Chapter 0302 – Black as Paint, Thin as Paper (I)

This stall owner knew the ways of doing business. Knowing that he couldn’t let go, he opened a minimum price of one thousand dollars, only he didn’t see that Zhuang Rui’s mouth was already showing a smirk when he turned back around.

“Boss, this thousand dollars you’re talking about, it won’t be dollars, right?”

Zhuang Rui deliberately made a naive look and asked, attracting a burst of laughter from all around, the onlookers all thought that Zhuang Rui was flirting with this stall owner, because this black thing didn’t look like a valuable thing, and it was called from three thousand to one thousand, which directly shrunk by two thirds, indicating that this owner also didn’t look at all favorably on this object.

“Dude, do you have dollars, 1000 RMB, take the money if you want it, don’t mess up if you don’t!”

The face of the stall owner became a little unsightly, although everyone knows that the things sold here are fake, but that can’t be said on the face ah! The words that Zhuang Rui had just asked were a bit of a squeeze.

“I didn’t say no ah! I’m just asking clearly before buying. Save you a moment to say it’s dollars.”

Zhuang Rui from the pocket of the jeans took out the money clip, counted the 1000 dollars handed over, he usually brought the bag, usually put a 40,000 or 50,000 in cash, but the weather is too hot, he was lazy to take the bag, put 2000 dollars in the money clip, the stall owner wants to 3,000, he really can’t pull out the money for a moment, and this stall can’t swipe the card.

The stall owner received the money, dry and thin face smile will be squeezed together, like a chrysanthemum, hands and feet is very nimble out of a cardboard box, of course, not that Qing Kangxi jar packaging is good to put this pot into the box, the middle of the plastic foam and other filler, and then look for a rope to tie a knot, which was handed over to the Zhuang Rui.

“Hey boss, do you want something else? The objects I have here are all real.”

“Thanks, next time I’ve renovated that house, I’ll come back to buy something from you to fill up the door!”

Zhuang Rui’s words once again attracted a piece of contemptuous eyes, especially when he saw Miao Fei Fei such a graceful and lovely woman following him around, it was even more difficult for many people who boasted that they looked more handsome than Zhuang Rui, and that their pockets were more bulging than Zhuang Rui’s to feel as if they had gotten sand in their eyes.

Waiting to walk out of the corner, and then walk forward thirty to forty meters. Until you can’t see the stall, Zhuang Rui really can’t help it, laughed out loud, attracted the side of the people side-eye, have the body and Zhuang Rui pulled away from a few meters, this year, but what are all people, don’t run out of the mental hospital, a crime and then tickle yourself a few.

“Zhuang Rui, don’t giggle ah! What the hell is that thing you bought, happy like this?”

Miao Fei Fei stood in front of Zhuang Rui, also even with the people as a rare animal to appreciate some, hastily pulled Zhuang Rui a hand, to the crowd to squeeze.

“Hey, slow down, don’t squeeze this thing of mine.”

Zhuang Rui hands to hold the box, this object can be expensive it, did not expect to come to the Panjiayuan actually have this harvest, is also considered this trip is not false.

Two people walked to the door of a store, no longer crowded by the crowd, Zhuang Rui opened his mouth and said: “This thing is called black pottery. The age should be the late Neolithic Shandong Longkou culture period, black pottery production process than the primitive colored pottery more pure, exquisite, delicate and unique, as early as about 2000 years ago in the production of porcelain, Chinese black pottery has reached a degree of craftsmanship comparable to porcelain, the value of this thing, than we see in the Middle Sea of that chicken bowl cup, but also much more expensive.”

Black pottery in history has been notorious, until 1936, Liang Qichao’s son, Mr. Liang Siyong, led the archaeological team in Rizhao, Shandong Province, two cultural sites found more than 4,500 years ago rare pottery – high handle hollowed eggshell ceramic cups, unglazed and black and shiny, thin tire and hard texture, its walls are the thickest but 1 mm, the thinnest The thinnest place is only 0.2 millimeters, weighing only 22 grams, the production process is exquisite, can be called the world’s best.

The black pottery has become a typical representative of Longshan culture, also known as “standard black pottery” embodies a pure and simple extreme beauty, with high artistry, occupies an important place in the history of Chinese arts and crafts, and is regarded by the world archaeological circles as “the most exquisite production of the earth’s civilization 4,000 years ago”. “.

Zhuang Rui plucked this black pottery jar, its exquisite degree of nature can not be compared with the eggshell pottery cup, but also extremely rare, black pottery is not a small amount of survival, but the thin tire of the boutique, it is rare, maybe Zhuang Rui hands of this jar, is a lone product it! In that case, its price is even more difficult to estimate.

“Zhuang Rui, then this jar can sell how much money ah?”

Miao Fei Fei was not very interested in the origin of this thing, she just wanted to know, Zhuang Rui spent 1,000 dollars to buy something, in the end how much can it be worth?

Zhuang Rui drove a glance in all directions, deliberately made a mysterious appearance and said, “If I offer it in the line or exchange it with someone, it should be able to be sold for more than two million, but if I take it to an auction house, it should be at least three million or more, how much it can be sold, that’s very much to say.”

