Antique Dealer

Chapter 38 The Story of a Blue and White Pot

Fang Hao talked about his own understanding of the tea ceremony, although it was just a taste, but it also impressed Jiang Mingrui and the others. At such an age, it is quite rare to have such insights on the tea ceremony.

At the same time, Jiang Mingrui was even more impressed with Fang Hao, thinking that even if Fang Hao was not born in a scholarly family, he should have a very powerful teacher.Of course, it is definitely not enough to have a teacher alone, and Fang Hao must have enough talent. Judging from these two encounters, he thinks Fang Hao should be a genius.

After drinking tea, everyone began to chat about business.

The collections that Di Siqi wanted to sell were all placed in his study, including three pieces of jade, two pieces of porcelain, and a painting.

"Don't you still have this pot?" Jiang Mingrui pointed to a purple sand stone pot on the table.

The Stone Ladle Pot Style is composed of four obtuse triangles, which alternate between virtual and real.The shape is simple, and the body of the pot has a large decorative surface that can be used for calligraphy and engraving. It is a classic shape among Mansheng pots.

The reason why it is called "Shipiao" is due to the allusion that Zhou Rong in the Northern Song Dynasty gave a stone pot to Su Shi.

Zhou Rong and Su Shi had different political opinions. It is recorded in history that Zhou Rong was single-handedly promoted by Su Shi, but when he spoke to the court, he publicly expressed his support for Wang Anshi, who was Su Shi's political enemy at the time.

This is undoubtedly a knife to Su Shi in the back, and the officials of the court were very shocked after hearing this, so Su Shi's relegation is also related to Zhou Rong.

Later, in order to ease the relationship with Su Shi, Zhou Rong found someone to imitate Su Shi's Liangliang pot, and after modification and improvement, he carefully made a plum blossom stone pot, and personally gave it to Su Shi.And Su Shi not only accepted the pot, but also wrote a poem, which fully reflects Su Shi's tolerance and mind.

Closer to home, Di Siqi saw Jiang Mingrui pointing at his beloved purple sand pot, and glared at him: "You want it, yes, that's fine, how about taking your Huang Yurui animal pendant in exchange?"

Jiang Mingrui touched his nose and smiled.

Di Siqi snorted, looked at his other collections, and said with emotion: "Don't look at it, there are only five collections, but I have spent a lot of effort to get them. Now I want to change hands, I really feel a little bit dissatisfied." Abandon."

Jiang Mingrui said, "Then you can keep it yourself."

Di Siqi shook his head: "I don't even know when I will return to China. It's meaningless to keep them. As for taking them abroad, I can do it, but if the treasures left by our ancestors are cheaper for foreigners in the future, then It was my fault."

Jiang Mingrui looked at the jug on the table, saw Di Siqi's eyes were murderous, and swallowed the words again.

Di Siqi said again: "Okay, don't waste everyone's time, Fang Hao is here for the first time, these five things, you two share one point."

Fang Hao didn't expect Di Siqi to say that, so he looked at Jiang Mingrui.

Jiang Mingrui smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, you can choose whatever you want."

Although he only took a few glances, Fang Hao could already see the fineness of these collections. They are all high-quality goods with the door open. He said with a smile: "I don't have so much money to choose randomly."

"Then which ones do you like?"

"I think that blue and white jar is pretty good." Knowing that Jiang Mingrui likes jade and stone wares, Fang Hao chose one of the two porcelain wares.

Di Siqi laughed immediately: "Fang Hao's eyesight is better, don't look at this blue and white pot is repaired, but it is a masterpiece of Chenghua blue and white porcelain, and it was a coincidence that I took it down. !"

Fang Hao carefully appreciated that this blue and white jar was really outstanding, the glaze was white and slightly blue, the body was fine, the blue and white were light and soft in color, elegant and pleasant, it was a typical equal blue material in the mid-Ming Dynasty.The decoration adopts the drawing technique of double-line outline and color filling. The painting is regular, the strokes are beautiful, the density is regular, the lines are beautiful and natural, giving people a fresh and pleasing, elegant and refined feeling.

It's a pity that the rim of the jar was seriously damaged. Although it has been carefully repaired, it can still be seen if you look carefully.

However, although this blue and white pot is good, since it is a high-quality product of Chenghua, even if it is a restoration device, the price should not be much cheaper. He doubts whether he can afford it.

After Fang Hao finished watching this piece of porcelain, Di Siqi went on to say: "If you want, I can sell it to you for 100 million, but you must promise me one thing, that it cannot be transferred within three years.

And if someone comes to your door, saying that his surname is Hu, his master's surname is Zeng, and he brings a jade pendant with a carved horse, if he wants to buy this piece of porcelain, you must agree to sell it to him. As for the price, you can look at it. However, it cannot exceed 300 million at most. "

Hearing such a strange condition, Jiang Mingrui asked curiously, "Is there any story here?"

Di Siqi said: "How should I put it, it's a regret caused by a misunderstanding."

Master Zeng is an old antique player in Jinmen. In the early 90s, he entered the antique business because of his livelihood. Because of his good eyesight, he made a lot of money. He was also well-known in the antique circle of Jinmen.

Xiao Hu's father is an antique enthusiast, and Xiao Hu learned a lot of antique knowledge from his father. After being introduced by someone, he worshiped Master Zeng as his teacher.

One day in the summer of 07, the two of them went to an antique market in Shudu, and walked into a modest antique shop to look at the goods.

This store is a bit special. Although the items in the store are all high-end goods, they are all genuine products, which shows that the owner is also an expert.

In fact, people who often sell goods know that in general, the real treasures in antique shops are not placed on shelves, either in cabinets or at home. Or be stolen.

Therefore, if you want to buy really good things in an antique shop, you have to talk to the owner of the shop more and make friends, so that people can bring out the good things.

Similarly, the owners of antique shops are also "watching people order dishes". They will pay great attention to observe what kind of role the visitor is, whether they are knowledgeable or not, whether they are masters, veterans or novices.

As soon as Master Zeng and his two entered the store, the store owner knew they were experts. If such customers showed interest in buying and selling, the store owner must not neglect them.

Therefore, during the conversation between the two parties, the store owner said that he had several boutiques at home and asked them if they were interested in taking a look.

After listening to the boss's introduction, Master Zeng and Xiao Hu regained their energy immediately, so they followed the boss to their house.

At the boss's house, the two saw a blue and white pot that was missing meat. They pretended not to notice it at first, but they didn't get it until the end, and found that it should be a fine product of Chenghua official kiln.

Later, the two bought this Chenghua blue and white pot for 26 yuan as they wished, and then sold it to a collector for [-] yuan. During the transaction, Xiao Hu participated in the whole process alone.

However, it didn't take long for Master Zeng to learn from others that Xiao Hu's selling price was much higher than 26 yuan, and that the collector sold it for more than 50 yuan.

Master Zeng found it difficult to accept, so he went to Xiao Hu to question him. During the process, the smell of gunpowder was too strong, and the two had a big quarrel. After that, Xiao Hu left Master Zeng and Jinmen.

(End of this chapter)