Chapter 326 Priceless

Old Wu is indeed stunned!

He took one out and looked at it. At first glance, he looked ordinary, and then felt that it was inappropriate, so he looked carefully again. Then he put on reading glasses and took a magnifying glass to look at it again. He immediately panted and couldn't speak for a long time!

Because this was made by Zhou Xuan himself temporarily, there was naturally no birth paper expert appraisal. But Lao Wu looked at the jade carving in his hand and became more excited the more he looked at it. The more he looked at it, the more excited he became, and he wanted to take out his heart and beat wildly!

Fu Ying looked at Old Wu a little strange and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Wu, what's wrong?"

Old Wu suddenly woke up and stood on the stage immediately, put on the headset, and said, "Yingying, let me talk."

Seeing that Old Wu was so excited that he was trembling with excitement, Fu Ying nodded and stepped aside, asking Old Wu to say it.

Old Wu carefully held the jade carving with his hands, put the jade carving on the camera, and instructed the clerk to turn off the lights in the hall. After the lights went out, he said louder and louder: "Please take note. What I am showing you now is a 'jade' micro carving. Have you ever heard of a micro carving made of jade?"

Everyone in the hall was a little curious. To be honest, I have naturally seen and heard of micro-carving works, but there are few works because the technical difficulty is too great.

Micro-carving is the most delicate and tiny handicraft among traditional Chinese arts and crafts. It is carved on ivory slices, bamboo slices or hair strands of several millimeters the size of rice grains. It requires a magnifying glass or microscope to see the content of the engraving, so it has been called a "special skill" in history.

I have heard of the types, but I have never heard of jadeite that can be carved and carved, because jadeite is jadeite with a hardness of up to 7 degrees Mohs. Unlike objects such as ivory, bamboo slices, roots and wood, micro-carvings pay special attention to the selection of materials. The material must be absolutely pure and there must be no sand grid or half-silk cracks, because in ordinary micro-carvings, more than 10 Chinese characters may be carved with half a sand dot. Secondly, the tool of micro-carving is also a special fine knife, which must be sharp and sharp. Third, you must have a particularly skilled calligraphy and Chinese painting skills, and you can only "engrave" when carving. Fourth, you must hold your breath and concentrate your mind on the spot, concentrate your mind, and do it in one go. Fifth, you must use the knife to move it stably, accurately and ruthlessly. Only in this way can you achieve the perfect unity of calligraphy and knife style.

These conditions are indispensable. As a master of micro-carving, not only must the sculpture technique reach the peak and desperate situation, but also the calligraphy and painting skills must reach the level of a master. Otherwise, if you have reached that level of carving, your works are like graffitied by a three-year-old child. If you have a painting technique alone and calligraphy reaches the level of a master, but you do not have the sculpture technique, that is not possible!

But among so many types of micro-carvings, no one has ever seen micro-carvings made of jade!

Old Wu said in a trembling voice: "Everyone... please pay attention. I don't need to introduce the micro-carvings more. Everyone has heard of them. However, I still want to introduce them more now. The micro-carvings in China have a long history. Mini-carvings appeared in oracle bone inscriptions during the Shang Dynasty. The seals during the Warring States Period were as small as millet, but the seals were divided into red and white. The well-known "Caring Boats" by Wang Shuyuan is also a classic work of micro-carving art in Chinese history."

"As for seal carving edges, since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, many literati and elegant people wrote in the square inch of seals, using stencils to write and paint, expressing their interests and entertaining themselves. When Shoushan stone became the material for seals, the micro-carving art of Shoushan stone began to appear. In the early Qing Dynasty, Yang Xuan and Zhou Bin had engraved small characters in the remote patterns of Shoushan stone carvings. Lin Qingqing, the master of the carving of the works, also often carved their names and production dates in extremely fine strokes in the cracks of the stones. Later, some people carved ancient poems on the four sides of the square pillar of the seal as edges."

