"What are you going to see? Do you really think that your elder brother rented Chen Qing's shop for him? I have already inquired about it. The cost of renting a house here is more than half a million yuan a year. Where does your elder brother come from with so much money?
"Don't think too much. Let's go back and go to bed early. We will get up at three o'clock tomorrow. If business is not good tomorrow, then our pumpkins will be in danger."
Han Jianguo really had no energy left, not to mention that he was still an old man pushing the cart. At this time, he missed Han Peacock a little. If Han Peacock was here, he would definitely not be able to push the cart.
When the two of them returned home, Han Kongque and Chen Qing had already returned. Han Kongque was studying an invitation at home, which was sent by Fat Liu, asking him to attend tomorrow.
This is an internal communication banquet in the antique shop. Fat Liu said that the standards are very high. If you want to get involved in the magic city antique shop in the future, you must enter this circle. Otherwise, you will be like Meng Guangtao. If you have good things,
Not easy to take action.
Only by truly entering this circle can you be recognized by people in the industry. Only then can you have good things in your hands and be recognized by others. Otherwise, no matter how good the goods are, they will be suppressed by all people in the industry.
The standards of this antique exchange meeting are very high, and only experts in the antique industry or people with a certain reputation will receive invitations.
Just receiving an invitation does not mean that you can participate in the banquet. If you want to participate, you must show your strength, and the way is to bring out a treasure worth millions. Otherwise, this antique exchange meeting
You can't get in.
This large-scale antiques exchange meeting was originally held at the end of every year. I don’t know what happened, but it was held in advance today.
Fat Liu and Han Kongque were not eligible to receive invitation letters, but this invitation letter was sent to them through Jiang Lin. It was only with Jiang Lin's invitation that they were qualified to get started.
Fat Liu was still rejoicing when he sent the invitation to Han Kongque tonight! Fortunately, he didn't sell the emerald necklace in his hand, otherwise he would not be qualified to participate in the antique exchange meeting.
Fat Liu is the happiest person to be able to attend such a gathering. You must know that everyone who can enter the venue must bring a treasure worth millions. This kind of opportunity is rare.
Usually, it is not easy for you to see one such treasure, but this time, you can see dozens or hundreds of them.
In the entire Magic City, there were not only 500 but also 300 people who received invitations. Those who were qualified enough to enter would be more than a hundred people.
This means that at least a hundred treasures worth over one million dollars will appear at the antique exchange meeting tomorrow night.
It is impossible for ordinary people to get a chance to get started at such a gathering, so if Han Kongque wants to go further in the antique collecting world, he must not give up.
If you want to collect antiques for a long time, it is naturally best to keep them. It is unrealistic to collect antiques just by picking them up. Generally, when you encounter better things, the price is unlikely to be cheaper, so you need to have them in hand.
funds.
What Han Kongque wants to cash in now is a pair of Buddha statues in his hand. If these two pieces are disposed of, he can withdraw tens of millions of funds, and this antique exchange meeting is an opportunity.
Although this gathering was turned into an antique exchange meeting, it was actually a place that provided all antique collectors with trading opportunities. Many people squeezed their heads to get in, just to sell off the things they had.
Of course, most of the so-called treasures that appear in such places are controversial, so it is not easy to buy real treasures here. It depends on each person's ability.
The next day was Monday. Han Kongque got up early on time and found that Han Jianguo was making dough and preparing buns by himself, while Han Guangrong was still sleeping soundly in the room.
Han Peacock didn't say anything. Since Han Jianguo was willing to spoil Han Guangrong, let him continue to spoil him.
He walked out of the yard. The ghost market outside was as lively as ever, but because it was not Sunday, there were fewer people than on the two days of the weekend.
In fact, Han Kongque was already a little disappointed with the ghost market, but he had no choice but to try his luck now.
If you are lucky and come across something good, you will be able to pick it up. Although the chance is a little low, if you don't come, there is no chance at all.
After walking around for a while, Han Peacock once made a futile effort and found nothing special.
Most of the stalls here are still the original stalls, and the things are still the same. Han Peacock has seen these things many times. Even if there are some good things, they are either used by the stall owners for fishing or they want to sell them at a sky-high price.
These things were not the targets of the Korean peacocks, so the Korean peacocks quickly passed by.
Today at 12 noon, he was going to attend an antique exchange meeting, so Han Peacock didn't continue wandering around, but was going back to get ready.
As soon as I walked into the yard I rented out, I discovered that a new stall had been set up at the entrance of the yard, and this stall was very strange. It actually sold some bricks, tiles and stone sculptures.
