Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Most Expensive Cat Basin in History
"This is the old Li Tou's family next door, he is not at home all the year round, and the cats are dying of hunger. ”
"It's been almost half a year, and as soon as I smell the fragrance, the cat will come running. ”
"After eating and wiping, I don't stay long, just go back to sleep!"
He laughed and scolded: "This little beast is treating me as a restaurant." ”
Zheng Shaoqiu pursed his lips and smiled.
scolded fiercely, but he may not think so in his heart.
He knew that he was allowed to stay here alone, and in the face of this red brick and mud tile, his heart must be empty.
This kitten is also a companion, chatting for comfort.
Soon, the little orange cat's belly became round, and it lay lazily on the ground, combing the yellow hair on its back with its tongue.
"Meow ......"
"Meow ......"
It circled around the permit twice, and then didn't know that it had a small ball of string in its mouth, and it was having fun.
Neither of the two old men spoke, just squatted at the door and watched as if they were a psychopath.
After a while, the little orange cat, perhaps tired of playing, walked up to Xu Xu and tapped his trouser leg with his little paws.
"Huh. ”
Xu Xu looked up and smiled: "This is thirsty, and when you are full, you want to drink water." ”
"This beast is also human. ”
So saying, he turned and walked back into the house.
The orange cat sat in place, staring at it, its nimble tail curling back and forth, like a snake.
Zheng Shaoqiu wanted to touch it, but it was deftly dodged.
"Hey. ”
He immediately laughed angrily, this cat is still a little grumpy.
Xu Xu happened to see the scene in front of him, and said with a smile: "This cat, you only know me, and you can't change anyone." ”
As he spoke, he put a small pale cyan porcelain basin on the ground, and filled it with some water.
The kitten meowed, then jumped over, stuck out its little tongue and licked it.
Zheng Shaoqiu glanced at it with interest, his pupils suddenly shrank, and the whole person seemed to be petrified.
After a while, he withdrew his gaze and rubbed his face fiercely, crying and laughing in his heart.
What is this called......
Xu Xu didn't seem to notice his abnormality, holding his cheeks, staring at the little orange cat, and smirking.
A minute later, the little orange cat was full, and the black shadow flashed, and in a blink of an eye, he climbed up the wall and disappeared.
Zheng Shaoqiu casually took the cat basin in his hand and walked into the house: "Help me find a flashlight." ”
Xu Yan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't think much about it, he walked directly to the room, rummaged for a long time, and took out a dilapidated miner's lamp: "Is this okay?"
"As long as it can be bright. ”
Zheng Shaoqiu took it directly in his hand, turned the cat basin over, and the miner's lamp hit the bottom of the cat basin.
At the bottom there is a rectangular stamp with three lines of six characters written in gold.
Xu Xu leaned his head closer, looked at it for a long time, and didn't see a reason: "What is written on this, the words are so small." ”
The corners of Zheng Shaoqiu's mouth twitched: "The Qianlong year of the Qing Dynasty." ”
After speaking, he stroked his forehead weakly, feeling that if he changed his career in the future to collect rags, he might be able to make a fortune.
"Hiss......"
Xu Wei frowned slightly: "Old objects, really fake......"
"This pot was originally for planting flowers, and I took it when I looked good, five yuan. ”
The expression on Zheng Shaoqiu's face was very exciting.
After a long while, he let out a long breath, pointed to the stamp and said: "I see that this 'big' character is not, there is a small bump in the middle of it, this thing is just like the anti-counterfeiting mark, basically all the things in the Qianlong period can be seen without leaving ten." ”
Also, if you look at these six characters as a whole, the word "big" is centered but small, which is the most obvious feature of objects in the early Qianlong period. ”
Permission listened in the clouds, frowned, and was silent for a few seconds and asked, "So, I missed it again?"
"Not bad. ”
Zheng Shaoqiu nodded and said, "Your treatment is no different from Qianlong......"
Xu He smiled and waved his hand: "How can you compare with Lord Qianlong, you are ...... to say this"
Zheng Shaoqiu replied: "In history, it is thought that a famous person turned a precious pot into a 'cat food bowl', and he was Emperor Qianlong. ”
At that time, there was a Ru kiln narcissus basin hidden in the court, and Qianlong wrote a royal poem for this purpose. ”
"There is a sentence in it, 'It is a false rumor of a food vessel, but the scale is reciprocated'. ”
"This so-called 'eater' is the cat basin. ”
In order to make this cat food basin more exquisite, Qiankun also specially ordered someone to make a base with red sandalwood at the bottom of this narcissus basin, which is just high enough for cats to eat. ”
According to the archives of "Inventory of Jobs", Qianlong once ordered: 'Equip the cat food bowl with a rosewood seat, which is shorter, the feet are deeper, and the seat is pressed into a drawer. ’”
After many years, this so-called cat basin was collected into the Forbidden City in northern Thailand, which is the highest level of Ru kiln in history, and it is the only Ru kiln celadon narcissus basin without open lines. ”
"Unique. ”
After saying this, Zheng Shaoqiu felt a little dry mouth, so he hurriedly took a teapot and poured a few sips.
Xu listened to it with relish, and his mouth grinned to the root behind his ears: "I didn't expect our Qianlong Lord to have a time to slap his eyes." ”
As he spoke, he carefully picked up the cat basin and looked at it twice: "Don't say it, this color is really beautiful......"
Zheng Shaoqiu nodded approvingly, and said softly: "After the rain, the sky is clear and the clouds are broken, and this color will be the future." ”
Legend has it that Song Huizong once had a dream that after a heavy rain, there was a mysterious azure color in the sky in the distance, which was particularly fascinating.
When he woke up, he wrote this poem and gave it to the craftsmen to make the color.
For a while, I don't know how many craftsmen were stumped, and in the end, the craftsmen in Ruzhou were highly skilled and burned the azure color that satisfied Song Huizong.
The azure glaze has become a typical feature of Rumi porcelain.
Ru porcelain reached its peak with the love of Huizong of the Song Dynasty, but it also disappeared with the decline of the Song Dynasty.
In 1127, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty fell, and more than 3,000 people from Huizong, Qinzong and the royal family were captured by the Jin State.
At that time, the ruins of Ru kiln were used as a royal kiln, and the production of utensils for the royal family was a very special and secret thing, and the porcelain that was fired and not selected had to be smashed, destroyed, and buried.
And the Ru kiln itself is even more dense and nine incomplete, and there are very few finished vessels.
In addition, it was burned for the royal family for a total of 20 years, and Ru porcelain was already a treasure at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, and became more and more precious in the future.
All dynasties after the Northern Song Dynasty have tried to re-fire Ru porcelain, but none of them have been successful.
Although Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty died and the Song Dynasty perished over time, the brilliance of the Ru kiln has been praised by later generations, and various emperors also wanted to restore the glory of the Ru kiln.
Emperor Qianlong was obsessed with antiquity, especially ancient porcelain, especially Ru porcelain.