As soon as Zhao Zhuo walked on the stage, the eyes of Tong Dongyang and others fell on him, although many people in the circle had heard that there was a young appraiser who won the genius of the younger generation of the Tong family and the Fang family in the appraisal competition, but few people associated this person with the young man who walked on stage.

Tong Dongyang raised his chin slightly, and the corners of his mouth hooked a faint smile, he was very confident that Zhao Zhuo felt that he couldn't take out a piece of porcelain that was precious enough, after all, whether it was Tong Qizhou, Fang Youming or Chen Caiyuan, he didn't feel threatened in this game, and the red square bottle in the glaze of Zhang Zhidong could be said to be in the limelight.

The only thing that makes him regret is that Jing Yao didn't show up, if she saw it here, maybe she would be impressed by herself, but in any case, as long as she overwhelmed Zhao Zhuo in six games and let him see his financial resources and eyesight, it was enough for him to understand the gap between the two.

When the staff slowly opened the box, Zhao Zhuo carefully took out the bottle inside, and when they saw it, everyone didn't care at first, until Chen suddenly changed his composure and called out the three words "enamel color", which surprised everyone.

As soon as the three words were spoken, the people in the antique circle suddenly widened their eyes one by one, Tong Dongyang and others couldn't help but be moved, although the ordinary audience didn't know what the enamel color was, but they saw the contestants all stared straight at each other, and intuitively realized that this was definitely not a simple utensil.

Players who are involved in antiques whisper the history of enamel to those around them.

Enamel color began in the late Kangxi period and evolved from cloisonné. Cloisonné is made of enamel glaze on the copper tire, and during the Kangxi period, under the instruction of the Kangxi Emperor, the craftsmen of the manufacturing office successfully transplanted the technique of copper fetal painting to the porcelain fetus and created a new porcelain variety.

At its peak, it was from the Yongzheng period to the Qianlong period. However, the enamel color level of the Yongzheng period is the highest, and the craftsmanship is the most beautiful. During the Qianlong period, it slowly turned to pastel, so the enamel color ended in the late Qianlong period, and at the same time, there was also a part of the porcelain glaze with enamel glaze and pastel coexistence.

The white porcelain used in the production of enamel color is provided by Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory. Painting and baking are mostly done in the enamel workshop of the Yanjing Imperial Palace, which is personally monitored and scrutinized by the royal family, while the general pastel porcelain is completed in the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory from tire making, painting to baking, and the difference between the two also shows the rarity of enamel porcelain.

Its painting skills are particularly high, it is the use of unique imported color materials and special oil color method firing, rich color and three-dimensional sense, the picture is gorgeous, the processing level is strictly controlled, if there is a defect immediately broken processing. Because the enamel ware is exclusively for the palace Yan royal family to enjoy, must not be lost to the outside, so the number is very small, known as the official kiln in the "official kiln", known as the first famous product of the Qing Dynasty.

Due to its rarity, few collectors can see such rare items, so it is generally difficult to distinguish the difference between enamel and pastel, and people who can see enamel at a glance are naturally extraordinary.

At the same time, the enamel color also has another name, that is, Gu Yuexuan, its origin has a variety of sayings, one is that Gu Yuexuan is the name of Gu Yuexuan on the Qianlong imperial enamel porcelain, and the other is that Gu Yuexuan is made by a craftsman surnamed Hu, and the Hu character is split into pieces.

But no matter which one, the value of the enamel ware is quite precious, in the London auction of the most eye-catching Yuan blue and white Guiguzi down the mountain jar, to create the highest price is the Qianlong enamel color "Gu Yuexuan" brocade chicken picture amphora, the transaction price of 115 million Hong Kong dollars not only created a world record for Qing Dynasty porcelain auctions, but also made the enamel color began to enter the field of vision of domestic porcelain investors.

The preciousness of enamel porcelain is not only because it is a royal article, it is the official kiln in the official kiln, but also related to its survival, the original Qing palace collection of Kang, Yong, Qian, three dynasties enamel porcelain about 400 pieces, other scattered in museums around the world and private hands of the enamel porcelain should be the late Qing Dynasty scattered out of the palace or by the British and French forces from the Old Summer Palace, the cultural relics market circulation is really rare, very few.

Therefore, the appearance of enamel porcelain immediately caused everyone in the audience to exclaim, but soon, everyone cooled down from the passion.

Because this is a late Qing Dynasty porcelain competition, and the enamel porcelain is extremely labor-intensive, Qianlong has disappeared since then, that is to say, the age of the existence of Guyuexuan enamel color is only Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong three dynasties.

Since this young man is a person in the antique circle, there is no reason why he doesn't even know such a shallow knowledge, so everyone suddenly woke up to the fact that this porcelain is an imitation of enamel porcelain in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China!

