Chapter 226

What Wang Yongcai said made everyone feel sorry.

In reality, although it sounds like a lot of people can really get rich overnight by gambling stones, compared with the huge crowd of gambling stones, it's just a drop in the bucket, and more of them are still "poor".

Some data show that, generally speaking, one ton of raw materials containing jadeite can be picked out from 1000 tons of stone, and only one kilogram of high-quality jadeite can be produced from the raw materials of one ton of jadeite. Most of the others are low-grade goods. From this number, we can see how slim the probability of "one knife rich" is.

"Ning Ning, you see, it's reasonable that I don't learn how to gamble. You don't want me to lose my fortune, do you? Don't be angry with me, will you? " Dong said pitifully.

"Hum!"

Su Jinning snorted coldly: "then you just vowed to learn how to gamble stones?"

Dong said with a smile: "I didn't have a deep understanding at the beginning. Later, brother Chu and brother Liu said that I became a hero who knew current affairs."

"Come on, you look like a fat man. Are you still handsome?"

Dong said with a shy face: "no one stipulates that a fat man can't be a hero, and my fat body is still useful. In the evening, I'll dance belly dance for you to enjoy the dynamic beauty of a fat man!"

Said, Dong fatty also specially shook his whole body fat meat, that appearance caused everybody to laugh.

"Fat man, don't wait for the evening. Show us a part now!" Liu Sizhe said happily.

Dong pangzi hugged Su Jinning and said, "this is my privilege. Do you want me to face you naked?"

Liu Sizhe said with a smile: "does belly dance need to be naked? I don't think you're belly dancing, fat man. You're strip dancing

Dong chubby said with a smile: "as for dancing, it's our privacy. Of course we can't tell you."

Su Jinning red face pushed him, Jiao angry way: "give me die side, no shame no dry!"

After everyone joked, Lao Yu said to Chu Chen eagerly, "Mr. Chu, I don't know if you have time now. Can you help me identify my Buddha statue?"

Chu Chen thought, identification should not be much time, to also do not delay their own stone, so nodded down.

Seeing Chu Chen's promise, Lao Yu hurriedly went to the counter and took the brocade box he had just brought over.

When Lao Yu opened the brocade box, there was a statue of Sakyamuni Buddha, which looked like it was carved with rhinoceros horn.

Chuchen gently picked up the Buddha statue and observed it carefully.

This statue of Buddha is decorated with spiral hair on the top, with a high bun, a broad forehead, and slightly drooping eyelids. His body is round, with his right shoulder covered in cassock and his chest open. His left hand bears a Zen seal, his right hand touches the ground, and Vajra sits on the lotus platform.

When Chu Chen saw it twice, Lao Yu couldn't wait to ask, "Mr. Chu, how are you? Is this statue of Buddha rhinoceros horn? Is the Buddha statue from Ming dynasty or Qing Dynasty

Although there are still some doubts, Chu Chen's mind has been roughly counted, so he replied: "the material used in this Buddha statue is indeed rhinoceros horn carving, and it is Asian rhinoceros horn."

Hearing this, Liu Sizhe asked, "brother Chen, what are the differences between Asian rhinoceros horn and African rhinoceros horn in the market?"

Chu Chen organized a language and replied: "in fact, in our general sense, rhinoceros horn refers to Asian rhinoceros horn, while African rhinoceros horn is called wide angle. Although both can be used for carving and medicine, the efficacy of Asian rhinoceros horn is better. As for their characteristics, there are many differences."

"The color of Asian rhinoceros horn is black brown or black red, just like this Buddha, which is black red. It looks silky, straight and thick. The cross section of rhinoceros horn is small sand hole, which looks like a honeycomb, and the oblique section is fishseed like pattern. The pattern silk of rhinoceros horn is linear, which does not adhere to each other, and it can be easily torn to the end by hand when there is stubble. "

"There is a deep ditch on the round body of rhinoceros horn, the bottom of which is sunken, and the bottom of which protrudes a hill, commonly known as Tiangou Digang. But the wide angle is generally dark brown, the grain silk is thinner than the rhinoceros horn, and adheres to each other. There are no honeycombed eyes in wide angle, no fishseed like lines in oblique section, and no gutters and hills. This is one of the significant differences between rhinoceros horn and rhinoceros horn

Chu Chen continued: "we also know that there are not many rhinoceros in Asia. Therefore, there are more wide-angle rhinoceros in the market and less Asian rhinoceros. In addition, due to different medicinal value, Asian rhinoceros is several times more expensive than wide-angle rhinoceros. Therefore, some illegal businessmen use wide-angle rhinoceros as Asian rhinoceros."

