Chinese culture is broad and profound, worthy of our pride, in this long history, the ancients left us many artistic treasures, among which porcelain is a very important part, but also a major invention of the mainland.
And these cultural relics that have been handed down, because the time is too long, many of them can not distinguish its age, and it is precisely for this reason that many cultural relics have been buried, and even some have been directly bought and sold as ordinary objects.
At that time, there was such a porcelain work on the mainland, it had such an unusual experience, it was originally an object in the imperial palace, and it came to the folk by mistake, and as a result, it was passed down from generation to generation, and it was mistaken for an ordinary bottle.
This porcelain work is called "Ji blue glaze white dragon pattern plum bottle" of the Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain, to say that this blue and white porcelain, is really difficult to preserve, according to statistics, the current world's only remaining blue and white porcelain a total of only three pieces.
So how did this Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain get preserved? It turned out that it had been brought out by a slave who had worked in the palace, and this person was appreciated by his master in the palace, so he gave him this plum bottle.
This is an honor for a subordinate, so he regards this plum bottle as a treasure, so when he leaves the palace, he must also take it out and keep it well. In this way, this plum bottle has become an heirloom in this family.
Until modern times, for some other reason, this plum bottle was in danger of being destroyed, and in order to protect it, the family put the plum bottle in some disguise, declaring that it was just a worthless object.
After a long time, everyone really thought it was an ordinary bottle. Later, when he came to Zhu Liheng's generation, he happened to be the sixth generation. At that time, there were people who went to the homes of ordinary people in Yangzhou to collect cultural relics, and the owner of the cultural relics shop also liked this plum bottle.
So I wanted to pay for it, in fact, that era was the more difficult years in the mainland, every household was a bit unable to open the pot, on the other hand, it was also for the purpose of protecting this plum bottle, Zhu Liheng sold the main plum bottle to the antique shop owner.
At that time, the transaction price was only eighteen yuan, although it was not a small amount in 1976, but it did not match the real price of this plum bottle. I have to say that whether it is the owner of this collection of cultural relics or the elderly Zhu Liheng, there are some "eyes that do not recognize Taishan".
The treasures handed down from generation to generation by the ancestors were sold by themselves in this way, presumably when the old man Zhu Liheng knew the true identity and value of this plum bottle, he would definitely regret it, very regretful.
In recent years, after the reform and opening up, many of the treasures that were previously buried have also regained importance, and in 1978, a large exhibition was held on the mainland.
Came to a big "rally" for the cultural relics that were snubbed or even suppressed in previous years, at that time, many cultural relics were unveiled, and the antique shop owner of the year also came with this plum bottle, so what happened next made this plum bottle suddenly become a "red man".
In fact, I have to say that the master is in the folk, in this exhibition, many of the collections are valuable treasures, but the reason why this plum bottle is different is because its offer was too low at that time.
But the people who came that day were all people in the industry, everyone knew the cultural relics very well, and this plum bottle was also favored because of its unique value. According to relevant experts, there are only three such plum bottles in existence in the world, and from the current point of view, this one is still the best preserved and the highest value.
Such a high appraisal is also unique in the whole exhibition, so many people suddenly want to collect this plum bottle at a high price. But at that time, the reform and opening up had just been carried out, and the economic level was still relatively low, so it was a few thousand yuan.
The owner of this antique shop is still very patriotic, and he eventually sold the cultural relic to the Yangzhou Museum, while the owner collector only received three thousand yuan. Later, this cultural relic was re-identified by experts, and its value was far more than three thousand yuan.
It must be said that this plum bottle has transformed from an ordinary porcelain into a valuable treasure, which has suddenly caused a sensation in the field of cultural relics collection, and it has also become popular overnight because of an exhibition.
This red does not matter, immediately attracted a lot of collectors with strong strength, these collectors are admiring to see the world's most complete preservation of the "Ji blue glaze white dragon pattern plum bottle" style.
There have been many collectors who want to spend a high price to collect this plum vase, each of which has a price of several hundred million, and even the Collector of France wants to spend four billion to buy this eighteen-dollar plum bottle, which is simply a heaven and an underground.
In fact, to be honest, four billion is a bit exaggerated, perhaps in the mind of the French collector this plum bottle is worth so much money, but the price of hundreds of millions of dollars is absolutely worthy, compared with the previous eighteen dollars, its true value is really amazing.
Because it has been handed down to now, the meaning represented by this plum bottle is not only a bottle, it represents our ancient culture, but also the cultural precipitation of these years, and its value is immeasurable.
In fact, there are many beautiful cultural relics like this "Ji Blue Glazed White Dragon Pattern Plum Bottle", but only because the modern mainland has encountered unprecedented hardships, in the face of foreign invasion, especially the invasion of beijing by the Eight-Nation Alliance, countless rare treasures have been destroyed.
At that time, the Yuanmingyuan was built by several generations of emperors of the Qing Dynasty, and it was destroyed not long after it was built, where it gathered 5,000 years of Cultural Relics from China and was a priceless treasure house of cultural relics.
Unfortunately, all of them were robbed at that time, and they were also burned by fire for several days and nights. As the capital, the city of Beijing is still like this, and the loss of cultural relics in other places is also immeasurable, so the cultural relics that can be handed down now are really very precious.
They are not only witnesses of history, but also the lucky ones in the long river of history, fortunate to be able to preserve them intact, proving that the glorious past once really existed, so they are priceless, and foreigners cannot sell how much money they give.
In fact, judging from the events of this plum bottle changing hands several times, I can't help but marvel at the wonders of the world. The old man in Yangzhou must not have thought that the inconspicuous porcelain bottle in his home was actually a national treasure-level cultural relic.
In fact, this also corresponds to the saying that "people cannot be disguised", and cultural relics are also not disguised. The same is true of us in the process of dealing with people, we can't underestimate any person, those who seem to be universal are likely to be an extraordinary big person.