Chapter 293 The Treasure of the Town Store
The antique calligraphy and painting venue and the gambling stone venue can be said to be two extremes.
Gambling stones is more like a barbarian transaction, competing for bidding, and being rich and powerful.
The guests on the antique calligraphy and paintings are all elegant and connotated. They quietly admire antique calligraphy and paintings. Even if they like to buy, there is little situation for you to compete.
Lin Fei also learned from Xiao Ling that if you find good antique calligraphy and paintings, you can get the staff of Xiao’s auction company to auction on-site, and those interested can bid for it.
Of course, most people who come to participate in antique calligraphy and painting auctions are interested in collecting and wealthy people who find good antiques, most of them will not take them out for auction on site.
They will only sell antiques unless the price reaches a very high price and can make a huge profit.
The antique calligraphy and painting booth where Lin Fei and Xiao Ling visited cover an area of fifty or sixty square meters. There are paintings hanging on the walls of the booth, and ceramics, jades, tripods, sculptures, etc. of different sizes and colors are placed on the shelves.
Many elderly customers stand in front of the antiques they are interested in, either observe with a magnifying glass or shine with a miniature flashlight.
They are all seriously and in-depth research on the authenticity of antiques, the new and old of the times, and the value of them.
An old man in a black Tang suit and about fifty years old walked out of it, with a smile on his face and greeted Xiao Ling: "Mr. Xiao, are you here to search for antique calligraphy and paintings?"
Xiao Ling said to the old man: "Boss Cai, I'm just here to see it. It's not certain whether I buy it or not. Boss Cai won't disagree with me, right?"
Boss Cai twisted his chin with a cluster of exquisitely repaired short beards, and he laughed: "Haha, everyone is a guest, let alone Mr. Xiao is a distinguished guest, of course he welcomes you!"
Xiao Ling pointed to Lin Fei and said, "Boss Cai, this is my classmate Lin Fei. He is interested in buying some good antique calligraphy and paintings, can he introduce good things?"
Xiao Ling had previously had a huge increase in gambling stones with Lin Fei's help and obtained a large number of top-quality jades. After he told his father about this, his father was very happy and immediately allocated another 300 million to him.
He asked him to continue to cooperate with Lin Fei and find another batch of valuable antique calligraphy and paintings.
Therefore, Xiao Ling introduced Lin Fei to Boss Cai at this moment because he wanted Lin Fei to choose antique calligraphy and paintings for himself.
Because the antique calligraphy and painting line is too deep, without sharp eyes and golden eyes, and without the knowledge of the vast majority, you often buy fakes and fake antiques.
Xiao Ling did not have the real ability to identify antiques and trusted Lin Fei as always.
He felt that Lin Feitao's antiques would definitely be able to find the best quality just like gambling stones.
Boss Cai's eyes fell on Lin Fei. Seeing that he was not good-looking, his temperament was calm, and his clothes were ordinary, not as noble as Xiao Ling.
He regarded Lin Fei as an ordinary young man and did not pay much attention to it, but there was still a smile on his face and said, "It turns out that he is Mr. Xiao's classmate. I wonder what kind of antiques Mr. Lin likes?"
Lin Fei’s question: “Can Boss Cai introduce it?”
Boss Cai immediately talked: "My pottery here includes the porcelain of the five major kilns of Ru kilns, Guan kilns, Ge kilns, Jun kilns, and Ding kilns, as well as calligraphy and painting masters of the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties."
Lin Fei, Xiao Ling, Li Ke, Zhang Ruoxi, and Li Ke all showed shock on their faces.
Lin Fei didn't expect that Boss Cai would not even need to write a draft when he brags.
There are both porcelain from the five major kilns in the Song Dynasty and calligraphy and painting masters of the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties. Does Boss Cai regard his dozens of square meters as a capital museum and all kinds of cultural relics?
Xiao Ling coughed dryly, unable to listen: "Boss Cai, we are all old acquaintances, so don't do this set of things. Let's do something practical and show us all the best real things."
Boss Cai hurriedly said, "Okay, I will say less and do more. I will show you my treasure in the store."
After saying that, Boss Cai took Lin Fei and Xiao Ling into the booth, opened a cabinet, and took out an exquisite classical box from it, but obviously a modern industrial-made box.
The box is not big, rectangular, twenty centimeters long and ten centimeters wide.
Boss Cai put the box on the table, and Lin Fei and Xiao Ling saw that the box said "Yuan Porcelain. Jingdezhen" was written on it.
Jingdezhen ceramics in the Yuan Dynasty were the representative of porcelain and the essence of the country, and were famous all over the world.
