"Walnuts are like antiques, and have a long history. Walnuts are special types of walnuts, special selection and processing of walnuts with collection value. It requires deep and clear texture, and every pair of walnuts
Walnuts must have similar textures, consistent sizes, and equal weights, so it takes a lot of effort to make up a pair. Do you think this pair of walnuts look like twins?" Luo Tian simply gave Ding Cheng a popularization of knowledge.
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After Luo Tian said this, Ding Cheng really discovered it: "Well, the patterns on it are exactly the same bottom, the colors are the same, and they really look like twins."
"Walnuts in Wenhua originated from the Han and Sui Dynasty, were popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and were popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Especially in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, playing walnuts was almost a national movement. Emperor Tianqi of Tomorrow not only played walnuts, but also carved them personally. Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty
The emperor was also a great master of appreciating walnuts. In the late Qing Dynasty, there was a saying that "Beiler had three treasures, rings, walnuts, and birds in a cage". Even when the emperor and the queen celebrated their birthday, the ministers used fine walnuts as gifts. Some of these gifts were circulated.
It's still in the Palace Museum in Beijing."
"How to play with this walnut? I have seen many old men playing with steel balls and jade balls in the park." Ding Cheng still seemed to understand, but finally knew that this pair of walnuts was not ordinary walnuts.
"Actually, the truth is the same. It is also placed on the hands, rub, rub, press, press the acupoints on the palm, stimulate the reaction area on the hands, and achieve the effect of relaxing the meridians and unblocking the meridians, promoting blood circulation and removing stasis, and strengthening the body.
The walnut skin is thick and hard. After long-term rubbing by hands, sweat invasion, oil penetration, and time polishing, it finally becomes a bright and red inside and transparent inside. It is not a natural art masterpiece that is better than agate."
Luo Tian pointed to the pair of walnuts: "Look, the walnuts that have been played with must be this old red one."
"Which period was this walnut from, from the Ming Dynasty, or from the Qing Dynasty, how much is the right amount to charge?" Ding Cheng was most concerned about this question.
"Don't worry, I'll tell you one by one. Only after you have sorted out will you know how much it costs. First, it is hemp walnuts. Wenwan walnuts are divided into iron walnuts, elm seeds and hemp walnuts. The first two are produced in a wide range of places.
The price is average, but hemp walnuts are more expensive. Hemp walnuts also have lion heads, tiger heads, official hats, and arhat heads. The market price can reach more than 100,000 yuan, especially the best lion heads.
It is rare, among which the old lion heads with a squid tip, a short pile, a large base, a water dragon pattern, and a width of more than 4.5cm are the most precious, with extremely high collection value, which is rare and of course a sky-high price."
Walnuts can actually cost more than 100,000 yuan, which is much beyond Ding Cheng's knowledge. He shook his head: "This is really crazy."
"This pair of walnuts is a real lion head with a dragon pattern. Look, the patterns on it are complex and changeable, just like a dragon plate on it, with an insignificant bottom cover at the bottom, and a flat belly." Luo Tian pondered:
"This pair of lion heads has a history of at least a hundred years and is worth collecting."
"You can see it for a hundred years, Brother Tian, you are a little awesome."
"The dragon-patterned lion heads on the market are mostly produced in Beijing and Hebei. It is not that old trees cannot produce such excellent varieties. An old tree must be at least a hundred years old. This is estimated.
Of course it may not be accurate." That being said, Luo Tian can certainly confirm the era.
"How much is the right amount to charge?"
"It's between 5,000 and 10,000, you can talk about this yourself, but it's less than 5,000, which means we don't know anything about it. That's going to lose our reputation. You can do it yourself." Luo Tian gave
After finding a general range, I let go and leave: "By the way, this pair of walnuts today?"
"And, they are all sold." Ding Cheng turned around and took out a crystal clear thing.
"Crystal pen wash?" Luo Tian was really surprised: "The shape is good, you can collect it as a craft. How much does it cost?"
"Two hundred." Ding Cheng felt a little embarrassed: "I talked for a long time, but I refused to accept it. I thought that if I took four or five hundred, I would still be fine, so I would stay."
"Yes, the crystal has a good texture. Although it is not an antique, it has a good shape." Luo Tian praised Ding Cheng very much: "Your vision is getting better and better now."
Ding Cheng touched his head: "Brother Tian, if you praise me more, my progress will be greater."
"If I praise you every day, you will be complacent and have no progress." Luo Tian patted Ding Cheng's forehead. In his mind, Ding Cheng was no different from his younger brother. He was so sorry that he would not be able to make a living.
Be stricter.
Pen washing is a kind of study utensil other than the four treasures of the study, ink, paper and inkstone. It is a utensil used to hold water and wash pens. When it comes to pen washing, Luo Tian thought of an old news that Huang Lide had told.
It is about the Republic of China period when an old Hanlin in Peking married a young concubine. The concubine privately washed the Song Dynasty Jun kiln pen treasured by the old Hanlin to exchange for a green bracelet she liked.
When the old Hanlin learned that his wife had used a pen to wash the jade bracelet, he couldn't help but get angry, trembling all over, and shouted loudly: "You are so chaotic! The Song Jun kiln brush washing was awarded by Master Guangxu, and it is my family heirloom. Don't
If you talk about a green bracelet, you can't even replace it with a hundred pairs of green bracelets! "Jun Kiln is a thousand-level building," how do you know?! Too mixed! Too mixed!"
My little wife was not showing weakness, and she jumped and said, "God of Guangxu, how could you go to Emperor Hongxian to kowtow and serve?!" It's really like a knife, it's really like a knife.
It poked the old Hanlin's heart. "Selling the missed" made Hanlin unable to get sick and soon he died.
The owner of the jewelry store who exchanged for this pen was sold in partnership with other antique dealers and sold it for 14,000 yuan. The buyer sold it to an American antique dealer and got 25,000 silver dollars. The money could be purchased in 1930.
Thousands of acres of good land on the Jingdong Plain!
"Brother Tian, what are you thinking?" Ding Cheng made Luo Tian come back to his senses: "Look at this again."
Luo Tian had just dealt with this thing, and today he collected a hodgepodge: "Isn't this the eight-sounding stone?"
"Yes." Ding Cheng said with a smile: "I have invited Boss Zhou to see it, and I have only accepted it after confirming it. Isn't it good?"
The so-called eight-sounding stone is actually a kind of spiritual wall stone. The five-color spiritual wall stone collected by Luo Tian and Han Bing in front can make sounds, so it is more valuable. According to legend, people once more than two thousand years ago.
Playing music with stones. At that time, there was a kind of Shao music. Its instrument was the eight-tone stone that people often call. When knocking on the eight-tone stone, it could make a crisp and pleasant sound. Therefore, the eight-tone stone is also one of the oldest musical instruments.
Luo Tian sighed long and said, "With you as my backing, I can go out and run with confidence."
"Brother Tian, are you going out again?"
Luo Tian supported his head: "I have a premonition, and I can't calm down next."
Ding Cheng looked at Luo Tian and laughed: "How can you calm down from the sky?"