In the name of asking for advice, Gao Mingcheng obtained some knowledge about jade. There happened to be a piece of sapphire in the warehouse of the Cultural Relics Management Office. The sapphire was partially damaged and seemed to be of average quality, so he kept it here.
"This is jade from the Song Dynasty. Song jade is mainly made of field white jade and sapphire. The decoration types of Song jade are mainly divided into four categories: figures, animals, plants, and geometry. This piece of sapphire belongs to figures. It is carved with a warrior. This warrior He has a rugged face, wears leather armor, and holds a spear in his hand. He is very powerful, but unfortunately the spear head was accidentally broken, so its value is not that high."
"And this one is a jade boy. There are the most jade boys and they are the most common. Look, they are quite cute!"
Director Wang brought out another small jade carving boy and let Gao Mingcheng play with it.
Gao Mingcheng felt the feel of the jade, and then looked at the jade carving lines. He saw that the jade boy's head was relatively large, his hair was well-rooted, and he had the hair ornaments of the Song Dynasty. His eyebrows were splayed, and his nose was a small onion tube. The ears are close to the gills, the mouth is small, and he wears an open-sleeved short coat and fat-legged trousers. The folds of the clothes are smooth and the lines are elegant. The corners of the clothes are slightly rolled up and decorated with rice-shaped patterns.
He then thought of the jade pendant that Huang Dazhi gave him. The jade pendant was decorated with animals, and the carvings were pine, crane, turtle and deer patterns. After he got the jade pendant, he looked at it carefully under the light, soaked it in water, and finally used a toothbrush. Carefully brush off the dirt inside the lines. After cleaning, the texture of the whole jade pendant will be better.
Gao Mingcheng had a purpose for coming to Director Wang this time, so he took a look at all the jades in the warehouse. Unfortunately, although there were jades here, most of them were defective, and the real good ones were not here at all.
Gao Mingcheng was somewhat regretful that he could not see good-quality jade.
But through this viewing and listening to the knowledge points said by Director Wang, Gao Mingcheng felt that the jade pendant Huang Dazhi gave him should be Song Yu.
In their area, the largest number of Song Dynasty tombs have been excavated, so it makes sense that there are Song jade left among the people.
Gao Mingcheng spent more than an hour in this warehouse, filling his head with knowledge about jade. When he walked out of the gate of the cultural relics management office, he still felt dizzy.
There were too many knowledge points, and he did not fully digest them all at once, and he only had a half-understanding of many things.
After returning home, he took out the jade pendant with the pine, crane, turtle and deer pattern, looked at it carefully, and then matched the jade knowledge points in his mind one by one.
He can now confirm that this jade pendant is an antique, and the probability of it being Song jade is as high as 99%, but he doesn't know how much this jade is worth on the market.
It is said that gold is valuable but jade is priceless. There is no standard for the price of jade, and the same is true for ancient jade. The so-called antiques, in addition to themselves, also have other added values. For example, if one of the same items is owned by a celebrity and the other is owned by an ordinary person, the value may be different.
And things owned by the royal family will be more expensive in the market.
In the evening, Huang Dazhi came to the store to find Gao Mingcheng.
He came after work. Duo Mei was cooking in the kitchen. When she saw him coming, she knew that he had a good relationship with Gao Mingcheng, so she took the initiative to invite Huang Dazhi to stay for dinner.
Because the place where he lived was not good, Huang Dazhi did not cook for himself, but ate from the canteen. This time he was eager to share today's harvest with Gao Mingcheng, so he ran over as soon as he got off work.
Gao Mingcheng was sorting out the goods in the warehouse. At this time, he also said: "Dazhi, just stay and eat. There is a lot of meat at home recently. You can eat it later! You didn't start a meal yourself, so I didn't give it to you." Meat was sent, but when I came to the county yesterday, I gave your parents a few kilograms of pork belly to help them improve their lives."
When Huang Dazhi heard this, he felt warm in his heart.
He knew that Gao Mingcheng had shot a lot of wild boars, and he went to deliver meat to Gao Guo's military strategist yesterday.
But he didn't know that Gao Mingcheng would actually give meat to his parents. Gao Mingcheng didn't even mention this yesterday.
