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"This house was the marriage house of my great-grandfather and great-grandmother back then. No matter how bad the family was, I never thought of selling this house. www.geiliwx.com I didn't even have the idea of ​​renting it out. Yes, I just never thought that today, I would think of selling the furniture in this house. This cabinet was used by my great-grandmother back then. It was a wedding gift from my great-grandfather. My great-grandmother liked this cabinet very much. I'm not very interested in planting black furniture. It's not a day or two that I want to get rid of it. When you suggested it, the first thing that came to my mind was it. Although I don't know where it came from, but look at the above. The pattern must have a lot to do with your motherland, right? I think you should like this cabinet very much."

Diana stood at the door, leaning against the door frame and said. When she spoke, there was a wry smile on the corner of her mouth. Presumably what she said was not necessarily the truth.

But whether what she said is true or not, Jin Muchen doesn't care, his attention has been attracted by the Wanli cabinet of red sandalwood in front of him.

Red sandalwood is a cherished wood in the first place. Furniture made of this wood, no matter whether it is an antique or a modern product, is now any one. It will cost millions of dollars just by the material itself. The size of the object itself.

To think of such a large cabinet, the red sandalwood material all over the body alone, even if it is a modern product, would cost more than 10 million yuan.

What's more, this is an antique. The dark light emanating from this cabinet has almost blinded Jin Muchen now. Just by the light, Jin Muchen concluded that this cabinet is a rare good thing.

In the history of ancient China, there have been several collection crazes. The first time was in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the second time was in the late Ming Dynasty. It was also the nationwide collection craze during the late Ming Dynasty, which led to the Wanli cabinet. appearance.

It is said that the Wanli cabinet is because. Ming Shenzong is a type of furniture specially produced by Emperor Wanli who liked to collect and appreciate antiques.

Later, what is good and what is good must be followed, and this kind of furniture began to become popular among the princes and nobles of the Ming Dynasty. It became a very popular cabinet for storing antiques and valuables at that time.

However, the name "Wanli Cabinet" came to be called Kailai, not during the Wanli period, but in the late Qing Dynasty, when the descendants who also liked to collect them summed up the name and spread it.

Wanli cabinet actually belongs to. One of the various styles of bright lattice cabinets, its style is relatively fixed, the top is a layer of bright lattice, the middle is the cabinet, the cabinet has no legs, and there is another short table under the cabinet to support it.

The upper bright grid has a back panel, and the transparent place on the upper layer is for displaying antiques. It can be placed in a study or a hall, so even in the Qing Dynasty, it was a very popular elegant accessory for scholars and writers.

It's just that the Wanli cabinets in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty were mostly made of huanghuali, and the color was mostly brownish-yellow, but like this one, a lot of red sandalwood was used as the material, and the cabinets were also engraved with various Cabinets with patterns are rare.

At least in the historical records of the Ming Dynasty, it does not exist.

And there are records about this style of cabinets. It was in the Qing Dynasty, and it was related to the emperor Qianlong who liked to collect.

This Wanli cabinet, according to the size of the container, can definitely be described as magnificent.

Made of selected red sandalwood aniseed. The top and back of the cabinet are covered with gray, the shape is even and stable, and the proportions are well-proportioned.

The front is flat, and the side hills are filled with drums. There are latch rods and cabinet chambers, and the door panels and side mountain panels are slotted and fitted with horizontal straps to prevent cracking and deformation.

A cage is installed in the middle of the vertical cabinet, there are two drawers, a tooth plate is installed between the feet, and copper boots are worn at the ends of the feet.

In addition, the copper pages and tags of this cabinet are very particular, with elegant shapes and exquisite chisel patterns, which are not only rich in decorative effect, but also have a strong contrast with the color of the red sandalwood cabinet, which can dilute the dull feeling of large furniture.

And what makes Jin Muchen most captivating about this cabinet is the shape of the cabinet, the eight cabinet doors and the high relief on the floor of the cabinet.

These embossed craftsmanship is very clear and skillful, and the layout is simple, orderly and reasonable, and as a whole gives people a shocking force of magnanimity and majesty.

Moreover, the technique of "shoveling the ground" in high relief is also used, which is a unique technique of the "big inner red sandalwood work" in the Qing Dynasty.

To be more specific, it is to flatten all the foundations other than the pattern, so that the pattern is prominent and the three-dimensional sense is strong. Compared with the "ground-up" relief method of general hardwood furniture, the same pattern, "shovel-ground" relief requires many times of man-hours.

Moreover, the foundation of these reliefs is as flat as a mirror. This technique is definitely not something that ordinary craftsmen can do.