These things are not light, and the boss has worked hard to get them into the antique street.
At this time, there were already many people surrounding this stall, including many bosses from the antique street and some old players who often come to the antique street.
They were very familiar with the antique street, so naturally they quickly focused on this new stall, and only at this kind of stall could there be some surprises.
The most conspicuous things in this stall are a stone rhinoceros, a white marble stone deer, and a stone lion, because these three stone sculptures are the largest, about one meter high.
Han Kongque noticed that although there were many experts gathered around, their attention was focused on the small items next to the stone carvings, that is, the bricks and tiles.
Qin bricks and Han tiles are also a big item in the collection world, but Han Kongque is really not very interested in this. As for the knowledge about ancient building materials, Han Kongque has no shortage of them.
He studied the culture of past dynasties, and it was natural that he could not miss the architectural culture. He could see at a glance that the ancient city bricks and some brick carvings placed on the ground were not high-quality products. At most, they were used on the gate towers of wealthy families or on the eaves of houses.
Some small brick sculptures of the town house.
Therefore, Han Peacock did not get close to them, but focused his attention on the three large stone sculptures.
Only carvers are interested in this kind of thing. There are not many people who really play stone carving on this antique street. The most popular ones are wood carvings and furniture.
The first thing the Korean peacock looked at was the stone rhinoceros with the largest head. This kind of thing appeared most during the Han Dynasty. Most of them were used to guard royal cemeteries, and there were many on Beiman Mountain.
But Han Peacock soon gave up on the stone rhinoceros. If it was really obtained from the royal cemetery of the Han Dynasty, the boss would have been arrested by the government and made to eat peanuts.
Therefore, it is obvious that this cannot be the original, but a modern engraving.
That little deer was also modern. After a little analysis by Han Peacock, it was clear that only the stone lion was interesting. You don’t need to look carefully at this stone lion. Just the moss on it is enough to see the effects that time has left on it.
trace.
This is a male lion, carved in a cute and naive manner, but it does not look like a sheep at all, but a real lion. However, this stone lion gives people a docile feeling, just like a poodle.
Stone lions are carved from a common bluestone, which is very common in China and is a frequently used decoration in traditional architecture.
It can be seen in Chinese palaces, temples, pagodas, bridges, mansions, gardens, mausoleums, and seals.
But more often than not, "stone lions" specifically refer to a pair of lions placed on the left and right sides of the gate to guard the house and ward off evil spirits.
The shapes of stone lions have different characteristics in different dynasties. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, they were usually strong and powerful, during the Yuan Dynasty, they were slender and powerful, and during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they were more docile.
In the Qing Dynasty, lion carvings have been basically finalized. "Yangzhou Painted Boat Record" stipulates: "Lions have separate heads, faces, bodies, legs, teeth, crotches, embroidered ribbons, bells, spiral threads, rolled embroidery beads, and chiseled cubs."
Stone lions not only have different era characteristics, but also have obvious regional characteristics. Generally speaking, the stone lions in the north have a grand appearance and simple carvings.
The stone lions in the south are more spiritual, with lively shapes and numerous carvings. The little lions are not only under the palm of the lioness, but also some climb on the lion's back, which is lively and cute.
This stone lion is obviously a work from the south, and its date should be dated to the Ming Dynasty, because if it were from the Qing Dynasty, this lion would not look so vicissitudes of life.
Also, the style of this stone lion does not meet the carving standards of the Qing Dynasty.
It is also carved with more aura, but does not give people a tall and mighty feeling. These are the characteristics of stone lions in the Ming Dynasty.
From all of this, it can be inferred that this is a stone lion from the Ming Dynasty. It is unknown where it came from. It is a pity that there is only one left.
The value of this kind of stone lion itself is not high, and since there is only one, the value is even lower.
Of course, there are still many famous lions in China, and the prices are also very high, but no one dares to sell them.
These include the two pairs of lions in front of Tiananmen Square, the lions outside the Sheji Altar Gate in Beijing's Zhongshan Park, the lions in front of Peking University, the Cangzhou Iron Lion and more than 400 lions on the pillars of Marco Polo Bridge.
These stone lions are very famous, and Han Peacock is naturally very familiar with them. He used to play stone carving, so he naturally likes such things. Now that he has met a stone lion from the Ming Dynasty, he naturally does not want to give up, and even wants to
Find another one.
"Boss, how do you sell this stone lion?" Han Peacock took a look at the old people around him who were silently observing other things carefully, and finally couldn't help but break the silence in advance.