Chapter 34 Fate
"The imperial dragon fragrance ink used in the Ming Dynasty!"
He took out all the ink ingots in the wooden box, threw them aside, took out a knife, and began to pry the bottom plate below. Just as the middle-aged man entered Bo Guzhai, a faint fragrance firmly attracted his attention.
"Haha, it's really Long Xiangmo!"
"A whole set!"
Wen Yiming carefully picked up the red sandalwood ink cartridge and opened it gently. There were six ink ingots of different sizes neatly placed inside. The purple light was leisurely and the ink fragrance was bursting, extremely exquisite!
Ink is divided into pine smoke ink and oil smoke ink. Pine smoke ink is made of soot ash burned by pine trees. It is characterized by black color, poor gloss and light glue, so it is only suitable for writing. Oil smoke ink is mostly made of smoke from animals or vegetable oils, and it is characterized by black and shiny color. The most common tung smoke ink is solid and delicate, and has a luster.
The ingredients for making ink are different and often secretly. They usually include egg whites, fish skin glue, cowhide glue and various spices, medicinal materials, such as lilac, purpura, cherry, cherry, cherry, cherry, pearls, etc. There are more than a thousand kinds of ingredients.
According to the purpose, it can be divided into ordinary ink, tribute ink, imperial ink, homemade ink, rare ink, gift ink, etc.
As the name suggests, imperial ink should be used in the royal court. At the latest, it was specially produced for royal ink for royal purposes at the end of the Tang Dynasty. The earliest one seen in the Ming Dynasty was Yongle imperial ink.
It is called National Treasure Ink, with a ox tongue shape. One side is made of two dragon patterns with yangwen and gold-painted gold, the middle is the word "National Treasure" in regular script in the negative text, and the other side is four groups of gold-painted Ruyi cloud head patterns. The middle is "made in Yongle Nian of the Ming Dynasty". The production is quite exquisite.
There was also imperial ink during the Xuande period, called Longxiang Imperial Ink. One side was the convex pattern of dragon playing with pearls, the other side was the intimate regular script "Dragonxiang Imperial Ink", and the underneath was the intimate regular script "Made in the First Year of Xuande".
Longxiang ink was originally made by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Feng Zhi of the Tang Dynasty said: "The ink of the imperial desk ink of Emperor Xuanzong, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang used hibiscus and fragrant powder to make imperial ink, called Longquan agent."
"Xuande's imperial dragon fragrance ink!"
Wen Yiming put on gloves and picked up the largest ink ingot, which was shaped like a cow's tongue, as hard as gold and stone, and was extremely heavy to get.
"Do I have a fate with that fat man Fei?" Wen Yiming remembered something and said with a funny look: "Last time I followed him to pick up Hei Qinan, and this time I picked up the dragon fragrance ink from him. It's really a guiding light!"
Thinking of this, I laughed loudly, put away the dragon-scent ink, and threw away the wooden box and other ink ingots. This time, I can't blame the fat man for not being able to see his eyesight. Who would know that there would be a mezzanine in the wooden box?
I deliberately used garbage ink ingots to cover it. If I hadn't met Wen Yiming, Long Xiang Ink wouldn't know when it would have seen the light of heaven again.
He checked the auction price of Longxiang ink in recent years, but it has not been recorded in five years! The most recent ten years ago, the transaction was 1.2 million yuan, and it was the royal dragon ink used in the Qing Dynasty, and it was not a complete set.
"What a baby!"
Wen Yiming turned off the computer and excitedly played with the six major categories of Longxiang Ink and Antiques. The four treasures of the study can only be considered miscellaneous. But once a real high-quality product appears, it will also be fatal to collectors.
The most valuable thing for pen, ink, paper and inkstone is the inkstone. The four famous inkstones have been passed down for thousands of years. Then there are ink ingots, which have few fine products, so things are precious because they are rare. Pens and paper are mainly craftsmanship and consumables, and they are not worth a lot of value after being passed down.
"Previous photos!"
Chapter completed!