Cai Yi was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face. "Yeah, how could I forget this! Lao Xiao, this candlestick is also a rare treasure. Look at the blue and white, the patterns, the shape and the lines. If I am not mistaken, this is definitely an octagonal candlestick with blue and white twined flower patterns from the Jingdezhen official kiln during the Xuande period! What a good thing, what a good thing! This candlestick may not be as good as the pair of celestial globe vases just now, but it is also amazing. It is enough to be the treasure of any provincial museum!"
Peter Wu on the side smiled and gave Cai Yi a thumbs up. "Brother Cai is indeed an expert. He recognized the identity of this candlestick at a glance. Yes, this is indeed a blue and white candlestick from the Xuande period. I remember that Lao Na met a dealer from Hebei Province in Liulichang and bought it for three hundred yuan."
Upon hearing the price, not only Cai Yi, but even the other three masters couldn't help but suck their teeth.
You should know that a candlestick that is slightly smaller than the one in front of you was sold for nearly 20 million yuan at an auction a few years ago. This candlestick is much better than that one in terms of size and quality. If this candlestick is auctioned, it will cause a sensation.
In the main hall of the north room, in addition to the pair of Qianlong famille rose celestial globe vases and the Xuande blue and white candlestick, there are also a number of porcelains placed on the antique display shelf. These porcelains do not need to be carefully identified, and the elegant charm they exude alone is enough to prove their identity.
Cai Yi was completely unable to move his feet at this moment, and said to Yang Jing: "Xiao Jing, you take your first master, second master, and third master around first. I want to appreciate these treasures here, so don't disturb me."
Hearing this, and seeing Cai Yi's expression of wanting to get into those porcelains, several people looked at each other helplessly and smiled. Elder Liu and Elder Guo went to the east room under the leadership of Peter Wu. Elder Xiao stayed in the main hall. The calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls of the main hall were his favorite.
As soon as they entered the house, Mr. Liu and Mr. Guo were stunned by the items displayed in the house.
Although both Mr. Liu and Mr. Guo are engaged in cultural heritage protection work, they are also experts in miscellaneous fields and are very proficient in miscellaneous matters. So when they saw the furnishings in the room, their eyes immediately widened, and the two of them ran towards the two beds, one to the south and one to the north.
Master Liu touched the dark bed tremblingly, as if he felt something was wrong. He moved closer and sniffed it carefully, then asked in surprise: "Old Wu, is this a Luohan bed made of small-leaf red sandalwood?"
Hearing Mr. Liu's question, Mr. Guo, who was admiring the Huanghuali step-out bed, immediately turned his head and walked over here in two or three steps. When he saw the Luohan bed, he moved closer to it and sniffed it, just like Mr. Liu did before. He touched the surface of the Luohan bed with his fingertips for a few times, and then exclaimed: "Old Liu, this Luohan bed is indeed made of small-leaf red sandalwood, and it is made of large pieces of real small-leaf red sandalwood. It is not made of small pieces. This material alone is priceless!"
As the saying goes, "One inch of red sandalwood is worth one ounce of gold", this is only for small red sandalwood. As for large red sandalwood, the price is not this high, and it is no problem to increase it several times.
This is mainly because large pieces of red sandalwood are extremely rare, especially large pieces of small-leaf red sandalwood, which are almost all legendary top-quality wood. Emperor Qianlong once used a piece of extremely rare large piece of small-leaf red sandalwood to build an imperial desk. Because the desk was made of a whole piece of extremely rare large piece of small-leaf red sandalwood, it was priceless at the time, and it is even more priceless now.
In the first few years of the new century, the price of Hainan yellowwood was once hyped up to a sky-high price, even higher than that of small-leaf red sandalwood, but real experts know that it is just hype and should not be taken seriously. If Hainan yellowwood is really more expensive than small-leaf red sandalwood, why didn't Emperor Qianlong use Hainan yellowwood to build his imperial desk? Was Emperor Qianlong mentally retarded?
Therefore, only the small-leaf red sandalwood is the real king of rosewood, the supreme rosewood. This is true wherever you go!
Although the material used for this Luohan bed is not as large as the one used by Emperor Qianlong to build the imperial desk, it is not far behind. The most important thing is that the volume of this Luohan bed is much larger than that of Emperor Qianlong's imperial desk, so the value of this Luohan bed made of small-leaf red sandalwood is definitely not less than that of Emperor Qianlong's imperial desk!
The most important thing is that in modern times, such a large piece of small-leaf red sandalwood is simply not available. In addition, the style of this Luohan bed is obviously from the Ming Dynasty. Such a large old piece of Ming Dynasty small-leaf red sandalwood is so big that you may have never seen it, let alone heard of it!
Absolutely priceless!
So at this moment, Mr. Liu and Mr. Guo also understood why Cai Yi was like that just now! Having such a good old item is like a mouse falling into a rice jar for them. They are so happy...
PS: I bow to thank "First Kiss Was Given to the Hand" for the reward of 1,000.
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