Chapter 185: Ferrari in Porcelain
Lu Chenglong shook his head and sighed helplessly, this is the status quo, no one can change it.
Antiques all depend on the level of eyesight, even if you spend 100 million, as long as you buy a fake, you think you are unlucky, the court can't save it.
Especially in Jingdezhen, the thousand-year-old porcelain capital, there are many fragments of various official kilns underground. With the Qing Dynasty Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong three generations of the most knowledge, someone specially dug porcelain from the ruins of the imperial kiln factory, and then sold at a high price.
In order to ensure that the porcelain in the palace is a fine product, all defective porcelain will be broken and thrown away after being baked. To this day, under the kiln site, there are still a large number of residual porcelain.
The site was discovered a few years ago under the Jingdezhen Municipal Government Building, and after the archaeological excavation, the government moved and the Imperial Kiln Factory was protected. At that time, some people deliberately rented storefronts around the Imperial Kiln Factory, opened their doors to do business during the day to hide people's eyes, and dug up underground remnants and porcelain pieces in tunnels at night.
Many collectors like to look at the bottom of the model, thinking that it is the key point of identification, in fact, the new porcelain is not a new invention, a little level will do.
The Forbidden City has also bought all kinds of high-tech for restoration, and the precision of the bottom is quite high, and a special instrument is at least one million.
Lao Qiao pointed to a picture and said: "If I make a pair of peony flower bowls based on the collection of the Forbidden City, and then put on the bottom paragraph, and then match the old box, and let people take it to auction, at least 1 million yuan!"
"If I want to say that the real official kiln is a high-quality imitation, in addition to the shape, painting, and craftsmanship must comply with the palace regulations, it must also meet several other auxiliary conditions. ”
"First, the soil must be taken from the old pit of the current dynasty, second, the pigment must come from the raw material production area of the year, and third, it is fired from a firewood kiln. ”
"The configuration of the tire soil and the production process are in place, and the weight of the finished product must be almost the same as the real thing, and some are even accurate to the gram. ”
"The size and curvature of the model are exactly the same as the original. As long as the same pigment at the mouth of the pit is used, and then fired in the firewood kiln, basically the surface of the utensils has accurate color and the glaze layer is moist. Several conditions are met, which is enough to surprise most appraisers. ”
After speaking, he said disdainfully: "What is the chief appraisal expert of the auction house? My Ming Chenghua peacock green glazed fish algae pattern plate was auctioned abroad, and it was sold for 8.8 million yuan, which was recognized by the porcelain connoisseurs of the internationally renowned auction house at that time. ”
"There is also this nine-peach pastel bottle, I have photographed two, but I didn't make much money. Because it took three years and more than 1 million ...... to develop."
"This Jiajing colorful fish algae pattern jar has been auctioned for more than 800,000 ......"
Su Yuan looked at Lao Qiao's triumphant guidance, and the albums of several major auction companies suddenly turned into trophies, and if one person is still like this, what about the others......
Lao Qiao had already treated Su Yuan as a fellow master, put away the album, and said: "These are all in the past tense, in my opinion, the most difficult thing is to imitate but there are two major challenges!"
"One is He Chaozong's Guanyin, and the other is Qianlong's heart-turning bottle!"
Su Yuan frowned, he didn't expect Lao Qiao to say this, Lu Chenglong nodded after listening, and continued: "According to legend, Qianlong went to Jingdezhen for a private visit to Weifu in a certain year, and he had no intention of saying to an old porcelain worker: It's a pity that there are no moving bottles here. ”
After listening to the meditation, the old porcelain worker was suddenly inspired by the marquee, and finally created a porcelain vase that can be turned - the hollow and turning heart bottle. ”
"A few years ago, a Qianlong enamel color heart bottle once created a sky-high price of 550 million, and it is still proud of the crowd and unbeatable. ”
Lu Chenglong sighed: "Although the value of cultural relics cannot be completely measured by money, it can also show the rarity and preciousness of the carousel bottle, 550 million, equivalent to four tons of pure gold!"
