Whether it is the Qianlong pastels or the Jun kiln vases with gold and carmine ice cracks, they are both very rare and hot items on the market today. They are very sought-after treasures, and those who get to play with them can't put them down and admire them.
Continuously.
Zhao Lili took out a jewelry necklace, held the green gem hanging at the end with her hand, and said to Yang Guang: "What a big emerald! It's three or four times bigger than the one my sister-in-law has. I remember the one my sister-in-law has.
It cost more than half a million!"
Yang Guang also saw this emerald on the necklace for the first time. It was indeed very outstanding, and the size was a bit scary. If it hadn't been placed in Xue Chen's storage room, he would have doubted whether it was a synthetic fake.
"I have seen that emerald when Xue Chen and I went to Inner Mongolia..." Qi Hu stood aside and briefly talked to Yang Guang and Zhao Lili about how they got the emerald.
They looked at each other in disbelief.
"But speaking of it, this Hetian jade is even more rare. Look at the quality of this jade. I have never seen such good Hetian jade in my life." Qi Hu held the Hetian jade bead in his palm and shook his head in admiration.
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There are indeed not many collections in the storage room. There are only twenty-one items in total. It is really not a lot. Many collectors' collections easily exceed a hundred items, and they can easily fill the entire room's bookshelves.
However, even though there were only twenty-one items, the dozen or so people present were enjoying them with gusto, without any feeling of being short of money, because every piece that was taken out was worth carefully playing with and admiring for a long time.
"Xue Chen, you still keep this Qi family sword." Shen Wanjun took out the Qi family sword and couldn't help but sigh.
Of course he remembered that this Qi family sword was the prize that Xue Chen received after participating in the Yongtai Street Antique Appreciation Conference for Daxing and defeating two pawn shops, Zhenbaoxuan and Jindian, in one fell swoop.
It was also from that day on that Daxing began to take off on Yongtai Street. Now the businesses of Zhenbaoxuan and Jindian combined cannot compare to his Daxing.
"Uncle Shen, I will keep it forever." Xue Chen nodded seriously. Now, this Qi family knife is very inconspicuous among the many collections. It belongs to the lowest value level. However, he will always keep it.
Treasure it.
"Okay, okay." Shen Wanjun smiled happily and nodded.
Xue Chen took two steps and stood next to Yan Ruxing, and saw that Boss Yan was holding the ivory cup and looking at it carefully.
"Xue Chen, the craftsmanship of this ivory cup is very good. It should be in the style of the late Tang Dynasty. It looks like it was salvaged from the sea." Yan Ruxing asked with narrowed eyes.
"Yes, it was indeed fished out of the sea." Xue Chen looked at Yan Ruxing with a smile, "Uncle Yan, do you see what's special about this cup?"
"Oh? What do you mean, there is something fishy about this ivory cup that I didn't notice?" Yan Ruxing said in surprise, and immediately lowered his head to observe carefully. First he glanced at the inside of the cup, and then he looked at the patterns and inlays on the outside.
Turquoise and agate kept looking at it, trying to find out what was different about this ivory cup.
"Boss Yan, what are you looking for?" Hao Jun, the boss of Guangsheng Pharmaceutical, came closer and asked.
"Xue Chen said there is something fishy about this ivory cup. I'm looking for it, but unfortunately I haven't found anything after searching for a while." Yan Ruxing said in a deep voice, and looked at Xue Chen again. If he wasn't sure that Xue Chen wouldn't make a joke, he would
You must be suspicious.
"There is something like this, let me see." Hao Jun took it and squinted his eyes to observe carefully, but after spending several minutes, he was still confused and found nothing.
Soon, people around him gathered around curiously, and the ivory cup was passed around from different people's hands, but after passing five or six people's hands, nothing was found. Even Zhuge Yi shook his head.
Yu Deshui took the cup and looked at it. Suddenly his eyes moved and he blurted out: "I heard my grandfather said that my ancestor once had an exquisite gadget, which was a rhinoceros horn cup. It was also from the late Tang Dynasty. I usually look at it.
It's just an ordinary cup, not even a beautiful pattern, but when you pour the wine, you can vaguely see a carp in the cup. Even when you shake the wine, the carp seems to be swimming.
It’s very clever.”
"Oh? What's the point of this?" Everyone looked at each other and expressed confusion.
Yu Deshui glanced at Xue Chen, who was smiling, and his heart moved. He knew that he might have been wrong. He hurried out and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to fill the water and give it a try."
After a while, Yu Deshui came back with an ivory cup filled with water. There was a look of surprise on his face and he said with a smile: "Sure enough, I was right. This ivory cup of Xiao Xue is similar to the rhinoceros horn of my ancestor."
It’s so wonderful, it’s really rare, it’s rare!”
"Let me take a look." Yan Ruxing walked up eagerly, wanting to take a look first.
"If you want the handle of the ivory cup to face to the right and look at it from a commanding perspective, you will be able to see the moving and wonderful scenery under the clear water." Yu Deshui said.
