Chapter 112: Wooden Cang

Speaking of root carving, it uses the shape and distorted shape of the tree root as the object of artistic creation. Through conception, artistic processing and craft processing, it creates artistic works such as figures, animals, and utensils. Root carving art is a plastic art that discovers natural beauty and shows creative processing. The so-called "three parts artificial, seven parts natural", which means that in root carving creation, most of the natural forms of root materials should be used to express artistic images, and a small part should be manually processed and modified. Therefore, root carving is also called "root art" or "root art".

As for the choice of tree roots, they are naturally those strange-shaped or have some vivid shape, including tree bodies, tree tumors, bamboo roots, etc. As long as they are attracted by artists, they can form a certain root carving art.

The auctioneer on the stage didn't know where the information was found. He held the notebook in one hand and read it in the other hand, pointing to the root carvings on the stage, introducing its origin.

If it weren't for the vivid and vivid words of the auctioneer, I'm afraid, let alone Jia Sidao, even some other customers on the side wouldn't have taken a look at it. This is not to say that the root sculpture on the stage is not outstanding, on the contrary, its carving craftsmanship is definitely an exquisite rank.

When Jia Sidao looked at it on the first day of the first day, he saw that this was a character-shaped root carving, and it was not an ordinary person. According to the shape of the root, there were three heads and six arms carved. The first feeling in Jia Sidao's mind was to guess whether this character would be Nezha. After all, Nezha's three heads and six arms were really deeply rooted in people's hearts.

However, after carefully looking, I found that this seemed to be a Western god or Buddha, or a devil yaksha. If it was taken home to ward off evil spirits, it might not be suitable, but if it was just to appreciate it, it would look a bit scary.

More importantly, from the material of the root carving, I don’t know much about what kind of wood it is at first glance. I just feel that it is a little dark red and belongs to the mahogany, as if it’s been a while. There is also a layer of patina on the surface. However, when I think about it as an antique underground black market, there are naturally no shortage of fake things. Such simple patina will naturally not be seen by everyone.

When it comes to root carving, although it cares about its modification process, it ultimately depends on whether the work of the root carving can reflect the natural atmosphere, that is, it must be carved according to the original posture of the root root. The so-called "rare, strange, ancient, and strange" are the essence of the root carving works.

When it comes to its value, it depends more on its own material. Simply put, even if the same root carving work is similar in shape and size, the root carving of Hainan Huanghuali is naturally much more valuable than the root carving of ordinary mahogany.

No wonder everyone was not optimistic when they saw this root carving.

The auctioneer only called out a starting price of 5,000 yuan. Judging from the current situation, it seems that there is a possibility that the auction will fail. This is already a price that is not as low as possible for the entire second round of goods.

Could it be that the organizer put the thing incorrectly? Or is this root carving unique?

Not only Jia Sidao, but also the other customers around him also showed a look of watching the show. Some people who couldn't help themselves were still shouting: "Change another item quickly. It costs 5,000 yuan for this scary thing? Do you think we are all Kaizi?"

There was even a response: "That's right, it's not a Rosewood root carving. This lot will not be getting worse and worse, right?"

This caused an embarrassment from the auctioneer on the stage.

"How is it? Are you still interested in this thing?" Liu Yufei obviously felt that Jia Sidao's eyes were a little dazed when he looked at the carving, so he asked this question.

"It's not quite good to see it. However, I always think this thing may be a valuable thing." Jia Sidao suppressed the suspicion in his heart and said, "Otherwise, what does it mean if you say they put this thing on hold until now and took it out and took it out to take it out and take it out to take it out?"

"You don't understand this, right?" Liu Yufei looked at Jia Sidao with a funny look and said, "The underground black market also emphasizes the real and falsehood, especially the auctioned things, which are even more complicated. Some defective products occasionally appear in the middle of good things. The biggest purpose is naturally to follow everyone's normal thinking inertia and want to take advantage of the situation. Sometimes, something that is obviously an old thing is because the appearance position is well placed, and it can often be auctioned at a high price. The profits obtained in this way are much richer than those that are originally good things and are sold at a high price!"

"Then what you mean is that you don't really like this thing?" Jia Sidao said unintentionally.

