The waiter carefully placed the tray on the table in front of Ye Xiaofan, then bowed slightly and slowly exited the venue. After the waiter stepped away, many people turned their attention to the thing covered with red cloth in front of Ye Xiaofan. There were even some people

He cursed in a low voice: "It's just making a fuss."

Ye Xiaofan didn't want to be mysterious, so he reached out and lifted it, and a gray container appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"Fangzun Siyang?" As soon as the red cloth was lifted, an old man in Chinese tunic suit had already stood up and shouted with a very excited expression on his face.

All the distinguished guests looked at the old man with a hint of surprise on their faces.

Ye Xiaofan smiled faintly and learned from the information that this old man was Wu Xuerong, the Taishan Beidou in the Z province collection world. Unexpectedly, he could see at a glance that it was Siyang Fangzun and waved his hand for Wu Xuerong to sit down.

Wu Xuerong's face turned red and he sat down awkwardly, but he still couldn't hide his excitement.

"Mr. Wu is right, this Fang Zun is a Four-Sheep Fang Zun from the late Shang Dynasty." Ye Xiaofan said slowly.

"Zun" is a kind of wine vessel. Zun is generally round, with a bulging belly and a large mouth. There are also a few square Zuns. The Siyang Fangzun is one of them. The Siyang Fangzun is an early vessel in the late Shang Dynasty. It is the largest square Zun among the existing commercial vessels in my country. Measuring 58.3 centimeters high and weighing nearly 34.5 kilograms, this statue is simple in shape, graceful and majestic, blending movement and stillness. It uses line carving and relief techniques to organically combine plane images with three-dimensional reliefs, utensils and animal shapes. The entire The artifacts were cast using the block molding method, and were completed in one go, showing superb casting skills. The four curly-horned goats at the four corners of the statue bear the weight of the statue with a down-to-earth and powerful image. The length of the side is 52.4 cm, almost close to the height of the body of 58.3 cm. Although the mouth of the statue is large, there are four down-to-earth goats on the four corners of the statue, so it does not give people the feeling of being top-heavy. On the neck of the statue It is decorated with banana leaves, Kui patterns and animal face patterns, and there are four dragons entwining each other on the shoulders. The most prominent thing is that there are four large horned sheep cast on the four corners of the belly of the statue. Its image has a sense of majesty in the tranquility. The sheep's back The chest and chest are decorated with scale patterns, the front legs are decorated with long-crested birds, and the feet are decorated with Kui patterns. The corners of the Fang Zun and the joints of the center lines of each side are long ridges, which are used to cover up the joints. The misaligned patterns that may occur when making the mold also enhance the momentum of the shape. The dragon on the shoulder and the curled horns of the sheep are both made by the split casting method. The horns are cast in advance and then placed in the pottery mold of the sheep head. , and then combined with the mold casting, if there is no superb molding technology, it is difficult to achieve the effect of the whole vessel being integrated. The Siyang Fangzun combines line carving, relief carving, and round carving into one vessel, combining two-dimensional images with three-dimensional sculptures, and integrating the vessel and animals. The shape is combined and made with extremely superb casting technology, which is really ingenious and just right. Sheep means auspiciousness in ancient times. The Four Sheep Square Zun uses the shape of four sheep and four dragons facing each other to show the supreme atmosphere in the wine ritual vessel.

After listening to the introduction, no one doubted the authenticity of the Siyang Fangzun in front of them. Except for the revelations from Mr. Wu and Ye Xiaofan, there was also an authoritative appraisal certificate nearby. What the distinguished guests did not expect was that Ye was the Siyang Fangzun as soon as he made the move. No one doubted it at this time.

The expression on the face of this fallen Ye family changed from disdain to enthusiasm and excitement.

Ye Xiaofan glanced at the guests below with satisfaction, with a smile on his face, and said: "The Siyang Fangzun is priced at a low price of 30 million, and each increase in price will not be less than 2 million."

"Forty million." As soon as Ye Xiaofan finished speaking, Wu Xuerong had already added ten million directly. His voice was loud and echoed throughout the venue, as if he was afraid that others would not hear the price he revealed.

As expected, many people frowned, as the price was five times higher than the increase in price.

"Forty-five million." Another old man not far from Wu Xuerong stood up and shouted. After shouting, he deliberately glanced at Wu Xuerong before sitting down, his expression seemed to be provocative.

This old man's name is Wang Dafa. He is also a collector of Taishan Beidou in Z Province, but his reputation is lower than that of Wu Xuerong. Ye Xiaofan can tell from Wang Dafa's expression that the two of them seem to have a feud, but this is the best, the two of them fight.

You can also catch more by fighting.

"Fifty million." Wu Xuerong's face darkened and he raised the price by five million again.

"Fifty-five million." Wang Dafa was not to be outdone and shouted with a faint smile on his face.

"Sixty million."

"Sixty-five million."

"Seventy million."

There were only two people in the entire venue who were constantly increasing their bids. Each increase was five million. The entire auction was filled with strong fighting spirit. Neither of them would give in to the other. Both of them were determined to win Siyang Fangzun, but they had no choice.

Don't admit that the strength of the two of them is still quite strong.

