Antique Dealer

Chapter 152 Transformation
Hu Chengyou put down his cell phone. He was in a very bad mood at the moment. Seeing his grandson rushing over, his face darkened: "Do you know why I called you over?"

Hu Jue saw his grandfather's gloomy face as if it was going to rain, his heart was suspended, and he shook his head nervously: "I don't know."

Hu Chengyou said with a cold face: "Think about it again, let me remind you, two months ago, where did I ask you to go for identification?!"

Hu Jue clenched his fists nervously, because he was too nervous, his thoughts slowed down like a dilapidated old car, intermittently, he couldn't think of anything, until he noticed that Hu Chengyou's face was getting worse and worse, he was shocked and thought He got up: "I remembered, you didn't have time that day, so let me help an old man surnamed An appraise a piece of porcelain."

"What is your conclusion?"

"I..." Thinking of the scene at that time, Hu Jue began to sweat coldly on his forehead.

Hu Chengyou yelled loudly: "What is the second rule of our Hu family's family motto?!"

Hu Jue said, tongue-tied: "You must be honest and trustworthy!"

"Then did you do it?"

"No." Hu Jue said weakly.

"louder please!"

"no!"

"Tell me, what happened that day!" Hu Chengyou waved to his wife, signaling her not to come over.

Hu Jue swallowed: "I went to appraise that day, and I received a call from Mao Yunping on the way. He knew that I was going to appraise, and wanted to go with him. It happened not far away, so I took him with me. I see the pen holder. But the age cannot be determined. But Mao Yunping hinted to me at the time, and the old man himself was eager to know the value of the thing, so I said it casually when my mind got hot."

"Hey, your brain is hot!" Hu Chengyou sneered, "You are not hot-headed, but you have no sense of responsibility. Did you forget the first lesson I taught you?"

Hu Jue shook his head again and again: "No, tell me, in the antique business, you must pretend to understand!"

"Yo, I still know!" Hu Chengyou slapped the table violently: "And the things are still in Lao An's hands, it's not like you have no chance of redress, why didn't you tell me?"

Hu Juena didn't say anything, he couldn't tell his grandfather that he followed Mao Yunping to the casino that day, although he controlled himself and didn't place a bet, if his grandfather found out, he couldn't even imagine how angry his grandfather would be.It was also because he went to a casino for the first time in his life, and his mind was a little stimulated, so he forgot about the appraisal and went to Java.

Thinking about it now, grandpa was right, he was indeed quite irresponsible.

"Kneel down! Take off your shirt!"

With a plop, Hu Jue knelt down and took off his coat silently.

"Old man..."

"Don't talk!" Hu Chengyou waved to his wife, then took an iron ruler from the altar, and slammed it on Hu Jue's naked back.

The sound of the ruler hitting Hu Jue's back made the old lady not far away hear it in her ears and feel the pain in her heart. She wanted to go up and persuade her, but she knew her old man's temper. Pain is better than being out of sight and out of mind.

Hu Chengyou hit ten times hard before he stopped. Seeing the bright red marks on his grandson's back made him feel uncomfortable, but he still insisted on his point of view. The temporary pain now is better than going crooked in the future The road is strong.

"Are you convinced?"

"Convinced! I did something wrong!"

"Hmph! You still know how to keep quiet! Stand up, get dressed, and come with me!"

Hu Chengyou walked towards the door with his hands behind his back. As soon as he left, the old lady hurried to Hu Jue with the wound ointment: "Don't move, I'll give you some medicine, does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt... hiss!"

"He even said it didn't hurt, and it's all swollen! This old man doesn't know how to be gentle!"

"Don't blame grandpa, it's my fault. If I didn't understand and talk nonsense, I don't have a sense of responsibility, and what happened today would not happen."

"Hey, it's good that you can understand your grandpa's painstaking efforts. Also, remember in the future, you have to be careful when making friends. Like the person you mentioned, don't contact him in the future."

"Ok!"

After taking the medicine, Hu Jue immediately put on his clothes and went out. Seeing that his grandfather was expressionless, but he didn't say anything, he secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and quickly got into the car and set off.

Arriving at An Ruiman's house, Hu felt quite surprised when he realized that the appraiser was actually Fang Hao, who looked younger than him. Where did this person come from?

Hu Chengyou said to Hu Jue: "Apologize first!"

Hu Jue bowed and apologized to Mei Xiaohui, and sent a gift.

Mei Xiaohui quickly said: "You don't need to do this, young people, there will always be times when they make mistakes, and you will be a good guy if you know your mistakes and correct them!"

The attitude of the grandfather and grandson also made Fang Hao improve his impression of them.

Hu Chengyou took a pen holder and observed it carefully. This pen holder is undoubtedly very good. Based on this performance alone, it is only worth more than 1 yuan. Anyone who knows how to do it will sneer at it. Do not complain.

But he still has doubts about Fang Hao's belief that this pen holder is a work of the Chongzhen period. It seems that he should listen to Fang Hao's opinion.

