Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 342 Zhizheng Bottle, there is someone outside the door!

Unexpectedly, the international buyer contacted by Boss Dong was also a member of Dragon Society.

If the Dragon Society members are closely connected, it is likely to cause the transaction to fail.

If the goods cannot be sold.

It will cause huge losses to both me and Boss Dong.

"Brother Dong, are the members of the Dragon Society closely connected?"

The reason why I ask this.

Because everyone wants to own good things.

Even good brothers may try to steal each other's girls.

If the members of the community are not close-knit, they will be less likely to consider each other when faced with good things.

"During the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, most of the Dragon Society members were in our country, so they communicated frequently."

"Now that the first generation of Dragon Society members have aged and died, exchanges have been changed to regular annual events."

“The content of the exchanges has also become academic.”

"They collaborate with historians from prestigious overseas universities and frequently publish research papers in international journals."

"The paper covers scientific research on bronze, jade, porcelain, and other artifacts, as well as historical explorations."

"For example, their research on Yuan blue and white porcelain can be said to have subverted previous cognition!"

Sir Percival David, the first generation member of the Dragon Society, was a great collector of porcelain.

In 1929, he purchased porcelain from the ancient Zhihua Temple in Beijing.

On one of the pair of blue and white elephant-ear vases with cloud dragon patterns, it is clearly written "April of the 11th year of Zhizheng".

Zhizheng was the reign title used by Emperor Huizong of Yuan Dynasty.

After Sir Percival David's research, he immediately invited Hobson, who was teaching Chinese ceramic art at the University of London, to authenticate the bottle.

After the appraisal, Hobson published an article titled "Blue and White Porcelain Before the Ming Dynasty".

The pair of blue and white elephant-ear vases with cloud dragon patterns are called "Zhi Zheng vases".

In 1950, Dr. Pope, who studied ancient ceramics, used the Zhizheng bottle as a standard.

A very detailed comparison was made between the blue and white porcelain enshrined in the Ardebil Temple and the blue and white porcelain collected in the Topkapi Palace.

The blue and white porcelain with the style of Zhizheng vase is identified as 14th century blue and white porcelain.

He also proposed the "Zhi Zheng Xing" theory, laying the academic foundation for the existence of Yuan blue and white porcelain.

It also caused a sensation in the ancient ceramic research community around the world.

"Oh!" Boss Dong suddenly sighed.

"I read two monographs written by Pope. He is very knowledgeable about Yuan blue and white porcelain."

"It also overturned the cognition that has been passed down for hundreds of years in the domestic antique circle."

"We used to think that blue and white porcelain only began to appear in the Ming Dynasty, but the Zhizheng vase confirmed the existence of Yuan blue and white porcelain."

"What's even more regrettable is."

"During the Republican era, members of the Dragon Society secretly purchased large quantities of Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain."

"Now the vast majority of Yuan blue and white porcelain is in the hands of international collectors."

"I guess they will hype up the rarity of Yuan blue and white porcelain."

"The most expensive porcelain in the future may no longer be Ming Chenghua official kiln wares."

"And it is very likely Yuan blue and white porcelain!"

These words opened new doors for me.

It turns out that studying antiques has these benefits!

It seems that I need to pay more attention to antique research information at home and abroad in the future.

If the things found in the tomb can overturn a certain cognition, then its value will definitely be enormous.

After sighing for a while, Boss Dong changed the subject again.

"I know what you mean when you ask whether the Dragon Society members are close-knit."

"On the surface, the Dragon Society is a loose organization, but the private relationships among its members are only known to them."

"But the buyer I'm looking for, and the previous generation Torii Ryuzo, are both the earliest members of the Dragon Society."

"So maybe there's a special relationship between them."

Boss Dong shrugged.

He spread his hands and said, "If the deal fails... we'll have to contact other buyers."

"But other buyers may not offer a very high price."

"You understand, don't you?"

In the antique business, selling something at a high price also requires luck.

It is like a piece of jade belt, alone and not a complete set.

In the eyes of most collectors, it is a defective product and is worth at most 20,000 or 30,000 yuan.

If someone happens to have other jade belt pieces in his collection, this piece can be used to complete the set.

Then the value of this lonely jade belt piece will double in his eyes.

Not to mention 20,000 or 300,000, he might even pay 200,000 or 300,000.

Because as long as the jade belts are put together into a set, the overall value will skyrocket.

Let me talk about this batch of bronze artifacts in my hand.

Although the bronze tripod with divine face pattern is very valuable, that is only for those who understand it.

In the eyes of buyers who have no research or understanding of divine facial patterns, it is just a bronze tripod with a rare pattern, and the asking price will definitely not be high.

It was replaced by a buyer who has been studying divine facial patterns and collecting various artifacts with divine facial patterns.

The bronze tripod with the divine face pattern will be given a higher value and more money will be paid for it.

Boss Dong was afraid that I didn't understand the ins and outs, so he asked me if I did.

Of course I understand this.

"I understand. I just hope it can be sold at a good price in the end."

"I hope to get a high price, but I also have to consider the worst-case scenario."

I nodded slightly.

If you are unlucky, you can only accept it.

Boom boom boom!

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Then came a powerful voice: "Chen Huimin is here to visit."

"coming."

Boss Dong opened the door with a beaming smile on his face: "I've been waiting so long for Boss Chen to finally come!"

"Hey, Mr. Dong, you're too polite. How dare I act like a big shot?"

"My boss, Fatty Kun, is the real boss. I'm just his lackey."

Fatty Kun is Hong Kong Island's leading "big lao jiu".

In Cantonese, "da lao jia" refers to people who engage in illegal business, and in special contexts it refers to people who will perish in the light.

It means that Fatty Kun has done too many illegal things and will die if he is exposed.

The story of "Crippled Ho", which was later made into a movie, was supported by Fatty Kun.

Once, the enemy forces sent four knifemen to surround and kill Fatty Kun.

As a personal bodyguard, Chen Huimin took on four people at once and protected Fatty Kun with his hard work.

After that, Fatty Kun gave the fattest stalls to Chen Huimin.

Chen Huimin then had a foundation, and gradually swallowed up and eroded the hostile forces and controlled the territory of Tsim Sha Tsui.

Chen Huimin, who has now become the gang leader, is not arrogant.

He was still respectful to Fatty Kun in his words, which showed that he was a decent person.

If it were a proud person, his tail would have been up in the air long ago.

Boss Dong invited Chen Huimin into the room.

Chen Huimin glanced at me.

The murderous look in his piercing eyes gave people a strong sense of oppression.

He seemed to want to intimidate me with his eyes.

I smiled and nodded at him: "Brother Chen, if you think about it, we were one family five hundred years ago."

The murderous look in Chen Huimin's eyes disappeared, and instead he smiled and patted my shoulder.

"interesting."

"If ordinary people meet my gaze, they will at least tremble in fear, if not piss their pants."

"You can still smile, you seem to have some courage."

It seems that the murderous look in his eyes is testing me.

But it’s also true that people who have been on the edge of a knife are unwilling to cooperate with cowards.

I guess if I showed any sign of panic, he would turn around and leave.

"Please sit down, I'll make you some tea." Boss Dong hurriedly asked Chen Huimin to sit down.

I sat beside him and said, "Boss Chen, regarding the ambush at the Star Ferry Pier tomorrow..."

Just when he was halfway through his words, Chen Huimin suddenly raised his finger and put it in front of his mouth.

Made a gesture of silence.

Then he listened.

He said in a very low voice: "There is someone outside the door!"