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Chapter 560 Armor and Porcelain Vase

"Boss Peng, this armor is pretty. Can I choose this one?"

Seeing this set of armor, the fat man's eyes suddenly lit up. You know, Boss Peng only asked them to choose one object, but this set of armor is one. Boss Peng can't let himself go back with only a helmet or breastplate, right?

"Okay, have you taken a fancy to the helmet, or the shield or the long sword?" Peng Bin asked seriously.

"Ah? Boss Peng, do you really just let me choose one?" The fat man was stunned when he heard this and said with a sad face: "This set looks good when it is put together. I... why should I go back with a helmet? I can't wear this thing..."

"I said one thing before, not one set..." Peng Bin said with a serious look: "There are more than ten sets of this set. Isn't it a big loss for me to give it to you?"

"Then...then choose another one..."

The fat man almost got internal injuries. Although the fat man laughed all day long, he was absolutely Virgo. If one of these things was missing, even the fat man would help Peng Bin feel uncomfortable.

"Okay, I'm joking with you, I'll give you this set..." Seeing the fat man's constipated look, Peng Bin's tense face changed and he burst into laughter.

"Really?" The fat man was overjoyed and said, "Boss Peng, what is the origin of this armor? Tell me too, otherwise I can't brag when I go back..."

Although the fat man is a chatterbox, he has the wisdom of a small person. He never hides his shallowness and ignorance in front of others, so others cannot be really angry with him.

At this time, Peng Bin was amused and crying when he heard the fat man's words. It turned out that he had spent a lot of effort to collect the complete set of medieval knight armor. When it came to the fat man's hands, it turned out to be his bragging capital.

"I spent two years collecting this armor in Europe. It's something from the sixteenth century. You kid must keep it well..."

Peng Bin once spent two years studying in Europe, but he basically didn't stay in school for a few days in those two years. Instead, he became very interested in the weapons and armor of the medieval European era. He either went to auction houses or went to see private collections all day and bought a lot of good things.

For example, this set of armor, the helmets and armor were auctioned by Peng Bin from the auction hall. The money was not much, only 8,000 US dollars. However, in order to collect arm guards and long swords and shields of the same period, Peng Bin really spent a lot of effort and took two years to fully match it.

"From the 16th century? Then has this thing been killed by many people?" Hearing Peng Bin's words, the fat man looked at the long sword that seemed to emit cold light, with a little hesitant.

"You kid, where did you go just now?"

Peng Bin smiled and shook his head, saying, "This set of knight armor is not used for battle, otherwise how could it be so bright? This is the armor used by the Spanish Kings parade at that time, so it is well preserved. You kid has taken a leak today..."

It was already 10 or 20 years ago that Peng Bin collected this set of armor. There were not many people who collected ancient armor and weapons in Europe, so it took less than 20,000 US dollars to collect this set of armor in total.

However, in recent years, the European art market has almost exploded, and the prices of collections such as this have also increased many times.

If Peng Bin is willing to sell it, he can easily get more than 500,000 US dollars by sending this set of armor to an auction house in Europe. Speaking of which, the thing Fatty chose is not much cheaper than the previous Golden Buddha.

"Hehe, Boss Peng, what do I think? Ask Brother Yi, who doesn't know my reputation as a fat man in the Jinling Antique Market?" After hearing Peng Bin say that, the fat man suddenly became fluttering, and he started to brag about the fact that he didn't keep the door in his mouth.

"Okay, I'll send you with Fang Yi's knife at that time. Brother Sanpao, do you think you have anything you like?" Peng Bin interrupted the fat man with a smile, and looked at Sanpao who had not made any noise.

"Brother Peng, I want this enamel porcelain bottle..."

When the fat man chose that set of armor, Sanpao also had a target. After hearing Peng Bin's question, Sanpao pointed to a porcelain bottle on the ancient shelf. The porcelain bottle had a round belly and a thin neck. It was made of gold-painted enamel technology. There was also a pattern of landscape and stone girls on the bottle, which looked very beautiful.

"Okay, I'll ask someone to pack it and send it together..."

Seeing that Sanpao chose a bottle, Peng Bin nodded indifferently. The objects he valued were basically related to fighting, killing, such as the bottles and jars collected in the family, Peng Bin never looked at them directly.

"Sanpao, why did you choose a bottle?" Seeing the item Sanpao chose, the fat man curled his lips and said, "Let's grab this thing in the Heavenly Palace. I said Sanpao, your vision is far worse than that of Fatty..."

"You know what's the matter?" Sanpao, who was usually not very weak, sweared in a rare manner, put down the enamel porcelain bottle in his hand, turned to look at Peng Bin, and said, "Brother Peng, I'd better change the object..."

