The stall owner was overjoyed. This scene was his favorite.
Seeing the hostile eyes of the two customers, Jiang Yulou did not answer, but just smiled.
Although the identities and motives of Panjiayuan people vary widely, some common rules have been formed. For example, you cannot ask the price of something that is in someone else's hand. You have to wait for others to put it down before you pick it up and ask for the price; you can't become angry because someone missed it, and you have to admit defeat.
Although these two people came first, they put down their things and didn't agree on the price. Don't blame Jiang Yulou for interfering in the middle.
He said to the stall owner: "Boss, I think the shape of your porcelain is quite unique. I don't want to bargain back and forth. Can you sell it to me for twenty-five yuan?"
"Yes, yes." The boss agreed hastily, fearing that he would regret it.
He also received this piece of porcelain from the countryside. When he received it, he only spent five yuan on it. Now he has resold it for twenty-five yuan. This has multiplied many times.
Jiang Yulou nodded and gave the boss twenty-five yuan, while his elder brother Jiang Yuanchao carefully held the porcelain in his arms.
His brother spent a lot of money to buy this, so he had to be cautious.
The two customers were always watching the joke. They had been in this business for many years and thought they had a good eye. They could not see the origin of the blue and white porcelain. However, this young man dared to spend a lot of money to buy it. After returning, some He regretted it.
After collecting an antique, Jiang Yulou was in a good mood, and started walking in the garden with his eldest brother and Ma Dudu. It's just a pity that it was getting brighter and I didn't see any good products.
As the ghost market time ends and the market continues to operate, you can clearly see everyone's expressions at this time. Sellers all have the same motivation, to make money. Buyers are definitely a sight to behold, and everyone is different. Some are serious about hunting for goods, some come to inquire about the approximate price of their own treasures, some are arty, and some are just watching the excitement.
Seeing that there was no good chance, the three of them gathered together and left Panjiayuan.
Now, the most important thing is to find someone to appraise the porcelain Jiang Yulou just bought to see if they made a mistake.
The three of them carried the porcelain and went to the cultural relics store in Yanjing.
After some hard talk and a promise that they would spend money and never let the experts work in vain, the store agreed to send experts to take a look.
Several experts from the cultural relics store got together and looked at it for a long time, but they couldn't figure out what it was.
After finishing, the leader of the cultural relics store said with a smile: "Little comrades, I think you may have misunderstood. Although this porcelain is weird, it is not an antique. If you don't want to lose everything, our store is willing to spend money to take it. .”
Jiang Yulou looked calm and was not sad about the appraisal result at all. Instead, he asked: "How much is it?"
"Thirty yuan, how about it?" The leader tentatively quoted a price.
"Sorry, we don't sell it."
With that said, Jiang Yulou asked his eldest brother to put away the porcelain.
Seeing how decisive he was, the store manager said quickly: "Hey, little brother, the price is easy to negotiate."
Jiang Yulou said calmly: "I didn't want to sell this piece of porcelain when I bought it. I planned to keep it for myself."
Seeing that he was so determined, the store leader had no choice but to give up, but he looked unhappy. It was obvious that Jiang Yulou's refusal made him very dissatisfied.
After leaving the cultural relics store, Jiang Yuanchao asked: "Brother, those experts have verified that our porcelain is not antique. Since the leader wants to buy it, why don't we sell it? He paid thirty yuan, which is more than ours." The purchase price is still high, wouldn’t you make a profit if you sell it?”
Jiang Yulou did not answer his question. Instead, he said to Ma Dudu, who was silent on the side: "Dudu, do you think it was right for me to reject the leader of the cultural relics store?"
Ma Dudu thought for a while and replied: "Although I'm not sure whether the porcelain we bought is fake, the people in the cultural relics store definitely saw something. They didn't tell us the truth."
"Ah?" Jiang Yuanchao was a little surprised.
