Zhang Nuo happily handed the crystal cup to Zhou Zhou.
In fact, He Ren's pricing is not accurate. From the perspective of turnover, a crystal cup from the mid-Qing Dynasty can be sold for 100,000 yuan. Even if the quality is average, it doesn't matter.
There were quite a lot of natural crystal handles and carvings in the Qing Dynasty, but natural crystal teacups were so rare that it would definitely be more honorable to get one to drink tea with.
Especially in Beijing, a lot of people are willing to pretend to be this...
No matter what the boss thought, He Ren kept laughing and said, "Boss, please bring over the seal and ink pad and have a look."
The boss's heart was bleeding, but he still took the things over. On the one hand, he had pretended to be cool before and said he would let He Ren pick whatever he wanted. Now that they are still broadcasting live, he is embarrassed not to do He Ren's business.
On the other hand, the boss knew these two things well. The seal was a bronze lion button from the Qing Dynasty, with the inscription "Yuqing Palace" on it.
Yuqing Palace was the palace built by Kangxi for the crown prince Yinfeng. Yinfeng was also the only prince in the Qing Dynasty who was clearly established as the crown prince. He became the crown prince just after he turned one year old.
Kangxi loved Yinreng very much and taught him carefully. He was really trained as a prince. Even when Kangxi's imperial commander personally conquered Galdan, Yinreng was responsible for supervising the country.
Yinfeng was smart since he was a child, he was proficient in various schools of thought, he was proficient in poetry and songs, he was proficient in bow and horse, and he was good at both civil and military affairs. Many people were very optimistic about him.
The problem also lies here. It is precisely because Yinreng is so good that many ministers began to take sides in advance. Kangxi felt the pressure and was abandoned by Yinreng.
Although it was later reestablished, it was abolished soon after. After Yongzheng came to power, Yinreng was imprisoned and finally died in depression.
Since then, the Qing Dynasty has never established a crown prince, and Yuqing Palace has remained as the palace where the prince usually lives.
So if this bronze lion button seal with the "Yuqing Palace" designation is authentic, it would be worth a lot of money.
Unfortunately not, because the workmanship is rather rough.
During the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, many craftsmen liked to imitate things from the palace. The "Yuqing Palace" model bronze lion button seal was also one of them. This one the boss put on the stall was considered to be average and inferior among the imitations.
But no matter how you say it, it is an imitation of the late Qing Dynasty. Just looking at the historical value, it can be worth four to five thousand.
Not to mention the ink pad, it was just ordinary stuff. The boss dug it out of a white glaze engraved ink pad box from the Guangxu period.
There is no way, the buyer just wants the box, not the ink pad...
Later, the boss found a wooden box and put the ink pad in it, waiting for the next person.
Ink pads, even from the Ming and Qing dynasties, are not very valuable, unless they are eight-treasure ink pads from the Qianlong period, in which case they are valuable.
But obviously, these are not eight treasure ink pads in the boss's hands.
The serious Eight Treasures Ink Pad uses pearls, agate, musk, amber, coral, monkey date, borneol and moxa velvet. The color is bright and eye-catching, the smell is fragrant, and it does not fade. Even if it is burned with fire, the glyphs on the paper ashes can still be discerned.
The boss has specially tried it. Not to mention that it does not fade or is burned by fire, but the smell is very unpleasant. Even if it is from the Qing Dynasty, it cannot be sold for a few hundred yuan, so the boss is not worried at all and is still joking, "Little Brother, do you want to look at other treasures?"
He Ren waved his hand, "I just like these things, I buy them for fun."
The boss had no choice but to give up. Zhang Nuo almost laughed out loud. He Ren likes ink pads and seals? During this time, they spent a lot of time shopping at street stalls and even went to the black market. There were a lot of seals and ink pads in there. She had never seen He Ren take it seriously. He must be fooling the boss.
