The jade is of exquisite quality, and the dragon and phoenix carved on it show uncanny craftsmanship. And because of its age, people will fall in love with it at first sight.
Without saying a word, Tao Guoan stretched out his hand and started bidding.
As a result, as soon as he shouted out a price, Jiang Zhihao stopped him with his hand.
At the same time, Tan Mingyuan also raised a sign and shouted the price: "One and a half million!"
Tao Guoan looked at Jiang Zhihao who was stopping him, and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
"This jade pendant is fake." Jiang Zhihao replied.
Tao Guoan was stunned for a moment: "Fake? How do you know?"
"The Yuan Dynasty was a very special era. The Mongols took over the Central Plains. They hoped to integrate into the Central Plains, but they could not imitate the true cultural concepts of the Central Plains people. For example, in things like jade pendants, the dragon that the Central Plains people believed in was
Five-clawed divine dragon. The Mongolian dragon is a chilong. Look at the jade pendant, it is obviously the dragon and phoenix of the Central Plains culture. Moreover, most jade pendants of the Yuan Dynasty use fine lines to highlight the knife skills, but this jade pendant is based on outlines.
Judging from my experience, the techniques are from the Ming Dynasty at most." Jiang Zhihao explained.
He knows a lot about antiques, as much as any modern appraiser. He has seen countless things like this that can be seen at a glance.
Tao Guoan is not a professional in antiques, otherwise he would not have taken the former museum director to the auction last time.
"Are you sure?" Tao Guoan asked.
"OK." Jiang Zhihao nodded.
Tao Guoan hummed and did not raise the sign again.
At the same time, Tan Mingyuan had already raised his sign and shouted a new high price again.
When calling out the price, he did not forget to wave the sign in Tao Guoan's direction: "Chairman Tao, why don't you call out? Didn't you bring enough money? I can help you advance the payment."
Tao Guoan chuckled and said: "I dare not take away Chairman Tan's favor, but Chairman Tan said that when it comes to this job, wouldn't it be embarrassing if he didn't buy it?"
Tan Mingyuan was startled. Someone behind him had already shouted the price to more than two million.
To be honest, Tan Mingyuan raised the price purely to compete with Tao Guoan. Spending two million to buy a jade pendant that he didn't usually wear was not the result he wanted.
But Tao Guoan lifted him up here. If he really couldn't buy it, he would definitely be laughed at in the future.
This put Tan Mingyuan in a difficult position and could only continue to bid.
Song Kanglai noticed that Jiang Zhihao persuaded Tao Guoan to come down. According to his understanding of Jiang Zhihao, this was definitely not a coincidence.
Although Song Kanglai didn't know much about antiques, he knew how to read people. Since Jiang Zhihao persuaded people to come down, it meant that something was fishy.
After thinking about it, Song Kanglai said to Tan Mingyuan: "Chairman, I think this jade pendant is not very valuable, otherwise you should not buy it."
"How can that be done! Tao Guoan has pointed his finger at me and said it. It would be too embarrassing not to buy it now." Tan Mingyuan said: "And haven't you seen that there are many people following the price? It must be valuable!"
Song Kanglai smiled bitterly, I dare you to judge the value, it all depends on how many people follow the price?
Under normal circumstances, this would be a solution, but this is an auction venue! Do you know if those bidding are scammers?