Chapter 450

Uncle Lu saw Chu Chen and Uncle Wu looking at the two cups he had just taken out. He felt very strange and finally asked, "what's the matter with you?"

After careful observation, Wu Shu and Chu Chen are sure that these cups are indeed a pair of genuine Yongzheng blue and white Sanskrit cups. They are both very excited when they come across such a good thing when they ask for a cup of water. However, both of them are old-fashioned and can control their emotions.

Therefore, in Uncle Lu's eyes, there was only a faint joy on their faces.

Uncle Wu didn't respond directly. Instead, he asked, "uncle, I don't know where you got these cups?"

Uncle Lu said with some displeasure: "where can I get these cups? They are all from my ancestors! If you hadn't come, I wouldn't have taken them out normally! "

At this point, he seemed to understand something and said firmly: "Oh, you want to buy it, right? It's something from my ancestors. I won't sell it! "

In his decades of antique career, Wu Shu encountered this situation a lot. Often the owner decided not to sell it at the beginning, but as long as he paid enough, he could get it in the end.

Judging from the decoration of the house, uncle Lu's family should be in a good condition, so Uncle Wu first made a tentative offer and said:

"uncle, you can only drink tea if you put this cup at home. If you change it into money, it will be more useful, don't you think? In this way, we won't let you lose. We'll pay 5000 yuan for this pair of cups. What do you think? "

Although uncle Lu knew that antiques were valuable, a pair of cups could sell for 5000 yuan, which was beyond his expectation. For a while, he seemed a little moved. But after all, it was something handed down by his ancestors. Finally, he shook his head and refused to agree.

For Uncle Wu, as long as Uncle Lu hesitates, it proves that there is a play. If he doesn't agree now, it's just that the money is not in place, so he began to persuade him with "emotion and reason".

At the same time, Chu Chen also took another blue and white cup to have a look. The diameter of this cup is similar to the pair of blue and white cups just now.

The cup is full of mouth, belly and feet. The body is light and thin, the white glaze is lustrous, and the outer wall of the cup is decorated with blue and white five colors.

This cup is decorated with chrysanthemum as the theme, dotted with plants and butterflies. The composition of the picture is sparse and rich in layers. There are many layers of chrysanthemum petals. The shape of the flower is full, the lines of the chrysanthemum leaves are delicate, painted with green, and the lines are brown.

Although the pattern of the butterfly pattern is very small, the details are not vague. Even the slender and curved tentacles of the butterfly are vivid.

The flowers and plants are swaying in the wind, and the butterflies are dancing. This beautiful picture is delicate and full of natural taste, which gives people a kind of enjoyment of beauty.

On the other side, there is a blue and white regular script poem: "under the East fence, you can see Nanshan leisurely.". The poem is taken from two sentences in Tao Yuanming's "drinking five". At the end of the seal is the blue and white "reward" seal, and at the bottom of the book is the blue and white "Qing Kangxi year system" six characters, two lines, double circle regular script, standard writing, should be this dynasty.

Chu Chen quietly put the cup back. At this time, Uncle Wu had already offered the price to 8000, and uncle Lu had begun to waver and ponder.

Chu Chen and Uncle Wu looked at each other, and both sides saw what they wanted to express from each other's eyes.

With a slight nod, Chu Chen said, "Sir, how about this? I've bought all three cups, a total of fifteen thousand. What do you think?"

Uncle Lu had been wavering, Chu Chen's price is no doubt like the last straw, directly to his heart line of defense to pressure cross.

In the age when the minimum wage was only three or five hundred yuan a month, fifteen thousand yuan was not a small number, but it was only three small cups. Uncle Lu didn't think much about it, so he agreed.

"All right! But you won't lie to me, will you? "

Chu Chen smell speech directly take out money, put on the table, sign a way: "this matter how we can cheat you, we can sign a contract now."

When Uncle Lu saw the pile of money Chu Chen had taken out, his eyes lit up immediately, and he quickly went to get the paper and pen

When the money and goods were clear, Uncle Wu asked, "Sir, do you have any other ancestral objects in your family? If it's good, we'll take it, and you'll be satisfied with the price. "

"The old thing of the family?"

Uncle Lu was putting the money into the envelope carefully. When he heard what Uncle Wu said, he frowned and thought about it. After a while, he might have thought of something and said, "wait a minute, I'll get it..."

A moment later, uncle Lu took another pair of cups and came out of the room.

As he put the cups on the table, he said, "these cups are rare things. They can only fill water a little shallower. If they are too many, they will leak out."

After listening to the old man's introduction, Chu Chen and Uncle Wu immediately understood what it was. Then they took a closer look. It was exactly what they thought. Uncle Lu brought a pair of justice cups.In fact, just like the backflow pot, the gongdao cup is a kind of special wine cup based on the principle of physical siphon in ancient times. It was first seen in the products of the Liao Dynasty pottery kiln, and also in the blue and white of the Yuan Dynasty.

