This may be the biggest leak in the domestic collection industry, in the 70s of the last century, there was a Yangzhou Machinery Factory worker, named Zhu Liheng, because of family economic reasons, he hid from his family, made a decision against the ancestral training, the ancestral plum bottle sold, the Zhu family has always had an ancestral family rule, no matter how poor, or how much money others give, can not sell the ancestral heirloom.
However, Zhu Lilun was short of money, so he sold the heirloom to the owner of the Yangzhou antique shop at that time, but the boss did not recognize gold and jade, mistook the antique plum bottle for a qing imitation plum bottle, and finally only gave Zhu Liheng 18 yuan.
And this plum bottle has been stored in the antique shop for many years, after many years, there is a Chen Shengli from Shanghai but found that this antique may not be ordinary, because the dragon pattern plum bottle is not ordinary people can use, the dragon pattern on the plum bottle is meticulous, lifelike, must be related to the royal family, in addition, the royal thing, may not be the courage of the folk to imitate, so Chen Shengli concluded that this plum bottle is not an idle thing.
Shen Shengli then bought the plum bottle and took it home, in 1978, Shen Shengli took the plum bottle to Beijing to participate in the cultural relics report exhibition, at the exhibition, the plum bottle once unveiled caused a sensation in the whole field, because cultural relics appraisal experts from all over the world gathered here, there are many experts at a glance to recognize that this is from the Yuan Dynasty "Ji blue glaze white dragon pattern plum bottle" belongs to the Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain.
"Ji blue glazed white dragon pattern plum bottle" is difficult to preserve, belongs to the rare treasure, it is said that there are only 3 pieces, one in the Summer Palace in Beijing, the other in the French museum, the remaining one is shen Shengli's hand.
In addition to the "Ji Blue Glazed White Dragon Pattern Plum Bottle" in Shen Shengli's hand, the other two pieces have been damaged to varying degrees, only this one is the best preserved, and it is also the largest of them, which can be called a national treasure.
"Ji blue glaze white dragon pattern plum bottle" from Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, which is specially fired for the royal family, even the burner himself can not casually burn the same plum bottle, belongs to the exclusive use of the royal, extremely precious.
This also confirms Shen Shengli's reasoning when buying plum bottles, ordinary people do not dare to imitate this is the first, the second ordinary people do not have the opportunity to see how the plum bottle is imitated, more importantly, there are few people who know it, in addition to being an antique expert, they also need to have certain historical knowledge.
From this, it is inferred that Zhu Liheng's ancestors are most likely royal people.
Shen Shengli this time is the right bet, the news is not shy, Yangzhou Museum took the lead, with the support of the Yangzhou government with 3,000 yuan to buy the "Ji Blue Glaze White Dragon Pattern Plum Bottle" from Shen Shengli's hand, the price of 3,000 yuan in 1978 has been the wage of ordinary workers for decades.
Subsequently, a Hong Kong collector had contacted the museum to propose to buy the "Ji Blue Glazed White Dragon Pattern Plum Bottle" for 340 million yuan, and the Japanese collector heard the news and was willing to bid 300 million US dollars to buy the plum bottle, but was rejected by the Yangzhou Museum one by one.
Nowadays, the "Ji Blue Glazed White Dragon Pattern Plum Bottle" is still stored in the Yangzhou Museum and has become the treasure of the town museum, and the "Ji Blue Glazed White Dragon Pattern Plum Bottle" has been quoted at more than 500 million US dollars.
In 2013, the state listed the "Ji Blue Glazed White Dragon Pattern Plum Bottle" as a cultural relic prohibited by the state from going abroad.
I don't know how Zhu Lilun would feel when he learned that the plum bottle in his hand was actually a national treasure-level cultural relic, and he made a decision to sell the plum bottle against his ancestors, but he only exchanged 18 yuan, what kind of feeling it would be.