The yellow Ruyi in Chu Chen's hand, the head of the Ruyi is a Ganoderma lucidum-shaped head, and the edge line follows the shape. Inside the bas-relief chime, longevity, double bats. The back of the Ruyi handle is hollowed, the front is raised, and a plum blossom is embossed at the central dome. The handle and tail are strictly decorated, which is a common decoration in the court.

This piece of wishful carving ornamentation is not much, concise but does not lose identity, auspicious meaning. As the days go by, the surface has gradually aged, forming a moist pulp, which is really a rare masterpiece of the study.

It's just a pity that Ruyishou has a slight bruise. But even so, this sticking Huang Ruyi should be worth more than 200,000 yuan, and if it can be bought for 50,000 yuan, Chu Chen is already quite satisfied.

With the things in hand, Chu Chen walked towards his antique shop in a happy mood.

Walking into the store, Chu Chen found that Zhou Wenping and Lao Wu were there, so he smiled and said hello to everyone.

Seeing that Chu Chen was in a good mood, Lao Wu asked with a smile: "Boss, what good things did you encounter today, so happy?" ”

"Oh, I just picked up two leaky ......," Chu Chen smiled and showed the things in his hand.

Hearing Chu Chen say the word "picking up leaks", Zhou Wenping and Lao Wu couldn't help but perk up, and hurriedly begged for things and observed them carefully.

Zhou Wenping saw the name left on the arm rest, and sighed lightly: "Hey, it's still Zhou Zhiyan's work?" ”

Chu Chen smiled and nodded: "It was indeed done by Zhou Zhiyan." ”

In the past, Chu Chen had also handled Zhou Zhiyan's works, but that time Liu Sizhe bought them, and he only spent a few hundred yuan at that time, and the value was higher than the arm rest in front of him.

Of course, it's not that the arm rest in front of you is bad. If you look at the artistic level that comes out of the table, this arm rest. It's also outstanding.

This arm resting knife method is mostly Yin carving, which is different from the high relief or deep multi-layered carving in the early Ming and Qing dynasties. The contour shape is mostly cut out with a knife, wide and narrow, shallow and deep, long and short obliquely, all unsatisfactory. The branches of the trees are cut with a blunt edge, and the knife marks are sharp, vivid and expressive, full of the charm of ink painting.

This arm rest is Zhou Zhiyan's early imitation of Juran brushwork. With a knife such as a pen, not fake manuscripts, natural and smooth, its method is thick and light, vivid and vivid, carved landscapes, people have no ears and eyes, no window lattices in the house, no fine points in the trees. There is no bridge strategy, and all of them are beyond the reach of others. In addition, there is a Zhiyan model in the blank space, which is quite literati.

It's just because this arm rest is Zhou Zhiyan's early work. is not as sophisticated as the middle and late stages, and the artistic level of the table is lower than that of Liu Sizhe's piece of Zhou Zhiyan's late production.

Of course. Even so, it is extremely happy to buy a arm rest with a market price of about 30,000 yuan for 1,000 yuan.

After the fifth child looked at both things. He looked a little disappointed and said, "But it's only a few hundred thousand things!" ”

Chu Chen smiled: "Fifth brother, how much value do you think you should need?" ”

Lao Wu smiled and said, "It depends on your luck." To say the least, it would cost millions! ”

Chu Chen smiled and shook his head: "No matter how lucky I am, I can't pick up millions of leaks, right?" Besides, millions of things are not cabbage, where are there so many easy to pick up? ”

In fact, for a period of time, Chu Chen also felt that he had so much money and abilities, and it was really boring to pick up tens of thousands of leaks. However, when he picked up a small leak without using his ability, he felt that this idea was too naïve.

After all, money is dead, and as people cliché, no matter how much money you have, you can't buy everything in the world. And picking up this kind of thing is a kind of fun for him, no matter how small the leak is, the joy it brings to himself is not something that money can buy.

Zhou Wenping patted Lao Wu's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Lao Wu, don't be too ambitious, you don't even seem to have picked up more than 100,000 leaks, right?" ”

The fifth child didn't care, and said with a smile: "How can I compare with the boss......"

As soon as he said this, everyone saw Xie Gong walking in from outside the door with a smile on his face.

The two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Chu Chen said with a smile: "Old Xie, why don't you rest for a few days and come back?" ”

"I don't have anything to do at home, I'm really idle, it's better to come over early and move my muscles and bones......"

At this time, Xie Gong's face was no longer the sad face of some time ago, and the little grandson was recovering well, and the whole person looked a little radiant.

Afterwards, Xie Gong thanked Chu Chen: "Boss, I thank you for my grandson, if it weren't for you, it is still unknown whether he can hold it up." ”

Chu Chen waved his hand and said, "Old Xie, I'm just doing it with a gesture, it's not a big deal!" In addition, you don't have to be so polite, just call me Xiao Chu! ”

Hearing this, Xie Gong hurriedly shook his head and said, "What kind of thing is this!" You're my boss, and I call you Xiao Chu, so that's really a bit unlike, right? ”

Chu Chen saw that Xie Gong's attitude was very resolute, so he said: "Otherwise, let's call it that way in the workplace, just call me Xiao Chu in private." ”

Seeing that Xie Gong still wanted to object, he hurriedly said: "Old Xie, the public is public, the private is private, and I and the shopkeeper Zhou are both called so." ”

Zhou Wenping and Lao Wu nodded hurriedly, indicating that this was indeed the case.

