Jianbao life

Chapter 310

Generally speaking, this is the way to open an antique shop. Some handicrafts or replicas are placed outside, and the real good things are hidden. Only when you meet someone who really knows the goods will you be invited into the back room to look at them.

But how many people can recognize goods and appraise treasures?
Even experts, let alone ordinary collectors like them, will have their eyes peeled sometimes.

You can see from the outside that they are all replicas and fakes, but when you come here, if you see them wrong, you will still lose money if you buy them back.

This time Li Heng took the jade seal of the He clan.

There are eight characters written on it: "Ordered by heaven, long life and eternal prosperity". Anyone who has some knowledge of history, or who is familiar with unofficial history, knows that these eight characters were once written on the Heshi jade seal in history. The first emperor of the ages, Qin Shihuang.

There are two speculations about this Heshibi jade seal. One is that after the death of Qin Shihuang, Prime Minister Zhao Gao used Heshibi to usurp power. It went through the Han Dynasty, Northern Zhou Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, and Tang Dynasty until the Jin Dynasty broke Bianliang before it was completely unknown.

The second is that it was buried in the tomb of Qin Shihuang as a funerary object, and it was not passed down to later generations as a jade seal for passing on the country.

No matter which theory is used, the He family's jade seal only has four words, "whereabouts unknown".

Li Heng glanced at it, put it down without interest, and went to another jade bi.

This is Hetian red jade dragon pattern big jade bi.

It seems that it should be something that appeared in the Zhanhan period. Many people don’t understand the so-called Zhanhan period. They know a little about the 5000-year history of China, Xia, Shang, Zhou and Qin... But few people can know Zhanhan What is the period of the dynasty.

The Warring Han Period refers to the period from the Warring States Period to the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The hollowed-out wall with carved patterns on it is based on chi tiger, dragon and phoenix. The dragon body is mostly curved and crawling, complementing the grain pattern and cattail pattern. The dragon patterns are all carved. I have seen dragons from other periods bigger and more lively and flexible. Chihu's head and mouth are even and sharp, which looks lifelike.
Combining composition, shape, pattern, relief, openwork and line carving techniques in one, this is a feature that this kind of jade carving does not have in other periods.

Since the emergence of jade, each period has the characteristics of the era of jade carving skills at that time, the difference lies in the texture, or shape, or the type of jade, etc.

From the themes to the patterns above, they are all the unique artistic styles of jade carving techniques in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

It seems to be a good gift for displaying at home.

"How much is this?" Li Heng asked.

"30!" Jin Jiayou said without hesitation.

Li Heng clicked his tongue.

This... jade from the Warring Han Dynasty, let alone other things, just the carving and workmanship, if it was really unearthed from the Warring Han Dynasty, the market price would be tens of millions, right?
That is, a new object, although it is very good from carving to appearance, but the price of 30 is too high.

"Can it be cheaper?" Li Heng asked.

"Don't bargain. If you want a bargain, that mutton-fat jade birthday star statue over there only costs [-]." Jin Jiayou said, pointing to the birthday star statue on the shelf next to him.

Li Heng glanced at it, and immediately put away the look on his face.

This mutton fat jade looks very transparent and beautiful. It can be seen that it is a high-quality mutton fat jade. Holding a walking stick with a dragon head, a gourd hanging on the stick, and a fairy peach in one hand, it looks festive.

"Boss, don't fool me, this is not an old thing." Li Heng turned around and said.

Jin Jiayou clicked his tongue immediately.

He looked at Li Heng in disbelief.

The mutton fat jade was custom-made by him, and there are several pieces for this similar theme alone.It took nearly 3000 yuan to design and manufacture each piece, and four pieces have been sold so far.

Many guests with good eyesight fell on it, and this kid just took a look and said it was a new item.

Just glanced at it, didn't even touch it!

"Hahaha, Lao Jin, you've finally been deflated." The old man who had been sitting there without speaking suddenly laughed.

"Zhao Mengjin, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as dumb." Jin Jiayou glared at the old man, then turned to look at Li Heng and asked, "How do you know that this thing of mine is a new one?"

Li Heng raised his eyebrows and looked at Jin Jiayou and said, "Whether it is in terms of appearance or workmanship, this piece is indeed a good treasure. But boss, did you do some old-fashioned treatment? You deliberately made some flaws, so that no one will Thought this was a new item."

Jin Jiayou didn't speak, but the old man named Lao Long behind him nodded repeatedly.

According to the direction of human thinking, the more perfect an antique is, the more suspicious it is, so many fakes will be old and broken.

China's love for jade has been the same since ancient times. Once there are flaws on the jade, the value will decrease, or even less than half of the original price.

But this Jin Jiayou is very shrewd.

Others were eager to sell jade with flaws and cracks at a low price, but he did the opposite. He took the flaws and cracks and added some distressing treatment, making this piece of mutton-fat jade look like it has experienced hundreds or even thousands of years. Years of years.

"Little brother, you have a good eye. How did you see it?" Zhao Mengjin from behind smiled gently, "This old gold has been sold for several dollars, and many top figures have not seen it. Do you want to reveal it to me?"

Li Heng looked at Zhao Mengjin, then at Jin Jiayou, hesitant: "This..."

"Yeah, why don't you tell me? I'm also very curious." Jin Jiayou was also very curious about how Li Heng figured it out. Did he have a problem with the production process?
He himself relies on this line of work for a living, and now it must be because something went wrong during the production, which was noticed by this young man, and Li Heng is so young, so he naturally doesn't think Li Heng is amazing.

"Hehe, I know someone who bought a white jade Maitreya Buddha. It cost 600 million yuan. It was also processed specially." Li Heng smiled, "So, your thing is still rough compared to that one. point."

Jin Jiayou froze for a moment, then secretly smiled.

I wonder how powerful this little doll is, so I have seen such a similar thing, no wonder it can be seen at a glance.

"Since you can tell, then I won't say anything else. You can choose the items here, and tell me what you like. The price is easy to negotiate!" Jin Jiayou said confidently.

"Come on, I really like this big Hetian red jade with dragon patterns in my hand, what do you think?" Li Heng asked, "I think this imitation is pretty good, I think it's only around [-] yuan, You just doubled it six times."

(End of this chapter)