A treasure-appraisal maniac

Wang Xinyi was coquettish and acting like a rogue, so Lu Fei had no choice but to put the two brocade boxes given by the Xu family on the coffee table, and then pushed the small brocade box in front of Wang Xinyi.

"Why did you give me the little one?" Wang Xinyi said reluctantly.

"If you want it, please tell me whether you want it or not. Give it back to me right away."

"snort!"

Wang Xinyi snorted coldly and reluctantly held the small box in her hands, but when she opened the box, her eyes lit up instantly.

Inside the box is a 100 single 0.4 red coral bracelet.

Each red coral bead is round, full and brightly colored.

Coupled with turquoise beads and beeswax beads, it is simply beautiful.

Although Wang Xinyi is not interested in cultural relics, she is quite good at appraising jewelry. .??.

Every bead on this red coral bracelet is perfect.

The texture is natural, and the bug eyes and white core are almost invisible. Trying the feel again, Wang Xinyi instantly judged that these red coral beads are top-grade Aka red coral.

In this way, the value of this red coral bracelet is outrageous.

Red coral is an organic gemstone, shaped like an antler tree, and is known as the deep-sea Ganoderma lucidum. It is cultivated in the deep sea 100-2000 meters away from us.

Among them, a small number of varieties such as deep red, peach red, and pink are collectively called red coral. They are listed as the three major organic gemstones along with pearls and amber. They are listed as one of the Seven Treasures of Buddhism in the Eastern Buddhist scriptures. They have been regarded as a symbol of wealth and auspiciousness since ancient times.

Natural red coral is only produced in the Treasure Island Strait, the Island Strait, the Baltic Strait and the Mediterranean Sea.

Due to the restrictions of the sea area, red coral grows extremely slowly. Without external interference, it takes three hundred years to grow to one foot high. Therefore, natural red coral is extremely precious.

In the history of the Indian nation and ancient India, red coral was treated as a sacred object of protection and prayer.

In ancient Roman times,

Red coral is also known as red gold.

At the current price of red coral on the market, top-grade Aka red coral can cost as much as 4,000 yuan per gram, which is more than ten times the price of gold in a second.

As for the red coral bracelet in Wang Xinyi's hand, each bead is top-grade Aka red coral, and the total weight exceeds 80 grams.

In other words, based on the current market conditions, the value of this red coral bracelet is at least 300,000 yuan. However, this does not include the value of turquoise beads, beeswax markers and craftsmanship.

Wang Xinyi couldn't put it down and put the bracelet away, and at the same time sighed that the Xu family was indeed a family of collectors as famous as her own!

The random gift is a few hundred thousand, and no one else can afford it.

Wang Xinyi was still secretly happy that she got the valuable and extremely rare red coral bracelet.

But when he turned his head and saw the object in front of Lu Fei, he immediately felt deep resentment in his heart.

The red coral bracelet worth more than 300,000 yuan made me so happy that I couldn't find it.

But the purple clay pot in front of Lu Fei, even if Wang Xinyi, a layman, seemed to be worth much more than his own red coral bracelet.

However, this was just Wang Xinyi's guess. When he saw Lu Fei's solemn expression, Wang Xinyi knew that his guess was too outrageous.

According to Lu Fei's personality, if he could show such nervousness, then the value of this purple clay pot would be far beyond his imagination.

Facts have proved that Wang Xinyi’s guess was completely correct.

This purple clay pot looks like a pumpkin. In fact, it has a melon as the body, the melon base as the lid, the melon vine as the handle, and the melon leaves spiraling into the shape of the spout.

The inscription on the body of the pot is "Imitate the Aventurine style, serve it well"

Snow frankincense. "

On the side is the inscription "Ming Yuan" and the seal "Chen Mingyuan" in the seal script of Ling Yang.

With the pumpkin shape and this square seal, this purple clay pot is so awesome.

Who is Chen Mingyuan?

