Li Yi blinked and subconsciously repeated,

"Porcelain maker?"

"Yes, I used to be called a ceramic artist. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info now, including ceramic craft designers, ceramic arts and crafts artists, ceramic craft face designers, potters, kiln masters, etc., can be called porcelain makers, but because of the different division of labor, so it is more common to exist in the form of a team......"

"Oh......"

Li Yi nodded, he used to probably understand that there should be these divisions according to different processes, but he didn't know exactly what the name was, but now, he finally knew.

"That'...... Are you a designer? Or ......"

"I'm a craft designer, if you're interested in porcelain, you can also go to us to see the new porcelain fired over the years, many of which are still very collectible."

The man said as he pulled out his business card from his pocket and handed it over.

Li Yi took a look, Qu Hang, a researcher-level senior arts and crafts artist, a senior ceramic craft designer, and the general manager and chief designer of Jingdezhen Quhang Antique Ceramics Design Office......

"It turned out to be Master Qu, hello, my name is Li Yi, and I am an appraiser......

Li Yi gave Qu Hang a business card with his name and phone number printed on it, and then muttered:

"Master Qu, I have a question, that is, according to what you just said, porcelain like this that was secretly hidden by the workers and should have been destroyed should be very rare, so should its value be more precious than that flawless one when its defects are not obvious? After all, there may be several pieces of that kind, and this kind of product is likely to be only one one......"

Qu Hang hesitated for a moment and said with a wry smile:

"For a porcelain maker, it is difficult for us to tolerate some flaws, so in our eyes, everything that is not perfect should be worthless, and as for whether you have another set of value judgment standards in the collecting world, I don't know this very well."

"I see, it's like a misprinted stamp and a banknote, and the producers want to take each one back and destroy it, but the more it happens, the more collectors will rush to buy it because of their scarcity. Master Qu, please wait a moment, and we'll talk when I buy this rattle. ”

After some haggling, the boss lowered the price to 680,000 euros and refused to give in again. Li Yi weighed it, didn't say anything more, directly took out his credit card and swiped the card to pay the bill, Qu Hang on the side of the watch shook his head, daring to be emotional, not only did he say what he said just now, but it also seemed to have the opposite effect?

"Master Qu, I don't know if you have time? I'd like to ask you for a cup of coffee......"

Li Yi handed the rattle to Gu Feng, and saw that Qu Hang had been standing aside without looking at the antiques in the store, so he directly sent out an invitation.

"Okay, Xiaolin, are you going to go shopping with us or by yourself?"

The girl who was casually browsing the old clocks, bronze mirrors, and makeup boxes on the shelves in the store turned around, hesitated, and nodded,

"I'd better come with you."

The group of four people found a coffee shop and sat down, and Li Yi first asked about the firewood kiln. He still had the secret recipe of the firewood kiln in his hand, and was thinking about the day when he had time to find a porcelain master to inquire about whether it was possible to restore the firewood kiln with this secret recipe, Qu Hang bumped into it by himself, and his attitude was quite friendly.

"Firewood kiln? I heard that there is not even a broken porcelain piece in that thing, and the kiln site has not been found, so I'm afraid it doesn't exist at all, right? What do you guys say in the collecting world? ”

"On the collector's side, there are people who claim to have fragments of chai kiln porcelain in their hands, and there is a lily bottle in Japan that is said to be a chai kiln ......."

Li Yi was also skeptical about the existence of the firewood kiln, but since he got the formula, he has been convinced, but he doesn't have firewood kiln porcelain in his hand, and he hasn't made the effort to find those who claim to have firewood kiln porcelain pieces to verify, so what he said is not particularly convincing.

"Well, I know all of what you said, but there's no way to prove that a firewood kiln really exists. In fact, even if the firewood kiln does exist, the trace amount of porcelain pieces currently mastered is not enough to restore the firewood kiln to imitation ......"

