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Chapter 37 The Eight Loves of Literati
"Although the texture of the black avocado is a little worse than that of the purple avocado, it is very rare for such a centuries-old object to be handed down."

After talking about the material, Su Xiaofan changed the pen holder.

"This should be an object from the late Ming Dynasty, and the carver was also made by a famous master. Looking at this patina, it must have been put in the study for appreciation in the early years, and I don't know how it ended up in the antique market."

"well said!"

Jing Shizhen looked at Su Xiaofan in surprise, apparently he did not expect Su Xiaofan to be so accurate in dating.

The customer surnamed Tong who had been sitting beside him without speaking had a strange look at Su Xiaofan at this time, it was really that Su Xiaofan was too young, young people did not look like people in the antique shop at all.

"Then can you tell what this sculpture is?"

Jing Shizhen's deliberations are not over yet. To be able to identify the material and date depends on her eyesight. Although Jing Shizhen will be surprised, she will not be shocked.

And if Su Xiaofan can tell the patterns carved on the pen holder and the meaning it represents, it is a manifestation of cultural heritage. Jing Shizhen is not very optimistic about Su Xiaofan's understanding of the culture of this pen holder.

"Uncle Jing, if you're not mistaken, this pen holder should be called a high-relief eight-love pattern pen holder, right?"

Su Xiaofan said with a smile, in fact, without the information in his mind, he could still see the sculptor of the relief.

The so-called high relief refers to the engraving method in which the carved patterns and patterns protrude from the bottom surface. It is more common in pen holders and incense holders. High relief is also used in Shoushan stone carvings.

But Su Xiaofan didn't quite understand the word Ba Ai at first, but later he secretly checked it with his mobile phone and found out that Ba Ai was the love of eight historical celebrities.

Tao Yuanming loves chrysanthemums, Meng Haoran loves plums, Su Dongpo loves inkstones, Wang Xizhi loves geese, Zhou Dunyi loves lotus, Mi Fu loves stones, Li Bai loves wine, and Lu Yu loves tea.

The relief of this pen holder is carved with the eight loves of literati. On this small pen holder, eight figures and their favorite things are carved out with exquisite knife work. This kind of carving is definitely a master class work.

"That's right, the full name of this pen holder should be called the late Ming Dynasty Huanghuali high-relief eight-love pattern pen holder."

Jing Shizhen applauded Su Xiaofan, "Xiao Su, that's amazing, who did you learn all this knowledge from?"

The antique trade talks about the orderly inheritance, and usually only the apprentice brought out by the master can understand such knowledge so deeply, otherwise such remote knowledge is rarely known.

"Uncle Jing, I learned from Brother Gang."

Su Xiaofan's words can't be said to lie to Jing Shizhen, because he did learn from Zheng Dagang like those literary games like huanghuali beads, but some of the deeper knowledge was learned by Su Xiaofan by searching for information.

"With Gangzi?"

Jing Shizhen shook her head again and again, "You can give that kid a fight, if he knows what is meant by the eight loves of literati, I can give him this meditation hall."

"Xiao Su, what's the matter, can you continue to talk? Can the author of this pen container see it?"

"Uncle Jing, please forgive me, you have emptied all the stuff in my stomach."

Su Xiaofan smiled wryly and shook his head. If it was about the authors of ancient calligraphy and paintings, he could still guess, after all, they were the only ones. But the brush holders are too small, many of them are made by craftsmen, not even famous ones.

"Then let me tell you."

Jing Shizhen said: "Although there is no signature, if I read correctly, this pen holder should be made by Chen Zisheng at the end of Ming Dynasty.

Chen Zisheng once carved an ivory-carved pen holder with Lanting Preface, which was very exquisite in craftsmanship, and Chen Zisheng was a man of integrity, who was very famous among literati in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

Chen Zisheng’s known pen holder works are only the ivory-carved pen holder, and this one is his second pen holder work, which has profound significance..."

Jing Shizhen demonstrated the origin of this huanghuali pen holder from several aspects. First of all, the carving style of this pen holder is very similar to that engraved with the ivory carving of Lanting Preface.

Another thing is that Chen Zisheng himself is from Qiong province. He has the conditions to obtain this old huanghuali tree root, but he doesn't know how this huanghuali pen holder ended up in the Yanjing antique market hundreds of years later.

"Uncle Jing, how much is this pen holder worth?"

Su Xiaofan asked, with his current wealth, he couldn't afford to collect. At best, he was just a distributor of antiques. Well, to put it simply, he was a small vendor selling antiques at a street stall.

"Chen Zisheng has a high evaluation in history. After the Ming Dynasty fell, he did not serve the Manchu Dynasty and lived a poor life until his death. If his things are auctioned, many people will recognize him."

Jing Shizhen thought for a while and said: "A few years ago, Xiangjiang took a piece of Yushanfang huanghuali sunflower-style pen holder in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. At that time, it cost about 200 million yuan, but the carving of that pen holder was very simple, and the carving was far inferior This one of you..."

Jing Shizhen pondered for a while, and then said: "According to my estimation, if you take pictures of this pen holder, it will not be less than 300 million. If you meet someone you like, you can take more than 500 million!"

