It can be said that in ancient times, coral was a symbol of aristocratic power, so in modern times, even if there is no emperor, many people are still pursuing coral products.?＜［?〔＜]
Therefore, no matter in ancient times or in modern times, corals have no worries about finding sellers. If a complete set of coral products were made according to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, a lot of red coral would be consumed.
However, Qin Mingyue must have liked the idea of knowing about Han Kongque's plan. Modern Qing palace dramas are everywhere, but there are still not many who are really willing to spend money to make props.
This time, Han Peacock plans to directly make a complete set of Qing palace props, including court clothes, court beads, and various accessories. This will definitely consume a lot of gems in his hands, among which tourmalines, tortoiseshells, corals, etc. will definitely consume the most.
In the days that followed, apart from accompanying Chen Qing and the others on their travels, Han Kongque spent all his time making coral products.
When they returned to Jinniu Ranch, Chen Qing and the others no longer needed Han Kongque to accompany them in person, and they could play as they pleased by themselves.
The area of Jinniu Ranch and Jinniu Park is as big as the first county or city in China, which is enough for Chen Qing and others to play for ten days and a half.
Whether they are riding horses and hunting, herding cattle and sheep, or even fishing out to sea, they can have fun for three to five days. If you add in the taste of various delicacies, or even cruise and hunt for novels, then it will take more time.
Even if they were allowed to live in such a large ranch for three to five months, the novelty would not disappear for a while, so there was no need for Han Peacock to accompany them every day.
Han Peacock, who was free, began to sort out the harvest from this trip. First of all, diamonds, large diamonds of various colors, Han Peacock collected a lot.
Han Kongque plans to directly display some rough diamonds as ore specimens rather than process them into jewelry and sell them.
Next are tourmalines and emeralds. There are more of these two gemstones. Han Peacock did not plan to come out personally, so he selected some special ones, such as those with good quality, large size, and those that can shock people.
This kind must not be cut casually, but should be collected and exhibited as mineral specimens.
Those ordinary ones can only be left to the jewelry company under his control. If there are exquisite ones, he can also collect them and display them occasionally.
The largest number of remaining specimens were various mineral specimens. These Han Peacocks sorted them out a little and handed them over directly.
Diamonds, tourmalines, emeralds and mineral specimens are troublesome to deal with, so Han Peacock handed them over completely. The mineral specimens can be exhibited as long as they are identified and weighed by someone, so they don't take up Han Peacock's time.
Coral products are what Han Peacock is most interested in recently. He knows carving and has also taught himself jewelry design, so making coral products is not difficult.
Of course, the first thing Han Kongque made was the simplest beads, Chao beads. To make Chao beads, other gems were also used. Even if Han Kongque did not have them, his jewelry company did, so Han Kongque could use all kinds of gems.
Get it.
For example, commonly used gemstones such as lapis lazuli, ruby sapphire, and wells are necessities for various accessories.
In ancient times, emperors had to wear coral beads when performing sacrifices. The beads were made of red coral and were drilled and connected. There were 108 round beads in total. Every 27 beads were sandwiched with a lapis lazuli stone commonly known as "Buddha's head" as a component.
Beads, divide 1o8 beads evenly into four parts, symbolizing the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
The Buddha's head on the top of the Chaozhu is connected with a tower-shaped "Buddha's Head Pagoda". At the lower end of the Buddha's Head Pagoda, there is a sword gem pendant, and a gem hanging on the pendant is called "Back Cloud".
There are also three strings of turquoise beads on both sides of the Buddha's head pagoda, each string has ten beads, which are called "memory". Legend has it that they symbolize the upper, middle and lower periods of the month.
There is a small gemstone pendant at the end of the bead string, which is called a "drop angle".
The three strings of "memory" are worn differently by men and women. The two strings of "memory" are beads for men on the left and beads for women on the right.
The court beads are simple, but the accessories worn by official uniforms are more troublesome. Not to mention other accessories, just the crown of the official is very troublesome, especially the many gems used. If Han Peacock didn't have some wealth, it really wouldn't be completed.
The production of various officials' caps.
In the Qing Dynasty, officials implemented a nine-rank official system. Each official's hat had a spherical "top" on the top. The different beads on the hat, as well as the color and material of the top, indicated the grade of the official position.
For example, the highest official position uses red crowns, with first-grade officials using red and second-grade officials using pink.
As for its material, it is stipulated to use "ruby". According to the "red top" that has survived to modern times, some of its materials are red spinel, and some are carved from red coral.
In addition, the third grade uses sapphire, the fourth grade uses lapis lazuli, the fifth grade uses crystal, the sixth grade uses clams, the seventh grade uses plain gold, the eighth grade uses a gold dome with yin patterns, and the ninth grade uses a yang pattern.
