With the development of society and history, some bottles, cans, cans or furniture and other things preserved by the ancients in the past have gradually become precious with the development of the times and the reduction of resources. But ordinary people sometimes do not understand the value of this, so many cultural relics dealers will go to the countryside to spend a little money to receive higher value cultural relics, which is equivalent to picking up leaks. Of course, such a way also helps the collection and collation of important cultural relics very well.
The Guardian, who did not know the origin, sold it for 18 yuan
Because ordinary people generally do not have the ability to identify cultural relics, even if they have major cultural relics in their hands, they will not be treated specially. The elderly Zhu Liheng has lived in Yangzhou for generations, and since he can remember, there has been an heirloom treasure in the family. By the time he took over this treasure, it was already the sixth generation. Because Zhu Liheng did not know much about cultural relics, he did not know the origin of this treasure in the generations. Therefore, in 1976, when there were many earthquakes in Yangzhou, Zhu Liheng sold it to a cultural relics store at that time for convenience, and the owner at that time only knew that it was a plum bottle, but he could not see the model. It only bid 16 yuan, and later sold for 18 yuan under Zhu Liheng's soft grinding and hard bubbles.
It should be known that this bottle was kept by Zhu Liheng's parents after refusing 18 stone meters, and Zhu Liheng at that time did not understand his parents' approach. Because he usually did not hear the old man in the family mention the origin of this heirloom, he did not know his value, so he did not understand his parents' approach. If he knew that the value of this plum bottle was so high later, he believed that he would not sell it easily, but considering that there were more earthquakes at that time, selling this bottle may be able to get better preservation. If this is the case, then Zhu Liheng is also a good inheritor.
The Emperor rewarded the best
Later, in the process of continuous circulation of cultural relics, its value was gradually excavated, and it was not until the next year that Zhu Liheng suddenly realized. It turned out that the heirloom that he sold for 18 yuan was a national cultural relic, a reward obtained by his ancestors during the Yongzheng period for the official Qingming to move the emperor. This heirloom that has been carefully guarded by the whole family for generations is the Yuan Dynasty Ji blue glazed white dragon pattern plum bottle, if you say that this bottle is not so precious. His value lies in the fact that it was produced in the Yuan Dynasty, because the porcelain firing technology at that time was not perfect, and the Ji blue glaze was even rarer, so only the emperor could enjoy the Ji blue glaze porcelain.
The fact that Zhu Liheng's ancestors were able to receive such a reward also shows the great achievements of his ancestors and the appreciation of the emperor. Although it later experienced a long period of war and poverty, the Zhu family used it to preserve this heirloom intact. Even during the Cultural Revolution, the family tried to preserve it as much as possible, after all, it was an heirloom treasure, not only a treasure, but a commitment to generations. However, I did not expect to be sold by Zhu Liheng for 18 yuan in peacetime, and it can be seen that Zhu Liheng himself does not have too deep cultural relics literacy, and he does not know much about this plum bottle.
The value of the plum bottle was discovered
After Zhu Liheng sold it to a cultural relics store for 18 yuan, they did not realize the value of the bottle, but just treated it as an ordinary Qing Dynasty porcelain. Until 1978, when Beijing often held some cultural relics exhibitions, the shop owner saw that the bottle was more atmospheric, so he chose to take it with him. It was in the process of exhibiting that the value of this bottle was discovered, and there were able people in the exhibition, and this bottle was immediately recognized as a Ji blue glazed white dragon pattern plum bottle of the Yuan Dynasty.
This result has just been discovered and attracted the attention of everyone, because the porcelain firing technology of the Yuan Dynasty is not perfect, and there are very few Ji blue glazed white dragon pattern plum bottles that can be fired with complete appearance. Take the current discovery, there are only three Yuan Dynasty Ji blue glazed white dragon pattern plum bottles in China.
This discovery caused quite a stir at the time, and many museums expressed their desire to collect it on the spot. The French side has paid 4 billion. After learning the news of this cultural relic, the shop owner was suddenly difficult to choose, and later the Yangzhou Museum bid 3,000 yuan under the coordination of the Yangzhou government to collect this treasure brought out of the hands of Yangzhou people. Now this Yuan Dynasty Ji blue glazed white dragon pattern plum bottle has been listed as a national treasure level cultural relics, which shows how precious it is.
Someone once asked Zhu Liheng if he regretted selling the heirloom at a low price of 18 yuan. His answer was that after his family had just learned that the heirloom had been sold by himself, he was not welcomed by his family for a while. At that time, there was some regret, but later after realizing that the cultural relics had such a high value, he no longer regretted it. The real precious treasure should be placed in the museum to play its greater value, only in this way can it be regarded as a real inheritance.