“Three million? Geez! You bought it for 1,000 dollars, Zhuang Rui, I just realized now that you are really dark!”

Miao Fei Fei was shocked by the price, although she was from a good family and never lacked money in her hands, but it wasn’t even earned by herself, she never thought that this money could actually be earned so easily, which created some confusion in Officer Miao’s thinking. Zhuang Rui’s image in her heart, but also unlimited dial up.

In fact, Zhuang Rui this price, just now has been to say less, in recent years to play fine pottery people also more up, especially black pottery, white pottery and colored pottery prices, in recent years is soaring, than some of the official kilns of the Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain is no less, just this kind of collection of fine art quantity is relatively rare, the number of auctions is naturally very little, so the public awareness of them is relatively small.

But play pottery circle. Naturally, there is still such a class of attention to the crowd, Zhuang Rui this black pottery works if taken out to auction, as long as a little bit of publicity beforehand, the bottom auction price is estimated to be higher than four million.

“I say this little brother, you this box, loaded really Longshan black pottery?”

Zhuang Rui and Miao Fei Fei coldly by the side of a voice rang startled, look around, but a sixty-year-old dry and thin old man, wearing a one-piece tunic, under the feet is a pair of cloth shoes, looks a little like the pre-liberation that pawnshop in the big boss.

“Is it something to do with you?”

Officer Miao’s pair of phoenix eyes glared up, this old man’s appearance was a bit lewd looking, and Miss Miao has always been not very fond of unattractive things and people.

“It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter at all, but can this little brother let the old man grow on me?”

The old man twisted his face towards Zhuang Rui, he could see that this thing was Zhuang Rui’s, and naturally he was the one who made the decision.

“I’m sorry, I’m just saying it casually, it’s not necessarily true, it’s better to be excused!” This place is a little mixed, Zhuang Rui does not want to show this object in front of people, he just thought well, when the courtyard repair is completed, this thing is certainly the first to move in.

See Zhuang Rui want to go, the old man quickly pointed to this store in front of him, said: “Hey, little brother, you don’t rush ah! I’m not a bad person, here, this store is what I opened, let’s go in and sit down, is it Longshan black pottery, we can also learn from each other!”

Zhuang Rui looked up for a moment, this store front is not small, above the signboard written on the “Porcelain Lai Fang” three big words. Come and go from the side of the people in and out of a lot of people, this will also shop a little tired, just can sit down to rest, so nodded and said: “OK, that kid will ask you to teach.”

Miao Fei Fei originally a little reluctant, just to see Zhuang Rui went in, but also helplessly followed behind and walked in.

This antique store is specializing in ceramics, large and small wooden shelves, placed all kinds of ceramic objects, Zhuang Rui roughly look, should not be less than a thousand pieces of ceramics, but there is also a counter in the store, the back is also a row of wooden shelves, it must be in that above, is the inheritance of the old things.

Walking in front of the old man surnamed that, counts as a Qing dynasty eight banners of the second generation of the legacy of young, from childhood home has a lot of old stuff, just let him only eat, drink, whore, gamble and smoke cigarettes old man, all of them to the corruption of the light.

However, the small that quite competitive, relying on the ancestors left a few small objects, in the early eighties when selling antiques, that will be Beijing City antiques are not worth money, pear wood square table only five dollars a, small that do decades of antique trading, people into the old that, but also bare hands to set up a not a lot of money to the family business.

The shopkeeper just overheard Zhuang Rui and Miao Fei Fei’s conversation, originally did not care much, just when he saw Zhuang Rui’s face that confident look, ghostly thought to see a little, which occurred earlier that scene.

In the shopkeeper’s lead, the three into a private room inside, called the fellow poured tea, the shopkeeper’s eyes on the paper box above.

Zhuang Rui also did not nagging, after reporting each other’s names, reached out to the paper box to open, grabbed the black ceramic jar’s mouth rim, lifted it out, placed it on the table.

“It’s a bit hard to tell with this stuff, though! This tire is quite thin, but it is a bit like Longkou black pottery, but this glaze color, a little uncertain.”

The shopkeeper took a magnifying glass, around the wide-rimmed pot belly jar turned half a day, and knocked with his hand, face a little disappointed, he has not seen the real Longshan black pottery, just this thing is a little bit like the imitation, and the legend of the black pottery that “black as lacquer, as thin as paper” qualities, is not very consistent.

Longshan black pottery that “black as paint” qualities, refers to not simply black, but black in the shiny, but this black pottery color is dull, even the pulp is not so solid.

After Zhuang Rui saw the shopkeeper’s expression, laughed a few times, said: “That boss, you should have tung oil and white gauze, right? Please take some over, I’ll clean this black pottery.”

“Tung oil? Isn’t that for maintaining furniture?”

The shopkeeper was a bit puzzled, he was immersed in the porcelain business for decades, he had not heard of tung oil can clean ceramics, but since Zhuang Rui said so, there must be his reasoning, the shopkeeper hastened to apologize, went out to prepare the tung oil and gauze.