Chapter 830: The Story of Eight Old Bowls
Yaozhou kiln began in the Tang Dynasty, Yaozhou porcelain are: dragon and phoenix inverted pot, fair cup, conscience pot also known as two-heart pot Fengming pot, backflow pot also known as inverted pot. Each piece has its legends.
Yaozhou porcelain craft gifts, unique Chinese characteristics, set practical collection ornamental in one, is the best choice for government gifts, business gifts, foreign affairs gifts, although the end of the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed, but now it has begun to develop again.
At that time, black, white and celadon were burned, and celadon was greatly developed in the Song Dynasty, and the end of the Northern Song Dynasty was the heyday. Its kiln site is located in Huangbao Town, Tongzhou City, Shaanzhou Province, formerly known as Tongguan, which belonged to Yaozhou in the Song Dynasty, so it is called "Yaozhou Kiln", including Chenlu Town, Lidi Town, Shangdian Town and Yuhua Palace and other kilns. It is one of the main production areas of folk celadon in the north of the Song Dynasty.
In the late Song Dynasty, Yaozhou kiln was dominated by celadon, with thin and firm tires, smooth and uniform glaze, green and quiet color, translucent, and very elegant. Decorated with carved flowers and prints, the structure is rigorous and plump, and the lines are free and smooth. The ornamentation is full of cloth inside and outside, there are many kinds, there are peonies, chrysanthemums, lotus, fish, ducks, dragons and phoenixes, etc., the style is rough and healthy, vivid and natural.
There are bowls, plates, bottles, jars, pots, incense burners, incense smokers, trays, bowls, bowls, etc.
"By the way, these eight old bowls should be something in the Shenzong period, it is estimated that it is about 1080 years ago, nearly a thousand years ago, it can be preserved so completely, and it is also handed down by the people, not dug out of the tomb, this is really rare! It is estimated that there are only about 1,000 of them, and many people don't know how to protect them now. I may regret it after a few years, but I think this thing is a cultural inheritance. Coupled with its own excellent craftsmanship, sooner or later it will become a sought-after commodity, if you buy it, I can sell it to you cheaply, but don't break it, this thing may not be too valuable now, but it may not be in the future. Zhang Tianyuan analyzed.
Zhang Tianyuan is not hiding his treasure now, because he has participated in TV shows, and this fame will be played out sooner or later. You have to look like an expert, but if you keep it secret, it looks like something.
"Chairman, you are really amazing, just take a look, and you know that this is something from the Shenzong period, I only knew it after listening to that person's story. "The shopkeeper didn't pat himself this time, but sincerely felt that Zhang Tianyuan was too powerful, and he was a little suspicious that the chairman had no real skills. Now that he doubts, he doesn't dare to doubt it.
"The man?"
"Oh, that's the guy who sold us these eight big bowls. The shopkeeper replied.
"How much did you buy it?" asked Zhang Tianyuan.
"Is this appropriate?" the shopkeeper hesitated, the buyer was still here. It doesn't seem appropriate to say the purchase price.
"It doesn't matter, the teacher is not an outsider. Just tell me how much you charged. Zhang Tianyuan encouraged.
"Each bowl is a thousand pieces, a total of eight thousand pieces. The man seemed to be in a hurry to use the money, so he sold it without much discussion. But looking at him like that, he really doesn't want to sell it, and there is a story about these eight big old bowls. The shopkeeper replied.
"A thousand yuan, well, the price is about the same, we didn't suffer, and the man didn't suffer either. Zhang Tianyuan nodded and said, "Did that person tell me the origin of these eight big old bowls?" β
The shopkeeper nodded, and said excitedly, there is no harm in showing XiΓ n in front of the chairman, and there will be no harm in the future.
"They have a few rice bowls left by their great-grandfather, and it is not clear who they passed down earlier. After his grandparents passed away, his father went back to his hometown to finish the funeral, and everything that could be divided in the old house was divided, and everything that could be taken was taken away by relatives, and finally a few remaining food bowls were brought to the imperial capital by his father, by the way, their hometown was in Shaanzhou, and his grandfather also passed away in Shaanzhou. β
"The bowl is a blue and white porcelain bowl, and the patterns and colors are very old. The chaotic years were not over, and although his father had left the 'cowshed' but his work had not yet resumed, his mother still had to lead her younger siblings to the nursery under the scorching sun to pull weeds and earn some money to make ends meet. The family hadn't bought a bowl for a few years, and if more people were to eat, the bowl wouldn't be enough. β
At that time, in order to prevent him from breaking the bowl, his father also made a bamboo bowl for him, and his father brought back the bowl, and the whole family finally had a color eating bowl. His mother cherished these bowls very much, and every time his sister washed the dishes, she had to say, 'Be careful, don't beat them.' But no matter how careful he was, a few of them were broken over the years, and one was missing, and his mother used to feed the chicks. β
In 1983, the family came to the imperial capital, added new furniture, and he built a few old bowls to retire, but his father was reluctant to throw them away, and the old bowls moved into a new house. During the New Year's holidays, my brothers and sisters came back, and the old bowl was used again. β
"He thought that the old bowl was too big to use, and it was so embarrassing to use it, and there was no use for it upstairs and downstairs, so he urged his father that it was really good to throw it away, but his father said to him mysteriously: 'You don't know, your grandfather used this bowl to eat until he was 86 years old, and your grandmother used this bowl to eat until he was 84 years old, maybe we can use it to prolong our lives!' Of course, this is just a joke, but this old bowl has never been retired, and it is also rare, the old thing from nearly a thousand years ago has not been broken until now. β
"The old bowl is his father's family heirloom. Last Sunday, my father suddenly lifted the bowl and asked how many were left. He opened the door and counted, and there were eight left. β
"'That's all there is left!' His father said with pity. At that time, he also jokingly said: "These eight bowls should be the products of the Shenzong period, and now some people who collect stamps, ancient coins, and trademarks have made a fortune, maybe these bowls are worth a lot if they are left!"
