Pick up bargains in Chinatown and make 10,000 times the profit at the beginning

Chapter 53 So you are this kind of uncle!

After a while, Henry finally broke the silence: "You all don't want it? Then I won't be polite!"

Among the people present, only Henry did not gain anything, and the others tacitly gave way to Henry.

After all, I spent money on this tea cake, so it can be considered a consolation prize.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan handed the tea cake to Henry.

Then he fixed his eyes on the box of tea and looked at it carefully.

I saw that there was something inlaid on the box, it was sparkling and very beautiful.

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized!

In ancient times, the drunkard’s interest was not in wine, and today, Lin Yuan’s interest is not in tea cakes!
After Lin Yuan finished reading, Zhou Zhiming couldn't help but ask, "What's the origin of this box?"

“This is a box made with mother-of-pearl craftsmanship.”

Combined with some books he had read, Lin Yuan had confirmed the true identity of the box.

Mother-of-pearl craft? What is that?
Except for the uncle, everyone else was confused and their eyes were focused on Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan coughed lightly and said, "Mother-of-pearl is a decorative technique that uses snail shells and seashells to grind into thin slices and inlay them on the surface of objects according to the needs of the picture. It is one of the most common traditional Chinese decorative arts.

Because the materials come from nature, after careful grinding, painting and polishing by craftsmen, the finished products are often gorgeous and colorful, with fantastic visual effects, perfectly interpreting natural beauty. "

It is said that mother-of-pearl originated from lacquerware of the Shang Dynasty.

Archaeologists have unearthed a number of Western Zhou lacquerware inlaid with mother-of-pearl at the Western Zhou Yan State cemetery in Boli River. Among them is a piece of lacquerware with painted animal faces and phoenix patterns made with the mother-of-pearl technique. This is one of the earliest mother-of-pearl lacquerwares seen in the world so far.

By the Tang Dynasty, China's mother-of-pearl craft had reached a fairly mature level, especially the mother-of-pearl on the lacquered back of bronze mirrors, which is a craft treasure of this period.

The uncle looked at Lin Yuan suspiciously: "Are you sure?"

After saying that, he took the box from Lin Yuan and took a look. The box was in good condition, with no cracks or paint peeling off or any part of the front trim coming off.

My uncle had heard of the name of mother-of-pearl, but he was not very familiar with it.

He knew that as time passed and the climate, temperature and humidity continued to change, mother-of-pearl crafts would be prone to delamination, paint peeling and inlays falling off, and only a handful of works of art could be preserved intact.

If the box in your hand is a mother-of-pearl box, it should be worth a lot.

Lin Yuan: “That should be correct.”

How could the treasure hunting instrument go wrong? It looks like the level is not low! It actually shows red light.

Henry exclaimed: "It's really beautiful, it looks very high-end, we must be careful to prevent some company from copying it."

He didn't say which company it was, but everyone understood what he meant. It's no secret that some foreign luxury brands have blatantly copied traditional Chinese elements in recent years.

They always have an inexplicable sense of superiority, and always feel that selling products to Chinese consumers is a reward. No matter how expensive their prices are, there will always be consumers who will buy them at full price.

In essence, the West has taken advantage of the fact that some Chinese people lack confidence in their own culture, and even that a considerable number of them have a mentality of worshipping foreign things and fawning on foreigners. That is why they dare to act so unscrupulously.

In fact, throughout history, the Chinese nation has a long history of civilization of 5,000 years and countless cultural and artistic treasures. There is absolutely no need for the Chinese to worship foreign things.

My uncle took some close-up photos from different angles and sent them to Uncle De.

Soon, Uncle De called and said, "Could this photo be downloaded from the Internet?" Uncle De had reason to doubt it. After all, this guy had a criminal record.

My uncle's face turned red, as if he was insulted, and he said anxiously: "How could it be downloaded from the Internet? When have I ever done such a thing?"

On the other end of the phone, Uncle De kindly helped him recall: Five years ago, what happened to that Yuan blue and white porcelain; three years ago, what happened to that Tang tri-color glazed porcelain…

The uncle quickly admitted his mistake: "Uncle De, Uncle De, let's talk about business."

The people around him looked at my uncle strangely.

The audience in the live broadcast room burst out laughing: So you are this kind of uncle!

It can be seen that my uncle has done this kind of thing many times.

Then, my uncle told Uncle De how he got the box. He described it in such vivid detail that if you didn’t know, you would think he had found a bargain.

After hearing this, Uncle De was completely numb!
It's weird that Lin Yuan can find treasures whenever he goes out.

You know, even old guys like them don't dare to say that they can pick up treasures when they go out. Uncle De believes that the goddess of luck is his mother.

Although he was not present, one can tell from the photos that this is a very open mother-of-pearl box.

He told his uncle: "This thing is good! It should be from the Tang Dynasty."

The box was octagonal in shape, with a picture of Water Moon Guanyin outlined with conch shells on the lid.

Water-Moon Guanyin, also known as Water Auspicious Guanyin or Water Auspicious Bodhisattva, is the incarnation of Guanyin who is devoted to observing the water aspect.

There are two common images of him: one is standing on lotus petals, which are floating on the sea, and Guanyin is looking at the moon in the water.

Another one is sitting in lotus posture on a stone mountain in the sea, holding an unopened lotus in his right hand and making the fearlessness mudra with his left hand, with water flowing out of his palm.

The Water-Moon Guanyin on this box is the latter.

"A very typical Buddhist painting by Zhou Fang. Xiaolin, you should know that Water Moon Guanyin was created by Zhou Fang, right? Zhou Fang was a person from the Tang Dynasty..." Uncle De analyzed with Lin Yuan and others on the phone.

There are paintings by Zhou Fang in the southeast courtyard of the Shengguang Temple Pagoda in Guangdefang, Chang'an. There is also a painting discovered in the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, and there are still examples of Tang Dynasty Water Moon Guanyin paintings in the cave murals in the Wanfo Gorge in Anxi.

According to records of people at that time, the characteristics of Zhou Fang's works are "simple and strong clothes" and "soft and beautiful colors". The images of women he depicted are "voluptuous".

Lin Yuan was a little confused. This didn’t mean that this was Zhou Fang’s work, right?
Zhou Fang was not an inlay artist, he was a painter.

“I didn’t say this was Zhou Fang’s work, I just told you that the Water Moon Guanyin on the box cover is consistent with the characteristics of Zhou Fang’s works, that is, it has the characteristics of the Tang Dynasty.

Then, this mother-of-pearl box is most likely from the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, this is only a possibility. Whether it is true or not, I am not sure just looking at the photos. Not only I am not sure, any expert would not dare to judge the authenticity of a cultural relic based on photos alone. "Uncle De said.

Lin Yuan nodded to show that he understood.

Finally, Uncle De also told Lin Yuan that if this box was really a mother-of-pearl box from the Tang Dynasty, then its value would be very high, more than one million US dollars.

This time, it was the turn of the people in the live broadcast room to be annoyed.

(End of this chapter)