Chapter 177

Zhao Qirui waved the dust in front of him and said, "it doesn't matter, but Lao Chen, you have to clean it up, or how can we get off?" Then he pointed to the layer of dust on the floor of the room.

Chen quickly nodded and said, "yes! Yes! I'll ask my husband to come and pick it up. " With that, he ran to shout.

After a while, Lao Chen and his family rushed over with brooms, mops and rags. It is estimated that old Chen has already told others that chuchen is here to buy antiques, so the expressions on their faces are undoubtedly a little relaxed, and they look at chuchen with some hope.

Although Chu Chen and others felt a little pitiful and compassionate about their appearance, they immediately reflected that they were pitiful, but what was more pitiful was that the four innocent passers-by and their relatives and friends, and three of them lost their lives. The pain of their families can be imagined.

The old Chen family suffered from the family's money and the worry that their family would go to jail. The pain of those families was the departure of their relatives, and they left in this way. Who is more pitiful on both sides can be seen at a glance.

No longer think about it, the room was not big. With the cleaning of Lao Chen and his family, the room was soon clean, so Lao Chen quickly welcomed everyone in.

Chu Chen looked around. Although he had cleaned the room, it was still a bit messy. Some furniture and pots and pans were piled up in a mess, and the light was dim, so he couldn't see what was valuable for a moment.

Seeing this, old Chen said with a smile: "this I think it's a pity that there were some things handed down from my ancestors here before. So some things that were not used in my family were put here when I was cleaning the year before last. "

Zhao Qirui shook his head and said, "Mr. Chen, you have to find something for us. Do you want us to turn it over one by one?"

Lao Chen waved his hand and said, "no, no, I remember where all those things are. I'll find them for you right away."

Then he ran to a corner, pulled out a chair, put it in front of them, and said, "there's another one over there. It's very heavy. According to my father, it's made of red sandalwood. I don't know if it is."

After listening to what Chen said, Chu Chen and Zhao Qirui quickly gathered together and saw a chair in front of them.

Taishi chair is the only chair named after official position in ancient furniture. It is called "Taishi chair" in the north and "sitting alone" in the south of the Yangtze River. It was first used in the Song Dynasty, the original form is similar to the chair chair. Taishi chair can best reflect the modeling characteristics of Qing Dynasty furniture. It has a wide body, and the back and armrest are connected to form a three, five or more fan screen.

This chair is a typical work of the Qing Dynasty. It is made of five screen scroll armrest with high middle. The frame is inlaid with red sandalwood embossed sea water dragon pattern core board. The middle is inlaid with high embossed landscape figure core board, and the lower part has bright feet. The two sides gradually lower in turn, showing a step shape. The four sides of the chair plate are respectively provided with carved cloud shaped horn teeth, the four sides of the foot end are provided with flat bottom teeth, the teeth are installed under the foot end, and the cloud shaped horn teeth are installed on both sides. Square timber, four feet straight to the ground. The armrest is made of curly clouds, with Ruyi and Huixing cloud patterns in relief.

Chu Chen turned on the professional flashlight he had with him and observed the chair carefully. He found that the material was really like what old Chen said. Except for the relief in the middle, all the others were made of red sandalwood, but red sandalwood was not the only focus of the chair. He found that the high relief landscape figure core was made of shadow wood, which surprised Chu Chen ！

Shadow wood is also called gall wood. Shadow wood is not a specific tree species, but a kind of wood with the same characteristics of different tree species. This characteristic is scarring. Scar, also known as "gall knot", grows at the waist or root of a tree and is the result of pathological growth of trees. Gall knot has big and small, the small one appears in the tree, and the big one grows in the root of the tree.

The handicrafts made of shadow wood have strong aesthetic feeling. When the gall wood is cut open, it will show unique patterns due to different tree germplasm, such as grape pattern, landscape pattern, sesame pattern, tiger skin pattern, rabbit face pattern and so on.

Because of the special wood texture and strange effect, it has always been loved by people, and has become the preferred material in furniture production and decoration, especially its non replicability, which makes many shadow woodworking products more precious.

Chu Chen had heard Zhu Dafu's introduction before. There were many kinds of shadow trees: Phoebe shadow, birch shadow, pear shadow and so on. In front of him, this landscape character board was the Phoebe shadow.

It is often mentioned in Ming Dynasty literature that Phoebe is a good material for furniture. It is often used to make boxes, cabinets and bookshelves. It can also be used to decorate cabinet doors or make stationery utensils. In addition, Phoebe especially has the gall of "full face grape", and its pattern is fine, magnificent and exquisite. Most of the gall trees used in prominent parts of Ming style furniture are Phoebe galls.

