On the home page of the auction notice, Li Shi saw a yellow seal and immediately became interested.
He looked carefully at the title of the auction introduction - Wen Zhengming's Tianhuang seal in the mid-Qing Dynasty.
"It's really Tian Huang."
Reach out and click in to see the details.
"The dimensions are 3.4×1.6×7.3cm, and the weight is only 45g, less than one or two pounds."
The estimated price is: 600,000-900,000 (RMB).
"The weight of 45 grams is estimated to be around 70,000 to 800,000 yuan. If calculated as 800,000 yuan, the unit price is more than 17,000 yuan per gram."
"This unit price is probably not the most expensive in Tianhuang."
Li Shi rubbed his hands.
Recently, he was learning painting, and occasionally he thought about making a few seals for use.
However, sketching is still just (beginner+), and I have never drawn anything that makes me particularly satisfied, so I am not in a hurry.
When he looked up various precious materials before, he had learned a little bit about Tian Huang and knew that Tian Huang had been called the "King of Seal Stones" since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Dignitaries, literati, and even emperors all competed to use the seals carved by Tian Huang.
"In addition to engraving, I have also been looking for the second and third types of gemstones besides jade as options for exchanging wealth in the future. In addition to Hetian jade, this Tianhuang is not a high-value choice."
Li Shi entered "Tianhuang" in the search box on the upper right side of the auction website and clicked to confirm. Soon, all the transaction data related to Tianhuang in previous years were displayed.
Choose to sort by price from high to low and view them one by one.
"The Tianhuang seal (a set of eleven pieces) made by Zhou Shangjun of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty for the personal use of Wu Guozhen and his wife, weighing 438 grams in total, was sold for 25.3 million yuan... The unit price is 57,700 per gram."
"A large square seal with yellow frozen double phoenix buttons made by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. It weighs 256 pieces and was sold for 16.1 million yuan... The unit price is 62,800 per gram."
Li Shi looked at all the Tianhuang stone lots with the highest transaction prices, and then opened the website of Dejia Auction Company, which he was familiar with, and searched their Tianhuang stone transaction records over the years.
In Dejia, the highest transaction price was a modern Shoushan Tianhuang stone ornament, which cost 20.12 million and weighed 340 grams. In total, the unit price was 59,000 per gram.
"The current gold price is in the early 400s, which means that the price of top-grade Tianhuang is at least a hundred times that of gold!"
He checked some information on the Internet and saw someone saying in the forum that the price of the top-grade Tianhuang stone was even as high as hundreds of thousands per gram.
"It's not much different from top-grade jade. The key is that I can't just exchange for jade, and I have to do it!"
"First find a way to buy a high-quality Tianhuang sample."
"There are too many fakes nowadays, so it is more reliable to go through big auction companies."
Li Shi returned to Beijing Liberty Auction Company's website to check it out. The notice stated that their auction would be on display at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Xiangjiang in late January.
“It’s only early December, there’s still a month and a half to go.”
He went to the website of Dejia Auction Company, which he had cooperated with twice, to look at their auction preview, and found that in addition to their online auction, their next large-scale auction would also be held in Xiangjiang, but the time was not the same. A little earlier, in early January.
"Jade, Gold, Stone, Study, Art and Ancient Auction."
"Hey, in addition to Tian Huang Stone, there are also Tian Bai Stone and White Furong Stone..."
After briefly browsing, Li Shi sent a message to Zhou Yajuan from Dejia Auction Company.
Zhou Yajuan responded quickly: "No problem, Mr. Li, leave it to me."
"Sorry to trouble you, thank you."
Li Shi said thank you, put down his phone, and temporarily put down Tian Huang's ring in advance, and rethought how to design the ring.
He suddenly remembered that he emphasized observation first when sketching, and immediately patted his thigh: "Hi, what's the use of doing this? The ring is worn on the hand, so you can directly observe her hand to find inspiration."
Li Shi stood up with a smile and strolled into the bedroom.
