Although he was a little nervous and felt that Chen Wenzhe might miss something, the snuff bottle owner, limited by his eyesight and knowledge, still agreed to the transaction.
After all, a pair of snuff bottles sold for 200,000 yuan is a sky-high price anywhere.
Besides, he didn't think he would lose money, because he was in the snuff bottle business after all, and he thought he was quite capable.
With this kind of confidence, the shop owner agreed to the transaction and signed the contract in accordance with Chen Wenzhe's requirements.
The transaction is completed only after the transfer is successful.
Everyone in the Antique City now knows Chen Wenzhe's rules and pays taxes accordingly.
Holding two snuff bottles, Chen Wenzhe walked out of the store happily.
If a snuff bottle made by Yunong sells for 100,000 yuan, it should be considered the top price, right?
This boss is so unreliable that he directly offered a price of 300,000 yuan?
Therefore, his counter-price of two hundred thousand for two snuff bottles shouldn't be too sinister, right?
Speak human language when meeting people, and speak nonsense when meeting ghosts. This is Chen Wenzhe's principle.
For Yu Nong’s work, the price of 200,000 yuan is definitely too high. After all, it is not a masterpiece.
As for the works of Master Wang Xisan, even if there is only one piece in a set, the price of 200,000 yuan is still a bargain.
After all, this set of presidential snuff bottles is so famous and so wonderfully made.
Chen Wenzhe bought this snuff bottle because it was genuine.
As far as Chen Wenzhe knows, this set of nationally painted snuff bottles created by Master Wang Xisan does not only have forty, but several more.
In addition to painting one and giving it to President Reagan, he also created a series of painted snuff bottles in the series "Portraits of Presidents of the United States".
This is also the representative work of Master Wang. It was once praised by Time Magazine as "the epitome of American history and the crystallization of Chinese art."
1981 was an important year for Master Wang Xisan.
That year, Wang Xisan was invited to Hawaii, USA, to attend the opening ceremony of the "US-China Friendship Store".
At the same time, it was time for the U.S. election, so the idea of creating a series of snuff bottles called "Portraits of Presidents of the United States" was born.
At that time, it took a lot of effort to collect all the portraits of these presidents and their respective signatures.
The master went to all the major bookstores in Shendu and went to the International Department of Xinhua News Agency to find information. It took him half a year to find it all and three years to complete.
This is a very representative work of Master Wang Xisan. It is based on his pioneering oil painting portrait technique. In the 1980s, it was mainly traditional Chinese painting.
Later, combined with traditional Chinese painting techniques, he carefully painted portraits of 39 presidents from Washington, the first president of the United States, to Reagan.
However, some people who have only a little knowledge must not know that in 1988, with the succession of the new president, he repainted the portrait of President Bush Sr.
When he first made it, he made thirty-eight pieces.
However, few people know that during President Reagan's term, he filled President Reagan's snuff bottle.
However, the last Reagan snuff bottle painted at that time was bought by an American collector for nothing.
After that, Master Wang had no choice but to draw another one specifically for President Reagan.
This is actually the same as repainting George H.W. Bush's snuff bottle.
Therefore, the final set of works will consist of 40 pots.
Holding President Reagan's snuff bottle in his hand, Chen Wenzhe looked at it carefully as he walked.
No matter how he looked at it, he felt that it was an authentic work by Master Wang Xisan, because the painting was so good.
This snuff bottle has a flat pot shape and a portrait of President Reagan on the front.
His painting technique also uses oil paint techniques.
The perspective of the characters is accurate, the facial features are full of three-dimensionality, just like photos, the characters are vivid and have distinctive personalities.
On the upper left is the president's Chinese name, in regular script.
Right below is an imitation of the president's autograph in English, which can be made to look fake.
On the back of the pot is a brief biography of the president, written in official script, elegant and generous.
Such a high-quality snuff bottle cannot be an imitation, because the technology on it cannot fool anyone.
You know, Master Wang Xisan is the top master of interior painting in modern times. Apart from him, is there any more powerful master of interior painting than him in modern times?
Therefore, as long as there is this craftsmanship, this snuff bottle cannot be the work of anyone else.
"Could this be the snuff bottle that was bought by a beautiful Chinese businessman?"
Chen Wenzhe thought, and scenes appeared before his eyes.
Soon, the picture he wanted to see really appeared.
In just a moment, Chen Wenzhe came back to his senses.
He is in the antique city now and has no time to look closely at the history of this snuff bottle.
However, it is okay now, because he has seen that this is the work of Master Wang Xisan, and it is also the one that was bought by the beautiful Chinese businessman.
However, after this snuff bottle traveled overseas, it was accidentally bought back more than ten years ago.
Nothing can withstand the abuse of time.
Decades later, the family of that beautiful and wealthy businessman had fallen into decline. The prodigal son of his family casually sold the snuff bottle, and the most ridiculous thing was that it only cost five dollars.
Of course, the overseas student who bought it didn't treat it as a good thing. Even if he brought it home, it would be an accident because he stuffed it into a piece of clothing and brought it back accidentally.
Later, there were more accidents. Anyway, no one regarded this snuff bottle as an antique.
After all, the picture above is President Reagan. Even if you don’t know the English signature, you still know the official script, right?
Even if I don’t even know the words, I can always find that the picture on it is the president of a beautiful country. Could such a thing be an antique?
However, if a snuff bottle is not even a few years old, who would know that it is worth hundreds of thousands?
This means it is not a complete set. If it were a complete set, it would probably not be worth five million dollars to buy it.
It's a pity that no one can put this complete set of presidential snuff bottles up for auction!
No matter what, this transaction is not a loss!
Chen Wenzhe also learned a lot of painting techniques, especially interior painting techniques.
The most important thing is that these techniques are all master-level, but he needs to activate independent inheritance in order to directly inherit the master-level skills.
However, he is a little hesitant now. Is it necessary for him to start an independent inheritance?
Although his internal painting skills are great, he doesn’t seem to be able to use them now!
Could it be that after he made porcelain, he also used internal painting technology to paint a picture on it?
Or use this technique to leave names inside small-mouthed porcelain like plum vase?
Now he no longer makes high imitations, nor does he lie to others. What does it mean to leave words like "Qiaoshou Chen" behind?
Chen Wenzhe didn't even think about picking up the leaks, but the world is so strange, the leaks just happened to him.