Under the puzzled gazes of Yang Jing and Gege, Jiang Bin rushed into the inner room with great interest. After a while, he came out holding the piece of Hetian white jade.
This piece of material has been completely polished out. The jade is very delicate, with an oily luster, a very soft feel, and a strong moisturizing feeling. Although it cannot reach the level of the top-grade special mutton-fat white jade, it has definitely reached the next level of mutton-fat white jade.
No matter from which perspective, this huge piece of white jade is of top-grade material, especially such a large size, which is extremely rare.
If this piece of jade had not been carved out by Yang Jing himself from a huge piece of Gobi material, he would not have believed that there could be such a huge collection-grade white jade in the world.
What is most amazing is that the shape of this piece of white jade is so special. Because this huge piece of mutton-fat white jade is in the shape of a nearly standard rectangular block!
This is a natural formation, not a shape that is formed after artificial carving. Most mutton-fat white jade is irregular in shape, but this piece of mutton-fat white jade with an unusually large size can actually present such a standard rectangular shape, which is really rare.
Even the princess was attracted by this huge piece of mutton-fat white jade.
"Yang Jing, don't tell me that such a big piece of jade is real mutton-fat white jade!" The pretty face of the princess was full of shock. Compared with those jade carvings just now, this huge piece of white jade obviously brought a greater shock to the girl.
Yang Jing shrugged and said, "In fact, this piece of jade should be even bigger. It's because I accidentally cut off the lower part when I was cutting the stone that the jade is about eight centimeters shorter."
Hearing what Yang Jing said, even Jiang Bin was so angry that he glared at Yang Jing.
"How dare you say that! That careless cut of yours really destroyed this piece of jade! Fortunately, the remaining half is big enough, otherwise you would have become a sinner."
Yang Jing stuck out his tongue in embarrassment and did not dare to respond to the jade carving master.
Seeing that Yang Jing was well behaved, Jiang Bin did not pursue the matter any further, but asked, "Xiao Yang, what kind of ornament can be carved from this piece of Hetian jade?"
Yang Jing shook his head stupidly. He really knew nothing about jade carving.
The princess next to her suddenly spoke up: "I think this piece of jade, with a little carving, would be an excellent base for a jade seal. If it were carved with a dragon knob or a glass tiger knob, it would be great, right?"
Yang Jing looked at his girlfriend in surprise, while Jiang Bin laughed and gave Gege a thumbs up.
"In fact, after I had completely polished the material, I was amazed at how magical the shape of the material was. If it were used to carve a jade seal, there would be almost no need for modification."
After a pause, Jiang Bin said, "Xiao Yang, do you know what is the most valuable and precious cultural relic in Chinese history?"
Yang Jing blinked and was a little confused for a moment. Jiang Bin's question covered too many topics. China had a history of 5,000 years, and there were countless precious cultural relics. But what was the most valuable one...
A term suddenly popped up in Yang Jing's mind, "Uncle Jiang, do you mean the Imperial Seal?"
Jiang Bin nodded with satisfaction, an expression that showed he was a teachable kid.
"That's right. In the five thousand years of Chinese history, the most valuable, precious and precious cultural relic is, in my opinion, the Imperial Seal that has been missing for nearly eight hundred years."
Yang Jing asked: "So, you want to carve a jade seal with this piece of jade?"
Jiang Bin nodded and said, "At first I did want to use this material to carve a 'imperial seal'. Even if it is a replica, the value of using such a huge piece of Hetian white jade to carve a seal is inestimable."
"But Uncle Jiang, the size of this jade material does not match the size of the imperial seal. According to the research of the academic community on the size of the imperial seal, it is believed that it is 'four inches square and three inches and six centimeters high'. There is almost no objection to this size. One foot in the Qin Dynasty is equivalent to 23.1 centimeters in modern times, so the size of the imperial seal is equivalent to 9.24 centimeters square and about 8.3 centimeters high. Our jade material is too big."
Yang Jing was right. After the jade was completely rubbed out, it was about 12 centimeters square, but its height reached nearly 22 centimeters. Even if it was cut in the middle, it would be enough to carve out two jade seals.
"Yes, that's why I haven't started carving. I think a simple dragon button or glass tiger button is not enough to reflect the value of this piece of jade. And if I carve a dragon button or glass tiger button, it will damage the material too much. I can't bear it!"
The so-called dragon button or glass tiger button is a type of seal button, which is a carving with a hole on the top of the seal.
It is said that the missing imperial seal had a glass button on it.
But no matter what kind of seal button it is, whether it is a dragon button, a glass tiger button, or other phoenix buttons, turtle buttons, or fish buttons, as long as the seal button is carved, a lot of jade meat will inevitably be removed, which is definitely a great loss for this piece of jade material which was originally close to a rectangular block.
Jiang Bin smiled and said, "I was originally hesitating whether to carve this piece of material into a jade seal because of the seal button issue, but after seeing your girlfriend today, I suddenly had a better choice."
"Xiao Yang, this piece of jade is very valuable. It will be even more valuable after being carved into a jade sculpture. It can be called a national treasure. But this piece of material belongs to you personally after all. No matter what kind of jade sculpture I carve, it will eventually belong to your personal collection. It is for this reason that I just had an idea, that is, why don't I carve your girlfriend's expression on this piece of jade? Haha, I don't plan to make a jade seal with this piece of jade. Anyway, this thing has no inheritance. Even a jade seal made of 3A collection-level mutton-fat jade is just a replica. I plan to make a huge plain seal for you. You can choose the seal text yourself. As for the four sides of the seal, I plan to use your girlfriend as a blueprint and carve four sides of flying hollow jade paintings with the technique of carving, and finally make this plain seal a beautiful flying seal. Xiao Yang, what do you think?"
When Yang Jing heard this idea, he thought it was great. First, if this piece of jade is made into a plain seal, because there is no seal button, the integrity of the jade can be guaranteed to the greatest extent. Secondly, if it is carved into a hollow jade painting of Dunhuang flying fairies based on the image of the princess, it must be very beautiful.
The most crucial point is that once the seal is carved, it will be uniquely yours, and if everything goes as expected, the princess will eventually become your wife. It is such a meaningful thing to have his wife's image used as a model and have it carved on a seal that belongs to him alone!
Thinking of this, Yang Jing looked at Gege again. Sure enough, Gege also understood the reason. She nodded at Yang Jing with a slightly flushed face.
Yang Jing said with certainty: "Uncle Jiang, let's do it according to your idea! I agree with this idea!"
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