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    Seeing Nan Nan's statement, Chu Chen smiled and said: "As for the things, I do still have three items, two of which can be transferred. As for the market value of these two items, the total should be about 210,000 euros."  , But forget it with money, I personally still like to exchange things." As he said that, he took out the box containing the three antiques from the shopping bag, and then put it on the table.  After hearing Chu Chen's reply, Nan Nan quickly said happily: "Okay! I have no problem at all!" Before opening the box containing the antiques, Chu Chen said with a smile: "Boss Nan, I took out all my things.  "Yes, you should let me take a look at your good stuff, right?" "Yes, yes! I'll get it right away!" After hearing what Chu Chen said, Nan Nan patted his forehead and got ready.  After walking out of the reception room, but before taking a few steps, he turned around and asked with a smile: "Mr. Chu, what kind of items do you usually like to collect?" "My main collection is porcelain." "Okay.  , Please wait a moment" After seeing Nan Nan leave, Wu Ke asked: "Achen, are you really planning to exchange antiques with him?" Chu Chen replied: "Yes, anyway, the rhinoceros horn cup?  And the black and white jade snuff bottle, I don¡¯t plan to collect it. It would be nice to change it to something I like!¡± ¡°Oh!¡± Wu Ke looked understanding when she heard this. She also knew that Chu Chen actually liked it the most.  Porcelain, or some relatively rare or high research value antiques, although the two things Chu Chen mentioned are good, they are obviously not within the scope of his collection.  "Achen, what kind of jade is this black and white jade? I've heard some people say it's Khotan jade, and some people say it's a local jade species. I'm confused." Wu Ke asked curiously.  "Black and white jade, generally speaking, refers to the black jade from Hotan." Chu Chen explained.  "No, Mo Yu is not black. How can it be black and white?" After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Wu Ke felt very puzzled.  Chu Chen chuckled and explained: "In the traditional sense, black jade refers specifically to white jade and sapphire that are infiltrated with graphite. As black jade, of course, the darker the better. But it must be of jade quality, otherwise it is just a stone.  Some black jade is gray, neither black nor white. This material is called 'blue and white', which is commonly known as Khotan blue and white in the market. " "Generally speaking, the quality of 'blue and white' jade is quite delicate and has a fat feel.  It is very good and has a unique feeling when used. Among them, the clear black and white 'blue and white' is very popular in Yufang. It can be used for skillful carving. The clear black and white blue and white Hetian seed material is commonly known as black and white. The top grade requires 'white as rice paper and black as ink'.  " "It is very easy to compare with Khotan's 'blue and white' 'blue and white'. Generally speaking, 'blue and white' gives people a frozen feeling, with almost no ink spots visible. The ink is melted into the jade, and some can be seen.  It emits a purple halo, and of course the black and white can be distinguished according to the white jade part" "The black and white jade snuff bottle Chu Chen bought in the morning is the highest quality Khotan black and white jade.  The snuff bottle has a round mouth, straight neck, smooth shoulders, and a flat and slightly concave bottom.  The ground is paved with ink, and the cliffs are carved with pine trees.  The white jade material is skillfully used to emboss fish, woodcutter, plowing and reading.  The fisherman catches fish by the river with a fishing basket on his back, the woodcutter in the mountains rests with firewood on his shoulders, the scholar leans against the window in the pavilion and reads aloud, and a farmer hidden outside the window writes a poem.  The utensils follow the original colors and are wonderfully conceived.  It is a fine piece of art made by Su during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.  Based on the jade quality and carving of the snuff bottle, Chu Chen felt that its market value should be around 700,000.  After Chu Chen explained the black and white jade to Wu Ke, it didn¡¯t take a while.  Nan Nan and the store clerk walked in with a few boxes and a smile on their faces.  After putting the things on the table and sending the waiter away, Nan Nan smiled and said, "Mr. Chu, let's get started!" "Okay!" Chu Chen nodded with a smile, then opened the box and pushed it away.  When he arrived in front of Nan Nancai, Nan Nancai also put the things he just took in front of Chu Chen.  "Hey! This is a fruit core sculpture!" When Nan Nan saw an antique in Chu Chen's box, he let out a light sigh, and then quickly took the thing into his hand carefully. The thing was a bracelet.  After a rough look, he exclaimed: "This is Zhan Gusheng's work?!" Chu Chen smiled slightly and said: "It is indeed an olive stone carved bracelet carefully carved by Zhan Gusheng." The fruit stone carving is three-dimensional.  The category of miniature carving was popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Among them, after the rise of olive stone carving after the mid-Ming Dynasty, it was regarded as a unique skill and became popular as decorations such as belts and fans.  The olive producing areas are roughly distributed in Yangcheng, Lingnan, Shandong Province and Suzhou.  ,,removeIn addition to being made into salted olives, oily olives and king-flavored olives, its core is hard, hollow and has no kernel flesh, making it a good material for making olive carvings.  , a tribute over the years during the Qing Dynasty, and the most famous olive carving in history.  The cabin is in the middle of the nuclear boat, with the bow in the front and the stern in the back. There is a table in the middle, on which Dongpo and three other people sit. Next to it is a boy servant fanning the stove to make tea.  