Considering the condition of the wounded, we did not stay too long in Karamir. Three days later, our international column said goodbye to the local shepherds and set off back to Beijing.
As soon as I arrived in the city, I asked the fat man to quickly find the big gold tooth. We met at Uncle Ming's house and collected all the valuable antiques. Of course, I didn't let Zong know about this and took Axiang to the hospital.
After re-examining the wound, I found an excuse and left first.
Uncle Ming ran away several times but failed, so he had to take me home with a sad face. Beijing used to be known as the big alleys, and the small alleys competed with each other. After the reform and opening up, with the transformation of the city, the number of courtyard houses gradually decreased. Ming Ming
My uncle's house is located near the Fucheng Gate. It is a quiet area. Although it is a bit dilapidated, every brick and tile has an ancient and decadent beauty. There are still some fish tanks and pomegranate trees on the ceiling. Mr. Fat Dog
The atmosphere of a fat girl. The more I looked at it, the more I felt that this house was exquisite. I couldn’t help but regret it. If Uncle Ming had asked me to take this house as part of the reward, he wouldn’t have refused. It’s a pity that we only want the house.
Antique calligraphy and painting.
It didn’t take long for Fatty and Da Jinya to arrive, each carrying two large suitcases, and rushed to meet me. When Da Jinya saw me, he bared his shining front teeth and said: Ouch, my Hu
Master, you miss me so much, brother. Ever since you went to Tibet, my eyelids have been twitching every day. I have been waiting for you to come back as if I was expecting the Central Red Army to come and fight in the north of the Xiaxia. The situation in Panjiayuan is not good now.
, business can’t be done anymore. In these days when you are gone, brothers don’t even have anyone to discuss with.
I said to Da Jinya: Our trip almost ended up in the Kunlun Mountains. I didn’t expect that our base area would be very difficult, but we can talk about these things later. Now we divide the land among the wealthy people. Uncle Ming has already taken the antiques in this house.
The utensils were all given to us as remuneration. The fat man and I are dissatisfied with activities such as identifying the age and value of antiques, and half of the bottles are dangling, so you have to keep an eye on these things so that we can fold them as soon as possible.
now.
Da Jinya said: Mr. Hu, Mr. Fatty, just take a look at the two of you. Don’t worry, brothers are not good at fighting each other in craftsmanship, but when it comes to their eyesight in ancient poems, jade and other miscellaneous items, I really can’t boast about it. Four
There are many experts in the Nine Cities, but I have never seen anyone who can compare with me.
At this time, the fat man was so happy that he could hardly close his mouth. He put one arm tightly around Uncle Ming's neck: "It's really busy to sort out the Jin'ou area and divide the fields. Uncle Ming, we won't be polite to you anymore. We are my master."
Who are you? When you shot me, I didn't have the nerve to say anything, so I stopped talking nonsense and hurriedly opened the door.
Uncle Ming had no choice but to open the door to the room where the antiques were placed. Everything inside was as before. There were many antiques placed on several simple sandalwood cabinets, making people wonder what to see. This was our first time.
There was no difference when we arrived, except that we got a thirteen-whiskered porcelain cat. That thing was not a valuable thing in the first place, and we didn’t care much about it. Big Gold Tooth kept thinking about Uncle Ming all the time.
The phoenix-shaped jade I carried with me had already fallen into the hands of the fat man, and I took it out now so that I could make a record and estimate the total value. The funds for our business trip to the United States this time were all included in it.
Big Gold Tooth didn't care about anything else. This time he finally held the jade phoenix in his hands, and he expressed his sincere admiration: It is very unscientific to say that crushing jade and eating it can lead to immortality.
However, it is an indisputable fact that beautiful jade has the effect of beautifying and nourishing the skin. Empress Dowager Cixi and Lafayette insisted on using jade for beauty every day. At that time, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Zhu Gui'er, used Kunshan's hair-moistening jade pluck, no orchid paste was used, and his hair was fresh and moist.
No woman in the world can match her, but the jade she uses is from Kunshan, which is much worse than the jade phoenix at the bottom of the East China Sea. The ancients said: A gentleman has no reason, and the jade will not leave his body. In my opinion, Mr. Hu, this jade
Feng had better not take action, and just keep the lost items in his personal collection that can be passed down to future generations.
I took the jade phoenix and looked at it. Although there is historical evidence that it was an authentic piece used by Concubine Yang Guifei, even I could see that the carving was obviously in the style of the Han Ba Dao, indicating that it was much older than the Tang Dynasty.
