Chapter 67: Chenghua Doucai
In Avon Zhai, Zhou Yafang was holding an antique in her right hand, and a high-powered magnifying glass in her left hand, looking carefully, in front of her eyes was a specially installed high-brightness lamp, she was so fascinated that even Fang Ming and Jiang Wen walked in, she didn't notice it.
"Sister Avon......"
Jiang Wen just wanted to say something, but was immediately stopped by Fang Ming.
When he found the antique in Zhou Yafang's hand just now in Bo Shizhai, he was startled, because when he just took it, the color of the Pixiu that appeared in his right hand was too strong, as if there was substance, and the only thing that happened was when he found the golden Buddha with the relics.
You must know that the golden Buddha was sold for 5 million in the end, and it was half sold and half given.
The antique in front of him was able to cause Pixiu to react like this, and the value was absolutely huge.
Time passed slowly, Zhou Yafang had been looking at the antiques in her hand very carefully, and the expression on her face was also very rich: she wrung her eyebrows tightly, then stretched out and smiled, and then twisted her brows......
Fang Ming paid attention to Zhou Yafang's expression together, and when he saw her expression, his mood became like a roller coaster. It stands to reason that since Pixiu in his right hand has "proved" that the antique in Zhou Yafang's hand is a good thing, it must be a good thing, and there is no need to worry about it. One. Root. Read. But he suddenly thought of a question, that is, if other antique appraisal masters can't identify the antiques that they have picked up through Pixiu's ability, then wouldn't they be busy in vain?
You can't just say it yourself, can you? In fact, it really doesn't count if you say it alone!
After realizing this, Fang Ming's heart immediately lifted, staring at Zhou Yafang deadly, he was expecting what kind of appraisal she would make!
"Sister Avon, what do you think of this thing......"
Finally, Fang Ming couldn't help it anymore and interrupted Zhou Yafang's appraisal loudly.
As if coming back to her senses all of a sudden, Zhou Yafang raised her head to look at Fang Ming and said, "Fang Ming, what kind of antique do you think this is?" ”
"This ...... I think it's a bucket lottery. ”
Fang Ming hesitated for a moment, but still expressed his judgment, although it was said that with the help of Pixiu's ability, he was unbeatable in picking up leaks, but when it came to the knowledge of antiques, he knew that he was still a junior brother, so he naturally didn't have much confidence.
It is customary to divide porcelain into celadon, blue and white porcelain, colored porcelain, and white porcelain.
The so-called celadon refers to the porcelain with cyan glaze on the surface, which is the green glaze on the porcelain blank - this is a colorant with iron as the main component, so that the glaze of the porcelain contains iron oxide, so that in the refining process will form a unique color, the main characteristics of celadon are that the porcelain is as delicate as oil, and the porcelain lines made are bright and smooth like water, and the shape is dignified and simple like a bell, and the color is pure like the deep sea, which makes celadon a member of the world's famous porcelain. In the history of porcelain, the Qianfeng emerald color, pink green, and emerald green refer to this kind of porcelain, and the Tang Dynasty Yue kiln, the Song Dynasty official kiln, the Ru kiln, and the Longquan kiln all belong to the celadon series.
Another name of blue and white porcelain is called blue and white porcelain on white ground, usually referred to as blue and white porcelain, which belongs to underglaze colored porcelain, which is first decorated with raw materials containing cobalt oxide on the porcelain body, and then covered with a layer of transparent glaze, and then fired at high temperature. And cobalt in the firing of the blue color, the color of bright blue and bright flowers, the original blue and white porcelain in the Tang Dynasty has appeared, to the Yuan Dynasty, blue and white porcelain has matured - mature blue and white porcelain appeared in the famous "porcelain capital" Jingdezhen, the Ming Dynasty porcelain after the Yuan Dynasty has been based on blue and white, to the Qing Dynasty Kangxi period blue and white development to the highest peak, during this period appeared in the future famous blue and white red color, yellow ground blue and white and peacock green glaze blue and white and so on and so on.
White porcelain is a kind of porcelain made of fetal soil with very few impurities, when firing, the iron content of the fetal soil is selected first, and then after special treatment, the impurities are less, so the color is white as jade, and with a layer of glaze with a transparent surface, it will be more white as snow after firing. Although the white porcelain is elegant and simple, there is no bright and dazzling color, but there is a natural beauty, which is very popular with people.
Colored porcelain is also the so-called "painted porcelain", is a kind of porcelain with painted patterns on the surface of porcelain, the main classification is underglaze colored porcelain (color decoration on the surface of the porcelain glaze below the underglaze color, the main feature is that the color picture is not in direct contact with the outside world, under the protection of transparent glaze can avoid wear and corrosion to the greatest extent) and glaze colored porcelain (color decoration on the surface of the porcelain glaze is glaze color, which is characterized by bright colors, decorative artistry is also stronger) two categories, underglaze color originated from the Tang Dynasty blue and white, In the Ming and Qing dynasties, it appeared to be glaze color, that is, the so-called pastel, this period is also the highest peak of colored porcelain achievements, and the place where the production of colored porcelain is the most famous Jingdezhen kiln.