"Brother Li, you are in this business, you should know that if you want to successfully fire a piece of porcelain, the craftsmanship and the recipe are indispensable. If it is imitation, then there is a restriction to be added, that is, porcelain clay, which is why the five famous kilns are so famous, but they have never been imitated successfully. ”

"Oh? Master Qu, how did I hear that someone has successfully copied the Ru kiln, and the Japanese side has also claimed to have successfully copied the Jun kiln porcelain? ”

Qu Hang shook his head, took a sip of coffee, and said with a smile:

"The one who claims to be successful in imitating Ru kiln porcelain is a porcelain research institute in Jingdezhen, and the director I also know, is called Wang Cheng. However, it is really hard to say how similar his Ru kiln is to the Ru kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty. First of all, there is the problem of porcelain clay, the porcelain clay he uses is made by chemical synthesis, and this porcelain clay is inferred backwards according to the composition of Ru kiln porcelain powder pieces, which itself has a great deviation. Moreover, it is impossible to restore the entire process to the exact same, so it can only be called the porcelain closest to the Ru kiln at present. ”

"As for the Jun kilns produced in Japan, the situation is not much better than this, and their porcelain clay may be even worse. Because, the same synthetic porcelain clay, the basic porcelain clay used by Wang Cheng is taken from the vicinity of the Ru kiln site, and the Japanese side does not have this convenience, so that some of the original trace elements in the basic porcelain clay will have a great impact on the final fired porcelain, so their so-called Jun kiln porcelain can only be said to be like. ”

"Oh? In that case, it is basically impossible to make porcelain that is exactly the same as it was at that time? ”

"Of course! Even if there is a mature process handed down, even if you find the original place to take the porcelain clay, these hundreds of years are enough to change the soil quality. Especially after entering the industrialized society, even the groundwater and rainwater are polluted, and this porcelain clay is no longer the porcelain clay of the year! ”

Seeing Li Yi bow his head and ponder, Qu Hang continued:

"Actually, when we restore the imitation of ancient porcelain, we don't really want to fire exactly the same porcelain, so it doesn't make much sense. The reason why we mention this is just to use the name of ancient porcelain to find a way out for the porcelain industry in China. It's like a brand operation, under the big brand of Huaxia porcelain, there needs to be something that can be used to confront the current mainstream bone china, which is a difficult task! ”

"At present, the high-end porcelain market is basically monopolized by bone china, and our porcelain has gradually become low-grade porcelain, which is the pain in the hearts of every one of our porcelain makers!"

Li Yi silently took a sip of coffee, Huaxia porcelain has fallen to this point, it is indeed heart-wrenching. However, there are many reasons for this phenomenon, and even if we can imitate the famous porcelain in the history of success and put it into industrial production, it should be difficult to turn the situation around.

Because, the reason why bone china can monopolize the high-end market, the quality of porcelain is only one aspect, and the brand operation is only one aspect, and more may be because of its universality.

As the main raw material of bone china, bone meal can be easily obtained anywhere, and what needs to be studied is nothing more than a better process. In contrast, the Chinese porcelain, which is limited by the territorial nature of the porcelain land, has great deficiencies in nature.

It's like table tennis now, when only one country has the secrets and no one else can't, they will never push it to a supreme position. Unless, Huaxia can once again return to the realm of the most powerful when all nations came to the dynasty, at that time, those countries in order to curry favor with Huaxia, it is possible to put table tennis on the altar.

However, after entering the industrial society, even if China's national strength is a hundred times stronger, it is impossible to return to the very different national strength comparisons of the past. How can one country defeat the whole world?

"What you say makes sense, but it's only one aspect. In fact, as a commodity, the most important thing is quality, as long as we can come up with a porcelain that is obviously above bone china, even if we can't get back all the market, the high-end market will definitely have our place. The problem now is that ordinary porcelain is not good, and imitation famous porcelain cannot form an equal confrontation with bone china because of the output and enterprise strength......"

"Oh, that's right......"

Li Yi nodded, and then asked:

"Master Qu, in your opinion, what famous porcelain can we imitate to compete with bone china?"