It will last a long time. It is a rare and beautiful jade that can only be found. But after all, it is for women. What is the use of keeping it? We might as well sell it for cash. But then I thought, why not give it to this person?
She would definitely like what was poured out, so she nodded in agreement and asked the fat man not to include Yufeng in the calculation.
Then we looked at the rest of the antiques one by one, and it was okay not to look at them. Only after taking a look did we realize that Uncle Ming had fooled us. Antiques had many imitations during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, precisely because of their unique characteristics.
The value of collecting and collecting is worthy of evaluation and playing to identify the authenticity. Only then can big players have space to display their vision, financial strength and courage. Identifying authenticity is easy to get started with but difficult to master. In a sense, the charm of antiques lies in the authenticity.
It's hard to tell. Many of the things in Uncle Ming's house look real, but if you examine them carefully and touch them with your hands and nose, you will know that they are not of high value and most of them are fake furnishings.
The fat man became so angry that he asked Uncle Ming's ribs to be used as a washboard. Uncle Ming hurriedly came to me to beg for mercy. In the past, it was just to support the appearance, so he put such a room full of things. He worked hard to collect antiques in Nanyang for half a lifetime.
, most of them were used to pay off the gambling debts of his two precious sons. He was actually close to bankruptcy, otherwise he would not have risked his life to go to the Kunlun Mountains. However, not all of these things are fake, and there are a few that are fake.
The piece is still very valuable.
I waved my hand to the fat man and said, forget it, even if he beats him up, he won’t be able to spit out the gold bars. I’ll clear out all the fakes first and see what else is left. Then I started working with the big gold-toothed fat man, rummaging through the boxes and cabinets.
Take inventory of so many utensils.
The fat man thought he had a unique vision, so he picked up a dark red lotus-shaped porcelain bowl and said: Old Hu and Old Jin, take a look, this is definitely kiln glaze. The glaze on the outside of the bowl is as dark red as blood, and the inside is full of striped glaze flowers. I
Baldy Li, who specializes in porcelain dumping in Panjiayuan, picked up a similar piece. He said the color is called chicken blood red or cinnabar red, and the stripes inside are called raindrops. It looks like rain dripping down the wall.
. If it were a Jun kiln, it would be worth a lot of money.
Da Jinya took it and looked at it: Fatty, you have really high vision. How can there be so much Jun kiln porcelain? As the saying goes, a Jun kiln porcelain is worth tens of thousands of gold. I have never seen a few complete pieces in all my years.
Jun porcelain is unparalleled, and its kiln transformation is unparalleled. You can easily see it anywhere. The glaze color is as red as rouge, followed by green as green and purple as black. Its kiln transformation is called earthworm mud pattern, that is, a line appears in the glaze.
The meandering glaze marks of varying lengths from top to bottom are like earthworms swimming in the soil. They are very unique. First of all, this vessel is not a bowl, it is a brush wash. The color is rose red and an imitation of purple.
, the imitation is an extremely rich grape purple color. Judging from the shape, glaze, color ring, foot bubbles, and texture, it is not the real thing, but just a high imitation from the late Republic of China. Maybe it came from Suzhou and is worth a thousand yuan.
Already.
I said to the fat man and the big gold tooth: There are also fake ones that are exquisitely imitated. Although they are not as valuable as the real ones, they are worse than a piece of junk. Maybe we can take it to Dayangzhuang and exchange it with a foreigner for some foreign exchange coupons. As he said that, he packed up the laundry bag.
Among the jumble of genuine and fake antiques, one thing caught my eye. It was a porcelain cup with neat patterns and white glaze. Its shape was like the cup used by the elders during meetings in the Great Hall of the People.
But the workmanship seems to be more exquisite and the texture is very good. Of course, its strong characteristics of the times are the most attractive: the handle of the cup is in the shape of a sickle and axe, and the lid has a red five-star and fist symbol, with the words "to realize the industrialization of the country" written on it.
There are also quotations on the front of the cup that implement the general line and general tasks into all work.
I asked Uncle Ming: This cup is probably not fake, but I don’t know who used it. Where did you buy it from?
Uncle Ming said that this is of course not fake. It was given by a friend from mainland China two years ago. It is said to be out of print. The value of this cup cannot be lowered. It is a typical cultural relic of the Republic. Just take it and leave the rest.
Leave a few things for me.
