Chapter 267: Li Lao's Treasure Trove (I)

Looking at Liu Dong's wide mouth and the look of surprise on his face, Li Lao's face couldn't help but show a thick look of pride, like a child showing off the candy in his hand, and said to Liu Dong: "Xiaodong, how is it?"

"Old man, these ...... These are all these?"

"Yes, these are antiques, and there is not a single fake!" Li Lao confidently affirmed.

Hearing this, Liu Dong took a deep breath and suppressed his original excitement, but the surprise in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

Li Lao's underground secret room looks like there should be three or four hundred square meters, and looking at the full appearance of each iron shelf, Li Lao's collection is probably not less than a thousand. In addition to the museum, it was the first time that Liu Dong had seen so many private collections.

"Old Li, can I get started and take a look?" Liu Dong said as he looked at the old man. For the collection and appreciation of antiques, Liu Dong also likes it very much, although he is busy during this time, he has not let go of the study of antique appreciation knowledge, and has been gnawing on books. Now that he has seen so many collectibles at once, Liu Dong also wants to appreciate them, and by the way, he also wants to see what his true appraisal level is without special abilities.

Looking at Liu Dong's eager look, the old man smiled and nodded, "Look, look, but be careful!"

"Well, I will!" Liu Dong nodded happily. Then, he took out a pair of white gloves from his pocket and put them on himself.

Seeing his appearance, Li Lao nodded beside him. Although it is only a small action, it also represents the basic essence of an appraiser.

Li Lao's secret room is rectangular, and according to Liu Dong's estimate, its length should be forty meters. The width is around eight meters. Except for an aisle of about a meter in the middle. On both sides are rows of iron frames. And the iron ladder they pulled down just now was located in the corner of the secret room, plus a large desk full of books and magnifying glasses, occupying only five or six square meters of the entire underground secret room.

At this time, Liu Dong, who had been allowed by Li Lao, first looked at the iron frame on his right.

The iron frame is very high, the upper part is directly connected to the roof of the chamber, and the lower part is welded to the steel floor. The whole iron frame is about 4 meters high, divided into eight layers, the height of each layer is 50 centimeters, the length is more than 3 meters, and the width is also around 50 centimeters, and there is a protective fence on both sides of the partition of each layer that is more than 15 centimeters high, it can be seen that Li Lao is very concerned about the protection of these antiques.

"There's a ladder on the side!"

Listening to the old man's reminder, Liu Dong nodded. However, he didn't move the ladder, because at this moment, Liu Dong's mind was all attracted by the exquisite porcelain in front of him.

"Old Li, are these Mao porcelain?" Liu Dong asked with disbelief in his eyes.

"Not bad. These are the porcelain used by the chairman!" Saying that, Li Lao picked up a 'water point peach blossom' bowl from the iron frame, and in the light like day. The whole bowl is crystal clear, like exquisite white jade, and the gorgeous peach blossoms seem to float on the water, which is vivid and vivid. You can also see how exquisite the firing process of these porcelains is.

"I think I was scolded by the chairman in order to find these porcelain!" said this, Li Lao's eyes couldn't help but reveal a strong color of reminiscence. After a long time, he sighed deeply and put the bowl back into the guardrail, "Hey, things are people, so many years have passed, many old friends have left, and it's time to let go of attachment!"

At this time, Liu Dong, who was standing on the side, could clearly sense that there had been some changes in Li Lao's body, although he didn't know what it was, but from the slightly relaxed demeanor on the old man's face, it should be a good thing.

After this delay, Liu Dong also calmed down from the shock of seeing dozens or hundreds of precious porcelain, but Liu Dong was still a little unbelievable that there were so many pieces of porcelain that were usually waiting for a piece to be found at the auction.

"Xiaodong, since you know the chairman porcelain, then you can talk about it, and by the way, see how you have learned your porcelain identification knowledge during this time?"

"Yes, Elder Li!"

After agreeing, Liu Dong recalled the knowledge about Mao porcelain that he saw in his mind, and after organizing the language, he spoke: "There are two main types of porcelain used by the chairman, namely the porcelain used by the chairman of Hu-Nanli-Ling and the porcelain used by the chairman of Jingde-Zhen, also called '7501' porcelain. Among them, the porcelain used by the chairman of the lake-Nanli-Ling, mainly the underglaze double-sided colorful flower thin tire bowl, crystal clear, like the jade mud tender skin as warm and pleasant, the red moon season, red hibiscus, red autumn chrysanthemum, red plum four kinds of ornamentation respectively represent spring, summer, autumn and winter. At that time, a total of more than 20,000 pieces of finished products were burned, because the moon season flower is also known as the moon red, symbolizing the red mountains and rivers of the country. At present, most of the porcelain used by Chairman Li-Ling is collected in the Shao-Shanmao-Ze-Dong Comrade Memorial Hall, the Chinese Revolution Museum, and the Zhong-Nan-Haifeng-Ze Garden, etc., and less than 200 pieces are in the people's circulation, which are treasured by the collectors and are worth thousands of gold. ”

Of course, when it comes to the porcelain used by Chairman Liling, we have to mention a name that resounded in the modern ceramic world, 'Red Official Kiln'!