There is such a record in Gewu Yaolun: "diebai nanmu comes from Mahu mansion of Western Shu, and its texture is not straight. There are landscape figures and other flowers in it, and the price is high. It's also rare in Sichuan. It's also called GuZi Bainan, which is popular today."In front of his eyes, Chu Chen observed the shadow of Phoebe, and he could confirm that it should be Phoebe diebai, which is quite rare. He also found that this Phoebe is the best variety of Phoebe, Phoebe Jinsi!

Phoebe bournei is one of the best species of Phoebe, as long as the visible gold can be identified as Phoebe bournei, in the light you can see gold flashing, bright, exquisite exception.

Since ancient times, Phoebe bournei has been used exclusively for the royal family. Historically, Phoebe bournei was used exclusively for the construction and furniture of royal palaces and a few temples. Ancient feudal emperors' Dragon chair throne was made of high-quality Phoebe bournei. If people used it without authorization, they would be punished for exceeding the etiquette. In Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was strictly forbidden to use Phoebe in buildings other than the royal family.

From this, we can see the value of Phoebe, and this is not the general Phoebe, but the shadow of Phoebe, which is more valuable. Moreover, the chair, with its luxurious materials, exquisite thread, exquisite craftsmanship, and warm pulp, can be identified as the representative work of the Qianlong period, and should be the throne of the hall furnishings of the high officials at that time.

When Lao Chen brought another chair over, Chu Chen and Zhao Qirui quickly observed it. They had the same style and materials. Only the shadow wood had different textures, which made its relief scenery different. Therefore, Chu Chen believed that these two chairs should be two pieces of a set of two chairs.

Seeing this, Chu Chen quickly asked, "Lao Chen, are these two chairs left in your family?"

Chen quickly waved his hand and said, "no, there are other things, bowls and so on."

Knowing that Lao Chen had misunderstood him, Chu Chen explained, "Lao Chen, these two chairs should be equipped with a tea table. Has that tea table stayed?"

Lao Chen thought about it and said, "this No, it seems that I broke it when I was a child. If I didn't, would it affect the price? "

Listen to old Chen say so, Chu Chen can't help but secretly say a pity, and then said: "the price will certainly be affected. If the tea table is still there, in addition to the money of the tea table, the overall price will certainly increase a lot."

After listening to what Chu Chen said, Lao Chen's face showed a painful expression, but it was no longer there. No matter how much he thought about it, he asked, "ladies and gentlemen, do you want to buy these two chairs?"

Chu Chen and Zhao Qirui looked at each other. Zhao Qirui laughed and said, "ah Chen, I'll leave these two chairs for you. I'm not interested in such furniture. Besides, you can use them in your new house."

Chu Chen's family just lacks some such furniture. After all, he is an antique player. It's not possible that he doesn't even have any cultural furniture at home, is it? If so, let alone other people will be surprised, Chu Chen himself did not have the face to take friends to his home.

"Lao Chen, I like things. As long as the price is right, I will definitely buy them. But don't you have anything else? If the price is right, we'll talk about it later. What do you think?"

When Lao Chen heard that Chu Chen had taken a fancy to these two chairs, the wrinkles on his happy face gathered together. Although he had never wanted to sell these two chairs before, it did not mean that he did not know the value of red sandalwood.

In the 21st century, classic furniture mainly made of red sandalwood, huanghuali and other high-end materials has been increasingly sought after by collectors and consumers. These old furniture, which were not valued by people before, are rejuvenated in the new year, and the price has begun to soar.

After his son got into trouble, Mr. Chen went to find a relationship and inquired about the price. The price was estimated at about 200000 or 300000 yuan. Of course, the appraiser didn't know that the chair was inlaid with gold Phoebe reliefs. Otherwise, the price would be more expensive.

But even if it was only two or three hundred thousand, it was no doubt that he was saved. Some people may want to ask, since it is so urgent, why not go to the antique market to sell? Mr. Chen has also considered this point, but he is not stupid. He knows that if he sends it to the door, it will only be his share.

Anyway, the son has been arrested and can't come back for a while. As for the injured, he has also given some money. As for the rest of the money, if he can be late, he will be late. Anyway, it's not his own family who died.

As for the families of those people who want to come and ask for money, when they see the miserable appearance of the family, they can always win some sympathy. Then they can let the children, their mother and their son's wife and children cry for a while, and they can't force them too much, can they? Besides, he doesn't give money. Don't you see that he is ready to sell even the things left by his ancestors?