Wu Zetian inscribed the name "Water Dragon Pearl" on Jinkou, and loved this luminous pearl like a treasure.
But after Wu Zetian passed away, the luminous pearl was not taken to Qianling, but fell into the hands of Zhongzong Li Xian.
It has been passed down for generations that it passed into the hands of Xuanzong Li Longji.
During the Anshi Rebellion, the whereabouts of Shui Longzhu were unknown.
According to folklore, the water dragon ball once appeared in the hands of Li Zicheng, and was later captured by Wu Sangui and given to Dorgon.
However, there is no clear record in official history.
Lu Fei never expected that this legendary luminous pearl would fall into Lu Qinzhai's hands.
This is simply incredible.
From the individual appearance, patina, style and texture of the Night Pearl, Lu Fei is 100% sure that this is the Water Dragon Pearl.
It's a pity that there is enough light now, and there is no condition or time to show the magic of water dragon beads.
Lu Fei put the water dragon ball into his backpack, and Lu Fei's blood boiled with excitement.
The first brocade box was such a big treasure. The items Lao Lu hid in the safe were indeed extraordinary!
After getting a good start, Lu Fei is even more looking forward to the remaining brocade box.
Climb up again and pick up a rectangular brocade box.
This brocade box is an ordinary silk-covered wood brocade box during the Republic of China. It is in no way comparable to the golden nanmu box of Water Dragon Pearl.
But this brocade box is much larger.
It is forty centimeters long, twenty centimeters wide and about eighteen centimeters high.
Even though they looked like a bunch of rubbish in the brocade box, Lu Fei didn't despise them at all.
It doesn't matter what kind of packaging it is, the important thing is that it was locked in the safe by Lao Lu, so it is definitely a good thing.
At the very least, it is much better than the items in Gu Lina's house.
Facts have proved that Lu Fei is right.
When the lid is opened, the golden light catches the eye.
Inside, placed side by side in the sponge, are a pair of golden bowls.
Lu Fei is not short of golden bowls.
But seeing the pair of golden bowls, Lu Fei There is a feeling of suffocation.
This pair of golden bowls are five and a half centimeters high, 14 centimeters in diameter, and nearly seven centimeters in diameter.
The walls of the two bowls are beaten to create two layers of lotus petals that bulge outward.
There are ten pieces in each layer, with the upper and lower contours matching.
Each lotus petal unit is engraved with decorative patterns.
The upper theme is animal print, and the lower layer is a single honeysuckle decorative pattern.
This is a typical style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
The golden bowl of the Tang Dynasty is awesome, my dear!
In the arrangement of the golden bowl pattern, each of the most conspicuous lotus petals is decorated with an animal theme, such as fox, rabbit, deer, deer, parrot, mandarin duck, etc. The surrounding areas are filled with flowers and plants of different shapes.
The animals either raised their legs and ran wildly, or turned back to look at each other.
Birds either spread their wings and fly, or stand and perch.
Whether static or dynamic, each one is lifelike, ready to be breathed out, and has a strong sense of rhythm, allowing people to feel the passion of life.
The lower lotus petals are all filled with the same honeysuckle, which creates a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere with relative stability, highlighting the vitality of the upper layer of animals.
The animal themes chosen are either common in people's hunting, or have auspicious meanings such as harmony, happiness, and fertility.
On the outer bottom of the golden bowl is a mandarin duck that looks back and spreads its wings, flying among the flowers.
Mandarin duck patterns were widely used in all aspects of life by the Tang people.
Especially newlyweds like to embroider mandarin ducks on their clothes and bedding when they get married, as a symbol of growing old together and being united forever.
Mandarin ducks and lotus flowers appear together, which not only implies pairing, but also subtly symbolizes the waterside environment where the mandarin ducks live.
The "Tongxinlian" has the same meaning as the mandarin duck's never abandoning and never leaving. The two together represent a kind of harmonious relationship between husband and wife, eternal marriage, and the good wishes of having more children and more happiness.
