Drum nail wash is a type of pen wash. The jar is shaped like a drum, with drum nails on top and bottom, mostly with three legs. It is a characteristic stationery of the Song Dynasty and used by the royal family. It was first unearthed in Bagua Cave, Henan. ruins.
At a banquet, a new dancer performed for Huizong. Her dancing posture was graceful, her skirt was like waves, and she sang and danced beautifully. Huizong was immersed in the beautiful dance and was so excited that he played the drums himself to make peace. He drank wantonly and became drunk. In the end, the waiter had to take the drunken Huizong back to his bed and help him rest.
Unexpectedly, Huizong suddenly stood up in his dream and called his servants to prepare pens, inks, paper and inkstones. The servants hurriedly laid out the paper. Huizong picked up the pen and started writing. He paused every word as if he was stepping on a drum. Feelings flow like clouds and flowing water, and the masterpiece is completed in one go. After finishing writing, Huizong fell back on the bed and fell asleep, splashing ink as if he was just sleepwalking.
When Huizong sobered up, he found a piece of calligraphy spread on the table. The handwriting was eloquent and graceful, just like the graceful dance of the dancers the day before. Huizong loved it so much that he immediately asked the chamberlain who made the calligraphy. The chamberlain was confused and recounted the scene of Huizong being drunk and swiping his brush. Huizong was surprised and happy. He started writing again, but found that the words he wrote were not elegant at all and were still as ugly as before. He couldn't help but get furious. Throw away the pen.
Huizong thought about it day and night and couldn't figure it out. A few days later, he had a strange dream. In the dream, he took a large pen, dipped it in the pen washer, and started writing on a large drum surface. His handwriting was free and elegant, exactly the same as what he wrote in the last dream. When he woke up, Huizong recalled the dream again and again. He only remembered that the drum seemed to be broken into half, with three Ruyi as its base. It seemed that there was some magic power that could stimulate his calligraphy talent.
After the order was given to the official kiln, the craftsmen carefully designed it according to the order, and finally fired a half-drum-shaped brush washer. The base glaze is evenly thick in color and shiny, and it looks like water without adding water, which is a drum nail wash.
60,000 Taobao antiques
Legends can be fabricated, exaggerated, and may be distorted, but drum nail washers in the Song Dynasty are rare and rare, but they are absolutely true. The owner of the antique shop who knows the goods well knows the value of drum nail washing in the Song Dynasty, and he offered Luo Jun a purchase price of 60,000.
Luo Jun didn't know what drum nail washing was. The porcelain he exchanged for 4 yuan could be sold for 60,000 yuan. It was already a profitable business with no loss. He readily agreed and sold the treasure to an antique shop. Afterwards, Luo Jun made a special trip back to the home of a simple fellow who collected drums and nails and gave him 6,000 yuan as a token of his gratitude.
1.8 million fine cultural relics
The drum nail was found in an antique shop and sold by the boss for 300,000. Two years later, this drum nail washer appeared at a Hong Kong auction. The rarity of the drum nail washer and the legend of Huizong's dream book served as a gimmick. This drum nail washer was competed by many art lovers and collectors. , and finally sold for a high price of 1.8 million.
From an old ashtray dug out of a pit in Shanxi, to two boxes of cigarettes exchanged for 60,000 yuan of Taobao porcelain, to being taken out of the auction house for 1.8 million yuan, the fate of this drum nail washer has changed. Trouble and luck.
Those who met it were probably both regretful and fortunate. Unfortunately, they were not discerning enough and sold it for two boxes of cigarettes, 60,000, 300,000, and 1.8 million yuan. Thousands of fortunes were missed; fortunately, I got some legendary experiences from it that are worth remembering for a lifetime.