Old Joe stood up, took out a work from the safe, and carefully placed it on the table. I saw that the bottle mouth was skimmed outward, the neck was short and thick, the bottle shoulder was drooping, and there were elephant ears on both sides of the bottleneck, and the overall shape was calm and generous, graceful and luxurious.
The outer bottle is painted in enamel color, and the pattern is dominated by complex and delicate twig patterns, and the colors are bright and bright. There are four openwork windows on the abdomen, and the pattern is the floral scenery of the four seasons, using the technique of hollow carving, which is very exquisite.
Through the openwork window, you can see the inner bottle inside, which is a picture of a baby playing in pastel. A group of cute children, some riding horses, some holding umbrellas, some beating drums or carrying lanterns, the image is diverse.
When the inner bottle turns, the children on the screen seem to have life and move one after another.
Su Yuan's heart was shocked, he didn't expect to see a national treasure?
Old Qiao sighed, looked at the few repaired traces of the Turning Heart Bottle and said, "This Turning Heart Bottle was collected with great painstaking efforts, even if it is a remnant, it is a blessing for three lives." ”
"The 12 windows on the neck are written the names of the 10 heavenly stems in regular script, 10 in Jiazi and Seal script, and 12 earthly branches in Seal script are written on the shoulders. When the neck rotates, the two sets of lights on the neck and shoulders change to form a perpetual calendar. ”
Lao Qiao said with an obsessive face: "I think the heart turning bottle is definitely ingenious and ingenious!"
Su Yuan nodded, he couldn't complain that the other party said such things, you must know that the production process of the Turning Heart Bottle is very complicated. The inner bottle is an independent entity, and the outer bottle is divided into three parts: neck, abdomen and base, of which the abdomen is hollowed out to facilitate viewing of the picture of the inner bottle.
After the four parts need to be fired into shape, the inner bottle is first put into the outer bottle, combined with the base of the outer bottle, and then the upper edge of the inner bottle is glued to the neck of the outer bottle with a special adhesive.
In this way, the inner bottle can rotate freely with the outer bottle. When the neck of the outer bottle is turned, the image on the inner bottle comes alive when viewed from the outside.
First of all, the design size of the inner and outer bottles should be reasonable, the position of the inner bottle painting should be appropriate, and the shrinkage ratio of each part should also be controlled, and it is required that it cannot be deformed after firing.
If the proportional dimensions are slightly different, it will not be able to be assembled or rotated. Many aspects of design and production, even today, with the high development of technology, are still difficult to achieve, and it is difficult to imagine how craftsmen can accurately grasp the size and proportions when they rely entirely on manual manufacturing.
Su Yuan's eyes flashed with various scenes, and his fiery eyes activated, reading all the processes. The bottom of the outer bottle should be made into a chicken-heart-shaped button, and the bottom of the inner bottle should be made into a chicken-heart-shaped groove, and the button and the groove should be absolutely consistent.
In particular, it is necessary to consider the drying rate of the outer and inner bottles, as well as the shrinkage rate after firing. If you don't pay attention to it, the button and the groove don't match, even if you have more hard work in the front, it will be in vain. Therefore, the cost of making a rotary bottle is very large, and it is often one in a hundred.
Even if it is a top veteran pile to burn the kiln, I dare not say that it will be successful. But if there is a 1 percent error, the previous achievements will be wasted and a complete failure.
According to the records of the Qing Dynasty, the Zhuanxin bottle is very rare, only in the 8th, 11th, 12th, 18th and 22nd years of Qianlong, the Imperial Kiln Factory has fired several porcelain vases and porcelain bowls that can be rotated, which cost a lot of money, and was only for the emperor's enjoyment.
Even Qianlong, who was so happy, was reluctant to burn one more, which shows that the cost is huge, which can be called luxurious!