Chapter 203: Treasure "Brother, do you think this kind of ivory cup is OK?" The shop owner took out an ivory cup, which is more than 30 centimeters tall, with a large mouth, a waist in the middle, and a dragon-shaped handle on one side. There are also many small green beads inlaid with it, and the shape is very simple and exquisite.

"Boss, this kind of thing is not good. Dragons are dragons, elephants, and different species. Using ivory will destroy the ambrosia's medicine surname. It is best to use jade. If not, ceramics can be used instead, but it cannot be preserved for a long time." Qin Xuebing did like this ivory cup, but he did not plan to use this method before. He saw the shop owner worshiping dragons and had a sudden inspiration to think of using this method to fish out the ivory cup.

"Brother, wait a moment, I'll buy a jade bottle back soon." Although the shop owner didn't know what the function of ambergris was, as long as it was related to a dragon and was a real dragon, he would be willing to collect it.

And there are many beautiful legends about ambergris.

Ambergris is the saliva of the dragon. According to legend, after the Zhou Dynasty destroyed Shang, the box contained ambergris. The Shang emperor thought it was a bad thing, so he tried his best to remove it. However, ambergris turned into a lizard and rushed into the harem. Later, a palace maid met it and became pregnant. Soon after, a baby girl gave birth to a baby girl, and the palace maid abandoned it.

Later, a nursery rhyme began to spread in the Shang Dynasty: The big bow of mulberry wood, the quiver of quiver grass. It means that the Zhou Dynasty is about to perish. Not long after, the King of Zhou really found a couple selling mulberry wood bow and quiver grass, and ordered them to chase them. The two fled into the barren mountain and found a baby girl, very cute. So they raised him to Chengren and finally sent him to the palace. This girl was later Bao Si.

There are other versions about this story. Bao Si, whose birth and death year is unknown. It is said that in the late Xia Dynasty, two dragons came to the palace and called themselves "the two kings of Bao", and obtained "the good fortune of hiding" through divination. Later, the saliva left by the dragon before leaving was stored in a wooden box. It was not until King Li of Zhou opened it and watched it. It accidentally caused the ambergris to sprinkle outside the court, turned into a "black turtle" and crawled into the palace. A concubine encountered the turtle and became pregnant. She gave birth to a baby girl in forty years.

The baby girl was abandoned and picked up by the people of Bao. Later, Baoren presented her to King You of Zhou, Ji Gongni, because of her surname, Si, so she was called Bao Si. She became King You of Zhou, and gave birth to a son, Bofu.

As for the question of whether ambergris is a dragon's saliva, it has been denied for thousands of years because of the absence of dragons, and more because ambergris is regarded as ambergris.

Ambergris, also known as Longfu scent, is also called gray amber in the West. It is a solid wax-like combustible substance with a dark gray or black appearance. It is a pathological secretion similar to stones at the end of the large intestine or the beginning of the rectum of the sperm whale. It has a lasting aroma.

Ambergris has its unique sweet earthy aroma, which has been historically used as a fragrance fixing agent for perfume.

But today, the store owner decisively believed that ambergris is the saliva of dragons, and they are completely different from ambergris.

The shop owner left, and Ye Zijing rolled her eyes: "You are really okay. It's like drinking water. Sometimes I doubt whether I've been fooled by you."

"Wife, I'm fooling me for our collection career, you should support me."

Qin Xuebingri was upright and said arrogantly: "Also, the store owner went out to buy a jade bottle, which also had room for appreciation. I'm helping him invest."

"Qin Xuebing, you are becoming more and more shameless."

Ye Zijing smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Okay, just continue to fool you, I see how you fool the things."

Not long after, the shop owner came back with a small jade bottle. The quality was pretty good. It was made of mountain water materials and was worth hundreds of thousands of yuan.

"Boss, your ivory cup is quite unique, I like it very much, can you transfer it to me?" Qin Xuebing was not in a hurry to let Xiaolong spit, so as to attract the appetite of the store owner.

"What is the money you are talking about? Brother, if you like it, just take it." The store owner also praised the baby ivory cup, but compared with ambergris, the ivory cup seems insignificant.