Yan Ruxing was the first to look. Following Yu Deshui's instructions, he saw a woman holding a pipa in the water cup. Although it was only a few strokes, the outline was vivid and could even make people feel
This woman must be a beautiful twenty-eight-year-old. The water surface swayed slightly, as if the woman was playing the pipa, which was even more incredible.
"Sure enough!" Yan Ruxing exclaimed, his face flushed with alarm.
Immediately afterwards, Zhuge Yi, Shen Wanjun... everyone took turns to take a look. When they saw the woman holding the pipa at the bottom of the ivory cup, they all exclaimed and couldn't look away.
"Wonderful, it is really wonderful. It is full of wit and ingenuity. The craftsmen of the ancients were so ingenious that they were able to come up with such exquisite and elegant things." Hao Jun repeatedly clapped his hands in praise and shook his head.
"It's a good thing. Such an object is so rare. This is the first time I have encountered such an object in my life." Zhuge Yi looked at the ivory cup and felt that his eyes had been opened.
Zhuge Yi has been based in Liulichang for forty years, and Liulichang can be said to be a well-known gathering place for cultural relics and antiques in the country. He has seen countless good things. Not to mention Xue Chen, everyone present, including
Neither Yan Ruxing nor Shen Wanjun can compare.
But even such a person has never seen anything similar to this ivory cup, which shows its rarity.
"Indeed, I heard my grandfather mention it, and Xue Chen said there was something fishy about the ivory cup, so I could guess it. Otherwise, such an exquisite design would be hard to find, and I would just treat it as a piece of jewelry.
Just an ordinary ivory cup from the late Tang Dynasty." Yu Deshui touched his chin.
More than a dozen people stayed in the storage room for nearly two hours, until their legs were a little sore from standing, and then they placed all the collections back in the tempered glass cabinet one by one.
After placing all the utensils and everyone going out, Xue Chen closed the security door.
After returning to the living room and sitting down, we were still talking about Xue Chen’s collection that we had just viewed.
"Xue Chen, I finally saw all your collection today. Although it seems to be a little less, there are only about twenty pieces, but after looking at it, I feel really ashamed. The twenty pieces of collection contain exquisite, wonderful,...
Strange, expensive, extraordinary, powerful." Hao Jun looked at Xue Chen and said.
He is worth more than 2 billion, and his collection is really quite large, with nearly 200 pieces. He cannot be said to be the best in Haicheng, but there are not many who can compare with him. However, after visiting Xue Chen's collection today,
There is shame and a feeling of inadequacy.
Although there are only twenty pieces, each one can be called a fine product, and none of them are just fake items, such as the Qinggang dagger, the Xuande furnace, the shadow celadon pillow, the Western Zhou wine prince and the magical ivory cup, which are rare and rare to find.
He looked through all the treasures in his collection, but only one piece of pottery with tri-color glazed pottery from the Tang Dynasty was awarded the title of folk national treasure.
From another perspective, the value of all his 200 collections may not be as high as the value of Xue Chen’s 20 collections!
He was really jealous, but he held back and did not ask Xue Chen if he was willing to change hands, because he knew very well that asking would be in vain and he would definitely be asking for trouble.
"Mr. Hao is right. There are quite a few collectors I am familiar with in the capital, but there are really not two who have as rich a collection as Xue Chen. And even if they do, most of them were accumulated by two or three generations.
Or they are the kind of people who have too much money to spend and continue to participate in auctions all over the world." Yu Deshui nodded in agreement.
Hearing everyone's exclamation and praise, Xue Chen smiled modestly. If he said he was unhappy, it would be a lie. After all, he had brought back these artifacts one by one. They all had feelings and could be appreciated by others.
Praise, and your heart will naturally feel happy and satisfied.
At this time, Jiang Huilan walked to the living room and told Xue Chen that the kitchen was ready, and the food and drinks were ready.
"Please." Xue Chen stood up and gestured to everyone.
Everyone stood up and sat down in the restaurant with smiles on their faces.
It wasn't until almost evening that all the guests were sent away. Xue Chen sat back on the sofa in the living room, poured himself a cup of strong tea, took a big sip and let out a sigh of relief.
He saw Sister Jiang walking towards the kitchen and knew that she was going to clean up the mess in the kitchen. He saw that she was a little wet with sweat and her cheeks were a little flushed, so he said: "Sister Jiang, you have been busy for most of the day. You are quite good."
If you are tired, please sit down and rest first, there is no need to clean up the kitchen in a hurry."
Jiang Huilan did feel a little tired, and her legs were a little sore. She wiped the sweat from her forehead, nodded hesitantly, said good, and walked back to the living room, but when she got to the sofa and wanted to sit down, her right leg was useless.
I was so strong that I accidentally hit the edge of the coffee table.
"ah!"
Xue Chen was drinking tea from a cup. When he heard Jiang Huilan's hurried cry, he looked up and saw her leaning towards him. He subconsciously put the cup aside.
Teng.
And Sister Jiang Huilan sat directly on his legs. (To be continued)