Chapter 896: Chenghua Doucai Tianzi Jar

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"It's a good thing that young people have their own opinions......"

While speaking, Mr. Kong said strangely: "But I'm very curious, you just saw that the characteristics of the thing are very consistent with the craft characteristics of Xuande blue and white porcelain, why did you come to the opposite inference in the end?" ”

“…… It's my mouth. Yu Feibai said with a sad face, although he was unhappy, but before he got the permission of Mr. Qian, he was still tight-lipped about Mr. Zhu's affairs. It is because of this essence that maybe there is a shining point, so many things have not avoided him, let him understand the specific situation, and get involved.

The so-called old man has become fine, and Mr. Kong can naturally see that Yu Feibai did not tell the truth, but on the contrary, concealed part of the facts. After all, a normal person, especially when appraising things, is unlikely to suddenly convulsive and overturn his appraisal results. If it does, there must be some reason.

Thinking of this, Mr. Kong was thoughtful, and suddenly said, "Wait a minute, I ask you to look at one more thing." ”

"I can't ask for it."

Hearing this, Zhou Lao smiled and said, "I'm going to feast my eyes today." ”

Mr. Kong smiled and asked the secretary to move the Xuande blue and white cricket jar out, and then went out himself, and soon got back a brocade box. The moment he saw the brocade box, Yumi, who had been silent, had a surprised expression on his face.

"Kong Lao."

At this time, Yu Wei weighed some words and said, "Are you still skeptical?" ”

Smell a rat? Suspect what? Everyone was naturally a little puzzled, and at the same time understood that what Mr. Kong took out was definitely not as simple as everyone imagined.

"I know I'm a little suspicious, but I'm always a little uneasy."

After explaining to Yuwei, Mr. Kong laughed heartily: "It just so happens that today's high-ranking people are full, so naturally I want to take this opportunity to ask them for advice, so as to completely dispel my doubts." ”

"Yes." Yu Wei nodded lightly, and immediately smiled: "Actually, I can also understand Kong Lao's thoughts. After all, things are too precious and scarce, and you should really be cautious. ”

"What the hell is it?" Someone couldn't help but urge: "Show it out and take a look." ”

"Good ......"

Kong Lao smiled and nodded, opened the lid of the box casually, and then carefully took out the things and put them on the coffee table. Everyone hurriedly looked at it, and was a little surprised: "It's a jar again!" ”

That's right, things are indeed jars. With a large mouth and a short neck, round shoulders and a constricted abdomen, it looks like a wine jar, but it is actually a jar, and there is also a lid. It belongs to the shape of a round can.

However, after a closer look, everyone also found that this round jar is a little different from the Xuande blue and white cricket jar just now. The main thing is that the ornamentation on the body of this jar is not only limited to blue and white, but also red and yellow colors.

"Bucket color jar?"

At first glance, Chang Lao's eyes narrowed: "Brother Kong, don't tell me, this is the Chenghua Doucai Tianzi Can!" ”

"Brother Chang's eyes are like torches, which is admirable."

In an instant, Kong Lao laughed. Then take off the lid of the jar and put it away, and then flip the jar over, only to see that under the reflection of the light, a heavenly character was immediately presented in front of everyone's eyes.

"It's really a bucket color can."

See this. Everyone couldn't help but be stunned and sighed at Mr. Kong's good luck.

The average person should know that the preciousness of Chenghua porcelain, especially the Doucai chicken bowl cup, is already a myth in the auction market. However, there must be people who don't know. There is something more precious in the Chenghua Dynasty than the chicken bowl cup, that is, the Chenghua Doucai Tianzi jar.

Anyway, in the antique industry, the reputation of Chenghua Doucai Tianzi jar. Far better than Xuande blue and white cricket jars. The main thing is that this thing is very rare, even rarer than the Xuande blue and white cricket jar.

And compared with the cricket jar, the Tianzi jar is a bit more mysterious. For 500 years, the Tianzi jar has been shrouded in a veil of mystery, and the specific purpose of this jar has not been able to be said to this day, or there is a lack of evidence for the world to recognize. Regarding the origin of this kind of Tianzi jar, everyone has different opinions, which naturally adds a lot of added value.

Why is the word "day" written on the bottom of the Tianzi jar? There are many speculations.

Generally speaking, it is arranged according to the "Thousand Character Text". The beginning of "Thousand Words" is that the heaven and earth are yellow, and the universe is desolate. That's why we often say the first number of the word Tianzi, so that's how the word Tianzi at the bottom of the tank came about.

The problem is that in the porcelain of the same period, there are no arrangements of ground characters, Xuan characters, and yellow characters, so this speculation is somewhat untenable and easy to question.

In addition, it is the purpose of this kind of jar, some people say that it is to place oil and salt, some people say that it is to place sundries, some people say that it is to place grain, rice and noodles, anyway, there is no conclusion. The only thing that can be known is that this jar is a practical object, not an ornamental object.

Moreover, the Tianzi jar is the first of Chenghua, not to be precious today, but especially precious in history.

There is such a record in the Qing court documents, on June 19, the ninth year of Qianlong, the Yangxin Palace Manufacturing Office sent a kiln with a lack of glaze into a Tianzi jar, and sent a decree to Tang Ying to make up the glaze.

