Monk's Hat Pot

Jia Sidao's mind suddenly appeared like a thin but very energetic man. It's not that Mr. Cai Mingchao is so famous. It's said that it's like a mountain, but this is quite reasonable. Even in the society where information is sent to this world, if people who don't pay attention to antiques, when talking about antiques, they just think they are old people, or think of museums or something.

However, if Jia Sidao wants to enter this industry, he will definitely have some understanding of some people who often appear in major auction houses, or what large auction houses, antique trading markets, etc.

Of course, for those who are just entering a certain industry, the most attractive thing is undoubtedly the records created by some people in the industry. Not to mention the distance, Jia Sidao has paid great attention to it in recent years.

It’s like the 2005 “Guiguzi Down the Mountain” Yuan blue and white jar, which hit a new high in the auction price of Chinese art at Christie’s Art Auction in London for 15.688 million pounds, equivalent to RMB 230 million. Such an example is probably familiar to anyone who is interested in antiques, right?

Jia Sidao remembers that the price of 15.688 million pounds can be exchanged for a whole meal of gold based on the market price of gold on that day!

A meal of gold, such a shocking fact, can undoubtedly make everyone who knows it vividly remember it.

And what about that?

The antiques are not just like Yuan blue and white porcelain. Even on the same type of porcelain, there are still various records. There are countless pastels, Doucai, etc. Jia Sidao cannot remember them completely, but several of them are also shocking records that can still be imprinted in his mind.

That's why when Liu Yufei mentioned the name "Cai Mingchao", the expression on Jia Sidao's face was extremely wonderful, a little stunned, a little happy, a little expectant, and a little admired.

Liu Yufei already knew that Jia Sidao should understand what he meant, and he didn't say anything more at the moment. As for the hand that patted Jia Sidao's shoulders, he didn't take it back. The two of them walked in front with their arms around each other. They didn't know that Li Shiyun and Xia Yi, who were following behind him, would think of what they shouldn't think about in their hearts when they looked at these two people...

At this time, the thoughts in Jia Sidao's mind had already floated away with the name "Cai Mingchao".

Just in 2005, after the Yuan blue and white jar created a shocking miracle, one year later, that is, on October 7, 2006, at the Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, China, Cai Mingchao successfully captured the peerless bronze Buddha "Ming Yongle Gilded Copper Shakyamuni Statue" with the identity of the No. 353 bidder in the special auction of "Buddhist Light Shines - Important Golded Copper Buddha in the Early Ming Dynasty" at a "sky price" of HK$116.6 million, setting the highest record for the world auction of Chinese Buddha statue art to date. At the same time, it also ended the history of the bronze Buddha floating overseas for many years.

Such a feat is undoubtedly exciting for those who collect antiques. It is far more memorable than a foreigner who accepts a "sky-high-priced" Yuan blue and white porcelain, right?

Holding back the shock in his heart, Jia Sidao followed Liu Yufei and entered his collection room.

In fact, it is the basement in the villa. As for why Liu Yufei arranged the studio that was used to remove jadeite raw stones on the first floor and the collection room in the basement. When Jia Sidao saw the wide variety, high-quality and excellent craftsmanship of jasper collection, the answer was already blurted out.

The entire basement was not divided into two rooms like Jia Sidao's house, and it was completely a whole. Moreover, in terms of space, it was slightly larger than Jia Sidao expected. Jia Sidao thought to himself that it should be the underground of the entire villa, which gave him the feeling of using it.

On the four walls, there are countless independent closets, and the ones placed on them are naturally jasper collections. In the center, there are many piers, which are separated by a certain distance from each other, interlaced with each other, mostly made of glass. Just above, there are some large pieces of jasper carvings, and in the small grid below, some gadgets are placed scattered.

Moreover, in order to prevent the jasper ornaments from accidentally bumping, those large instruments will be placed directly above the pier and will be firmly tied to the base.

If we say that the entire basement is just a museum with jasper collections, it is not an exaggeration.

Jia Sidao finally understood how spectacular the collection of thousands of items that Liu Yufei himself mentioned was.

Not to mention the envy in my heart, just by Liu Yufei's age, he could find so many jade ornaments, which is enough to show that Liu Yufei's love for jade things. No wonder when Ms. Xia Yi wanted to convince him to take out one of them and two of them to the auction house, Liu Yufei was so reluctant.

However, Jia Sidao felt a little gloating about Liu Yufei's reluctance. At this moment, he looked at Liu Yufei and smiled faintly without saying anything, without any intention of defending Liu Yufei. Especially, Xia Yi went straight to her target collection as soon as she entered the collection room. Jia Sidao stood aside and watched the fun.

On the contrary, Li Shiyun looked at Jia Sidao's smiley expression. Although she was surprised by Liu Yufei's collection, she did not write this surprise on her face. Together with Jia Sidao, she casually appreciated the jasper ornaments placed there.

Speaking of which, the shape of jasper ornaments and finished jade products still have a lot in common.

For example, in the collection room, there are many jade pendants, such as Guanyin statues, Maitreya Buddhas, etc., and there are quite a lot of them. As for animal shapes, such as monkeys steal peaches, and double bats to hold their longevity, they are also very common. Of course, there are some strange forms that Jia Sidao and Li Shiyun have never seen before. The two have gained a lot of knowledge. Jia Sidao was still thinking about it. Now, look more and look more. Maybe, he can plagiarize some creativity when making jade in the future.

