treasure hunter

After all, Xu Hongchang is well-informed. He has seen the Jun kiln of the Tang Dynasty, so after careful identification, he recognized that this bowl is the Jun kiln porcelain of the Tang Dynasty.

"It turned out to be a Jun kiln bowl from the Tang Dynasty! I didn't see it before!" Xu Hongchang murmured in a low voice, quite remorseful.

Pei Miao hurriedly said, "The light in this night market is too dark. Jun Kiln is famous for its controllable kiln changes. Under this kind of light, it is really difficult to see the kiln changes."

"Yes, you're right." Xu Hongchang nodded slowly when he heard the words, and suddenly he realized something, turned his head to look at Pei Miao, and asked in surprise, "How did you know that this is the Jun Kiln bowl from the Tang Dynasty?"

Pei Miao scratched her head and said with a dry smile, "I didn't realize it was a Tang Dynasty Jun kiln bowl. I thought it was a bowl with only a certain age, and it could be worth thousands of dollars. Who would have thought that it would be a nobleman in porcelain."

"Big leak, Pei Miao, you found a big leak!" Xu Hongchang played with the Jun kiln bowl with great interest, and said, "I bought a Tang Dynasty Jun kiln bowl for 300 yuan, and no one would believe me when I told it."

Pei Miao asked, "Mr. Xu, what do you think my bowl...is worth?"

"This bowl..." Xu Hongchang stared at the bowl for a while, and said, "If it goes to the auction, at least it will start at 300 million. Unfortunately, this is the Jun Kiln of the Tang Dynasty. If the Jun Kiln of the Song Dynasty was at its peak , Even if it’s 3000 million, someone will buy it.”

After he finished speaking, he was going to hand the bowl back to Pei Miao, and suddenly remembered the rules of the antique world, he couldn't pass it directly, his movements froze there, but he didn't dare to put it on the ground, for fear of being caught by someone. Be careful to kick the bowl.

Pei Miao saw his hesitation, turned his back to Xu Hongchang, and said, "Mr. Xu, just put it in the backpack for me."

"Okay." Xu Hongchang unzipped his backpack and carefully put the bowl in. He saw some sponges in the backpack, and specially wrapped the bowl with sponges to prevent bumps.

Pei Miao and Xu Hongchang became very excited when they picked up a Jun kiln bowl worth millions.After being high for less than three seconds, Xu Hongchang drooped his eyebrows again, because as a celebrity, it was too difficult for him to catch the leak.

Pei Miao understood his concerns, leaned close to him, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Xu, you are very famous in the Jinling antique circle. I guess half of the street vendors here know you. If you fancy something later, please tell me quietly. , let me buy it for you."

Xu Hongchang sighed: "How can it be so easy, good things can be seen at a glance..." What he meant was that it needs to be checked carefully.

Pei Miao said: "It's not difficult, you just need to tell me which item needs to be used, and I'll check it out. You can secretly look behind me, and if it's a good item, you can poke my back three times with your finger. "

Xu Hongchang nodded helplessly: "That's the only way to go."

So, when they went to the street stall next, the two sang the oboe, Pei Miao watched from the front, and Xu Hongchang quietly watched from the back.

After visiting another five or six street stalls, Xu Hongchang suddenly poked Pei Miao's lower back, and reminded him in a low voice behind Pei Miao, "The painting on the right."

In fact, Pei Miao also took a fancy to that painting, and his ability showed that it was from the Qing Dynasty. Since Xu Hongchang wanted to see it, he had to give it to him, so he pointed to the half-opened painting on his right, and asked the stall owner: "Boss, where is this painting?" Can I take a look at the painting?"

The stall owner saw that Pei Miao was very young, and guessed he was not an expert, so he nodded and said: "Yes, this painting is Shen Quan's painting, it is very precious, you have to be careful when you look at it, don't damage it."

When Pei Miao saw the other party tell the origin of this painting, she thought to herself, it seems that it is impossible to miss this painting.

He picked up the painting and unfolded it slowly. The frame is not very large. It is vertical and 1.2 meters long. There is no seal, which is relatively rare in the painting and calligraphy world.

Pei Miao observed carefully, and found that the painting style of this painting was indeed very similar to Shen Quan's, but Xiao Shen Quan was not a mainstream painter, and there were few paintings. It shows that this is a painting from the Qianlong period. Since the painting style is so similar to Xiao Shenquan's painting style, the possibility of authenticity is still very high.

At this time, Xu Hongchang poked Pei Miao's back three times with his finger. Pei Miao knew that Xu Hongchang must have spotted it. After all, his eyesight and experience were much higher than his own, so he began to ask the price: "Boss, how much is this painting?" money?"