The eight door panels and the vertical walls of the two cabinets have high-relief five-clawed cloud dragons, either bowing their heads or peeking down, the dragon's body is tossing and turning, its aura is high, the dragon's claws are stretched, and it is vigorous and powerful. .

The dragon head is full, the horns are raised, the beard and hair are flying, the body is gentle, the scales are obedient, and the dragon claws are open. They are all carefully depicted. Each cloud and dragon pattern is independent and echoes each other. The double dragon heads of each cabinet door are slightly higher than the door frame. The body remains the same and becomes the trend of looking forward to it. There are nine dragons in total.

In addition to the nine dragons, the European classic "passion flower" pattern is also used as the main carving pattern, which twists and turns with the dragon-shaped branches. The lotus pattern was very popular during the Qianlong period.

The cabinet in front of him made Jin Muchen look fascinated, not to mention the red sandalwood material used in this cabinet, the carving on this cabinet alone made Jin Muchen unable to extricate himself, and only looked at it for a while. , Jin Muchen had already made a decision in his heart, he was going to decide on this cabinet.

If I remember correctly, this cabinet should have been specially made by Emperor Qianlong in the summer of 1775.

He even wrote a poem "Passiflora Fu" on the inside of the cabinet door to express his love for the passion flower pattern. These are clearly recorded in the Qing Dynasty court records.

He opened the cabinet door and checked it carefully, and sure enough, behind the door of Mou Yishan, he saw the song "Passiflora Ode": Kao Huapu is a kind of lotus, and it is not a water plant and its name is lotus. The Buddhist scriptures are found in China, who is called Xifan...

That's right, this must be the cabinet. I really didn't expect to see him here today.

After Qianlong's hiccups that year, his unworthy descendant Jiaqing, in order to erase the influence of the Supreme Emperor in the court, moved many of Qianlong's favorite things into the Yuanmingyuan, including Qianlong's favorite cabinet.

When Qianlong was alive, this cabinet was placed in his imperial study, where some treasures and antiques that he loved were specially kept. When he had leisure time, he would open the cabinet and take out the treasures inside to watch and play with them.

Unexpectedly, it later became a decoration in the Yuanmingyuan.

Later, this excellent product combining Chinese and Western styles disappeared after the Anglo-French Allied Forces sacked the Yuanmingyuan Garden. I didn't expect it to be re-appeared in front of me today. This is really not an ordinary fate!

Jin Muchen looked at the Qianlong imperial inscription on the cabinet door, and finally closed the cabinet door reluctantly, but just before closing the cabinet door, he saw only a red light flashing under a muzzle plate under the cabinet, followed by a yellow light There was a flash of light, and then there was another flash of purple light.

This continuous flickering of jewels shocked Jin Muchen. Outsiders may not be able to see the jewels here, but these jewels were hidden from Jin Muchen's eyes.

He turned around and glanced at Diana, who was looking out of the window absent-mindedly at this time, so he reached out and tapped the place where the jewels flashed quietly. There might be some treasures hidden inside, and Diana obviously didn't know about this situation.

This reminded him of the Jesse he had taken away before. When Owens won the gold medal, the gold medal was hidden in a hidden compartment in the gramophone. If it weren't for the golden light that flashed from the gold medal, I would have missed that treasure.

And this time, the situation is basically the same.

He didn't rush to open the hidden compartment, but closed the cabinet door, then took out a tape measure and started to measure the size of the red sandalwood Wanli cabinet.

This cabinet is about 1.8 meters in width and 3.25 meters in height. This Nima is really amazing. Such a large red sandalwood cabinet has so many exquisite carvings, not to mention the royal objects. Identity, just this material, this carver, this special must be tens of millions!

If you count his status as Qianlong's **, if this cabinet is brought back to China, it will be worth at least 100 million yuan.

It's a pity that such a fine Chinese antique cabinet is actually used by this foreign devil as a wardrobe and luggage cabinet. It's a waste of money!

Jin Muchen took a deep breath, calmed down his mood, then turned to Diana and said ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Diana is a first-class antique Chinese wardrobe. The materials, carvings, and maintenance are very good , I'm going to take it. "

"Okay, how much do you plan to pay?"

Diana's straightforwardness surprised Jin Muchen, but he quickly adjusted his mood and tentatively gave an offer.

"Five million...dollars..."

"No, at least eight million dollars."

Although this little girl doesn't know the origin of this thing, it is still quite cruel to ask for a starting price. Jin Muchen rolled her eyes, but although the asking price is very high, this asking price also shows that she is still two hundred and fifty. I don't know the origins, and I don't know the market. (To be continued.)

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