"That's natural. Otherwise, I would have taken action long ago." Liu Yufei said lightly, "However, the carving skills of this thing are really good. In terms of appearance, if you like it, you can take a picture. It's not much money anyway. As for me, don't look at me like this. I really have no interest in root carvings. Not to mention root carvings, I don't have much interest in these orthodox carvings in the study."

As he said that, Liu Yufei shook his head and glanced at the root carving on the display stand. He had the intention of not caring anything except Jasper.

Jia Sidao touched his nose and said, "Then don't regret it then." Then, he raised his hand to the auctioneer who was in awkwardness and signaled to increase the price by 1,000.

The auctioneer immediately showed a bright smile. If you want to talk about his face change, it must be the face change in Sichuan opera, right?

After the price was released, Jia Sidao was also quite curious, so he walked to the stage to check it out. Someone next to him whispered that the figure of this carved figure was the image of the Great Asura King. In terms of time speculation, it can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. Jia Sidao waved his hand to signal that the other party would not need to introduce it.

These words were already said before the auctioneer called for the lowest price to start the auction. Although Jia Sidao didn't listen carefully, he was a little bit ok. However, when he arrived at the underground black market, can he still believe the auctioneer's words?

I reached out to pick up this root carving, and it was a bit heavy to buy. The Great Asura King, even if it is the Great Asura King for the time being, its shape is lifelike. The six arms are obviously roots, and the three heads are the most prominent ones. Their eyes are, no matter how you look, how you feel strange.

I originally wanted to see what material this carving was made of, but Jia Sidao really didn't know much about wood. However, since he was already accustomed to it, the perception of Jia Sidao's left hand unknowingly penetrated. Compared with ordinary wooden furniture, the material of this carving looks quite thick.

At first glance, it was a dark red base, which should belong to the mahogany type, and it was basically impossible to make a mistake. Just when Jia Sidao thought that he spent 6,000 yuan to buy a root carving that he had never seen before, it was also considered as a souvenir. Suddenly, the perception that had not yet been completely retracted seemed to have encountered a crack.

Although this is difficult for ordinary people to see if the stitching is sufficiently stitched. However, compared with Jia Sidao's perception of supernatural powers, even if it is a tiny gap, no matter how tight the stitching is, or if there is something special glue stuck in it, it is very different from those whole pieces of wood.

Jia Sidao's heart couldn't help but feel aroused, and his expression became quite solemn.

Could it be that this strange-shaped root carving is not carved from the roots of a whole piece of plant, but is pieced together? If this is the case, the price of this root carving will naturally be discounted. Jia Sidao doesn't care about spending the 6,000 yuan, but this clearly shows that it can be felt that it can be felt, and Jia Sidao is still unhappy.

Then he thought about it and felt something was wrong. For the sake of caution, Jia Sidao focused his attention again and sensed the gap that he had just detected. While sighing at the superb craftsmanship, he also sighed at the fact that he had bought a defective product.

Suddenly, a void space appeared in Jia Sidao's mind, the tight gap completely disappeared, and the perception on his left hand seemed to have lost its direction at once.

Could it be that the inside of this carving has been edible?

This caught Jia Sidao off guard.

After taking a few deep breaths, calming down, and then exploring with his perception, there is indeed a three-finger space inside the entire root carving. However, it is not left by the borers as Jia Sidao guessed. The surroundings of the entire space are smooth and delicate, and it is obviously considered carved.

Moreover, what surprised Jia Sidao even more was that in this small space, there was actually something that seemed to be paper, folded, and the size was not yet estimated. There was a small piece of stone pressed on this piece of paper. Yes, it was the stone. The only thing that puzzled Jia Sidao was that when Jia Sidao used his perception to detect this small piece of stone, it actually gave him an extremely familiar feeling, but he couldn't think about it for a moment.

Jia Sidao could only frown helplessly. After all, this was a wooden part of the root carving. It was inevitable that he would have some illusion when he detected the stones. Jia Sidao instead gave up exploring the truth.

Just take a picture of this root carving and take it back, and you can just look at it whatever you like?

Unexpectedly, due to his interest for a while, he had such a surprise discovery. The mystery hidden in it made Jia Sidao very happy. Moreover, Jia Sidao was not worried that the organizer would discover it in advance. The minimum price of 5,000 yuan is enough to show their understanding of this root sculpture.

If you really discovered something in advance, it would probably not be Jia Sidao's turn to find out, right?
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