Hu Chengyou put the pen holder back on the table, took out a small jade from his pocket and pushed it in front of Fang Liang: "Mr. Fang, a small gift is not a respect."

When Hu Jue saw his grandfather not only giving gifts, but also calling Fang Hao a teacher, he felt a little upset, but he couldn't help it if he was unhappy, who made his eyesight bad!

"To see what this man has to say!"

"Mr. Hu is polite." Fang Hao picked up the jade handle and looked at it. It was worth 2000 yuan.

In the antique business, if you want to ask others for advice, it is reasonable to prepare some small gifts. After all, other people’s experience may be obtained through hard work, or even a loss of eye contact. Why should I tell you for free? ?Moreover, this experience may save you some detours, maybe you can catch mistakes, or avoid drilling holes. Isn’t it normal to give some tuition fees?

As for the value of the gift for asking questions, it depends on the depth of the question and the relationship between you.

Others said, why not give money?Now that everyone has entered the circle of antiques, everyone is interested in culture, so naturally they should not be too vulgar. The gentle image of the antique crowd must be maintained in this industry. For example, the business between friends is called "cutting love" or " win love".

Seeing that Fang Hao had accepted the jade, Hu Chengyou relaxed a little. I'm afraid that if Fang Hao didn't accept the gift and didn't want to communicate, he would be quite embarrassing.

"Mr. Fang, you just said that this object was made during the Chongzhen period, but I think it should be more appropriate to rely on Kangxi according to its performance?"

Fang Hao said: "Mr. Hu, you must also know about Xiluci in the transitional period, right? With the performance of this pen holder, does it conform to the characteristics of this era?"

Hu Chengyou nodded: "You continue."

"As for why it is judged to be from the Chongzhen period instead of the Kangxi period, this is solved by its painting characteristics."

Fang Hao pointed to the pattern on the pen holder and explained: "First of all, the subject of scribes pointing to the sun, 'referring to the sun' means 'the same day'. There is a saying in "Han Yu Sending Liu Shifu Poems": "Although it is short to return home, it is short to refer to the sun." "Pro-Morning Meal" refers to Rigaosheng, which means that he will be promoted soon, implying auspiciousness. Zhirigaosheng is very typical in late Ming utensils, and this kind of picture is almost absent after the middle and late Kangxi period.

The suns on the porcelains of the transitional period were often painted, especially in the Chongzhen and Shunzhi periods, there was a vague space between the painting and the outline, while the suns in the middle and late Kangxi wares were mostly only outlines, and rarely painted.

Second, the most important function of the cloud pattern on the porcelain in the transition period is to connect the two ends of a picture in the serial drawing of the circular ware, so that the picture disappears in the cloud wonderland, thus making the picture coherent in structure.

In the middle and late Kangxi period, this function was gradually replaced by travertine plantain patterns, which used entities instead of clouds to distinguish the primary and secondary structures of the paintings, making the conception of the middle and late Kangxi utensil paintings more realistic, but less elegant. "

Hu Chengyou listened carefully to what Fang Hao said, and expressed his approval.

Fang Hao said: "Let's talk about the painting style again. The blue and white painting style of this vessel is elegant and the colors are light and elegant. Especially at this time, the stories of various characters drawn based on prints are the most representative, which is different from the majestic and majestic style of the Kangxi Dynasty. It is more delicate and graceful, showing a different kind of fresh beauty... Besides, the fetal glaze... So overall, I think it is a work of the Chongzhen period."

"Clap clap..."

Hu Chengyou applauded: "It is reasonable and well-founded, I admire it!"

Hu Jue looked at Fang Hao with complicated eyes. He never expected that Fang Hao could speak in such detail, and every point was right on point. He has a very in-depth understanding of the characteristics of porcelain in the period, and Hu Jue feels that he must not be able to do it now.

So, will Fang Hao specialize in the study of porcelain from these two periods, while not doing deep research on other periods?Hu Jue thinks that this possibility is unlikely. A dynasty’s porcelain is a whole. If we only study one period, we may ignore some problems, which is not conducive to research, at least his learning method is like this.

Therefore, he infers that Fang Hao's insights on Ming and Qing porcelains are probably not shallower than his grandfather's.But his grandfather is so old, and the time to learn porcelain appraisal is older than Fang Hao's. Could it be that Fang Hao started to learn antique appraisal in his mother's womb?

Thinking that he is now a little famous in the antique circle in Xijing, many people praised him as a genius, now he feels very ashamed, with his performance on this pen holder, can he be called a genius?
After that, Hu Chengyou noticed the two pieces of porcelain that Fang Hao had selected. Fang Hao just said a few words, but these few words confirmed Hu Jue's idea. Fang Hao's research on porcelain was already comparable to his Grandpa on par again!
"Perhaps this is the difference between people!"

In less than half an hour, Hu Jue Fang Hao's feelings changed from disbelief to admiration.

(End of this chapter)