and those who are qualified to enter will not exceed a hundred.
That is to say, at least 100 treasures worth more than one million will appear at tomorrow night's antique exchange meeting.
It is impossible for ordinary people to get a chance to get started at such a party, so if Han Peacock wants to go further in the antique collecting world, he must not give up.
If you want to do antique collection for a long time, it is naturally the best to collect and raise, if it is unrealistic to collect it alone, it is generally better to encounter something better, the price is unlikely to be cheap, which requires funds in hand.
What Han Peacock wants to realize now is a pair of Buddha statues in his hand, if these two pieces are dealt with, it is enough for him to return tens of millions of funds, and this antique exchange meeting is an opportunity.
Although this gathering has become an antique exchange meeting, it is actually a place for all antique collectors, a trading opportunity, and many people want to enter it with their heads in order to sell what they have.
Of course, most of the so-called treasures that appear in such places are controversial, so it is not so easy to buy real treasures here, it depends on their own abilities.
The next day was Monday, Han Peacock got up early on time and found that Han Jianguo was preparing to make steamed buns by himself, while Han Rongrong was still asleep in the house.
Han Peacock didn't say anything, since Han Jianguo was willing to get used to Han Rongrong, then let him continue to get used to it.
He walked out of the courtyard, and the ghost market outside was as lively as ever, but because it wasn't a Sunday, there were fewer people than on two days on the weekend.
In fact, Han Peacock was already a little disappointed in the ghost market, but he had no choice but to come out and try his luck now.
If you're lucky and you come across something good, you'll be able to pick it up, and although the chance is a little lower, if you don't come, there's no chance at all.
After walking around, Han Peacock once did useless work and didn't find anything special.
Most of the stalls here are still the original stalls, and the things are still those things, these things Han Peacock has seen several times, even if there are some good things, they are either used by the stall owners for fishing or want to sell them at a sky-high price.
These things were not the target of Han Peacock, so Han Peacock quickly swept by.
I was going to attend the antique exchange conference at twelve o'clock at noon today, so Han Peacock didn't continue to hang out, but was ready to go back and prepare well.
As soon as I walked through the yard that I rented out, I found that there was a new stall at the entrance of the yard, and this stall was very strange, selling some bricks and stone carvings.
These things are not light, and this boss has worked hard to get into the antique street.
At this time, there are already many people surrounding this stall, and there are many owners of the antique street, and some old players who often come to the antique street.
They were familiar with the antique street, so they quickly set their eyes on the new stalls, and only in this kind of stalls could there be some surprises.
The most conspicuous thing on this stall is a stone rhinoceros, a white marble deer, and a stone lion, because these three stone sculptures are the largest, all of them are more than a meter high.
Han Peacock noticed that although there were many experts gathered here, their attention was on the small pieces next to the stone carvings, that is, those bricks.
Qin bricks and Han tiles, this is also a big item in the collection world, but for this, Han Peacock is really not very interested, as for the knowledge of ancient building materials, Han Peacock is not lacking.
He studied the culture of the past dynasties, naturally it is impossible to lack the architectural culture, he can see at a glance that the ancient city bricks and some brick carvings placed on the ground are not high-quality products, at most they are the gatehouses of large families, or some small brick carvings used for town houses on the eaves.
So Han Peacock didn't come up, but set his eyes on the three large stone sculptures.
This kind of thing is only interested in carvers, and there are really not many people who really play stone carving in this antique street, and the most are wood carvings and furniture.
The largest stone rhinoceros that Han Peacock first looked at, this kind of thing appeared the most in the Han Dynasty, and most of them were used to guard the royal cemetery, like there are many on Beibi Mountain.
But soon Han Peacock gave up this stone rhinoceros, if this was really from the royal cemetery of the Han Dynasty, this boss would have been arrested by the government to let him eat peanuts.
So, it is clear that this cannot be the real thing, but a modern carving.
That fawn is also modern, Han Peacock analyzed it a little and rejected it, only the stone lion is a little interesting, this stone lion does not need to look carefully, just the moss on it, it is enough to see the traces left by the years on it.
This is a male lion, carved in a cute manner, but it does not look like a sheep at all, but a real lion, but this stone lion gives people a docile feeling, as if it were a poodle.
The stone lion is carved out of a common bluestone, which is very common in China and is a kind of decoration often used in traditional architecture.
It can be seen in Chinese palaces, temples, pagodas, bridges, mansions, gardens, mausoleums, and seals.
But more often, "stone lions" refer specifically to a pair of lions placed on the left and right sides of the gate to ward off evil spirits.
The shape of the stone carved lion has different characteristics in different dynasties, the Han and Tang dynasties are usually strong and mighty, the Yuan Dynasty, the body is slender and powerful, and the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is more docile.
In the Qing Dynasty, the carving of the lion has been basically finalized, and the "Yangzhou Painting Boat Record" stipulates: "The lion is divided into head, face, body, legs, teeth, hips, embroidery belts, bells, threads, rolling chisel embroidery beads, and chiseling cubs." ”
The stone lion not only has the characteristics of different times, but also has obvious regional characteristics, in general, the stone lion in the north has an atmospheric appearance and is carved and simple.
The stone lion in the south is more aura, the shape is lively, the carvings are numerous, and the lion cub is not only under the lionesses in the palm of her hand, but also climbs on the lion's back, lively and cute.
This stone lion obviously belongs to the work of the south, and the age should be able to be pushed back to the Ming Dynasty, because if it was the Qing Dynasty, this lion would not seem so vicissitudes.
There is also the style of this stone lion, which also does not meet the carving standards of the Qing Dynasty.
It is carved with more aura, but does not give people a sense of tall and mighty, these are the characteristics of stone lions in the Ming Dynasty.
From these, it can be inferred that this is a stone lion of the Ming Dynasty, and I don't know where Lu Dao came from, and there is only one left, which cannot but be said to be a pity.
The value of this stone lion itself is not very high, and with only one, the value is even lower.
Of course, there are still a lot of more famous lions in China, and the price is also very high, but no one dares to sell them.
These include two pairs of lions in front of Tiananmen Square, lions outside the gate of Shejitan in Zhongshan Park in Beijing, lions in front of Peking University, iron lions in Cangzhou and more than 400 lions on the watchpost of Lugou Bridge.
These stone lions are very famous, Han Peacock is naturally very familiar, he used to play with stone carving, naturally like such things, and now he met a stone lion of the Ming Dynasty, he naturally didn't want to give up, and even wanted to find another one.
"Boss, how do you sell this stone lion?" Han Peacock glanced at it, and some of the old people around him who were silently observing other things carefully, finally couldn't help but break the silence in advance.