Chapter 188 Chapter 188

In Jia Sidao's mind, a thin but energetic man suddenly appeared.It's not that Mr. Cai Mingchao is so famous.It is said that every line is like a mountain, which is quite reasonable. Even in today's information-advanced society, if people who don't pay attention to antiques, when they talk about antiques, they just think they are old things, or they think of museums. Category. However, if Jia Sidao wants to enter this industry, he must know some people who often appear in major auction houses in advance, or what large auction houses and antique trading markets are there. Of course, for those who are new to a certain industry, the most attractive thing is undoubtedly the records created by some people in the industry.Leaving aside the distant ones, Jia Sidao has been paying attention to them in recent years.

Just like the 2005 "Guiguzi Down the Mountain" Yuan blue and white large pot, at the London Christie's art auction, the transaction price was 15.688 million pounds, equivalent to 230 million yuan, setting a new high in the auction price of Chinese art.Such an example, I am afraid that everyone who is interested in antiques is familiar with it, right? What Jia Sidao remembers most clearly is that the price of 1568.8 pounds, in terms of the market gold price of that day, can just be exchanged for a whole ton of gold! A ton of gold, such a shocking fact, a wealth that can be imagined, will undoubtedly make everyone who knows it still fresh in the memory.

And beyond that? The group of antiques is not just the same as Yuan blue and white.Even on the same type of porcelain, there are still various records.What kind of pastels, bucket colors, etc., there are countless.Jia Sidao can't remember all of them, but a few of them are equally shocking records, which can still be imprinted in his mind. That's why when Liu Yufei mentioned the name "Cai Mingchao", the expression on Jia Sidao's face was extremely wonderful, a little dazed, a little happy, a little looking forward, and a little admiring. Liu Yufei already knew that Jia Sidao should understand what he meant, so he didn't say anything more at the moment.As for the hand that patted Jia Sidao's shoulder, he didn't take it back, and the two of them just walked forward with their shoulders crossed.I don't know what Li Shiyun and Xia Yi, who are following behind, will think about what they shouldn't think when they look at these two people...

At this time, the thoughts in Jia Sidao's mind have drifted away with the name "Cai Mingchao". In 2005, one year after the blue and white pot of Yuan Dynasty created a shocking miracle, on October 7, 2006, at the Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, China, Cai Mingchao wrote "Buddha's Light Universal Illumination - Important Early Ming Dynasty" As the No. 353 bidder in the special auction of Gilded Bronze Buddha, he successfully auctioned the peerless bronze Buddha "Ming Yongle Gilded Bronze Sakyamuni Seated Statue" at a "sky-high price" of 116.6 million Hong Kong dollars, setting a new record in the category of Chinese Buddha statues. The highest auction record for a work of art in the world so far.At the same time, it also ended the history of the bronze Buddha wandering overseas for many years.

Such a feat is undoubtedly exciting for antique collectors.It is far more memorable than a foreigner accepting a "sky-high price" Yuan blue and white flower, right? Suppressing the shock in his heart, Jia Sidao followed Liu Yufei into his collection room. In fact, it is the basement of the villa.As for why Liu Yufei arranged the studio where he unpacks the rough jadeite on the first floor and the collection room in the basement, when Jia Sidao saw the various, high-quality, and exquisitely crafted jasper collections , the answer is already blurted out. The entire basement is not divided into two rooms like Jia Sidao's, it is completely a whole.Moreover, in terms of space, it is also slightly larger than what Jia Sidao expected. Jia Sidao thought to himself that the entire underground of the villa should be used.

On the walls on all sides, it has been decorated into countless independent closets, and the things placed on them are naturally Jasper's collection.In the central position, there are many pier-like settings, with a certain distance between them, criss-crossing, mostly made of glass.Directly above, there will be some large jasper carvings, and in the small grid below, there will be some small gadgets scattered here and there. Moreover, in order to prevent the jasper ornaments from bumping against each other inadvertently, those large utensils placed directly above the pier will have some transparent silk threads firmly tied to the base.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the entire basement is a museum of jasper collections. Jia Sidao finally understood how magnificent Liu Yufei's collection of thousands of pieces was. Not to mention the envy in his heart, the fact that Liu Yufei can find so many jasper ornaments at Liu Yufei's age is enough to show that Liu Yufei loves jasper-like things.No wonder Liu Yufei was so reluctant when Ms. Xia Yi came to persuade him to take one or two of them to the auction house. However, for Liu Yufei's reluctance, Jia Sidao felt a little gloating about his misfortune. Looking at Liu Yufei now, he also smiled faintly and said nothing, without any intention of defending Liu Yufei.In particular, as soon as Xia Yi entered the collection room, she went straight to her target collection.Jia Sidao was even more willing to stand aside and watch the excitement.

On the contrary, Li Shiyun looked at Jia Sidao's smiling expression at the moment. Although he was surprised by Liu Yufei's collection, he didn't express his surprise on his face. Together with Jia Sidao, he casually admired the display The jasper ornaments come. Speaking of which, the shape of jasper ornaments has a lot in common with jadeite products. For example, in the collection room, there are quite a few jasper pendants, such as Avalokitesvara statues, Maitreya Buddha, etc., the number is quite large.As for animal shapes, such as monkeys stealing peaches, two bats holding birthdays, etc., are also very common.Of course, there are also some strange shapes that Jia Sidao and Li Shiyun have never seen before, but they have gained a lot of insight.Jia Sidao was still pondering in his mind, look at it more now, maybe he can plagiarize some ideas when making emeralds in the future.

