Wen Yiming stood up and curiously followed Bai Jing to the study behind. The old man also played with collecting it. I wonder what category it was?

The two of them came to the study room. Before they entered the door, Wen Yiming knew the answer and said to himself: "I didn't expect that the old man was also a fellow man?"

Bai Jing asked Wen Yiming to sit down, turn around and take out a few square boxes from the cabinet, carefully put them on the table, and smiled and said, "I have nothing to do with it. I only like snuff bottles in my life. It's a bit related to the incense. Please read it."

After saying that, he opened the box, Wen Yiming's eyes lit up. There were eight or nine snuff bottles inside, which were made of all materials, colorful and very beautiful.

Wen Yiming picked up a white jade snuff bottle, bought it with warm and soft, like mutton fat, opened the red coral lid, looked at the bottom inside, and said in surprise: "This is Xu Zhai...Pang Yuanji!"

Bai Jing laughed loudly and said with a complacent look on his face: "Pang Yuanji, whose courtesy name is Laichen, and his pseudonym is Xuzhai. He is from Nanxun, Wuxing, Zhejiang. He is known as the most famous calligraphy and painting collector in the world."

"His father Pang Yun-jin was a wealthy man in Nanxun Town and one of the four symbols of Nanxun. Pang Yuanji was fond of calligraphy, painting, inscriptions and calligraphy in his early years, and often copied famous calligraphy and paintings from Qianlong and Jiaqing periods. Later, he was engaged in calligraphy and painting trading. He had financial resources and was skilled in appreciation. He collected bronzes, porcelains, calligraphy and paintings, snuff bottles and other cultural relics, especially calligraphy and painting, and was one of the famous calligraphy and painting collectors in the country."

Wen Yiming picked up another jade pot and continued: "The characteristics of Pangzi's collection of paintings: First, the famous objects in all dynasties are relatively complete, and the collections are rich and rich. Basically, the famous calligraphy and painting masters of various periods in the previous dynasties have collected their works. Among them, the works of the four Wumen Schools have the most exciting works; Second, the collections of Pangzi's collections are mostly fine works, and they are all genuine works."

"Yuan Ni Zan's "Autumn Dew Picture Scroll of Fishing Village", Qian Xuan "Fuyu Mountain Residence Picture Scroll", Ren Renfa's "Autumn Water Ball Heron Picture Scroll", Wang Mian's "Ink Sea Chart", Ke Jiusi's "Double Bamboo Picture Scroll", Dai Jin's "Imitation of Yan Wengui's Mountain Scroll", Tang Yinchun's "Mountain Companion Picture Scroll", Wen Zhengming's "Shihu Qingsheng Picture Scroll", Qiu Ying's "Luxi Sleeping Qin Picture Scroll", Wu Li's "Lake Sky Spring Color Picture Scroll" and other treasures are all circulated. Thousands of heavy objects are the best in the country."

Looking at the large box of Xuzhai snuff bottles, I couldn't help but sigh: "You have a unique vision. Everyone knows that Pang Yuanji's calligraphy and painting collection is the best in the world, but he has three more exciting collections. One is the purple clay teapot, whether it is Shao Daheng, Chen Mingyuan, or Chen Mansheng, hundreds of master pots; the second is the copper furnace, which has been collected in all dynasties; the third is the snuff bottle, which has hundreds of fine products, and is a grand view."

Wen Yiming is currently studying modern collectors, so he naturally admires the owner of Xuzhai. He has collected countless times throughout his life, but no one knows how much he has collected it. The six major collectors of the Republic of China who were powerful back then were all top figures, but the unified recognition of Pang Yuanji as the boss shows his awesomeness.

"If Pang Yuanji lived to this day, he could have three or four museums himself, and he would be a great man!"

If you really compare with your predecessors, the so-called collectors are not worth mentioning now. What is the concept of thousands of ancient paintings? The entire Forbidden City is just like this!

Moreover, at least the collectors in the Republic of China called paintings before the Qing Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, only the four kings and four monks could catch them, and others did not collect them at all!

