Third update: Looking for recommendation tickets, collection, reward, evaluation tickets ~ ~ ~
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There was no need to go into detail about the bidding process. Anyway, with Tang Cheng and Ning Weiqiang, these two rich and powerful officials, there were still one or two bidders. However, as soon as they saw Tang Cheng and Ning Weiqiang making a move, they immediately gave up. They only spent the lower limit of the estimated price of 60,000 yuan and successfully bought it.
After this Buddha statue was bought, Qin Fang and others really didn't have any interest in the following auctions. They came here in a daze, waiting for the mystery to be revealed.
After paying the money and handing over the auction items, Qin Fang and others sat down in a private room of the Mingshi Salon. Ning Weiqiang also specially called the appraiser of the Mingshi Salon. This appraiser's appraisal level was much better than those experts.
"Young Master Tang, Young Master Ning, you two are …"
After the appraiser came over, he was a little confused. Several people were actually circling around a Ming Dynasty Buddha statue that was not very valuable.
"Don't ask me. Find him …"
Tangcheng sat calmly. Ning Weiqiang glanced at him and directly threw him to Qin Fang.
"Don't worry, wait for me …"
Qin Fang didn't pay attention to him, but carefully observed the Buddha statue. He was holding a very small hammer in his hand and waving it in the air from time to time. It seemed that he was thinking about where to start.
"Young Master, this matter …"
The appraiser looked at Qin Fang in surprise. He couldn't figure out what he wanted to do, so he couldn't help but ask.
"Tell me, where do you think I should strike the hammer so that I can break this Buddha statue without damaging the things inside?"
Qin Fang glanced at him sideways. He also knew that this appraiser was an antique appraiser of the Mingshi Salon. He could be regarded as an expert, so he couldn't help but ask.
When the appraiser heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes. However, he had been in the Mingshi Salon for a long time and had seen many rich and powerful people like this. Although he felt a little distressed for this Buddha statue, which wasn't very expensive, he still didn't dare to go against the request of these young masters. Even though the quality of Qin Fang's clothes seemed to be much worse than his.
"Let's start from the head … The base is too thick. It's easy to damage the sides!"
In fact, the appraiser himself was quite puzzled. He couldn't understand how Qin Fang knew that there was something in the belly of the Buddha statue. After all, the Buddha statue had passed through his hands before. He had carefully examined it and didn't find any cracks. Naturally, it was impossible for him to see if there was anything in the belly of the Buddha statue.
However, in order to keep his job, the appraiser still gave a more pertinent opinion, which was similar to what Qin Fang had thought in advance.
Therefore, with the help of the appraiser, Qin Fang and the appraiser leveled the Buddha statue together. They placed the Buddha's head on the edge of the table, raised the small hammer in their hands, and gently dropped it.
Pa ~ ~
There was a crisp sound, followed by a very slight cracking sound. The head of the ceramic Buddha statue was immediately smashed to pieces.
"Hey … there is really something!"
Chen Jiangnan was also staring at the side. When the Buddha's head was smashed, in addition to a few pieces of pottery, there was really something inside.
Hearing Chen Jiangnan's exclamation, the two yamen who were drinking by the side also looked at each other in surprise. They both stood up and walked over.
At this time, Qin Fang carefully pulled out the thing hidden in the Buddha statue. Fortunately, this Buddha statue was hollow. Although it was not very spacious inside, the thing hidden in it still had a certain range of movement.
"This is …"
When Qin Fang took out this cylindrical object about 30 centimeters long, everyone gathered around the table.
They saw that this thing was long and wrapped in a layer of something similar to oil paper. This was a waterproof material commonly used in ancient times. Qin Fang twisted this layer of oil paper. It seemed to be very old.
"You do it …"
After thinking about it, Qin Fang still did not dare to touch this layer of oil paper. He still gave such an important and detailed task to the appraiser who was specially called over.
From the moment the Buddha statue cup was smashed and the thing really appeared, the appraiser's heart was in a mess. Now that Qin Fang gave him such a task, it was absolutely nonsense to say that he was not nervous.
Fortunately, he was in this line of work. He was excited about every antique that was born in his hands or appeared in the world.
Qin Fang and the others did not understand this layer of oil paper material, but it did not mean that he did not understand it. At a glance, he knew that it was goods from the Ming Dynasty. Then the thing wrapped in it was at least from the Ming Dynasty or even before.
And this thing had been hidden in this Buddha statue, indicating that the value of this thing was far above the Buddha statue. How could this not make the appraiser excited?
"Be careful, don't break it …"
Looking at the appraiser's slightly big movements, Chen Jiangnan shouted at the side, as if he was afraid of breaking it.
"Understood, understood …"
The appraiser also had a bitter smile on his face. He wanted to scold Chen Jiangnan, but there were two yamen officials in this room that he could not afford to offend, so he could only swallow his anger.
While he agreed with his mouth, his hands were not slow at all. He carefully removed the layer of oil paper that was almost glued to the outside of the cup, and then the thing inside was completely revealed.
When the thing inside was revealed, the first thing that could be seen was a roll of yellow paper. The appraiser carefully spread this roll of paper on the table slowly, finally revealing its true appearance in front of Qin Fang and the others.
Hiss ~ ~ ~
Almost everyone present couldn't help but suck in a deep breath.
"This is …"
In contrast, the appraiser who had seen many authentic antiques quickly recovered and began to carefully evaluate the thing that was revealed in front of them. However, when he looked carefully, his whole body was about to convulse.
"Preface to the Orchid Pavilion!"
Originally, Qin Fang and the others were more or less a little lucky in their hearts, but when the appraiser squeezed out these three words almost word by word, they were almost convulsing.
As long as one knew a little about calligraphy, even if one had not really written a few words, they would know that the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion was known as "the first book in China".
"Take a look again, which dynasty did it probably come from, and who copied it …"
Tangcheng was, after all, a soldier. Although he was also quite surprised, fortunately, he was relatively calm and immediately ordered the appraiser.
There were many versions of the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion, and at the same time, quite a few people had copied it. Since the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion was handed down, the calligraphy of the dynasties had been copied. Since the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion was so secretive, it obviously had an extraordinary origin. Maybe it was really as Qin Fang guessed, an extremely precious antique.
"There's no need to look anymore. This is the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion in the Divine Dragon Tablet. Feng Chengsu of the Tang Dynasty copied Wang Xizhi's authentic work … As for whether it's the original or not, it can't be determined for the time being.
I've seen the block-printed version in the Palace Museum in the capital, and it's exactly the same as this one … "
When the appraiser spoke, his voice trembled a little.
Although he was not sure whether this was the original or not, from some clues, he was almost certain that this was the original without a doubt.
Once it was confirmed that this was the original, it meant that in his hands, this scroll that had disappeared from the world had reappeared in the world, and he would be one of the first witnesses. Perhaps his name would go down in history forever.
"Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
When he said this, the faces of Tangcheng, Ning Weiqiang, Qin Fang, and Chen Jiangnan were no longer filled with joy. Instead, their faces were full of seriousness.
"It's the original!
Brother Tang, call for help … "
At this time, Qin Fang threw a detection skill at the scroll. After the appraisal result, the expression on his face was very helpless, but he still said to Tangcheng.
This was no longer a treasure, it was a treasure that was simply shocking. Even with their small bodies combined, they could not handle it …