However, what calmed Jia Sidao's shock a little was that there were not many outstanding jasper ornaments in Liu Yufei's collection.For example, on the second floor of "Zhou Ji", the few jasper collections seen by Uncle Zhou, although there are also some of that level here, but compared to the overall number of thousands of pieces, they are relatively rare up. Especially for those large jasper ornaments, there may still be many defects in terms of texture and craftsmanship. Thinking of Liu Yufei being able to mobilize people to call for his piece of jasper Guanyin jade pendant, and even come all the way to Linhai, a smile spread from the corner of Jia Sidao's mouth.It seems that Liu Yufei's collection is slightly different from Jia Sidao's philosophy.

Jia Sidao is planning to take the high-quality route, and does not think that the number should be used to win.But Liu Yufei was out of liking for such a species as Biyu.Most of the things related to Jasper, as long as there is a chance, I am afraid Liu Yufei will try to accept it, right? But this time, Xia Yi's eyes were not on those gadgets, it was supposed to be taking one from Liu Yufei's few fine collections.Seeing Liu Yufei and Xia Yi surrounding a glass pier, Jia Sidao carefully sized up an ornament, and couldn't help but look back at Li Shiyun, who was still looking at many jasper finished shapes intentionally or unintentionally.Then he walked to her side and called softly: "Sister Li."

Seeing Li Shiyun's suspicious gaze, Jia Sidao did not hesitate, took her soft hand, walked towards Liu Yufei, and said as he walked: "The things here are all made of jasper. I don’t know much about it, why not ask Brother Liu to introduce it to us for free.” Of course, with that being said, only Jia Sidao knew what he was thinking when he held Li Shiyun's hand. Li Shiyun was silent and did not speak, and Jia Sidao didn't notice the look in her eyes. When she looked at Jia Sidao's silhouette, she burst out with a look of spirit.As long as she doesn't object and doesn't immediately withdraw her hand, Jia Sidao feels very at ease. Moreover, this situation of pulling her away can easily make the relationship between the two people delicate again. If at this time, Jia Sidao still doesn't understand Li Shiyun's feelings for him, then he is really too stupid.Besides, Jia Sidao never thought about the age issue mentioned by Li Shiyun.The key lies in the attitudes of Jia Sidao himself and Li Shiyun. So, seemingly very fast, but actually very slow, the two walked to Liu Yufei's side together. "Brother Liu, you really have a lot of collections here. However, they are arranged in an orderly manner." Jia Sidao opened his mouth and said jokingly, "After I went back, I wondered if I Should we also imitate the decorations here and decorate it?" "Okay, Xiao Jia, don't make fun of me." Liu Yufei said angrily, "There are a lot of things, but there are not many good ones." "Mr. Liu, what you said is wrong. I see that many of your collections are high-grade. It's like this mitral pot in front of you..." Ms. Xia Yi interjected. However, maybe it was okay for her not to mention the mitral pot in front of her, but when she mentioned it, the expression on Liu Yufei's face became even more bitter, and she couldn't help but quickly stuffed it back: "This one is quite good. , but can you leave it here?" Xia Yi couldn't help being taken aback. Jia Sidao looked at the expressions of the two of them, then turned to look at the key point of their conversation: the mitral pot.Looking at the style, Jia Sidao didn't quite understand it.I just think that the name is quite vivid.Moreover, Liu Yufei mentioned this thing before, and even used it as an example.So far, Jia Sidao still remembers the complete name: "This is the jasper embossed beast button flower dark eight-treasure pattern monk hat pot in Qianlong Qing Dynasty? Why don't you tell us about it, brother Liu?" You know, everything in the antiques has a source. Since the things that Liu Yufei can talk about and show off are naturally one of his favorite collections, how can there be no stories? But Liu Yufei glanced at Xia Yi and signaled her to come.Ms. Xia Yi did not refuse, and said: "This jasper is produced in Xinjiang. It is nicknamed spinach green and bronze green. You can understand it just by looking at its color." Seeing Jia Sidao nodding, she continued, "In the middle and late period of Qianlong, Qianlong specially ordered that the manufacturing office imitate a batch of antique things. This one is deliberately imitating the monk's hat pot in the Yongle period. Look at its craftsmanship. It is very fine and has eight treasures. The lotus pattern and the lotus pattern should be used to hold water when worshiping the Buddha. Because in the middle and late Qianlong period, they especially worshiped the etiquette of the Buddhist school, so they made such a special one. As for the carving method There are engravings and embossed ones on it. The whole mitral pot is more delicate. The only flaw is that in the process of spreading, there was a bump in this place, leaving some traces, which may be damaged a lot the value of." While talking, Ms. Xia Yi pointed at the mitral pot and made gestures, but it was clear. "As for where Mr. Liu collected it, I don't know about it." At the end, Xia Yi said something quite interesting. "I exchanged it with a friend for something." Liu Yufei also explained it very readily, but judging from the way he looked at Xia Yi, he was probably muttering in his heart: I thought you knew everything It's over. However, things that can be listed in auction houses, especially in China, are more particular about their provenance.On this point, Liu Yufei is not easy to talk nonsense. Next, Jia Sidao played with it for a while, and even felt it with his own abilities. It seems that, in terms of material, it is difficult to distinguish which is better than the Avalokitesvara jade pendant on his chest.Moreover, Jia Sidao was particularly moved by the fact that when he perceived Jasper, the scene in his mind seemed to be full of vicissitudes. I don't know if it's Jia Sidao's own subjective consciousness, or the perception of supernatural powers, but some sense of age can be faintly discerned.Jia Sidao faintly felt that this feeling was very mysterious.After all, when preparing to use supernatural powers to detect in advance, I had already decided in my heart that the mitral pot was something from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and it was reasonable to create a feeling of vicissitudes.