Six antiques, jade mandarin duck jade pendant, gilded bronze statue of Bodhisattva, purple-green carved tea cup, Eight Trigrams tiger pattern incense burner, and square inkstone. The first thing Lin Yi saw was the gilded bronze statue of Bodhisattva.

In fact, this is indeed the case. The gilded statue of the Buddha is probably a product of the late Qing Dynasty. The surface of the gilded layer is still intact, looking golden and beautiful. Compared with the small jade pendant, tea cup, ordinary incense burner and inkstone, this Buddha statue is absolutely atmospheric and upscale.

At least in the eyes of half-baked appraisers like Lin Yi, this Buddha statue seems to be the most valuable of the five collections.

So Lin Yi picked up the Buddha statue, looked carefully, and played with it carefully.

Although Mike Li looked down on Lin Yi, he also monitored him from the corner of his eyes. When he saw him staring at the bronze statue of the Bodhisattva, he couldn't help but show a hint of contempt in his eyes. After all, the local buns from the mainland are still local buns. If the treasure appraisal can be determined based on their appearance, what else should they do?

Looking at this time, Lin Yi frowned and showed a hesitant expression on his face. He stared at the Bodhisattva statue, as if he was considering whether to choose it directly.

Although Lin Yi has little contact with antiques, he often wanders in the antique market and is influenced by it, but he doesn't know anything.

For example, this bronze statue is only the size of a palm. Judging from its style, it should be one or two hundred years ago. It is probably enshrined in a small temple and was stolen by some thieves...

According to this calculation, the value of this Buddha statue should be at least tens of thousands, which is the greatest value compared to those collections.

Just when Lin Yi decided to choose this Buddha statue, suddenly, his nose smelled a scent of ink...

how so?

Looking around, there seems to be no calligraphy and painting works.

Where did this ink fragrance come from?

Accompanied by doubts, Lin Yi looked at the source with the fragrance, and the purpose was indeed the inkstone that he had not paid much attention to from the beginning.

The inkstone is rectangular, and there is no decorative pattern carved on the surface. It only leaves a groove for grinding the ink and a place for the pen to hold it.

The inkstone is gray and has no excellence, so it is hard to believe it. It is also considered an antique.

But at this moment, Lin Yi was staring at it. With his keen intuition and his sense of inevitability, he found that this inkstone contained abundant spiritual energy, which was definitely a great thing with a value of no less than one million!

Lin Yi glanced at him quickly, and thoughts flashed through his mind. After a rough comparison, he finally turned his eyes to the gilded statue of the Buddha.

Mike Lee's eyes flashed, and he was a little impatient, so he urged: "Select not, don't be too slow."

Lin Yi smiled and picked up the Buddha statue.

Mike Lee's eyes flashed with joy.

But Lin Yi touched the head of the Buddha statue with his hand and suddenly said, "If I guess correctly, this kind of bronze statue was the most popular in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. Many wealthy families would worship one, and there were a large number of them in the world."

"As the saying goes, things are precious because they are rare, and this kind of big-road product is not precious!" After Lin Yi said this, he glanced at Mike Li intentionally or unintentionally.

Mike Lee hurriedly avoided his eyes and pretended not to care.

Lin Yi smiled, then put down the Buddha statue, picked up the inkstone casually, watched it carefully, and put it on his mouth, saying, "I like calligraphy and painting, so I can mix it with the fragrance of ink and choose this inkstone. I wonder what everyone thinks?"

After saying that, Lin Yi looked at the three of them.

Hai Baichuan looked regretful. Perhaps in his opinion, this inkstone was not as good as the bronze statue. Lin Yi did this to lose the watermelon and picked up sesame seeds.

Mike Lee's expression seemed very strange, while Uncle Chang looked thoughtful, as if he was thinking about something.

"Boss Hai, since you invited me, please believe me once. This inkstone is definitely a rare treasure." Lin Yi straightened his back and looked at Hai Baichuan, and said confidently.

Hai Baichuan looked at the inkstone again. It was ordinary, it was too ordinary. No matter how you looked, it didn't look like a treasure.

