Chapter 138: Sesame Nail Marks

"What are you thinking about in despair? The day after tomorrow Saturday, the preview of the three generations of rare porcelain of the Qing Dynasty in the Pangu Hall! There must be tens of millions of things. Mao Zhu habitually pouted again.

"Oh! I almost forgot! Tang Yi patted his head, "Fortunately, it's not tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow? What are you going to do tomorrow? Mao asked Chai Chai .

"Uh, I'll go to the provincial expo to see that Ru kiln pen wash." Tang Yi hesitated slightly, but still said it.

"Damn! I went to see it three times when I was in school, and it won't be yours if you look at it again. Mao shook his hand, "I won't accompany you, it's still comfortable in the store." ”

Tang Yi smiled, walked to the computer behind the counter, turned on the computer, and began to search for the inheritance of this Ru kiln azure glazed lotus brush, searching, he became interested in the person who donated this brush, maybe it was low-key, maybe it was too long, and he couldn't find specific information about this person, only a few very simple descriptions of "overseas rich" and "ancestral home of Shanhai Province".

"Tomorrow, by the way, ask Mr. Shen, he is so proficient in porcelain, maybe he can know some." Tang Yi closed the webpage.

At half past eight in the morning the next day, Tang Yigang wanted to call Shen Songyan, but Ma Chuang's phone came first, "Mr. Shen asked me to pick you up." ”

"What about Mr. Shen?"

"He said he wanted to go and see you at the entrance of the museum."

When he arrived at the entrance of the museum, Shen Songyan had already arrived. It was exactly 9 o'clock and the museum had just opened.

"Ru kiln azure glaze lotus pen wash, originally the British Mr. William old collection, a pair of pen wash he regarded as a treasure, can cut love to donate a piece to the British Museum, it is really rare. It's a pity that his son William Jr. was too uncompetitive and actually sent another piece to the auction. Shen Songyan looked at the pen wash in the display case and said slowly.

"Have you ever seen this pen wash?" Tang Yi asked on the side.

"I've seen all of these brushstrokes, one at the British Museum and this one here a few years ago." Shen Songyan Road.

"It is said that this wash was donated to the museum by a mysterious rich man from Shanhai Province, do you know who it is?" Tang Yi then asked.

"I don't know. This man was well hidden. It is understandable to be so low-key, and a national treasure, even if it is donated, may also bring endless trouble. Shen Songyan shook his head, then looked at Tang Yi and asked, "Why?" ”

The meaning of this "why" is naturally to ask why he came to see this pen wash, although Tang Yi said before that it didn't feel right, but now when he sees it, there is no problem.

"Do you think this time is the same as what you watched a few years ago?" Tang Yi lowered his voice.

"At the moment, there is no difference." Shen Songyan also said in a low voice.

Tang Yi's heart was cold, although it was through the glass display case, but with Shen Songyan's eyesight, if there was no difference, it meant that he was really superb. If you get started, you can feel the weight and slurry, but if the visual sense of the shape, glaze and slurry can be done so well, the weight and touch of the hand are estimated to be not bad.

Tang Yi's face changed.

"You really don't think that's right?" Shen Songyan thought to himself, this wash has been in the museum for many years, and when it was sent back then, it was undoubtedly genuine, and there was no reason why there was a problem now. But looking at Tang Yi's appearance, he seemed to have great suspicions, so Shen Songyan took a closer look again.

At the beginning, Shen Songyan focused on the front, but this time, he focused on the bottom foot.

"Again, it doesn't feel right." Tang Yi approached Shen Songyan and said in a very low voice. There are staff and other exhibitors around, and this kind of talk must not be heard.

"Let's go out and talk." Shen Songyan finally retracted his gaze and walked out with his feet raised. Tang Yi followed.

The two walked to a corner of the museum compound and stood under a tung tree. Shen Songyan was the first to speak, "It's really a bit of a problem, and the nail marks are a little unnatural." ”

"Did that feel the same way last time I saw it?" Tang Yi asked.

"It didn't seem to be the last time I saw it. However, the texture and color of this sesame nail are right, and it feels unnatural, so it must not be used as a basis. Shen Songyan fell into deep thought.

Incense gray tire, azure glaze, sesame nails, is the entrance to the identification of Ru kiln porcelain. The so-called sesame nails refer to the very small traces of the nails left at the bottom of the Ru kiln porcelain.

So what is a staple? To put it bluntly, it is a small clay nail used to burn porcelain, which is mostly made of clay. The porcelain of Ru kiln is mostly burned with nails, and is placed under the porcelain, and the general nails are mountain-shaped, with a sharp top and a round bottom, and a cushion cake at the bottom. There are three nails, five nails and six nails, however, the triangle is the most stable, and the number is small, so three nails are common.

The Ge kiln and the official kiln of the Song Dynasty also have traces of nails, which are slightly larger and appear iron black. The nails of the Ru kiln are the smallest, so they are called sesame nails, and the fragrant gray color is also very special.

"Fragrant gray sesame nails, only in Ru kiln porcelain, other kilns can not be imitated at all, the Ming and Qing imperial kilns have imitated, but always owe a little, the best imitation is the Qianlong official kiln." Shen Songyan explained.

Tang Yi followed this lesson and benefited a lot, and sighed: "When the Jin soldiers invaded, the secret of the craftsmanship of the Ru kiln was directly lost. ”

"It can't be said that it is completely lost, and later archaeological discoveries that the so-called sesame nails are actually made by potters with clay and fired into shapes. Coarse in the early days, fine in the later stages. That's why sesame nail marks appeared. The nail marks are so small, and the fragrant gray is so special! Shen Songyan also sighed, "Let me do it, it's hard to be vivid." ”

"The Ru kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty used clay from Qingliang Temple. The Southern Song Dynasty imperial kiln can't be done, and the porcelain kiln can't be done, and the clay of Qingliang Temple must be related, and this clay must have something special, and it can't be found anywhere else. Tang Yi suddenly realized.

"You're right. However, according to the current scientific and technological means, it is no longer difficult to sample the clay composition of the Qingliang Temple boundary back then. Shen Songyan said.

"Then what do you mean by the unnatural nail marks?"

"The reason why there are such fine sesame nail marks is because the top of the nail is curved, so there is only a small point of contact. However, since the nails were pinched by the potters back then, the three nail marks cannot be exactly the same, and they should look natural, and the three nail marks are not the same, but they feel a stiff and deliberate feeling. ”

"If you can get started, can you see more problems?"

"It's not much different for me to look at it in the first hand and look at it this way. However, if you can use a high-powered magnifying glass to assist the strong light, you may be able to make new discoveries not only of nail marks, but also of the inside of the glaze. Shen Songyan also seems to have developed a strong interest in this brushstroke.

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