"Until the 20th century, after advanced scientific instruments such as magnifying glasses entered the field of micro-carving, micro-carving flourished. The calligraphy and painting scenes in the works became smaller and smaller, and the content was more and more. However, among the types of micro-carving, bamboo, wood, ivory and wood roots were still mostly. Later, Shoushan stone was a new type of micro-carving, but Shoushan stone was only limited to seals and ancient poems, etc. As for micro-carving, I, Lao Wu, have been in the antique world for decades, but I have never seen one. Of course, this is also due to the limited material of jade and the texture is hard and brittle. If you do micro-carving, it is as difficult as a child climbing Mount Everest. Until now, no one has ever broken this difficulty. But now, what I want to introduce and appreciate to you is a jade micro-carving!"

Old Wu was panting, his hands trembled slightly, and the scene on the projection was also trembling. After finally calming down, he said, "Please look, the original piece of jade in my hand is a long cylindrical body, about four centimeters long and more than two centimeters in length. The overall shape is the same as a four-centimeter-long pencil, but you never imagined that there is anything carved on this pencil-sized jade. Please take a look!"

In the bright and huge projection image, everyone saw a scroll, from top to bottom, horizontally and narrowly, vertically and long. The top was in the mist of sparse forests, which were hidden by several thatched cottages, grass bridges, flowing water, old trees, small boats, and two porters drove five donkeys carrying charcoal to the city. A willow forest, the branches had just turned green, and there was a sedan chair on the road, and a woman sat inside. The top of the sedan chair was decorated with willow flowers, followed by the horse riding and carrying loads, and returned from a tomb sweeping in the suburbs of Beijing.

Going further down, there are densely populated people and grain boats gathered. Some people are resting in teahouses, some are fortune telling, some are eating in restaurants, some are called Wangjia Paper Horse Shop, which sells sacrifices in tombs and sweeping the tombs. Boats in the river come and go, head and tail, or boatmen row the boatmen. Some are loaded with cargo, some are on the current, and some are mooring on the dock and unloading goods nervously. Across the river is a large wooden arch bridge, and a large boat is waiting to cross the bridge. Some are supported by bamboo poles, some are hooking the bridge with long poles, some are pulling the boat with hemp ropes, and several are busy putting down the masts so that the boat can pass through. People next to the boat are also pointing at the ground, shouting loudly, and inside and outside the boat are busy crossing the bridge.

At the bottom, there are tall city towers, with houses on both sides lined up, including tea shops, wine shops, butchers, temples, public halls, etc. In the shops, there are silk, satin, jewelry and spices, incense, paper and horses, medical clinics, cart repairs, fortune-telling, facials and face repairs, plastic surgery, all walks of life, there are all kinds of pedestrians in the street market, shoulder to shoulder, and endless streams, business merchants, gentry watching street scenes, officials riding horses, hawkers selling

, there are family members who are riding in sedan chairs, monks who are carrying baskets, tourists from other places asking for directions, children from streets and alleys who are listening to books, children from wealthy families who are drinking wildly in restaurants, disabled elderly people who beg by the city, men, women, young and old, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and all kinds of education. Transportation means: sedan chairs, camels, cattle, horse carriages, rickshaws, flat carriages, all kinds of things, all kinds of things, and they are displayed in front of people.

Some people already exclaimed from the picture seen on the projection: "The Qingming River Map!"

Old Wu nodded, gasped, and then said, "Yes, it's the Qingming River Map. Most of you are traveling with you. Even if you are not, everyone knows the Qingming River Map. This is one of the top ten famous paintings in my country. It is a fine work of Zhang Zeduan, a painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. The volume is 24.8 cm wide and 5.287 meters long. It has painted more than 550 characters of various colors, including cattle, horse, mule, donkey, and other livestock, 5,60 cars, more than 20 carriages, and more than 20 ships of all sizes. This is the national treasure-level picture, with so many contents, but it is all depicted on this small pencil-sized jade. Regardless of the insurmountable difficulty of carving on jade, let's talk about micro-carving. If you miniaturize such a grand picture on this little area, it is impossible to do it!"

