The water is crystal clear and only five or six meters deep. Zhang Nan dived to the wreck location area, and through the diving goggles, he saw that the original remaining cover plate on the second cargo hold of the wreck had been removed.

The loose seabed silt that had been silted up in the cabin was sucked away by the suction dredge pump, revealing a dense layer of cargo stacked diagonally on top of each other.

The exposed side is monochrome glazed porcelain, even if the color of the utensils in the sea water is not counted, Zhang Nan can still judge that nine times out of ten it should be Longquan kiln, cyan.

On the other side of the goods is Yuan blue and white porcelain, and the most diagonally stacked are plates and bowls.

It feels a little weird, but the water depth of five or six meters can still be adapted to itself, and the brain doesn't have to keep thinking about dealing with the damn water pressure.

This will pop up a thought in my head: "When we first shipped by sea, the plates and bowls, especially the large plates, were not placed flat or vertically, but were originally placed diagonally in the shelves or large cabinets.

If you stuff tea or silk into it, maybe this will be the best shockproof effect?"

Quite possibly.

I have learned to dive, but this technique is still a three-legged cat, and I can't control my actions as expected.

Vita Bruno found that the boss wanted to get close to the cargo hold, and with a light pull on the side, Zhang Nan was very comfortable to the mud position on the side of the cargo hold.

There are mostly plates, there are two stacks of large bowls, large jars and plum bottles, and there are several rows lying horizontally.

Large, all large in size.

In the seawater, instead of leaning over to observe, Zhang Nan felt that he was lying down.

Reaching out and touching the surface of one of the plates at the very edge, he wanted to look at the jars in front of him, but quickly dismissed the idea: nine times out of ten with this diving technique, he would turn himself into a mallet, and it would be fun to smash it on it.

The sea water is buoyant, but this sea fishing porcelain cleaning is estimated to be not much different from the archaeology on the road, and it has to be from the outside to the inside, so there is no hurry.

Zhang Nan stretched out his hand, pointed to a layer of plates in the corner, raised a finger again, and then came out of the water again.

Weta probably understood what the boss meant, which should mean to take it out again, but seeing the boss's actions, it still surfaced.

After getting into the transport boat, he said to Vita, who had taken off the breathing apparatus and was still soaked in the water: "Get it again, be careful not to break it, this is the most expensive and rarest kind of Clark porcelain, don't even litter the pieces." ”

Weta didn't speak, of course he was happy in his heart, this was the first time the boss said that these porcelains were precious.

You must know that the last time I came to inspect and salvage the wreck of the "Taixing", the boss didn't take the huge batch of Clark porcelain seriously at all: the boss has a lot of money, which can be said to be true, and the porcelain below is definitely not ordinary!

The boss has a big harvest, so these guys can drink some soup.

Without speaking, he nodded, bit on the respirator, and dived again.

Back at the yacht, it wasn't long before Weta and another diver surfaced with two oversized blue and white discs in a large net.

Big and heavy!

"Let the guys come up, and we'll talk about it in the afternoon. ”

Two large plates were carried onto the sun deck, rinsed directly with fresh water, and then found a big problem: the water tank could not fit at all, it was too big!

After waiting before, Zhang Nan had already used a tape measure to measure the rhombic plate that had come out of the water before, with a diameter of about 46.5 cm.

The width of the plastic water tank is 55 cm, and the two plates that will come out of the water are the same size, even the ornamentation is the same, and the diameter reaches an astonishing 58 cm!

Such a big plate can't fit in the plastic water tank!

"Inform the Big Shark immediately, if the lifeboat over there hasn't come yet, bring me two large water tanks at once, there should be one meter in diameter. ”

As soon as Mark next to him heard this, he immediately went to the cab to inform.

The two super plates are the same, and I think they were probably fired by the same batch of porcelain workers at the beginning: these are two green ground and white flower phoenixes wearing pattern diamond plates, five layers of decorative patterns, in the middle is a circle of Islamic style diamond geometric patterns, a circle of cloud patterns outside, and then four phoenixes surround.

The fourth layer is a flower pattern of entwined branches, the outermost layer resembles a deformed water ripple road, and the third and fourth circles are crossed by four phoenixes.

The layout is a little looser than the previous waterfowl lotus pond rhombic plate, but it still looks very plump and comfortable.

Boss Guan was also on the side, saw the ornamentation of the plate, and said: "It's really an official kiln, the phoenix has come out, I don't know which Arab prince's thing." ”

More than 700 years ago, the Mongol army had an astonishing attack and destructive power, killing a sea of corpses and blood in Eurasia, and the four khanates were also absolute hegemons in the Western Regions and Europe!