In general, in the middle of the justice cup, there is a person shaped (mostly the old birthday star) or dragon shaped decoration, which is actually composed of two cylinders. There is a dark hole at the junction of the cylinder and the cup. When the water in the cup exceeds a certain position, the water will flow out of the hole until the water in the cup is exhausted.

Therefore, in the banquet, the drinker can only pour the same amount of wine into the drinker, so it is called "justice Cup", "jieying Cup", "Pingxin Cup" or "Jiulong Cup". The justice cup is full of losses. The meaning of "benefit from modesty" enlightens people that they must be fair in handling affairs and not be greedy.

The diameter of the two cups is slightly larger than that of the previous one, and the shape is basically the same. They are skimming, round belly and round feet. The fetal bone is firm and fine, the glaze is full of orange peel, the color is bright green, thick and natural, the blue and white hair color is rich, and the rust spot is natural. However, the ornamentation on the outer wall of the two cups and the characters standing in the middle are not the same.

The inner wall of one of the gongdao cups is bare, and the outer wall is covered with rose patterns. The lines are smooth and free, and the shape is beautiful and pleasant. The deformed lotus petal pattern is painted near the circle foot. The six character regular script of "Da Ming Xuan de Nian system" written in double circles along the mouth is simple, vigorous and full of ancient flavor.

The composition of the painting is sparse and natural, and the blank space is appropriate, which avoids the common disadvantages of dense and cramped twig patterns. The brushwork is delicate and meticulous, but it doesn't feel kitsch. It shows the heroic spirit of Xuande blue and white in the shade.

In addition, in the middle of the cup stands a civil servant, who wears a civil hat, holds a guard board in his right hand, and droops his left hand naturally. He looks at the front with a solemn and solemn expression. His exquisite craftsmanship and lifelike manner are amazing.

The rest of the fair cup is also plain without lines inside. The outside of the cup is decorated with blue and white, and the mouth is decorated with string lines. The outside wall is decorated with the combination of Zantedeschia and lotus. The painting is exquisite, the lines are smooth, and the shape is beautiful and pleasant. Near the foot, it is decorated with a deformed lotus petal pattern.

Along the double string line of the mouth, the same book is written in the six character regular script of "Xuande year system of Ming Dynasty" written by Emperor Xuande for fan Shu.

The craftsman who made this fair cup should be someone else. His decorative painting is quite good at fine arts. He uses a soft pen to draw, and the lines are smooth. He often uses boneless painting, that is, he doesn't need to draw lines and fill colors, and he draws with a single stroke. All the brushes are small pens, so he can distinguish the phenomenon of repeated strokes in blue and white decoration.

Standing in the cup of this cup is an old man, who looks at his face naturally, smiles often, looks slightly upward, and his beard is described in detail. The figure is vivid, not inferior to the former.

Chu Chen and Wu Shu did not think that these two cups were actually the fair cups of blue and white porcelain in Xuande period, and their workmanship was so exquisite. Moreover, among the blue and white porcelain in Xuande period, they did not even see the fair cups of similar types, which surprised them. At the same time, they were also very excited.

"Sir, I don't know how you are going to sell these cups?" Chu Chen asked.

Uncle Lu said with a smile: "this pair of cups is a rare thing. It can't be as expensive as just now."

Chuchen said with a smile: "uncle, the principle it uses is the siphon principle taught in junior high school. When the liquid level exceeds a certain height in the cup, it will flow out from the small hole at the bottom of the cup. Therefore, it's not too rare to say that this thing is rare."

Uncle Lu was slightly stunned, thinking, is this really based on the curriculum of junior high school? However, he immediately reflected that there were some people who were not in junior high school in ancient times. They were almost taken to the ditch by this boy, so he said:

"young man, you're not right. Where did ancient science and technology come from? How can you know the siphon principle you're talking about now?"

Chu Chen spread out his hand and said, "it's not impossible. If the ancients didn't know, they wouldn't have made these two cups, would they?"

Uncle Lu thought about it and thought that it was true. If the ancients really didn't know the principle, the two cups would not exist. However, he always felt that something was wrong. He didn't respond until after a while and said in silence:

"young man, we are talking about how much the cup is, what is the principle of the cup and what does it have to do with us?"

Chuchen said with a smile: "Sir, just now I was discussing whether this is a very rare thing. Now please make a price first!"

Uncle Lu pondered for a while and said, "it doesn't matter if you don't think it's rare. I think my pair of cups are very rare. At least I've never seen this kind of cups anywhere else. Moreover, the patterns of these cups are much more beautiful than those three cups just now. If you want, you can buy them for 50000 yuan at one go!"