Chapter 95: The Mystery of Lettering
This garlic bottle is actually a common shape in Jun kiln, Luo Yuze said "rare", just because there is an extra "lizard" coiled around the shoulder of the garlic bottle.
After Wu Duo stepped forward to see it clearly, of course it was not a lizard, but a cockroach.
The cockroach is a dragon genus, hornless, snake-like, and generally quite like a lizard, especially this is a porcelain sculpture, which is relatively less specific. But the difference is not difficult to find, just look at the head.
The enamel is thick, the luster is old-fashioned, it is indeed a Jun kiln, and it is certainly not a modern high imitation.
The biggest feature of Jun kiln is the glaze.
It is an opalescent glaze, unlike other transparent glazes, which tend to be thicker. Because its fetus is not large, it needs glaze to make up for it.
Because the glaze is thick, it is not easy to form an open piece, and the glaze will appear the so-called "earthworm mud pattern", which is relatively thick, not straight, like the traces of earthworms crawling in the mud. Not as delicate as the opening.
The earthworm mud pattern is only on Song Jun, and it is basically not seen on Jin Yuan's Jun kiln.
This feature, in the Republic of China, was definitely the golden rule of identification. Because before the Republic of China, no imitation could imitate Song Jun's earthworm mud pattern.
But not now, I'll get it for you.
There is another characteristic of the glaze of Jun kiln, that is, the kiln changes color.
One color into the kiln, ten thousand colors out of the kiln. It is an exaggeration to say "ten thousand colors", but there are still a few colors.
For example, on this Junyao garlic bottle, there are three colors: sky blue, moon white, and purple red.
However, the Jun kiln garlic bottle put out by Lu Yuanfang is always old, but to what extent it is old, it needs to be further identified.
Don't talk about the far, don't talk about the near, just the Song, Jin, Yuan and Yuan dynasties, the Jun kiln system has been continuing production.
Moreover, among the Song Jun kilns, there are also official kilns and private kilns.
The Ru kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty only existed for more than ten years, and the specific reasons for stopping the burning were different, but in short, it was gone; then, in the Northern Song Dynasty, the main force that succeeded the Ru kiln was the Jun kiln.
After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty and the control of the northern region by the Jin Dynasty, the official kiln Jun kiln was gone. The official kiln of the Southern Song Dynasty, it is called the official kiln, the official kiln in "Ruguan Brother Junding".
Wu Duo didn't rush to "get started" this time, he tested his eyesight.
First of all, this garlic bottle is definitely not Song Jun, because his knowledge reserve has: Song Jun's purple, permeating the whole body. And the purple red on the glaze of this piece is patchy. Moreover, there are no earthworms walking mud lines.
At this time, Chen Yongjun used his usual "magic power" again and listened to the voice.
Because everyone was communicating, Chen Yongjun didn't hide it, and after hearing it, he said, "The voice is not hoarse, there are no brown eyes on the glaze, and the luster is not bad, it is definitely not Yuan Jun." ”
Hu Yunde, who was on the side, nodded, "It's not an imitation of the Ming Dynasty, and the characteristics obviously don't match ······."
Wu Duo listened to it and learned it again.
From such a comprehensive point of view, this pan cockroach garlic bottle should be the Jun kiln of the Jin Dynasty. The Jin Dynasty in the north and the Southern Song Dynasty in the south, and after the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty continued the firing of Jun kilns, and the level was not significantly reduced.
At the same time, the glaze of the Jin Dynasty Jun kiln is relatively thin, so it is brighter than Song Jun, the glass luster is strong, and there will be no earthworm mud lines.
As soon as Wu Duo gave sex in his heart, he heard Director Liu speak, "Look at this snot glaze, it's from the Jin Dynasty!"
The snot glaze is indeed a typical feature of the Jun kiln of the Jin Dynasty, because the overall glaze is thin, so it is easier to hang the glaze, and the glaze that hangs down is still very thick at the junction of the tire glaze, and it is not neat, like the runny nose.
Wu Duoxin said, yes, this thing can be regarded as an appraisal class.
The Jin Dynasty Jun kiln was almost decided by everyone, but Lu Yuanfang himself picked up the garlic bottle at this time, put the soles of his feet up, and held it steadily, "Everyone, the question is, how can there be a "nine" character engraved on the bottom of a Jin Dynasty Jun kiln?"
Indeed, the bottom of this garlic bottle is engraved, and it is easy to recognize it as a "nine".
If you want to say that the Northern Song Dynasty Guanjun, the bottom lettering is very normal, and many Northern Song Dynasty Guanjun porcelain have appeared, and not only nine, but also one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and ninety.
It is also an important identification feature.
As for the reason, there are many theories and controversies, but there has been no conclusive conclusion.
Some people say that from one to ten, it represents the size and size of the same type of instrument, the largest engraved one, and the smallest engraved ten, but it was later found that the number at the back was larger than the number at the front.
Some people also say that the singular number of one, three, five, seven and nine represents the red system, and the even number of two, four, six and eighty represents the blue system (moon white is light blue, which also belongs). But this claim was later refuted.
In fact, this also reflects the charm of antiques, people who don't like to study and research, can't play ancient. Exploring and playing with the ancient is one of the funs.
Although there is no specific conclusion, it is certain that this is a special mark of the Northern Song Dynasty Guanjun, at least it can prove that it is a special official kiln product.
The official year name of the official kiln porcelain has been signed since Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. But before, many porcelains were also styled, and many of them were "quasi-official kilns".
For example, the word "Ying" is engraved at the bottom of the Xing kiln in the Tang Dynasty, which represents the "Great Ying Library", the place where the royal tribute is stored, and the word "official" in the Ding kiln of the Song Dynasty and the "Shufu" section of the egg white glazed porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty.
This Northern Song Dynasty Guanjun's "one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ninety" is also a formality.
"As far as I know, at the bottom of the Jin Dynasty Jun kiln, there is indeed no physical object engraved with numbers. Zhang Chengjin took a mouth after Lu Yuanfang finished speaking, "However, this pan beetle garlic bottle, in addition to the lettering, all the features are in line with the Jin Dynasty Jun kiln." ”
After Elder Zhang finished speaking, someone else joked with Lu Yuanfang, "Boss Lu, did you see the word 'nine' and still have the idea of Guan Jun?"
The value of Jun kiln porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty cannot be compared with that of the Song Dynasty Guanjun. The so-called "Ruguan Brother Junding", only the Song Dynasty is the most precious, and the kilns of later dynasties continue to be produced, not among the five famous kilns in the narrow sense.
Lu Yuanfang laughed at himself: "Well, who hasn't been a little delusional, isn't he?"
Quite a few people burst into laughter.
Ning Yuanqi said after smiling, "The Jun kiln was very popular in the late Qing Dynasty, and there were also many high-quality imitations. But at that time, it was not possible to imitate Song Jun's earthworm walking mud pattern. Is it possible that someone wanted to imitate Song Jun at that time, but it was not well controlled, and it imitated the effect of the Jun kiln of the Jin Dynasty? But before entering the kiln, the words had been engraved, so there was such a dislike of the two. ”
Indeed, in the late Qing Dynasty and even to the Republic of China, there was a warm state of vigorous admiration for Jun kiln.
The so-called "family wealth is not as good as a piece of Jun porcelain" was a popular saying at that time; before that, it was only said that "family wealth is not as good as a piece of Ru porcelain".
After Ning Yuanqi finished speaking, Wu Duo groaned slightly, and after Lu Yuanfang put the garlic bottle back on the round table, he was the first to pick it up.