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"Old man, this clay pot is not a medicine jar that is usually used to boil medicine."

Huo Dongyuan didn't have any research on ceramic antiques, and he held the black clay pot and looked at it for a long time, but he couldn't see the reason, and asked with a suspicious face.

Nowadays, among the antiques in the antique market, the vast majority of collectors pay attention to porcelain, and there are not many people who know how to make pottery.

In fact, pottery appeared much earlier than porcelain. In the Neolithic Age, thousands of years ago, ancient humans invented pottery.

It was precisely because of the invention of pottery that the invention of porcelain followed. We often say ceramic ceramics, but in fact, pottery and porcelain are two different things. Pottery is not unique to China, pottery has appeared in many countries around the world in history, and porcelain is a unique invention in China. "China" in English means porcelain.

As for the difference between pottery and porcelain, one is that the raw materials for firing are different. Pottery is made of clay less, as long as it is viscous, it can be fired into pottery. But porcelain is made of porcelain clay, and the best porcelain clay is the kaolin of Jingdezhen.

In addition to the raw materials for firing, the temperature at which pottery and porcelain are sintered is also different. Generally, pottery is below 1000 degrees, and porcelain is above 1200 degrees.

There is also the difference in water absorption and light transmittance. Pottery absorbs water while porcelain hardly absorbs water, porcelain can transmit light under certain conditions, while pottery does not transmit light under any conditions.

Although the ancient pottery is old, due to the rough production of ordinary pottery, except for a few fine products, ordinary pottery is far inferior to porcelain in terms of collection value and attention.

Due to the fragility of pottery, it is rare to find fine pottery that has been handed down and preserved intact to the present day.

With the identity of Lei Wuye, he naturally would not just take a medicine jar that is not an antique and fill it indiscriminately, this black clay pot is only afraid of being so simple.

At this time, Qin Fan noticed that Hong Jintao and several appraisers from the Huaxia Collection Association had a gleam in their eyes, and it seemed that they should have recognized the origin of this black clay pot.

"Huo boy, this clay pot was exchanged from Old Man Huo for a piece of expensive Gao Gu Jade more than ten years ago. At that time, he regretted it for a while, and almost broke off his friendship with me for this matter. ”

Lei Wuye smiled and deliberately told this old story.

"What? This clay pot was originally the old man's belongings? Huo Dongyuan's heart moved, if Old Man Huo knew that he said that the treasures he collected were garbage used to fill the numbers, he would have to be angry.

"Brother Qin, do you know what this jar is?"

Hearing Lei Wuye's words, Huo Dongyuan felt as if a cat was scratching in his heart, and he couldn't help but lower his voice and ask Qin Fan for advice.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the famous Longshan black pottery in the history of pottery."

As far as Qin Fan knows, black pottery is black pottery made by charcoal infiltration during the firing process.

Longshan black pottery is a very famous excellent variety in the history of ancient Chinese ceramics after the painted pottery of Yangshao culture. This kind of black pottery appeared in the late Neolithic period more than 4,000 years ago, because the first piece of black pottery was first found in the Chengzi Cliff of Longshan Street, Zhangqiu District, Quancheng, Shandong, so it is also called Longshan black pottery.

"Longshan Black Pottery? I don't think there's anything special about this clay pot. In Huo Dongyuan's eyes, this clay pot seems to be no different from the medicine jar used to boil medicine in the yard before.

"This kind of black pottery is characterized by a thin pottery tire, a tight fetal bone, and a pitch black and shiny finish. You take a closer look at the tire and surface of this clay pot. ”

After Qin Fan's reminder, Huo Dongyuan took a closer look and really found that this clay pot was very different from ordinary medicine pots. First of all, the color, after wiping off the dust on it, you will see that the surface of this clay pot is black and shiny, like black lacquer. Then there's the fact that the tire wall is extremely thin, only about 1 millimeter, like an eggshell.

Longshan black pottery is divided into three kinds of fine mud, mud and sand, with fine mud thin-walled black pottery production level is the highest, the thickness of the tire wall is only about 0.5-1 mm, the surface is black and shiny, so it is called eggshell black pottery. The ornamentation is generally relatively simple, only with the polished and translucent luster as the main decorative content of the vessel, which is simple and unpretentious.

This black clay jar looks inconspicuous at first glance, but it is an extremely rare piece of fine antique pottery.

It's just that the price of pottery in the antique market is far less than porcelain, and this fine eggshell black pottery of Longshan culture is sold at auction for four or five million, which is still a bit insufficient compared to those fine porcelain that moves tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.

But Qin Fan knew that the value of an antique could not only be seen by the auction price. In fact, the price of many antiques is greatly affected by various factors, such as the snuff bottle, which is known as "a miniature work of art that combines a variety of crafts", which no one wanted at all a few decades ago, and a fine snuff bottle in the antique market today can be sold for hundreds of thousands or even millions.

It can be seen that the value of an antique cannot be assessed simply by its price in terms of collection and cultural value.

Although there are many pieces of pottery handed down from ancient times, fine black pottery like this is extremely rare, and its cultural and historical value is much higher than its price.

"Hehe, Xiaofan's vision is good. This is indeed the best product in Longshan pottery, eggshell black pottery. The first piece of the collection is a brick throw, and then it's time to get down to business. ”

Lei Wuye clapped his hands, and Uncle Liang, who he met at the door of the small building just now, brought a few antiques up.

"Hey, this is Song Huizong's "Strange Stone Poems"!"

At this time, Hong Jintao's attention was focused on a Song Dynasty calligraphy, and the eyes of several calligraphy and painting masters of the Huaxia Collection Association suddenly lit up.

Qin Fan is not very familiar with calligraphy and painting antiques, but Song Huizong's fame in the history of ancient calligraphy is too great, and he naturally will not have heard of it.

Huizong of the Song Dynasty was the eighth emperor of the Song Dynasty, and although he did not make any achievements in politics, he was a famous calligrapher and painter in history. In particular, he has a high attainment in calligraphy, and has created a unique "thin gold body".

If this "Strange Stone Poems" is the authentic work of Song Huizong, it is naturally amazing. It's just that there are a lot of fake calligraphy and paintings in today's antique market, and nine out of ten are fake, and it is difficult to distinguish between real and fake.

After identifying this suspected Song Huizong book, Hong Jintao's round face had an unpredictable smile, making it impossible to tell what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.

"This old fox."

Huo Dongyuan pursed his lips, the identification of calligraphy and painting requires a very high degree of calligraphy and painting. Huo Dagongzi is just black-eyed at all, so he can only guess.

Qin Fan was also a little unsure whether this calligraphy was the authentic work of Song Huizong, and when no one paid attention to him, there was a glint in his eyes, and he suddenly had a bottom in his heart.

At this time, Qin Fan's gaze moved away from the book, and he inadvertently noticed a white jade wrench with a simple ornamentation and an inconspicuous white jade wrench.

Generally speaking, it is not uncommon to see wrenches carved from white jade, and most of them are from the Manchu Qing Dynasty. It's just that the moderator of this white jade doesn't look like it's a thing of the Qing Dynasty, and the ornament on it seems to be some kind of totem in ancient times, which Qin Fan has never seen.

"This white jade wrench should have been a long time ago."

The predecessor of the wrench was called 韘 (she), which was first seen in the Shang Dynasty, and it was very popular to use the wrench in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It's just that the wrenches at that time were all made of animal bones, and the wrenches carved from jade were very rare, and the totems on them were also very weird.

Qin Fan's eyes flickered, and he stared thoughtfully at the totem on the jade wrench.

Suddenly, Qin Fan's head buzzed, as if something exploded in his mind.