All the invited guests stared unblinkingly at Wang Dong who was leaving and returning. To be more precise, it was the light gray cardboard box that Wang Dong was holding in his hand.
Mao Fengkai turned his head and looked at it, his feet motionless, his brows slightly furrowed, his eyes flickering, and there was a hint of unruliness in the deepest part. He did not believe that Xue Chen could still come up with a collection of antiques comparable to his bronze tripod from the Western Han Dynasty. Absolutely
impossible!
Wang Dong walked back to Xue Chen with a grin on his face: "Old Xue, it's this box, right?"
"Um."
Xue Chen stretched out his hand to take it and put it on the table beside him. In an instant, all eyes shifted to it, as if there was an invisible baton commanding them, very neatly.
Mao Fengkai had a half-smile at the corners of his mouth, and a slight hum came from his nose, saying: "I really want to see what kind of treasures Boss Xue can come up with to open our eyes."
"After I open it, you will naturally know it." Xue Chen looked calm.
Seeing Xue Chen preparing to open the box to get the treasure, all the guests, whether they were men, women, old or young, couldn't help but stand up, raise their legs and stretch their heads to look over, wishing they had a pair of clairvoyant eyes so that they could see what was inside the box in advance.
What is it.
Mao Fengkai watched Xue Chen open the box unhurriedly. Although he didn't believe that Xue Chen could take out something more precious than his own bronze tripod from the Western Han Dynasty, he still couldn't help feeling nervous in his heart, and his palms were sweating. After all,
, the Junci that Xue Chen brought out just now was beyond his expectation.
Xue Chen didn't show off. After taking the box, he opened it directly, took out the contents of the box, and showed them to everyone.
After Mao Fengkai took a look, he breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and chuckled: "This is... Xuande Furnace?"
"Manager Mao has good eyesight and is indeed a Xuande furnace." Xue Chen glanced at Mao Fengkai and nodded in recognition.
Xuande stove?
The guests present all looked at the Xuande stove placed on the round table, with different expressions on their faces.
Yan Ruxing blurted out: "Xue Chen, do you also have a Xuande furnace?" He also had one, and he once brought it out as the finale of a treasure appreciation party.
"Yes, there is one too." Xue Chen replied with a smile.
"Oh, it turns out to be a Xuande furnace. Judging from the overall shape, it should have been built during the Xuande period."
"Well, it's in really good condition. It seems better than the one in Yan Ruxing's house. It's also a good thing worth tens of millions."
"It's good, but compared to that bronze tripod from the Western Han Dynasty..."
The guests in the hall were talking in low voices and making low-pitched comments to the acquaintances around them.
"It's worth tens of millions?" Wang Hongmei was stunned by Xue Chen's three collections. Looking at the three collections, she thought to herself, isn't it possible that the three collections alone are worth thirty million?
Already?
Wang Dong was stunned for a moment when he saw that it was Xuande Lu, and secretly marveled that it looked familiar.
Seeing that it was a Xuande furnace, Mao Fengkai's tense heart relaxed. Although the Xuande furnace was also a good thing, it was not as good as his bronze tripod.
"Yes, it's in very good condition. It's rare, although it's nowhere near as good as mine..."
Before Mao Fengkai finished speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by other people's voices.
"wrong!"
An old gentleman who had been standing silently outside suddenly spoke up. Although his voice was neither light nor heavy, it had a strong flavor to it. It was Chen Yibo, the director of the Haicheng City Museum, whom Xue Chen personally drove to invite.
Come.
"Director Chen, is there something wrong with this Xuande furnace?" Seeing Chen Yibo shouting that something was wrong, Longteng boss Cai Yuanming turned around and asked.
Chen Yibo pursed his lips, looked serious, and did not answer. He stretched out his hand to separate the people in front of him, walked to the round table, carefully picked up the Xuande stove and looked at it carefully. After looking at it for a few times, he took out another one from his pocket.
Use a magnifying glass and bend down to observe.
Chen Suyuan and Chen Yibo have the same surname and have been friends for many years. Seeing his old friend's sudden reaction, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he had realized something, and he stepped forward to appreciate it more carefully.
Everyone looked at each other in confusion when they saw this scene, with similar meanings in their eyes: Could it be that the Xuande stove that Xue Chen took out was a modern imitation? Otherwise, why would these two old gentlemen with extraordinary eyesight have such a reaction?
?If so, it would be a big joke.
After Mao Fengkai came to Haicheng, he had a very detailed understanding of the Haicheng antique circle, and he probably knew the identities of these two old gentlemen, so although he felt uncomfortable after being interrupted, he didn't say anything.
The entire banquet hall fell silent at this moment. Everyone was looking at Chen Suyuan and Chen Yibo, waiting for the two to give a result.
Luo Bing also clenched his fists nervously, secretly praying that it would not be a fake. On the side, Wang Hongmei whispered to Luo Hai who was watching: "Let me just say, how could Xue Chen have so many things worth tens of millions?"
This black stove is probably a fake. It was brought out to fool people. Now it has been discovered. How embarrassing. Why bother."
