Zheng Hua sighed. He also knew that Niu Hong had offended Zhuang Rui very badly this time. But the elders in the family had a really good relationship with the deceased old shipping king, so he had to give him some advice. Who knew that Niu Hong wouldn't do it to him?
Face aside, Zhuang Rui, who had always seemed so amiable, actually got really angry and refused to give in.
"Okay, Ji Yi, come here and see how much these things are worth?"
Niu Hong carried a large travel bag behind him and rushed into the private casino like a gust of wind. He placed the travel bag on the gaming table and began to take out things from inside.
Niu Hong's move made Zhuang Rui stunned for a moment, but as he took out the object, Zhuang Rui's eyes suddenly widened. Qing silver enamel painted lion pattern slender neck bottle? Ming Yongle sweet white glaze dark flower peony pattern
Plum vases? They are all in pairs? There is also an unopened scroll. Judging from its appearance, it should be an old object.
"Damn it, how could such a precious thing be put together in a travel bag? If this is true, it would be a big loss if it breaks into pieces..."
Zhuang Rui was so angry in his heart that he almost cursed. Niu Hong was really vulgar. He hadn't had time to use his spiritual energy to distinguish the authenticity of the porcelain, but looking at Niu Hong's actions, Zhuang Rui wanted to go up and beat him up.
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Since entering the antique shop, Zhuang Rui has cherished these items passed down from his ancestors sincerely. You must know that these things cannot be copied. If one is damaged, one will be missing. If it were replaced by Zhuang Rui,
I would definitely find a box of similar size and put shredded paper stuffing inside before taking out the porcelain. I didn’t expect that Niu Hong would just stuff the porcelain into a bag. I really don’t know how he has such a brain.
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Zheng Hua also laughed bitterly. He didn't expect Niu Hong to actually take out these things. He shook his head, turned around and walked out the door. He wanted to call the man to urge him. Only when he came could he do it.
Live Niu Hong, the devil in this world.
"Master Niu, please wait a moment, I'll call the appraiser over..." Ji Yi took out his walkie-talkie and walked to the door, calling someone.
Generally speaking, casinos will not accept using valuable antiques as collateral in casinos, or selling them directly to exchange for chips. However, there are many pawn shops in Macau, and you can pawn things right out of the casino gate.
Go out, take the money and continue gambling.
In all pawn shops in Macau, there are many pawn items. If you are discerning, you can definitely find a lot of good things, such as some luxury goods such as world-famous watches, where the price may be only 10% of the original price.
One or even less.
Of course, because there are so many people from all over the world traveling to Macau, there are also some good and bad pawn shops that specialize in selling fake goods and put them in the dead zone. If you want to find treasures, it still depends on your personal taste.
However, there is no pawn shop on the gambling boat, so the casino changed the rules slightly and hired an antique jewelry appraisal expert. If someone takes out such items for mortgage or sells them to exchange for chips, the gambling boat will also accept it, but only gives
The price is a few points lower than that of a pawn shop, and the conditions are very harsh.
About five or six minutes later, a skinny old man in his early sixties walked into the casino. When he saw two pairs of four pieces of porcelain placed on the gaming table, his eyes lit up and he didn't wait.
Yi greeted, walked quickly to the table, picked up the slender neck bottle with clear silver enamel and painted lion pattern, and examined it carefully.
"Mr. Ji, can I see these pieces of porcelain?"
While waiting for the appraiser to arrive for a few minutes, Zhuang Rui observed it from a distance with his aura. These pieces of porcelain were indeed genuine. The white aura inside was rich and faintly changing to yellow. According to Zhuang Rui's experience, these were definitely official products of the Qing Dynasty.
Kiln works, because if they are from the Ming Dynasty, the aura will be yellow. He has seen many objects and almost always tried them without success.
And those two pieces are a bit like the Ming Yongle sweet white glaze dark flower peony pattern plum vases. The aura inside is all yellow, and the color is dark and slightly purple. They are even better than the two enamels, and they are definitely authentic.
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However, the porcelain from the official kilns of the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties of the Qing Dynasty can be said to be of high quality. Its artistic value and market price are comparable to those of the Song and Ming dynasties.
In terms of market value, the Qianlong porcelain is slightly more expensive than the Yongle plum vase, because the price of single-glazed porcelain in the Ming Dynasty has not been very high, much worse than that in the Song Dynasty, but it has also been on the rise in recent years.
Seeing such a beautiful object, Zhuang Rui was a little excited and wanted to hold it in his hands and play with it.
