Chapter 406

Today's auction was so successful that Bao Wen was in a very good mood. He said with a smile:

"ladies and gentlemen, next are the last three pieces of this auction. I hope you don't miss them!"

During the conversation, the staff put three boxes on the table, and then took out all the things inside, but there were three wood carvings, namely, boxwood carvings, Ruyi Guanyin carvings, red sandalwood carvings, thin bone arhat carvings, and one with traditional theme "happiness in front of us".

During the period of the Republic of China, the two statues in front of Wen Fu's eyes were in the early Qing Dynasty.

As soon as Chu Chen came to the stage, he could not help sneering. It was clear that all the early Qing handicrafts were modern handicrafts, and they were all made of chemical agents.

However, these two pieces of wood carvings can still confuse novices. Not only do the old ones look natural, but they are all hand carved. Moreover, the craftsman's craftsmanship is good. At first glance, it really looks like that.

After seeing the first two wooden statues, Chu Chen was interested in the last one.

This "blessing in front of you" is actually a statue of a figure. It is carved with the well-known iron cane Li, whose walking stick bows his feet and hands are held by the auspicious bat, taking the homophonic blessing in front of you. Although it was made in the period of the Republic of China, the carving is very exquisite. The pattern of the clothes is complex, and the men are all present. Moreover, the figures are vivid and lovely, and have a good charm.

The whole statue has a strong texture, which can be described as vivid and vivid. It has the style of the palace building office in the Qianlong period, and also adds the unique understanding of the sculptors themselves, which can be regarded as an excellent work.

In addition to the excellent sculptors, Chu Chen was surprised to see the word "huoni" at the bottom of the figure's clothes. To his astonishment, he quickly used Lingbao eye on it. The result proved that it was indeed a work of the Republic of China, but also made a rather shocking discovery.

Chuchen quietly back to the seat, after a while, Bao Wen said the reserve price, we began to bid.

"Good! Guanyin, like boss Huang, offered 80000. Is there anyone else to bid? "

"Boss Meng offers 100000, and Luohan offers 50000!"

"Boss Zhou, Guanyin has offered 180000 yuan as boss Zhou! This statue of Avalokitesvara was worshipped by the Empress Dowager at the beginning. According to the original owner, it is very effective. Is there anyone else to bid for it? "

"Good! Boss Wang offers $220000!... "

Hearing Bao Wen's passionate words, Chu Chen couldn't help laughing to himself. He told the Empress Dowager that she was worshipped. He didn't know which empress dowager could live to the present?

But now, no one has offered a price for the "good fortune in front of us". I don't know whether they despise the wooden statue or whether they are going to wait until the other two statues decide their owners.

"Fortune in sight, a thousand dollars!" After observing for a while, Chu Chen didn't care about it either, and quoted a reserve price directly.

"Fifteen!" Hearing Chu Chen's offer, someone immediately followed him.

"Two thousand!"

"Two thousand one!"

"Two thousand two!..."

From the beginning to the end, only one person followed Chu Chen to make an offer. After Chu Chen made an offer of two thousand yuan, that person stopped talking. He thought it was not worth buying something from the Republic of China at a high price. In the end, Chu Chen collected the wooden statue.

After paying the money, Chu Chen returned to his seat with a 17.8 cm wooden statue. Chu Junfeng asked curiously:

"saner, how did you think of buying such a thing? It's not a famous work. The wood carving of the Republic of China should have little collection value?"

"Who says it's not worth collecting?" Chu Chen shook his head and said in a soft voice: "first of all, its material is quite good. It should be made of a fine old material of Euonymus japonicus. The wood is smooth and smooth, and the texture is delicate. The color has changed from light to deep, and gradually turns reddish brown. It gives people a sense of beauty of simplicity, elegance and natural dignity."

Euonymus japonicus, commonly known as Millennium short, grows very slowly. It is said that the Millennium Euonymus japonicus grows by one inch. The famous poet Li Yu commented in his "casual love" that "every inch of Euonymus japonicus does not overflow, but shrinks by one inch in leap year, which is the destiny of heaven."

Su Dongpo also has a poem: "there are countless plants and spring in the garden, only Euonymus japonicus in leap year."

Therefore, Euonymus japonicus is also known as "the tree of knowing one's destiny", which means that it can be content with heaven's destiny, keep in trouble and inspire people's mind.

Because of the slow growth of the boxwood, the wood is delicate, but it is similar to ivory. The color is even and pleasing to the eye, and the texture is tough and delicate. It is an excellent raw material for carving. Among the boxwood, the best is the small leaf boxwood.

Chu Chen went on to say: "moreover, this carving is also very exquisite, not inferior to the Qing Dynasty palace craft."

Chu Junfeng asked with great interest: "according to you, this statue should be very valuable?"

"There are thirty or forty thousand." Chu Chen returned.