Finally, he shook his head, looked at Lin Yi suspiciously, and asked, "Are you sure you chose the wrong choice? It can be seen that this inkstone is indeed a few years, probably in the early and mid-Qing Dynasty, and was used by those scholars at the bottom of the class, and used to grind ink and write books. This inkstone is too ordinary and does not have much collection value!"

Lin Yi curled his smile, his expression on his face was very serious, and he shook his head and said, "If you look carefully, this inkstone is definitely not ordinary."

"No need to look at it, Lin Sheng, if you lose, you will lose. It's no big deal. I, Hai Baichuan, are not such a stingy person." After Hai Baichuan said that, he also glanced at Mike Lee.

Mike Lee's expression was very strange, he had no interface, and he was not as proud as before.

Lin Yi was a little depressed. At this moment, he placed the inkstone flat on the table and said to Uncle Chang beside him: "Please go find some water. I want to wash this inkstone!"

Uncle Chang politely glanced at the big boss Hai Baichuan, as if waiting for his opinion.

"What are you going to do? Will the pattern appear after washing?" Hai Baichuan felt a little funny and couldn't help asking.

Lin Yi glared at Boss Hai with a funny look: "Washing inkstones is just the most basic method of identifying inkstones. You won't even know this?"

Hai Baichuan blushed a little, but he really forgot this. You should know that as the inkstone collection enters a hot period, there are also many tips for identifying inkstones, which can be summed up as the "Six Tips".

1. Look at the quality, craftsmanship, quality, inscription, decoration and new and old, and whether the inkstone has been repaired. If the inkstone has been repaired, the color of the place where it has been repaired will always be somewhat different from the original color of the inkstone.

2. Touch and get a square inkstone and use your hand to touch the mold. If it feels as smooth and tender as a child's skin, it means the stone is of good quality. If it feels rough to the touch, it means the stone is of poor quality.

3. Knock, use five fingers to hold the surface of the inkstone in the air, gently hit it, and use your fingers to play the inkstone to hear its sound. If it is a Duan inkstone, the sound of wood is the best. The sound of tiles is followed by the sound of gold, and these three different sounds reflect the tenderness and old texture of the Duan inkstone. When the knocking of the She inkstone is made of crisp "clang, clang" metal sound. If the sound of "plop, plop", it means that the She inkstone is mostly clay, or the stone has dark scars, which is the lowest.

4. When washing, the inkstone must be cleaned and then identified. Especially since the ink marks on the inkstone surface cover the natural beauty of the inkstone, it cannot distinguish the age of the pit of the inkstone. Therefore, the ink marks of the inkstone need to be washed off to see if there are any scars and repaired traces.

5. Weigh and weigh the weight of the inkstone with your hand. Stones of the same size are generally used to make the inkstone heavy and the particles are fine, and the cement is loose. The method of weighing is especially suitable for She inkstones.

6. Carving, the good or bad of an inkstone, the first thing to worry about is the quality of the stone. Those who are familiar with inkstones can just carve it gently on the inkstone and will immediately distinguish the inferiority of the inkstone.

At this time, Lin Yi used the "word washing technique", and he had to clean the inkstone before talking about it.

But immediately, Mike Lee, who had not spoken, said: "Lin Sheng, this is not suitable. The customer took the inkstone to let me identify it. It is best for us to keep it intact unless we can get the customer's consent."

Hai Baichuan didn't expect that Mike Lee would be so difficult and remained intact? How could he identify a thing?

"Mike, what do you mean? Could it be that just washing the inkstone will move the essence of the inkstone? This is too serious, right?" Hai Baichuan finally couldn't suppress his anger and glared at Mike Lee.

Mike Lee just smiled sinisterly and said, "President Hai calms down, I just talk about the matter. After all, I am the one who receives the customer, and I am responsible for the customer--the-customer-is-god (the customer is God), right?"

The sea and the rivers are speechless.

Since you don’t even allow cleaning, let alone carvings in the “Embroidery Tips”, how should you identify this inkstone? Can you only use it to see, touch, knock, and weigh it? That’s too difficult.

Just when Hai Baichuan and Uncle Chang felt that there was nothing they could do, Lin Yi suddenly smiled and said, "Since you can't clean it with water, then just make it simple. Take some ink strips, and I want to grind the ink to paint!"

What? I am still grinding ink and painting at this time, what kind of plane is it?!

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