After drinking a few sips of wine, Bai Qianye asked:

"Li Yi, do you know the Zhong family?"

"I know one thing, Tong Ruibao was founded by the old man of the Zhong family. Now the helm is his second son Zhong Haogan, and Zhong Haoqing is his eldest daughter. In addition, the Zhong family has been passed down from generation to generation. Mr. Zhong's father Zhong Hong was a famous master who was able to compete with Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi without losing his temper. He died too early and had few paintings, so he was not famous. In the generation of Mr. Zhong, he had no talent in painting, but he was lucky to have become a master of legendary appraiser Ye Tianlong, and created the famous brand of Tong Ruibao. In the generation of Zhong Haoqing, she was once a talented female painter who inherited her grandfather's talent..."

Bai Qianye nodded, so you are lucky! Zhong Haoqing is almost invincible in the field of Chinese painting and fine brushwork. Hu Jinquan is known as the top Chinese in regular script and ink-splashing landscape. Hu Zhiyuan not only firmly sits in the top Chinese in jade carving and stone carving, but also a well-known international master. With so many powerful masters, I don’t know what kind of monsters they will teach in the future!

In fact, what he didn't know was that because of the Spirit-Spirit Card and Polygonum multiflorum, although Li Yi is slightly different from the monster he defined, he is already at the monster level!

After caring about the sales of Dushan jade he brought over, Li Yi and Bai Qianye broke up and returned to Yanyuan.

The next day was Thursday, and Li Yi had a snuff bottle to buy, so he went out to go straight to the market early in the morning.

In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, snuff was introduced from the West to China. At first, the form of snuff boxes was gradually transformed into snuff bottles. Now, people's habit of using snuff has disappeared. However, snuff bottles have been passed down as a work of art and are known as "a pocket-sized work of art that concentrates various crafts in various countries."

Chinese snuff bottles often combine calligraphy, painting, carving, inlay, and ponding. They use porcelain, copper, ivory, jade, agate, amber and other materials, and use blue and white, colorful, porcelain carving, nesting, skillful work, and inner painting techniques to absorb the advantages of various craftsmanship inside and outside the region. They are regarded as precious cultural relics by elegant people and enjoy a high reputation at home and abroad.

There are so many types of snuff bottles that are enough to make people dazzle, so Li Yi has no specific ideas and is going to hit by which one.

The first thing he looked at was a snuff bottle. The snuff bottle was the name of glass in China before. The snuff bottles of snuff bottles are often not good at texture, but are known for their workmanship. Although it is glass, it can imitate various colors and qualities, and it is vivid and vivid.

The one in Li Yi's hand is Venus material, also known as Venus glass or Wenduli Na stone. It is named after the little Venus flashes in the dark brown or reddish-brown glass. Its characteristics are golden and magnificent. It has a strong palace color and royal atmosphere.

Venus glass was burned in the sixth year of Qianlong's reign, but because it produced very little, it was mostly burned by the Yangxin Palace Mansion of the Internal Affairs Office and was only for royal use. This technology was lost after Qianlong. Therefore, the folk Venus material products were circulated very limited.

But strangely, from the current auction market, the transaction price of "Vincent Materials" is very different. In the same era, the same material and the same type of material can sometimes have a price difference of hundreds of times. It is very confusing.

The boss saw that Li Yi seemed not satisfied with this snuff bottle, so he smiled and took out another one from the safe.

This snuff bottle is very beautiful. At first glance, it looks like light brown crystal. If you look closely, you will find that it is made of transparent tourmaline. Moreover, there are several brightly colored goldfish painted inside the snuff bottle!

Li Yi fell in love with him at first sight, and after observing it for a long time, he asked:

"Boss, how much does this cost?"

The boss laughed twice,

"My little brother has such a good attitude. This is the most beautiful one in my store and the most expensive one. If you really want it, it will be 270,000!"

270,000? Li Yi shook his head. The price is too high. Although this snuff bottle is rare and the inner painter is still excellent, it has some defects in the shape of the instrument, that is, it is too small. Compared with a normal size snuff bottle, it is almost a circle smaller.

"It's good to have such a big material. Moreover, this snuff bottle is an old item from the Third Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty. This price, if you take the auction, it will probably be a starting price."

Li Yi smiled. If this snuff bottle is fine, not to mention such a big one, it would be worth the price to increase by two or three times, but...

"The thing is good, and it is indeed an old object, but this inner painting is a new one, right?"

When the boss heard this, his face suddenly darkened and he whispered:

"Is it a new one? What you said doesn't count, and what I said doesn't count! But there is one thing I say can count. Brother, you are not interested in this baby!"

After saying that, the boss picked up the snuff bottle and was about to take it away. Li Yi quickly stopped him.