However, when the regime was established, it was impossible to rule for a long time by "killing" alone, and the limited population of the Mongols, coupled with the incredible size of the territory, the Yuan government, especially the four khanates, still retained a lot of local power in the ruling area, becoming one of the substructures of their rule.

Especially in the Arab region, there were many Arab princes who submitted to the Mongols, and they liked Chinese porcelain, especially Yuan blue and white.

Outside of the four khanates, it is impossible for other forces to have been fighting with the Mongols for dozens or hundreds of years, and there will be times when they do business with each other and sit down to be friends for a few years.

These people also liked the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty, and as a result, the Mongols gave the blue and white porcelain as a gift or reward to the Arab princes.

After that, the Arab princes who liked blue and white porcelain to explode would exchange a lot of money for the Yuan blue and white of China, and the porcelain on this ship may be customized by the Arab princes, or it may be customized by the four khanates.

Ruyi, Phoenix, in addition to the Mongol emperors of the Yuan Dynasty, the Great Khans of the four khanates, and even those Arab princes should also be able to use.

After listening to Guan Xingquan's words, Zhang Nan said: "It's an official kiln, you look at the craftsmanship on the surface of this plate, there are almost no brown eyes, and the quality is absolutely top!"

The production of Yuan blue and white should not have been large at the beginning, and it was not widely used in China, and I even suspect that only a few people could use it at the beginning, not only because of the consistent aesthetic tradition of the Han people.

Most of these upright Yuan blue and white flowers should be burned for the ruling class of the Yuan Dynasty, princes and nobles, at least they must be wealthy families. ”

Hearing this, Guan Xingquan said: "These supreme Yuan blue and white are commodities, you say that the powerful class in China can consume them, but there are not many dug up, if your point of view is written in any archaeological magazine, it is estimated that many people will chirp." ”

"It's crooked, it's crooked, I'm going to let Chen Jianghua write..."Speaking of this, Zhang Nan paused and said with a smile: "I guess he can write without us talking."

Now few people in China know that there are a lot of Yuan Qinghua hidden in museums in Iran and Turkey, and this time as soon as the boat comes out of the water, he and Director Nong will definitely think about getting an academic report out. ”

"You're not against it?"

Zhang Nan tilted his neck, "Why do you object?"

This is already on the high seas, and the Indonesian monkeys don't have to chirp. Anyway, there are very few Yuan Qinghua in China, and some of the most positive complete vessels are basically dug up in the tombs of the early Ming Dynasty and lie in the museum as treasures.

Most of the foreign ones are also in museums, and there are only a few that can be turned out of the corners and hyped up.

If you want to fry it, you can fry it, you also saw it just now, there are at least hundreds of blue and white ware below, and those that are not even broken are exposed.

I've got more of this ship than all the other discoveries in the world so far combined.

Stir it up casually, and in the end, I am the most powerful, that is, if there are too many under the sea, I can't let Chen Jianghua report it all, and it will be almost like a blank return. ”

Originally, there were less than 400 cases in the world at most, and it doesn't matter if you add 70 or 80 more. However, Guan Xingquan also knew that Zhang Nan was talking about it, and it was possible to send a piece of Yongcheng Exhibition Hall and Huiji Museum as one of the so-called treasures of the town hall.

Sell?

With his Pixiu character, don't think about it.

......

Although there are few "Zhizheng Yuan blue and white" vessels unearthed in China, through a small number of whole vessels and some fragments, it can still be judged that Jingdezhen in the Yuan Dynasty also produced Zhizheng Yuan blue and white for China in China.

There are not many Chinese experts who now know that there are a large number of "Zhizheng-type" Yuan blue and white ware in museums in Iran and Turkey, but it is not none.

At present, through comparative research, Chinese experts have found that there are many similarities between the Zhizheng type Yuan blue and white unearthed and handed down in China and the Yuan blue and white exported for export, and there are also many differences.

The domestic Yuan blue and white in China also uses imported cobalt materials, which are different from the Yuan Dynasty exported to Southeast Asia and Ming ware, and the small pieces of Yuan blue and white that use domestic materials.

However, it uses imported green materials like the Yuan blue and white exported to Turkey, Iran and other places, and there may be many similarities in decoration.

It's the same place.

As for the differences, the size of the domestic Yuan blue and white utility is very different from the size of the similar utensils exported to Iran and Turkey!

The size of Yuan blue and white porcelain exported to the Middle East and the Near East is generally very large, and there are almost no small pieces!

The diameter of the plate is generally more than 40 cm, and the diameter of the bowl can reach about 30 cm, which is a real big bowl.

