Chapter 1058

"Who? Who did you say died? You can't be mistaken

Jiang Jiachang was surprised when he heard Tao Chunhai's name. He also pulled out his ear, thinking whether he had heard it wrong.

Of course, not only he, but also other people were shocked when they heard the news. I heard that people were still well yesterday. Why did the news of death come out today! Although Su changtou's actions before the accident were not kind, and some were not in line with common sense, he didn't pay so much for his life, did he?!

"It's su changtou!" Tao Chunhai nodded his head and said: "at that time, I was shocked to see him. I thought I recognized the wrong person. Later, I called his name and he nodded."

Although he knew that Tao Chunhai would not joke about this kind of thing, Jiang Jiachang still felt incredible. After a while, he frowned and asked, "do you see what kind of injury he suffered?"

Tao Chunhai replied: "it seems that he was shot in the abdomen. As for other injuries, I don't know."

When we heard that it was a gunshot wound, we felt that the situation was a bit complicated and it might be a big case.

Jiang Jiachang then asked, "did he say anything at that time?"

"When he saw me at that time, he wanted to say something, but he didn't say a word, so he was not angry. What's more, his eyes were wide open when he died. It's frightening. I think he thought he died unjustly. " When Tao Chunhai thought of Su changtou's death, he still had some lingering fear.

After hearing this, Jiang Jiachang shakes his head and sighs. He has known Su changtou for quite a long time. He often entrusts Su changtou to look for the antiques he wants. Although not every time, he can meet his requirements at least eight times out of ten, and the price is quite reasonable.

In addition, the service has always been up to standard. Jiang Jiachang is very satisfied with Su changtou. In the past, whenever Su changtou asked him for help, he would help solve it as long as he could.

Unexpectedly, just because of he Lihang's incident, he broke his inherent impression of Su changtou. Today, the news of Su changtou's death came, which made him feel deeply. It's really changeable!

Later, Jiang Jiachang asked a few more questions, but Tao Chunhai only called the police. In addition, he was tired after going to sea. After he explained the matter to the police, he didn't take care of it any more. Therefore, he did not know all the questions Jiang Jiachang asked.

"Why do you like to be out of touch at a critical time?" Jiang Jiachang is very speechless about this. After saying hello to Chu Chen, he takes out his mobile phone and goes to the side to make a phone call to understand the situation.

During this period, Tao Chunhai moved all the boxes one by one.

Tao Chunhai smiles and says to them, "in fact, in addition to the porcelain made by Wu Xiangrui, Wuliang Dafu, there are also some blue and white porcelain. I wonder if you are interested?"

"Yes."

Anyway, there's nothing to do for the time being, so Chu Chen and they agreed to come down. However, when Chu Chen saw the porcelains mentioned by Tao Chunhai, he felt a little strange and asked:

"Mr. Tao, these porcelains were not found together with auspicious porcelains, were they?"

"Not really, Chu Shao. How did you find out?" Tao Chunhai also felt a little curious.

Chuchen said with a smile, "it's very simple, because these porcelains are all Clark's porcelains."

In 1602-1603, the blue and white porcelain transported from China was auctioned in Holland by merchant ships at Clark port in Portugal, which was popular and caused a sensation in Europe. Therefore, this kind of porcelain is known as "Clark" porcelain.

Clark porcelain is characterized by wide edges, blue and white porcelain for many, in the plate, bowl along the mouth of the painting grid and round bright landscape, characters, flowers, fruits and so on. Because it is export porcelain, flower pattern has a typical European style, so Chu Chen can see it at a glance.

For example, some blue and white plates in the box have unique decorative patterns, with two layers of decorative patterns on the center and wall of the plate covering the interior of the whole instrument. The center is painted with blue and white flowers, birds and rocks, the inner wall of the plate is painted with eight lights, the inner wall is painted with miscellaneous treasures, and the middle is painted with sunflowers. The outer wall of the plate is bright and the inner wall is painted with round flowers.

