Chapter 260 Appreciating the Treasure Porcelain Vase
"Mr. Sun, Mr. Li, please take a seat." Two middle-aged men who looked like they were from the antique industry were very attentive and polite. One helped Mr. Sun sit down, and the other helped Mr. Li walk over.
"Everyone, sit down, just treat today as a tea party, don't be too formal." Mr. Sun raised his hand and said with a smile.
Everyone sits close to each other, but the seat position is very particular. Those who really play with antiques sit close to the front, and they are divided according to age and seniority. Then the rich people sit two empty seats, and those behind
They are just some of the shopkeeper's followers who bring a lot of experience.
In the originally empty hall, many large nanmu chairs were prepared at some time, and everyone sat in order, making it look less empty.
Li Jian and Zixia sit beside Mr. Li, their status is self-evident.
"Come, Shaoyu, Xiaoran, and that girl Bai Ying, sit here." Mr. Sun still knows Bai Ying. The bodyguard who often follows Mr. Zhang is treated by Mr. Zhang as his granddaughter, so
He directly arranged three chairs.
The three of them sat down one after another, and soon the six young people on the left and right were remembered.
"I invite everyone here today, firstly, to appraise treasures, and also to make people in the circle familiar with each other. Secondly, there are some collections that I want to sell. They are antiques. Let's communicate more. Don't hide them all the time. It's time to put them away.
Take it out so that everyone can look at it." Mr. Sun said with a smile.
"Mr. Sun is right, collections need to be circulated, just like currency. The more circulated, the more valuable it becomes." A middle-aged man said with a smile.
"Antiques are priceless treasures. When measured in terms of money, they smell a bit like copper. Shopkeeper Wang, your metaphor is inappropriate." Another man said with a smile.
"If I take rice without money, will you exchange it for me?"
"If there is enough rice, I will change it, haha."
"Rice is worth more if it's too much. Now, even if we go around and around, we can't get around the money. It's better for everyone to stop arguing and listen to Mr. Sun."
"It hasn't been this lively for a long time." Mr. Sun and Mr. Li laughed in a low voice.
"Your Yan City circle is quite large. It deserves to be an ancient capital. It has a great foundation and can easily gather so many people who love antiques." Mr. Li sighed. "The current Liulichang is getting worse year by year, and it is being counterfeited to prevent counterfeiting.
Yes, it’s such a mess.”
"Isn't that boy Ouyang Zhen specializing in cracking down on counterfeiting? I heard that your Li family's store in Liulichang is not very successful. I would say there are too many counterfeiters, but it is a better publicity for the time-honored store." Sun
Lao laughed and said haha.
"You are just collecting and not opening a store, of course you can make sarcastic comments. It is good for us to control counterfeiting within a certain range. If there are too many, it will be like an abscess getting bigger and bigger. Once it is squeezed, good skin will also be infected.
"Yes." Mr. Li snorted, and the two of them started quarreling again without even saying a few words.
Gao Shaoyu frowned slightly. He still hasn't figured out what the relationship between Ouyang Zhen and the Li family is. The more he thinks about it, the more confused he becomes. He really can't hide anything in his heart. It seems that he will find an opportunity to ask the Li Jian brothers and sisters.
"Let's see who brings out some treasures first, so that everyone can be impressed." Mr. Sun said with a smile.
"Then let me start by throwing some bricks and mortar." Suddenly a middle-aged man stood up, took out a well-packaged square box from the side, and walked to the center of the hall.
Secretary Liu waved his hand, and a young man quickly brought a table and placed it in the middle.
"Thank you." The man thanked him, put the box on the table, and opened it carefully. A wonderful and gorgeous porcelain was revealed inside. It was about thirty centimeters long, with a long straight mouth and a spherical belly.
, lie down…….
"Can anyone help me identify it?" the man said with a smile.
"I'll do it." A middle-aged man with a big belly and a mandarin jacket walked out.
"It turns out it belongs to shopkeeper Xi." The man who took out the porcelain said with a smile and cupped his hands.