Some of the guests also looked weird, and I thought that the two old gentlemen must save some face. If it was really a fake, don't point it out outright. Then Xue Chen would be so embarrassed. At least he could just say that he was not sure.
ah.
Xue Chen also stood aside silently and expressionlessly, as if he had nothing to do with him at all.
In this way, a full ten minutes passed in a depressing atmosphere. Chen Yibo put away the magnifying glass and Chen Suyuan straightened up. The two looked at each other and nodded gently.
"This is a Xuande furnace, it is correct." Chen Yibo made the final decision and gave an appraisal result.
The guests all breathed a sigh of relief, secretly saying that it was not a fake, otherwise, this big day would have been so embarrassing.
Mao Fengkai let out a very unpleasant and harsh laugh: "But it's just a Xuande furnace." The meaning of his words is self-evident, and it is two levels worse than his Western Han Dynasty bronze tripod.
Chen Suyuan glanced at Xue Chen with twinkling eyes, and chuckled with his hands behind his back: "I think you may not understand, so let me say it again, this is a Xuande furnace."
Most of the guests were confused. Everyone knew that this was a Xuande furnace, and there was no need to reiterate it one after another.
Seeing the reactions of the guests, Chen Yibo said with a complicated expression: "Just like Brother Suyuan said, this is a real Xuande furnace."
Ninety percent of the guests had not yet reacted, but the expressions of a small group of antique gourmets who knew Xuande stoves very well suddenly changed, and they faintly realized the deeper meaning of the words of the two Mr. Chen, and their eyes flashed.
Incredible brilliance.
Hou Shiguo asked in shock: "Is it really Xuande Furnace?"
"Although time has been rushed, Brother Chen and I have the same appraisal results. It is indeed one of the three thousand incense burners built under the supervision of Emperor Xuande and countless craftsmen working day and night." Chen Suyuan stared at the Xuande incense burner and spoke tremblingly.
As he preached, his black and white hair trembled.
As long as the guests had some in-depth knowledge of the Xuande furnace, they all suddenly understood it and finally understood the true meaning of "this is a Xuande furnace"!
The Xuande incense burners that people usually talk about in the antique circle are imitations produced by the people during the Xuande period and the Ming and Qing dynasties. Although they are imitations, in the eyes of collectors they are already genuine Xuande incense burners, which everyone knows.
Unspoken rules.
Why? Because the real Xuande stove is almost extinct, and the Xuande stove that was imitated by the people during the Xuande period is already considered a high-quality product. Want to see the real Xuande stove that Emperor Xuande loved so much? Are you dreaming?
This is like when the waiter brings you a dish called Dragon Playing with Phoenix, most of which are stewed with snake meat and poultry meat. If you really think it is dragon and phoenix, it would be strange if others don't regard you as a fool.
Therefore, the guests never thought that this was one of the only 3,000 genuine Xuande furnaces built in history. It was not until Chen Suyuan made the words clear that they realized the deep meaning of his words.
As soon as Chen Suyuan's words fell, the sound of tables and chairs being knocked to the ground in the banquet hall was heard one after another, and the sound of teacups, bowls and spoons falling from hands was heard one after another, and the sound of footsteps became disordered one after another. At this moment, everyone who knew the real
The guests who admired the precious value of the Xuande stove all stood up and surrounded it, three circles inside and three outside, with their eyes wide open, wishing they could fly out and get closer to take a closer look.
Yan Ruxing twitched his eyebrows and took a big breath: "One of the three thousand Xuande furnaces built under the supervision of Emperor Xuande?"
As if he was crazy, he stepped over in two steps, grabbed it, and looked at it carefully.
Together with Shen Wanjun, Cai Yuanming and Hou Shiguo, they could not suppress their excitement and gathered around. If it is really one of the three thousand, it is undoubtedly a national treasure and is qualified to be placed in the most conspicuous place in the National Palace Museum.
place.
Seeing a group of big bosses and big collectors who are worth a lot of money and well-known in the antique circle, you squeeze me, I squeeze yours and come forward to appreciate it. The almost forgotten Mao Fengkai stood aside, his face was very ugly, especially
When I heard that these two respected old gentlemen in Haicheng pointed out that this Xuande stove was built under the supervision of Emperor Xuande, my legs went weak and I almost sat on the ground.
"Impossible! It must be impossible!"
His eyes were slightly absent-minded, his lips were trembling and moving, and he was mumbling to himself vaguely that only he could hear.
How can the objects made under the supervision of Emperor Xuande be comparable to the folk and later imitations? Maybe you can’t see much difference when looking at it from a distance, but when you touch it, you will immediately have a different feeling, especially with the
Yan Ruxing, who built a replica of Xuande furnace, felt even more profoundly.
The sense of heaviness, the exquisite design of the details, the little bits of metallic luster contained within...everything is imperfect. Comparing the Xuande stove in his hand with the one in front of him, there is no one that is comparable to it.
.
"I didn't expect that I would be able to handle a real Xuande stove with my own hands in my lifetime. That's enough." Yan Ruxing put down the stove and sighed deeply. (To be continued)