Chapter 765 Peerless orphan?
At this time, Takawa Mitsui and Mitsui Mitsui Mitsui were already drooling when they looked at the Jade Dragon Chair.
What a big deal? This is the jade dragon chaise made by the carpenter emperor of the Ming Dynasty. What a great deal?
No wonder this chair is so exquisite and beautiful. I won’t talk about the jade carvings. Almost all the top craftsmanship used in Chinese ancient jade carvings appear on this jade dragon chair.
The most important thing is that this jade dragon chaise is different from other ordinary jade artifacts they have seen. Although it is not those ornamental instruments and can only be regarded as practical instruments, this practical instrument is not those cups, bowls, plates, or something.
This is a dragon chaise, which belongs to the category of furniture. From the perspective of antiques, the most valuable practical tools, even more valuable than ornamental tools, is probably antiques like furniture.
This jade dragon chair was produced in the Ming Dynasty when the peak of Chinese furniture development. All the top furniture making techniques at that time were used on this jade dragon chair.
In this way, this jade dragon chair combines the top jade carving skills and the top furniture making technology. There is no need to repeat the artistic nature of such a jade dragon chair.
Moreover, the material used in this jade dragon chair is not to mention. Although it is not a top-grade royal special wood like nanmu or red sandalwood, it uses the top-quality spiritual runner material in Khotan green topaz. This material is considered a gem and is of absolutely no low value.
The most important thing is that this jade dragon chaise is a work by the carpenter emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so the meaning is even more different. It is equivalent to blessing this jade dragon chaise with a special halo of top-level items.
Now all the key elements for the collection of antique furniture are collected.
First of all, the materials are absolutely high-end materials. Although they cannot be considered top-notch, they are not much different. The top-quality Lingrun material in Khotan Green Topaz Jade can only be bought with tens of thousands of yuan per kilogram even now.
In addition, the production process of this furniture, as well as polishing and polishing, are all the top-notch. They are definitely the works of top-notch masters.
Finally, this chair is the one that has its own heritage. When it comes to the heaviness of history, just talk about this chair, it is the work of the carpenter emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty. It is immediately equivalent to making a big move.
Anyone who dares to pretend to be picky in front of you will be crushed to pieces by this sentence.
So this chair is definitely a powerful tool to improve B-frame!
When they thought of this, Takawa Mitsui and Mitsui Mitsui Mitsui were almost full of passion. If it weren't for outsiders present, the two of them would have even wished they could raise their heads and howl loudly.
And at this time, let alone the two of them, even Kobayashi Kyosuke, who had no idea about this jade, looked at the chair and was already trapped.
Although he didn't know how much this thing could be worth, he knew that this thing was definitely the top treasure.
Even speaking of his status in the antique world, he would never be lower than the Yaobian Tianmu Bowl he had studied all his life.
You should know that the Yaobian Tianmu Bowl that he had been studying for his whole life made the Japanese crazy was actually just the utensils used by ordinary tea ceremony enthusiasts when they were born.
In the porcelain rankings of the Song Dynasty at that time, the Yaobian Tianmu Bowl was just named Rabbit Bowl, but it was just a tea set used by ordinary folk wealthy people to fight for wealth.
In the end, the famous people's fight among the people attracted the attention of the Emperors of the Song Dynasty at that time, and finally gave a batch of fine products to the palace of the Southern Song Dynasty.
But soon, it was left behind by the officials of the Song Dynasty. After all, such a large and coarse porcelain bowl was not considered the mainstream in the Chinese ceramics industry, and it can even be said to have never been a high-end place.
It was only later that after arriving in Japan that it became famous in the world because of the struggle between the Tokugawa family and the Japanese imperial family, coupled with the magical history of the Mitsubishi chaebol's fortune, which added an indescribable mysterious color to the Yoshinomi Bowl, and became famous in the world's antique collection industry.
