pappabearbooks Chapter 2616: Gobi Jade
Chapter 2616: Gobi Jade
The three of them, Lin Ran, didn't realize they were being followed. They just continued to wander around the antique area.
Although the stalls in the antique area have the same shape, the things they sell are very similar, and there is no unified standard at all.
As they walked along, they saw stalls selling various sculptures, including wood carvings, stone carvings, and even jade carvings.
Needless to say, the jade carving stall had the most people watching.
China, and even the entire Asian circle, regards jade as its beauty.
A good piece of jade, even if it has not been carefully carved, can still be sold for a good price.
And if it is a jade carving made by a famous artist, the price will skyrocket.
Instead of betting on wood carvings and stone carvings whose quality and price cannot be known, it is better to bet on jade.
Lin Ran also came to the jade carving stall. Just taking a look at the jade carvings placed on the table, he felt a sense of inferior quality.
Maybe it’s because overseas shoppers have been there a long time ago, and the jade carvings left behind are quite average in terms of jade quality and carving level, and they don’t feel any preciousness.
Lin Ran just took a cursory glance, and when he was about to leave, he suddenly felt a very strange feeling.
After learning the secrets of treasure appraisal, Lin Ran was able to feel the breath of antiques.
When I first came to the stall, I didn't feel the antique atmosphere at all, but when I was about to leave, I could feel the faint energy.
When he turned back to look at the stall, his previous perception suddenly disappeared.
He felt a little strange. Hans and the others were already about to turn around and leave. When Lin Ran stopped, he couldn't help but look at Lin Ran in confusion.
Lin Ran did not answer them, but turned to look at the carvings on the stall.
Fortunately, the stall owner was busy bargaining with other customers and didn't notice Lin Ran turning back, otherwise the lion would definitely open his mouth.
Lin Ran stood in front of a jade sculpture, pretending to check the goods, but actually feeling the energy fluctuations around him.
Sure enough, after staying for a while, another burst of energy from the treasure came. It lasted very short, but was very... strong!
In this stall, there are top-quality cultural relics from China, and this energy fluctuation represents extremely high value!
Lin Ran's eyes quickly glanced at the batch of jade carvings in front of him. Most of them were carvings of birds and animals. The production was not very sophisticated, that is, they were of ordinary quality and were considered street stalls in China.
The tourists who were selecting in front of the stall were looking at it carefully, as if they were trying to find gold among the piles of junk. Every jade carving had been seen countless times.
When the next energy fluctuation came, Lin Ran finally noticed the source of the energy.
It is a jade carving of a human head.
The jade stone with human head is a bit large, but no one is interested in this piece of jade.
First of all, it's because of the material of the jade. The quality of this jade is very poor at first glance. The light transmittance is really not good. You can't see the internal situation under the sun. In jargon, this is a piece of clumsy jade.
Furthermore, because the carvings are European human heads, Chinese jade carvings are not carvings without human figures, but the jade carvings in front of you are too obvious in Western cultural style, just like human heads carved from plaster.
But jade is different from plaster. It is jadeite and cannot be softened like plaster before carving the facial features. Therefore, the facial features can only be barely seen clearly. If you look carefully, you will find that the eyes are not fully carved, giving people a hazy feeling.
Intuitively, the overall quality of this jade carving is not good, and no one thinks it is normal.
The more Lin Ran looked at it, the more strange the jade carving in front of him became, and he decided to use the secret technique of treasure appraisal to investigate.
It was just a preliminary test, and sure enough, I felt a strange luster inside the jade carving, which was black!
The energy of this color means that this cultural relic is at least from before the Qing Dynasty!
There is something wrong inside the jade carving!
Just looking at the appearance, it is indeed an inexperienced jade carving with no artistic value at all. The only special feature may be that the jade carving is relatively large.
But this is not jade, and has been carved into a head, so it has no value for secondary processing. Even the jade merchant is not interested in this jade carving.
Hans, who was standing next to him, gathered around curiously, looked at the jade carving in Lin Ran's hand, and was immediately shocked.
"Mr. Lin, isn't this a knock-off of the head of David carved from jade?" Hans didn't understand why Lin Ran kept looking at the jade carving in front of him. Even he recognized that the jade carving was not a Chinese antique.
After completing a transaction, the stall owner noticed Lin Ran.
The most important thing is the jade carving. Although it is very eye-catching when placed on the stall, very few people actually ask for the price. The jade carving of David's head is an expensive and difficult-to-sell handicraft, and few people express interest in it. , the stall owner even thought about selling it at a discount. After all, he had been selling it for two or three years and it hadn't sold yet.
If he puts it on his stall again next year, some people may doubt the authenticity of the goods on his stall.
So the stall owner came to Lin Ran. She was a female stall owner in simple clothes with a cloth on her head. She smiled at Lin Ran and said, "Sir, are you interested in the David jade sculpture?"
"David's jade sculpture?" Lin Ran raised his head and looked at the stall owner.
No wonder the statue in front of me looks familiar. It turns out that it was carved in the image of David.
The Statue of David is a marble statue of civilizations all over the world. David is a legendary monarch in European history. He was later carved into a marble statue by Michelangelo, which shows the divine beauty and also vividly expresses David's passion. , is one of the important statues in the history of Western art.
The stall owner explained patiently, which reminded Lin Ran of his good feelings.
The stall owner was quite honest and didn't pretend to be any more. He still told them that this piece of jade was left behind by his grandfather and that his father was also a jade carver, but his skill was not that high. This piece of jade has never been sold. He then processed it into a statue by himself.
"If you want it, it's yours for $[-]."
The stall owner was very direct and gave the price he wanted.
The pure jade at the back would only cost three thousand US dollars at most, but after being carved and incorporating the creator's efforts, the price would be higher, and Lin Ran could accept it.
He understood that the stall owner still had room for bargaining, so he was not in a hurry to show what he wanted, but continued to observe for a while and said.
"The price is a bit high."
"This is ordinary Gobi jade. It is actually an artificial material that imitates jade. Its main component is silica, which is the raw material for making glass."
"Not only does it have poor light transmittance, but the color is not soft enough. It looks just like an ordinary stone. So it may not be that your father is not good at it, but because this piece of jade is really not suitable for carving into handicrafts. .”