Treasure Hunt America

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One is a white jade seal with a Qianlong imperial inscription, and the other is a white jade snuff bottle inscribed with frogs playing in water. network

Just a glance, Jin Muchen was taken aback by the yellow light emanating from these two treasures.

At a glance, Jin Muchen knew that the two treasures were real, not the fake ones, and there were also introductions in Chinese and English below the two genuine products.

Among them, the jade seal is about fifteen centimeters high, and the difference in length is only about ten centimeters. The bottom is a square jade brick, and the top is carved with two cloud-walking dragons.

On the side of the jade brick, there was also a row of handwriting carved in small seal script. Jin Muchen glanced at it, and it should be some handwriting that praised the virtues.

Looking at the introduction of the copybook next to it, it is talking about the origin of this jade seal. It turned out to be a jade seal commonly used by Qianlong during the ten years from the 35th year of Qianlong to the 45th year of Qianlong.

The inscription of this jade seal can be seen on many memorials of the Qianlong Dynasty that have been handed down.

It's a pity that I couldn't see the seal under this jade seal, which made Jin Muchen a little regretful.

As for the white jade snuff bottle with the embossed frog playing in the water, it is incredible just by looking at the material. It should be carved from top-quality suet white jade.

And there are traces of green on it, and this green jade skin has been carved into a green lotus leaf, and the lovable frog is under this lotus leaf, naughty Spit water.

The size of the snuff bottle is not large, but the sculptor is extremely exquisite. The little frog was carved in relief, and the carving is lifelike.

Jin Muchen himself also collected a set of fine snuff bottles from the Qing Dynasty, and they were all from the Qing palace, so his judgment and appraisal of snuff bottles can be said to be quite experienced.

The snuff bottle in front of me is carved in white jade, and the material is top-quality jade. Even if the age is not counted, this is a rare treasure.

Looking at the yellow light emitting from the white jade snuff bottle, it was even more incredible. Based on Jin Muchen's experience so far, a baby that can emit such a yellow light is almost certainly something of the royal family.

Considering that the snuff bottle originated and flourished during the Qing Dynasty. When considering the material of this snuff bottle, Jin Muchen basically concluded that this snuff bottle should be the genuine product of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.

He hesitated for a long time standing in front of this window, but in the end he didn't choose to push the door in.

It's not that he doesn't like these two treasures. But because he knew that even if he liked these two treasures, it would be difficult to buy them.

Because they are all genuine products, and the owner of this store can put these two treasures here, looking at the thick bulletproof glass that can almost resist cannonballs, it already shows that people also know that this thing is genuine.

The businessmen of Xiangjiang, when he used to work and study in the United States, had dealt with them a lot. They are a very shrewd group.

If they have something good in their hands, you want to buy it. Hehe, if you don't slaughter you, you'll be sorry for Guan Gong, the God of Wealth, who they often worship.

In addition, he also has several pieces of Emperor Qianlong's imperial jade seal in his hand, and in terms of material, archaeological value, and artistic value, it is no worse than the jade seal in this window, and he also has a set of top-quality genuine snuff. pot.

Therefore, although the two things in this window are good enough, they are not in his sight now. Although I like it, I haven't liked it to the point of scratching my heart.

So these two treasures, Jin Muchen thought about it again and again, and let it go.

He came to Xiangjiang to pick up leaks. Not for the purpose of taking the blame.

It was difficult to withdraw his eyes from this display window, and soon his eyes were attracted by the display window of another shop.

The shop window of this shop is quite simple. There are no eye-catching jewels, and there are no exquisite jade products like the previous one. There are only two pottery horses as tall as one person.

The shape is exceptionally exquisite, and the pottery horse is shaped very vividly. It has been looking up at the sky, while the other one is flying in the state of Yang Hoof, which looks particularly attractive.

Just looking at it, Jin Muchen knew that these two pottery horses must be genuine, but such things are generally not used by living people in ancient times. Both are possible.

For such tombs, he has always been grateful.

Walking along the way, he can be said to have opened his eyes. This Hollywood Road is just over a hundred meters long, but within such a short range, there are about 100 people gathered on this street. There are more than 100 stores.