But Boss Cai took out a box from the cabinet so casually, which was Yuan porcelain or Jingdezhen.
Lin Fei and Xiao Ling looked at each other and were very suspicious of the Yuan porcelain.
Boss Cai looked solemnly, and looked at Lin Fei and Xiao Ling sincerely, as if he wanted to be heartbroken with them, saying, "Mr. Xiao, Mr. Lin, do you know what is in this box?"
The more Lin Fei and Xiao Ling saw him mysterious, the more they felt that he was more like an old actor. The two shook their heads expressionlessly.
Boss Cai tapped the box twice with his hand, deliberately lowered his voice and said, "It is a blue and white cloud dragon pattern elephant ear bottle in Jingdezhen kiln in the Yuan Dynasty. You should have heard of it?"
Lin Fei is familiar with Chinese antique knowledge on weekdays and knows that this Jingdezhen kiln blue and white cloud dragon pattern elephant ear bottle is a fine product of Jingdezhen kiln, now in the British Museum.
Unexpectedly, Boss Cai spoke nonsense and the thing hidden in the British Museum actually came into his box.
After saying this, Boss Cai opened the box and saw a blue and white porcelain vase placed in the box.
The mouth of the bottle plate, long neck, thin belly, table feet, and ears on both sides of the neck are attached to the head ring.
The shape is tall and magnificent, the body is white, the glaze is transparent, and the blue and white color is beautiful and rich.
There are eight patterns painted from the mouth to the foot, namely chrysanthemums, banana leaves, cloud phoenixes, tangled lotus, sea water, cloud dragons, sea waves, tangled peony and mixed lotus petals. The layers are clear, complex but not chaotic.
There is an inscription written on the neck between the banana leaves patterns: Zhang Wenjin, a disciple of the saint in Jingtang Club of Shuncheng Township, YS County, Xinzhou Road, in Xi'an, in the incense burner vase, praying for the safety of the family and the children. Remember the good day of April of the 11th year of Zhizheng. Marshal Hu Jingyi of Xingyuan's ancestral hall was sacrificed.
It looks really beautiful, just like Lin Fei saw it in previous pictures.
However, Lin Fei could not feel a long-lasting cultural atmosphere from this blue and white porcelain vase.
Therefore, Lin Fei felt that this was 90% imitation.
At this time, Boss Cai saw that Lin Fei and Xiao Ling were not talking, and continued, "I don't hide it from you. This Jingdezhen kiln blue and white cloud dragon pattern elephant ear bottle was originally hidden in the British Museum, but later it was stolen. After many twists and turns, he returned to his hometown in China and finally bought it for me.
If it weren't for Young Master Xiao and Young Master Lin, I, Lao Cai, wouldn't have taken out this rare treasure and gave it to you."
When Boss Cai's acting skills exploded, Lin Fei's pupils shrank, and his perspective had already seen the blue and white cloud dragon pattern elephant ear bottle inside and outside of the Jingdezhen kiln.
Then, he seemed to have discovered something, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and said to Boss Cai: "Boss Cai, since it is such a good thing, I want to take a good look."
After saying that, Lin Fei took out his Apple phone, picked up the blue and white cloud dragon pattern elephant ear bottle. In the shocked eyes of Boss Cai, Xiao Ling, Li Qing and others, Lin Fei turned on the flashlight function of the phone.
Lin Fei moved his cell phone with the flashlight to the bottle mouth, and the camera pointed into the bottle, and took a photo with a click.
Before Boss Cai, Xiao Ling and others understood, Lin Fei suddenly looked at the photo he had just taken on his phone and said to Boss Cai: "Boss Cai, why does the bottom of this Jingdezhen kiln blue and white cloud dragon pattern elephant ear bottle say 'Made in China on May 6, 2016'?"
Boss Cai, Xiao Ling, and Li Qing immediately came over to look and found that the photo on Lin Fei’s mobile phone was exactly the bottom of the bottle, with faint handwriting on it, saying “Made in China on May 6, 2016”.
Boss Cai suddenly turned red, and he beat his chest and stamped his feet, and complained: "It's over, this is a fake. I was deceived by that Eagle Man, my millions..."
"Old Cai, you haven't acted enough yet? When will you act?" Xiao Ling looked at Boss Cai with a creepy smile.
It made Boss Cai feel sad.
Lin Fei, Li Qing and others looked at him with good intentions.
Boss Cai really couldn't continue acting, so he had to lower his head and said stutteringly: "This is a imitation of Jingdezhen kiln porcelain. If you like it, I will give it to you and treat it as a friend."
Chapter completed!