After receiving the order, Tang Ying was very nervous, took the things back to the imperial kiln factory, studied them for two or three months, but did not dare to repair the glaze, but re-copied a few jars, and sent them back to Emperor Qianlong along with the original jars, and attached a plea for sin.

It's not that Tang Ying's skills are not good, the main thing is that the Tianzi jar is too precious, and he doesn't dare to take this risk easily, otherwise he will break the jar, and his head will probably fall to the ground. From this, we can also guess that there are certainly not many Tianzi jars in the Chenghua period, so they have been very few when they were handed down to the Qing Dynasty, so they are so rare and valued by Emperor Qianlong.

But then again, it's too rare, and even Tang Ying got a few imitations to dedicate to Emperor Qianlong, so the situation of folk counterfeiting can also be imagined.

"Brother Kong, listen to what you mean, there seems to be something wrong with this thing?"

At this time, Chang Lao asked, frowned, and said, "Is it an imitation?" ”

It's not impossible, after all, the Chenghua Tianzi jar is different from the Xuande blue and white cricket jar, everyone knows that the cricket jar has been smashed almost, and there are fewer counterfeiters. However, the Chenghua Doucai Tianzi jar has been handed down, and there are physical objects that can be imitated, and there are naturally more fakes.

So after seeing the things, everyone was a little excited, but they also slowly calmed down and began to consider the question of authenticity and counterfeiting.

"We've looked at it and it doesn't feel like a replica."

At this time, Mr. Kong didn't say anything, but the aftertaste next to him affirmed: "Whether it is the carcass or the glaze process, it is consistent with the real thing, full of the characteristics of the times, it cannot be a fake, or an imitation." ”

It can be seen that the identification of this Tianzi jar should be in charge of the aftertaste, or his friends and the like. Anyway, it is closely related to him, so it is natural to defend it.

"Don't worry, let's take a look first."

At this time, Zhou Lao stood up, and after a while, he smiled and said: "It has always been said that Chenghua has no big weapon, but this Tianzi jar is obviously an exception." ”

"It's not that there are no big weapons, but there are few big tools, not as many big tools as there were in the Xuande years."

Chang Lao corrected: "And don't look at the color ware in ancient times seems to be very precious, in fact, when it was fired, it was not recognized by the world, until the Wanli period, everyone realized the preciousness of things, and then a series of imitations appeared." ”

Since the beginning of Wanli, there have been imitations of Chenghua porcelain, especially after the Qing Dynasty, the highest level of imitation in the Kangxi and Yongzheng periods has reached the level of fakeness, and some imitations are even more exquisite than Chenghua porcelain itself.

"This is also normal, any new thing that arises is bound to be questioned, even criticized and slandered." Zhou Lao smiled: "After all, people at that time preferred the simple and elegant style, but in the Wanli period, the society became rich, and everyone's aesthetic style naturally changed, and they naturally preferred colorful things." ”

"As for imitations, it's hard to avoid."

At the right time, Zhou Lao continued to smile: "The new pottery imitates the previous dynasty, and the price is higher when mixed into the Xuan Dynasty." As long as there are enough benefits, not to mention imitation of chemical porcelain, even things from the Yellow Emperor period can also be imitated......"

Wang Guan and the others immediately laughed, knowing that Zhou Lao was satirizing some shoddy people, and there was no sincerity in falsification, so he actually made up as he wanted. Don't say that insiders shake their heads, even laymen have to laugh to death.

"Of course, whether something is really an imitation needs to be carefully verified. After all, imitations are imitations after all, and there will always be some subtle flaws. If we observe carefully and study it diligently, it is not difficult to tell the difference. ”

While speaking, Zhou Lao focused on studying, and after a long time, he suddenly said: "Brother Kong, do you feel uneasy in your heart, is it because of the problem of the fetus?" ”

"Is there a problem with the carcass?"

When Mr. Kong heard this, he hurriedly asked. You know, he doesn't really feel that there is something wrong with things, he just feels a little uneasy. Now listening to what Zhou Laoyi said, I feel anxious.

"The carcass is solid, the fetal quality is pure and delicate, the bottom foot is exposed and unglazed, and there are more yellow-brown spots, which is the so-called rice paste bottom. What can be wrong with the same characteristics as the Chenghua porcelain recorded in the literature? Aftertaste frowned, he had studied things for a long time, and he had never felt anything abnormal in the carcass.

"You're right."

Zhou Lao smiled: "But you ignore one point, the porcelain of the Chenghua period was fired from Macang soil, so the porcelain carcass of this period has the characteristics of flesh red in the light and tooth yellow through the shadow." Later imitations were used up because the macang clay had been exhausted, so other porcelain clay porcelains were used. Then this characteristic no longer exists, and the color of the porcelain tire is generally blue and white. ”

"Let's see now, is it ivory yellow, or bluish-white?"

At the suggestion of Zhou Lao, the aftertaste was quickly observed from different angles, and the expression on his face was also cloudy.

"Is it really an imitation?"

In an instant, Mr. Kong's expression also became bad. He is also quite contradictory in this mentality, at the beginning he felt that things might be wrong, but now he is really sure that things are wrong, and his heart has to be entangled...... (To be continued......)