Chen Mingyuan is one of the three turning points in the history of Zisha. The other two are Shao Daheng and Chen Mansheng, both of whom are equally great masters.

Chen Mingyuan, also known as Mingyuan, also known as Hefeng, also known as Shixiashanren, Huyin, was a famous purple sand artist in Yixing during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. He was a famous craftsman who had made great achievements in pot art and fine products for hundreds of years.

He was a purple clay teapot master in the early Qing Dynasty, another generation of masters after Shi Dabin. He was born in a purple clay teapot family and his ancestral home is Yixing, Jiangsu.

His works are of great cultural and artistic value and are regarded as classics in the purple clay pot world.

Later generations of artists commented: "The hand-made pots, cups, bottles and boxes are far superior to their predecessors in their refined conception, ingenious coloring and skilled production techniques."

Gu Jingzhou once praised Chen Mingyuan: "A master of the purple clay tradition of the Ming Dynasty, a master of sand art in the Kang, Yong and Qian dynasties of the Qing Dynasty... His practice has set another milestone in the history of sand art."

Chen Mingyuan is the son of Chen Ziqi. Ziqi is known for his ability to make insect-eaten leaves. The pumpkin pots he makes have both ribbed and natural features.

Chen Mingyuan pioneered and innovated on the basis of inheritance, and produced dozens of tea sets and elegant toys, all of which were exquisite.

He also pioneered the style of engraving poems and inscriptions on the pot body, and used both inscriptions and seals for signatures. The style is elegant and has the style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. His works are famous both at home and abroad. At that time, there was a saying of "overseas competition for Mingyuan Dishes", which was very important to Zisha. The history of the development of ceramic art has established outstanding achievements.

His pot art inherited the simple and elegant modeling characteristics of the Ming Dynasty, and was not inferior to Shi Dabin, the originator of purple sand.

At the same time, he developed a natural realistic style. In the history of the development of purple sand, he was known for his technical proficiency and innovation.

Famous, his works are of milestone significance, so they are highly praised by future generations.

He is good at sculpture decoration, good at making new patterns, good at both sculpture and engraving, and has exquisite skills. His refined conception of the sculptures and ingenious coloring are extremely rare in the history of purple sand.

With the rise of purple clay teapot auctions year by year, the fame of teapot masters such as Shi Dabin, Chen Mingyuan, and Chen Mansheng has also increased, and they are well-known in the entire collecting circle.

However, due to the rarity of their existence and the difficulty of authenticating their authenticity, although the collection value of these top Ming and Qing masters is extremely high, only a small number of them come up for auction, and they have gradually become rare items in the minds of collectors. "legend".

Take Chen Mingyuan as an example. When he was in his prime, he was already famous. Many of his works were collected by officials and literati at high prices as soon as they were completed. Very few of them entered the market, so there is a saying of "overseas competition for Mingyuan dishes".

After hundreds of years of circulation, damage and loss, there are only a handful of survivors.

However, due to Chen Mingyuan's fame and deep profit margins in his works, imitations of Chen Mingyuan's pots have been popular for a long time, resulting in a situation in the current market where his pots are common but genuine ones are hard to find.

But the purple clay pot in front of Lu Fei was actually made by Chen Mingyuan himself, and it was called "Donngling Melon Pot".

It is said that after the fall of the Qin Dynasty, Dongling Hou Zhaoping planted melons in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an, which were known as "Donngling melons".

"Donngling Melon Pot" is a pot created by Chen Mingyuan to praise Zhaoping's spirit of poverty-stricken people, simplicity and uprightness.

In addition, people in the Song Dynasty called Longfeng Tuan tea "stone milk" or "white milk".

When making tea, the soup noodles are "glossy like silver threads", like "raw milk chestnuts" and "ripe milk flowers", so it is said to be "snow and frankincense".

"To hold the snow and frankincense" means that in this small teapot, the tea filled with "tea fragrance" is "for you to drink". This shows that Chen Mingyuan has unique ideas and superb skills.