"this……"
Ji Yi looked at Niu Hong. This thing hasn't been sold yet, and the ownership still belongs to Niu Hong. He can't make the decision.
Seeing Zhuang Rui's slightly eager look, Niu Hong seemed to have found a sense of superiority, snorted from his nose and said: "You see, you bumpkin, you have no knowledge..."
Zhuang Rui's attention at this time was completely attracted by these exquisite pieces of porcelain. He was too lazy to argue with Niu Hong. He took a step forward and picked up the remaining slender neck vase with silver enamel painted lion pattern and carefully looked at it.
looked up.
This piece of enamel porcelain has an elongated neck on the upper half of the bottle, and a spherical lower half with a ring foot on the ground. The inside and mouth of the bottle, the ring foot edge and the outer bottom are all exposed, and the rest is decorated.
Enamel painting, the neck is a long string of lotus flowers hanging from branches, each group has three flowers, arranged in an orderly manner.
The spherical part is decorated with a lion playing with a ball, embellished with clouds, and the scene is lively; the neck and shoulders are decorated with inverted lotus petal patterns as separation, the layout of the picture is relatively reasonable, and the bottom center has six characters and three lines of "Made in the Qianlong Year of the Qing Dynasty"
The ring-framed seal script inscriptions, the shape of the utensils, and the decoration of the enamel paintings are all the same as those used in the official kiln porcelain of the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.
The whole piece of porcelain is extremely well preserved, with no traces of bumps on it. The glaze is bright and the patina is thick. It should be a work handed down from generation to generation with a large opening, and it has been played and appreciated by people throughout the ages.
Putting down the enamel porcelain in his hand, Zhuang Rui picked up the Yongle plum vase to admire it. The plum vase, also known as the sutra vase, first appeared in the Tang Dynasty and was more popular during the Song and Liao dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, many plum vase were produced among the people, generally in large and small sizes.
You can see it in liquor stores.
After the Ming Dynasty, the plum vase changed greatly in shape. The shoulders were particularly plump and almost formed a straight line.
The bottle is straighter from the waist down, and the mouth of the bottle is very narrow, so only plum blossom branches can be inserted, so it is called a plum bottle.
This plum vase is a typical Ming Dynasty style, with thicker shoulders, thicker shanks, and white glaze all over. It is in good condition and has a perfect shape. Zhuang Rui has never seen it in some Ming and Qing porcelain appreciation catalogs.
The plum vase in such a good condition must have been lost abroad a long time ago, but I don't know how it fell into the hands of Niu Hong.
The most rare thing is that these four pieces of porcelain are a complete pair. You must know that objects that have been circulated for hundreds of years have gone through countless changes in times and wars. It is extremely difficult to keep their appearance intact.
When put together as a pair, they are one-of-a-kind. Like the porcelain sold in many auction houses, most of them are single pieces, and there are very few pairs of objects.
Many people who love collecting spend a lot of money and energy to make a pair of the objects in their hands, but they often still can't get it. The market price of a pair of rare porcelain is not as simple as one plus one equals two.
It should increase upwards in geometric multiples.
"Huh? What is this ash?"
While Zhuang Rui was playing with it, he turned the plum bottle over to look at the bottom of the bottle. However, ashes spilled all over the floor from the mouth of the bottle, and all of them fell on the red carpet. Zhuang Rui squatted down, rubbed it with his hands, and felt
Somewhat similar to cigarette ash.
“This guy isn’t going to use this thing as an ashtray, is he?!”
This thought came to Zhuang Rui's mind, and he turned the plum bottle upside down and smelled it at the mouth of the bottle. Sure enough, it was the smell of tobacco oil. This discovery made Zhuang Rui dumbfounded. Niu Hong had brought the thing. This was very strange.
There are eight or nine people who can't get away from him. This guy is really a damn fine young master.
After shaking his head and putting down the plum vase in his hand, Zhuang Rui picked up the scroll, untied the red rope tied in the middle, slowly opened the painting and spread it on the gambling table. His actions attracted Qin Xuanbing and others to gather around
He came over, but the old man looking at the porcelain was still observing the porcelain in his hand and didn't pay attention to Zhuang Rui's actions.
"Clan Shining's court paintings?!"
When all the scrolls were opened, Zhuang Rui was shocked. Although he had used his spiritual energy to detect that this was an ancient painting, he did not expect that it was actually a court oil painting by Lang Shining. For a moment, he felt as excited as
The waves of the sea became violent and could not calm down for a long time.