"Hey, okay. Let me help you. Do you want to take out all these clothes and hang them?" Huang Dazhi walked over and helped Gao Mingcheng take out all the clothes in the bag.
Clothing stores sell some clothes every day, and they have to replenish them every day, because clothes will wrinkle when they are put in bags, so they need to be taken out and hung in advance. Severe wrinkles need to be ironed.
If two people work, it will be faster. After a while, all the clothes were taken out and hung. As for the ironing, Gao Shufang took care of it.
"Dazhi, come to my room." Gao Mingcheng said, leading Huang Dazhi to the room on the second floor.
After the fluorescent lamp is turned on, the room is bright.
Gao Mingcheng took out the jade pendant with pine, crane, turtle and deer patterns from the box and said: "I went to the Cultural Relics Management Office today to find Director Wang and got some knowledge about jade from him. This jade pendant is most likely to be Song Yu.”
"As for its authenticity and value, I don't know yet because it's hard to show it to others. I estimate it myself. If it is genuine and sold in places like Yangcheng and Xiangjiang, the price will be much higher. , at least more than 10,000!"
Following Gao Mingcheng's words, Huang Dazhi's heart beat loudly, and surprise burst out of his eyes.
Ten thousand yuan, if two people split it, each person would have five thousand yuan!
Huang Dazhi quickly took out the things from his trouser pocket and said eagerly: "I went there to search again today, and found these two things!"
Gao Mingcheng took the two things, and there was still some dirt on them. This was because Huang Dazhi didn't have a private place to deal with them, so he could only wash them with water at will.
The two items were both half pieces of jade pendants with pine, crane, turtle and deer patterns. Gao Mingcheng took them out to compare and found that the half pieces were indeed the same, but with only half of them, the value was greatly reduced.
The other piece is a lying cow.
Wo Niu is topaz, but the quality is pretty good and the carving is very good and vivid. There is a small piece of jade on the buttocks, which is darker in color and has some cracks, but the cracks are not obvious.
Gao Mingcheng focused his attention on the Wo Niu. After carefully admiring it, he soaked the Wo Niu and the half piece of jade pendant in clean water, and then scrubbed it gently with a toothbrush.
Jade is also a type of stone. It has a hard texture and can be stored for a long time, but it is also environmentally sensitive. If the environment is too dry, jade will easily crack. Therefore, to maintain jade well, it needs to be placed in a place with a certain amount of moisture.
In later jade jewelry cabinets, a small glass of water was often placed in order to provide some moisture.
"This Wo Niu has been buried in the soil for a long time. This piece should be Tuzin." Gao Mingcheng pointed to the darker color of Wo Niu's buttocks and said, "In addition to Tu Qin, there is also Xue Qin, and Xue Qin is also called Zhi Qin. Qin, that kind of jade is most likely taken out of the coffin."
Gao Mingcheng learned and sold it now, and told Huang Dazhi some knowledge about jade.
Huang Dazhi's educational level was even lower. He listened as if he hadn't listened. When the two of them went downstairs to eat, those complicated knowledge points disappeared from his mind little by little.
Huang Dazhi blinked and decided not to be entangled. Anyway, selling jade is Gao Mingcheng's business. He has already said that as long as the jade is sold, no matter how much it is worth, it will be half for each person.
"Dazhi, you are not short of money, and I am not in a hurry to get the money for anything, so I won't sell this jade right away, lest I have to sell it in a hurry and then realize that I have been cheated." Gao Mingcheng said.
When I first sold gold, I didn’t have this worry. Because the price of gold was there, I could only lose a little at most. But it was different with jade, especially antique jade!
You must be sure of the market situation, and then wait for the opportunity to make a move.
Gao Mingcheng was considered a semi-experienced antique dealer back then, and he still knew something about buying and selling antiques.
Huang Dazhi listened to the advice and trusted Gao Mingcheng, so he said: "Mingcheng, I don't understand this, you can just do whatever you want."
Gao Mingcheng smiled, patted Huang Dazhi on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, I'll do the work! As long as something is genuine, it must not be sold at a low price!"
(End of chapter)
