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Yu Fei was surprised for two reasons. The first reason was because this emerald watermelon looked so real. Although rumors said that the rind of the emerald watermelon was green with dark green stripes, and the black melon seeds in the melon were
The flesh of the red melon is lifelike. However, Yu Fei used to think that it was just the complimentary words of his predecessors. Jade and jade are naturally conceived, and it is a great thing to have a three-dimensional image. To say that it is lifelike is simply impossible.
This is also the reason why Yu Fei had no interest in emerald watermelon before.
But the moment he saw the emerald watermelon, Yu Fei knew that he was wrong. The rumors were not exaggerated. This emerald watermelon was indeed lifelike. From a distance, it looked like a half-cut watermelon. It even seemed to exude a faint fragrance. Such a rare thing
The treasures are really amazing.
The only thing that makes people feel somewhat regretful is that there are two emerald watermelons, which together can form a complete watermelon. The emerald watermelon auctioned at this fair is only half of it and is not complete.
As we all know, emerald watermelon is the favorite of Empress Dowager Cixi. There are two versions of its value.
The first version was proposed by a hermit in the Buddhist Dictionary in 1928. The original text said: One emerald watermelon on the left and right sides of the Empress Dowager Cixi's feet, with green skin, red flesh, white seeds and black silk, is worth about 2.2 million taels of silver.
.Four emerald melons, two with white skin and yellow seeds and pink flesh, and two with green skin and white seeds and yellow flesh. They are worth about 600,000 taels. These four melons are called exquisite, and their value today is more than hundreds of thousands taels of silver. According to the classification
What the hermit means is that there are two emerald watermelons and four emerald melons in Cixi's tomb. These two emerald watermelons are worth 2.2 million taels of silver, so the price of one is definitely less than 1.1 million taels.
.In antique collection, the price of a pair is definitely higher than the price of two single individuals.
Another version was given by Zhao Ruzhen in 1943. In the continuation of the antique guide, he said: One emerald watermelon on the left and right sides of the Empress Dowager Cixi's feet, with green skin, red flesh, white seeds and black silk, estimated at five million taels of silver. Four emerald melons,
Two white skins with yellow seeds and pink flesh, two green skins with white seeds and yellow flesh, estimated at six million taels of silver
It is generally believed that silver valuation should have relative monetary value stability. After just 15 years, it is impossible for silver valuation to jump 10 times. This is against the objective laws of the market. Therefore, the version given by Yu Fei, an antique artist during the Republic of China, Zhao Ruzhen is:
Unbelievable. But the hermit's version is acceptable.
Based on the current international market price of 1 ounce of silver at US$39.03, during the Republic of China, the average valuation of an emerald watermelon was equivalent to about US$50 million in cash, and the average valuation of an emerald melon was equivalent to about US$7 million in cash. Considering that the price of silver is now hovering at a historical high
, so this modern valuation is a bit high. If we apply a 50% discount and bring the price of silver back to the level of 2000, then the modern valuation of the Empress Dowager Cixi's jade watermelon is about US$25 million, or about 200 million yuan.
According to this valuation, the value of half of the jade watermelons at today's trade fair should be no more than 100 million yuan, which is lower than Luoshen Futu.
However, in addition to factors such as material, craftsmanship, age, etc., the price of an artwork also takes into account the preference of the collector. Emerald watermelon is the favorite of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and is naturally tainted with a lot of nobility. In the antique collection world, the toothpick used by Emperor Qianlong
It can be worth a hundred times. Not to mention the emerald watermelon that is the favorite of the Empress Dowager Cixi. If this factor is added, the price of this emerald watermelon will be difficult to estimate.
Presumably this is why the organizers put the emerald watermelon in the auction after the Luo Shen Fu Tu.
The second reason that surprised Yu Fei is that the emerald watermelon that has been rumored by the world for so many years is not actually emerald.
There has been a long-standing debate about the material of jade watermelon. Many people think that yes, in the era before and after the Empress Dowager Cixi, there were never words like watermelon or melon in the description of the characteristics of jade. More importantly, although there are
The skin of jadeite may also appear red due to oxidation, but it is absolutely impossible to have the unique color combination of green on the outside and red on the inside of jade watermelon, nor the white on the outside and inside that is unique to jade melon.
