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Chapter 35 Blue and White Cricket Jar

As soon as the two left, Yu Fei stood up, picked up the small blue and white jar, and said to Qi Zhi: Get some water quickly.

After thinking about it and forgetting it, he said: I'll go out for a while, you wait here for Brother Qi to come back.

Yu Fei poured out all the cigarette butts from the small blue and white can and wiped it with his hands a few times. Fortunately, there were no traces of cigarette burns. He found some newspapers from the store and wrapped the can and lid in several layers.

He took it and headed straight to Uncle Dong's Ningdu pawn shop. It was only ten minutes away, and Yu Fei arrived in seven or eight minutes.

When Yu Fei came in, Dong Dechang was appraising a pawn, so he asked him to go to the office and wait for a while.

After sitting down, Yu Fei calmed down. What should I tell Uncle Dong? Tell him that he picked up another leak. But in just a few days, first Zigang's lotus boy, and then Wang Wei's Fu Sheng Sutra Tutorial. Now

Here comes another small can. Although Yu Fei doesn't know what this small can is and its specific value, it must be expensive. It looks like all these leaks are lined up in front of him, waiting for him to come.

Picking up the same thing, who would believe it if I tell it?

However, since we have already entered the house, it is too late to go back.

Yu Fei, wait a minute. While he was thinking about it, Dong Dechang walked in, followed by Wen Xuan.

No, no. Yu Fei stood up with a smile and said, "Uncle Dong is so busy at work, and the boy always comes to disturb me. I feel bad."

Dong Dechang waved his hand and said: It's rare for me to have a job. Just now, a Qingpi took an incense burner and insisted on saying it was a Xuande burner. It was really whimsical. Dong Dechang shook his head. He was telling the truth. As the chief appraiser of the pawn shop,

, there are two appraisers below, and there are not many objects that he usually needs to appraise personally.

Nothing happened today. I heard that someone was using it as a Xuande stove, so Dong Dechang wanted to take a look, but he didn't expect that it was just an incense burner with a few holes missing. The green-skinned scoundrel actually asked for 200,000 yuan, and he didn't know what he was doing.

Where did I pick it up? I am really crazy about wanting to get rich.

Oh Yu Fei, you won't find anything again. Dong Dechang sat down and saw two objects wrapped in newspapers on the table.

Yu Fei opened the newspaper and said: I saw it today at the Confucius Temple Antique City. I don’t know what it is. It looks like an old thing. I gave it to Uncle Dong to check if he had missed anything.

Wenxuan, who was standing aside, sneered and muttered in a low voice: Do you think the leakers are all raised by your family?

Although Yu Fei was a little unhappy with Wenxuan's attitude, he didn't care.

Dong Dechang coughed and said: Although Wenxuan's words are unpleasant, there is some truth in them. The most important thing in doing antique business is to always have the mentality of picking up leaks.

Yu Fei nodded and said, "Uncle Dong taught me a lesson, and I remembered it."

The newspaper was opened, revealing the small blue and white can and lid inside. The can looked dirty, and there was still cigarette ashes on it that had not been wiped clean.

Dong Dechang frowned and didn't see what it was for a moment.

Wenxuan said with some gloating: Yu Fei, you didn't take someone's ashtray, did you?

Wenxuan, go get a piece of cloth. Dong Dechang said, turning his head again: Yu Fei, the quality of this thing is not good, how much did you spend?

One million. Yu Fei said. He couldn’t say it was given as a gift at the store, so he didn’t spend any money. It’s not wrong to say one million. After all, if he didn’t want to buy this small blue and white jar, he wouldn’t have spent one hundred.

Wan to go to that store. If this small can is worth hundreds of thousands, then the price in that store is not high.

Dong Dechang took a breath of air-conditioning. The price of one million is not low. Unless he knows the value of the thing, it is unlikely that he would spend one million to buy such a small can.

Dong Dechang sighed, not knowing what to say. He felt that Yu Fei's gambling was too great.

At this time Wenxuan brought a piece of cloth over. Dong Dechang took the cloth and began to slowly wipe the stains on the small jar.

Fortunately, these stains are not difficult to remove, and after a while, the small jar reveals its true appearance.

