00302 Treasure Hunting
"Master Wang, I have a jade artifact here. Show me......"
At this time, the person who came up was about thirty years old, with a pair of glasses, and he held a palm-sized box in his hand, and presented it to Wang Ding with a smile.
Wang Ding opened the box and saw that there were several jade people carved with white jade, the size was no more than the size of a thumb, some hung a drum around their waists, some held a drumstick high in their hands, and some were kneeling and worshipping shapes, the shapes were not the same, the facial expressions were portrayed lifelike, and there was also an obvious color on it, from the appearance, it should be a set of ancient sacrificial jade carvings.
I played with it in my hand, and the pulp was quite thick, but Wang Ding could still see from the fineness of this jade that its age was not very long, and the color was deliberately old.
But although it is an old color, but this jade is real, and the carving is not bad, Wang Ding picked up the magnifying glass on the table, pushed it over and looked at it intently for a while before putting down the magnifying glass in his hand, and looked up at the treasure holder in front of him, "This gentleman, can you tell me the origin of your jade set?" ”
"Ah, I'll tell you the truth, I bought it at the antique market...... "The man was honest.
"How much did it cost?" Wang Ding asked.
"Hehe, the person who sold me said that this is an ancient jade from the Han Dynasty, and it was still stained with soil at that time, and it cost me a total of 2,800 yuan, Mr. Wang, is this jade fake?"
This man's mentality is better, and it seems that he has long been mentally prepared that the object in his heart is fake.
Wang Ding smiled and said, "Jade is not fake, but it is not ancient jade from the Han Dynasty. Rather, it is aged after modern carving. The jade quality is the white jade of Hetian. The quality is average. However, this set of old sacrificial jade, the carving is good, you can keep it for yourself, and the modern carving process is not necessarily worse than the ancient one, or even more than some, like this set of jade, you have to keep a hundred years later, isn't it also a set of exquisite ancient jade! And also. If this thing is real, you have to add two zeros to the price you bought......"
"Master Xie Lu, thank you, I will pay attention to it in the future." The visitor was very satisfied with Wang Ding's reply, bowed, and walked down with his belongings.
Then Wang Ding appreciated two more treasures, after Wang Ding finished appreciating. Kang Qiankun is appreciating a three-legged golden toad ornament, which this golden toad Wang Ding has appreciated before. So I was very interested and looked at it.
At present, the shape of this three-legged golden cicada is very ordinary, with two legs in front and one leg in the back, with wide eyes and a slightly raised squatting posture.
However, unlike the general golden toad that holds money or spits out money, this three-legged golden toad has a bead in its mouth. The mouth of the toad was ajar, revealing a gap, as if it was about to spit out the beads.
"Jiuhe, come and take a look at this golden toad with me!"
At this time, Wan Jiuhe was idle on the side, and Xu is Kang Lao saw it and asked him to appreciate it together. Wan Jiuhe heard that he was busy, so he leaned over and fell in love with the three-legged golden toad.
"Golden toad spit beads? This type of shape is relatively rare and may be a fabrication. ”
"yes, I also think it's rare, so I asked you to take a look." Kang Lao said quietly.
"The material of this thing seems to be...... Stone it. ”
Wan Jiuhe stretched out his hand and touched it, and said with a smile: "The color is dark yellow, like a stone." It's hard to judge the age, but it doesn't look that old. The only advantage is that the carving is still relatively fine, and the small pits on the stone are cleverly modified into the skin of a toad...... In particular, the form of the toad spitting beads is very natural and lifelike. ”
"Of course it's a good thing."
At this time, the treasure bearer spoke, don't look at her as just a girl in her twenties, but she didn't let her eyebrows go.
"I said two experts, my three-legged golden toad is carefully carved from yellow wax stone. Yellow wax stone, you know the way, it is a very expensive kind, also called Huanglongyu ......"
Wan Jiuhe said lightly: "Little sister, there is a difference between yellow wax stone and yellow dragon jade. There may be yellow dragon jade in yellow wax stone, but yellow dragon jade can never be yellow wax stone. Moreover, the texture of yellow wax stone is smooth and delicate, whether transparent or opaque, the stone color is very pure. But the stone of this three-legged golden toad, the color of the stone is gray and dark yellow, and the texture is even rougher, to put it mildly, even ordinary pebbles are stronger than this. ”
"It's ugly enough."
The little sister didn't feel embarrassed, but smiled: "However, don't underestimate these stones." These stones, which were picked up from the Shangqing River, were handed down by my grandfather. Does Shangqing River know the road? It has been flowing for thousands of years, and it is a place where dragons and tigers meet, and there is an aura in the river. The stone that was soaked and washed by the river is somewhat spiritual, and my stone is definitely not ordinary. ”
Wan Jiuhe has already said this, and it is inconvenient to say anything more, so Kang Qiankun picked up the three-legged golden toad and stroked it carefully in his palm.
After more than ten seconds, he said, "The stone of this three-legged golden toad is indeed not very good, but it is really some years old." And the workmanship is fine, the meaning is good, and it can attract wealth and enter the treasure, town house, exorcise evil spirits, and prosper wealth. There is an old saying that if there is a golden toad in the family, the wealth will be prosperous...... You can't go wrong with buying it back. Little sister, I intend to buy your golden toad, how much do you want to sell? ”
Kang Qiankun's expression was very calm, so that people couldn't see how much he liked this object, and the little sister glanced at Kang Qiankun, but she didn't ask for the price immediately.
"Master Kang, that's the case, if you say that my stone material is not good, then the price I sell must not be too high, I want to change an expert to try before deciding?"
noticed that Kang Lao seemed to be interested in buying this three-legged golden toad, but the little sister talked about the conditions, which shows that she is also a scheming person.
When Kang Lao heard this, he suddenly smiled and said, "Oh, I read it wrong, this thing is not a stone carving, it should be made of red marl pottery." You see, at the bottom, even the mud has not been dried and burned thoroughly, and it is about to turn to ashes. I think this thing should be baked at a low temperature in the corner of the kiln when it is fired. I estimate that when the kiln was opened, this thing was not completely dry, at most it was a semi-finished product. After that, the craftsman simply used the knife, carved it like this, and then slowly dried it in the sun, so that it had this characteristic similar to that of stone, which I just looked away. ”
"Oh....what Kang Lao said makes sense, I said why is it so rough, it turns out to be muddy. Then you golden toad is even more difficult to say," Wan Jiuhe nodded.
When the little sister heard that the two experts said that it was a muddy golden toad, her face suddenly lengthened.
Of course she was not happy, the baby that her grandfather passed to her said that it was made of plaster, isn't this a slap in the face!
"Little sister, are you still selling?" Kang Qiankun asked, anyway, things that are not too expensive, said that their carving is exquisite, but they can accept it! (To be continued......)
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