Goldfinger of the Heavens

Chapter 794

"Wang Jinsheng? Four famous ink makers?"

"Yes." Huang Chong picked up a piece of purple jade light on the table and said, "Among the ink ingots of the Qing Dynasty, Cao Sugong's purple jade light is the most famous. Besides Cao Sugong, there are Wang Jinsheng, Wang Jie'an and Hu Kaiwen. That is, the four famous ink makers."

"Wang Jinsheng is from Huizhou. He was originally an ink worker of Cao Sugong's family. He rose up probably between Kangxi and Yongzheng. He got rid of the shackles of the Cao family and opened a "Jianguzhai" ink shop alone in Huizhou city. The ink carvings are exquisite and ingeniously decorated, and within a short period of time, there are countless people who want to buy ink masters who are as famous as Cao Sugong, Wang Jiean and others."

"Is this considered stealing a teacher?" Brother Ma laughed.

"Maybe, but his ink-making skills are indeed very good. In the book that Uncle De gave me, I saw a record. In the sixth year of Qianlong, Wang Weigao, the son of Wang Jinsheng, was called to Beijing to teach the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Ink making, and in the illustrated book of Wang's ink products, there are ten colors and eight trigrams ink."

"In other words, this is the ten-color gossip ink made by Wang Jinsheng?" Zhuang Rui asked.

Huang Chong did not answer directly, but picked up a piece of ink, and said: "Judging from the golden color of these ten pieces of ink and the lacquer paint on them, they are definitely ancient inks from the Qing Dynasty. It is fine and thick, and it is red, if it is brass, it is a modern imitation, you see, the gold color on it is very thick, and the gold is as good as real gold."

"Ah."

"What about the patent leather?"

"The so-called lacquer leather, also known as lacquer clothing, refers to adding rubbing on the ink surface. It was popular in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, most of the paint was painted on the upper, lower, left, and right sides. There is no paint on the top and bottom of the ink, and the patina on the ink is simple and vicissitudes, the shape of the vessel is regular, the surface pattern is clear, the strokes are clean and not muddy, it should be the ancient ink of the Qing Dynasty."

"Then this gossip color ink, is it produced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Or is it made by Wang Jinsheng's Jianguzhai?" Zhuang Rui asked. He was like a studious student at the moment, and he immediately got the point.

Huang Chong did not answer, but took out a piece of ink from the ink ingots on the side, picked up another piece of Bagua color ink, and handed it to Zhuang Rui: "This piece is tribute ink from the Qing Dynasty. Compare it, the two pieces have what a difference."

"In terms of subtlety, it's not as good as it is." After the comparison, Zhuang Rui said.

"That's right." Huang Chong opened the silk cloth that had been wrapped with gossip colored ink just now: "The handwriting and seal on it should be enough to explain the problem."

There are densely packed characters and a red seal written on the silk cloth, which Huang Chong discovered when he was collecting ink, which is also very helpful for identification.

"There is the seal of Jigutang on it, and there are also comments on this set of ink. You can see this part of the record, which shows that these ten pieces of ink are hidden in the box to avoid that special time. Jigutang, It is the studio name of Mr. Zhang Jiongbo, a famous modern collector. He is very fond of inks made by famous masters in various periods in ancient times.

"That is to say, it is true."

"I dare not say that I am [-]% sure, but there are still [-]% or [-]% of them. The full name of this set of colored ink should be 'Bagua Colored Ink Made by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty'."

"Yu Mo, this is the highest level." Ma Ge said, he still remembered the six kinds of ink ingots that Li Shan mentioned earlier, and then Ma Ge asked: "Then how much is this set of Bagua color ink worth?"

Sure enough, in the eyes of a rich man like Marco, how much money is the best measure, but this is understandable. If these rich people did not enter the market, the price of antiques would not rise to the same level as it is now. It can be said that there are good and bad!

Huang Chong thought for a while, then rearranged the ten ink ingots, and said, "You should know that the most valuable ink ingots on the market are the set of colored inks from the collection of Ten Scenes of West Lake made by Emperor Qianlong that were auctioned in 07. It was made by Wang Jie'an, one of the "Four Great Ink-making Masters". On one side is the seven-character verses chanted by Emperor Qianlong, and on the other side is a bas-relief picture of ten scenes of the West Lake printed with fine molds. It is a peerless treasure, and its The price is 4408 million yuan, which is also the highest record for ink auctions so far."

Huang Chong looked at the ten pieces of ink ingots and said, "Actually, I don't know much about the market of ink ingots. This set of imperial gossip color ink has been recorded in books. The imperial ink produced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is only made by Zhu Mo." Items, you need one catty of cinnabar, six liang of glue, three qian of borneol, ten pieces of flying gold, one qian of cottonseed, three feet of white cloth, ten jin of charcoal, and fifty jin of coal. The cinnabar ink you get is only six liang. Left and right, the gossip color ink produced by Wang's ink products and put on the market is six taels of silver per ingot, and 60 taels of ten ingots, which is equivalent to the salary of a magistrate for one and a half years at that time, and this is only put on the market. Colored ink, not imperial ink."

"As far as I know, there are currently two museums collecting the highest priced colored ink of the Ten Scenes of West Lake, and if I remember correctly, this Imperial Bagua colored ink has not been recorded or published by any major museum so far. It is said to be a very rare thing, but in terms of value, it is still not as good as the Ten Scenes of West Lake ink that has poetic sceneries on the ink at the same time."

"According to Brother Huang, this ink is more precious, but it has been more than ten years. Considering inflation and the soaring price of antiques in the past ten years, I am afraid that 400 million is still available." Shi San'er said.

"Not bad, not bad!" Zhuang Rui and Brother Ma nodded, agreeing with Shi San'er's statement.

"I didn't expect a piece of ink to be so expensive. I really learned a lot. Ten yuan is 400 million yuan, and one piece is 40 yuan. Anyway, I can't afford it." Ma Ge said with emotion.

"Although these ancient inks are well-made, according to the current situation, the ornamental value is still greater than the practical value. With these residual inks, it is enough for me to use for a long time. These inks can only be collected." Huang Chong said.

"Don't care about the value, even if the ten pieces of ink are not worth 400 million, even if there are 40, then you have picked up a big leak! A piece of money that is less than ten yuan is worth 20 yuan , A box of ink bought for 25 turned into 400 million in a blink of an eye, no, with these ink ingots added, it must be at least 420 million, brother Huang, I took it today, I took it completely!" Brother Ma gave Huang Chong a thumbs up and said.

"Luck, luck." Huang Chong said.

"Don't think that you can escape by luck. Let me tell you, you have already ordered today's big meal."

"That's a must!"

(End of this chapter)