Chapter 172: Gold and Jade (Part II)
Seeing that Li Hua still didn't believe it, Xiao Rong took the pendant from Zhang Haibo's hand and said: "Huazi, you only see that this pendant is made of thousands of pure gold, but how much does it weigh, in fact, this is also the most critical part of the cost of raw materials, although they look three-dimensional and exquisite, but if you think that it is solid, then you are very wrong!" ”
"In fact, the gold you see is a human image pressed with a thousand gold leaf molds, and then it is just pasted on the surface of the jade, and the weight is estimated to be a few tenths of a gram, so the cost is very small!"
"Besides, the reason why the mold and computer batch processing technology are used is to greatly reduce the cost, in fact, the gold inlaid jade is also a big test of the jade carving master's carving skills, a good jade work, not only the jade itself is good, but more importantly, it must be carefully carved in the later stage!"
"But Brother Xiao, you still can't prove that this pendant is not the work of Mr. Pan Bingheng!" Li Hua was already a little convinced, but he still asked with a hint of luck.
Xiao Rong nodded, handed the pendant in his hand to Li Hua, and said with a smile: "Huazi, Mr. Pan Bingheng's works are good at hiding large in the small, thick in the thin, flat and reversed, but although your pendant looks very good, but the jade carver's mistake in the carving process caused the jade pieces to be broken in several places, will Mr. Pan Bingheng make this kind of mistake?" ”
"This pendant is carved with the Lingxiao flower, which the ancients called Lingxiaohua, a vine-like plant that can cling to rocks and other creatures. The overall flower shape of the pendant is very beautiful, the workmanship is very exquisite, and there are many hollows, and the whole piece of jade is wrapped in a rectangular gold frame, and the gold frame is used to hide the traces of fragmentation. ”
"A good jade carver will make full use of the characteristics of jadeite to make it more prominent in the beautiful color of jadeite. And the most brilliant place of this jadeite has been artificially covered up with a gold frame, this kind of counterintuitive approach, not to mention Mr. Pan Bingheng, any jade carver can not tolerate. ”
"When things go wrong, there must be demons! So I took a closer look, not only is this pendant of yours not the work of Mr. Pan Bingheng, but this pendant has cracks wherever it is wrapped in gold! ”
Zhang Haibo was slightly surprised on the side, frowned, and said, "It's impossible to have such a good jadeite, right?" ”
"It may not be possible, take it apart and see if you know it?" Xiao Rong waved his hand and smiled easily.
"Isn't it!" Zhang Haibo almost didn't squirt out the tea he had just drunk in his mouth, and dismantled the jade pendant worth six or seven million, just to see if it was true or false, this is too crazy!
Xiao Rong smiled and said: "Huazi, dare you take it apart, don't worry, if it turns out that what I said is wrong after disassembly, I will compensate you three times for this pendant!" ”
Li Hua knew that Xiao Rong would see through, but he had been holding on to a little luck, and nodded with a wry smile when he heard this: "Okay, I can trust Brother Xiao, you can tear it down, and by the way, tell us about this gold and jade, so that we can also have a long experience!" ”
Xiao Rong smiled, calmly took back the pendant from Li Hua's hand, and slowly dismantled the gold frame attached to it little by little, and explained it to several people with a smile while dismantling it.
"In fact, the technique of gold inlaid jade was first seen in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, brought to the Central Plains by Qianlong's favored concubine, and gradually disappeared at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
"Back then, Emperor Qianlong couldn't put it down after seeing this jade inlay technique, and immediately made a decision, that is, the gold inlaid jade was only owned by the palace and was not passed on, and ordered the Internal Affairs Office to imitate it."
"Later, the jade masters in the palace used their wisdom and sweat, combined with the court skills of Qianlong Gong, and finally created a symbol of the royal gold inlaid jade jade, Qianlong also wrote a lot of poems to praise its exquisite workmanship."
"At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial family declined, and a large number of court skills were lost during this period, and Qianlong Gongjin inlaid jade was one of the most important ones. It is a great pity that most of the craftsmen in the past were people who had not gone to school, and it was impossible for them to write any ideas and 'secrets' as they were shown in some TV and movies. ”
"Those exquisite skills can often only be passed on orally, but because of the traditional thinking of traditional craftsmen, they are often not passed on to men or women, but to pass on a little and keep a little, for fear of "teaching apprentices, starving masters!" ”。
"As a result, in less than a hundred years, there is no longer a craftsman in the world who really understands the craftsmanship of gold and jade, and even in today's literature, you can probably only find a very simple word about gold and jade."
In the forties of the last century, Master Pan Bingheng, one of the "four monsters" in the jade world, once restored the production method of gold inlaid jade, but unfortunately, Pan Bingheng was also unwilling to pass on the craft, resulting in the production of gold inlaid jade lost again. ”
"After several ups and downs, no one can understand the real Qianlong Gongjin jade, and the gold-inlaid jade that has been silent for hundreds of years can only sleep in people's beautiful memories and infinite imagination."
With Xiao Rong's introduction, the gold-inlaid jade pendant was finally completely opened, and the eight eyes of the four people looked at the pendant at the same time, and the open and dumb edges and vertical and horizontal cracks on the jade were impressive.
"Before you know it's noon, let's eat, I'm really a little hungry!"
Zhang Haibo came out at the right time to play a round, and if he said anything at this time, Li Hua really couldn't get off the stage, as Li Hua's hair, Zhang Haibo still took care of his brother's face at a critical moment.
"Okay, eat, anyway, this is your territory, you have a treat, I have to eat a big meal to relieve the depression in my heart." Li Hua is not a person with a small belly, so he can be depressed for a while, and said jokingly: "Brother Xiao, Sister Ling'er, just order whatever you want to eat, don't be polite to Pizi!" ”
"Hey, I really didn't make friends!" Zhang Haibo covered his head with both hands, his face painful.
Since Zhao Cheng had instructed him to have something to do in the afternoon, Xiao Rong and Yu Ling'er didn't drink much at noon, and at two o'clock in the afternoon, the two appeared on time in Xing Lei's office of the secret service.
"Boss, senior brother, Xiao Rong and Yu Ling'er will report to you on time." Xiao Rong made a joke, then picked up the teacup, and said with a smile: "The tea here is good, when will you reward me with a pound and a half?" ”
"Nonsense, my tea here is special, of course it's good." Xing Lei smiled strangely: "However, if you complete this mission beautifully, it is not impossible to give you half a catty as a reward!" ”