The overall composition of the picture is rigorous, complex but not chaotic, which not only shows the traditional Chinese decoration, but also contains the artistic charm loved by Westerners.

Therefore, when Chu Chen saw these porcelains, he guessed their varieties. Of course, whether they were right or not would be known only after seeing them.

Moreover, because Clark porcelain is generally exported to Europe, and auspicious porcelain is exported to island countries, Chu Chen would ask that.

"So it is. I didn't know it was Clark porcelain before."

Tao Chunhai suddenly realized, and then quickly asked: "Chu Shao, please ask, is Clark porcelain worth money?"

He thought, since these porcelains are exported to Europe, the price will not be cheap, right?

"Clark, what is porcelain worth?" At this time, Jiang Jiachang called and came over. After hearing this, he replied.

"No, since it's porcelain exported to Europe, how can it be worthless?" Tao Chunhai obviously can't accept Jiang Jiachang's statement."Who told you that export porcelain is good?"

Jiang Jiachang sneered and said: "you may not know that compared with the porcelain capital of the same period in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, Clark porcelain is generally not exquisite enough, and all of them are thin bodied, and the bottom of the ware often sticks to sand and collapses. In addition, Clark porcelain plates are thin, fragile and not durable. Therefore, if they were sold in China at that time, there would be no good sales at all. "

"As for Europeans, it's because the decorative patterns of Clark porcelain cater to the aesthetic needs of foreigners. In addition, in order to make this kind of porcelain more suitable for the taste of local people, the local craftsmen" process "the porcelain after it is transported to Europe, some of which are inlaid with precious metals, and some of which are painted on the original patterns."

"For example, in the blank of blue and white porcelain, color chrysanthemums are painted, red and gold are painted to create a resplendent effect. All kinds of factors led to the fact that these Clark porcelain became expensive porcelain at that time. Moreover, these porcelain were more used as decoration, so the shortcomings of the thin tire did not matter

"Therefore, Clark porcelain's value is determined by its less exquisite craftsmanship. On the market, this kind of porcelain is just a kind of cheap but valuable export porcelain, and the collectors are relatively small. As for the value of your porcelains, it is estimated that they are similar to these auspicious porcelains in terms of appearance. "

After listening to Jiang Jiachang's explanation, Tao Chunhai looks depressed. He didn't expect that he brought two kinds of porcelain, which turned out to be worthless. Is it really because of the bad luck brought by the dead that he was so unlucky? It seems that I'll have to go back to the master for help.

After a while, Tao Chunhai asked with a sad face: "boss Jiang, do you accept these porcelains?"

Jiang Jiachang shook his head and said, "to tell you the truth, if I put this kind of porcelain in the warehouse, I may not even earn the storage fee."

He was exaggerating, but he didn't think much of Tao Chunhai's porcelain. He thought he couldn't make a lot of money and didn't want any trouble, so he refused.

When Tao Chunhai was extremely disappointed, Chu Chen said, "I can buy these porcelains."

"Really?" Tao Chunhai was quite surprised.

Jiang Jiachang said: "you are not nonsense. Since Chu Shao said so, will he cheat you?"

Tao Chunhai scratched his head and gave a simple smile.

Chuchen said with a smile, "but let's talk about the front. Although I can buy all these porcelains, the price is cheaper. Of course, I won't take advantage of you. If you don't feel at ease, you can ask your friends about the price first. "

Tao Chunhai quickly said: "Chu Shao, although we meet for the first time, since you are a friend of President Jiang, I'm sure I believe you!"

Chu Chen is noncommittal about this. Anyway, everyone can say beautiful words. When it comes to his own interests, he is not so calm.

And Tao Chunhai's performance is also true. After Chu Chen identified all the porcelains he brought, he felt it was very difficult to talk about the price with him. He often had dozens of yuan to go, and he would nag endlessly.

For Chu Chen, the reason why he wanted to buy all these porcelains was also for his museum. These porcelains are not exquisite or treasures. It doesn't matter whether he bought them or not. Therefore, Tao Chunhai's performance made him feel very boring and almost didn't want to buy them in the end.