Castiglione was not a Chinese, but an Italian. His original name was Giuseppe Castiglione. He was born in Milan. In the 54th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, he came to China to preach as a Catholic Jesuit monk and immediately entered the palace and entered Ruyi.
He became a court painter and participated in the design of the Western-style Building in the Old Summer Palace. He served in the Kang, Yong and Qian dynasties and has been engaged in painting in China for more than 50 years.
As a foreigner, Castiglione enjoys the exclusive respect of three generations of emperors and the official title of a court painter of the third rank. This is unique in the history of Chinese dynasties. His paintings integrate Chinese and Western techniques to form a delicate and realistic effect, creating a
The new painting style has also left a strong mark on the history of Chinese painting.
Castiglione's works are mainly stored in the National Palace Museum and the National Palace Museum in Taipei, the Cleveland Museum in the United States, and the East Asian Museum of Art in Berlin, Germany. However, very few of them have been lost to the private sector and overseas, except for some large museums.
Outside, it is extremely difficult to see.
This oil painting was painted by Lang Shining for Qianlong's concubine. The beauty in the painting is wearing a clear-colored palace dress, with a wide neckline, wide sleeves, and a simple and elegant bun. Her face is like a peach but also like a clear snow.
, Her eyes are like pearls and rippling spring water, her slender waist can't help but be blown by the wind, and her face is alluring with a touch of pink and white.
There are a total of six concubines painted on it, and their appearances and shapes are different. Different from the abstract paintings of ancient ladies, this painting is painted using Western techniques. Its appearance is lifelike, and it completely embodies the charming appearance of the woman in the picture.
It is displayed, which is extremely rare in the history of ancient Chinese painting.
Zhuang Rui remembered an allusion he had seen before, which was that Emperor Qianlong once asked Lang Shining to paint a total of thirteen portraits of his emperor's concubines. However, Qianlong only saw the portraits when the painting was completed, lived to be 700,000 years old and abdicated the throne.
After passing the painting three times, he immediately sealed the painting in the box and ordered that anyone who peeked at the painting would be executed. That is the famous painting "Zhiping written in the heart", which is now in the Cleveland Museum of the United States and is a masterpiece of the Eight-Power Allied Forces.
Lost it when entering China.
Zhuang Rui once saw a rubbing of the painting "Heart Writing on Peace". The 13 female portraits painted on the scroll are all half-length sitting portraits wearing winter auspicious crowns and winter dragon robes. They are very regular.
But the painting in front of me is casually dressed. It should have been painted when Qianlong and his concubines were playing in the garden. In the corner of the painting, there is a signature of "Chairman Lang Shining". It is undoubtedly the authentic work of Lang Shining, but Zhuang Rui never had it.
I have never seen any mention of this painting in any literature.
The prices of some famous pieces of Lang Shining's works are extremely high. Zhuang Rui heard that last year Lang Shining's "Deer in the Autumn Forest" was sold in Hong Kong for a sky-high price of 20 million Hong Kong dollars, and the characters in this painting need to be verified.
Its significance is even greater than that of the "Picture of Deers in the Autumn Forest". If it were really published, it would definitely cause an uproar in the world of calligraphy and painting collections.
Zhuang Rui's mind was spinning rapidly. When he saw these pieces of porcelain, he was surprised at most, but when he saw this painting, his first reaction was to take it as his own. Yes,
He is now thinking about how to make this painting his own. You must know that this is a national treasure-level cultural relic in the museum. Among the objects currently collected by Zhuang Rui, none can compare with it in terms of market value alone.
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After the whole painting was spread out, the old man also stretched his head to take a look. Maybe because he specializes in things, he was not very interested in the painting. After just taking a look, he turned his attention to the porcelain bottle in his hand.
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"Old man, are you sure? Hurry up and estimate the price and bring me your chips!"
Zhuang Rui and the old man each looked at their own things and looked like they couldn't put them down. However, Niu Hong, who was waiting aside, was a little impatient. As a gambler who is obsessed with gambling, no matter how precious these things are,
In Niu Hong's heart, it's not as pleasing to the eye as the chips on the table.
The skinny old man reluctantly put the porcelain bottle on the table, then pushed the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose and asked Niu Hong: "Young Master Niu, I wonder what the origin of these objects of yours is?"
What the old man asked is also a rule. The casino does not accept stolen goods, otherwise it would be very troublesome if someone came to the door. If Niu Hong didn't bring this thing, Ji Yi would not pay attention to him at all. They opened it
It is a casino, not a pawn shop. It is troublesome to collect and resell items, so although the casino has an antique appraiser, it collects very few items.
