Chapter 374 Gold and Jade Carved Spring Water Pendant
Hearing this, Luo Tian sighed: "It can be said that every antique here embodies a past event, and it is also a microcosm of your life of more than 20 years, Mr. Cheng."
"Yes, it has taken twenty years to accumulate to this point. Before this, it has never been made public. I dare say that there are no more than ten people who have entered my dark room, and no one will come again in the future."
Cheng Anjiang sighed with emotion.
There seems to be a deeper meaning in this, but Luo Tian no longer wants to delve into it. Now he just wants to continue looking at the next rare antiques. Cheng Anjiang understands Luo Tian's mood, and this time he took out a gold and jade carved spring water pendant.
The jade pendant is light green and has a warm texture. As soon as Luo Tian put it on his hand, he was attracted by its shape. The jade pendant is oval in shape and is carved with multiple layers of hollow carvings and incised patterns. The front is hollowed out.
Carved lotus, with grass as the background. A white swan opens its mouth and spreads its wings in the middle. A sea swan flies above the grass blades, looking back for prey. The two birds, large and small, complement each other. The design is ingenious and the carving is fine. Perhaps it is because of the presentation.
It was named Chun Shui Pei because of the beauty of spring, which is quite appropriate.
Luo Tian looked at it intently and knew the age of this jade pendant, but he analyzed it first: "This jade pendant uses multiple layers of hollow openwork and incised carvings. Hollow core carving is also a type of openwork carving. The carving of hollow core carving is a creative process.
The most critical stage of the painting requires the author's skill in applying the knife, the processing of lines and surfaces, and the changes in various modeling methods. They must all obey the needs of the theme and content, so that the idea, shape, and knife can be organically integrated. This principle is somewhat similar to
It’s the same as what is said in martial arts novels about man and sword becoming one.”
"Oh, can we know the age of this jade pendant from this?" Cheng Anjiang is most concerned about the age, which is the most important factor in determining the value of this jade pendant, apart from the craftsmanship materials.
"The craft of carving was popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Not only jade articles, but also walnuts, furniture, and stoneware all used the carving craft. However, the earliest appearance and records were in the Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties." Luo Tian
As soon as he said this, Cheng Anjiang frowned. He obviously felt that Luo Tian was trying to sell things, but he heard that what he said was reasonable and he had the patience to continue listening.
"The reason why this jade pendant is called Spring Water Pendant is because there is a 'Haitongqing' on it. Haidongqing is a sacred bird, also known as the eagle falcon and the eagle-spitting falcon. It mainly grows in the Heilongjiang River Basin. Its body With its small agility, lightning-fast speed, and extraordinary bravery, it has been deeply loved by all ethnic groups in Northeast my country since ancient times, and has been domesticated by dedicated people to hunt geese and swans."
"What does this mean?" As modern people, we have no idea about animals like sea greens.
"It is said that the jadeite of this jade pendant is at least from an ethnic minority, and the spring water jade is a type of decorative jade. It is a jade carving that reflects the scene of the emperors and nobles of the Liao and Jin Dynasties hunting swans in the spring when they released sea green jade to hunt swans.
Spring water jade usually uses openwork carvings to represent waterfowl, flowers and plants, and the style is realistic and has strong national characteristics. The shapes are mostly thick sheets, and most works focus on single-sided carvings, with a rough and concise style." Luo Tian then talked about the real meaning.
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"Oh..." Cheng Anjiang nodded repeatedly, still hoping that Luo Tian would come to a conclusion: "Then?"
"It cannot be separated from the Liao and Jin dynasties. This jade plate is very good and the luster of the jade is very beautiful." Luo Tian said vaguely. He naturally knew that it was actually spring water jade from the Jin Dynasty, but he was a little embarrassed to point it out. After all, there were differences between the two generations of spring water jade.
Not big.
"Yeah." Cheng Anjiang was already satisfied: "We really didn't pick the wrong person."
Mentioning this, Luo Tian was a little curious: "I want to know why Mr. Cheng chose me?"
"Actually, it's Zhenzhen's idea. Plus, I've heard of Mr. Luo's name, so I wanted to give it a try." Cheng Anjiang said with a smile, "Actually, I'm curious about why Zhenzhen mentioned you first.
Zhen doesn't quite agree. She has always had her own ideas." Cheng Anjiang's tone contained affection for his younger daughter. There is a reason for this. He wanted to make up for the contempt the younger daughter had suffered. For his strong and outstanding eldest daughter, his words
But he was a little helpless. It probably gave him a lot of headaches. After all, Cheng Zhen was very independent and she was skeptical about everything. This was really fatal.
Luo Tian seemed to understand why Cheng Zhen came to pick her up. She knew she was coming, and she even pretended to be surprised. He didn't expect that this little girl also had some... Chengfu, on second thought, she had been like this since she was a child.
Growing up in an environment like this, how could it be possible to say that there was no scheming? Luo Tian suddenly felt a little depressed. His understanding of women was indeed no match for his understanding of antiques. The two sisters of the Cheng family were basically the same, and he was worried about it in vain.
"What's the matter, Mr. Luo?" Cheng Anjiang, who was in high spirits, urged: "Which one should we look at next?"
"White jade double dragon pendants." Luo Tian said: "They are all jade pendants, let's take a look together."
Luo Tian was a little disappointed. The white jade double dragon pendant was only five centimeters in diameter and white in appearance. The two dragons were back to back, with their claws in the air as if about to leap forward. Luo Tian immediately concluded: "The white jade pendant of the Qing Dynasty is relatively simple."
As expected, Cheng Zhen didn't know much about antiques, so he said it casually, which was a failure.
The next gilt horse stirrup pot with deer pattern made Luo Tian's eyes shine. The horse stirrup pot is a classic gold and silverware, that is, the main material is silver and the silver is gilt. It is collectively called gold and silverware.
The silver pot is shaped like a stirrup. It is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. It has a flat bottom and is triangular in side view. It has a straight mouth and a lid. The lid surface is slightly bulging and there is a small hole on the top. The lid button may have been lost, and the neck has a
The ring is originally connected to the lid by a chain. The handle is in the shape of a cockscomb, lined with silver plates, and has a round hole in the middle. The belly of the pot is slightly lowered, and the center is engraved with a lying deer and Ganoderma lucidum on the head. There are stripes on the body, and the surrounding areas are filled with patterns of rocks, flowers and grass.
, caviar pattern, with two rhombuses composed of lotus petals on the outside, scrolling leaf patterns on the four corners, and the same pattern on both sides of the abdomen. The cover is decorated with rolled lotus leaf patterns, and the sides are decorated with two broken begonias. The neck is chiselled with a triangle of rolled leaves.
The pattern is one week each. The sides of the pot are decorated with honeysuckle flowers, and the caviar pattern is also used as the ground. The shape is beautiful and practical, and the decoration adopts the consecration method to distinguish the primary and secondary. The pattern is gilt, which has a good decorative effect.
"The stirrup pot is also a container commonly used by ethnic minorities in the north. Early ethnic minorities generally used leather, but leather is easy to rot and cannot be stored for a long time. The reason why this pot is flat is because the flat container has a relatively small volume and a stable surface
It has poor performance, but its advantage is that it is easy to tie and fix, easy to carry, and suitable for nomadic life." Luo Tian explained the appearance of the pot: "At that time, the pots used by the Han people were mostly round, large in size, and easy to carry.
The rolling pot is very difficult for the riding herdsmen to carry, so on this basis, they developed a pot that is more suitable for them."