Chapter 9 Jade Cicada
There was no good thing found at this stall, and Wang Yanli also concluded, "If we discuss it like this now, we can learn a lot of things, but it will be difficult to find a bargain to buy good things."
Wang Chao nodded, indeed, these vendors selling antique collections are all humane. If a few people have confirmed one thing and finally decided to buy it, the price will definitely not be easy to cut, because the vendors will observe their words and despise it. It is the most normal thing to see if you like to take the opportunity to raise prices.
Chen Xiaojun also said gratefully, "Our main purpose of this trip is to help Zhou Xia find a bargain. If you like something, just buy it directly. Don't worry about us first, so as to avoid any unnecessary trouble. Afterwards, tell us how to identify it. We can also help to lay the cover and strive to get it at a low price."
Wang Chao and Huang Minghui and others nodded and said that this is the reason. After all, their main purpose of coming to Antique Street was to help Zhou Xia.
Zhou Xia hurriedly thanked them and said with a smile, "You guys are doing this... it seems like I'm sorry for you if I don't find a bargain."
Several people laughed and the atmosphere was very happy.
There are many types of antique collections on street stalls, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are all-encompassing. There are porcelain, jade, calligraphy and painting, bronze, bamboo carvings, and lacquerware. Anyway, there are only ones you can't imagine, and nothing they don't have.
Chen Xiaojun murmured quietly all the way. He liked jade, but still wanted to buy ancient jade on street stalls. There are still many people who like ancient jade like him these days. Although Zhou Xia’s advice to him was that the jade he wore was best to be a new jade with clear price, this did not prevent him from spending a little money to buy some authentic ancient jade. Especially for young people like Chen Xiaojun and others who love to collect, but are short of money, ancient jade is a relatively entry-level collection.
Zhou Xia said to help him see that he had some research on ancient jade, but there was still a considerable gap with experts. However, now that the archaeological identification system is in hand, his confidence has always been full.
As for what Zhou Xia wanted to buy, he didn't think about it. It all depends on the opportunity, not just by buying whatever he wanted.
Next, he paid more attention to jade. Although the price of ancient jade is incomparable to the current Hotan mutton fat white jade, which can be tens of thousands of grams, if he can find a bargain, he will still have some economic value and also give him a sense of accomplishment.
The few people did not get together, but looked for their favorite collections. After owning this system, Zhou Xia's vision also improved a lot. He was a little slight myopia, but now he can see the world clearly.
It was getting late, and while several people were shopping, the stall owners were also preparing to close the stall. Zhou Xia saw a vendor in front of him packing things. There were many jades on his stall. At first glance, the jades in the stall were of different quality. There was no warm and elegant, snow-white mutton fat white jade, all of which were mixed with many colors. Chen Xiaojun just looked at it and shook his head, and then continued to walk forward.
Zhou Xia kept more snacks. He found that although the jadeware in this stall is not as bright as other jadeware stalls, such places are easy to pick up bargains. Few people pay attention to it, so the chance of good things being discovered will naturally be smaller.
However, after he looked carefully, he found that there was a reason why these jade wares were not paid attention to. Most of them were shoddy fakes, artificially made, dyed with various colors, which seemed to be a bit historical.
He also secretly complained in his heart, "This old method is not smart at all."
Because of the poor texture of this kind, it is absolutely impossible to be like real mutton fat white jade, with a crystal clear and clear color, which makes people love it at first sight. Therefore, just throw the jar and make it into various colors. Maybe you can trick a few newcomers to buy it!
There are quite a lot of jade wares here, such as jade cong, jade pendant, jade cup, jade ring, jade pig, etc.
Zhou Xia was a little disappointed. Just when he was about to leave, he glanced at a jade cicada in the pile of jade artifacts from the corner of his eyes, but suddenly he felt that the jade cicada had a scent of a crane.
It is not a problem with the material of this jade cicada. In fact, the color of this jade cicada is dark yellow, similar to those rough antique jade, but it looks a little warmer. The real uniqueness of this jade cicada is that its carving is simple and its carving is vigorous and powerful. With just a few swords, the realistic expression of the jade cicada is fully displayed. The whole jade cicada's eyes are prominent and its tail wings are spread open. The shape is lifelike and has strong realistic characteristics.
"Han Badas!" Zhou Xia said silently in his heart. Without getting started, he could feel the charm of it. It was clean and neat, majestic, and fast and ruthless. One side was deep and the other was shallow. If he was not a senior jade master, he would never have had such a knife technique.
This kind of knife technique is also well-known in the history of ancient jade carving, that is, the Badao of Han.
Jade cicadas like this originally existed as Yu Han who was buried with him. In the mouth of the dead, the jade cicadas wanted the dead to resurrect the cicadas and allow the soul to be continued. In traditional Chinese culture, golden cicadas mean transcend the soul, and this is exactly what "golden cicadas escape from the shell".
In the Han Dynasty, the history of jade burial with jade artifacts has a long history. As Yu Han's jade cicada is a typical example. It is this cultural atmosphere that created the unique, simple and grand Han Badao of the Han Dynasty. Although there were many imitations in later generations, they often gained their shapes but not their spirits.
Zhou Xia followed Liu Yuqing to see the real Han Badao jadeware at the customer, and was very impressed by it. Even when Liu Yuqing commented, she lamented that the masters at that time were so skillful and of high level that they could be said to be at the peak of their ultimate creation.
Although the quality of the jade cicada in front of me is a bit bad, the sword technique is absolutely not wrong. Zhou Xia is sure that this is the true Han Basket, with a unique historical and cultural atmosphere, and the charm can be achieved by imitating later generations.
Although he fell in love with this jade cicada, Zhou Xia did not go directly to get it. In order to hide his true intentions, he took several other jade pieces and pretended to look at it for a while, looking like a novice, and then took the jade cicada.
Although the jade quality of this jade cicada is not particularly good, as soon as he bought it, Zhou Xia could feel that it was obviously much warmer than the jade wares he had just selected. If such a jade cicada is genuine, don’t think it was definitely unearthed and buried with the things!
It is said that "people raise jade and jade to support people." This is not a good word. If you didn't play with it frequently, the surface of the jade would not be so shiny, nor would it be like patinas that people in the industry say. But as it is now, at first glance, it is not particularly different from ordinary imitations.
After getting started, Zhou Xia could also get to the distance to appreciate the jade cicada, and he also officially confirmed that this was indeed an authentic Han Basket Jade Cicada.
But for the sake of safety, he still plans to use the system to determine whether it can confirm his vision and judgment. As for how to get it, he has to wait until the system results come out.
Chapter completed!