And the Jade Dragon Chair in front of me is different. First of all, this thing is the most popular type in the antique industry, expensive materials, and top-notch furniture made.
And it was made by an emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and it must have been used by one emperor. What's wrong with that?
With such a gimmick and layering, if this chair is taken to auction, the final transaction price will not exceed the sky?
When Kobayashi Kyosuke thought of this, his heart also pounded violently, and then he raised his head suddenly and looked at Noda Yahiko and asked.
"Doda-kun, do many works of this carpenter emperor have existed now? Is there any collection in the Palace Museum in China?"
"Ah... how is this possible?"
Noda Yoshihiko smiled bitterly and replied.
A look of disappointment flashed in Kobayashi Kyosuke's eyes, and after hearing this, Mitsui Takayasu's eyes suddenly burst into light.
That's good. This carpenter emperor seems to have not many works handed down from generation to generation. In this way, isn't the value of this chair even higher?
This is a lonely product! A peerless lonely product!
"Actually, the carpenter emperor created many works throughout his life, but you also know that his identity was the emperor. Moreover, the things he created were not elegant literary works like poetry, songs, or paintings. They were just furniture, architectural models, dolls, etc. At that time, such things were deeply hated by the Chinese scholars and officials, so after his death, some of the works he created were used as burial objects and buried in the imperial tombs with him. Many of them were collected by the royal family. But you also know that after Zhu Youxiao, he was the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen. Although this emperor was diligent, his ability was limited, and with the firm's strength, he was still strong.
With a stubborn and suspicious personality, the Ming Dynasty of Noda was defeated in his hands in only 17 years. In the end, he was hanged in Coal Mountain, but the peasant army of Li Zicheng who entered Beijing City caused a disaster. Especially the general under Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin was a rude peasant general who did not know any art or elegance. At that time, before Li Zicheng entered the Forbidden City, he led his army to break into the Forbidden City first, which turned the disaster into the Forbidden City. Many treasures passed down from the Ming Dynasty were destroyed by him. So later, after the Manchus entered the pass, they actually did not find too many works left by the carpenter emperor in the Forbidden City."
Noda Yoshihiko explained again, and after hearing what he said, Mitsui Takawa couldn't help but feel even happier.
He was familiar with Chinese history and had a certain understanding of the emperors of all dynasties in China. To be honest, he was not very interested in the history of the Ming Dynasty, but he also knew about those emperors.
He also read this carpenter emperor, but he was not impressed by it. Now a chair made by the carpenter emperor suddenly appeared in front of him. The situation was different.
He now really wanted to know more about this carpenter emperor. To put it bluntly, what he knew more was how many works he had left behind in the carpenter emperor, because the number of works he passed down will definitely affect the final price of the Jade Dragon Chair in front of him.
Now that he heard Noda Yahiko said this, he felt that he could put his heart back in his stomach.
"So far, I seem to have heard of a treasure that was handed down by this emperor."
"Oh? What is that baby?"
When Mitsui Takashi and the two brothers heard this, they immediately cheered up. They didn't want another such chair to exist. In that case, if they collected this chair, the appreciation and improvement of the chair's value in the future will be greatly reduced.
"Well, it was a black jade pen holder, which was quite beautiful and also very good. It was called Jiangshan Zaishang. It is said to be carved from Mount Tai. It was originally collected by an antique lover in Rongcheng, China. According to him, this thing was his family heirloom and had been passed down for several generations in their family. However, after the news of the treasure made by Emperor Xizong of Ming was released, it has not been recognized by everyone. After all, it has been hundreds of years. Until now, no one has been seen in the treasure made by Emperor Xizong of Ming. Even the Manchus who inherited the throne later could not find the work of Emperor Xizong of Ming. How could you, a collector of Rongcheng? Therefore, many experts in the Chinese collection industry were skeptical about his pen holder. Until 2011, the antique collection boom in China was prevalent.
Chapter completed!