"If you come across any rhinoceros horn works in the future, you should be able to identify whether it is Asian rhinoceros horn or not according to the different places I mentioned. Of course, I can't summarize all the characteristics of rhinoceros horn in Asia. If you are interested, you can read some books about it yourself. "

After hearing what Chu Chen said, Liu Sizhe said happily: "brother Chen, what you said is quite detailed. If you want to buy rhinoceros horn products next time, I will have a reference."Chuchen said with a smile: "rhinoceros horn was not bought before, but now it's better not to buy it. After all, rhinoceros belongs to protected animals, especially Asian rhinoceros, which is relatively rare. If we kill it again, it's estimated that it will be extinct. As the saying goes, "if there is no business, there will be no killing. If we don't buy it, we will contribute to the protection of rhinoceros."

"Of course, I said not to buy. I just said not to buy seriously. Sometimes, we should treat it differently."

Liu Sizhe scratched his head and said, "OK, brother Chen, I'll listen to you."

At this time, Lao Yu asked: "well, Mr. Chu, I don't know when this Buddha statue came from?"

Chu Chen apologized: "Lao Yu, I'm so sorry! It's been a long time for you to talk so much! "

Lao Yu quickly said: "Mr. Chu, please don't say that. What you said has also made me learn a lot. I have to thank you for teaching me a lesson!"

Chuchen said with a smile: "Lao Yu, you flatter me. Let's talk about this Buddha statue. If I read it correctly, it should be a work of the late Ming Dynasty."

"Late Ming Dynasty?"

Chu Chen nodded and said, "yes, this should be a statue of Sakyamuni in the late Ming Dynasty. Lao Yu, do you think this Buddha statue has some rich and vulgar style, so you think some of it is like the style of the early Qing Dynasty? "

"Yes, yes! That's it. " The old man nodded.

Chu Chen explained: "in terms of style, the traditional Chinese Buddhist statues in the early Qing Dynasty completely inherited the rich and vulgar custom of the Ming Dynasty. They were stereotyped and had no development and innovation. But there are some differences. "

"In the late Ming Dynasty, because of the change of aesthetic concept, a new model of sculpture was formed, with big head and short body, wide and full face and rich body. This is reflected in this statue of Buddha. "

"In addition, some new forms were developed and created on the pedestal. The pedestal of Buddha and Bodhisattva generally adopts the form of inverted rosette, which is obviously inherited from the statues of song and Yuan Dynasties. "

"In addition, most of the statues are not satisfied with the single form of inverted rosette. A polygonal Xumi pedestal is installed under the inverted rosette. The rosette and Xumi pedestal are connected by columns, which makes the shape more complicated and unique. This is also reflected in this Buddha statue."

Speaking of this, Chu Chen talked about a few other details, and then said: "so, I think this is a Buddha statue of Sakyamuni carved by rhinoceros horn in the late Ming Dynasty, and the workmanship is also exquisite, which is also the best of a Buddha statue of this period. Lao Yu, do you have any questions? "

After hearing what Chu Chen said, Lao Yu said with a smile: "there is no doubt, but I don't know if you can help me estimate the price, Mr. Chu?"

Chu Chen thought about it and said, "this statue of Buddha should be more than 30 centimeters high, but it's rare to see such a large rhinoceros horn. Unfortunately, it's already a work of the late Ming Dynasty. It's a little lacking in artistic level. Its value is estimated to be between 500000 and 600000."

Old at hearing the price, his face is very happy, 80% should not buy expensive, repeatedly expressed thanks to Chu Chen.

Chu Chen waved his hand and said, "Lao Yu, you're welcome, but I want to ask you something. How can there be a scratch on the lotus stand? And I think the trace is quite new. When you sell it like this, you have to reduce the price a little bit. "

As soon as he heard this, he felt indignant and said, "I don't know which master was immoral before. I used glue or something to stick a needle on a good Buddha statue. It took me a long time to take that needle down. Otherwise, how can I be willing to classify the Buddha statue like this? "

After listening to what Lao Yu said, Chu Chen always felt that there was something wrong with it. When he thought about it carefully, he suddenly thought of something from his memory and quickly asked, "Lao Yu, what about the needle? You're not going to lose it, are you? "

Seeing Chu Chen in such a hurry, everyone felt very strange. Was there any mystery hidden in the needle?

Seeing this, the old man quickly recalled and thought about it for a while. Suddenly, he rummaged in the brocade box. While looking for it, he explained with a smile: "it took me a long time to get this needle down and put it into the brocade box. It's probably still there. I have it!"

With that, he took out a five centimeter needle from the brocade box and handed it to Chu Chen immediately.

Chu Chen took the needle and observed it carefully. The silver needle is different from the ordinary needle. If you look carefully, you can see some potholes on it, which should be what he thought.