Since Wang Ding, who helped him, wanted to see the snuff bottle, the woman was very enthusiastic. She put down the travel bag on her shoulders, and the woman took out the items she brought and sold for Wang Ding and Wang Lingling to watch.
The woman came to the antique city just to do some business and sell something. The current storm of clashing with the car was over, so the woman naturally had to put out all her belongings. She took out a lot of quantities from the bag, and the materials were made. The different snuff bottles were handed to the two of them to watch, and they were still explaining with a smile.
"What I collect is some snuff bottles. You all know that Gancheng has been an ancient city since ancient times. Over the years, there have been quite a lot of dignitaries. Almost all of these people bought home business in the countryside, although after so many years, Baptism, but the remote rural areas have not suffered heavy damage from various eras. Occasionally, some good objects left behind before will be found. From mahogany furniture, tables, chairs and screens, to antiques, jade pendants, pearl agate, etc., all have been traced.
I am a farmer living in the outskirts of Gancheng. I opened a small shop with my husband at home. Nowadays, folk antique collections are quite popular, and people often go to their places to shop. My brothers take advantage of the slack farming season. As some smart people in the village started making antiques, their income was quite considerable. So I was moved. Some time ago, I followed my brothers tossed hard in the countryside for a while, and collected some snuffs that looked pretty good. Hu ran to the antique city to set up a stall.”
As the woman said, she had already put all the snuff bottles on the stall. Wang Ding and her sister saw that the snuff bottles were quite beautiful, so they squatted on the ground and took the snuff bottles that the woman handed them to them with great enthusiasm. Looking at it in my palm.
Don't say that this woman collected a lot of snuff bottles. The materials are of various types, including glass, metal, stone, imitation jade, imitation agate, and even walnuts.
Most of them are glass, with exquisite production. The patterns of various flowers, birds, insects, fish, melons, fruits, peaches and peaches are vivid and beautiful. In ancient times, the "material" quality of snuff bottles refers to the present Glass material. Glass itself is not expensive, so the material snuff bottle is expensive in workmanship. The most exquisite workmanship is "Guyuexuan Cai", which is commonly known as enamel, followed by five-color glass made in the West. I want to find it among the people. It is extremely difficult to make the "Guyue Xuan Cai", so Wang Ding basically focuses on other materials.
At this moment, Wang Ding took a porcelain snuff bottle in his hand, and the picture of the shepherd boy herding cattle was painted on the pot. Seeing a clever shepherd boy riding on the back of a cute big buffalo, the whole picture was vivid The picture is full of interesting artistic conception. Although it is not an old object, the porcelain feels good and it feels smooth and delicate. I asked for a while and I wanted to buy one to play with it.
"Sister, how much does this snuff bottle cost?"
"Brother, if you like this snuff bottle, I will give it to you. You have helped me so much, and I can't charge you money."
"How can that happen? One thing goes one by one. I just helped you but couldn't stand the behavior of those people. Now we are doing business. If I buy you, I will definitely give you money."
"That's it... Then let me tell you the truth. I collected this pot for 200 yuan. If you want it, I will charge you 230 yuan, will it be fine?"
"Two hundred and thirty?"
Wang Ding thought that when a woman comes from the countryside, she is traveling for a street stall fee, and the street stall fee is more than 30 yuan. How can she earn money if she charges herself 233?
"Haha! Sister, aren't you at a loss? I spent the capital, plus the round trip travel expenses and stall setting fees, this only adds 30 yuan. Isn't it enough? Otherwise, I'll take a look again, if you like it, I'll have a look.
I’ll buy you a few more, and finally, you can give us some cheaper according to the price you usually sell.”
"Okay, then look. I'll give you a little discount in the end."
Wang Ding said, his eyes already swept over the snuff bottle where the shepherd boy grazed the cattle, and looked at the next snuff bottle.
This pot looks simple and looks very similar to those amber snuff bottles, but after watching it close, Wang Ding found that it was not. I don’t know where this snuff bottle was bought by this woman, but the body of the snuff bottle has accumulated a lot of it.
The dirt almost completely covered the pot itself with a hint of earthy yellow color.
The reason why Wang Ding was frozen on this snuff bottle was because when Wang Ding focused on the snuff bottle, the spiritual energy would burst out unconsciously.
After so many experiences in picking up bargains, Wang Ding has made some summary, that is, every time he picks up antiques, he always has more or less reactions in his pupils, although he doesn't know what this rule is.
However, this phenomenon told Wang Ding to a certain extent that this snuff bottle is extraordinary. Moreover, when the light emitted from the pupils reaches the snuff bottle, a faint golden light reacted, and the color of the golden light seemed to be dark.
It is the symbol of the age. The deeper the age, the longer it is. According to past experience, Wang Ding felt that this snuff bottle was in the Qing Dynasty, but Wang Ding could not confirm it at this moment.
Among the books on antique appreciation, Wang Ding also saw information about miscellaneous gadgets such as snuff bottles. He remembered that the book specifically recorded that snuff bottles were most circulated on the market with porcelain and "material".
In the Qing Dynasty, the blue and white underglaze red official kiln snuff bottles in the Yongzheng period were thin in body, and the blue and white snuff bottles were more creative and had a small and thin body. During the Qianlong period, they paid attention to the three-dimensional enamel snuff bottles, which made them successful.
Overwhelming blue and white. The output of the official kiln blue and white snuff bottles in Jiaqing was not large, and the rare glaze blue and white are the most expensive, but they are not as outstanding as the porcelain carved snuff bottles at that time. During the Daoguang period, most of the porcelain snuff bottles were fired in folk kilns, with a relatively large number.
Most of them are focused on pastels. Many blue and white flowers have floating colors, uneven thickness, and the glaze and body are not tightly combined. Most folk kiln snuff bottles have no value preservation effect.
At present, if this snuff bottle was produced by a folk kiln during the Daoguang period, then this thing may be an ordinary snuff bottle, but it is also possible that it is from other eras, so there is a possibility of finding a bargain.
Thinking of this, Wang Ding took the snuff bottle that looked quite like jade and looked carefully.
After buying this pot, the texture is moist and the feel is warm and delicate. What is different from other snuff bottles is that it does not mostly use hand-painted landscapes or ladies' patterns, but its body adopts carving techniques, and the overall appearance is exquisite and transparent
. According to Wang Ding's knowledge, the snuff bottle carving techniques are not only ivory carvings, except for the bamboo carving, wood carving, or root carving snuff bottles that use relief and carving skills, but the rest is ivory carving.
The ivory carving process was at its peak during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and gradually developed from large ivory carving to "short carving", with snuff bottles among them.