However, what calmed Jia Sidao's shock slightly calmed down was that the number of particularly outstanding jade ornaments in Liu Yufei's collection was not large. For example, the few jade collections that Uncle Zhou saw on the second floor of "Zhouji" were of that level. Although there were also some here, compared to the overall number of thousands, it was relatively rare.

Especially those large jasper ornaments, there may still be many defects in terms of texture and craftsmanship.

Thinking of Liu Yufei being able to call for his jade Guanyin jade pendant, and even traveling thousands of miles to Linhai, a smile spread across the corner of Jia Sidao's mouth. It seems that Liu Yufei's collection is still a little different from Jia Sidao's concept.

Jia Sidao is preparing to take the high-quality route and does not think he should win by quantity. However, Liu Yufei is out of his love for a variety of jade. Generally speaking, if it is related to jade, as long as he has the chance, I am afraid Liu Yufei will try to accept it?

And this time, it is naturally not those gadgets that can be taken by Xia Yi. One should be taken from Liu Yufei's few high-quality collections. Jia Sidao saw Liu Yufei and Xia Yi surrounding a glass pier and carefully looking at a piece of ornament. He couldn't help but look back at Li Shiyun. She was still looking at many finished jasper shapes intentionally or unintentionally, so he walked to her and shouted softly: "Sister Li."

Seeing Li Shiyun's puzzled gaze, Jia Sidao did not hesitate, took her soft hand and walked towards Liu Yufei, while walking, saying, "The things here are all jaspers. We don't understand them very much. Why not ask Brother Liu to introduce them to us for free."

Of course, as he said that, holding Li Shiyun's hand, only Jia Sidao knew what he thought in his heart.

Li Shiyun was silent and was not talking. Jia Sidao did not notice that when she looked at Jia Sidao's silence, a hint of spirit burst out. As long as she did not object and did not immediately pull her hand back, Jia Sidao felt very at ease. Moreover, this situation of pulling her away could easily make the relationship between the two people subtle again.

If Jia Sidao did not understand Li Shiyun's feelings for him at this time, he would be a little stupid. Besides, Jia Sidao had never thought about the age issue that Li Shiyun mentioned without any thought. The key is the attitude of Jia Sidao himself and Li Shiyun.

So, it seemed very fast, but it was actually very slow. The two of them walked to Liu Yufei's side together.

"Brother Liu, there are so many collections here. However, they are placed quite well." Jia Sidao said and said jokingly, "When I go back, I wonder if I should also emulate the decorations here?"

"Okay, Xiao Jia, don't make fun of me." Liu Yufei said angrily, "There are a lot of things, but there are not many."

"Mr. Liu, what you said is wrong. I see that many of the collections you have here are of high quality. It's like the monk's hat pot in front of you..." Ms. Xia Yi said in an interview.

However, maybe she didn't mention the monk's hat pot in front of her. As soon as she lifted it, the expression on Liu Yufei's face seemed even more bitter. She quickly stuffed it back: "This one is pretty good, but can you keep it here?"

Xia Yi couldn't help but be stunned.

Jia Sidao looked at the expressions of the two, turned his head to look at the focus of their conversation: monk's hat pot. Looking at the style, Jia Sidao didn't understand it very much. He just thought that the name was quite vivid. Moreover, in the past, Liu Yufei mentioned this thing and used it as an example. To this day, Jia Sidao still remembers the complete name: "This is the monk's hat pot with jade relief beast button flower dark eight treasure pattern in Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty? Why not, Brother Liu, would you tell us a joke?"

You know, every thing in the antique has its origin.

Since the things that Liu Yufei has shown off on his lips are naturally one of his more proud collections. How come there is no story?

Liu Yufei looked at Xia Yi and signaled that she would come. Ms. Xia Yi did not refuse and said, "This jade is produced in Xinjiang, nicknamed spinach green and bronze green. Just look at its color, you can understand it." Seeing Jia Sidao nodded, he continued, "In the middle and late Qianlong period, Qianlong issued a special order to imitate a batch of antique things. The one in front of him was to specifically imitate the monk's hat pot from the Yongle period. Look at its craftsmanship, it is very

The finest, eight treasure patterns and lotus patterns, should be used to hold water when worshiping Buddha. Because in the middle and late Qianlong period, he especially admired Buddhist etiquette, he specially created such a person. As for the carving method, there were carved and embossed. The whole monk's hat pot was relatively exquisite. The only flaw was that during the circulation, he bumped into this place and left some traces. It may lose a lot of value."

Ms. Xia Yi said, while gesturing at the monk's hat and pot. It was clear and clear.

"As for where Mr. Liu collected it from, I don't know this." At the end, Xia Yi said this with some interest.

"I exchanged goods with a friend for goods." Liu Yufei also explained readily, but judging from his expression looking at Xia Yi, he was probably muttering in his heart: I thought you knew everything.

However, the source of things that can be visited by auction houses, especially in China, is still relatively particular. On this point, Liu Yufei is not easy to talk nonsense.

Next, Jia Sidao played with it for a while and used his superpowers to sense it. It seemed that it was difficult to tell whether it was more mature than that of the Guanyin jade pendant on his chest in terms of material. What made Jia Sidao particularly sighed was that when he felt the jasper, the scene in his mind seemed to be full of vicissitudes.

I don’t know whether it was Jia Sidao’s own subjective consciousness or the perception of supernatural powers, so I could easily distinguish some sense of the age. Jia Sidao felt that this feeling was very mysterious in his heart. After all, when he was preparing to use supernatural powers to detect it in advance, he had already determined that the monk’s hat pot was something from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It was reasonable to create a sense of vicissitudes.
Chapter completed!