"According to incomplete statistics, the number of various cultural relics and antiques lost from China to the United States exceeds 17 million, but the number collected by major museums in the United States is only about one-tenth, and the rest are hidden among the people or privately collected. Collected, or treated as ordinary old objects and placed somewhere casually.”
Sima Haotian was filled with emotion, and others were also deeply touched. In this antique shop, more than a dozen genuine Chinese porcelains and more than 20 pieces of jade have been discovered.
But Li Mo was still choosing one by one.
"The style of these eleven pieces of gold-inlaid jade is very close to that of the Mughal Dynasty. Anyway, they are not from China. They are packaged separately."
Soon, the sorting of the gold, silver and jade section was completed, and Li Mo came to the oil painting and calligraphy section. Three of the oil paintings were of some value, so he pointed at them and packed them away.
"Mr. Qin, come here and take a look at these three paintings. They seem to be written by the Three Emperors."
Three Emperors Royal Pen?
No one knew which three emperors they were referring to. Li Mo was also a little confused and hurriedly walked over to look at the three paintings hanging on the wall.
"This is the imperial brush of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong. It's really surprising that I encountered the imperial brush of the three emperors in this antique shop."
Li Mo put on his gloves and took down the three paintings one by one and laid them flat on the counter.
"Three paintings are not signed." Steven said half-understanding.
Li Mo glanced at him and said: "Do you think the emperor writes the same thing as ordinary people? Ordinary people will write something with such and such a stroke at the end. But the emperor did not sign, and would only write the word 'royal pen' at the end. Then stamped with the precious seal. Look at the first calligraphy work. The precious seal is: Kangxi Chenhan. This is the seal. The second calligraphy work is stamped with: Yongzheng Chenhan. The third calligraphy and painting work is stamped with: Yongzheng Chenhan. It’s: The Supreme Emperor, and there’s an ancient seal of the Emperor.”
"Mr. Qin, are the works of the three emperors of the Qing Dynasty very expensive?" someone asked curiously.
"That's not true. Emperor Kangxi made a note at the end of this piece of calligraphy: Imitation of Dong Qichang's calligraphy, which means that what he wrote was imitated from the works of Dong Qichang, a great calligrapher in the late Ming Dynasty. Although the brushwork is exquisite and the length of the work is small, based on my experience Understanding the market is only worth five to six hundred thousand."
"Emperor Yongzheng's calligraphy is better than his father and son. The strokes of this work are powerful and fierce. Because Emperor Yongzheng's works are rarely handed down, the price will not be less than 10 million yuan."
"As for the calligraphy and painting works of Emperor Qianlong, judging from the seal, they were painted and written when he was at the Chengde Summer Resort after abdicating the throne. The paintings were of colorful red leaves in the mountain resort, and the paintings were concise and concise. Emperor Qianlong's calligraphy and painting from It doesn’t reward people, so it’s rare in auction houses. Just this painting and calligraphy work costs at least 20 million or more.”
Gu Lishi immediately smiled and said: "Mr. Qin, just for these three emperors' imperial paintings, you will definitely make a profit if you buy this antique store."
"Of course, pack carefully."
Li Mo asked Sima Haotian to do it, after all, he was an expert in this field. He continued to look at other calligraphy and paintings, and after a few steps he shouted: "There is another work by Bada Shanren here, not bad."
A total of three oil paintings and four Chinese antique calligraphy and painting works were discovered in this area, which was a fruitful harvest.
There was nothing to see in the miscellaneous area at the end, and Li Mo didn't even know what they were.
"Mr. Qin, what should I do with the rest?"
Steven looked at the remaining items in the shop. All the valuable items had been counted out, and the remaining items were basically ordinary items. Maybe the gold and jade jewelry in the gold, silver, and jade section still had some value.
"Keep the things for now, and then transfer this shop after the Antique Festival is over. Everyone has packed everything and has a rest for now. May, Dashan, you follow me to the warehouse behind to have a look."
"yes."
There is a door at the back of the antique shop. When opened, there is a walkway. There are not only rooms for resting and sleeping, but also a kitchen and warehouse. The warehouse lock has been scrapped. After pushing the door and walking in, I found that the warehouse space is quite large, more than 20 square meters. In addition to putting some commonly used packaging boxes, tapes and other things in daily life, there are also two rows of steel frames and six box.
The shelves are filled with porcelain of various shapes. Li Mo took a pen holder from above and looked at it with the help of the light above his head. The pen holder was made of blue and white glaze, and the characters and stories were depicted on it. When he turned to the bottom of the circle, he saw that there was a seal script marking the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty.
"The first piece of porcelain in the warehouse is an authentic blue and white pen holder from the Kangxi character story of the Qing Dynasty."
Li Mo put it back in its place and picked up the second piece of porcelain. It was in the shape of a bean, imitating the bronze bean from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Instead, it was a pastel yellow ground piece with all the painted patterns on the bean body. There are nine dragon patterns and some cloud patterns.
Looking at the base again, there is a regular script dating from the reign of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. Let me go, the second one is also authentic, it is the yellow ground pastel cloud dragon bean from Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty.
The third piece is the blue and white lady's cup from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.
The fourth piece is a blue-and-white flower-and-fruit pattern vase from the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty.
The fifth item is a colorful lady painting pen holder from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.
The sixth piece is a Qing Xuantong pastel jade pot spring vase with flower and butterfly patterns.
The seventh piece is a plain three-color jar with duck pattern swimming in a lotus pond during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty.
The eighth piece is the Kangxi Dou Cai Bagua pattern plate of the Qing Dynasty.
The ninth piece is a large bowl of the Eight Immortals with rouge water blue and white from Xuantong of the Qing Dynasty.
The porcelains placed on the steel shelves in this warehouse are all genuine. Some porcelain styles have never been seen by Li Mo, such as the Kangxi Doucai Bagua pattern plate of the Qing Dynasty. He does not have it in his hands, and he has never seen it even in the Kyoto Museum. The key is that a total of forty-two pieces of porcelain placed on the steel frame are all authentic porcelain from the Qing Dynasty. This surprised Li Mo. He is now very curious about the original owner of this antique shop and how he collected it. So many authentic ones?
"Mr. Qin, Mr. Qin."
May called softly a few times.
Li Mo came back to his senses and asked, "What's wrong?"
"You've been in a daze, is something wrong?"
"In May, you call Sima Haotian and Steven in. The porcelain on this shelf is all authentic Qing Dynasty. There are forty-two pieces in total, and some of them are rare and orphan pieces. Let's pack them all together first. , and then shipped out.”
"yes."
Wu Yue hurriedly walked out and called for someone.
"Mr. Qin, the porcelain on the shelves is all genuine. Do you think the ones in those boxes are also genuine?"
Dashan pointed to the six wooden boxes piled in the corner.
Li Mo looked around and saw a long wrench in the other party's packaging box. He picked up the wrench and walked to a wooden box. He pried open the wooden bars outside the wooden box, then pried open the lid of the wooden box. When he opened it, he saw that there were The ones turned out to be two pieces of bronze.
He was trembling in his heart. Bronzeware also appeared in this antique store in Seattle. He took out one of the pieces with both hands, recalling clues about the bronze in his mind.