Red official kiln refers to the establishment of China, in a variety of specific historical periods, some special porcelain factories in various historical eras produced a variety of porcelain and decorative porcelain, these porcelains have the imprint of that era, become a witness to the historical relics of this era, these "red official kiln" porcelain mainly include the Cultural Revolution period production of "leader porcelain", "central organ porcelain", and gift porcelain to foreign heads of state. Jing-Dezhen Jianguo Porcelain Factory, Jing-Dezhen Art Porcelain Factory, People's Porcelain Factory, Hongqi Porcelain Factory, Sculpture Porcelain Factory, Hu-Nanli-Lingqunli Porcelain Factory, Ceramic Research Institute of the Ministry of Light Industry and other units, have successively produced certain porcelain for daily life, furnishing porcelain and gift porcelain for the central government organs, and these units can also be called the contemporary "red official kiln".

From the founding of the People's Republic of China to 1978, the development and growth of the "Red Official Kiln" went through different historical periods of "Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea", "Three Anti-Five Anti-Anti", "Three Red Flags", "Three Years of Natural Disasters", "Culture-Modernization-Great Revolution", and the subsequent reform and opening up. In various specific historical periods, the products of "Red Official Kiln" are all marked with history.

In the production process of these decades, the pinnacle of Liling porcelain's porcelain-making achievement is the 1956 zuò, a teacup exclusively for the use of central leaders, also known as the 'Victory Cup', which produced 120 pieces before and after, divided into six styles, underglaze flowers and white backgrounds, which are very cherished.

Another pinnacle achievement of Liling porcelain is that in 1974, a batch of special porcelain was made to celebrate the 82nd birthday of the chairman, which was also used by the chairman of Liling.

And the other pinnacle of chairman porcelain's artistic achievements '7051' porcelain even surpass Liling Mao porcelain, not only not inferior to the major official kilns of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, but even surpass. Because 7051 porcelain concentrated the most outstanding porcelain makers in the country at that time, all the personnel involved in the project have undergone strict political review. Sentry posts are set up around the kiln, and those who are not approved by the engineering headquarters are not allowed to enter. From material selection to molding, from glazing to painting, to sintering, packaging and other most of the processes are completed by hand, and there are public security officers to monitor to ensure product safety. Before making zuò, it is necessary to manually select two tons of selected materials from ten tons of high-quality raw materials. At that time, there was not enough manpower, and the engineering headquarters transferred hundreds of "Red Guards" to join the material selection work. After all the hardships and the cost of work, it took a year to finally burn this batch of unprecedented fine porcelain.

After Liu Dong said what he knew about the chairman's use of porcelain, Li Lao nodded.

"I have a set of five underglaze color bowls for the chairman of Liling here, and the six styles of the 'Victory Cup' and the two colors are also available, but this set of Jingdezhen chairman porcelain has never been complete. Speaking of this, Li Lao's face couldn't help but show a strong look of regret.

Jingdezhen chairman used porcelain, fired 22 kilns at that time, 14,103 pieces of kilns, more than 4,200 pieces of finished products, 138 pieces per set, crystal clear, white as jade. Each set includes: 48 pieces of 9-15 cm bowls, 40 pieces of 15-30 cm bowls, 10 pieces of No. 1 and No. 2 teacups, 10 spoons, and other rice pots, tasting pots, tooth boxes, ashtrays, etc. A total of two sets of this batch of porcelain were selected and sent to Zhongnanhai, and the rest were either sealed or destroyed. Later, some of them were scattered among the people. After decades, I don't know if there is one that can be put together now.

"Elder Li, how much 7051 porcelain do you have here? I see that these two layers of partitions are all chairman porcelain in the style of 'water point peach blossom'. Liu Dong asked after looking up and down.

"There are 156 pieces, but they are not complete, there are still 12 pieces of bowls, 9 pieces of plates, and 1 pot, if you can get together these 22 pieces of chairman porcelain, my 7051 porcelain will be able to make a set!"

Hearing this, Liu Dong was shocked in his heart and secretly envious. This kind of rare porcelain, which is no worse than the official kilns of all generations, he has not had a single one so far.

Subsequently, under the explanation of Li Lao, the two climbed the ladder and looked at all the porcelain on the display shelf from top to bottom, except for the two kinds of chairman porcelain, such as the slightly inferior craftsmanship of '7801' porcelain, the "Red Lantern" series of painting bottles and the "Rent Collection Courtyard" series of painting bottles in the political and artistic porcelain of the Cultural Revolution period, and so on.

As long as it is a treasure porcelain produced in the New China period, you can find a figure here, many of which are a set. There are more than 200 pieces of porcelain on the entire exhibition shelf, and it is thought that Li Lao, who once held a high position in the central government and had a deep background, was able to collect so many fine porcelain from the red official kiln.

After Liu Dong appreciated them one by one, he reluctantly continued to walk to the next exhibition shelf under the urging of Li Lao. (To be continued......)