"Well, Dudu is right, I think so too. "Jiang Yulou nodded lightly and said to his elder brother: Since the people in the cultural relics store did not tell the truth, it proves that we did not buy wrong. There is absolutely no loss. At most, we are not making money as imagined."
"Why are they so bad!" Jiang Yuanchao muttered.
Jiang Yulou looked at Ma Dudu and asked: "Dudu, do you know any experts in this field?"
Ma Dudu thought for a while, nodded and said: "I really know someone, but I met him through my master, so I'm not familiar with him."
"That's it..." Jiang Yulou touched his chin and had an idea, "Look at what the old expert likes. Let's buy it and give it to him. Then we'll ask him for help. Look. Is it done?"
"Okay, that old expert likes to drink some wine. Giving him a bottle of wine will definitely be more effective than buying something high-end." Ma muttered.
"Okay, it's settled."
As a result, the three of them split up. Jiang Yulou and his eldest brother went to buy wine, while Ma Dudu went to contact experts.
After everything was settled, the three of them took the wine and repackaged porcelain.
The person Ma Dudu contacted was amazing. He was an old expert on porcelain in the Palace Museum.
The old expert welcomed several people into the house. After receiving the gift, he rejected it and reluctantly accepted it.
Moutai is now somewhat famous, and the old expert is a wine lover, so he likes it even more.
After a few people sat down and chatted for a while, Ma Dudu revealed his purpose, "Mr. Zhao, my friend bought a piece of blue and white porcelain and I would like to ask you to help me with it."
"Mr. Zhao, please excuse me." Jiang Yulou smiled modestly and asked his elder brother to open the package.
When the porcelain was displayed in front of him, the old expert was stunned.
Mr. Zhao stood up, approached the porcelain, put on his gloves, put it in his hand, and looked at it again and again.
"Oh, this thing is amazing. This is the Ming Yongle Blue and White Unstoppable Zun. There are only a few of them in the country. Where did you get this one?" Mr. Zhao asked in surprise.
After Jiang Yulou explained the process of picking up leaks in detail, Mr. Zhao was full of praise for him and praised him for being "bold and careful."
"Mr. Zhao, can you tell us about Wuzhanzun so that we can gain some knowledge?" Ma Dudu asked while the iron was hot.
Mr. Zhao marveled at the treasure in front of him, and did not refuse to tell a few young people, "Wuzhanzun is a unique blue and white porcelain type from the Yongle and Xuande dynasties of the Ming Dynasty. Its biggest feature is that it is hollow and has a transparent bottom. The rim of the plate is symmetrical, and its appearance resembles an ancient thread spool. It appeared as porcelain for export and is very similar to the shape and decoration of ancient Persian porcelain."
"The pattern of your Unblocked Zun is divided into three parts with string patterns as the boundary. The raised ridge in the middle is painted with a fat and wide deformed lotus petal pattern. The upper and lower parts are based on entangled flowers. The color is fresh and bright. There is an obvious halo phenomenon. The body of the vessel has dark brown metallic luster spots. The spots are sunk in the fetal bones and feel uneven when touched by hand. This is also in line with the distinctive characteristics of Yongle blue and white "Suma Liqing" materials. .”
"Suma Liqing" is a kind of blue and white material produced in the Middle East. Due to its low manganese content, it shows a bright and intense blue color after firing. It will produce a halo effect like the ink halo in Chinese paintings, and because it contains iron If the quantity is high, dark brown spots with tin shine will be formed after firing, which is also a distinctive feature of blue and white porcelain in the Yong and Xuan years.
After Chenghua, the Ming Dynasty implemented a maritime ban, which greatly reduced the export sales of porcelain. Export porcelain such as Wudi Zun was no longer produced. Later generations knew very little about it, and even imitations were rare.
Jiang Yulou and others were like primary school students, nodding their heads under Mr. Zhao's explanation.
I learned it, I really learned it.
"You may not know that there are only six pieces of Yongle Unstoppable Zun circulating in China today!"