"Shopkeeper Xiao Wang." Shopkeeper Xi said with a smile and cupped his hands.
"So he is Shopkeeper Xiao Wang." Gao Shaoyu murmured. Shopkeeper Xiao Wang is quite famous in the Yan Province circle. Back then, Zeng Yi set a group of products made of porcelain, copper, ivory, jade, agate, amber and other materials.
Many sets of snuff bottles made him famous.
The snuff bottles sold by Xiaowang are still very famous in the circle. Every snuff bottle sold by them combines blue and white, five-color, porcelain carving, nesting, skillful workmanship, interior painting and other techniques.
All in one, almost all of them are exquisite products. I didn’t expect to start dabbling in porcelain now.
"This one should be a five-color open-carved celestial sphere vase of Eighteen Arhats." Shopkeeper Xi lowered his head, looked around the style carefully, and responded casually.
"Shopkeeper Xi has a good eye." Shopkeeper Xiao Wang said with a smile.
Everyone also talked to each other, and soon the hall became lively.
"Can you get started?" Shopkeeper Xi signaled.
"Okay." Shopkeeper Xiao Wang nodded.
Shopkeeper Xi took out the special gloves from his pocket. It seemed that he had come prepared in advance. After putting on the gloves, his pot-bellied appearance changed instantly, and he seemed to be quite dignified and upright.
"About 34 centimeters in height, 5 centimeters in diameter, and 60 centimeters in abdominal circumference. The entire vessel is lined with colorful curling cloud patterns. The outer edge of the mouth is decorated with a triangular pattern. An orange-red dragon coils around the neck. The abdomen is hollow and embossed.
"Eighteen Arhats." Shopkeeper Xi said while looking at it: "Well, the eighteen Arhats have different shapes and are lifelike. The entire surface of the vessel is covered with green glaze, alternating with light yellow glaze, and decorated with alum red glaze. The bottom of the lying feet is unglazed. The lying feet are unglazed.
The middle part is engraved with the six-character square inscription "Kangxi Year System of the Qing Dynasty" in seal script."
"But?" Shopkeeper Xi's tone suddenly dropped.
"What? Is there something wrong with Shopkeeper Xi?" Shopkeeper Xiao Wang suddenly asked nervously.
"I'm not sure, Shopkeeper Xiao Wang, but you'd better sell snuff bottles." Shopkeeper Xi took off his gloves calmly, smiled, cupped his hands, and sat back on the chair to sip tea.
"Let me take a look." Soon other shopkeepers or collectors came down one after another. After looking around one by one, they shook their heads and said they were not sure.
"It's better to ask Mr. Sun to come over and check it." A shopkeeper shouted.
Only then did everyone realize that this was Mr. Sun's villa, so naturally they had to ask Mr. Sun to come out and take a look. This was also out of politeness and respect for the owner.
Mr. Sun nodded, and Secretary Liu on the side immediately came over to help him. But Mr. Sun waved his hand and said to Gao Shaoyu: "Shaoyu, come here and support me. Let's go and take a look together."
"Okay, Mr. Sun." Gao Shaoyu stood up in a hurry, feeling a little flattered, and hurriedly helped Mr. Sun and walked over quickly.
Everyone looked at Gao Shaoyu with a completely different look, especially Boss Liu and Boss Sun, who had been to Dongyang. Their expressions were different, and they looked at each other with surprise and confusion.
Mr. Sun carefully looked at the colorful open-carved eighteen Arhat celestial sphere vase on the table. After two minutes, he took a step back with a smile as if he knew what he was doing, and motioned to Young Master Gao to take a look as well.
Gao Shaoyu actually also discovered a problem with the five-color open-carved Eighteen Arhat Celestial Sphere vase. The feeling of heaviness is not enough. Although it is there, it is not much. According to this vase, it should be from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It is said that the feeling should be much richer.
However, if you know it, you can only give yourself a guide, but no one will believe it if you tell it directly. You still have to point out convincing reasons.