Chapter 241: Cloisonné Bronze Tower
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The first object Chen Ran looked at was a cloisonné bronze tower. Full-text ad-free novels are all in the biquge.infobiquge.info bubble of Aishang Novel Network*()
In the eyes of modern people, the museum is a gathering place of various cultural relics in ancient times, and in ancient times, the temple is the most developed museum center, bringing together various contemporary arts, in addition to religious scriptures, calligraphy and painting, the temple also preserves a large number of religious artworks, among the many items in the temple, the bronze ware occupies a considerable proportion, and in the bronze ware, there is a kind of copper tower is the cloisonne copper tower.
Chen Ran saw this cloisonne bronze tower by the tower sha, the tower body, the tower base three parts, the tower sha by the sun and the moon with the same light, canopy, phase wheel composition, thirteen layers of the phase wheel, is a symbol of Buddhism of the thirteen heavens, Sumeru style tower base is square, divided into two layers, the middle waist, the tower body of the whole body of the enamel color roll grass pattern and the lotus pattern, the material is full and pure, gilt bright, polished is also very fine, it is definitely a rare boutique.
When it comes to cloisonné copper tower, we have to talk about cloisonné, cloisonné is also called copper tire cloisonné enamel, which is one of the famous traditional crafts in Kyoto. Cloisonne is the name of the son of Emperor Xuande, but in fact, cloisonne did not originate in the Ming Dynasty, the origin of cloisonne has been until now, the archaeological community has not given a unified statement, some say that cloisonne was born in the Tang Dynasty, another theory is that when Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty went west, it was introduced into China from West Asia and Arabia, first popular in Yunnan, and then loved by people in the capital before it was introduced into the Central Plains.
However, one thing is recognized by the academic community that during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, it was the advantages of the Chinese cloisonne making process, and it was raised to a new level, reaching a glorious stage, and the word "cloisonne" was born. The glaze color is fat, the silk work is rough, and the decoration is rich.
Emperor Xuande of the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to the smelting and casting of bronze, and Jingtai was exposed to it since he was a child, and he had a great interest in bronze, and he knew a lot of related knowledge. The smelting of bronze ware had reached its peak by the time of Xuande, and it was difficult to make a new breakthrough in the process of making zuò by the time of Jingtai. To this end, he found a new way in color and created "cloisonné". Chenghua inherited his father's business, and continued to fire in large quantities. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, the number of "cloisonne" products in Jingtai and Chenghua dynasties was the largest, and the quality was also the most refined.
The cloisonné products of the Qing Dynasty, whether in shape, ornamentation or color, basically inherited the tradition of the Ming Dynasty. However, in the Qianlong period, the variety was expanded to screens, tables and chairs, beds, pagodas and other heavy utensils, and there was further development in the glaze, and it truly reached the situation of "round and solid, golden and brilliant".
According to Chen Ran's observation, the cloisonné bronze pagoda in front of him should have been made in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, and it is a fine work among the official pagodas, which is used as a palace and a large temple for worship, which is very rare.
And the cloisonné copper tower in front of you is also very well preserved, not only the copper tower is well preserved, but it is also well preserved with the base of the purple trembling wooden zuò, of course, there must be some patina on the tower.
To be honest, seeing this cloisonne copper tower, Chen Ran was still quite moved, and he wanted to auction it and take it back for collection, but after he looked at the reserve price of this cloisonné auction, he could only secretly say that it was a pity.
The reserve price of this cloisonné copper tower auction is 300,000, and the price of 300,000 is not expensive, but this is only the reserve price, and it is estimated that it will not be able to take it without 600,000.
Chen Ran can't even afford the reserve price now, where can he shoot it, so he can only secretly say that it is a pity, but when he was leaving, he still used the energy aperture to probe, which is similar to what he appreciated, two hundred years ago, almost in the middle of the Qing Dynasty.
The first thing he appreciated was such a good thing, and Chen Ran was looking forward to the next few things, but the second thing he watched was a jade cicada.