"Alright then......"

Everyone did this, and of course Xie Gong chose to go with the flow, and then he said, "Boss, I want to start working today." ”

Seeing Xie Gong's urgent appearance, Chu Chen smiled slightly, and asked Lao Wu to sit here first, and then took Xie Gong and Zhou Wenping to Xie Lao's studio together......

To be honest, since he bought the next door together, Chu Chen's is more relieved than before. This is also because the location of his vault in the past is only a wall away from the store pù that he bought now, although this aspect has been taken into account when the vault was renovated, but now it is undoubtedly safer.

Chu Chen led the two of them upstairs, except for the side near the vault, and a part of it, the rest of the places were used as carved lacquer workshops.

"The last time I visited, I said it was too big for a single person." Xie Gong said with a smile.

Chu Chen laughed when he heard this: "Old Xie, if you want to be a little lively, wait a few days, and I will give you ten or eight apprentices." ”

Xie Lao also smiled: "Boss, you are going to use me as a long-term worker......

Everyone laughed a few words, and Xie Lao said: "I really can't bring ten or eight apprentices, and I don't want to mislead people's children, I'll bring two first." ”

"Okay!" Zhou Wenping nodded: "I'll write a recruitment revelation in a while, and I'll let you check it yourself!" ”

"Okay......

Subsequently, Zhou Wenping took the two of them to the storage room and said, "Old Xie, I have purchased all the things written on your list and put them here, you can see if it is right, if it is not right, I will ask someone to send it over......"

The process of carving lacquer in Beijing is very complex, and it has to go through more than a dozen processes such as design, tire making, painting, drawing, carving, polishing, etc., and the technical requirements of each process are very high.

For example, lacquer, net paint, damp paint, cover paint, color paint and other seven kinds of paint, in carved paint is mainly used to prepare tung oil for cover paint, as well as various pigments and tire materials.

There are two kinds of tire materials, one is the copper material for the manufacture of carved lacquer inner tubes, which are mostly made of bottles, cans, boxes, washes, furnaces, etc., with round-shaped inner tubes as the majority.

On the other hand, it is wood used to make lacquerware such as folding screens and furniture. The wood is best aged and old, not easy to dry crack and deform, and the wood tires of different carved lacquer products have different requirements for wood, and because the carved lacquer products in the process of making zuò, they have to enter the hot and humid kiln dozens or hundreds of times, and they have to enter the drying firebox four to five times, so the selection and pickiness of the wood is essential.

Before the liberation of the capital carved lacquer, inherited the Ming and Qing dynasties of the traditional craft, generally with wooden tires, tin tires and rebirth. After the liberation, in addition to furniture and other things, the carved lacquer of the capital is mostly made of copper, and the inner wall is made of enamel glaze.

The wood in the storage room was the wood that Zhou Wenping had found after countless phone calls, but before Xie Gong confirmed it, he still had no bottom in his heart.

After Xie Gong looked at all the wood in front of him, he nodded with satisfaction: "These woods are very good, they are all good materials that can be made into good carved lacquer!" ”

After receiving Xie Gong's affirmation, Zhou Wenping also put his mind at ease, and he smiled: "Old Xie, do you have any other requirements?" ”

Xie Gong shook his head, and said with some enthusiasm: "The things are already very complete, without further ado, I plan to start working now, you just go and do your work......"

Chu Chen said: "I don't have anything to do, just stay and appreciate your old craftsmanship." ”

"Boss, I'm doing this all the hard work, and you may find it too boring."

Perhaps worried that Chu Chen would think too much, Xie Gong hurriedly explained: "Our carved paint roughly has several processes: design, tire making, varnish, drawing, carving, drying and polishing, design and tire making, what steps should you take to come to the boss." ”

"As for the varnish, it is repeated to apply the lacquer layer to the finished tire. The first coat of lacquer is applied to the shade. After drying, a second coat is applied, and so on until the thickness required by the process is reached. Generally, the product is painted in several layers, with a thickness of about 6 mm. Except for the last and second step of drying, everything else is hard work......"

After listening to Xie Gong's explanation, Chu Chen smiled and said, "It's okay, you do yours, I'll satisfy my curiosity, I'll leave later!" ”

Chu Chen just wanted to see how this carved lacquer was made, not to mention that he had something to do for a while, even if it was fine, he wouldn't stay for a long time, after all, staying here for a long time would bring Xie Gong a little pressure.

"That's okay, it's just that I'll give you a good talk about the craft of carving lacquer......

Xie Gong nodded, and after Zhou Wenping said goodbye, he took out the drawing paper, put it on his workbench, and introduced it to Chu Chen while drawing...... (To be continued......)

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