"That won't work. Xiaolong has eaten several fish. Why do I have the nerve to take it for nothing?"

Qin Xuebing shook his head quickly and said, "Boss, you should give a price, at least you can't lose money."

"I bought this thing from the Antique City of Mingzhu City. It cost 20,000 yuan. Brother, please give me 20,000 yuan." The store owner didn't care.

"As long, let's swipe the card first."

After completing the transaction, Qin Xuebing forced Xiaolong to spit, filled a full bottle and handed it to the store owner. The store owner took out his cell phone and took a few photos to make sure that someone would believe it if he said it, otherwise he would always hide it himself. If he said it, he would be treated as a joke and there would be no meaning in it.

After coming out of the store, Ye Zijing couldn't wait to pick up the ivory cup and look at it: "In terms of style, it should be from the Shang Dynasty, and it is considered an ancient utensil."

Qin Xuebing also began to observe himself and commented: "The cup body is made of hollow ivory root segments, and it is quite ingenious because of the material shape.

The extravagant mouth is thin, the middle waist is slightly tied, and the cut is slightly smaller than the mouth. The fine Taotie pattern and deformed Kui pattern are carved in sections throughout the body, and turquoise is embedded in the shape of Kui on the top and tail. The animal face and head are decorated with turquoise, and turquoise is also embedded in it, with small round tenons with symmetrical upper and lower sides connecting it to the cup body.

There is a Kuilong-shaped handle on one side of the cup body that is the same height as the cup body. The cup body has fine carved patterns and has a considerable decorative name. The upper and lower sides are two plain wide edges, and the middle is separated by turquoise strips in four sections.

The first section is three groups of Taotie patterns, with body and tail, eyes, eyebrows and nose on both sides inlaid turquoise. The second section is the upper part of the cup body pattern. The second group of Taotie patterns has a clear facial structure. There is a large triangle pattern below the mouth of the beast. There are symmetrical Kui patterns on both sides, with head facing down and tail facing up. Taotie’s mouth, eyes, nose and triangle patterns are all inlaid turquoise.

The third section carved three deformed Kui patterns, with turquoise inlaid on the eyes, and the third and fourth sections are separated by three turquoise belts. The third and fourth sections are separated by three turquoise patterns. The third and second sections are also decorated with turquoise patterns. The first, second and fourth sections are decorated with three groups of Taotie patterns, but their shapes are different."

"In other words, this ivory cup uses carving, thread engraving, inlay and other techniques. If it were not surprising in the Ming and Qing dynasties, it would be amazing if it was in the Shang and Shang dynasties." Ye Zijing couldn't help but admire that the Shang and Shang dynasties were more than one thousand BC and more than three thousand years ago.

More than three thousand years, but with such exquisite craftsmanship, it is simply beyond the imagination of future generations. From this, you can also imagine the huge market value of this ivory cup: "But I can't be sure of the year, what do you think?"

"It is indeed a work from the Shang Dynasty. I really don't know where the shop owner found it." Qin Xuebing couldn't help but sigh that tombs from ancient times were very difficult to find, and even tomb robbers were almost unlikely to find ancient tombs from ancient times, so very few were unearthed.

On the one hand, there are few unearths. It is a long time, and many things are difficult to preserve, so the whole tool is very rare, let alone the fine products.

"Finish it, it's the second time I've found a bargain in the flower and bird market." Qin Xuebing felt that he was quite destined to be with the flower and bird market. Last time he bought a piece of wool and cut out two-color jade. This time he found the ivory cup from ancient times.

"Congratulations, the collection is richer." Ye Zijing no longer knew how to describe this man's luck that was against the will of heaven.

"Wife, I said the wrong thing."

Qin Xuebing said in a strange voice: "Our collection has become more abundant. Let's go and visit the flower and bird market today, find all the antiques, and leave them to our baby in the future."

"It's getting worse and worse."

Ye Zijing gave him a blank look and said, "By the way, should we buy another red dragon fish to go back? The old man likes red dragon fish very much, but he has to be like a way to guard against the little dragon."
Chapter completed!