Chapter 743

The handsome young man opened the box and inside was a stone sculpture of a Buddha statue. The Buddha Statue’s back was like a slate. To be honest, the carving and the shape looked very ordinary.

“Chee, I thought it was a treasure. I didn’t expect it to be a stone sculpture. It looks like an ordinary person casually sculpted it and he was too embarrassed to take it out.” Liu Qing muttered disdainfully, with a sense of self-confidence on his face. 

Su Jing has nothing to say to him when he heard that while he silently thought in his heart, ‘Do you even know anything about Antiques? What’s up with that knowledgeable look.’

Old Xie put on his gloves before he carefully picked up the Stone Sculpture, he carefully observed it for some time before he smiled and said, “Little friend, how much did you spend to buy this Stone Sculpture?”

“Three thousand.” The handsome young man said.

Old Xie did not directly say whether it is true or false, but made a detailed comment: “I think you all know that Buddha statues in stone temples generally have a plump forehead, full face, and many hair buns on the head with small snail hair. But this is a towering bun so you can ask as to ‘what’s going on here?”

“As a matter of fact, Buddhism was introduced to China in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and flourished in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. After it was first introduced to China, according to our Chinese image, the statue wore ample gown and loose girdle, with large sleeves and the surplice. And because the Carving Techniques were not very mature at that time, it was not presented as a single round carving, but as a high relief in front of the backlight, carving the Buddha and the backlight together…”

“Generally speaking, this is a Stone Buddha Statue from the Southern Dynasties period and it is a good collection. My Young friend bought it for three thousand so it can be called a big leak.”

The handsome young man smiled and said: “Thank you, Old Xie, for your guidance. It seems that I have good vision and luck. However, Old Xie still knows what he is doing so I would like to place this here in your collection.”

“Hehe, thank you, little friend, you can temporarily put it here for storage and exhibition and you can take it back anytime you want.” Old Xie laughed and had the stone sculpture put into the booth.

The handsome young man took another look at Qian Yingzhu, his expression was slightly triumphant, but Qian Yingzhu still didn’t seem to see him, making his expression a little depressed. 

Liu Qing wore an even more unhappy expression on his face. He didn’t expect that the Stone Sculpture that looked so bad was actually an Antique. 

He initially thought that this shit must be fake. Who can collect such an ugly-looking Buddha Statue? But this was identified by Old Xie, and he dared not refute his words.

Liu Qing suddenly runs out, gets into his car, and comes back with a small box, which he has obviously prepared early in the morning, but has not brought in just now. 

He walks up to Old Xie and says, “Old Xie, I also spent some money on something a while ago. Why don’t you help me?”

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Liu Hong was slightly stunned when he saw that Liu Qing had also invited Old Xie to see the treasure he had brought, and the others were also watching the show with great interest as even he didn’t know that Liu Qing had prepared something. 

Liu Hing is a little happy that Liu Qing is so thoughtful, but at the same time, he can’t help feeling nervous, because the boy hadn’t shown him this first, and God knows what he had brought with him. 

He is just praying that Liu Qing doesn’t bring shame to him by bringing out a fake.

Old Xie smiled and glanced at Liu Hong, then said to Liu Qing, “So let me see.”

Liu Qing confidently opened the box, revealing the four jade items inside, three of which are a bit strange in shape, but the pattern and craftsmanship are all pretty good. 

The last one is a three-legged Jade Moon. On each piece, there is a very bright and beautiful color, and they seemed a bit old.

Many people at the scene looked at these four pieces with bright eyes, and Liu Hong and Tao Qinzhu also took a closer look. Antiques of general Jade Quality are very popular because good jade itself is of great value. 

If the carving work and history are taken into account then the value would generally be very high. Compared with the Buddha Statue brought by the handsome young man before, these four pieces of jade have obviously greater potential.

Old Xie picked up one of them, looked at it, and asked, “Little Qing, do you know what this is?” He is an old friend of Liu Hong and has met Liu Qing several times so he is naturally kind towards him.

Liu Qing smiled and said: “Of course I know, this is called Jade Thumb Ring.”

Old Xie then asked: “Then do you know what dynasty it appeared in?”

Liu Qing replied: “Shang Dynasty, right?”

Old Xie chuckled: “It seems that you have done some homework. The Jade Thumb Ring did first appear in the Shang Dynasty, but the largest one in our collection is no more than 6.5 centimeters, while the three Jade Thumb Rings are at least 12, 17, and 18 centimeters in size.”

“In addition, most of the Jade Thumb rings in our collection are Hetian Jade, and they are very fine Masterpieces of Hetian Jade, and the common name is Jinpei or Heart Jade. Jade Thumb Rings were originally used as a practical tool in the Shang Dynasty, so it was made thick and used to draw a bow and shoot arrows. In the Han dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it became a decorative object with less practical function, but the carving upon them became more and more exquisite, which is also the reason for the high market price of the Jade Thumb Rings. These three pieces do not match the quality, thickness, and carving that is usually common in the Jade Thumb Rings.”