For similar utensils found in China, the diameter of the plate is generally within 20 cm, and the bowl is generally between 15-17 cm.

Zhang Nan talked about the difference here, and when Guan Xingquan heard it, he seemed to have caught a trace of inspiration, but he was a little unable to break it.

Arab princes like large-sized utensils, and the size found in China is similar to today's daily utensils, what is the reason for this?

Guan Boss is a smart person, and he immediately reacted that this is not a "historical problem" at all, but a "folk customs problem".

After thinking about it, he said to Zhang Nan: "It's the size of the copper plate we bought in the Kashgar Grand Bazaar." ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Nan glanced at Guan Xingquan and understood why he already knew why the size of similar artifacts found in China was much smaller than those found in the Middle East and Near East.

But he didn't speak: In the past two years, Boss Guan, who was originally cold and hard, sometimes makes a joke or something, which will mean "you are so smart", this guy can be proud in his heart, right?

didn't let him get sucked, Boss Guan still looked cold and hard, which was more pleasing to the eye.

Why is the size of the Yuan blue and white in the Arab world large?

Problems with eating habits.

Plates, bowls, these are all cutlery, even if they are Yuan Qinghua, when they were born, they were still cutlery.

Let's take an interesting example: when Chinese people eat, even if they are at the Eight Immortals table, how many large plates of 45 to 60 cm can be placed on it?

Then everyone holds a super old sea bowl with a diameter of 30 cm, and pulls it into their mouths with chopsticks?

This picture ......

The picture is so beautiful that it's awkward to think about!

But if you change to the Arab world in the Near and Middle East, this is normal: at the banquet of the princes, on top of the woolen blankets are several huge blue and white plates with roasted mutton, huge dough cakes, and fruit......

The princes and nobles sat around the wool mats, cutting directly with their hands and knives, enjoying delicious food, and talking...

Different habits have different utensils, and the size is large, which is suitable for the eating habits of the world, and it is not appropriate to be smaller.

......

Finally, the divers who surfaced on the yacht brought something up, but unfortunately, it was a large plate that had been broken into five petals, and the pattern was still a phoenix wearing a pattern, but the ornament was slightly different.

Guan Xingquan looked at it as a pity, but if there was no way, there was no way: the fracture might be broken for hundreds of years, and it was impossible for the porcelain on the sunken ship to remain intact.

The sea here is shallow, the tides may have an impact, but fortunately there is no strong current to pass through, otherwise more than 600 years have passed, a boatload of porcelain may be all broken porcelain!

Zhang Nan is the most open to this, "The old family digs tombs, except for the slate tombs, those brick tombs will collapse after a long time, and it is normal for the porcelain in them to not survive, so it is a pity." ”

Some of them are not a problem of collapse, even if some brick tombs are structurally balanced, the mud in the tomb is filled with bricks and the bricks have not collapsed, and the porcelain inside will be crushed.

There is no reason, like many ancient tombs of the two Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties that Zhang Nan has encountered, they have been squeezed crooked by nature and time!

There is almost no earthquake in the Jiangnan area, how is this tomb crooked?

The mountain topography is related, and perhaps the soil density is also related, and the rate of internal soil loss caused by rainwater infiltration is different, and everything is possible.

The burial chamber is crooked, and the porcelain inside, which has been well surrounded and protected by the earth, will also be crushed under the stress generated by the accumulation of time.

Hailao porcelain, the degree of integrity can already be regarded as good.

After eating, the divers will consciously rest for a period of time before going into the water after eating, which is probably the same as "no strenuous activity for half an hour after eating".

Zhang Nan does not urge, safety first, even if the water depth is only five or six meters, the pressure below will be more than half greater than the sea level, which is not good for digestion.

Just wait.

When Weta and the others prepared again, the motorized lifeboat that the "Big Shark" had eliminated arrived.

The boat has already floated above the wreck: in the afternoon, there is no need to carry a net bag out of the water, and a large hollow net rope basket will be used, which saves physical strength and speeds up.

Chen Jianghua was wearing a big straw hat, and as soon as he got on the yacht, he said, "Mr. Zhang, where are the things?"

"Restaurant. ”

After Zhang Nan finished speaking, he glanced at the lifeboat, where the sailor was moving two huge thick plastic water tanks to the sun deck.

This Chen Jianghua was also anxious enough, almost at the speed of a trot, he boarded the main overtime, and when Zhang Nan arrived at the restaurant, he saw him squatting on the ground, looking at the four large plates.

A bit unexpected by Zhang Nan: Chen Jianghua did not hold the intact plate to look at it, but held a large piece of plate fragments to study.