Jianbao life

Chapter 438 The Disassembled Bogu Cabinet
Back to business, Li Heng walked from the porcelain side to the wooden furniture side to look.

Li Heng walked to a cabinet and took a few glances.

Judging by Li Heng's ability now, it is almost unnecessary to use the perspective eye and the god stone to see that the things on the cabinet are real, most of them are porcelain from the Qing Dynasty, as before There are also a few porcelains with vermilion patterns that I have seen, and they are arranged very neatly on them.

"The boss is interested in this cabinet? Do you know what kind of cabinet it is?"

Seeing Li Heng standing in front of the cabinet for a while, old man Qian asked him.

Li Heng rubbed his chin, looked up and down this very special cabinet and said, "This is a black lacquer and gold cabinet from the Qing Dynasty, right? Or it's a Bogu cabinet."

The so-called Bogu cabinet has both the functions of display and collection.

The whole body is lacquered in black, and the pattern on the upper frame depicts the Eight Immortals in gold. It looks very resplendent. The second gate is mainly decorated with Bogu patterns. On the cabinet, one light and one dark add charm.

The design of this kind of cabinet is very classic, and the shape is also a cabinet that can be seen normally. The height and proportion are quite moderate, and it is suitable for placing in the study room and elegant house. Exquisite and unusual, it should be a good product for the treasure display of the Qing Dynasty.

In the Qing Dynasty, they often had a habit of making cabinets in pairs, even if they were not in pairs, the accessories had to be matched.

I have seen black lacquer and gold screens before, and black lacquer and gold lunch boxes... With one thing, basically everything in the house is a complete set.

Li Heng looked left and right, but he didn't find a pair of cabinets that could match this black lacquer and gold cabinet.

This old money man was able to collect so many collections, and after looking at them one by one, he didn't see any problems.Even if there are real things, they are just old imitations.

The more Li Heng looked at it, the more he couldn't help but marvel at the old money man's eyesight.

Many people have been in the antique circle for so many years, paying tuition with their eyes open, and it is common for them to regard the fake as real and the real as fake.

As the owner of the nest with a rich collection, Lao Qiantou can own a considerable number of collections, which is very rare.

"Boss, that's the only cabinet." Knowing what Li Heng was looking for, the old money man explained, "This cabinet was a pair when I received it, but because I didn't have much money, I had to take it away. One piece, if it can be completed as a set, it can be sold for 500 million yuan!"

After finishing speaking, there was a trace of regret on the old money's face.

Li Heng nodded.

Indeed, as the saying goes, good things come in pairs, and in the antique collection circle, they also pay attention to pairing.

According to normal cognition, the value of a pair of antiques is often more than twice or even more than the price of a single piece. If a pair of collections are taken apart, the value will be greatly reduced.If it can be made into a pair, the value will be greatly improved.

Once this thing is separated, it is very difficult to get it together.In addition to antiques, such as coins, stamps and the like are more particular about collecting in sets. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to split them up or sell them.

Basically, it's something that can't be met, or it's just a coincidence.The silk map in Li Heng's hand is like this, and he only gets so many by chance and coincidence.

But it seems that it is useless for him to come to this cabinet, this black paint with gold is very special.

Regarding black lacquer and gold painting, there are few descriptions of this craft in historical records. Some appeared in the Qing Dynasty, but it is the same as the appearance of county flowers. It only appeared for decades, and then gradually Declines and eventually disappears.

In fact, black lacquer gold painting is not all traced with a pen, but with wood as the bone, several layers of black lacquer are applied, and a special glue is applied on the surface of the black lacquer after the completion of the process. Sprinkle gold powder, also use a brush to finish the gold line, and then apply a layer of transparent paint.

Li Heng then turned his gaze to another dowry that was also black lacquer and gold.

This looks like it should be matched with the Bogu cabinet over there.It looks like a lunch box from the outside, much larger than a modern makeup box, but the balls on it are very delicate and beautiful.

Li Heng stretched out his hand and carefully opened the dowry, and found that there was a mortise on the mirror frame of the dowry that was inserted into the vertical wall of the mirror box with a wooden shaft.

This dowry is a utensil used by the ancients to hold toiletry items. It was first produced and popular in the Warring States period, and lasted until the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has a very long history, and the original shape of the modern dressing table comes from it.

Dowry was originally something that only the nobles could enjoy, but it had to wait until the Tang and Song Dynasties to really enter the homes of ordinary people. People paid more attention to the practicability of the utensils while chasing the exquisite utensils, which made the once prosperous Han style suitable for living on the ground. Lacquer dowry has gradually evolved into a multi-layered dowry suitable for sitting on one's feet.

Then with the great development of Ming-style furniture, dowry eventually evolved into modern large dressing tables and portable cosmetic bags.

"Boss, you can open it and have a look, there is something inside too!" The old money man looked behind and said another sentence.

(End of this chapter)