These top beads are not allowed to be replaced at will, nor are the types of accessories changed without permission.
You don’t know if you don’t do it. Only when you actually make it do you realize that there are too many different methods and regulations.
There is no way, the Korean peacock can only find some reference objects. In our country, emperors of the past dynasties regarded coral as a mascot and often carved it into various decorations for viewing. There are various decorations carved from red coral in the Forbidden City.
Among them are various coral products from the Qing Dynasty.
With these reference objects, Han Peacock made it much faster, so in just half a month, Han Peacock made various coral products.
While Han Peacock was concentrating on making various coral ornaments, Gu Lie could no longer hold his breath. This guy had recently fallen in love with antiques and was preparing for an exhibition.
Everything else is ready now, only various coral products are left, especially coral bracelets. Due to the special nature of coral, making bracelets is not easy.
To make a coral bracelet, you first need to find suitable coral branches, connect the arc-shaped coral sections accurately, then fill them with colored wax, grind and polish them.
This is the most technically difficult and time-consuming process. The production of coral bracelets is even more troublesome than coral carvings.
When making coral sculptures, they are all decorated and processed according to the appearance of the coral tree. They are made exactly as they look like.
Coral bracelets, on the other hand, are made from irregular coral branches into regular circles, which is naturally more difficult.
In addition to the difficulty of making coral bracelets, it is also difficult to make coral Ruyi. Coral Ruyi needs to be carved from coral raw materials with larger branches.
Although it is difficult to carve out, as long as one is completed as expected, it is a masterpiece.
Since there are a lot of raw materials, Han Peacock made more than a dozen corals even if he didn't look for them specially.
During this process, Han Peacock also made several plum blossom branches. Using the natural shape of coral, he made a section of plum blossom branches with a little carving.
The red and white plum blossom branches look very pleasing to the eye.
Of course, these are not Han Peacock's best works. Han Peacock's best waist work is a blood-red peony.
At that time, Han Peacock found a relatively thick but not tall coral tree. At first, Han Peacock thought about making a bonsai, but later he felt it was a bit wasteful. Coral branches with thick branches are rare, so it is better to use it for carving.
Make the most of it.
In the end, Han Peacock thought about it in every possible way and finally came up with the idea of making a pot of peonies. He carved all the thickest parts of the entire coral tree into peonies. The blood-red peonies were carved out, which is absolutely stunning.
On the last coral tree, sixteen peonies, large and small, were carved by Korean peacocks. Some are in bud, some are slightly blooming, and some are delicate and delicate.
With these flowers vying for beauty, the entire coral plant looks like a cluster of flowers, which is very eye-catching.
"It's so beautiful!" Gu Lie entered Han Peacock's studio, and the first thing he saw was this pot of peonies.
"No wonder the coral carvings are so expensive. I want to buy a pot like this too!" Before Han Peacock could express anything, Gu Lie rushed to the pot of peonies and seemed to want to carry it away.
"So, there is a lot of money in collecting corals." Han Peacock smiled and stopped Gu Lie's movements. He was too close and could easily knock over the pot of corals.
The first step in maintaining corals is to prevent collisions. After a collision, the coral branches are likely to break, and in this way, no matter how good the work is, it will be ruined.
Recently, there have been a lot of coral products made, and Han Kongque also learned about a lot of coral ornaments. In fact, there is only one word: expensive.
Gu Lie has recently participated in the exhibition of various gemstones, so he naturally knows this.
At present, the value of high-quality red coral is increasing rapidly. A fine red coral necklace is worth tens of thousands of yuan, and the price of the best "Angel's Skin" type coral is even tens of thousands of yuan.
Because they are rare and expensive, as time goes by, their rarity becomes more prominent and their potential for appreciation becomes greater and greater.
"It's a pity that the quality of coral products on the market varies. Otherwise, I would have collected some treasures and hid them." Gu Lie said with great pity.
He has also fallen in love with collecting recently. However, following Han Peacock, all the good ones were collected by Han Peacock, and he could not find good collections, so he turned his attention to the outside world.
But he really can't understand the coral products from the outside world. Especially in recent years, coral jewelry has become increasingly popular in the collection market, and there are also some cases of using other materials to pass off as coral jewelry in the market.
For example, sea willows and sea bamboos are imitated, inferior dyed marble, pink glass, and pink plastic are used as fakes, and artificial materials are used to synthesize corals, etc., which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of collection.
"No need to go to such trouble. Since you like collecting, I will give you a batch. You can choose these as you like. If the eldest brother and others also like it, then we four brothers will share it equally." Seeing Gu Lie's envious look, Han Peacock