The things in this stall are all stationery items, and among the stalls that are either porcelain or bronze just now, they look very distinctive.

Chu Chen took the thing that attracted his attention just now in his hand, which was a copper tire cloisonné enamel, that is, the cloisonné horseshoe statue.

Horseshoe is a style of respect. Wide mouth, round lips, shaved shoulders and wide abdomen, flat bottom, shaped like a horseshoe, so it is called a horseshoe.

This is a popular instrument style in the Qing Dynasty. There are two kinds of shapes, the tall one is the bottle, which is mainly used to hold liquids, and the short one is the bowl, which refers to the water bowl in the stationery.

The water bowl is also called the water bowl, also known as the water city, and is also known as the fifth treasure of the study. It is a water reservoir placed on the bookcase, used to store inkstone, mostly flat and round, with a mouth called "water injection", without a mouth called "water Cheng".

Then talk about this horseshoe, the tallest of which is a long neck and a small mouth, a flat bottom and a slightly concave, wide shoulders and a straight belly. Blue and white, glaze red, pastel and other varieties are more common. The dwarf is also known as the "dwarf horseshoe", the mouth is huge and unfrequent, and the belly is the same as that of the tall.

The cloisonné horseshoe in front of Chu Chen is a typical short horseshoe style, this device looks excellent at first glance, and the color is brilliant. The cloisonné enamel decorates the rim and outer wall, and is a longevity pattern and a lotus pattern. The implication is auspicious, and the picture looks bright and pleasant. The name of the "Zhonghe Hall System" is signed at the bottom.

The name of the hall is engraved on custom-made porcelain, and the name of the hall is engraved and stamped on the name of the hall, the name of the house or the name of the year. Its content involves pavilions, halls, halls, houses, etc., enjoying people from the emperor, the emperor's relatives, down to the fine craftsman. In addition, it also includes some dignitaries, literati and scholars.

The name of the hall appeared in large numbers from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and since then it has continued from dynasty to dynasty and has become increasingly popular. It was more common in the early and middle Qing Dynasty. After the Daoguang to the end of the Qing Dynasty, the number of porcelain inscribed with the name of the hall was greatly reduced. This was related to many factors, including social instability at the time. At that time, the porcelain inscribed with the name of the hall was all fine products in official kilns or private kilns.

And the name of this Zhonghetang system was used in the Kangxi period. The "Zhonghe Hall" in the Old Summer Palace was once the place where the Kangxi Emperor lived, so the porcelain with the name of the "Zhonghe Hall System" is likely to be the imperial article.

"Little brother, your vision is so good, this is the water bowl used by Emperor Kangxi."

When the stall owner saw Chu Chen pick up the cloisonné horseshoe, he immediately explained with a smile: "Back then, Emperor Kangxi was very fond of this water bowl, and later after his death, this water bowl has been placed in the Old Summer Palace, when the Eight-Nation Alliance was in the past. A little eunuch took advantage of the chaos and took it away, and later passed it on to his adopted son. ”

"To say, I've been staring at this thing for a long time, but the adopted son of the little eunuch hasn't let go, and a few days ago, he died, and I finally got it from his juniors. Therefore, it is better to come early than to come by coincidence, little brother. Isn't this rare treasure just waiting for you! ”

Chu Chen smiled, this kind of talk can only be regarded as a deaf ear, let alone Kangxi, if this thing can be related to Emperor Tang Ming. He was able to push the time of the invention of cloisonne to the Tang Dynasty.

The stall owner saw Chu Chen looking at things by himself, and praised the horseshoe a few words. I just kept my mouth shut, after all, everything is too much. If the guest is tired of listening, he walks away. That's more than worth the loss.

After Chu Chen finished reading the things, the stall owner hurriedly asked, "Little brother, do you like this thing?" Let me tell you, this kind of treasure, but I really walked through this village, and there is no such shop! If you like it, we can negotiate the price. ”

Chu Chen put the things back in place and said with a slight smile: "Boss, I remember that the cloisonne in the Kangxi period had trachoma." ”

The stall owner smiled when he heard this, and said lightly: "This thing is not for the imperial offering, since it is for the imperial offering, it is not surprising that Jishu is a little more advanced." ”

Even he himself doesn't believe what he says, but such a thing, even if it is a worthless fabrication, he must say that it is a rare good thing in heaven and unparalleled on earth, otherwise even he himself will belittle his own things, and then he will not want to do business.

After putting down the things, Chu Chen looked at the things on the stall, and suddenly, under the attraction of Baojue, a cute jade cow paperweight came into his sight.

Paper paperweight, that is, paperweight, refers to the things used to press paper when writing and painting, and the common ones are mostly rectangular strips, which are also called weights and rulers for some reason.

Of course, the original paperweight is not fixed shape, its origin is because the ancient literati often put small bronzes and jade on the desk to play and appreciate, because they have a certain weight, so people will also use it to press paper or book while playing, and over time, it has developed into the current paperweight.