"One hundred million." Just as the two were arguing, a middle-aged man in the back corner revealed a price that made everyone tremble. It was 30 million more than the 70 million Wu Xuerong said.

Everyone's attention shifted to the face of the middle-aged man, even Ye Xiaofan. This middle-aged man was named Zhang Wuyuan, the chairman of Tianhe Real Estate Development Company in Ningjing City.

Zhang Wuyuan originally had no interest in auctions or antiques. If he came to participate this time and received an invitation from Longmen, it would be considered as giving Longmen face. He only came with the intention of taking a casual look, but just now a big customer

Call him to inform him, no

No matter how much it costs, he still wants to win the Four-Yang Fang Zun. Zhang Wuyuan knows that this big customer service loves antiques, but he doesn’t know how the big customer knows that the Four-Yang Fang Zun is being auctioned tonight? But he is too lazy to care about it. Anyway, the big customer is not short of money, and it is just

Just a small favor.

"Mr. Wu, Mr. Wang, please give this Four-Yang Fang Zun to the younger generation. The younger generation is very grateful." Zhang Wuyuan looked at the two elders with a smile and said respectfully.

Wu Xuerong and Wang Dafa's expressions softened a little. After thinking for a moment, they both nodded. Although they liked Siyang Fangzun very much, they were only in love. Besides, 100 million was more than their investment in Siyang Fangzun. By the way, they sold Zhang Wuyuan a favor.

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"Thank you two elders." Zhang Wuyuan smiled again and sat down. Although there was no fight between the two elders, it was inevitable that there would be distinguished guests bidding.

Ye Xiaofan frowned. Although he did not achieve the desired effect, 100 million was still far higher than the price he initially estimated. He smiled and said: "100 million is the first time. Is there a higher price?"

The distinguished guests below were silent for a while.

"One hundred million, the second time..."

"One hundred million, the third time."

"Dealed." With a heavy hammer, Ye Xiaofan said with a professional smile on his face: "Congratulations to Director Zhang for winning the Four-Sheep Fang Zun. You can take it away after you pay the price after the auction ends." After saying that, Ye Xiaofan waved his hand.

The waiter came on stage again and took Siyang Fangzun to the backstage.

Zhang Wuyuan nodded. Everyone knew the rules of the auction. The auction items must be paid for after the auction is over before they can be taken away.

Ye Ling, who was below, had not yet reacted, with a somewhat surprised expression on her face. In her mind, it was good that Siyang Fangzun could fetch 50 million, but she did not expect that it was twice as much. How could she not be excited, looking at the stage

Ye Xiaofan stood up and gave a thumbs up in approval.

Within two minutes, a beautiful waiter came up with a tray. This time, the contents of the tray were not covered with red cloth. Everyone could see that there was a rolled calligraphy and painting inside the tray. As for what the calligraphy and painting was, no one knew.

Know.

Ye Xiaofan picked up the scroll and unfolded it carefully. With Ye Xiaofan's slow movements, the clear pictures on the scroll were slowly displayed in front of all the distinguished guests. When half of the scroll was revealed, the expressions on the faces of several elderly distinguished guests changed from surprise to astonishment.

He murmured to himself: "How is it possible? How is it possible that it's the Qingming Festival Along the River? Wasn't it bought by the British?"

When the scrolls were opened, all the distinguished guests looked in disbelief. This was a painting of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". Everyone knew that the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" had been purchased by the British many years ago. How could it appear here?

Everyone's surprised expressions were not surprising at all. Ye Xiaofan was not surprised at all. Even Ye Xiaofan didn't believe it when he saw this "Along the River During the Qingming Festival."

I bought it from a stall who said it was a fake, but it was indeed the genuine article.

The original painting of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" is 528 cm long and 24.8 cm high. The earliest version was painted by the Northern Song Dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan and is now in the Palace Museum, Beijing. The painting depicts the prosperous and lively scenes and beautiful scenery of Bianliang, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and both sides of the Bian River.

Natural scenery. The work is in the form of a long scroll and adopts the composition method of scattered perspective to integrate the complex scenery into a unified and varied picture. The main parts of the painting are divided into three parts.

There are two parts, one is the countryside and the other is the market. There are 814 people, more than 60 livestock, 28 ships, more than 30 houses and buildings, 20 cars, 8 sedans and more than 170 trees in the painting.

, wearing different clothes, different expressions, lifelike, interspersed with various activities, paying attention to the plot, the composition is dense and dense, rich in rhythm and rhythmic changes, the writing and ink composition are very clever, and it shows quite the skills.

"Imitation, definitely an imitation." A distinguished guest suddenly stood up and said, with a ferocious expression on his face.

Although the other distinguished guests did not speak, their faces were more of disbelief than surprise.

Ye Xiaofan smiled slightly and did not care about everyone's expressions. He put "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" on the table, then picked up a red book and raised it up and said: "Everyone, this is the authoritative appraisal of the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".

It’s definitely the genuine article.”

The conversation changed and he continued: "Since everyone has doubts in their minds, we might as well ask Mr. Wu and Mr. Wang to come up and make an appraisal. I think they can definitely be regarded as authoritative experts."
Chapter completed!