Luo Tian drove past the strange car. He glanced at it and found that the window could not be seen inside, but the people inside could clearly see him driving away. The inside of this car must not be simple, Luo Tian
It was too late to look again and he passed by the car. He gathered his energy again. This time, he really wanted to go back to the antique shop.
The antique shop was full of people today. It seems that the blood-splashed sign did not attract evil spirits, but brought luck. Many of these people were customers, carefully studying their favorite antiques, and some of them took "antiques passed down from their families."
"Some people came to ask about the price, and some came to Luo Tian by name. The three guys were very busy.
As soon as Luo Tian appeared in the store, someone with sharp eyes shouted: "Boss Luo is back!"
Several people rushed over. Luo Tian's hand was held tightly. As soon as it was released, it was held by another pair of hands. Luo Tian didn't even have time to see clearly the person shaking hands with him. He could only nod his head: "Hello,
Hello, hello..."
After finally ending this ridiculous meeting ceremony, Luo Tian found a seat and sat down. It was the seat where his appraiser must sit. As soon as he sat down, the four or five people immediately gathered around him. One of them was young and moved the fastest.
, was the first to sit in front of Luo Tian: "Boss Luo, I'm here to ask you to take a look at this pair of lacquerware."
"Lacquer ware," Luo Tian took it. They were a pair of wooden lacquer ware. "Lacquer ware, as early as six or seven thousand years ago during the Liangzhu Culture period, lacquer bowls appeared in our country, and gold foil and green inlays were also pasted on the lacquer ware.
The way of making turquoise, as for your pair, mainly integrates the carving process and the dyeing process, which has the same characteristics as the phoenix bird and tiger seat drum stand." Luo Tian pointed to the pair of wooden lacquerware: "Your pair of wooden lacquerware
It’s used to ward off evil spirits.”
The man sitting opposite Luo Tian was very young, and he looked like an outsider when he asked: "What is that phoenix bird and tiger seat drum stand?"
“In 1956, a phoenix-bird-tiger-seat drum stand was unearthed from the Chu tomb in Changtai, Xinyang. It has a distinctive Chu cultural style. It is a piece of carving and dyeing technology. It can be called the most exquisite wooden lacquerware in ancient China.
.The phoenix bird is dyed with black paint all over, and feathers and other patterns are painted with gray paint. The head is a curling cloud pattern, the neck is decorated with scale patterns, the back is painted with a deformed triangle pattern, and the tail wings are carved with feather patterns first.
Then, he traces the fine down along the outline of each feather pattern, which is very fine. The phoenix bird is like an eagle about to fly into the sky, graceful and luxurious." Luo Tian's description was very detailed, and the few people nodded.
"What about my pair of lacquerware?"
"They are to ward off evil spirits and provide heavenly wealth." Luo Tian said succinctly: "Like the phoenix bird, it is a very famous mythical beast in ancient legends."
"Isn't it a lion?" The surface of this pair of wooden lacquerware is red, but because of the age, the red has become faint, but the lines on the body are carved very carefully, and the body is very similar to a lion, but...
"On your pair of wooden lacquerware, one has only one horn, and the other has two horns. The one with one horn is called Tianlu, and the one with two horns is called to ward off evil spirits. In earlier times, they were collectively called Pixiu.
, According to legend, Pixiu is a ferocious and auspicious beast, and this beast is divided into female and male. The male is named Pixiu, and the female is named Xiu. But now, none of them are divided into male and female. Most of them are distinguished by their horns. " Luo
Tian said: "Their shape changed significantly during the Tang Dynasty, and their image was closer to that of a lion, so you feel like a lion."
"Then...then what dynasty does this pair of lacquerware come from?"
"In the late Qing Dynasty, many families in the late Qing Dynasty had service halls. A plate of lacquerware like this to ward off evil spirits was placed on a cabinet dedicated to gods. The style and carving techniques are in line with the characteristics of the late Qing Dynasty." Luo Tian looked at it.
The young man: "This pair of wooden lacquerware should be passed down from your family, right?"
The young man was a little surprised and stammered: "Well, my grandfather said it was... he picked it up when the ancestral hall was being demolished... Is this thing valuable?"
"I can accept two hundred yuan." Luo Tianli said neatly: "It is too recent and is used by civilians. These two points determine its value. Since it is your family's thing, I still suggest that you keep it well and collect it in a few days."
I’ll take action again in ten years.”
Someone next to me laughed out loud: "In a few decades, you will be 80 or 80 years old, so you can bring it back when the time comes!"
"Haha... I wonder if it's worth 500 yuan?" This person hit even more directly.
The young man blushed: "Two hundred yuan?"
"Yes." Luo Tian nodded and said with certainty: "My price is known to regular customers. If you get it from other stores, you may not get the same price as me."
The young man muttered a few words and said reluctantly: "Two hundred, just two hundred, at least I need to supplement the fare."
This meant it was going to be sold. Luo Tianyi waved: "Ding Cheng, come here, this order is two hundred yuan."
"Okay." Ding Cheng agreed, picked up the pair of wooden lacquerware on the table, and took the young man to pay. The remaining people crowded in front of Luo Tian, and a man wearing glasses shouted
"Crowded, why should you be squeezed? You have no quality!" He said this. He was the one who was squeezed the most. He sat down first and said, "Let me read it first, and then you can tell me, don't squeeze!"
Luo Tian was so embarrassed by him that he couldn't laugh or cry: "What are you doing?"
"Please give me a look." The man smiled and took out an extremely small jade article. When Luo Tian saw it, his heart tightened: "Jade cigarette holder?"
The man's face showed a look of confusion: "Yes, I just want to know if this is an antique. This is a family heirloom and I won't sell it."
This was said to the young man just now. He sold the wooden lacquerware left by his grandfather for two hundred yuan. This man expressed his disdain.
Besides, it is a cigarette holder, not a cigarette holder in the ordinary sense. At the beginning of the popularity of tobacco in China, there was no such thing as a cigarette holder. All that was needed was a hollow wooden pole with a tobacco container in front of it. Later, in order to make it more comfortable,
It was only when smoking tobacco that hollow copper cigarette holders appeared. Later, ivory, jade, gold and silver, inlays, etc. were made due to different identities. However, ordinary people mostly still used copper cigarette holders.
This cigarette holder is also hollow, but it is very finely carved. The difference in material is due to the difference in status. Poor people use wooden stems, ordinary people use copper, and rich people start to use more expensive materials.
, for example, white jade. This cigarette holder is made of white jade, which is slightly cyan. It is carefully carved and looks like a gourd. The shape is very round and the color is very natural.
"How's it going? Boss Luo?" Seeing Luo Tian's careful research, the man felt a little worried.
Luo Tian didn't seem to hear. He looked carefully. The jade cigarette holder was wrapped in green light, and there were numbers on it - 1757!