Chen Jing reached out and took the thing without saying anything. He just opened the black cloth and revealed the thing inside.

However, they saw that this was a rectangular blood-red stone. It looked very beautiful and was very delicately made. There were indeed words engraved on the bottom.

At this first glance, Chen Jing's expression turned serious. This was a bloodstone seal!

Without any hesitation, Chen Jing immediately used his treasure appraisal eye.

The next moment, golden light emerged, circled around the bloodstone seal several times, and then returned to Chen Jing's eyes, turning into rows of words.

"This object is: Wu Changshuo's chicken-blood stone seal during the Republic of China."

"Historical value of this object: Wu Changshuo, originally named Jun, also known as Junqing, with the courtesy name Changshuo, and also signed Cangshi, Cangshi, Cangshuo, Laocang, Laofou, Shi Zunzhe, etc., was born in Anji, Huzhou, Zhejiang Province.

He was extremely accomplished in calligraphy, painting, seal cutting, etc. He was one of the most influential painters of the Shanghai School in the late Qing Dynasty and the first president of Xiling Seal Society in Suzhou and Hangzhou."

"This chicken-blood stone seal is rectangular. Its shape is simple, showing stability and magnanimity. The stone surface is delicate and smooth, and the color of the stone is gorgeous. The bright red blood-shaped halo is condensed between the stones. It is faintly visible, like a dream, and is shiny and translucent. It is extremely beautiful.

!The seal script characters are printed on the bottom, the calligraphy is clumsy and jerky, and the knife skills are sharp, which are typical characteristics of Shanghai style calligraphy.”

"Chicken blood stone is a ground stone with cinnabar strips. Because its color is as bright red as chicken blood, it is commonly known as chicken blood stone. In folklore, collecting chicken blood stone will bring good luck. People who hide it can build their families and ward off evil spirits. Emperors hide it.

, can stabilize the country."

Looking at the identification information in front of him, Chen Jing immediately became excited. Fortunately, he could barely control his emotions on his face, and calmly glanced at the engraved words at the bottom of the seal.

"Lao Fou, when he was treating the rocks, he didn't see the mountains. Mr. Ya belonged to the Yimao Xia period."

Laofou, this is one of Mr. Wu Changshuo’s aliases, and the second one tells the year the seal was made.

In addition to the age and artistic value of antiques, celebrity value is also a top priority. Any antique that can be related to historical celebrities will not be too low in value.

If he is that kind of well-known boss, the value of the antiques related to him will be ridiculously high.

Mr. Wu Changshuo may not be well-known among the general public, but he is a well-deserved figure in the art world and a top art master from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China.

An easy-to-understand example will help you understand how awesome he is.

The twelve panels of flowers created by Mr. Wu Changshuo in 1915-1916 were sold for a sky-high price of 209.3 million at auction!

It is self-evident how high the artistic level of a person whose paintings can be sold for over 100 million, not to mention that Mr. Wu Changshuo also has extremely high attainments in calligraphy and seal cutting. In terms of art,

The master is nothing too much.

Although Mr. Wu Changshuo's seal is not as valuable as his paintings, it is just a seal after all. It is rarely used by individuals in modern times. It is mostly used by companies or institutions to sign documents.

But in ancient times or modern times, seals were proof of personal identity.

To put it simply, ancient artists would use seals to stamp their signatures or names on their paintings and calligraphy to prove that the paintings were made by themselves.

This kind of seal that proves identity is not unique. Many artists have many of them. In addition, Mr. Wu Changshuo can carve seals himself and has many names, so his seals are relatively common.

The saying that rare things are valuable can be applied to anything, including antiques.

That’s why it’s said that the value of Wu Changshuo’s chicken-bloodstone seal is not very high, at least compared to his paintings, it’s nothing like clouds and mud.

During this period, Chen Jing read a lot of books on appraisal knowledge and had a lot of discussions with Zhao Zheng, including Mr. Wu Changshuo's seal.

About two years ago, an auction house in Changcheng auctioned a Qingtian stone seal belonging to Mr. Wu Changshuo. At that time, it was sold for more than 300,000 yuan.

By comparison, the value of this bloodstone seal is at least no worse than that of the Qingtian stone seal.

After all, this chicken blood stone and Qingtian stone are both the four national stones, and the other two are Shoushan stone and Balin stone.

The value of more than 300,000 yuan is already a good deal. Chen Jing is naturally excited. If he can buy this chicken blood stone seal and successfully sell it, his net worth will exceed 2 million.

Almost half of the goal of five million has been achieved.

With this thought in his mind, Chen Jing didn't show much joy and excitement on his face. He looked up at Yang and Li and said, "Brother Yang, this thing of yours is indeed an antique."

Yang Li and his wife were waiting anxiously. When they heard that he confirmed that it was an antique, they couldn't help showing a look of ecstasy on their faces.

"Haha, let me tell you, it must be an antique. After all, we come from..." Sister Li was so excited that she wanted to say something.

Brother Yang quickly interrupted her: "What are you going to do? Don't talk nonsense."

Chen Jing felt funny when he saw this. Brother Yang was cautious enough, after all, it was something dug out of the soil.

But in fact, there is nothing wrong with this chicken-blood stone seal, and it is not among the funerary objects. It is definitely not something from the ancient tomb. It was probably left behind and buried underground an unknown number of years ago.

In short, this is definitely an antique that can be bought and sold openly.

"Brother Chen, tell me what kind of antique this is. It looks a bit like it is used for stamping." Brother Yang asked curiously and changed the subject.

Chen Jingding nodded and replied: "Yes, this is a seal used for stamping, but it is made of chicken blood stone. It is probably an object from the Republic of China period."

People who don’t know how to judge the value of antiques basically base their judgment on how old they are. Brother Yang frowned when he heard that the chicken-blood stone seal was from the Republic of China period.

"The Republic of China? It's not that many years ago, right?"

Chen Jing responded: "Well, about a hundred years." It was just over a hundred years ago.

Hearing the time mentioned by Chen Jing, Brother Yang frowned even more and subconsciously said, "It's only over a hundred years ago, so this chicken-blood stone seal is probably not worth much."

When his wife, Sister Li, heard this, she immediately complained: "I told you not to be in such a hurry. You have to quit your job. It's too late to regret it now. You still have to pay for the bus ride home. Maybe

You can’t even earn back the fare for this thing.”

"Then how do I know that this thing is only a hundred years old? Didn't you also say that it looked very beautiful and must be a treasure?" Brother Yang looked a little embarrassed, but he still retorted.
Chapter completed!