"Six old bowls, become their antiques, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, his father is seriously ill, need money, can make up a little bit, so simply sell the eight old bowls here, look at him like that, or reluctant. β
"When he was leaving, he kept saying, 'Dad will definitely blame me.'" β
"Alas, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read. Li Mingguang sighed. It seems that there have been unbearable pasts.
Just like that Zhang Rusheng, when his fate was not going well. Even if you don't want to, you can only sell what you like. Now if you want to redeem it, it will cost you a lot of money.
"Brother, this is something from nearly a thousand years ago, why is it worth so much money, is there something wrong?"
Nie Zhen heard Zhang Tianyuan and the shopkeeper talking next to him, and he was a little puzzled in his heart, it stands to reason that the more historical this thing is, the more valuable it should be. According to the ordinary person's thinking, antiques should be like this.
Zhang Tianyuan shook his head and said: "In fact, strictly speaking, these eight big old bowls should definitely be regarded as cultural relics, barely antiques or antiques, this is a difference." β
"'Cultural relics' refer to things left over from history that are valuable for the study of social politics, economy, and culture, and are valuable historical and cultural heritage of mankind, such as architecture, inscriptions, and various works of art. In this sense, it inherits the culture of Yaozhou porcelain and the old bowl of the old bowl culture. It may be a cultural relic. β
"Before the Qing Dynasty, people called the precious antiquities 'Gu Dong', the so-called 'bone', which means that the flesh is rotten and the bones are preserved. It means preserving the essence of the past. Later, it gradually became an antique and an antique. In fact, 'antique', 'Gu Dong' and 'antique' mean the same thing, but due to the changes of the times, people call them differently. β
"From the comparison of artifacts and antiques or antiques. Artifacts are larger in time than antiques or curios, because artifacts can be ancient. It can also be modern or contemporary, as long as it is an excellent cultural product, it can be included in the category of cultural relics. Not so with antiques and curios. Modern and contemporary things cannot be called antiques and curios. β
"Because many cultural relics have a high art appreciation value, collectors also refer to them as collecting artworks. An ancient work of art is a cultural relic for the cultural relics department because it has cultural protection value, an antique for investors because it has value-added value, and an antique art for collectors because it has art appreciation value. β
"To put it simply, these eight big bowls must be cultural relics, and they are barely antiques, after all, it also has a certain collection value, but the collection value is not very high, so if it is handed over to the government, its value may be higher, and it may appreciate in the future, but it is certainly not worth a few dollars at this stage. β
"What you said is too complicated, but I can hear it, that is to say, things with a long history, maybe the state will attach great importance to them, but the common people may not like to collect them, right?"
"That's right, that's the reason, there are often things in the history museum, if they are privately collected, they are not worth anything at all, but when they are placed there, they are the utensils that carry history. Zhang Tianyuan nodded and said.
At this time, there was applause in the antique shop, including Professor Li Mingguang, Qin Feixue, and Xu Xu all applauded vigorously, they probably thought that Zhang Tianyuan was such a young person, but when it came to these things, it was a set of things, which was really amazing.
Meng Meng and Gao Qianqian's eyes flashed with excitement and cremated, excellent men are always easy to attract women, but this may not be like, it may also be respect, it is worship, so Zhang Tianyuan doesn't particularly care about this matter, after the broadcast of "Run, Treasure Connoisseur", he will definitely have more fans, especially female fans, is it said that he is not afraid?
There's no need for that.
"Xiao Zhang, I've been listening to those old friends talk about your ability to appreciate treasures, and they all give you a thumbs up, why did you choose a graduate student in geology? According to what I said, you should choose archaeology or simply study cultural relics identification. Li Mingguang said with emotion.
"Teacher, I studied archaeology during college, as for the identification of cultural relics, I still don't want to study it, because I think that those experts in TongguΓ² will learn no less than the school ones, and there is a reason for studying geology, whether it is archaeology or gambling stones, it is inseparable from geology. Zhang Tianyuan explained.
"You have such an idea, it's really rare, but you have such a good ability, it's too aggrieved to just be a student, I will build yì you will go directly to our school as a lecturer in the future, it is about archaeology and cultural relics identification, this is our new major, this aspect should be the specialty of Imperial Capital University, but our school is also a comprehensive university, this name will have to be changed sooner or later, and now this academic thing must also be improved, you can't always let others always think that we are an excellent university in science and engineering, nothing else." ......" (To be continued......)