If this jade tablet is the real Zigang tablet, it would be great. The starting price at auction would be at least three million.
Special auctions may even start at 5 million, and it is not unusual to end up with a price of 15 to 6 million.
After all, some Qing Dynasty Zigang tiles that have been passed down in an orderly manner can fetch millions of dollars, and some can even reach nearly 10 million.
Mr. Li's family is very rich, but if he just picks out a jade plaque, it was made by the Jade Saint himself? Shen Yu thinks that some of this matter is worthy of discussion.
Of course, to take a step back, even if this jade plaque is not a real Zigang plaque, it is at least an imitation of the Ming Dynasty or the Qianlong imitation of the Qing Dynasty.
If it goes up for auction, it will definitely be in the millions.
Shen Yu also loves ancient jade, especially ancient jade handed down from ancient times, but he has no interest in ancient jade with dark stains.
What thirteen-color ancient jade?
What kind of jade with five colors is better than one hundred thousand gold? Shen Yu would rather not have this one hundred thousand gold.
But no matter how much I like it, this jade token is not my own after all. I am lucky to be able to play with it for a while.
Collecting is ultimately about financial resources. Many people may not be able to get a piece of Ming Fang Zigang after playing jade all their lives.
"If Uncle Li doesn't sell this jade, I'd better find time to go to his shop and have a good look at it." While thinking about it, Shen Yu was about to put the jade plaque back into Li Hanlin's shiny black wooden box. Go.
He is the last person to appreciate it, so he can't just leave the jade tablet on the Eight Immortals table and let Mr. Li put it back on his own.
It was also a coincidence that a loud banging sound suddenly came from outside the hall, followed by a muffled sound of a heavy object falling to the ground and a person falling, which made Shen Yu pause as he put the jade plaque in the box.< /p>
Within a few seconds, a middle-aged woman dressed as a foreman ran into the lobby of Jianfeng Tower and apologized to everyone.
It means that the waiter accidentally stepped over the wooden ladder when cleaning the aisle glass. In panic, he pushed the window sash to the wall, causing the entire glass to shatter, thus disturbing several distinguished guests. Please forgive me.
Because the waiter himself fell to the ground and after he bandaged the wound, he would come and apologize in person.
In addition to Shen Yu, several people in the hall, including Zheng Congyuan, had suffered hardships when they were young. Naturally, they would not blame a teahouse worker for such a trivial matter.
Mr. Li and Mr. Qian asked a few questions with concern. When they heard that the waiter only cut his arm and was not seriously injured, they continued to sit down and talk.
Shen Yu was relieved to hear that he was okay. He was kind-hearted and had his grandfather as a mountain to protect him from wind and rain since he was a child. It can be said that he never suffered much.
But not suffering does not mean that he does not know the hard work of the waiters.
During the summer vacation when he was sixteen years old, Shen Yu experienced life in a fast food restaurant.
This is not because he wants to go, but because his grandfather tells him to go, and he keeps an eye on him every day. He cannot run away, no matter where he goes, he will be picked up by Chongzhonglou in half an hour.
That time of "experience life" was still fresh in Shen Yu's memory and he would never forget it.
I have to get up at 4:30 in the morning, take ten minutes to wash up, and then go to the kitchen to help make breakfast. I don’t take my shift until 9 o’clock in the morning to have breakfast.
If you are busy until there are almost no diners at ten o'clock in the morning, you will have a twenty-minute break. If there are guests to eat, then continue working.
We start preparing lunch on time at 10:20. During this period, picking vegetables, washing dishes, passing dishes, collecting dishes, and doing hygiene are all the hardest work.
It wasn't until I packed up everything at two o'clock in the afternoon that I had two hours of rest.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, I went to the kitchen to start the busiest dinner. The work content was the same as at noon until the restaurant closed at nine o'clock in the evening and I went back to the dormitory to rest.
Get up again at 4:30 the next day.
The meal we eat every day is steamed buns, rice, stir-fried cabbage, and stir-fried shredded potatoes. Guests are not allowed to eat leftovers even without using their chopsticks.
Sleeping in a Datongbu, with smelly feet, snoring, and radio noise all night made it impossible for Shen Yu, who stayed in a small villa to sleep with Simmons, to fall asleep.
After twenty days of experience, Shen Yu finally realized that life is not easy. From then on, he went to the Qingniuguan Antique Market to set up stalls during the winter and summer vacations to raise his collection. In addition to studying, he also memorized various antique books.
"Huh?"
Shen Yu, who had already put the jade token back into the wooden box, suddenly frowned.
Something's wrong!
This jade sign is wrong!
