A set of four pottery pillows were laid out. Plum orchid bamboo chrysanthemum, spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The pillow is an orchid with the word "spring", the pillow is a bamboo pattern with the word "summer", the pillow is a chrysanthemum with the word "autumn", and the pillow is a plum with the word "winter".

Four pottery pillows, the general size, the surrounding decoration is the same, but the pillow surface is different.

Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, also known as the Four Gentlemen, was also used to refer to the four seasons in ancient times. Of course, bamboo is not as common as lotus in summer.

Four pillows in all seasons, the meaning is good, this is to sleep well all year round, and with elegance. The four kinds of plants, which entered the Chinese painting and utensils decoration in the name of a gentleman, began in the Song Dynasty.

At this time, Chen Danyang couldn't hold back and asked directly, "It's not Tang Sancai, what is it?"

Sun Zhongyuan looked at the stall owner, the stall owner was indeed knowledgeable, "This is Song Sancai, Song Dynasty porcelain has begun to become popular, and there are not many pottery." ”

It is true that porcelain has many advantages over pottery, but pottery is not without it all at once. Take Sancai pottery as an example, there are many people who know Tang Sancai, but Song Sancai, Liao Sancai, and Jin Sancai all exist, and the Ming Dynasty is not without Ming Sancai. It's just that it's getting less and less, and it's just getting less and less famous.

In terms of artistic structure, pottery actually has another advantage over porcelain, that is, it is plastic, so there are more styles in pottery. A lot of pottery is unglazed. At the same time, even if the pottery is glazed, it is a low-temperature glaze, which often has to be fired twice.

"Song Sancai is definitely not as good as Tang Sancai?" Since Chen Danyang asked, he simply went straight.

"It can't be simply said which is better. Tang Sancai's utensils are more atmospheric and luxurious than Song Sancai, but Song Sancai's color glaze is richer, such as this bright red, Tang Sancai does not. Moreover, Tang Sancai is a dead vessel, and Song Sancai is not only a funeral object, but also a lot of living utensils. Sun Zhongyuan explained.

The stall owner gave a thumbs up, "This gentleman, you are really an expert." Moreover, Song Sancai is rare in other provinces, but we have a lot in Sichuan Province!"

He didn't talk nonsense about this, Song Sancai was mainly from Sichuan Province.

During the Song and Song dynasties, there were many wars in the Central Plains, but Sichuan Province was located in the southwest basin, which was relatively stable and relatively wealthy. Song Sancai in Sichuan Province is a direct inheritance of Tang Sancai and a continuation of the good material foundation.

The reason why Tang Sancai is magnificent, in addition to the style of the Tang Dynasty, there is also a very important point, that is, it is mainly for the funeral goods of the nobles. However, Song Sancai has gradually become popular, and ordinary people also use it to accompany the funeral, which is relatively large.

At the same time, due to the intensification and development of artistry, some began to be used as living utensils. Throughout the two Song dynasties, the Song Sancai in Sichuan Province experienced a great development. However, at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the quality also began to decline, and finally disappeared in the Yuan Dynasty.

Sun Zhongyuan looked at it and said it roughly. This set of four pottery pillows is still relatively well preserved, and the craftsmanship is excellent, which is really good.

"How much does this set cost?" Sun Zhongyuan began to ask the price.

"The goods are sold to the scholar, it is rare to meet such a knowledgeable person as you, I will sell it to you cheaply!" The stall owner said, "When I received it, it cost a total of six thousand, and I only added two thousand yuan, which is also an auspicious number, and sold it to you for eight thousand!"

Sun Zhongyuan listened, no matter whether the stall owner lied or not, such a thing is just one piece, and it is not easy to receive it for about two thousand, let alone a set, and the price has to be added. Eight thousand sets is indeed not expensive.

And if this is the case, it means that the stall owner is arrogant enough. A line of antiques, 6,000 receipts, 8,000 sales, to say that it is exaggerated, a little bit of money. This is a little bit of profit, and there may be a lot of other businesses, but in the antique industry, few people are willing to sell.

In that case, let's buy it.

The thing is a bit heavy, Sun Zhongyuan left the stall owner's phone, saying that he would come back and get it after shopping, originally he wanted to give the stall owner a deposit, but the stall owner waved his hand and said no, he didn't force it anymore.

The area of the Xianqiao antique market is not small, and there are many stalls, and some of them have been withdrawn in the afternoon, but Sun Zhongyuan and Chen Danyang still walked for a long time and did not finish. Of course, Chen Danyang's slow reading is also a reason.

Basically, I walked for a while, and I never met anything agreeable. This is the way to go to the market, not that there are no good things, some things are genuine, but they may not like it, and the price may not be appropriate.

Turning a corner, the two of them were going to go back and get the set of four pottery pillows and leave, because it was not too early, and as for the store, they didn't plan to go shopping.

But on the stall around the corner, Sun Zhongyuan found a blue and white pen holder.

The craftsmanship of this tube is not bad, and the main picture is an ancient pine figure, which is lined with distant mountains behind it. Under the pine tree is an adult and a child in a conversation, a bit of "Panasonic asked the boy, the teacher went to collect medicine, only in this mountain, the clouds do not know where".

The blue and white hair color is a domestic ordinary green material, but it is also bright, and the painting is not weak, quite charming.

Sun Zhongyuan squatted down and picked up the pen holder. As a result, the bottom paragraph is actually a Lishu! three words, it should be a hall number: Xianyun Zhai.

This is obviously not an official kiln, although the official kiln also has a hall number, but it is well documented, but Sun Zhongyuan has never heard of "Xianyunzhai". Moreover, the official kiln hall number will not be too interesting.

At the same time, this thing is not new, at least it is also from the Qing Dynasty.

The porcelain is signed, Sun Zhongyuan has never seen the Lishu paragraph, and he has never even heard of it.

From the beginning of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, porcelain began to have a bottom paragraph, until the end of the Qing Dynasty, there are basically only two types of calligraphy, that is, small seal and regular script.

This is not accidental.

The bottom paragraph is written with a pen. The small seal is the most, the thickness of the strokes is the same, and it is easy to write; and then look at the regular script on the bottom paragraph, many of the original thickness is different, or the place of the tone and frustration has also been forced to simplify.

An important reason is that writing calligraphy on porcelain is too different from writing on rice paper, and the difficulty is not known how many times greater. Aesthetics and success rate are guaranteed.

If you use the official book, it will be more difficult to master. At the same time, it is not just written and finished, but also has to be fired in the kiln again. After burning out, the Lishu font is more likely to be defective and deformed, which is too ugly.

Therefore, the lyrics of "Han Li imitates the elegance of the previous dynasty in the bottom of the bottle" can only be written by a layman. Moreover, blue and white porcelain is blue, not azure.

The most terrible thing is that the porcelain in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty began to fall to the bottom, and the Yongxuan blue and white flowers are considered to be at their peak, if this is "imitating the previous dynasty", it is the Yuan Dynasty, slaughtering and ruling the Han people, where does this come from?

However, the three words "Xianyunzhai" on this blue and white pen holder are still relatively elegant, and there is no defect after firing.

The porcelain is rare at the bottom of the book, and it is relatively complete, which really aroused Sun Zhongyuan's interest.