The body of the tank is cylindrical, with the mouth rim and bottom slightly converging. The diameter of the mouth of the tank is about 14 to 15 centimeters, the belly diameter is longer, the bottom diameter is shorter, and the height is about 11 to 12 centimeters. The lid is a shallow plate, and the lid is the same as the tank body.

When fastened, it sinks into the mouth of the jar, forming a seat-cover type. There is a small hole in the center of the cover, which can be used for tying the button rope and for ventilation. The ring foot is shallow and wide, exposing the tire, and a flint red line can be seen at the junction of the tire glaze.

The carcass of the utensil is thick, the glaze layer is thick, and it is white and bluish.

Dong Dechang's expression suddenly became serious, and he murmured: Impossible, this is the characteristic of Xuande utensils.

He then looked at the blue and white patterns on the jar. The lid of the jar was painted with melon patterns, and lush leaves and vines wrapped around three fruits, one large and two small. There were two clusters of melon patterns on the belly of the jar, with four in each cluster, a total of 8

There are only fruits. Covered by leaves and vines, there are many fruits, showing a full of vitality.

Dong Dechang carefully placed the small blue and white jar on the table. Not sure if it was Yu Fei's imagination, but he felt that Dong Dechang's hands were shaking slightly.

Yu Fei, you used it as an ashtray just now. Dong Dechang asked.

Yes. Yu Fei blushed slightly. Just now, in order to prevent shopkeeper Xiao Liu from suspecting, he also flicked the cigarette ashes into the can several times, but he didn't want to put the cigarette butt out inside.

You, you, I really don’t know how to say good to you. Dong Dechang nodded Yu Fei’s head with his hand, as if Yu Fei had done something heinous. This made Wenxuan secretly happy.

Uncle Dong, what the hell is going on? Although Yu Fei knew that this small jar was an old object, he didn't know its origin. It seems that Dong Dechang should know its origin, but even if he didn't tell him, he was almost worried to death.

Already.

This jar should be the blue and white cricket jar of Emperor Xuande of the Ming Dynasty.

Cricket Jar Yu Fei was stunned, you said this thing is for fighting crickets

That's right. Don't look at the uneven bottom of the jar. This is the need for bucket basins and was deliberately made like this. The shape of the cricket jar only existed during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty. Because Emperor Xuande liked to fight crickets, it was also called a cricket jar.

For the Emperor of Cricket. Jingdezhen Guanyao once made many cricket jars, but they are very rare in the world. Look at this melon pattern with branches and melons, which is blue and green. Is it different from other blue and white flowers? This is made of imported soma.

Painted with clay and green materials. Dong Dechang explained.

Uncle Dong, I don’t understand something. Since the official kiln in Jingdezhen made a lot of cricket jars, why are there so few in existence? Yu Fei asked.

That's because after the death of Emperor Xuande, the Queen Mother ordered all the cricket jars in the palace to be smashed. In 1993, when the Jingdezhen Ceramic Archeology Institute excavated the ruins of the Ming Dynasty royal kiln factory in Zhushan, a large number of broken porcelain pieces were unearthed

, restored a batch of cricket jars. Among them were clouds, dragons, double phoenixes, pine, bamboo and plum patterns and other patterns. However, I had never seen a complete cricket jar. I didn’t expect that I would see one today. The wrapping on this jar

The melon branch pattern is also called the melon pattern. The big one is a melon and the small one is a melon. It is called a continuous melon pattern, which means the prosperity of descendants.

But Master, this cricket jar is so small, even if it is really an official kiln from the Xuande period, it is probably not worth one million, Wenxuan said.

This is also a question that Yu Fei is concerned about. He has been talking for a long time about how much this cricket can is worth. Yu Fei doesn't believe that this small can is worth a million. As long as it can be sold for more than 100,000, then Yu Fei

It's not a loss if you fly. Yu Fei picked up the water glass on the table and took a leisurely sip.

Dong Dechang was very dissatisfied when Wenxuan interrupted him, glared at him and said: What do you know? In 2001, a Xuande cricket jar without a lid was sold for 1.8 million yuan. This one with a lid,

And the condition is so good, if it were auctioned, it would probably not cost less than 3 million.

Pu Yufei spurted out all the water he had just taken into his mouth.


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