There are so many that do well. The shop windows are all very large, and the ones that are almost done are only the same, but the interior decoration is also very high-end.

And almost every product operated here has different attributes, which can be said to have their own characteristics.

From jade, porcelain, bronze, silver, lacquer to furniture, calligraphy and painting, ancient books, there are a wide variety of everything.

Rao is a famous appraiser like Jin Muchen who claims to have visited all kinds of large antique markets. At this time, he was dizzy when he walked around this street.

Not because the things here are not good enough, but because there are enough good things here.

After walking down this Hollywood Road, Jin Muchen finally understood why people say this is another major antique distribution center in Asia.

Not to mention the underground black market here, just what these regular stores sell here is enough to open people's eyes.

It's just that although the things here are good, Jin Muchen doesn't have the will to take action, because after walking around in such a circle, he can see that almost all the merchants who can run such an antique shop here are masters and practice Just a pair of fiery eyes.

The treasures they put in the window are all carefully selected and identified, and although their store is also a mixed bag, there are some fakes, but there are more boutiques, but no matter what they are, they are expensive.

Jin Muchen didn't plan to be taken advantage of here and be slaughtered.

So although he also took a fancy to a few things here, after thinking about it carefully, he finally resisted and didn't start.

He took Belinda and turned away from this famous antique street in Xiangjiang, walked through a narrow staircase downhill, and then came to another well-known antique street with the same name as Hollywood Road, Moro Street.

Like Hollywood Road, it is also a famous antique street in Xiangjiang, but it is different in nature from Hollywood Road.

If the antique shops on Hollywood Road sell a lot of boutique products, they are aimed at those high-end elite customers.

Then Moruo went to the street just the opposite. His target customers are often those who like to collect, but are too shy.

This is similar to the antique market that Jin Muchen visited in San Francisco or London before. Not far from the high-end market, there will be a corresponding low-end market.

And this Moruo is just like this when he goes to the street. As soon as he walks in, he can feel a heat wave.

Although it is not a weekend, there are people coming and going here and it is very lively.

Unlike the previous Hollywood Road, where most of the pedestrians are in suits and leather shoes, they are polite, and there is no noise or noise.

But here it seems to be more life-like, there are pedestrians wearing short-sleeved T-shirts everywhere, all of them are casual, chatting and laughing naturally, and the atmosphere is much more relaxed than the Hollywood road.

Moreover, the shops on both sides of this street are very different from those on Hollywood Road. The shops here do not have any windows, and almost every shop is open in the open air.

The door is open, and there are several tables at the door. The tables are filled with various collections, literary toys, and even small antiques.

As long as you like it, you can bargain with the owner of the shop. This atmosphere makes Jin Muchen feel very fond of it, and it reminds him of the street stalls he saw in the Panjiayuan Antique Market before.

Speaking of this Moro on the street, it is also more interesting. Its construction history is slightly later than that of Hollywood Road, but the shops on this street have sold antiques much earlier than Hollywood Road. They sell The days of antiques can even be traced back to the beginning of the last century.

At that time, Hollywood Road was still a high-end area in Xiangjiang, and the people who lived in the rich Chinese were all the poor people who came from the mainland or took refuge here. 's ruined settlement.

These people more or less brought a lot of things from the mainland~www.wuxiaspot.com~ At that time, in order to make a living, some people started selling antiques here.

So much so that some underground gangs in Xiangjiang, relying on the illegal means of kidnapping and robbing, will bring antiques from the hands of many new immigrants and sell them on this street.

So at that time, this street became a famous black market in Hong Kong, a place to sell stolen goods, so at that time, people gave this street a nickname, called "Cat Street"!

This situation continued until the beginning of this century, when various merchants here gradually obtained legal antique business licenses from the government and became 'legal' antique dealers.

Of course, they became legitimate traders only by compromising with government agencies, and everyone could live with each other in face of each other. In fact, even now, this place is still a well-known holy place for the Hong Kong gang to sell their stolen goods.

Many dark transactions are almost always done at night in a small shop on this street.

Before he came, Jin Muchen had collected detailed information about this antique market on the Internet, and after he learned about it, he knew that this was the kind of place he wanted to go most. (To be continued.)