It was approaching noon, and the sunlight outside the window shone into the hall through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Shen Yu suddenly noticed that the patterns on the jade plaque in the box had changed.
In "The empty mountains in the Xiaosi are at night, the dangerous bridges and ancient streams are in autumn; the warehouses are clustered in panic, and there are no shops to invest in." Two patterns appeared out of thin air in the blank spaces on both sides of this ancient poem.
Holding the jade medal in hand again, the decoration becomes clearer.
No, this cannot simply be said to be a pattern, it should be said to be a pattern of rare birds and animals.
On the left is a colorful phoenix soaring, and on the right is a golden dragon emerging from the water.
Shen Yu once read in some ancient books that as his fame grew, Lu Zigang was afraid of violating taboos and never carved dragons and phoenixes on jade plaques.
There are golden dragons and colorful phoenixes on the edge of the poem on the back. Although I don’t know what secret method was used, it will only appear when the sun shines on it, but this is not in line with the behavior of the ancients.
The ancients were very stubborn. They would not do things that they thought could not be done, let alone do them in a roundabout way.
"Since it belongs to Mr. Li, let's take a look at it with special abilities. Ever since the inkstone was smashed by the leader of the rats there, I haven't had the experience of burning and stinging eyes. Could it be that after being hit like this, I would still be hit again?" Good luck coming?"
Silently reciting a treasure appraisal to the jade tablet, a ball of light blue pearl-sized treasure emerged three inches above the Zigang tablet in the hand.
"This???"
The sudden huge change caught Shen Yu off guard, and the "Zigang Brand" made of mutton-fat white jade in his hand almost fell to the ground.
"What? This Zigang brand was imitated in the middle and late Qing Dynasty?"
"Not even considered a Qianlong worker?"
"Isn't it possible? Even if the Zigang Brand was not carved by Lu Zigang himself, nor was it imitated in the Ming Dynasty, then at least it was imitated during the Qianlong period, right?
"This jade carving technique is superb. Is there another Lu Zigang-level jade carving master?"
Shen Yu tried his best to calm down and put the so-called "Zigang Card" back into the wooden box.
When he turned around and saw that other people were discussing whether the jade plaque was carved by Lu Zigang himself and no one was paying attention to him, Shen Yu quietly returned to his seat.
First, he poured himself a cup of hot tea, and then pretended to drink the tea as if nothing had happened.
Shen Yu has no intention of getting involved in whether this "Zigang brand" is genuine or a high imitation.
There are two reasons. First of all, this "Zigang Medal" belongs to Mr. Li Hanlin. Without knowing the specific purpose of the old man, Shen Yu just pretended that he did not know that this jade medal was from the middle and late Qing Dynasty.
If Mr. Li is going to sell this "Zigang Brand", assuming that the target is Zheng Congyuan, the big boss, then Shen Yu feels that he should go up and say something in detail, for example, this jade medal is not the real Zigang Brand, but He is from the middle and late Qing Dynasty, he is a fool.
Having said that, if Mr. Li is not sure whether his jade card is the real Zigang card, then Shen Yu will not choose to speak now.
I'll tell Mr. Li later when I find an opportunity.
For example, you could first lend out the jade plaque on the pretext that you want to study the mutton-fat white jade plaque, then carefully analyze what is wrong with the jade plaque, and then just talk about it casually when you return it.
Li Laoyong allowed himself to play with the blue and white flowers at will, so this so-called Zigang card can definitely be borrowed.
In addition, Shen Yu has no intention of being in the limelight today.
It is useless to say that something is wrong with the jade card, and it is easy to give rise to a bad reputation for being arrogant, talking on paper, and being too ambitious.
Shen Yu knew very well that he was young and had a low status in the industry, or he had no status at all.
You haven’t even joined the Chuzhou Antique Collection Association, so how can you talk about status?
In this situation, even if you speak, even if you tell the truth, no one will care and no one will listen.
Assuming that the other five people present all said that this "Zigang Card" was made by Lu Zigang, then Shen Yu felt that it would be useless even if he broke his throat.
In this case, the so-called truth is considered arrogant and deliberately trying to show off in the eyes of these veteran antique dealers!
At this moment, Gou is steady!
Gou is the first choice!
When can I wait until now?
Let these guys argue about whether the Zigang brand is Zigang brand or not!
Thinking of this, Shen Yu picked up a piece of mung bean cake and ate it.
Not to mention, the craftsmanship of Zui Xianju’s pastry chef is really unparalleled, it’s so delicious!
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ps: Sorry, I’m a little tired today. I fell asleep while typing! I woke up thirsty and quickly continued typing and posting.