“From the perspective of shape and structure, all Jade Thumb Rings have a plane hole on one side and a sloping hole on the other side, and there must be a ribbed separation between this slope and the hollow ornaments carved on both sides. It is the most basic way to identify the Jade Thumb Ring from the hole. And your three Jade Thumb Rings do not meet these requirements either. In addition, it doesn’t look that bright but its Qin color is particularly bright, particularly beautiful, but bright used Qin is not something that can be found on the Jade Thumb Rings, this bright color means that it is dyed with chemical pigments and it is also a typical characteristic of counterfeiting.”

“Look at this Three-Legged Jade Moon again. This Liu Hai plays with Golden Toad( A Toad structure based on a Chinese Folk Myth). The legend first began in the Song Dynasty and prevailed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. However, the small interlocking lines carved on the abdomen are typical interlocking lines from the late Spring and Autumn period to the early Warring States Period, which is equivalent to a man in the Han Dynasty wearing a tie. Do you think it is possible?”

At this point, Liu Qing understands that all of these four jade artifacts were fake, and they seem to be so ridiculously fake that he took them seriously and spent more than 200,000 yuan. Liu Qing’s face turned red and he wanted to dig a hole in the ground. This is just a standard act. It’s a dumb act.

Liu Hong wanted to slap Liu Qing to death with a palm. Seeing his self-confidence, he thought that Liu Qing had really done a good job after studying it. 

But he didn’t expect Liu Qing to take out such a few jade articles with so many flaws. Why the fuck would you pretend to be so confident with so little knowledge. 

If you had even a little bit of knowledge then you wouldn’t have been fooled by these Jade Pieces.

The handsome young man smiled and said, “How much did these Four Jade Articles cost?”

Liu Qing smiled and said: “Not much, not much, just a few thousand yuan.”

The handsome young man smiled and said nothing. Few people in the room would believe that such Four Jade Antiques would be sold for a few thousand Yuan when they look so genuine.

Old Xie comforted and said: “I have also done this many times when I was young, and I also get fooled from time to time even at this age. There are also some times when I can’t judge an item, so you must be careful, patient, and have enough professional knowledge. If you are undecided about anything, then don’t just do it casually. Otherwise, it would be easy for others to deceive you.”

Liu Qing nodded humbly and said yes. He looked at Su Jing and suddenly changed the subject and said, “I’m just throwing bricks here but didn’t Brother Jing also bring some treasures here? Let’s take a look at Brother Jing’s treasures.”

Su Jing smiled and said nothing. He could see that Liu Qing had deliberately pushed himself out so that the crowd wouldn’t pay any attention to him. Su Jing had realized that Liu Qing seems to have a grudge against that handsome young man. 

They both seemed to have a crush on Qian Yingzhu, which is nothing surprising. Qian Yingzhu is a very beautiful woman so it is normal for many people to like her or to even have a crush on her. 

When she was in college, there were uncountable people who had a crush on her. 

Even Lin Hao, Su Jing’s roommate, had a crush on her for a while and sent her a love letter, only to receive no response. Later, he felt that there was no chance for him, so he gave up.

Su Jing did not care about the jealousy between Liu Qing and the handsome young man, but he had brought a treasure to show anyway and Liu Qing is now embarrassed enough, so he did not say anything.

Old Xie smiled and said: “A’Jing, show us your treasure, we want to see it too.”

Su Jing nodded and said: “I will show it.”

Most of the people present here knew Su Jing. In addition to Old Xie, Murong Qin, Qian Jibing, Qian Yingzhu, Tao Qinzhu, Liu Hong, the others were also looking forward to it. 

Cai Jing whispered a few words to the agent next to him, showing a sense of sorrow, and then looked at Su Jing more.

Liu Qing saw everyone’s attention shift away from him and he let out a long sigh of relief before he quickly hid the four pieces of jade in his pocket. Liu Hong noticed this detail and slightly glared at him as if saying that he would look for him to settle the account. 

Liu Qing should have shown these pieces to Liu Hong first, so he wouldn’t have lost face on the spot like this.

“That’s Su Jing, who’s been getting close to Miss Qian lately,” whispered one of the people next to the handsome young man.

“I know, I have known him for some time now, but I haven’t seen him for a long time.” The handsome young man smiled faintly.

Under the sight of everyone, Su Jing walked to the side of the three booths side by side. The booth on the far left was covered with a large black cloth and was as tall as a person. It seemed that this treasure was huge. Su Jing grabbed the black cloth and opened it to reveal the contents.

Under everyone’s eyes, Su Jing walked to the three booths which were placed side by side. The booth on the left was covered with a big black cloth and it was as high as a human. 

It looked like the treasure was very big. Su Jing seized the black cloth and lifted it to reveal the contents.

Looking at the exposed thing, the audience was stunned, and then there was a burst of exclamation, Old Xie and other experts felt their breathing getting quick, Tao Qinzhu suddenly squeezed forward feeling extremely excited. 

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