Of course, the master Lao Wu mentioned is only what he knows. As a micro-carving, this is China's unique craftsmanship and national treasure. If there are still top masters that Lao Wu doesn't know, then there is really no one. He knows the most famous ones, but this jade micro-carving is obviously not from any of them, because they can't make it.

First, the technique of micro-carving cannot reach such a fine level. Second, the painting skills in this work. It can be said that only Zhang Zeduan can do it if he can draw the same artistic conception as the original picture, he must have the same foundation as the original author to draw it. Besides, even if the painting skills are so good, no painter will be exactly the same throughout history. Just like the fingerprint on his hand, you will never be able to find two identical people.

This painting is not a copy or a photograph, but a re-image is drawn on jade. This is equivalent to a re-painting. With this painting technique and such a micro-carving skills, which other master in the world can do it?

Old Wu no longer explained, everything was silent, but just slowly turned the small jade under the camera, so that the audience in the hall could see it clearly as much as possible.

The green jade has a superb texture and a full of water. However, people no longer pay attention to the texture of jade. All their attention is devoted to observing the pictures and immersed in the magnificent and huge painting environment!

Because this is a micro-carving, not an original painting, but from this painting technique and micro-carving skills, no matter from any aspect, including the texture of jade, they have reached the peak!

It can be said that this also reached the level of national treasure!

Lao Wu stopped turning his hand, carefully placed the jade on the counter, aimed it at the camera, and then said, "Did you all see it? To be honest, I can't figure out what tools and techniques are there? They actually carved such a grand scene and so many characters on such small things. Not to mention jade, even on ivory wood roots and bamboo trees that are very easy to carve, it is impossible to carve the complete picture of the Qingming River During the Qingming Festival. I can't estimate the real value of such an item, but it really appeared in front of me and everyone. This was also entrusted by my friend, and I can't say how much it will take to start. Let's talk to yourself, and I'll give you a price!"

Old Wu said, of course, it’s not that he doesn’t want to bid, but that he really doesn’t know how to bid, because in his mind this is a national treasure and a priceless treasure!

The hall calmed down, and no one spoke again, staring at the image on the projection.

At Yang Zhongjun's table, Zhou Xuan also sneaked over. He himself didn't know how much the fourteen items he had just made could sell for, so he just hangs out with Yang Zhongjun to watch the fun.

Fu Yuanshan smiled at Zhang Xian and said to Zhou Xuan: "Brother, there are so many things in your store. This thing is so surprising!"

Zhou Xuan smiled, but thought in his heart that if there is anything wrong with you, you can get as much as you want, and you can have wholesale in batches. But of course you can't say this. Everything is the same, and things are rare and expensive. If there are as many as white flour rice, it will be a bargain price.

Qin Ziyan, Wang Ziqing, and Lan Yin even had no idea of ​​their eyes. They were amazed. The jade pieces were sold for more than 10 million yuan just now, which also shocked them. With their wealth, it was enough to buy one or two pieces, but wouldn't they have to eat?

Now that I was surprised by this micro-carving, it was indeed incredible. How could so many pictures be carved on such a small area? Of course, they still don’t understand that the same painting skills are equally incredible!

Old Wu was still a little nervous when he stared at the people in the hall. Almost all the people in the hall were shocked. I wonder how much price the first one would pay? Will there be someone competing?

But Fu Ying, who was beside him, didn't have that idea. From this, she guessed that this was done by Zhou Xuan. Who else could there be except for his ice gas? But Fu Ying was very surprised. Zhou Xuan had never said that he had such ability before, and had never seen him do anything like that before. If you want to figure it out, you have to wait until you have time to ask him. It would definitely be inconvenient now.

Fu Yuanshan and Secretary Zhang are both laymen, they don’t know antiques or antiques, but they understand the difficulty of miniaturizing such a grand picture in the small size of a pencil, and their curiosity naturally arises. If you look at the scene with interest, you don’t know who will pay the first price? How much will it cost? One million, or ten million? They are all guessing in your heart.

After being quiet for several minutes, someone finally raised his sign.
Chapter completed!