The business of Pinxuantang is indeed very good now, and there are all customers waiting inside. Zhu Jingzhi is in the inner room instructing his apprentices to carry out repair work. When he came out and saw Luo Tian, he said repeatedly: "I have a bad heart, and I can't stand you."
Scared."
Huang Lide came with Luo Tian. He smiled and said, "Didn't you say you missed Luo Tian a while ago? Now that he is here, you treat him like a ghost."
"That's not what I meant. Don't sow discord between our master and apprentice." Zhu Jingzhi suddenly thought: "Luo Tian, you came just in time, let's go in and take a look."
What Zhu Jingzhi asked Luo Tian to see was an ivory sculpture that was partially damaged and had not been repaired yet. Ivory sculptures are naturally sculptures made of ivory. Ivory is the strongest part of an elephant and is as smooth as jade.
Durable and precious, it is comparable to gemstones and is called organic gemstones.
Ivory carving art is divided into four categories: figures, animals, flowers and landscapes. Among them, the figures of ivory carvings are mainly derived from ancient myths and legends and historical celebrities. Categories can be divided into ladies, Arhats, Buddhists, warriors and historical figures. Figures
The drawings generally use line drawing techniques to show the characters' facial expressions, body postures, shapes of clothing, etc. If there is a provenance, they should also focus on depicting the identity and characteristics of the characters to achieve a perfect artistic effect. Ivory flower carvings are generally based on flowers.
, with birds, butterflies, dragonflies, frogs, etc. as foils, the carvings include peonies, roses, chrysanthemums, magnolias, peach, pine, bamboo, plums, etc. The overall shape of the support includes flower baskets, vases, bamboo tubes, folding fans, rockeries, etc.
It plays a good role in matching the protagonist and foil.
The main animal themes of ivory carvings include tigers roaring in the forest, lions roaring in deep valleys, roosters crowing, fish jumping in lotus ponds, etc. Among them, the twelve zodiac animals occupy a certain position in the art of ivory carving. The landscape themes in ivory carvings generally represent landscapes, islands, and the sun, moon, wind and clouds.
Rugged rocks, mottled sea rocks, and rolling clouds are the images that ivory carving artists particularly like when wielding their tools.
Zhu Jingzhi showed Luo Tian and Huang Lide a pen holder carved from ivory. Luo Tian exclaimed: "If this is not damaged, the market value must be more than 400,000. This is an ivory carving from the mid-Qing Dynasty."
"That's right." Zhu Jingzhi thought to himself, he was worthy of being his apprentice: "The owner of this ivory pen holder almost cried when he came. This is the most expensive order among the recent orders we have received."
Huang Lide picked up the pen holder and said: "The most valuable thing about this ivory carving is that it is painted. There are not many ancient ivory carving art masterpieces that are painted in the world. This kind of ivory carvings with gold powder, red and green colors are usually from that time.
The furnishings and collections of the official residence are very rare."
Luo Tian looked over: "The relief technique used above is, hey, this picture is - "Picture of Immortals and High Scholars"."
Huang Lide nodded: "Yes, the background of this picture is taken from the deep mountains and dense forests. The waterfalls and streams in the mountains, the ancient pines and clouds make it look like a paradise. In this paradise like a fairyland, there are wise men and nobles living in seclusion, and three elderly old men.
In the Matsushita chess game, their wives were whispering in the dense forest, and the children were holding tea fruits or playing and making soup. Life was leisurely and interesting."
Luo Tian added: "The most wonderful idea is the two messengers running wildly outside the mountains and forests. They may be reporting urgent military situation at the border on Pegasus, or they may be ordered to rush to the mountains to invite wise and famous people to come to the court to discuss the situation.
Shang Guo Shi. The exact fate of the two horse messengers is no longer known for sure today, but this kind of urgent horse galloping obviously forms a strong contrast with the peaceful Taoyuan life of playing chess in the mountains and forests, making the entire painting "Immortal Masters"
Picture "The artistic combination of movement and stillness highlights the complexity of the reality of the world and the freedom and ease of the ideal paradise of sages. If it were not for the exquisite carving, we would not be able to feel these. This is really a masterpiece."
“With the ban on the ivory trade and the shortage of raw materials for ivory products, the number of ivory carving handicrafts has also been reduced. With the consumption of the market, the surviving ivory carvings will become increasingly rare. Therefore, for a period of time, the number of ivory handicrafts has increased.
The price has skyrocketed by 100%. Let alone an ordinary ivory carving, this is an antique, and its value is even more extraordinary." As soon as Huang Lide started talking to Luo Tian, he kept talking, and Zhu Jingzhi
Somewhat unbearable.
"You two, now is not the time to discuss this." Zhu Jingzhi said: "What we want to talk about now is the issue of repair."
Huang Lide walked aside and said, "Let's leave this question to Luo Tian. You can also test your apprentice's current level."
Luo Tian picked up the ivory carved pen holder: "Actually, the damage is because the texture of ivory is elastic, so it is somewhat deformed. What needs to be done now is orthopedics. If it were me, I would...soak in acetic acid first, and then
Make a mold, prepare protein glue, boil it in it, and then place it in the mold for repair and correction at noon."
Zhu Jingzhi nodded, especially the fact that the ivory products were boiled in protein glue showed Luo Tian's carefulness. His apprentices often ignored this. Compared with Luo Tian, what they lacked was just a little care.
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"Well, not bad. Is there anything else?" Long time no see, Zhu Jingzhi didn't intend to let Luo Tian go just like this.
"After correction, appropriate reinforcement can be carried out. It is best to use the dripping method." After Luo Tian finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Jingzhi: "Master."
"Well." Zhu Jingzhi said: "Yes, in order to prevent it from deforming again in the future, it is necessary to carry out necessary reinforcements. I haven't seen you for a while, and it seems that you have not lost your hard work."
Luo Tian was a little ashamed. He knew exactly what he was busy with these days. Yuan Jie and Zhang Qiwei were mainly responsible for the repair work of the company. Fortunately, he still had some foundation from the past, otherwise...
However, Zhu Jingzhi did not see Luo Tian's guilty conscience and kept praising Luo Tian to Huang Li De until Huang Li De couldn't bear it anymore: "Well, your apprentice's excellence is not something that only happens in a day or two. How long are you going to nag?
Okay, you are busy now, are you free to have a meal with us?"
"Of course." Zhu Jing put the ivory pen holder back and accompanied the two of them out.
They found a restaurant they frequented and the three of them sat down. Zhu Jingzhi couldn't help but ask Luo Tian about some recent developments. Luo Tian thought about it and found that only the jewelry company had made a big move, so he mentioned Tianyi's acquisition of some Taihua stores.
After explaining that there was also the matter with the Northeast Gang's gold mine, Zhu Jingzhi did not expect that Luo Tian's career would make a qualitative leap in this period: "Sure enough, young people still have stamina, but the gold mine matter does not sound final yet.
Confirm, why do you have time to come to Beijing?"
"I asked him to come over. Luo Tian and I are working together to write a book, but it's almost finished." Huang Lide said, "Yes, Luo Tian, for such an important matter, if you come over, what will happen to the company?"