Tao Chunhai knows how to observe words and colors. Seeing that Chu Chen is impatient, he stops at once and sets the price painfully. He can't help it. Who calls it the buyer's market now?

After completing the transaction, Tao Chunhai said, "Chu Shao, do you have any interest in jewelry?"

"Where did you get the jewelry?" Jiang Jiachang asked.

Tao Chunhai explained: "jewelry is made with Clark porcelain. Apart from a seal, other jewelry are brooches. Many of these jewelry are made of gold and diamonds."

Jiang Jiachang said with a smile, "go and show it to us. Maybe it's worth a little more than your porcelains."

"OK, I'll get it right away..."

After Tao Chun left, Zhao Qirui asked, "Jiang pangzi, what news did you hear just now?"

Jiang Jiachang shook his head and said: "my friend said that there is no news from the police. Now the suspect is the old man who sold the seal to he Lihang. But now the old man's place is empty, and we can't find where he has gone."

Zhao Qirui said: "there is no monitoring around, isn't there? Besides, Haojing is not big. Where can he go? Have you left Haojing? "

Jiang Jiachang shrugged his shoulders and said, "who knows what's going on? There's no record of the place where he went in and out of the country. The old man seems to have disappeared out of thin air."

At this time, Chu Chen thought of a possibility: "will directly escape from the sea?"

Jiang Jiachang nodded and said: "my friend said that the police also think it is more likely, but now through the investigation, there is no clue in this aspect. He said that the police around him had been informed to assist in the investigation. It's a little strange from the beginning. Is there anything that Su changtou can do to get caught by the other party? ""I don't think that's very likely." Zhao Qirui analyzed: "if it's really like what you said, why should the other party kill him?"

"That's true." Jiang Jiachang thought about it and said, "could it be that Su changtou chose to commit suicide by jumping into the sea because he was not willing to be controlled by the other party?"

"This..."

As soon as Zhao Qirui was ready to express his different opinions, he saw Tao Chunhai coming over with a box, and his words were swallowed.

Tao Chunhai walked up to the crowd, opened the box, and said with a smile: "at the beginning, these jewelry were all packed in a sealed box, but as soon as they were salvaged, the box broke down, so I replaced it with another one..."

As we spoke, we looked at the box and saw that there were many pieces of jewelry in it, most of which were pendants. These pendants had their own characteristics and were full of exotic customs,.

For example, one pendant shows a carnival dancer, with fruit and flowers on her head, made of gold, enamel, baroque pearls and rose diamonds. The body is made up of a baroque pearl. The dancing skirt highlights the dazzling of Rose Diamond and colorful enamel.

Another pendant is also made of gold, enamel and baroque pearls. It is designed as the body part of a lion in the natural shape of pearls. The head and limbs are made of gold, and the enamel is used to decorate them. The lion is in a state of leaping, small but interesting. This design is very popular in the late 16th century and can be regarded as a typical jewelry of the Renaissance.

Besides the pendant, there are bracelets in the box. They are all European jewelry styles from the 16th to 17th century. It can be said that all of them are exquisite and valuable.

However, in Chu Chen's eyes, these jewelry are far less important than the seal that Tao Chunhai said, because this is not a seal at all, but a topaz just Mao.

Speaking of this, you should be able to guess the function of this Topaz Diamond. Yes, it is one of the Five Diamond related to Wang Mang's treasure. The number is five. However, compared with the one Chu Chen got before, the material of this topaz is much better. It uses a real Hetian Topaz with a sweet yellow and pure color, which is rarer than lanzhiyu.

However, in addition to the quality of the jade, other aspects of the carving are the same as that of the sapphire Gang Mao. It seems that it was made by the same person.

In addition, judging from the color and number of jade, the five Gang Mao are probably made according to the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. Then, the other three are probably made of red, white and black jade, and the clues to the treasure may also be related to the five elements.

Although this kind of speculation has little effect on looking for other gang Mao, it is better for Chu Chen.