The reason why Jing Shizhen said that Su Xiaofan picked up the biggest leak of the year is because of this. An item bought for 150 yuan can be sold for 400 million yuan at auction. This is a profit of tens of thousands of times, and the antique market is relatively mature. Today, it is simply unbelievable.

Of course, in the 80s and [-]s, such things often happened.

The people at that meeting were just able to eat enough, so no one would collect antiques. Celebrities’ calligraphy and paintings were sold as waste paper, and huanghuali tables and chairs cost five yuan a piece. Today, some big domestic collectors include Jing Shi Jane herself was a beneficiary of that era.

"The minimum is 300 million, and if it is higher, can it be sold for 500 million?"

Su Xiaofan was dumbfounded when he heard this, he was really fat, originally he had around a hundred thousand in his pocket, but now suddenly there are several million more, of course, he had to sell the pen holder.

"Your surname is Su, right?"

Just when Su Xiaofan was thinking about how to spend the 500 million yuan, a voice sounded from the side, "I like this pen holder quite a bit, how about it, I'll bid 400 million yuan, would you like to change hands?"

"you are?"

Su Xiaofan looked around and saw the middle-aged man sitting on the sofa.

"My surname is Tong, Tong Dongjie, and I run a tourism and cultural company. Your pen holder is relatively rare. I want to collect it. I wonder what you mean, Xiao Su?"

Although the middle-aged man was talking to Su Xiaofan, his eyes were on Jing Shizhen.

"Uncle Jing, do you see?"

Su Xiaofan also looked at Jing Shizhen, this is Jing Shizhen's meditation hall, if the two of them make a deal, it would be a bit overwhelming.

"Little boy, you should know my rules."

Jing Shizhen couldn't see any joy or anger on her face, she just said to the man: "The item I appraised was also sold in Jingxintang, I want to charge 20.00% of the transaction price, and you should pay for this money, Xiaotong. As for taxes and fees, you two can discuss how to pay them yourself."

"Uncle Jing, I understand the rules. The 400 million yuan belongs to Xiaosu, and the 80 yuan belongs to Jingxintang. I will be responsible for all the taxes and fees. What do you think?" The middle-aged man said respectfully.

"It's really easy to make money in Jingxintang."

Hearing the conversation between Jing Shizhen and Tong Dongjie, Su Xiaofan who was on the side couldn't help but click his tongue. He didn't pay any money, and only for an appraisal, he collected 80 yuan. This is simply a white wolf with empty hands.

"It's not mine. Whether it's sold or not depends on what Xiao Su wants."

Jing Shizhen didn't seem to be too interested in Tong Dongjie, and her words didn't seem to be like treating guests.

"Uncle Jing, since this Mr. Tong likes it so much, I'll give it to him."

Su Xiaofan didn't even hesitate for a moment, he made a decision, if this thing goes up for auction, who knows when it will be sold, 400 million is not too little, and the money is his own when he gets it.

"That's okay, I'll have someone prepare the contract, you can sign it later, and pay after signing."

Uncle Jing beckoned, and called a staff member to explain a few words. There are ready-made electronic templates for such contracts in the store, and they can be used after a few changes.

Of course, Uncle Jing's 80 yuan is not for nothing, he has to act as a middleman as a guarantee, if there is any problem with the item in the future, others will not go to Su Xiaofan, but Jingxintang.

So while the contract was being prepared, someone came over with a digital camera and took pictures of the pen holder from different angles.

There is a digital photo developing equipment in the store. After the developed, both parties need to sign and press their fingerprints. This is also one of Jingxintang's methods to prevent others from exchanging fakes for real ones and seeking later accounts.

Jingxintang antique trading has its own set of procedures, and there is a dedicated person in charge, that is, in about 10 minutes, all the materials before the transaction are ready.

Su Xiaofan and Tong Dongjie signed the contract and the photos respectively, Tong Dongjie went and called a subordinate to come in, and transferred the money to Su Xiaofan on the spot according to the bank account Su Xiaofan left in the contract.

For the on-site transaction alone, Tong Dongjie spent 480 million yuan, not counting the taxes and fees he will pay later, the total price must have been more than 500 million yuan.

This also allowed Su Xiaofan to see how rich people buy antiques.

Su Xiaofan spends 500 yuan a day in the antique market, spending [-] yuan in one day.

But now Su Xiaofan is drinking tea while blowing the air conditioner in the Jingxin Hall, within a few sentences, a deal of 500 million yuan has been finalized. It is also a business, but the difference can be said to vary from day to day.

"Uncle Jing, what do you think about that incident? Do you have time to go there?"

After trading the pen holder with Su Xiaofan, Tong Dongjie asked someone to put the pen holder away, as if he didn't care about this object as much as he said.

"Is there anyone you want?"

Su Xiaofan and Zhao Zhengshan looked at each other, and they both understood.

This Tong Dongjie should have seen that Uncle Jing admired Su Xiaofan very much, so he gave Su Xiaofan a good transaction price through the sale of the pen holder, and also gave Jingxintang a commission of 80 for nothing, which can be said to have done everything.

"Don't worry, let's not talk about it, Xiao Su, what did you buy in that bag? Didn't you pick up another leak?"

Jing Shizhen didn't seem to want to talk to Tong Dongjie in front of Su Xiaofan and others, so she turned her attention to another bag that Su Xiaofan put on the table.

　This chapter wants to pick up the leak of the monthly pass~
　　
　
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