After despising his father, who was once a top student majoring in ancient Chinese at Beijing University, he felt an inexplicable pride in his heart. My dad wasn't angry, after all, it was a thing that made him happy.

I continue to wander freely in the sea of these antiques, except for yesterday's enamelware, the shelves are basically all porcelain from the late Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China, and some are obviously products after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Suddenly, I was attracted to a plate with bumps on the edges, a gray and yellow plate, with many black lines, like cracks, and glued together. I looked at it and said secretly, "Golden wire." ”

My dad looked at me seriously and said, "This plate is famous?"

I nodded slightly, but did not speak, because there were no auditory hallucinations in my head. Not only since then, but since I have relied on this ability.

After waiting for a while, there was still no sound of expectation. I took out a pair of white gloves in my pocket, put them on, picked up the plate, and looked at it.

The voice of anticipation of "Ming Fangge kiln blue glazed chrysanthemum petal plate" finally sounded. Wait, Ming imitation, this is an imitation of the Ming Dynasty, not a Song Dynasty kiln?

My dad looked at me in surprise, very proud, and said, "What, I was scared by this Song Dynasty brother's kiln plate?"

I came to my senses, shook my head, still didn't speak, thinking about why it was a Ming Fang Brother kiln.

"Brother kiln" is one of the five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty and has a pivotal position in the history of ceramics. Since the Zhang's time, the kiln has been lost for a period of time. Lin Yu's "Dictionary" contains the theory of the pottery of the kiln, saying: When Akihito was in charge of the country, the pottery of the kiln was restored. According to this, the Ming Dynasty re-pottery is no different from the original brother kiln. However, the successors of the Yuan and Ming dynasties are not as good as the originals.

I said affirmatively: "Dad, this plate is not from the Song Dynasty." ”

My dad was surprised and said, "Impossible! This plate, I asked Uncle Fang to find an expert to see it, it is a brother kiln in the Song Dynasty, there is no problem." ”

I was not in a hurry, picked up the plate with both hands again, observed it carefully, and then found a table next to it and put it down, took out a high-powered magnifying glass to observe the subtleties, and found no "purple mouth". Proof found!

I said solemnly: "Dad, I am very sure that this is not a brother kiln in the Song Dynasty, but an imitation of later generations." ”

"Why? What's the problem?" My dad was puzzled, how could there be a mistake with an object that had been identified by an expert?

Uncle Li also interjected, "Little cow, this plate, your father specially instructed me, don't fall it, just put it in the most hidden place, it should be very precious, it won't be fake." ”

I said slowly, "What is imitated by later generations does not think it is fake. This plate should be called the Ming imitation brother kiln blue glaze chrysanthemum petal plate. ”

My dad wanted to ask again, but I waved him off and continued: "The porcelain of the Song Dynasty Ge kiln has distinctive characteristics of the times, and its carved shapes are mostly based on imitation bronzes, which are clumsy, simple and vigorous. The tire is firm and can be divided into ash, putty, black and ochre. Among them, the sound of the rough and loose ones is hoarse, and the tires are earthy yellow, as if they lack firepower. The enamel is thick like a pile of grease, the color has pink green, gray blue, putty, moon white, gray yellow, light beige and so on, the glaze has different angles of ice crack grains, the color of light yellow is like gold wire, the color of black is like iron wire, the two are intertwined with each other like weaving, so it is called gold wire iron wire. ”

My dad couldn't wait to say, "You're right, this plate has a delicate fetus, the opening piece of gold wire, the soles of the feet are unglazed, and the black fetal bones are exposed, and there is no problem." ”

Seeing that my dad was a little emotional, it seemed that this plate cost him a lot of money back then. "There is no purple mouth. I said these words.

"What?" Uncle Li didn't understand.

The bubbles contained in the glaze are dense, and under the magnifying glass, it is like "foaming and beads", and the greasy glaze is shiny and smooth. The mouth of the vessel is more sharp and narrow, so it is difficult to retain the thick glaze and reflect the black color of the fetal bone, this phenomenon is traditionally called purple mouth. ”

My dad listened and frowned.

I continued: "Except for the official kiln works of the Song Dynasty, there is no such special phenomenon in the works of the kilns of later generations and the porcelain of the imitation kilns of the Song Dynasty in the past dynasties. Therefore, the purple mouth is an important feature to identify whether it is a Song Dynasty kiln. I just looked at it carefully with a magnifying glass, and there is no such feature, so I guess that it is imitated by later generations. ”

My dad asked, "Then why is it a copy?"

I smiled and explained: ""A Brief Introduction to the Study of Celadon in the Ancient Huan Room" contains: Ming Dynasty porcelain Zhongxing, there is Longquan kiln in Liutian, and then moved to Lishui Baoding. Cunkeng kiln in Cunkeng Village, Anfu kiln in Anren, Zhukou kiln in Qingyuan, when orthodox, there are still Gu Shicheng, in Jianchuan Zizhen Township to build a kiln to make utensils, the color is bad and the quality is inferior. Yi Cheng also has: when the Ming Dynasty was orthodox, Gu Shicheng made it, it was not as far as the second chapter, and after the treatment, the quality was coarse and evil, and it was difficult to fill the elegant play. The old man also said: The so-called brother and Longquan in the factory village are probably like a lot. The following statement of the Yuan and Ming dynasties is really polite and testable. ”

My dad nodded and said with some approval: "Stinky boy, you have read a lot of ancient books at home." I can remember it so clearly. ”

For ancient porcelain, it seems that my dad is still more interested in rare books.

Uncle Li asked, "Then how much is this plate worth now?"

For the identification of this plate and the culture behind it, Uncle Li obviously doesn't have much interest, and is more concerned about the price of the plate. But it also asks about my weakness, my ability can help me appreciate treasures, but he can't help me set a price. I scratched my head and said: "The Ming and Qing dynasties have always attached great importance to the kiln, and the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty regarded the porcelain of the kiln as a treasure. The Ge kiln porcelain now collected in the Palace Museum and the National Palace Museum in Taipei are all old collections of the imperial court of the past dynasties, plus other heirlooms scattered at home and abroad, there are only about 300 pieces. The quantity circulating in the market is scarce, and the price is naturally expensive. However, how much money is concrete... I really don't know. Speaking of which, I was a little embarrassed, and talked for a long time, saying that the chain had fallen off at the key point.

Uncle Li was disdainful of it, maybe he thought I was afraid that he would plot against the plate and not mention the value.

"It's okay, I'll go back and ask the auction house Mr. Qian and ask him to help estimate the price. Yes, I'll go back to the testing agency and do the carbon 14 test, so that I can determine which dynasty it came from. My dad said.

I remembered the principle of the carbon 14 dating method, and hurriedly stopped: "Dad, don't be deceived!"

"What do you mean?" my dad was stunned again.

I continued, "This carbon-14 detection method uses carbon-14, which is widely present in nature, to measure the age of cultural relics, and can only identify cultural relics made of organic biological materials, while porcelain is inorganic and cannot be identified at all. ”

After hearing this, my father sighed and said, "The world is going down! If the testing institutions are all fraudulent, what is the use of those certificates?"