Chapter 120: How to Legally Play Ivory in China

"Brothers, let's give Brother Biao a drink."

Zhang Yang poured half a cap of water into the lid of the water cup and drank it all in front of the camera.

The sense of ritual is full.

"Come, welcome to the next friend."

[Just a toast, right?] 】

[The anchor perfectly interprets what it means to pretend]

[Can you give Brother Biao a little respect]

"It's not disrespectful, people are on probation, it's better to drink less, what if you spit out the truth after drinking?"

Zhang Yang is very thoughtful.

"Welcome to London. Baoyou, are you really a native of the porcelain capital? ”

"It's a real Jingdi town, like a fake."

Baoyou's voice doesn't sound very old, if it's really in London, it's likely to be an international student.

"I guess, you're going to show us a piece of porcelain, or is it from Jingdi Town?"

"Hey, yes."

In the lens, a porcelain plate with a white background and black patterned edges glows with gold under the illumination of the light.

It's a very open-door, ink-and-gold plate.

More interesting than its craftsmanship is the motif of the ornamentation on it - a "crucifixion".

[Baoyou, this plate is not filled with duck blood]

[It should be foreign trade porcelain, right? ] This kind of theme has no market in China]

[Is this kind of plate for offering, or is it used for use, it's so awkward]

Zhang Yang also felt embarrassed when he looked at this thing.

It's like drawing a Buddha at the bottom of the bowl, although it can be used, but as soon as you pull the rice chop in the bowl halfway, you see the Buddha smiling at you at the bottom of the bowl......

Perhaps ancient Chinese porcelain, in the eyes of foreigners, was indeed only a work of art, not a daily necessity.

"The thing is real, the age is in the early Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and it should be the foreign trade porcelain at that time."

"Whew~" Baoyou breathed a sigh of relief after listening to Zhang Yang's identification.

"Thank you, teacher, now I can convince my dad."

"Convince Ling Zun?"

Zhang Yang felt a little strange, this kind of thing of thousands of yuan, didn't the rich guys of international students buy it casually?

So he asked, "Is there any story about this thing?" ”

"It's not a story, it's my dad, he specializes in porcelain. He said that it was impossible for Jingdi Town to burn this kind of thing, it was too embarrassing......"

"Is Daddy's name Li Laoqi?" Zhang Yang asked the gods.

"Huh? Teacher, do you know my seventh uncle? Baoyou was surprised.

"My seventh uncle's son is also studying here, but it's a pity, if I had connected with you two days earlier, I would have been able to say hello. He had just returned to China, and it seemed that something had happened at home. ”

"That's a shame." Zhang Yang held back a smile and nodded.

He knew what happened to Li Laoqi.

The big brother on the list has now penetrated into the Hedong Group, and the news of Li Laoqi's arrest has already spread to Zhang Yang.

"You have the same thing in the British Museum, so it's very open."

"Although the Qing Dynasty is closed to the country, foreigners are not affected to buy things, this should be a batch of foreign trade porcelain customized by Christians at that time in Jingdi Town."

"Teacher, is that something like this valuable?"

The most important thing for friends who play "reflux porcelain" is always the issue of value.

"The domestic market is not too interested in this kind of subject matter, and I can give a few thousand dollars for the process of ink and gold painting."

"Xiaoqian, Zhongqian, or Daqian?"

"The value is around the middle thousand."

"That's about the same, I bought it for six thousand dollars."

"Is it really about the same?" Zhang Yang raised his eyebrows: "Have you forgotten that there is something called tariff." ”

"Ten years ago, this kind of repatriated cultural relics could make a small fortune, but now, except for the kind of large items that can be auctioned, it is basically a loss to buy them back."

[Heart-piercing, iron]

[It's a genuine product that hasn't lost money, and it's already more than 90% of people]

[Be bold, 99%]

[Save flow: Buying reflux porcelain is to send money to foreigners]

……

sent away the heartbroken friends who played porcelain, and the live broadcast room ushered in another master of playing pottery.

"Baoyou, this thing of yours is at least 4,000 years old!"

Zhang Yang looked at the cute Tao Niu in front of him and said.

A clay sculpture less than the size of a palm, carved with a bighorn cow with black stripes on its horns.

The round eyes look a little silly.

[Brave cow, not afraid of difficulties]

[Isn't this the big buffalo? 】

[More than 4,000 years ago, wasn't that the Western Zhou Dynasty]

Zhang Yang originally thought that this was something from the Western Zhou Dynasty, but the item information shows that this is a product of the Indus Valley culture more than 4,000 years ago.

Antiquities from South Asia.

And the big data also matched another piece of information, this kind of pottery cow has the same style in the British Museum.

"Teacher, is this our domestic? I bought it while I was traveling in India. ”

Bao Youyou didn't seem to know the true origin of the thing, and when he connected the microphone just now, this thing was placed on his computer desktop.

"No, it's something from the Indus Valley culture, and their cattle are gods."

"They carve oxen, just like we carve dragons."

"Is there any value in this kind of thing? If not, I'll just keep it on the table. ”

"You can make a little glass cover for it." Zhang Yang made a small suggestion: "This kind of pottery cow is a collection of the British Museum, and it is still collectible." ”

"Huh? The plate just now is also in their collection, why do they have so much in it? ”

"It's not hiding, it's looting, when the sun doesn't set on the empire, the cultural relics all flow to them, otherwise where will they have more than 8 million pieces of collection on their islands." Zhang Yang shook his head and said.

