Chapter 694 Wanli Cabinet
Lu Fei was so excited that he almost lost his temper when he saw a Ming Dynasty canopy bed with three curved legs and six columns, a high waistband and cloud pattern.
This canopy bed is made of high-quality materials, exquisite workmanship and well-preserved. It is really rare.
However, it was not just the canopy bed that excited Lu Fei in this room.
Next to the canopy bed, there was a pair of simple but extremely extraordinary cabinets. Lu Fei's blood was racing and his mouth was almost watering when he saw them.
Because this turned out to be a pair of famous Wanli cabinets.
In the collecting world, there is a theory of the Four Treasures of the Ming Dynasty.
These four treasures refer to the blue and white flowers of Yongle, the furnace of Xuande, and the Doucai Wanli cabinet of Chenghua.
These four objects all represent the masterpieces of an era and are extremely popular in the modern collection world.
So far, Yongle's blue and white and Chenghua's doucai are both on Lu Fei's collection list.
Now seeing the Wanli cabinet with its wide door open again, how could Lu Fei not be excited?
Among the furniture, there is a type of furniture that is specialized for storage, which is the cabinet. Another type of storage, the "box", has been abandoned by most families, but it was found in every Chinese home a few decades ago.
Boxes are inconvenient to use and take up space. If the box is too large, it will be inconvenient to pick up and store items.
After many people improved their living environment, boxes gradually stopped being used. Today it is difficult to find boxes in urban homes.
Cabinet is a piece of storage furniture and a category of furniture.
We Chinese people have a very clear concept. Everything with an open lid is a box, and everything with a sliding door is a cabinet. "The lid is a box, and the sliding door is a cabinet."
Southerners sometimes like to call cabinets "cupboards". For example, bookcases are a southern language. People in Jiangsu and Zhejiang call them bookcases, but northerners all call them bookcases.
And among the cabinets there is another super cool one, which is the only cabinet with the Ming Dynasty emperor's reign name, the Wanli cabinet.
Wanli cabinet is one of the bright grid cabinets with various styles. Its style is relatively fixed, that is, there is a layer of bright grid on the top and a cabinet in the middle.
The cabinet door is flat and smooth, and the upper layer has a bright grid and a back panel.
The outer edge is carved with exquisite patterns, and the transparent area above can be used to display some favorite objects.
The structure of the upper and lower cabinets of the Wanli cabinet places the center of gravity at the bottom, making it stable and suitable for placement in a study or hall.
The unique shape of the Wanli cabinet also gave rise to an interesting name.
Southerners call it a chicken coop, while northerners give it a very humorous name: Angry Cat.
This type of furniture was first designed for kitchens to prevent food from spoiling and spoiling.
In the past, in order to delay food spoilage, food had to be placed in a ventilated place.
The reason why it is called Chicken Coop or Angry Cat is because of the different perspectives.
The chicken coop cupboard is from the perspective of a southerner. He is standing in the house looking out and saying that the chicken coop is locked inside. This is the chicken coop cupboard.
The perspective of northerners is from the outside of the house looking in. If a cat wants to eat your leftovers, but can't, it can only be outside, which is called an angry cat or a suffocated cat.
The material of this pair of Wanli cabinets is also top-grade huanghuali.
The single piece is one meter long, over sixty centimeters wide, and about one meter eighty-five tall.
The upper level has a bright grid with a back panel, and the three sides of the pot are equipped with coupon openings. The coupon openings are decorated with chi patterns, and there are railings on both sides with open-cut chi patterns.
The lower part is decorated with chi patterns in several short places, echoing the upper part.
The two cabinet doors are smooth and smooth, with oval leaves installed on them. The tags and locks are missing.
The cabinet door has a layout of one board and two drawers, and the drawer door is carved with plum blossom patterns, which is very delicate and elegant.
It is rare and precious for furniture from the Ming Dynasty to be perfectly preserved to this day.
"Boss, what do you think of these furniture?"
After seeing 200,000 in cash, the rag collector also became the boss, and his title was changed to you.
People are so snobbish.
Lu Fei barely suppressed his excitement, nodded and said.
"this
The bed and cabinets were pretty good, but one of the drum stools was broken, and the table was not made of huanghuali but of red rosewood. "
The woman nodded and said.
"The boss really has a good eye. Boss Zhao of Liulichang Fangzhai said the same thing two days ago," the woman said.
"Um?"
When the woman said this, Lu Fei's heart tightened.
No wonder this woman recognized it as Huanghuali furniture. It turned out that Zhao Yuanhu from Fangzhai had come over to take a look.
Thinking of this, Lu Fei felt funny again.
Zhao Yuanhu looked at the items but didn't buy them. He was probably playing psychological warfare and deliberately lowering the price.
If this guy knew that he was the first to get something, I think his expression would be quite exciting.
"Sister, are there any other good things at home?"
"As long as it's good stuff, I'll take it all." Lu Fei asked.
The woman shook her head and said.
"No, except for these pieces of furniture, everything else is junk. Boss, how much can you give me for these pieces of furniture?"
Lu Fei smiled slightly.
"Sister, the things belong to you. You tell me the price."
“As long as the price is fair, money is not an issue.”
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In this kind of transaction, the most troublesome thing is the quotation.
If you pay too much, you're afraid of scaring people away; if you pay less, you're afraid of losing money. It's a very painful situation.
The woman thought for a while before speaking.
"I've heard before that Huanghuali's furniture is very expensive."
"Before, Boss Zhao from Fangzhai offered me 150,000 yuan, but I didn't agree to it."
One hundred and fifty thousand?
Hold!
A drum stool alone cost more than one million, and Zhao Yuanhu only paid for it at 150,000.
Animals, animals!
This guy deserves a beating, it's really too dark.
"Sister, don't care what others say, I want you to
You must have a suitable price in mind. "
"Tell me first. As long as it's not too much, I will never be pretentious." Lu Fei said.
The woman thought for a moment and said.
"These are the thoughts my old man left for me. I didn't plan to sell them originally."
"But I don't know how to maintain this thing. It would be a pity if it was destroyed."
"If you really like it, the furniture in this room will be sold for 800,000 yuan."
"I won't sell it below this price."
Buzz——
Lu Fei's head was buzzing when he heard the price.
Damn it!
What a prodigal son!
Such a precious thing only costs 800,000 yuan. What a fucking prodigal woman!
So suspenseful!
Fatty Zhao Yuanhu offered 150,000 yuan. If it were higher than that, he could definitely win it with a prodigal bitch for less than 500,000 yuan.
It's a pity that the prodigal woman met a thief with evil intentions. The deal was not concluded but she got an advantage.
Again, this is life!
Seeing Lu Fei's solemn expression, the man and woman on the other side were extremely nervous.
"Boss, if you think the price is too high, I can give you some discounts."
Lu Fei waved his hand and said.
"I like things. It's not easy for your old man to keep them so well."
"Eight hundred thousand is eight hundred thousand, no discount required, just treat it as my respect for the elderly."
Lu Fei said, edited a message and sent it to Gao Yuan.
With the cognition and fragile psychology of a prodigal woman, Lu Fei was sure to reduce the price to less than 500,000, but Lu Fei did not do so.
Looking at these objects and the level of maintenance and restoration, Huang Laoxie is a master if not a collector.
At least I really like it.
Lu Fei couldn't bear to go too far with the objects left by such people.