Pang Yuanji and Zhang Boju even only accepted calligraphy and paintings of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Before Zhang Boju passed away, he donated hundreds of heavy objects to the Forbidden City at one time, all of which were national treasures. That was called demeanor!

Bai Jing did not expect that Wen Yiming was also very proficient in snuff bottles, and said excitedly: "In the book "Identification of Snuff Bottles", Zhao Ruzhen pointed out that there are two things to pay attention to when identifying antiques: one is to identify authenticity; the other is to identify their pros and cons."

"First determine the authenticity, and then identify the pros and cons of the artifact. This is a routine procedure for identifying all antiques and objects. This is the case without exception. However, the identification of snuff bottles is different. It is enough to identify the pros and cons of the artifact, and there is no need to verify the authenticity of the artifact."

"The value of a cigarette bottle depends entirely on the quality and thickness of the cigarette bottle, and has nothing to do with the time of its origin and the owner of the production. If the material is indeed rare and ingenious, no matter when it was produced, no matter who it was made, it is also a top-quality product."

"The material is ordinary and the work is average. Even if it was made by the Kangyong Dynasty and was used by Emperor Kangyong, it is not valuable. The material cannot be faked and the work is difficult to hide. Forging cannot get a good price, nor can it deceive the world, so the cigarette bottle is counterfeited and nothing is obtained, which makes forged snuff bottles extremely rare."

"Even if it appears occasionally, anyone can tell it. It is precisely for these reasons that you don't have to pay much attention to the authenticity of the cigarette bottle. You just need to examine its advantages and disadvantages when identifying the cigarette bottle."

After saying that, he picked up a red cigarette bottle and said, "Tourmaline snuff bottles look at the texture. The tourmaline color band changes a lot, and there are longitudinal patterns on the crystal surface. For all the best products, the color inside the pot body is even, there is less cotton willow-like body, and the transparency is high."

"Some tourmaline snuff bottles are cloud-like, with a non-smooth color and not bright, and are inferior. Cixi especially loves tourmaline, which became popular for a while and the prices are increasing. Since her death, tourmaline status has plummeted."

Then he turned around and took out two small boxes from the bookcase. They were extremely delicate and opened gently. There was a snuff bottle inside. He cherished it: "The most exquisite porcelain snuff bottle in the Qing Dynasty is Gu Yuexuan, but what exactly is Gu Yuexuan? There are different ways to explain it. Some people say it is the name of a pavilion in the Qing Palace, and some people say it is set up in the Old Summer Palace. Later generations have visited it many times, but they have not seen it."

"Some people say it is the place where the Qing Dynasty collected the fine porcelains of all dynasties, and some people say it refers to a painter named Hu. When Qianlong visited Jiangnan, he saw that the porcelain and snuff bottles made by his own small workshop were extremely exquisite, so he brought it back to the capital to specialize in the imperial kiln."

"Everyone in Guyuexuan must have a pile of materials, and must be decorated with enamel glaze and enamel colors. The Qing Dynasty's material painting of enamel was a specialty of the Qianlong period. It is mostly small flat and round, and different flower patterns are painted in the whole body. Some add calligraphy and scripts, but few people paint landscape characters."

"The floral patterns are fine and complex, and the colors should be fresh and layered, and there should be no traces of scratches or peeling. Those who made the Qianlong period had four-character styles and used blue materials to imitate the Song Dynasty style. It was very neat and imitated by imitation of imitation."

"The jade snuff bottle mainly depends on the material bubbles. The fake jade snuff bottle made of glass frit and rospice lacks weight, has a bright color, poor transparency, and has no spiritual energy."

"If it is a glass frit, rub it hard on the surface, you will find that the body of the pot is wool. The most expensive jadeite of the jade snuff bottle is emerald, that is, dark green and clear jadeite. The second is boxwood green, with a slightly yellow and green color. The second is spinach green, which is green like spinach."
Chapter completed!