I Can Extract Abilities From Antiques

Hu Muzhi simply ignored it.

Drinking tea, helping Xia Heze solve the problem of antiques and waiting for get off work.

Half an hour before the end of get off work, Xia Yurou came out of the house, holding a square brocade box in her hand, and said to Xia Heze who was reading a book.

"Heze, this is the jade and bamboo carvings that Yaquzhai asked for, you can send them."

Hearing this, Xia Heze replied without looking up, "Sister, wait for me to read this one first."

Hu Muzhi felt that he was just idle and fine, and it would be fine to go out to breathe, so he took the initiative to ask Ying, "Manager Xia, let me go."

"You know?" Xia Yurou asked.

"Yaquzhai, a cultural relic shop specializing in miscellaneous items, is not far from here." Hu Muzhi replied.

"Okay, then you can go." Xia Yurou handed the brocade box in her hand to Hu Muzhi.

Holding the brocade box, Hu Muzhi walked towards Yaquzhai without driving a car.

After all, jades are fragile products, and it is easy to bump when driving, so the gains outweigh the losses.

Five minutes later, Hu Muzhi came to Yaquzhai.

Entering the store, I saw an old man in his sixties with a goatee.

Seeing that Hu Muzhi was carrying a brocade box, the goatee thought he was here for appraisal or shipment, so he stood up from his seat and said, "Welcome to Yaquzhai."

"Hello, old gentleman, the shopkeeper Xia of Guxuan Pavilion asked me to deliver it." Hu Muzhi explained his intention directly, and put the brocade box in his hand in front of the old man with the goatee beard.

The old man with the goatee showed a stunned look, opened the brocade box, and checked the jade and bamboo carvings inside.

Inspection takes time.

Hu Muzhi was sitting on a chair in the store, his eyes wandering on various miscellaneous items on the showcase.

Soon, Hu Muzhi was attracted by a dark brown, plain-looking box on the counter.

To hold the box, simply put, it is a small box that is held in both hands.

There are many descriptions in "Jin Ping Mei" and "A Dream of Red Mansions".

In the past, holding boxes were standard for wealthy families.

Don't worry about what to eat, it is elegant to put it in a holding box, especially for servants to hold it, showing the identity and taste of the owner.

At a glance, Hu Muzhi felt that this box was a bit extraordinary.

But seeing the goatee old man inspecting those jade and bamboo carvings, he didn't speak directly.

Wait until the goatee old man has checked.

"There's nothing wrong with things." The goatee old man looked at Hu Muzhi and said, "I'll settle it with Shopkeeper Xia later."

Hu Muzhi nodded, then pointed to the holding box on the counter, and said, "Sir, show me that holding box."

Looking in the direction of Hu Muzhi's fingers, the old man with the goatee took the box off the counter and handed it to Hu Muzhi, saying, "Few young people like this kind of lacquer ware nowadays."

"Really?" Hu Muzhi smiled, and took a closer look.

Although this box looks very plain from a distance, when you look closely, you can find the decorations on it, flowing like clouds and flowing water, and the craftsmanship is extremely sophisticated.

"The rhinoceros leather lacquer holding box from the Ming Dynasty." Hu Muzhi made a judgment about the holding box in his heart, so he asked the old man with the goatee: "Old man, how much is this holding box?"

"If you want, I'll give you one hundred and two." The goatee old man said.

Hearing the price, Hu Muzhi was shocked.

He did not expect such a fine rhino leather lacquer box to be so cheap.

You know, this is a cultural relic store, and there are old appraisers in charge.

Therefore, it is basically impossible to pick up leaks in cultural relics stores.

And basically everything is one price.

Even if you pay directly, he will not regret it temporarily.

Actually, Hu Muzhi didn't know, most people still have no idea about lacquerware these days.

So the value is naturally not high.

In the end, Hu Muzhi bought this Ming Dynasty rhinoceros leather lacquer holding box.

On the way, the more Hu Muzhi looked at this rhino leather paint box, the more he liked it.

Rhinoceros lacquerware belongs to the "alternative" category of lacquerware. The style of painting is different, but it is in the same line with the charm of traditional lacquerware.

Lacquerware is the essence of the traditional culture of the Dragon Kingdom.

Holding this collection, Hu Muzhi has a feeling of holding the traditional culture of the Dragon Kingdom.

Go back to Guxuan Pavilion.

Seeing that Xia Yurou hadn't returned to the back room office, Hu Muzhi said, "Manager Xia, the things have already been delivered, the old man with the goatee said that he will count on you later."

"Okay, I see." Xia Yurou nodded.

Hu Muzhi sat on the stool and put the box in his hand on the coffee table.

Xia Heze heard the movement and looked at the coffee table, but he didn't know this kind of box at all, so he asked, "Muzhi, what is this?"

Xia Yurou on the side also showed a puzzled look, because even she was very unfamiliar with this thing.

"Rhino skin paint holding box." Hu Muzhi replied.

"Is it made of rhino skin?" Xia Heze asked naturally.

Hu Muzhi shook his head and explained, "Rhino skin paint, also known as pineapple paint, tiger skin paint."

"Regarding its origin and definition, the records in the Tang Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty are different. Some say it is rhino skin, and some say it is a horse fang from the West."

"Until the Qing Dynasty, people didn't know that rhino skin was not rhino skin, but four to five kinds of lacquer. After repeated application of more than ten layers, the pattern changed in height, and then it was smoothed, and the texture resembled rhino skin. name."

"Rhino skin lacquer is a relatively unique phenomenon in Chinese lacquerware."

"Because lacquerware is generally divided into two types, one is for knife and the other is for pen."

"Those who move the knife are the so-called red and rhino, and the brush is to draw, describe, draw gold, draw silver, and there are all kinds of patterns."

"Only this one is neither a knife nor a pen."

"The rhinoceros skin lacquer ware made as early as the Three Kingdoms period began to decline in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, few people made it, and it was once considered an extinct craft. The main reason is that making a rhinoceros skin ware, Too much trouble."

"How troublesome?" Xia Heze asked.

"First of all, use raw lacquer and stone yellow to make a thick "base" on the applicator body. Before it is dry, use your fingers to push out a small raised point, called "twisting" in the jargon."

"Then apply red lacquer, black lacquer, and other different colors of lacquer, layer by layer, staggered, and shade once for the last time. After that, the whole body is painted, and finally polished with a grindstone and charcoal."

"The final form presented is like this box, with irregular lines on a smooth surface." Hu Muzhi explained slowly.

It is precisely because the restoration of the rhino leather lacquer process is very difficult, so its value will gradually be seen by the world in the future.

It has become a highly recognized collectible.

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