The stall owner smiled slightly and raised three fingers: "30."

Pei Miao directly rolled up the painting, put it on the booth, and said, "You keep it and sell it slowly."

The stall owner hurriedly said: "Handsome guy, why are you so impatient, why don't you pay the price."

Pei Miao thought for a while and said, "Three thousand, will you sell it or not?"

The stall owner was speechless when he heard the words: "Handsome guy, you have to pay back the price a little bit too hard. Xiao Shenquan's painting, you paid it back from 30 to [-] all at once?"

Pei Miao smiled, and said, "Don't take me for a layman, although this painting looks very similar to Xiao Shenquan's painting style, but there is no inscription or postscript, and there is no seal, even the collector's seal Without one, how do you prove that this is Xiao Shenquan's painting?"

The stall owner said: "The style of painting is enough."

Pei Miao said: "You really think I'm a layman. Of course, the style of painting is not enough. The Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China have the most antique paintings. The level of those people's imitation paintings is absolutely fake. If there is no inscription and postscript as proof, it is really difficult. To determine whether it is true or not, this painting is a three-nothing product with extremely high risks, and 3000 yuan is enough."

Hearing Pei Miao's words, the stall owner believed that Pei Miao was a master. He laughed a few times and said, "Handsome guy, I spent four thousand to collect the paintings. Why don't you let me earn some money? How about five thousand?" ?”

Pei Miao pretended to hesitate for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, five thousand is five thousand, give me the QR code."

The stall owner happily took out the QR code sign and asked Pei Miao to scan the code. Pei Miao scanned the code and paid 5000 yuan, picked up the painting, turned around and left.

Xu Hongchang couldn't wait to follow, and said excitedly, "You've missed it, Pei Miao, you've missed it again, Xiao Shenquan's painting."

Pei Miao handed the painting to Xu Hongchang, said with a faint smile, "You missed it, Mr. Xu, please transfer 5000 yuan to me."

Xu Hongchang was taken aback when he heard the words. He didn't expect Pei Miao to blame himself for this omission. He was a little moved, but also a little embarrassed: "This... what you bought..."

Pei Miao laughed and said, "Mr. Xu, you took a fancy to it. Didn't we agree before that, after you took a fancy to it, remind me that I'll buy it for you. Teacher Xu, it's only 5000 yuan. You won't renege on it, will you?"

"How could you renege on your debt?" Xu Hongchang laughed, immediately took out his mobile phone, added Pei Miao as a WeChat friend, and sent Pei Miao 5000 yuan.

Pei Miao handed the painting to Xu Hongchang, and said, "Mr. Xu, is this painting the authentic work of Xiao Shen Quan? Why is there no inscription and stamp, not even the seal of the collector."

Xu Hongchang said cheerfully: "This should be a painting for practice. If you look carefully, you will find that the painting is not finished. The color of the mountains and forests in the lower right corner is light. There is a small blank space, which is very abrupt, but something is missing.”

Pei Miao was taken aback when he heard that. No wonder he thought the color of the forest in the lower right corner was weird, but he couldn't explain why. It turned out that it was not colored. As for the blank space in the lower left corner, he didn't realize it before. unexpected.

Xu Hongchang continued to popularize: "The ancients also needed practice in painting. Once a painting was not very satisfactory, they would stop, throw the painting into the waste paper pile, and repaint it. This painting is a discarded work. Generally speaking, most of the discarded paintings are of poor quality, or only half painted, but this painting is different, 98% of the painting has been completed, and the painting workmanship of the whole painting is also extremely neat, there are no mistakes or deficiencies, very It may have been stolen by someone close to the artist, or the artist was painting outside, and the artist left temporarily due to urgent matters, and the painting was blown away by the wind."

Pei Miao nodded again and again: "There are still so many secrets. I have really improved my knowledge today. By the way, Mr. Xu, what is the value of this painting?"

Xu Hongchang said: "If I have issued an appraisal certificate for this painting, it will be worth about 30 yuan. After all, this painting is just a practice drawing, it is not completely finished, and the space is not large."

As soon as Pei Miao heard that it was only worth 30, he immediately felt less excited. After all, the few times he picked up items in the past few days were far more than this price, 30 is indeed a bit low.

If Xu Hongchang knew what Pei Miao was thinking at the moment, he would probably vomit blood with anger. After all, Xu Hongchang did not pick up leaks many times. To him, he could find 30 leaks, which was enough for him to set off firecrackers to celebrate. He immediately went to buy a painting tube, Put the painting in, carry it on your back, and continue shopping at the street stall with Pei Miao.