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Published at 30th of March 2022 05:50:00 AM


Chapter 60

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Regarding Ye Xinghao's preemptive words, Lin Xi merely glanced at him, smiled and nodded in greeting, but turned a deaf ear to his words, and instead continued on his own accord: "Judging from the texture of this snuff bottle, there is no doubt that it is made of material.

Hearing Lin Xi's appraisal, and seeing how he looked so calm and composed, Zhang Senxu's expression changed. He couldn't help but take another look at Lin Xi, "Oh, how can you be so sure that this is the real deal?

Lin Xi chuckled: "To be honest, when you bought the snuff bottle that day, this junior was not too far away from you. If this was a fake, I believe it wouldn't even enter your eyes, you wouldn't have to go through such a huge mess."

His words immediately solved the doubt in Zhang Senxu's heart, and he heaved a sigh of relief, as if a stone had fallen to the ground. If Lin Xi had only used his eyesight to see if it was real, then that would be great for a young man of his age, but now it seemed like he had only picked up a small opportunity.

However, Zhang Senxu was still a little curious. After pondering for a moment, he wanted to test Lin Xi: "Since you already knew that it was real, then your appraisal can't be counted on. However, if you can tell me the origins of the inheritance, then you have passed."

At that time, Lin Xi was also shocked, he did not expect his sincere and kind intentions to fail and nearly lose his qualification to appraise the snuff bottle. Fortunately, Zhang Senxu let him off at the end, so he wouldn't be embarrassed.

Although he did not know what Zhang Senxu was thinking, since he had said that as long as he could tell them the origins of the inheritance, even if it was a pass, it would probably not be a lie in front of everyone's eyes, so Lin Xi naturally did not decline his good intentions and cut off his own path, "Junior can give it a try."

Seeing Zhang Senxu sitting at his original position with the Dragon-Headed Cane in his hands, looking as if he was listening intently, Lin Xi immediately calmed down. He muttered to himself for a moment, as if he was organizing a language, and said: "The quality of the snuff bottle is actually made of glass, and it isn't very expensive in itself, so the quality of the quality of the material isn't something that can be achieved easily, but to speak of quality of the snuff bottle, it has to be Qian Loong who represents it."

Lin Xi showed the snuff bottle to everyone and continued to speak, "Everyone, please look. Although the texture of the snuff bottle is transparent glass, the interior of the glass contains fine bubbles that look like frost flowers. With a white cover and red color, it is also flat and round, and is entirely painted with different flower patterns.

Chen Hee interjected with interest, "How can you be so sure that this is the Qian Loong era's Gu Yue Xuan Cai?"

Lin Xi knew that this was Chen Hee's intention to test himself, and he flipped the snuff bottle over, revealing the knowledge at the bottom, and said: "According to this junior's knowledge, all of the snuff bottles that Qian Loong has produced have a knowledge of four characters, and are imitated with blue materials, and are extremely neat, far from something that can be reached by imitators. Furthermore, all of the items that Gu Yue Xuan has produced are definitely piled up, and written with a type of enamel, and when it is burned it will bulge, and it will definitely be coated with enamel and color, and the knowledge of this bottle is not compatible with Qian Loong's ancient work."

Speaking up to here, Lin Xi stopped and looked at Chen Hee and Zhang Senxu, and said humbly: "Junior has shallow knowledge, how could I be wrong, please advise me, two seniors."

Chen Hee laughed upon hearing this, his loud and clear voice filling the entire quiet room. He praised: "Not bad, not bad, not bad, not bad, not bad at all.

Having received Chen Hee's confirmation, Lin Xi instantly became proud, but he did not forget to do so. Instead, he became even more at ease, and after quickly organizing all the knowledge he knew in his mind, he once again pondered for a while, and continued to laugh: "So the result of this junior's appraisal, is that this white glazed red glass floral snuff bottle from President Zhang, represents a folk snuff bottle from the time of the Qing Dynasty — — — Gu Yue Xuan's work. As for the price, if junior has not experienced enough, it will be difficult to determine."

The snuff bottle that was Gu Yue Xuan's work was a representation of the common folk in the Qing Dynasty. It was made of colored porcelain, but there was no definite conclusion regarding its origin.

There was a theory that there was a famous snuff bottle painter surnamed Hu in the Qing Dynasty who stayed in Jiangsu province. His name was Gu Yue Xuan, and when Qian Loong went down to Jiangnan, he brought him to court, and the snuff bottle he made was named "Gu Yue Xuan". But later on, someone went through all the manufacturing records of the palace building, but was unable to find Gu Yue Xuan's name. As a result, Gu Yue Xuan's snuff bottle should not be an official product.

Of course, there was another theory: Gu Yue Xuan was an important name in the Qing Palace and was located in the Yuan Ming Garden. According to the evidence, there was indeed one in the Yuan Ming Garden called Gu Yue Xuan. However, there were experts who believed that the back hall, called Gu Yue Xuan, was only a lower grade building, moreover, it was a back hall. According to the Qing Gong system, it was impossible to use its name as the Exodus Hall.

Even so, from an artistic point of view, although Gu Yue Xuan's snuff bottle was not an official product, there were still some fine items that could be compared with a palace snuff bottle.

In addition, only the five colored snuff bottles made by the Westerners — white as crystal, red as red, yellow as steamed chestnuts, blue as precious jade, and green as jade — could compare to it. Their collection value was also very precious.

When Lin Xi revealed the final appraisal result, everyone present was shocked and couldn't help but look up at Lin Xi once more.

It was because they never thought that Lin Xi would actually be able to appraise this snuff bottle to such an extent that it could even be considered professional. Even if it was Zhang Senxu himself, it would be very difficult to explain it better than Lin Xi, and Qin Yu was even more certain of his own thoughts, and thought to himself: "This kid is indeed deliberately hiding his abilities, at such a young age, for him to understand the principle of how the wood elementals and trees must be destroyed, is truly difficult to see through."

At the same time, Qin Yu's heart was filled with doubts. Where did this brat learn to protect his own self?

It had to be known that even Qin Yu himself, who had been floating in the Merchant Sea for many years and had grown up in the army compound, had experienced an unimaginable ordeal that many people could not conceive before. Only then did he finally understand the principle of philosophy and self-preservation, and compared to Lin Xi, he was truly too lacking.

At that time, because Lin Xi's appraisal was too professional, he directly suppressed Ye Xinghao's performance, and instantly caused his complacency to disappear and become formless. Although his appraisal was also good, but in terms of specialization, he was inferior to Lin Xi, so at this moment, he felt as if it was difficult for him to exhale.




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