After hearing what Shopkeeper Lu said, Zhuang Rui was convinced that the Guanyin wood carving was most likely a fake. He came to participate in this treasure appraisal activity. Although his primary purpose was to find items that could replenish spiritual energy, he didn't want to be in front of everyone.
I am embarrassed in front of you, and I am not willing to spend my own money to invite this group of people to go to the Mingdu Hotel for corruption.
Zhuang Rui was not satisfied with just absorbing a little spiritual energy from those chairs. Shopkeeper Lu asked him to continue looking down, which was exactly what he wanted. He did not refuse at the moment and continued to pick up the second object in front of him.
The second object on the table is a snuff bottle. It is very small and exquisite, only seven or eight centimeters high. If it is hidden in the palm of your hand, it will be difficult to detect without looking carefully. Among the antique knowledge Zhuang Rui learned a few days ago,
It happened that he had seen an article introducing snuff bottles in the miscellaneous category. He knew that this thing was somewhat similar to the grasshopper gourd. They both had their own special functions at the beginning, but in the later period, they became objects that some people played with.
When it comes to snuff bottles, we must first talk about snuff. Snuff is made from high-quality tobacco through drying, fermentation, filtration and other processes. It has the effects of relieving pain and eliminating fatigue, so it became popular throughout Europe in the 14th century.
The royal family and the aristocratic class, and later at the end of the 16th century, Western missionaries introduced it to China.
Starting from Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, almost all emperors in the past dynasties were fond of snuff. However, the emperors of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong were more fond of snuff bottles than snuff, so the imperial production of snuff bottles continued uninterrupted until the fall of the Qing Dynasty.
Over the past hundreds of years, the manufacturing technology of snuff bottles has been greatly developed, and high-quality products emerge in endlessly.
Snuff bottles have the greatest influence on later generations, and there is a little story here. It is said that a small official from another province once went to Beijing for business and stayed in a temple. Because he had no money to buy more snuff, he used a cigarette stick to pay for it.
He took the remaining snuff stuck to the inner wall of the pot and drew many marks on the inner wall of the pot. This scene was seen by a thoughtful monk in the temple, so he dipped a bamboo stick hook in the transparent ink and inserted it into the transparent pot.
Inside the pot, paintings were painted on the inner wall, so there was a pot with inner painting.
Folklore has given the snuff bottle a layer of legend, and the exquisite inner painting has also made many people fall in love with the snuff bottle. In fact, the inner painted snuff bottle is made by craftsmen who use iron sand and emery to slosh and rub back and forth inside the snuff bottle, so that the inner wall of the snuff bottle is damaged.
It has a milky white frosted shape, is delicate but not slippery, and the texture is even close to that of rice paper, so you can paint at will, and it is not as mysterious as people think.
After Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, interior painting on pots reached its peak, and famous interior painting masters such as Zhou Leyuan, Ma Shaoxuan, and Ye Zhongzhi emerged.
Snuff was originally an imported product. After being introduced to China, it unexpectedly led to the great development of snuff bottle craftsmanship. Moreover, Chinese snuff bottles became popular in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries and became noble crafts that were gifted and collected by royal families and nobles.
The snuff bottle in Zhuang Rui's hand is a reduced vase shape, oval, the top and bottom are only the size of a little finger, and the body is half the width of a palm. This snuff bottle is an enamel vessel with paintings on it.
Two Western figures wearing top hats and holding civilized weapons. The whole picture is colorful and realistic, without any trace of time. If Zhuang Rui saw this object in a handicraft store, he would definitely think that it was manufactured on an assembly line.
, but after seeing the wood carving just now, Zhuang Rui really didn't have much confidence in his own judgment.
Come on, stop being pretentious and just use your aura to look at it. The brown glasses on Zhuang Rui's face played a very good role in blocking other people's sight. When he looked at it attentively, the aura in his eyes instantly came to the snuff bottle.
Yes, when the spiritual energy penetrated the glass-blown snuff bottle, Zhuang Rui suddenly felt a cool breath blending into the spiritual energy in his eyes. Although the breath was very weak, it was only slightly stronger than the spiritual energy in the chair before.
However, Zhuang Rui is still very satisfied. No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat.
Putting the snuff bottle on the table, when Zhuang Rui was about to speak, he suddenly remembered that the amount of spiritual energy he absorbed from Sanheliu's gourd yesterday was almost the same as the amount of spiritual energy absorbed in this snuff bottle, and it was his first time.
The spiritual energy absorbed from the couplet was far higher than the spiritual energy absorbed from these two times, let alone the spiritual energy absorbed from the manuscript. Compared with it, it was simply incomparable.
"Is it because books contain more aura than other objects?"
Since the aura appeared in his eyes, counting this time, Zhuang Rui has received a total of four supplements from external objects. Obviously, the aura he absorbed from the couplets and manuscripts is much greater than the last two times. Is there any inevitable connection between this? Zhuang Rui
Rui lowered his head and thought about it. For a moment, he forgot about the situation he was in. Others were still waiting for him to express his opinion on this snuff bottle.
"Mu Mu, Mu Mu, you kid is asleep, why are you in a daze...".
Liu Chuan's voice rang in Zhuang Rui's ears, waking him up from his thoughts. When he raised his head, he found that Xu Wei, who was sitting next to him, was holding the snuff bottle he had just looked at and talking.
"If this was an object that was hundreds of years old, the color would definitely not be so bright, so I think this thing should be a modern handicraft. But this is what I personally see. You should listen to Mr. Zhuang's opinion. Look
Mr. Zhuang looked thoughtful just now, and he must have a different opinion about this snuff bottle."
This was what Zhuang Rui heard Xu Wei say after he woke up. When he raised his head, he saw Xu Wei's smug look. He felt a little irritated for no reason. He wished he could slap a slap on that little white face.
After punching him, he didn't provoke him, so why did he always make trouble about himself? With his disgust, Zhuang Rui's words became unpleasant.
"Mr. Xu is really knowledgeable and talented. Not only does he have deep research on jewelry, but he also has profound knowledge in wood carving, snuff bottles and other miscellaneous matters. However, I think this snuff bottle is authentic and should be from Kangxi to Qianlong.
Now, haha, don't worry, whether I am talking nonsense or Mr. Xu is just talking nonsense, we will find out after a while."
When Zhuang Rui was halfway speaking, he saw that Xu Wei wanted to interrupt him again, but this time he did not give him a chance. After finishing his words in one breath, he pointed to the last jade pendant and said to shopkeeper Lu: "I can't see the price.
When you come out, you won’t show off your ugliness. Next, it’s Brother Song and Brother Wang who will do it.”
This is not because Zhuang Rui is humble, but because the aura in his eyes is not yet able to decompose and see through jade items. With his eyesight alone, he cannot even tell where the jade used in this jade pendant was produced, let alone identify its authenticity.
Fake origin.
Shopkeeper Lu looked at Zhuang Rui and laughed, his smile was somewhat meaningful. He was becoming more and more interested in this young man. Unknown to others, he clearly knew his own belongings. Both of them were owned by Zhuang Rui.
You are right, this is not something you can do just by being lucky.
PS: Thank you Lonely Little Cai for your reward today. The next update will be posted at 12:00 pm. I’ll add some details by the way.