Jianbao life

Chapter 31
"Zhong Liang, this item of yours is really rare." The three old men said enviously.

Zhong Liang cupped his hands again and said, "Thank you three seniors for your compliments!"

Zhong Liang's string of beads was undoubtedly genuine. After being appraised one by one by those present, no problems were found.I have even more admiration for Zhong Liang, an ordinary jade merchant who is not from a regular family.

The antique circle has always believed in this saying: "Gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times."

In the antique circle, it is not that the older the treasure, the more valuable it is.

This has to be seen in combination with the historical background at that time. It often has two characteristics. One is the sense of vicissitudes of history, which are often the best witnesses to history during times of war; Antiques with both are rare.

Li Heng watched as Zhong Liang put away the string of court beads and walked slowly back to his seat.

With Zhong Liang's string of court beads, those who have not yet revealed their treasures are afraid to reveal their treasures.

They were afraid that this kid, Li Heng, would suddenly speak shockingly.

First, the Dong Qichang calligraphy and painting he brought was regarded by Wang Yuan as a replica of a coffin at first, and then it was pointed out that there was a copy of the Xuan Xuan, which revealed the fake layer of the Xuan Xuan. The authenticity of crossing the sea with a leather cover!

Then came the Yue kiln celadon flower bowl brought by Wang's father and son. Everyone almost doubled their eyes and concluded that it was genuine, but they didn't expect that a little bit of inconspicuous repair traces would reveal that it was half a splicing of real and fake in ancient times. "Fake".

Just ask, who would dare to continue to produce their own baby.

In front of these three prestigious and highly respected appreciators, did you lose your eye and get slapped in the face?
With the lessons learned from Wang Tianhai and his son.

Well, no one can afford to lose this person!
The three old men are human spirits after all, and it can be seen that the rest of them are unwilling to produce more treasures.

That being the case, then this treasure appraisal meeting will be finished, and this will almost become Li Heng's one-man show. After all, even the three old men can't see those subtle traces.

Right now, his appreciation for Li Heng is one step closer!
Ye Hai took out a sandalwood box by himself, and said, "As for today's treasure appraisal meeting, let's end with my old man's objects."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not that everyone doesn't understand the implication of Ye Hai's words.

After reading Lao Ye's objects, this year's treasure appraisal meeting is over.

But what needs to be identified is not the sandalwood box, but a pair of objects in the box: two walnuts.

"Walnuts?" Liu Hu was expecting what Ye Hai could bring out, but he was a bit disappointed when he saw that they were ordinary walnuts, "Old Ye, are you... bringing two walnuts?"

Lin Weiya herself was also a little surprised.

Although Wenwan walnuts are not very valuable toy objects, it takes a lot of effort to collect a pair of Wenwan walnuts with similar textures, the same size, and almost the same weight.

This cannot be compared with those porcelain, jade, calligraphy and painting!
Everyone present was puzzled as to why Ye Lao would take out such a pair of walnuts.

Long Huaishan saw everyone's doubts, he stroked his mustache and said: "I think everyone is used to seeing porcelain, jade, calligraphy and painting treasures that are either expensive or worthless, but this article plays with walnuts. It seems that it has nothing to do with antique collection. In fact, it can be regarded as an antique, but its value and collection popularity are not as good as those of porcelain, jade, calligraphy and painting."

Everyone understood Long Huaishan's explanation.

Indeed, the circle of antiques is indeed not limited to these things.

Although Wenwan walnut is not the mainstream of antiques such as porcelain, jade, calligraphy and painting.But the category of miscellaneous items is rich and colorful, with the most peculiar shapes, the most exquisite craftsmanship, and infinite charm for viewing.

The essence of miscellaneous lies in the word "miscellaneous".Like the four treasures of the study, furniture, jade wares that can be used for hands-on play, embroidery, purple sand pots, etc. are all miscellaneous items.And it is also similar to the general category, such as colored porcelain decoration, jade carving technology, etc. are closely related.

Everyone left their seats and gathered around the Eight Immortals table.

The pair of Wenwan walnuts brought out by Ye Lao look a little special.

What makes it special is that the top of the walnut is not like an ordinary Wenwan walnut.This pair of walnuts is carved with a dragon and a phoenix respectively with auspicious cloud patterns. The overall carving is the most meticulous. On the basis of not destroying the original texture, the nuclear carving technique is skillfully used according to the shape, making the dragons and phoenixes dancing on the top. lifelike.

Liu Hu didn't touch the walnuts, but he looked puzzled: "Is there a difference between real and fake walnuts? Don't be jade walnuts, glazed walnuts, right?"

Ye Hai looked at Liu Hu with some dissatisfaction and said, "This is the walnut that grows on the tree. It's a fake walnut. And there's no difference between real and fake."

"There is no distinction between authenticity and falsehood, so what else do you use for identification, Mr. Ye?"

Liu Hu's stupid appearance made everyone laugh.

"It's just an ordinary walnut, which is valuable for collection?" Liu Hu said indifferently, "What else can it be used for besides eating it?"

Ye Hai shook his head slightly, and denied Liu Hu's words: "The value of walnuts lies in collecting and playing with them. Generally, anyone who has been in the antique circle knows it!"

Lin Weiya sneered from the side, with a slight disdain in her tone: "It's a pity that you have been in the antique circle, and I know that the walnuts in Wenwan are not for eating."

Some people behind heard this and snickered a few times.

Liu Hu just kept silent and never spoke again.

He looked at the pair of walnuts, no matter how they looked, they were all ordinary walnuts!

Ye Hai glanced around and said, "What do you all think? Just say it, don't worry about other things."

Li Zikui, who was silent for a long time, said: "From the shape, it is huge and thick, the pile is short and thick, and the water dragon pattern is deep but not rigid. It is a good thing worth collecting and playing, but the value will not be very high."

Li Heng said from the side: "Why is it not worth much? Ye Lao's walnut is also a treasure no matter how you look at it."

Lin Weiya poked Li Heng and said in a low voice, "Stop boasting about Haikou, this Wen Wan Walnut is the same as what Li Zikui said, they are all worthless items!"

Lin Weiya also sells these Wenwan walnuts in her own store, but the ones in Ye Lao's hands are similar, and they only cost a few thousand dollars, so they can't be called treasures!
"What do you want to say? This Wenwan walnut is also something that everyone can afford to play with in the current circle." Li Zikui looked at him with some difficulty.

Li Zikui still didn't believe that Li Heng was so capable, what else could he say.

"We all know Wenwan walnuts, but what else do you, a layman, know?"

(End of this chapter)