Chapter 669: The Cricket Jar and the Gourd 1

Good things really don't come and go. Xu Yang has never seen good things in boxes even in the museum, but it is normal for Yang Lao and Dongfang Rui to be two people. In their words, this time Wang Xiaozi really hugged the big fish. The people of this salvage team should have caught a ship from the late Song Dynasty, and judging from this porcelain, this is a half-civilian and half-official ship.

Porcelain is the last of Wang Fatzi, now his eyes have long been on those porcelain, Xu Yang is also taking out one by one, and now Xu Yang is actually a three-color! That's right, it's three-colored, very beautiful, very 'fine' beauty! Xu Yang sighed very much, just such a piece, I dare not say more, five million bottom. Just such a box of Chen Xi, Xu Yang roughly calculated, it was really fucking valuable. For a while, there was an impulse to use his own money to form a salvage team. With the manpower and material resources of Xu Yang's family, this is not a problem at all. But Xu Yang also knew that he would think about it.

It is impossible for everyone to stay on this box of treasures, and soon open another box, which is the 'jade' vessel, but there are not many good things. It can only be the top grade, at this time Xu Yang also thought of it, the things in the sea are mostly porcelain-based ships in China, and at that time, the Maritime Silk Road was mostly porcelain, and some things like cloth and silk have long been gone in the sea. Therefore, most of the things that can be preserved in the sea are porcelain.

"Yo, bronzes, this has been soaked in the sea for thousands of years, and you can still 'get' a bronze that is well preserved. It doesn't look like you've been soaked in the ocean. Xu Yang opened another box and said, it is true, this box is full of bronze utensils, such as copper mirrors, copper lamps, etc.! The reason why Xu Yang said this is that the bronze ware has been soaked in water, especially in seawater, and it has long been rusty. It is an exaggeration to say that it is difficult to see the shape, and where do you think that these bronze objects are not like they have been in water at all. The preservation is very good, if it weren't for the same box, Xu Yang must have thought that he received it somewhere else!

"I was shocked to see it, but it was said to be in a sealed compartment. That warehouse is not very big, so I grabbed so much, and there is a box of weapons over there, it seems to have a sword or a knife or something, you can see for yourself, I don't understand that thing. When Xu Yang heard that there were still weapons, he became interested.

When I opened another long box, there were a few swords and knives, which looked good. Xu Yang took out a knife casually, oh he, it's heavy enough. Xu Yang saw that there were some inscriptions on it, it seems that this is still an ancient sword and an ancient knife with a provenance, I have to say, an ancient sword, an ancient knife If there is a provenance, then it is worth it.

Everyone worked together to get everything out. Good guy, don't talk about other people, it's just that Xu Yang's eyes are green when he looks at it. Xu Yang was also looking at Wang Xiaozi with 'lust', this person is not only a problem of connections, but also a lot of money, Xu Yang's heart jumped at this time, and an inexplicable feeling appeared in his heart.

There are only a few times when this feeling occurs. The phoenix qin is once, and the cadre Mo Xie is counted once. It seems that there is really nothing. Today it has appeared again, which means that there is something good in this pile of antiques, or something that makes my heart flutter. In the words of Yang Lao, the magnetic field corresponds.

Scanning through the antiques found nothing that made him pay special attention, nor did he find any that was in line with his heart. But the feeling is real. And it's starting to feel stronger.

"Okay, let's take a break, let's still have the old rules, what do you like in a while, don't tell me your appraisal results. I make a price, and if it looks like it's going to be 'delivered', no? "It seems that Yang Lao and Dongfang Rui are used to it!

"I'll say for a while, you can't run away from this thing. Anyway, there is time, take a rest! I'm old, and I'm really tired of surviving. Yang Lao sat there and took a sip of tea and said.

"Huh, this is from my store?" At this time, Wang Xiaozi saw the oil lamp and two-year-old porcelain that Xu Yang had bought there.

"Oh, I just bought it, I bought it for fun, and I like to collect strange things. Xu Yang smiled and laughed, Yang Lao also glanced at it, the light flashed in his eyes, and he looked at Xu Yang thoughtfully.

In fact, opening an antique shop, especially this kind of old shop, is passed down from generation to generation. Eyesight and craftsmanship are all handed down from ancestors, so let's put it this way, Wang Xiaozi is not given in vain, and his eyesight is also okay in the antique world, otherwise people will not be deceived to death when they go out to buy goods.

He could tell the three things at a glance. He had an impression of the oil lamp, but in fact, he deliberately put it there for people to pick up. In this way, it is also popular, and the things are not expensive. Others are afraid that there will be leaks in their stores, but this one is afraid that there will be no leaks in their stores. So he always deliberately put some small objects, which are inexpensive and attractive, so that the reputation of his small shop will rise.

But he had no impression of those two, they looked ordinary, like ordinary things, and he knew what they were, a gourd and a jar of crickets. It looks like a Republic of China and a modern old one. Hundreds of dollars. So Wang Xiaozi asked: "These two are from that Taobao pile!"