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This fusion of beautiful meanings and national aesthetic tastes gave the gold and silver decorative art of the Tang Dynasty a special charm.
This pair of children are fat and plump in shape, solemn and generous, with complex and magnificent decorations, graceful and elegant, exquisite craftsmanship and extraordinary magnanimity.
It can be said to be a microcosm of the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty.
The decorations on this pair of golden bowls with mandarin ducks and lotus petals are all carved bit by bit by hand.
When craftsmen designed the layout, they carved a rose-shaped flower on the inner bottom of the golden bowl as the center point.
Two layers of relief-style lotus petals are carved out of the outer abdomen, with ten petals on each layer. By decorating small units one by one, the entire utensil is beautified.
This pair of golden bowls has a very fine circle of small gold beads arranged around the circumference. This was made by craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty using a process called fried beads.
The so-called fried beads, in layman's terms, mean that there is a certain temperature difference between the gold liquid and the water, and splashing will occur when the two meet.
Craftsmen at that time dropped gold solution into warm water, exploded tiny gold beads, and then selected those with a relatively uniform texture and welded them to the surface of the utensil. .??.
This ancient technique was extremely popular in the early Tang Dynasty, that is, during the reign of Zhenguan.
By the mid-Tang Dynasty, it had been lost.
Moreover, these pair of golden bowls are obviously royal objects, which makes them even more valuable.
Compared with the few golden bowls in his warehouse, there is no comparison with this pair, and it is even the greatest insult to this pair of golden bowls.
If these bowls were released, each one would be worth no less than nine figures.
When I took out these two brocade boxes, there were only two big guys left inside.
Both boxes were over half a meter in length, and Lu Fei picked up the smaller one.
This brocade box was a very valuable purchase, and Lu Fei was even more excited.
Take the box out and go down to the ground, sit on the trolley box and open it carefully. >
Seeing what was inside, Lu Fei couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Hey!"
"Yuan Qinghua!"
This is a large eight-sided jar with blue and white pine, bamboo and plum patterns from the Yuan Dynasty.
The height is nearly 40 centimeters, the diameter is 15 centimeters, and the bottom diameter is 18 centimeters.
The overall shape of this Yuan blue and white piece is octagonal, with white glazed blue and white flowers, divided into five layers of decoration.
This vessel has round lips, a straight mouth, a high collar, sloping straight shoulders, and a bulging belly that tapers slightly at the bottom.
The overall shape of the vessel is grand, the vessel is huge, the body is thick, and the whole body is covered with green and white glaze.
The sand sole is unglazed and the pedicure is very regular.
The overall painting strokes are delicate and the lines are smooth and smooth.
The lower part of the neck is bounded by eight edges and decorated with broken branches and flowers.
The shoulders are decorated with broken branches of chrysanthemums, gardenias, bunches of lotus flowers, broken branches of lotus flowers, and broken branches of peonies.
The main decoration on the abdomen is curly grass with consecrated interior paintings of pine, bamboo, plum, and a pond full of charming flowers.
The bottom is a circle of painted variations of the lotus petal pattern, each of which is not connected. The lotus petals are painted with miscellaneous treasure patterns.
The abdomen is painted with pine, bamboo and plum blossoms as "Three Friends of the Cold Years".
"Three Friends in Winter" is a commonly used painting theme among literati. The pine tree embodies the calm state of a gentleman, the bamboo symbolizes humility and straightforwardness, and the plum blossom represents the strong and unyielding character.
The whole picture is dense and dense, the composition is plump, the brushstrokes are smooth, the colors are light and elegant, and it is extremely beautiful.
Lu Fei has several Yuanqinghua pieces, but none of the large eight-sided jars.
There is a saying in the porcelain collecting world that one square is worth ten circles.
This means that square utensils are much more difficult to make than round utensils, so they are more precious.
But the octagonal one is much more difficult to make than the square one, and the price is even different.
If this large eight-sided jar were released, it would definitely shock the world.
It is precisely because it is so important that the foresighted Lao Lutou hid it here.