The jade cicada in front of me is only three or four centimeters long, about two centimeters wide, the cicada head and eyes are large, the body wings are narrow and slender inverted trapezoidal, there is a small hole in the center of the jade cicada head that can hardly be seen, that is, it is used to wear a rope, this jade cicada is carved from Xinjiang white jade, the jade cicada of the Han Dynasty is generally carved from Xinjiang white jade, or it is green jade, the most is Xinjiang white jade, and the carving method used is the Han Eight Knife.
If this jade cicada is an old object, the value will definitely not be small, of course, this is only if, but Chen Ran looked at something wrong, he felt that something was wrong The place that was wrong was the carving of the Han Eight Knife, with the origin of the Eight Knife Dividing Wave Carving Method and the Han Eight Knife, he was still very familiar with the Han Eight Knife Carving Method.
The carving of the jade cicada in front of me seems to be a little straight, lacking a sense of spirituality, giving people a feeling of deliberate imitation.
Of course, it was seen that the carving was wrong, but Chen Ran did not deny the value of this jade cicada, because in the late Han Dynasty and even after the Han Dynasty, there were many jade carvers who imitated the Han Eight Knife.
After perceiving this, Chen Ran took a closer look at this jade cicada, and this look really made him see that something was wrong, this jade cicada was not ancient jade at all, it should be just a modern work of art.
I have to say that the level of fraud of this jade cicada is too high, if it weren't for the fact that he happened to be a jade carver and saw that something was wrong with the carving, then he really had to look away.
After pondering for a while, Chen Ran also figured out the method of counterfeiting this jade cicada, the method of counterfeiting is actually not troublesome, mixing the blanks of jade and fine iron filings, putting them in a large water tank, and then pouring the boiled vinegar into the water tank, this process is called 'quenching vinegar'.
After quenching the vinegar, bury it in a damp place, wait for more than ten days and then take it out, quietly bury it in the ground, take it out after half a year, and the unearthed jade is completely an ancient jade, and ordinary people can't distinguish it at all.
The ancient jade made by such a counterfeiting method is very realistic, and it can almost be faked. Of course, this jade cicada is a modern work of art does not mean that it is worthless, but it is not so valuable, and it still has a certain value.
In the end, Chen Ran still used the energy aperture to probe, as he had identified, the energy aperture was released on this jade cicada, and there was no reaction at all, obviously it was completely a modern antique jade, and this jade cicada was greatly discounted.
Although it is said that jade, it is not that the older the better, but it depends on the material of the jade, but the jade cicada is different, because most of the jade cicadas are the burial jade of the deceased, and the jade cicada is used to bury the jade.
Originally, after having such a good thing as the first cloisonne copper tower, Chen Ran still had great expectations for the next object, but he didn't expect that the second piece would encounter such an antique jade, and the expectations in his heart suddenly disappeared.
Fortunately, there was still next, Chen Ran was not too disappointed, and continued to watch.
Chen Ran privately identified this jade cicada as an antique jade, but on the surface, it was always very calm, and it didn't let people see the slightest discoloration, so that some people who had been paying attention to his face were not disappointed.
Next, Chen Ran looked at a pair of moon-hugging bottles and a Ming Chenghua Doucai dragon-patterned plum bottle, which was very interesting to the moon-holding bottle, because after Chen Ran detected it with an energy aperture, one of these moon-hugging bottles was a genuine product from the Qianlong period, and the other was a high-quality imitation.
The shape of the moon bottle is originally from the Song and Yuan dynasties popular in the Western Xia pottery horse hanging bottle, left and right double system, used to hang on the side of the saddle, a thing with national characteristics, so generally speaking, the moon bottle manufactured is also paired, the pair of the moon bottle and a single moon bottle, the value is obviously more than doubled.
As for the Ming Chenghua Doucai dragon plum bottle is a serious eight hundred genuine, although the shape is beautiful, the lines are smooth, and the carcass is fine, but it is somewhat damaged, so that the value of this Chenghua Doucai dragon plum bottle has been discounted, but it is not bad.
After appreciating this Ming Chenghua Doucai Dragon Pattern Plum Vase, Wang Zhiqing suddenly pulled Chen Ran and motioned for Chen Ran to help him look at something he was looking at.
Chen Ran looked up, and the thing Wang Zhiqing saw was a piece of Tianhuang chicken carving.
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