[Groove, more than 8 million pieces]

[The global cultural relics base camp is branded with you]

[I went to the British Museum once, and there are really many Dunhuang murals there]

[There are no Chinese cultural relics hidden there, below the second level]

"So much, I steal 100 pieces a day, and I have to steal for more than 200 years?" Baoyou said in surprise.

Zhang Yang was amused by the brain hole of this treasure friend, he is worthy of being an amateur collector who can buy cultural relics when traveling in India, and he has something.

"Brother, calm down, you can't move most of the things inside."

"yes, forget it. Teacher, help me take a look at this pottery cow, this should be domestic, right? ”

Baoyou took out a brocade box, which contained a pottery sculpture of a cattle, which was slightly larger than the one in India, and the image of the cow was the same as that of the ox in rural China, with very short horns and lifelike carvings.

"This is something of our domestic Central Plains culture, and it should be a funeral object in the Western Han Dynasty."

"How did Baoyou get this thing?"

Seeing the brocade box, Zhang Yang felt that there was a high probability that he bought this pottery cow from the Western Han Dynasty.

But Baoyou said, "Ancestral." ”

"You ask that it is an ancestral heirloom, can it still be said that it is not dug up?"

"I have all these certificates, I don't believe you ......"

"Don't look at it." Zhang Yang waved his hand: "Wait a while, there is a high probability that the Internet police will call you, and when the time comes, you will directly report the certificate number to him, there is really a problem, you can't run away." ”

"Hehe, if I only call, can't I just turn off my phone?" Baoyou said stupidly.

"Don't leave it unchecked." Zhang Yang smiled more happily than him: "You see that the police can't come to the door, it's over." ”

……

"Why are the brothers on the museum today?"

[Because there are references, it's easy to find the real thing]

[Yes, at least you won't buy the fabricated]

[Maybe it's a museum that went out of business]

In the end, this barrage, Zhang Yang's pupils shrank.

The Helin Museum was indeed on the verge of closure before.

Zhang Yang originally thought that the museum that has been a decades-old brand for decades has a good reputation, and it should soon resume visitor flow.

As a result, I didn't expect that during the time he went to Yangcheng, he didn't know who started it, and there were people on the public accounts of Little Sweet Potato, Baijia and major tourism websites.

Say yes: don't go to the Hailin Museum for coastal tourism, you must "avoid pits" and "save your life".

Fortunately, the coffin of the father-in-law in the Southern Han Dynasty in Yangcheng was hard enough.

It was enough for Zhong Lao to have a reason to draw in the middle, so that the director of Yangcheng Museum agreed to Zhang Yang's request for "borrowing exhibitions".

And it is not a one-time loan, it will be divided into three times, and the cultural relics on display in the entire Yangcheng Museum will be borrowed for exhibition.

This is a lifesaver for a private museum that is in a period of declining reputation.

However, saving the reputation of the Hailin Museum is only one aspect, and the real purpose of publicizing it is far more than that......

"Teacher, how about you help me look at this?"

The words of Xinlianmai's friends brought Zhang Yang's thoughts back to the live broadcast.

The video shows an oval-shaped Buddha plaque carved with a laughing Maitreya Buddha, and the material of the thing looks like ivory.

"Name: Maitreya Buddha Tablet"

"Material: African ivory"

"Production time: 2019"

"Details: Maitreya Buddha plaque carved with the tip of ivory, exquisite craftsmanship"

"It's fine." Zhang Yang nodded: "Are brothers abroad?" ”

"No, it's in the country. Can the teacher help me see how much this is worth now? ”

"Value...... If you have less than 900 grams, two to three years, probation applies. ”

These people in China play with prohibited animal products, except for ivory or rhinoceros horn, and Zhang Yang is already familiar with this part of the legal provisions.

"Huh? Teacher, what if I have this? ”

Baoyou said, taking out a blue tag.

At the bottom of the line, in red letters is written "China Wildlife Management Special Logo".

On the left is the LOGO of the issuing authority, and on the right is written in small black letters [African ivory products below 50g], and the code and QR code are also printed next to it.

Playing ivory with a license!

"Niubi!" Zhang Yang gave a thumbs up, he looked at the barrage and said:

"Brothers, this is the correct way to open the domestic collection of ivory products."

"Teacher, can I trade this? Give me a quota? ”

Baoyou's tone was smug and a little ostentatious.

"No, since 18 years, the ivory trade has been completely banned in China, and it is not easy to use any certificates."

"Isn't my 17-year-old certificate okay?"

Baoyou suddenly came to such a sentence, which startled Zhang Yang.

17 years? Isn't that something that's been around for 19 years?

"It's really fake, you show me the date of issuance."

"Can I still lie to you?"

Baoyou pushed the camera closer and pointed at the code and QR code, which read [FJZG/17/89061673].

The first four letters are the enterprise code, and "17" is naturally the time when the certificate is issued.

With such white teeth, you told me that it was 17 years?

I'm afraid it is not because of the complete ban on ivory trade and import and export trade since 18 years.

This treasure friend, the background seems to be very hard.

The corners of Zhang Yang's mouth flashed with a smile of unknown meaning.

(End of chapter)