"Huh? What's wrong? Don't like this?" Peng Bin was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

"It's not that I don't like it, it's because this enamel is too expensive..." Sanpao shook his head with a wry smile.

"Precious? Is this bottle expensive?"

Sanpao on the side directly omitted the heavy characters behind, reached out to pick up the enamel porcelain bottle, turned it over and looked at the bottom of the bottle. Although the fat man was ignorant, he also knew that the source of the ceramics was very important.

In ancient times, there were five famous kilns in China. The ceramics produced by these five famous kilns are all priceless treasures today. In addition to the five famous kilns, there are official kiln porcelains specially used by the emperor. Among them, the official kiln porcelains from the Ming and Qing dynasties are the most famous.

"Damn, this... this is the porcelain from the Yongzheng year, is it really fake?" When the fat man saw the style at the bottom of the enamel utensil, he was stunned because the one clearly read the six words "made in the Yongzheng year of the Qing Dynasty" written in regular script.

"Enamelware from the Yongzheng year? This thing is rare..."

Fang Yi was also surprised when he heard this. He quickly took the porcelain bottle from the fat man and looked at the bottom of the text. The six words "Made in the Yongzheng Year of the Qing Dynasty" were written in two lines. The handwriting was elegant, with blue and white frames on both sides. The production process was very exquisite and did not look like a fake.

"It's true..."

After a while, Fang Yi raised his head. Just now, Fang Yi used his magical power that he had not used for a long time to penetrate a trace of spiritual consciousness into the porcelain bottle in his hand. Suddenly, a heavy sense of historical vicissitudes came into Fang Yi's mind. This thing was indeed an old object.

"Sanpao, please change one..." Fang Yi spoke to Sanpao.

"What? Why do you need to change it? Brother Sanpao likes this, so just take it..." Peng Bin was unhappy when he heard Fang Yi's words. He had already said it before. You can't let yourself be untrustworthy just because the things are expensive.

"Brother Peng, forget it, I'll choose another one..."

Sanpao smiled bitterly. He had chosen this enamel porcelain before, thinking that this thing might be a copy of the Republic of China or the Wanqing period, and it was worth tens of thousands of yuan at most. But when he picked it up, Sanpao realized that it was actually the fine enamel ware of "Gu Yuexuan" during the Yongzheng period.

"Brother, you don't know much about porcelain bottles, let me tell you..." Seeing Peng Bin's inexplicable look, Fang Yi opened his mouth to explain the origin of this porcelain bottle to him.

Enamel porcelain began in the later years of Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. It was made of enamel color on glass tires and fired at high temperature. Because its craftsmanship is extremely difficult, it is only made in the royal kilns, such as snuff bottles, cigarette discs, etc. Such a large porcelain bottle can already be called heavy tools.

As for why the enamel utensil is called Gu Yuexuan, it is because it is extremely difficult to burn the enamel color, and it will naturally explode if you are not careful. An object with an official kiln model naturally appears when playing with the emperor's hands, which naturally makes people feel very embarrassed. Even if the emperor wants to get angry, he has no idea how to start, so Emperor Yongzheng wanted to start another one and replace the official kiln model.

So Emperor Yongzheng handed over the naming matter to the head of the Interior Office, Haiwang, and "Gu Yuexuan" was the wonderful idea of ​​Haiwang when he was watching the moon and enjoying the scenery in the Old Summer Palace. Since then, enamelware has often been called Gu Yuexuan.

The main difficulty of firing Gu Yuexuan is that the glaze temperature and the melting point of the material body must be almost the same. This requires the craftsman to strictly control the furnace's mild material body thickness. A finished product of Gu Yuexuan must be colored several times and repeatedly burned. If you are not careful, all your previous efforts will be wasted. Therefore, there are very few such enamels in the world, and each piece can be called a peerless treasure.

When Fang Yi came to Myanmar, he heard from Yu Xuan that at an auction just ended in Beijing, a snuff bottle with glass-tied enamel painting in Gu Yuexuan during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty was auctioned for 2.42 million yuan. The value of the snuff bottle was obviously not comparable to the enamel porcelain in front of him.

"Hey, isn't it just money?"

Hearing Fang Yi's words, Peng Bin waved his hand impatiently and said, "Don't choose another one, just this porcelain bottle. This thing is not even a decoration left here. Brother Sanpao, this thing is given to you by Brother..."

Peng Bin could see that when Sanpao chose this porcelain bottle, he really didn't know its value. He didn't have the heart to be greedy or want to take advantage of it. Because if Sanpao didn't say anything, Peng Bin wouldn't know that such a bottle that could not even hold half a pound of water could be worth so much money.

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