Wei Ruixiang and Zhou Wan didn't know He Ren's usual style, but they had good eyesight. The seal was something that could be seen at a glance. It cost four to five thousand yuan, which couldn't be more expensive.
As for the ink pads... they didn't believe that the tribute eight treasure ink pads would appear on the street stalls.
In order to preserve the ink pad well, it must be placed in a cool place. If it is exposed to the wind and sun on a street stall every day, even if there is a box, it will deteriorate and the price will be greatly reduced.
And this box is not an ink pad box at all...
Um? Box?
Wei Ruixiang and Zhou Zhou's eyes suddenly lit up. Since the seal and ink pad are not good things, the problem must be on the box!
The two of them observed it carefully, but didn't see anything special about the box.
It's just an ordinary wooden box. If it's different, I'm afraid it's a slightly different shape. It's a round wooden box, which is quite rare.
It's larger than the average ink pad box, about 20 centimeters in diameter. It looks more like a small tea tray than an ink pad box, but it's not made of purple clay...
The patterns carved on it are also quite common, including cloud patterns and peony patterns, with a "picture of children playing" in the middle.
As for what kind of wood it was, Wei Ruixiang didn't know, because the outside of the box was painted with a layer of black paint. It probably wasn't a good wood. He had never seen anyone paint black paint on huanghuali and small-leaf red sandalwood.
The craftsmanship is quite similar to lacquer furniture, so Wei Ruixiang thought of carved lacquer.
Carved lacquer is also called red carving. Together with cloisonné, ivory carving and jade carving, it is known as the "Four Famous Craftsmen" of Beijing and one of the "Eight Wonders of Yanjing".
To put it simply, paint on the copper tire, wooden tire and cloth, and then carve it after painting it to a certain level. This technology has been around since the Tang Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty was at its peak, especially Yongzheng and Qianlong, who liked carved lacquer utensils very much.
However, the royal family all use tick red, that is, vermilion carved paint, which is bright in color and looks festive. There are also other colors, such as yellow, which is called tick yellow, green, which is called tick green, and black, which is called tick black.
But it is not common, so even if the wooden box in front of you is blackened, it is probably not carved by the craftsmen of the manufacturing office, and the price will definitely be greatly reduced.
Wei Ruixiang guessed wrong!
He Ren had the same idea as Wei Ruixiang at first, thinking that even if it was blackened, it was still a folk handicraft, and it would cost tens of thousands of yuan.
But as soon as he opened his eyes to appraise treasures, he was stunned. It was really not an ordinary folk work, nor from the Qing Dynasty, but from the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty. The price was different, hundreds of thousands, or millions. possible.
And it is of great significance. Most of the black ones appeared in the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. In the Yuan and Qing Dynasties, red ones were the main ones, and black ones rarely exist.
If this box was carved by a famous artist, not to mention changing the history of carved lacquer, the price would at least go up a lot. In front of "million", I'm afraid the word "several" would have to be added.
In fact, it doesn’t need to have particularly obvious characteristics. It only needs supporting evidence. Someone will definitely want to collect it. As the same saying goes, the antique shop is all about stories and high value.
So He Ren pretended to look at the seal for a while, then carefully turned over the wooden box in front of him. Then he was disappointed because there was no deposit at all.
It's normal to think about it. If there is really a deposit, the boss probably won't use it to install ink pads, and it won't be He Ren's turn to pick up the leak.
But without a guarantee, just relying on the paste and pattern, it is useless to insist that this box is from the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, and it will not increase the value...
He Ren was so disappointed that his hand became unstable and he almost lost his grip on the box. He Ren quickly adjusted his center of gravity. The thing must be a good thing. It would be a pity if it broke.
He Ren quickly squeezed it hard, and his thumb accidentally pressed on the ink pad on the edge. It didn't matter if he pressed it. He Ren suddenly found that the bottom of the box, the outermost part, had a little ink pad embedded in it.
It seems to be a word...
