Play treasure master

Chapter 368

"It's also a seal?" Yu Yao couldn't help asking.

"Yeah, I just got it yesterday. It's not comparable to the emperor's badge, but it doesn't seem to be ordinary. Can you give me the palm eye?"

Lao Zhou opened the brocade box, which was a Shoushan White Hibiscus seal.

Shoushan stone, the most famous one is naturally Tianhuang, but there are many kinds of Shoushan stone, and white hibiscus is also one of the famous products.This kind of stone has low hardness, is easy to carve, and has a good hand feeling. It feels a little ointment, and it is especially easy to patina after playing with it.

This seal is squarely cut and exquisitely carved.The top is embossed with the Kuilong button, and the round circle of the printing pad is carved with Ruyi patterns.The knife method is round and straight, delicate and delicate.

"First-class craftsman!" Yu Yao couldn't help sighing before he started.

Old Zhou showed a slight complacency, took out the seal, put it on the rice paper, and purposely pointed one side at Yu Yao.

Because on this side, there are inscribed official script characters:
Shang Jun.

This is the author's signature.

Zhou Bin, courtesy name Shangjun, was a master seal button engraver during the Kangxi period. The seal buttons he carved were called "Shang Jun buttons".In the palace of the Qing Dynasty, some of his works were also collected.He had a profound influence on the art of printing buttons, and he was especially good at Shoushan stone carving.

Yu Yao stared at these two words for a while, and then went to look at the printed text. The printed text reads: The Benevolent Lives Longevity.

"Old Zhou, this is Zhou Shangjun's genuine product." Yu Yao put down the seal and said with a smile, "Both of you have the surname Zhou, so you are really destined."

"Are you sure it's the real thing?" Old Zhou asked worriedly.

"The heart and hand correspond, and the knife moves with the heart. This is the supreme realm of seal button carving. You see, the Kuilong button and the Ruyi pattern are obviously not connected, but they seem to be born as one. The knife is broken and the knife is continuous. Look at this There is no sense of jerky at all, only engraving your own name will give you a sense of extreme proficiency inside and out.”

"That's great!" Old Zhou Yi patted his thigh, "I want to collect these seals and seals, so I'm not afraid of buying expensive ones, but I'm afraid of buying fake ones!"

"How much did it cost?"

"20 million!"

The material of this seal is not comparable to the precious jade, nor can it compare to Tian Huang, which also belongs to Shoushan Stone, but because it is Zhou Shangjun's work, the price is not expensive.

"It wasn't expensive at first." Yu Yao nodded, "Benevolent Shou, you are paying more and more attention to health preservation now!"

"I'm getting older, I can't compare to you young people!" Lao Zhou rubbed his face.

The three chatted for a while, and Lao Zhou had something to do, so he left first.

As soon as Lao Zhou left, Hu Zhanshan came back.

Pu Jie had asked him to come directly to the store today to talk about the Longqing blue and white vat, and Lao Zhou was an uninvited guest.

After Hu Zhanshan came, he sat down and drank a couple of sips of tea. Just as he got to the point, Lao Wang from the next door came in again. When he saw it, he smiled and said, "Are there any guests?"

Next to Geguzhai, there is a Hubi shop on one side, and the couple sells pens, inks, papers and inkstones; on the other side is Lao Wang's shop, which mainly sells old cloth shoes and old felt hats. There are more middle-aged and elderly customers, and the hats he sells are not green. of.

"What's the matter, Old Wang?" Yu Yao knew that Old Wang would not buy antiques.

"I have a small question to ask you." Lao Wang hesitated, "Why don't you come to my shop to talk?"

"Okay, then Pu Jie, you can talk to Mr. Hu. Mr. Hu, I'm sorry." Yu Yao then said.In his absence, Pu Jie easily raised the price.

Yu Yao went into Lao Wang's shop next door. There was also a nephew of the same family who was helping in Lao Wang's shop. Lao Wang asked him to support him and invited Yu Yao into the cubicle.

"Old Wang, why are you so secretive today?" Yu Yao laughed after sitting down.

"There is something I want you to help Zhang Zhangyan. The main reason is that I have to answer today, so I am in a hurry." Lao Wang said a little embarrassedly, "I don't know, this, in your antique shop, this The cost of the palm of the eye..."

"Hey! Old Wang, you are too polite. I have been a neighbor of the store for many years. When my father is around, he always praises you. Just because you have a second look, what are you doing with the money?"

"Uncle Yu is also a blessing." Lao Wang couldn't help but sighed after hearing this.In fact, Lao Wang is not much older than Yu Yao. He is 35 this year, and his shop has been open for six or seven years. The father who met Yu Yao before was called Uncle Yu.

Yu Yao paused for a moment, "Take it out, I'll show it to you right away. You said you, and you didn't find me until today when you have to answer."

"It's not just this. My wife just came back last night and brought this thing." Lao Wang explained, "She went back to her hometown to ask for a bill. A cousin in her hometown owed my father-in-law and mother-in-law 10 yuan. Later, my father-in-law and mother-in-law passed away, and my wife was an only child, and her cousin re-wrote the IOU in her name. But it has been several years, and I haven’t paid it back.”

"I understand, it's something that was paid off." Yu Yao nodded, "I remember, my sister-in-law is from Hankou, right? It's not easy to ask for money across the country, and it's related to relatives."

"Who says it's not!" Pharaoh nodded, then shook his head again, "It's not considered a credit, my wife said I'll have a look at it when I get it back, and I'll call back today at the latest. Send it back."

"Okay, hurry up and take it out!" Yu Yao nodded.

Lao Wang directly took out a small plastic sealed bag from his pocket.

What was taken out of the plastic sealed bag was a semicircular jade pendant.

Half a jade pendant.

Long Pei.

Hetian white jade is of high quality and exquisite workmanship.It's just a little younger, and it's something from the Republic of China period.

In the middle and upper part of the dragon pendant, there is a small rectangular blank area, engraved with two characters:

Changan.

Yu Yao was taken aback!
Because Xiao Ying held the other half of the jade pendant, Feng Pei, with the word "Xu" engraved on it.

Xu Changan.Xu Taiyan's only son, Xu Chang'an.

"Is this piece of jade worth 10 yuan?" Old Wang asked carefully at this time.

"I'll give you 20, how about giving it to me?" Yu Yao couldn't help but blurt out.

"Ah?" Lao Wang didn't react for a while.

Yu Yao realized that he had lost his composure, and held the jade pendant to calm himself down, "I'll take another look."

While talking, Yu Yao touched the cigarette, but found that the cigarette was placed in the store.

"Smoke mine, smoke mine." Old Wang handed the cigarette to the fire, "You just said it was worth 20 yuan, did I hear correctly?"

In fact, if such a piece of Hetian jade pendant, excellent jade quality, exquisite carving, dragon pendant and phoenix pendant can be completely combined into one, the year of the Republic of China will not have much effect.

Even modern handicrafts can be worth more than 50.

However, half a piece is incomparable to a piece, and it is not as simple as dividing by two. 20 is a high price.

Of course, this is only in terms of market value.No matter how much Yu Yao spends on this jade pendant, he still has to take it.

Yu Yao took two puffs of cigarettes, analyzed the issue of value to Lao Wang, and finally made it clear, "Old Wang, this jade pendant has something to do with me, it is a relic of a senior; therefore, I You can pay more; besides, after selling it to me, I hope you can do me a favor."

(End of this chapter)