In fact, if Chu Chen said that the author was Zhang huoni, the price of the statue should be more expensive, but it's a matter of confidentiality, so he didn't say it.

"Hi! I thought it would be worth one hundred and seventy-eight thousand! " Chu Junfeng disappointed said.Chu Chen said, "art is priceless. What's more, the sculptors of this wooden statue give me no less inspiration than the 178000 statues."

"Why, saner, are you still going to learn carving?" Chu Junfeng asked.

"Well! I have this idea

Chu Junfeng shook his head and said, "I said you should learn how to carve. According to my opinion, you'd better take an official career."

Chuchen said with a bitter smile: "second brother, I am not interested in official career, otherwise I would have promised my parents! Besides, it's better for me to get in than for you. At least you have more contacts in this area than I do? "

"I'm too hot tempered for this business." Chu Junfeng shook his head.

Chu Chen spread his hand: "I'm the same! Besides, there is no one in our family. There are four brothers in the second uncle's family and cousins in the younger sister's family who can take over the job. "

Chu Junfeng gently tut A: "old four is OK, but cousin that or forget it!"

Some time ago, Chu Chen first heard Chu Junfeng's introduction and thought that his father had only three brothers. Later, he learned that he had another sister-in-law. The reason why his family had a problem with her was that the princess married a civilian.

It's nothing to say if my little uncle has the ability, but the fact is that my little uncle is a bookworm with high opinion and low hand. After many contacts, the old man and uncle are very disappointed with him, but my sister-in-law protects him, which makes the old man and uncle have a lot of opinions about my sister-in-law's family.

In fact, Chu Junfeng had nothing to do with his elders, and Chu Junfeng had a good relationship with his sister-in-law before, so he paid for his little uncle to do business in the first two years, and he set the project and introduced some acquaintances to him. In this way, the business not only failed, but also lost money.

In addition, after that, my aunt complained about Chu Junfeng again, which made Chu Junfeng very angry. Therefore, he doesn't treat my aunt's family any more.

When the auction was finished, Bao Wen said with a smile: "everyone, today's auction is over. Thank you for coming. I look forward to seeing you next time!"

"Let's go!"

Chu Junfeng stood up and said hello to Bao Wen. He took everyone out of the room.

"San'er, do you have any activities in the evening?" Chu Junfeng asked as he walked.

Chu Chen replied, "I ordered a table at Bazhen jade food in the evening. If you're OK, go with your sister-in-law."

"Eight treasures of jade food? Are you talking about the hotel run by my second uncle? "

After getting Chu Chen's confirmation, Chu Junfeng nodded and said, "OK, I heard that the taste there is very good. I just went to have a taste today. By the way, you haven't said what happened to that vase! "

Chu Chen was quite speechless when he heard that the collector was still on the elevator with them just now. It was taboo for him to expose other people's scars!

"Mr. Chu, just tell me straight. The more I look at this vase, the more wrong it is!" The collector said with a bitter smile, and then apologized to Zhu Dafu.

Chu Chen said: "well, let's go downstairs and find a place to sit down. It's not convenient to talk on the elevator."

"OK!..."

After getting off the elevator, everyone sat down on the sofa beside the hall.

After a few pleasantries, Chu Chen first observed the bottle carefully.

This bottle, with its flower mouth, is covered with blue glaze. The glaze is light and elegant. The body of the bottle is carved with flower patterns. The lines are smooth. Half glaze is applied inside the circle foot. There is a glaze spot on the outer bottom, and the glaze spot is exposed.

Although this vase is exquisitely made, and some of its features seem to be exactly what it is, if it is compared with the real one, it will be totally wrong.

Chu Chen put down the vase and said, "Mr. Yang, I'll talk about a place for your reference."

"You say!" The collector said nervously.

"First of all, this vase is said to be made in the Yuan Dynasty, but the clay is different from the porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty. From the texture of the clay, there are mechanical cleaning, mud training and rapid aging."

"Second, the glaze is not consistent with the Yingqing glaze of the Yuan Dynasty. Although the manufacturer added a matting agent to make it not have the new work of" stealing light ", after all, it was made in a steam kiln. The glaze looks very stiff and rigid, which does not conform to the characteristics of Yingqing of the Yuan Dynasty."

"In addition, the foot trimming process and the details of the mouth edge are not in place, which is very different from the process of Jingdezhen in the Yuan Dynasty. Finally, we can say that this glaze spot is the biggest flaw of this vase, but we can't use it when we observed it just now. It's also a crime of non war! "

Chu Junfeng looked at it and said, "I think it's very good. How can it be a flaw in your mouth?"

Chuchen said with a smile: "this is a layman's view. As long as you know a little about the Jingdezhen craft of the Yuan Dynasty, you will know that this kind of" glaze spot "on the outer bottom is common in Longquan kiln products of the Yuan Dynasty, but it is rarely seen in Jingdezhen works of the Yuan Dynasty."