Chu Chen quietly took the jade cow paperweight in his hand, the material of this jade cow is green and white jade, at first glance, it is not too eye-catching. Green and white jade is a kind of nephrite jade with a color between white and light cyan and light green, and the value of this jade is between green jade and white jade.

Of course, this jade cow is not from the Qing Dynasty.

This jade cow is a lying cow, looking ahead, a forefoot upturned, slender mane, draped on both sides of the neck, the majestic demeanor is naturally revealed.

In the early days, paperweights were mostly made of copper or jade, and were dominated by images of cows, horses, rabbits, and deer. The so-called "Three Mountains Put Weng Bao to Give Me, and the Paperweight is Called the Golden Rhinoceros" in the poem "Lu Bian Xiu Sends the Moon Stone Inkstone" in the Song Dynasty lyricist Zhang Di is a kind of copper paper paperweight.

Chu Chen fell in love with this jade cow paperweight as soon as he saw it, the shape of this instrument is simple and simple, the law is ancient, it can be used as a paperweight on the desk, which means beautiful, and it can also be used as a display of many treasure pavilions.

Thinking of this, Chu Chen opened his mouth and asked, "Boss, I don't know how much this jade cow is?" ”

"Hey! Little brother, let me tell you......"

Before the stall owner finished speaking, Chu Chen interrupted: "Boss, don't come to the hypocrisy, I also bought it to press the paper, you can just say what the price is." ”

The stall owner smiled, didn't care about Chu Chen's interruption of his words, and said: "The thing is not expensive, how about five hundred yuan, after all, you look at this carving, it is still very level." ”

"Five hundred?" Chu Chen shook his head: "It's too expensive, you look at this material, it's not too haode green and white jade, I think it's eighty, right?" ”

"Little brother, you cut the price too hard, my business is small!" The stall owner smiled bitterly: "I can't take eighty, if you sincerely want it, just three hundred and eight, how about it?" ”

"I really want it sincerely, one hundred and two, I want it!"

"I said little brother, I'm greedy for the morning, you have to let me make some hard-earned money, three hundred, you can take it if you want!"

“……”

"Two hundred and three!"

"Deal!"

Chu Chen took out the money from the bag, handed it to the stall owner, cleared the money and goods, and the business was completed.

After opening the second opening, the stall owner was also very happy, and said with a smile: "Little brother, I still have an authentic high-grade wolf, are you interested?" ”

Chu Chen glanced at the stall owner's so-called "high-grade wolf hair", the wolf hair is indeed a wolf hair, but it is all made of miscellaneous hair, how can this kind of wolf hair write any good words?

Just as Chu Chen was about to refuse, Liu Sizhe came over and beckoned: "Brother Chen, help me go over and look at something, I'm a little uncertain." ”

"Okay, let's go! ……”

"Two little brothers, can you wait a minute?"

Just as the two were about to turn around and leave, an old man in the armor next to them suddenly stopped them.

Chu Chen and the others looked back, this old man was kind and kind-eyed, wearing a Chinese-style Tang costume, and wearing a string of dzi bracelets on his left hand, the whole person looked like an elegant temperament, and the impression at first glance was very good.

"Sir, did you call us?"

The old man nodded, and then said politely: "I take the liberty to disturb, little brother, I wonder if you can show me what you have in your hand?" ”

"Yes."

Chu Chen didn't think much about it, and put the things on the ground quite happily. After all, the other party is just an old man with a sixtieth armor, and he is not afraid of snatching things for him, and the dzi in this person's hand looks like he should have more than nine eyes, and the person who can wear this kind of dzi will not care about this paper weight of tens of thousands of yuan.

As soon as the old man saw Chu Chen's movements, he knew that Chu Chen should be a person in the industry, and it seemed that even if he wanted to buy this thing, the price would not be much cheaper.

Secretly shaking his head with pity, the old man picked up the jade cow, looked at it carefully for a moment, and after returning the jade cow to Chu Chen, he asked, "Little brother, I don't know if you have any intention of making a move?" ”

Chu Chen smiled and shook his head and said, "Old man, I'm really sorry, I still have this thing to use, and I won't transfer it." ”

The old man hurriedly said: "Little brother, you might as well consider it, I really like this thing, and the price is easy to say, it must be according to the market price." ”

Hearing the old man say this, Chu Chen knew that he should really like this thing, but he was going to give this jade cow paper weightweight to his father, so he could only apologize: "Old man, I'm really sorry, I really use this thing." ”

"Hey, it's a pity!" The old man shook his head and sighed.

At this time, the stall owner was a little uneasy, what did these two mean, did they miss something good? So he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "This...... I take the liberty of asking, the material of this jade cow is also quite ordinary, is there anything else in it? ”

The old man shook his head slightly and said, "Who told you that the jade quality of this jade cow is poor?" You can't have not looked closely, have you? ”

The stall owner smiled bitterly: "This ...... I really haven't looked at it carefully, but even if it's on haode green and white jade, you see that this carving is so rough, it shouldn't be the work of a famous artist, right? ”

"You......" When the old man heard this, he immediately felt a little bit like talking about the cow, and paused and said, "Let this little brother tell you." (To be continued......)