"Well, it's in that little pile over there!" Xu Yang said. At first glance, these two things are 'quite ordinary' and nothing special, but when you look closely, they feel different. Take a deep look, and that's it. Now Wang Xiaozi also knows that this thing is weird.

"Brother Xu Yang, don't mind letting me take a look!" Hearing Wang Xiaozi's words, Xu Yang smiled and said: "Although this thing is mine now, it is not bought from Brother Wang, you can see where you want to use it so politely!"

Hearing Xu Yang's words, Wang Xiaozi walked over and took the things on the table, this time he didn't just look at it alone, Yang Lao, Dongfang Rui and Wang Fatzi all looked like they were all people in the circle, and no one's eyes were white. Taobao and deliberately looking at it are two different things, Taobao is looking for it in a bunch of things that I don't know whether it's good or bad, and deliberately this thing is weird to look at carefully.

To say that this gourd is really an age thing. The gourd is one of the best insect tools for storing songworms, with a long history, written records can be traced back to the Tang and Song dynasties, flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the physical object can be proved to be the latest to the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. The largest number of existing official model gourds in the world are made by Fengze Garden in the Daoguang period.

The gourd is divided into two types: the model system and the length of the gourd. As the name suggests, the model system is to incorporate the young fruit of the gourd into the pre-made wooden mold or gypsum mold, and artificially force the gourd to grow according to the shape of the mold. Because of insect pests, varieties, fertilization, watering, natural disasters and other reasons, the success rate of good gourds is very low. This length is a gourd that grows naturally without artificial restrictions and meets the requirements of the shape, so that the gourd has less good cortex and is more expensive. This thing is also 'very' sexual, 'quite 'like' like a man's thing!

The quality of the gourd is different, and the price is very different. The gourd skin is thick, the skin is clean, there are no spots and scars, the umbilicus is positive and top, the shape is full, and the top quality is not lost, if there is an item that is unsatisfactory in the eyes of the player, the price will be greatly discounted. The gourd is classified by shape, which can be divided into 'flower' mold and plain mold, also known as 'flower' goods and light goods. There are many varieties of "flower" mold patterns, rich themes, "flower" patterns are dragons and phoenixes, unicorns, auspicious patterns, landscapes, gardens, people, "flowers" birds, animals, insects and fish, everything.

Plain mold: The gourd skin is smooth and clean, which is called plain mold. The shapes are also very colorful, such as the end shoulder 'chicken' heart, the loose neck 'chicken' heart, the 'stick', the oil bottle, the willow leaf, the papaya belly, the 'jade' hairpin, the 'stick', etc., which are difficult to list one by one. 'Flower' mold: that is, the mold itself has a pattern, and there are some patterns on the gourd skin of the gourd. There are also chaff tires and porcelain tires. However, the chaff tire is mostly soft in texture and the pattern is not clear. If the pattern is clear, it is undoubtedly the best in the 'flower' mold.

The gourd is divided into chaff and porcelain by texture. The texture of the chaff gourd is soft, and when the gourd chirps, it can resonate with the gourd, and the sound is thick and low, with strong penetration and not harsh, so it is widely favored by old players. However, the gourd pulp is slow to color, and it is also a big pity that it is not strong. The porcelain gourd is the opposite, the wall is thick and strong, and it is quickly pulped after getting started, and it will even turn red after only three or five years, which makes people love it.

And Xu Yang's gourd is a thing in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, it is an excellent top grade, whether it is workmanship or carving or painting, it looks ordinary at first glance, and it looks a little vulgar carefully, but people who know how to do it look like this thing is extraordinary, this is what makes it easy to make eyes and goods.

The cricket jar is fired in the same place as this gourd. So this particular feature is the same. But if you want to talk about this cricket jar, it's something that people still play with today. There are a lot of crickets playing with gnats now. Fighting crickets was also the favorite thing for the children of the Eight Banners during the Qing Dynasty.

Except for the head of the fighting cricket, the lower body is the same as that of the cricket with the flat head. The simple fighting method is to put soil in the jar and pound it flat, and put two bucket crickets in the jar. With cricket grass, some farmers call it hot grass, and they will fight after a while. Fighting crickets, that is, fighting crickets, also known as "autumn xing", "fighting to promote weaving", that is, using crickets to fight each other for fun. Cricket fighting is a unique cultural life in China with a strong oriental color, and it is also a Chinese art. Crickets have developed from listening to their voices to watching their fights, and from this small aspect, it also reflects the changes in social history. As for which dynasty the activity of fighting crickets originated, there is still no information to prove, but the Song Dynasty Dynasty inside and outside the court and the field vigorously fought crickets, and "the capital of ten thousand gold was paid in a peck", which has been proved by historical data. In the Qing Dynasty, the competition became more and more exquisite, and crickets were required to be free from the "four diseases" (raising their heads, tendrils, practicing their teeth, and kicking their 'legs');