After looking at it, the fat man said: There seemed to be something like this in my house before, when my old man was having a meeting. When I was young, I would let Lao Hu persuade me to go out of my house and use a slingshot as a target to smash it. This broken cup can
valuable
Da Jinya said: In those days, even now, the cups used by the elders in meetings were similar, but this one is definitely different. Look at the money on this cup, it is Zhang Songtao’s money, and there is also the number one in Jingdezhen City
Porcelain Painting Crafts Cooperative. This cup is incredible. As far as I know, it must have been specially ordered for the Lushan Conference of the Central Committee. This was a major political task at that time, and Jingdezhen's famous porcelain painters were mobilized to specialize in porcelain painting. Its
The quantity is not large, and the Songtao model is even more rare. It has a high value. As it is out of print, its value may not be obvious now, but as the years go by, this cup will become more and more valuable.
I held up the tea cup and admired it again and again. If I put it at home to drink water, wouldn't it feel like a long time ago? Although this is not a real antique, it is not only exquisite in craftsmanship, unique in style, and very rare in quantity, but even more rare is that it has witnessed
Having gone through the vicissitudes of history, it has a profound special meaning, which is in line with the five words "fine" and "little" that measure the value of antiques. If it can be matched with a complete set, the value may be higher than that of ordinary antiques. See
There are still some good things in Uncle Ming's stuff. Although the harvest is not as big as we expected, it is still an unexpected gain.
Most of the utensils displayed in Uncle Ming's room were purchased from antique dealers in one shot for appearance. The so-called one-shot sale means that a large number of utensils were sold at the same time. Most of them are high imitations made before and after the Republic of China. Although they are not
Although they are worth a lot of money, they are not worthless like ordinary Xibei goods. Moreover, among these things, there are still a few genuine and good things. So the three of them cheered up, classified the items into categories, and passed them through Dajin
The worthless dental tests were piled in the corner of the room.
As the cleaning operation progressed, there were fewer and fewer things on the sandalwood shelves, and Uncle Ming's face became more and more ugly. At this time, the fat man saw a purple clay pot in an inconspicuous place. It was bald and looked rustic.
It looked rustic, so he casually threw it into the corner where the defective products were piled. Big Gold Tooth was sniffing a small copper Buddha statue with his nose at that time. Suddenly he saw the purple clay pot that the fat man had still put out, and he opened his mouth wide and his eyes widened.
He stared intently at the parabola that the purple clay pot fell from the air, and even didn't even want the bronze Buddha in his hand. He didn't know why he was so agile at this time, and he actually caught the purple clay pot before it fell to the ground and broke. Daikin
There was sweat on Teeth's forehead: Fatty, you are really an ancestor. If I hadn't noticed, this pot would have been smashed by you.
The fat man said: What are you making all the fuss about? This broken pot is full of dirt, and even the luster of the purple sand is gone. I don’t know where it came from in the gutter. Who is willing to spend money on it?
I also think that the appearance of this pot is not good, the shape is okay, but the texture is too black and bald, and it lacks the smoothness that generations of people have rubbed and played with, which is what we commonly call the patina on the surface of ancient pots, and it does not look good at all.
However, big gold teeth are rarely misjudged. Could it be that this is a valuable thing?
Da Jinya carefully touched the body of the pot and took a few sniffs with his nose: Although this purple clay pot is inconspicuous, it is an antique from the Ming Dynasty. This shape is called a tendon. We can see the Ming Dynasty purple clay today.
The smooth and moist patina has not been removed, because 90% of them are artifacts poured out of the tomb. The carcass has been buried in the soil for many years, and even if it was originally smooth, it has been soaked in the soil.
The craftsmanship of that period had not been improved yet. The clay was only slightly refined and had more impurities. Therefore, the initial impression was not as good as the pots of the Qing Dynasty, but it was a real artifact.
Fatty Dajinya and I wrapped up the purple clay pot with satisfaction, and finally picked out a total of more than 20 items. Unknowingly, it was getting late in Yining. When we looked at the time, we saw that it was past nine o'clock in the evening. Everyone was busy
Naturally, we didn’t bother to eat while ordering food. When the fat man came, he saw there was a restaurant at the entrance of the alley, so we had to go and have a meal before going home. So we packed up our things and left. We didn’t plan to take Uncle Ming with us.
He wanted to go, but Uncle Ming seemed reluctant to part with his few things and shamelessly insisted on following. Book Alliance