Chen Qiuye slept very soundly. Li Shi lay down next to her, turned over and approached, found a suitable position, picked up her left hand and played with it without waking her up.
Beauty is like jade.
The same is true for beautiful hands.
Chen Qiuye's hands are as slender as onions and as white as jade.
Looking at it, playing with it, or being played with it, they are all of the best quality, and only Li Shi knows the fun of it.
"Such a pair of plain hands are originally works of art, and they don't need too many or too complicated ornaments to decorate them."
Li Shi was touched and admired.
I thought to myself that it would be just right to wear an jade bracelet on my wrist as a magic weapon for the fairy to capture the demonic dragon.
After a while, he got up, came to the living room, and picked up the pen and sketchbook again.
Soon, two round bracelets were drawn on the white paper.
"Purple is elegant, with a high-ice violet round bar on the left. It can be worn when attending important occasions."
"When the quality of colorless jadeite is high, it will turn white due to fluorescence. It is called 'white moonlight' by many people. On the right is a colorless round bar of glass, which is cold and crystal clear. It suits her temperament to wear it on a daily basis."
Li Shi smiled with satisfaction.
He was in no rush to redeem it.
Among the samples collected before, the best violet sample was relatively positive in color, but true purple was only a choice. Li Shi expected that in addition to true purple, she would also be more suitable for pink purple.
"This time I went to Pingzhou and Jieyang to collect more samples and give her a surprise when I come back."
Putting down his sketchbook, he got up and went to the main bathroom of the living room to take a shower. After coming out, Li Shi looked at the time and saw that it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon. He ordered a takeaway on his mobile phone and took out the "Advanced Sketching" from his backpack. Tutorial: Nick Ledith Teaching Method", start learning.
After reading for a while, I picked up the sketchbook and drew two assignments according to the requirements in the book.
After the takeaway arrived, he went to the bedroom to take a look.
This Chen Qiuye refused to admit defeat every time he came to the back, and shouted happily, but in fact he was already extremely tired, otherwise he would not be sleeping so deeply now.
Li Shi came out of the bedroom and was thinking while eating. It seemed that he had to keep it quiet at night.
Finished the lunch for two and continued reading and studying.
"Chapter 5..."
"We think too much about painting based on what we know about painting. We should think about the human body itself, not how a famous artist painted it, and treat the human body as real muscles and bones..."
After completing two sketch assignments according to the requirements in the book again, he felt very touched by what he had learned before.
"The sketches in this book are quite different from the system I learned before, but they can draw parallels."
His hands suddenly felt itchy and he immediately prepared to paint a work seriously.
There are also objects.
It's Chen Qiuye's hand.
He took his sketchbook and pencil case to the master bedroom, sat on the quilt, and began to observe.
In fact, Li Shi was already very familiar with these beautiful hands.
Soon, inspiration came.
This time, he did not use "realism", but combined some things from traditional Chinese paintings.
After studying line drawing in Chinese painting for a period of time, his aesthetic recuperation in this area also improved accordingly.
This time, his drawing speed was not fast, or even very slow, but he painted very leisurely.
The drawing is also very simple.
So within ten minutes, the painting was completed.
Li Shi stopped writing and looked carefully:
I saw a demonic dragon appearing among the clouds and water.
A pair of slender jade hands came out of the air and caught it firmly with boundless fairy spirit. No matter how hard it struggled, it could not escape.
Vaguely, it seems that you can still hear the fairy covering her mouth and laughing.
"I can't say it's good or bad, but this painting expresses what I want to express. Well, it feels very good, but it seems like there's still something missing..."
He turned his head and thought about it. After a few minutes, he picked up the pencil again and wrote next to the drawing:
The beautiful lady Ande spreads her bare hands, and the blue dragon covers her red lips with a smile.
After putting down the pen, Li Shi immediately felt that his body and mind were clear, and he was extremely comfortable inside and outside. But at this moment, something suddenly touched his mind, which surprised Li Shi!
“I’ve actually been promoted from (Enterprise+) to (Proficient-)!”
Fellow Taoists, please support me.
