Chapter 165: Priceless Treasure
Fang Nian looked at Zhou Cang, eager to use the short knife in his hand to kill this guy.
The dead fat man in front of him is really enough, but I have to say that the glass box in front of him is really special, at least Fang Nian feels that this glass box is not ordinary, it is definitely the best of the best.
At this time, the others also came out of the tomb, looked at the glass box in their hands, and asked in surprise.
"What is this, Zhou Cang, why are you shouting so loudly."
Hearing someone ask, Zhou Cang told what had just happened again, and the response to him was naturally a blank eye.
Jia Xu looked at the glass box, looked at Fang Nian, and smiled.
"Little jack-of-all-trades, let's take a look, what is this?"
Fang Nian smiled helplessly, and was also very happy, after all, Fang Nian was also a person who liked antiques, so he took it and looked at it carefully, and said casually.
"Glass is actually made of artificial crystal of various colors as raw materials, fired at a high temperature of more than 1,000 degrees, its color is flowing and colorful, and its quality is crystal clear and dazzling."
"Before our Han Dynasty, the earliest materials for making glaze were obtained from the by-products produced during bronze casting, and then refined and processed into glaze."
"The glaze on the market is mainly dewaxed glaze represented by the south and handmade glaze represented by Boshan. In June 2008, the glaze firing technique was selected into the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list approved by the State Council and determined by the Ministry of Culture. ”
Cai Wenji was confused again.
"What year is 2008? What is cultural heritage? ”
Fang Nian was slightly stunned, a little helpless for a while, and seemed to be out of step when he was talking and talking, so he quickly changed the topic.
"However, it seems that this kind of glaze is not artificially extracted, but naturally formed."
Jia Xu was slightly stunned, he had seen a lot of glaze in Cao Cao's camp, and many of them were refined by the surrounding jewelry shops. But until now, Jia Xu has never heard of natural glass.
"Is this thing still natural?"
Hearing this, Fang Nian nodded.
"Yes, you see that this box is full of black crystals, and you can see some white through the light, which shows that it is actually a kind of black medium and low-grade gemstone called obsidian, also known as natural glass."
"It's a naturally occurring glass that is formed because of the rapidly cooling and condensation of volcanic lava, crystalline structure. Because the periphery of lava flows cools the fastest, obsidian is usually found on the periphery of lava flows. ”
"Obsidian is usually black, but obsidian can also be found in brown, gray and a small amount of red, blue and even green materials."
Zhou Cang was a little disappointed when he heard Fang read it.
"Mid-to-low-grade gemstones, it doesn't seem to be worth much."
So, I was going to drop the box to see what was inside. But before he could make a move, he was snatched away by Fang Nian.
"Say you're a fool, you still don't admit it, I said that obsidian is not very valuable, and I didn't say that this is not valuable. Look at this box, it is obvious that it was taken directly from a piece of material, and such a large piece of obsidian alone is already worth tens of thousands of taels of silver. ”
As he spoke, Fang Nian pointed to the landscape painting carved on the box.
"Looking at the miniature carving on the top, the layers are clear, the organization is clear, just a door and window have three layers of carving division of labor, this is definitely from the master's hand, with this carving, the price of this obsidian box, has increased more than 10 times."
When Zhou Cang heard Fang Nian say this, his eyes suddenly flashed. Swift Reading.com
"That means that this box can be sold for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver?"
Hearing this, not only Zhou Cang, but even Cai Wenji was interested in taking a quick look at this box.
"Is this thing really worth that much money?"
Jia Xu smiled slightly.
"Probably more than that."
"More than that?"
This time, almost everyone was shocked, so they all looked at Fang Nian, Fang Nian was stunned, and then pointed to the white lines in the box.
"Did you see that? This white line is actually a fine white jade. ”
"White jade?"
Fang Nian nodded.
"Yes, in fact, the name of the white jade mineral is nephrite, also known as "Huaxia jade", which is mainly produced in Hetian. In nature, white jade has a beautiful color, delicate texture, a certain transparency, hard texture, durable, can be carved into ornaments, and can have a collection of one or more minerals. ”
"A fine jade, in addition to the moist and delicate jade brought by the warm beauty, artificial carving beauty, modeling beauty and good theme content have a great impact on the value of a piece of jade."
"White jade has these effects, and it is very sought-after in the jade market. Although we are now in an era of frequent wars, it does not affect the price of white jade in the slightest. ”
As he spoke, Fang Nian looked at the white jade box again.
"You imagine, a fine white jade is enough to sell for a price you can't imagine, but what about such a well-carved black yao white jade box? I'm afraid its price can't be measured in money, right? ”
Jia Xu listened to Fang Nian's introduction in such detail, and this was another sentence.
"The value of this black and white jade box can be compared to He's Bi."
"Huo ......"
Several people gasped, what is He's Bi, He's Bi is said to have been discovered by Bian He, a native of Chu.
It is a valuable material for carving seals, and after its processing, it becomes the heirloom seal of the Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Sui, Tang and other dynasties, and finally the heirloom treasure jade that is missing in the turmoil of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms is still in the hands of the emperor of the Han Dynasty.
Now that this black and white jade box can be compared to He's Bi, how can it not surprise everyone?
However, at this time, a serious look flashed in Fang Nian's eyes, and he sighed at the black yao and white jade box.
"Why is this thing so precious in this tomb? What's in here? ”
A few people will also come to their senses at this time, looking at the box, they found that although the box can be opened, there seems to be something in the gap above that sticks the lid of the box and the body of the box, Zhou Cang pulled it with 2 points of force, and did not pull it open.
Zhou Cang wanted to try again, but was stopped by Fang Nian, obviously he didn't want such a good thing to be ruined by Zhou Cang like this.
So he wanted to see what the thing that was sticking to the box was, but at this moment, Fang Nian suddenly heard a sound of Suosuo, and it was not one, but many.
Fang Nian secretly said in his heart that it was not good, he just wanted everyone to be careful, but it was obviously too late.