The color combination of pink or green on the outside and yellow on the inside is even less likely to have white threads, black seeds, yellow seeds or white seeds, internal growth lines or wrapping characteristics. Therefore, whether it is an emerald watermelon or an emerald melon, neither is true jade.
Yu Fei once guessed that if the jade watermelon was really jade, it would be absolutely unique. The multi-colored jade represents happiness, wealth, longevity, and wealth. The multi-colored jade is priceless. If the shape of the watermelon can be formed just right, the price will really be hard to come by.
Estimated.
However, under the detection of the chaotic energy, the material of the emerald watermelon was very clear. It was not Yu Fei's favorite emerald, but tourmaline.
Yu Fei has also checked relevant information and believes that the probability that the emerald watermelon is tourmaline is very high.
First of all: According to the tourmaline trade information provided by the San Diego Museum of Natural History in the United States, during the six years from 1902, the second year after the Gengzi Incident, to Cixi’s death in 1908, the Empress Dowager Cixi asked the palace manufacturing office to purchase several tourmalines in San Diego, United States, almost every year.
tons of tourmalines of various colors, especially pink tourmalines. By the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, the total purchase volume reached a huge 120 tons. This is the source.
Secondly, in nature, only bicolor tourmaline has the color combination characteristic of green, green skin and red flesh. This green, green skin and red flesh feature can be different color bands appearing in the parallel crystal extension direction of the tourmaline crystal, and the color band can be a continuous concentric ring.
shape, or it can be discontinuous concentric rings; similarly, the characteristic of green skin and red flesh can also be the different color bands that appear in the vertical direction of the crystal extension of the tourmaline crystal. Similarly, the color combination of white skin and pink flesh or the color of green skin and yellow flesh
The combination is also an optical characteristic that only bicolor tourmaline has, but the color of the composition is a little different. Originally, tourmaline is famous for its rich, gorgeous and varied colors. If divided carefully, there are more than a hundred colors of tourmaline. This is
Tourmaline has the reputation of gem chameleon among many gems in nature. Thirdly, the internal characteristics of emerald watermelon black seeds and white threads happen to be dot-like black inclusions inside the tourmaline crystal and white growth lines that appear along the extension direction of the crystal.
Similarly, the internal characteristics of the yellow seeds or white seeds of the jade melon are also dot-like yellow inclusions or white inclusions inside the tourmaline crystal.
At the same time, it is worth noting that American gemological textbooks and gemological papers also directly named this kind of green-skinned red-flesh or green-skinned pink-flesh tourmaline as watermelon tourmaline. This was probably the top quality that the Qing court would import into the United States in the late Qing Dynasty.
The two-color combination tourmaline is called watermelon or melon, which is directly derived from it.
Although these facts all show that the two emerald watermelons collected by the Empress Dowager Cixi are not actually emeralds, but tourmalines. But because of ridiculous national sentiments, Yu Fei still stubbornly believes that they are the ones that grow naturally in the Kunlun Mountains as legendary.
Ah, because I was so absorbed in watching it just now, it was Yu Fei and Song Xicai's turn before I knew it.
Although he had already seen it inside and out, in order not to make people suspicious, Yu Fei accompanied Song Xicai to the stage to observe.
How, how is it? Song Xicai's face showed excitement: How much do you think it will cost to win this emerald watermelon?
Why do you really want to get in? Yu Fei asked.
Hey, what a fresh question you are asking. In order to guard this emerald watermelon, I missed a lot of opportunities. Song Xicai said. When Yu Fei was sleeping just now, Song Xicai did take a fancy to several good works of art, but first
He couldn't tell for sure, but there was indeed the reason for the emerald watermelon, so Song Xicai only bid the price a few times in a symbolic way and did not actually make a move.
Song Xicai was completely moved when he saw the emerald watermelon come to life and seem to be flowing with a strange light.
He brought nearly 200 million in capital to the trade fair this time, but even so, he still didn't dare to confirm whether he could win this emerald watermelon. After all, there seemed to be too many people interested in the emerald watermelon, and the competition
It will definitely be more intense, and the final transaction price will even be higher than Luoshen Futu’s 181 million
If that's the case, my two hundred million dollars will be a bit hanging. To be continued...