An ordinary Songhua stone inkstone may only cost tens of thousands of yuan, but with the word "imperial" in front of it, the price may increase ten times or even dozens of times!
He Ren first picked up the Songhua stone inkstone from Fang Qianlong, and saw that the stone had clear texture, simple and smooth patterns, green color, and was meticulously polished. The main thing was that the shape was particularly regular, exactly the same as what he had seen in the museum before.
This type of Songhua stone inkstone should be the imperial inkstone uniformly produced by the palace manufacturing office during the Qianlong period.
When I opened my treasure-appraisal eye, I saw that, as He Ren had guessed, it was indeed the Qianlong Royal Inkstone, and the price was even higher than the Gu Erniang Duan Inkstone, which had many children and many blessings.
When He Ren picked up the other Kangxi Songhua stone inkstone, his eyes widened.
This square inkstone is rectangular. The inkstone pool is slightly raised, and a Ganoderma lucidum pool is engraved in high relief. There are also distinct cloud patterns in the pool.
This is unusual. High relief means that the carved patterns and patterns are higher than the bottom surface, which means that a lot of material will be lost during carving. The removed stone is enough to carve a small Songhua stone inkstone.
It is exactly the same as the legendary Dubai knife technique...
You must know that productivity was low in ancient times and Songhua Stone was extremely rare. Such waste... was mostly done by the royal family, and only the palace could waste materials so unscrupulously just for the sake of looking good.
Of course, based on this alone, it is impossible to confirm that this square Songhua stone inkstone is made by the imperial court. What makes He Ren sure is that the inkstone on the back of the inkstone "uses tranquility for eternal life."
This is the inkstone inscription from Kangxi's imperial book, found on several inkstone boxes.
Of course, if this is the case, this square songhua stone inkstone is worth seven to eight hundred thousand, which is not particularly expensive.
The most important thing is the two seals above. Songhua stone imperial inkstones with the inscription "Yu Ming" are very rare, and only four or five of them exist in the world.
As for the imperial inkstones with both "Kangxi" and "Yu Ming" inscriptions, only two of them currently exist, both of which are in museums.
It is a double recognition, and it is an inkstone inscription written by Kangxi himself. Maybe Kangxi actually used this square inkstone to write, but it cannot be verified.
Seeing He Ren and Wei Ruixiang put their inkstones on the table, Boss Jiang smiled and asked, "How are you two?"
Wei Ruixiang was the first to speak, "Yes, Kangxi on the one hand and Qianlong on the other are both imperial inkstones."
Boss Jiang smiled like a chrysanthemum, and looked at He Ren again. He Ren nodded slightly, "Boss Jiang, can you give me a price?"
"Qianlong's seventy, Kangxi's one hundred, how about it?"
He Ren was startled, not because the price offered by Boss Jiang was too high, but because it was too low.
Qianlong's model is in line with the market price, but Kangxi's model has never been seen by a third party on the market, and the other two are both in museums. Things are rare and expensive. Such a high-quality product can be sold for 1.5 million at a guaranteed price. If it goes up for auction, it's possible to get two million.
Now Boss Jiang only wants one million, is this a scam?
For a treasure of this price, a treasure appraisal eye is useless, but based on the knowledge He Ren memorized and the memory he had when visiting the museum, this square inkstone should be genuine.
Glancing at Wei Ruixiang, he also nodded slightly, and He Ren suddenly understood.
It's not that there's something wrong with the inkstone, it's that they didn't expect that there were differences between the imperial inkstones.
Although people who deal with antiques and antiques have good memories, they are still incomparable with He Ren who was struck by lightning. In addition, inkstones belong to a niche. They can tell that they are Yu inkstones, which is already very good, but they still have to be demanding. They can remember how many there are in the world, which is a bit embarrassing.
There are no official statistics on this thing!
He Ren was overjoyed. If this was the case, he would accept this small leak.
After a little bargaining, He Ren bought all the three inkstones for two million, but he and Wei Ruixiang agreed that Qianlong's piece would be given to him evenly. After all, Wei Ruixiang also opened a shop and did business, and He Ren Can't eat alone.
Boss Jiang was very happy. He felt that He Ren was very happy and a fastidious person. Unlike the previous buyers, who had been fussing over everything for a long time and kept the price extremely low.
This is actually normal. Everyone knows that Boss Jiang is going abroad soon. There is nothing wrong with being in a hurry to sell things and keeping prices low.
Didn't He Ren miss something?
As soon as Boss Jiang was happy, he took out seven more pieces of porcelain. The types were very diverse and were from various dynasties.
However, the prices should not be considered too high. The most expensive one should be a Ming Dynasty jade pot spring.
The so-called Yuhu Chun, also called Yuhu Appreciation Bottle, is a bottle with a slender mouth, a thin neck and a round belly. It is also a typical porcelain shape and evolved from the water purification bottles in temples in the Tang Dynasty.
At first it was used to hold wine, or as a wine pouring vessel, and later evolved into ornamental porcelain.
At present, the highest auction price should be the underglaze red peony pattern jade pot spring from the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty that was sold in 2006. The transaction price was 83 million.
The jade pot spring collected by Boss Jiang is also from the Ming Dynasty, and it was fired in Ding kiln. Unfortunately, it is plain and relatively small, only 15 centimeters high. The price is naturally greatly discounted. It is only about one million, not more than one. One and a half million.
Several other treasures were also around hundreds of thousands, and He Ren was a little disappointed. He was still thinking about missing something...
But the reality is so cruel, how can there be so much left for him to pick up? And this kind of price is also in line with the size of Boss Jiang's store. Treasures worth hundreds of thousands are not bad. Treasures worth millions or tens of millions are all rare.
Despite their disappointment, He Ren and Wei Ruixiang took action to buy all these porcelains. Boss Jiang gave them a discount, which was about 20% lower than the market price.
He Ren ate four of the seven pieces of porcelain, including the Ming Dynasty Jade Huchun, which cost a total of 2.4 million. Excluding the Qianlong Imperial Inkstone given to Wei Ruixiang, He Ren spent 4 million in total.
Oh no, there is also a pile of elegant utensils in the study room outside, which should have cost 4.06 million, and there is a big leak in it that He Ren is optimistic about, so it should be considered a good harvest.
Then Boss Jiang took out some famous calligraphy and paintings and various ornaments and toys, but there was nothing too eye-catching. He randomly selected a few items and spent another 200,000. He Ren and Wei Ruixiang were ready to leave.
Walking to the door of the reception room, He Ren suddenly saw the gods of wealth enshrined by Boss Jiang, namely the Wu God of Wealth Guan Erye and Zhao Gongming, and the Wen God of Wealth Li Guizu.
He Ren couldn't help but was dumbfounded. Boss Jiang was also eager to make a fortune and worshiped three gods of wealth at one go. You must know that these three gods are all righteous gods and they are considered equal. There is no bonus if they are worshiped together. If you are not careful, it will have negative effects. opposite effect……
What surprised He Ren even more was that next to the three gods of wealth, he also saw a Manjushri Bodhisattva. Isn't this the one in charge of studies? Boss Jiang still needs to take the exam?
Boss Jiang obviously noticed He Ren's surprised gaze and explained with a smile, "Manjushri Bodhisattva was originally kept at home. Now that the family's house is sold, it is temporarily enshrined here."
He Ren looked back and forth at the statue of Manjushri Bodhisattva for a long time, and suddenly asked, "I have a friend who is about to take the postgraduate entrance examination. I wonder if Boss Jiang can part ways with her?"