Floating water gourds, leaning down and playing, each of the six people has their own expression.  There are windows on both sides of the cabin, and there are eight doors on the windows. A total of 537 characters of "Ode to the Former Red Cliff" are engraved on the bottom of the ship. This exquisite miniature sculpture is still called the "King of Sculpture".  Zhan Gusheng, whose real name is Zhan Jusheng, was a core carving artist in the late Qing Dynasty. His original name was Maolan and his nickname was Gusheng. He was studious since childhood and became a scholar at the age of 22. However, due to repeated failures in the examinations, he gave up his career and devoted himself to  The craftsmanship of olive stone carving.  He is not only good at olive carving, but also well-read and outstanding in articles. He is good at painting and characters in small regular script.  Its rich cultural connotation has expanded the themes of olive carvings and improved the artistic level of olive carvings.  According to historical records, all the knives of Zhangu Sheng were forged from fine iron. He opened a window in his home to the east. Whenever the sun rose, he would take olive stones and carve them by the window. When dealing with emergencies, he would hold them in his mouth.  He stopped carving at noon because he believed that it was not suitable for carving after noon.  According to the records of "Yangcheng Prefecture", Zhan Gusheng once carved eighteen arhats with different expressions and lifelike shapes, and the mountains, rocks and trees were scattered and scattered.  One of the particularly strange ones is an Arhat holding a bowl in his hand, and next to the bowl is a pigeon, with its head turned inwards. The pigeon is as small as a sesame seed, but has all its feet.  There is a two-page card engraved on the back that can be closed. One page is engraved with Guanyin on the lotus pond, with good wealth on the left and a dragon girl on the right. There is a bottle on the upper left with a branch on it, and a parrot on the upper right with a beak in its mouth.  A string of 18 beads, with cards and beads.  Another page is engraved with the "Full Text of the Heart Sutra". On the back is engraved two beads, one round and one pointed. There are holes in the beads, and there is a Buddha hidden in each hole. They face outward and make a sound when shaken.  The exquisiteness of his technique and the ingenuity of his kung fu are truly miraculous.  Due to the high difficulty of the miniature carving process, there are very few of Zhan Gusheng's works. Today, there are about a dozen of his handed down works known, most of which are collected in museums, and only a few are in the hands of collectors.  In addition to the aforementioned "Red Cliff Cruise", Chu Chen had previously seen Zhan Gusheng's olive-stone micro-carved boat in Mr. Liu's collection. There were seven people in the boat with vivid expressions, and the bottom of the boat was also engraved with small regular script.  The text, styled as "Taoist Gu Sheng", is also a very wonderful work.  However, the olive stone is shaped like a boat, so it is common to see carvings of boats and boats. Therefore, in terms of the difficulty of creation, the complexity of the craftsmanship, the rarity of the subject matter, and the number of olive stones, this 108-piece miniature figure bracelet is more  Better than that.  This olive-stone carved bracelet has 108 core beads that are evenly sized and rounded to brown in color. Each core is carved with an image of an Arhat. The 108 core beads are exactly the 108 Arhat images.  The figures are made in high relief, with clear faces, vivid expressions, and smooth lines of clothing. The Arhats all have backgrounds. The mountains, rocks, trees, animals, treasures, etc. all match the legendary stories of the Arhats.  For example, "Arhat crossing the river carries scriptures and travels eastward to spread the scriptures", "Happy Arhat reveals his heart and makes people aware of the Buddha in his heart", "Arhat the Laughing Lion no longer kills because he has learned Buddhism, and the lion comes to thank him" and so on.  Present a complete work.  From another perspective, this bracelet can be regarded as a Buddhist treasure.  Moreover, during the carving process of the fruit core, it is necessary to ensure that the shape, size, and color of the 108 cores are consistent, and to prevent the core from breaking during the carving process, and to achieve meticulous carving, subtle details, and regular modeling.  It is very difficult to play on a variety of levels, which fully demonstrates Zhan Gusheng's superb technical level and cultural connotation.  In addition, each core of the bracelet is engraved with the name of the Arhat in Yang script. Each character is less than 2 mm. Two of the cores are engraved with the words "Gu Shengzuo" and "", making each word clear.  It is regular and has the legacy of small regular script from the Jin and Tang dynasties. Historical records record that Gu Sheng worked in small regular script and his reputation is indeed well-deserved.  Although Zhan Jusheng is only a handicraft creator, "Yangcheng Magazine", "Yangcheng Magazine", "Zhan Family Genealogy" and "Zhan Family Genealogy" have written biographies of him, calling him "a generation of Lingnan artists", which shows his great influence on society.  , also inspired the following generation of followers, making the olive carving craft famous at home and abroad. It was indeed a wonder in the art world of the Qing Dynasty.  And it¡¯s no wonder that Nan Nan was so surprised that such a world-famous nuclear carving artist could carve such lifelike nuclear carvings.  And after he received Chu Chen's affirmative reply, he hurriedly asked: "Mr. Chu, I wonder if this bracelet is" Before he could finish speaking, Chu Chen waved his hand directly.  Interrupted: "Boss Nan, I'm really sorry. I plan to keep this work for myself, and I have no intention of transferring it!"
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