"Who said I won't get it? I'll pay 50,000!"

"50,000? You can't even buy the materials for making this snuff bottle! Forget it, little brother, don't waste time here, you'd better go to another house to have a look."

"Don't, I'm just interested in this one! Let's do this, I'll add another 10,000, 60,000 to you! It should be almost the same now, right?"

"I want to be cheap and good things, I want to have such a good thing too! You can watch first, the old customer is here, I'll say hello."

Seeing the boss turn around quickly, Li Yi rolled his eyes and looked at it first... You took this item away, and the others were all at the counter, look at it!

The boss took two steps, and thought it was wrong, so he turned around and took out something black from the counter. With a "boom", he put it heavily in front of Li Yi.

"This one is cheap, you can watch it first and we will talk about it later."

Li Yi was startled by the boss's actions, and then looked at the thing in front of him with interest. It was so big and black. Is this a snuff bottle or a grenade?

The size of this snuff bottle is two extremes compared to the tourmaline just now. The one just now is a circle smaller than the normal one, but this one is at least three times the size of the normal one!

Li Yi picked up the snuff bottle and took a rough look. He found that the thing was actually made of rosewood. Moreover, judging from the wear and patina of the relief on the surface of the utensil, it was mostly a real old object!

Old objects... Li Yi's face turned dark. Now people collect snuff bottles as handicrafts, but back then, they really had to use this thing!

But... they dare to take such a person with personality out there?

Li Yi instantly remembered that a few years ago when large-screen phones were not popular. At that time, everyone's mobile phones were exquisite and small, but a strange manufacturer did the opposite and produced a mobile phone that was exactly the same as the big bricks twenty years ago, with a price of tens of thousands. Unexpectedly, it was very popular for a while!

It turns out that the thing about pretending to behave has been around since ancient times!

Li Yi carefully looked at the relief on the surface of the snuff bottle. Perhaps because of the age of time and poorly preserved, many parts of the relief were destroyed. After watching for a long time, he could only barely see that the main picture should be a longevity peach and a bat. However, from the few intact parts, the craftsmanship of the maker's wood carving is pretty good.

He turned the snuff bottle upside down and was about to see if there was any pattern left at the bottom of the pot. He found that the bottom of the pot was actually carved into a round arch shape. Not only was the gap between the two wooden doors clearly visible, but the door knocker could also be vaguely seen!

Interesting... Although there is no signature, there is a spiritual card. As long as he wants to know, this unique and unique maker will have nowhere to hide.

Just as he changed the snuff bottle to his left hand, Li Yi's eyes suddenly narrowed. Unexpectedly, there was a unique world in this snuff bottle!

"Guangxu, the red sandalwood, longevity peach bat relief snuff bottle, Zhou Leyuan, authentic."

"Guangxu, a snuff bottle painted in a crystal goldfish lotus, Zhou Leyuan, authentic."

He let out a long sigh. No wonder this rosewood snuff bottle is so big. It turns out to be a mother-grade snuff bottle that has been pregnant for more than a hundred years! Needless to say, the crystal snuff bottle inside must have been stuffed into the bottom of the snuff bottle outside!

He could actually think of using the cracks in the door to cover up the real gap. Zhou Leyuan can make such a big reputation this time, which is really not a big deal!

"Boss, how much does this cost?"

Two people shouted at him, but the middle-aged man who had been standing and chatting with the boss laughed as soon as he saw the snuff bottle in Li Yi's hand. Unexpectedly, this treasure had not been sold yet!

"This item costs 20,000 yuan. If you want it, take it. Don't return it to me and sell it slowly, and don't bargain."

Li Yi frowned. He looked at the famous snuff bottles, and looked at the material and the workmanship. There was no such thing as this snuff bottle. Why is it so expensive that it is not bargaining?

"Little brother, don't be angry. Lao Han is not targeting you. This snuff bottle was reported like this three years ago when I asked for the price! Otherwise, do you think you are the only one with your own vision? If this thing can be used for one or two thousand, I would still want to take it to my circle of friends to pretend!"

Hearing his friend's help, the boss also smiled and said:

"I sell this thing with a strange word! Little brother, you must have left a lot of homes. Apart from me, where have you seen such old items?"

Li Yi raised his eyebrows, okay, it would be a long time to dream, but if you are a big shot, just a big shot! I really want to see the face of this old man when he saw a famous pot of goldfish and lotus flowers inside! Unfortunately, he can only be secretly happy about this kind of thing... He is really wearing a brocade clothes and walking at night!

With the baby in his arms in his arms, Li Yi decided to buy another snuff bottle because neither of these two pieces is suitable for handing over homework.
Chapter completed!