Thinking of this, Tong Dongyang was unconsciously relieved, and everyone else felt that it was a false alarm, not that it was not bad in the eyes of everyone, but that this imitation was really very realistic, not to mention that many people have not seen enamel color, it is easy to confuse it with pastel, even if you have seen it in the museum, it is easy to look away, after all, the first person to shout the three words of enamel color is the famous old collector Chen Caiyuan.

And Zhao Zhuo was able to bring this porcelain to this competition, which shows that he has already identified this porcelain as a counterfeit, and this alone is enough to convince the people present.

This porcelain is to imitate the layout of Jingdezhen porcelain in the Qianlong period, the body is painted with chrysanthemum petals, and the color is filled, and the delicate brushstrokes seem to be better than the real enamel color, and its bottle is framed, painted with ladies and flowers, all of which are ingenious. In addition, in the blank space, there is also a four-character regular script of "Qianlong Imperial System" written in alum red.

Chen Caiyuan couldn't help but rub his eyes, marveling at how perfectly this porcelain was imitated, and couldn't help but look at Zhao Zhuo a few more times with some appreciation.

Most people, because they have never seen real enamel, so although they are talking in a whisper, they don't know how to identify the authenticity, only senior old collectors, appraisers with more than ten or twenty years of appraisal experience and judges are solemn expressions, and even one judge left the table directly, walked to the table, and observed this porcelain up close.

If this porcelain is fake, it can be said that it is fake, but if it is true, it is a real sky-high thing, so no one dares to slack off, and the atmosphere in the venue is extremely tense, everyone wants to know what the final result is, after all, in everyone's opinion, Zhao Zhuo is just a young man, if he looks away, it is possible to see the real thing as a fake, if it is really like that, it will open everyone's eyes.

In the front row of the audience, Ji Yuan couldn't help but smile and said, "Xiao Zhuo is really vicious, such an imitation can be seen, even if it is me, it is difficult to distinguish it without spending a while." ”

Ji Yuan said in surprise on the side: "Dad, what era is this porcelain?" ”

Ji Yuan touched his chin and thought for a while: "It seems that it should be from the hand of Shi De of the Republic of China." ”

Ji Yuanhu asked: "Shi Dezhi, how does it sound like a foreigner's name?" ”

Ji Yuan explained: "Although the firing of enamel color has stopped in the Qianlong period, but it has been fired again in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and the reasons are varied, especially a large number of Westerners have poured into the country, work, real estate, and development careers, and many people have also begun to collect ancient porcelain, so the demand for ancient porcelain has increased, but there are fewer and fewer exquisite and high-end ancient porcelain, so it has formed the peak period of antique porcelain, which also has Westerners to participate in the imitation, Shi Dezhi is one of them. ”

Ji Yuan was surprised: "There are still foreigners who come to imitate it, which is also a strange story." I've also seen real enamel in the city museum, but I don't dare to say anything else, but it seems to feel more fluid than the real thing. ”

Ji Yuan said with a smile: "This Shi De is a Latvian, born in the army, stationed in the northeast with the army during the Russian War, and later retired to Shanghai and opened an antique shop. He imported enamel materials from Germany, and hired Hu Shi, a craftsman from the former Qing Palace, to let him collect enamel materials, there are dozens of colors, because the enamel materials used are few and precious, and then let him personally go to Jingdezhen to adjust the color, and each color material in his operation is adjusted once into no color difference. ”

Ji Yuan was surprised when he heard this: "This foreigner is willing to pay for it." ”

Ji Yuan said: "Not only that, but he also recruited Pan Dianyu, a famous craftsman from the former Imperial Kiln Factory, to paint for him at a high price of five hundred taels of silver. ”

Ji Yuan said: "I know Pan Dianyu, this person is an outstanding painter, among the eight friends of Zhushan, Wang Yeting, Liu Yucen, and Chen Yiting are all his proud disciples. ”

Ji Yuan bowed slightly: "Yes, but he is not only a painter, but also the originator of modern Jingdezhen pastel porcelain, in addition to him, Shi Dezhi hired dozens of people, after about three years, the production cost more than two million taels of silver, to make about 200 pieces of imitation enamel porcelain." The reason why you say that the painting on this porcelain is more natural and smooth is because he also adopted a different process when imitating, that is, the artist or literati participated in the painting directly on the porcelain, rather than the painting draft depicted by the craftsman, so the picture appears fresh and natural, the lines are smooth, and it is a little less rigid and restrained than the official kiln Guyuexuan porcelain. ”

Only then did Ji Yuan suddenly realize: "I see, what about the price of this porcelain?" ”

Ji Yuan said with a smile: "It depends on the opinions of those judges, if they identify it as genuine, then there will be a good show." ”

Ji Yuan couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "That's not just a joke. ”

(To be continued)