"Bone china is characterized by light texture, fine and hard, not easy to wear and tear and break, moderate light transmittance, heat retention, and the basic color is also very beautiful. If you want to compete with it, of course, you have to start from these aspects. ”

"After the rain, the sky is clear, the clouds are clear, and the Ru kiln from the blue waves is a choice. Of course, if you can imitate the legendary crown firewood kiln of all kilns, and truly reach the realm of blue as the sky, bright as a mirror, thin as paper, and sound like a chime, it will definitely be more high-end than bone china, but unfortunately, this is just a legend! ”

Li Yi saw the regret on Qu Hang's face, hesitated for a moment, and asked:

"Master Qu, if, I mean if, if we can get the craftsmanship and recipe of Ru kiln or firewood kiln porcelain, then is it still difficult to imitate it?"

"Hehe, of course it's difficult for you to ask this question! However, it is much better than it is now. The reason why we are in a dilemma now is because the process, the formula, the porcelain clay and so on all have to rely on backwards and cannot verify each other, and these aspects are entangled with each other, and all kinds of almost countless problems will arise. But if we can master 100% correct processes and recipes, then only china clay will remain, and at the current level of the chemical industry, it will no longer be a major limitation......"

"Oh......"

Li Yi touched his chin and nodded,

"Master Qu, when will you return to China? If I have the chance, I would like to visit you to see what level of state-of-the-art porcelain craftsmanship we have reached, and learn more by the way. ”

"Hehe, I don't dare to be the most advanced, but I won't be arrogant, let's put it this way, don't fall behind!"

Qu Hang laughed twice, looked at the calendar on his watch, and said:

"I should stay here for a few more days, this time, one is to participate in the Biennale of Antiquities, and the other is to visit a bone china factory in Rome...... In this way, if Brother Li is interested, I will call you when I return to China, and then you will arrange a time to come over. ”

"Well, thank you so much! That...... See you back home? ”

"Well, I'll see you back home!"

On the street, Li Yi glanced back at a fashion store that Qu Hang and the others had just entered, turned his head to Gu Feng and said:

"You call the fox and ask him to investigate the information of this Qu Hang, and try to be as detailed as possible. Also, focus on his personality and integrity. ”

"Okay. Brother Yi, do you want to cooperate with him to imitate firewood kiln porcelain? ”

"Well, it's possible. By the way, you just let the fox go to Jingdezhen first and learn more about it. ”

"Good!"

Gu Feng took out the phone and started talking to the fox, while Li Yi walked slowly forward, keeping an eye on the shops on the street.

"Hehe, what a coincidence!"

After walking a few steps, he saw an antique shop again, but this antique shop was different from the two he had seen before, this was an antique porcelain specialty store!

The store is not small, about 120 square meters, but there is no shelf in the store, and all the porcelain is placed in small wooden compartments of different shapes fixed to the wall.

The layout of these small wooden lattices is like a Bogu shelf, the position is high or low, the shape is square or round or irregular, and the colors are also colorful, and the fine porcelain inside looks particularly eye-catching.

The porcelain of this house is mainly ancient bone china, but there are not a few ancient porcelains from China. Li Yi just took a general look, and found that there were a lot of celadons, white porcelain, colored porcelain, and blue and white porcelain, and there were a few real guys who opened the door at a glance, so he couldn't help but be interested immediately.

After saying hello to the clerk who greeted him and was in charge of reception, Li Yi walked slowly to a wall and looked at them one by one from the beginning.

"This one, can you take this one out and take a look?"

Each compartment has a glass door, so it's okay to look at it simply, but if you want to take a closer look, you have to greet the clerk who always follows you.

The porcelain that Li Yi likes is a celadon bird-shaped cup. The cup is about 7 cm high, the diameter is about 10 cm, the straight mouth, the arc belly, the circle foot is slightly outward, and the whole body is covered with green and yellow glaze. One end is shaped into the image of a bird with wings ready to fly, and the other end is installed with a bird tail feather shape, which is what we often call a handle.

The shape of this porcelain is ancient, it seems to be a utensil of the Tang Dynasty, and the glaze layer is thick and uniform, the product glaze is tightly combined, and there is no glaze peeling, which shows that its process is very mature, and it should be a product of the Tang Dynasty. It's just that he can't tell which kiln it is.

After a careful inspection, he found that there were no defects inside and outside this bird-shaped cup, and Li Yi opened the spirit identification card. Then he raised his eyebrows, and a wry smile appeared from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't expect that this first piece of porcelain would be gone! (To be continued.) )