Fang Ming's doucai is a kind of colored porcelain, especially refers to the use of "first on the body with green materials to paint flowers and birds half of the body, compound people with color materials, make up the whole of it" technique of colored porcelain, simply put, is to use underglaze blue and white to outline the outline of the edge, and then through the glaze color material to fill in the colored porcelain. Of course, there is also a way to use underglaze blue and white combined with overglaze color on blue and white to make a bucket color, but generally speaking, the bucket color does not refer to this, but to the former.
"I remember seeing a piece of Doucai porcelain in a book, it seems to be in the Chenghua period, it is a bucket color begonia flower lid jar, the top of the lid has a slight arc, the wall is vertical, the shoulder of the jar is plump and the belly of the jar is round like a drum, there is a begonia flower on the top of the lid, there are Ganoderma lucidum flowing around, there are flying butterflies on the wall of the jar, etc., from the technical point of view, it is to outline all the contours in the underglaze blue and white year, and then fill in the glaze with color materials, this is the standard process of Doucai."
"The antique you are holding in your hand is very similar to the Chenghua Doucai I have seen."
Zhou Yafang nodded and said: "Yes, you are right, this is a Doucai rich peony plate, the whole plate is decorated with refreshing stars, the view is pleasing to the eye, in the delicate white like fat glaze green leaves and red peony and auspicious clouds and so on The color sets off each other at the same time, and this is the unique style and charm of Doucai." ”
Fang Ming was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Sister Avon, do you also think this is an antique of Doucai?" ”
Zhou Yafang didn't speak for a while.
The most famous of the various periods of the Chenghua period, the Chenghua period of the color is glaze color alone there are more than 6 kinds, and each color is divided into different shades, such as yellow is divided into apricot yellow, goose yellow, turmeric and so on, green, blue and red and so on also have different levels, these colors have not been imitated by many people so far, and this is the most valuable place of the Chenghua years of the Doucai.
There are two types of Doucai in the Chenghua period, one is the "Ming Dynasty Chenghua Year" model, the other is the "day" word paragraph, because of the problem of production technology, Chenghua Doucai porcelain is all official kiln ware, the production quantity itself is very small, and the remaining in the world is even less, at present, it is mainly preserved in the two Palace Museums in Beijing and Taipei.
"Chenghua Doucai is very precious, even if there is a private collection, no one is willing to take it out and sell, I remember many years ago there was a 12 cm Chenghua Doucai goblet was auctioned at a high price of 1 million US dollars, and then Chenghua Doucai was never seen again, so Chenghua Doucai has become a priceless treasure."
Slowly, Fang Ming heard the meaning of Zhou Yafang's words, the output is very small, the stay is less, priceless, all of this shows how rare Chenghua Doucai is, how can you pick up the leakage to Chenghua Doucai? What's the difference between this and hitting shit luck?
Fang Ming's brows furrowed tightly, this was not good news - as he had thought before, if others couldn't identify that this was a Chenghua Doucai, then how powerful his Pixiu ability was, what could he do? If others don't approve of it, then naturally it won't be sold, and it's impossible for you to tell the story of Pixiu's ability, right?
Regardless of whether you want to say it or not, even if you are willing to say that others have **, you don't believe it!
"Sister Avon, but I think it's a bucket color in the Chenghua years."
Zhou Yafang looked at Fang Ming and found that the other party's tone was affirmative, obviously she really believed that this was Chenghua's Doucai in front of her, but what made her wonder was where Fang Ming got such strong confidence?
Especially when I have pointed out that Chenghua Doucai is extremely rare, I am still so confident?
Gut feeling?
Could it be that Fang Ming relied on his intuition to determine that this was a Chenghua Doucai, so he insisted that he was Chenghua Doucai?
Thinking of this question, Zhou Yafang's brows furrowed, if this is really the case, she will be very disappointed, you must know that the identification of antiques is a science, pay attention to empirical evidence, not an intuition similar to "guess", or that you can rely on intuition to pick up leaks, but if the appraisal still has such an attitude, it will be very problematic.
"Fang Ming, this rich peony plate of Doucai ...... To be honest, I'm a little unsure whether it's true or not, but there are very few Chenghua Doucai surviving now, and I don't think we have such good luck. ”
Whether it is from the glaze, style and the bottom of the plate of the "Ming Dynasty Chenghua Year" model, the plate in front of you is very similar to the Chenghua Doucai, but the more this is the case, the more Zhou Yafang is not sure that this is a Chenghua Doucai!
If it is true, then the plate in front of you will be worth nearly 10 million!
Fang Ming naturally heard the meaning of Zhou Yafang's words, frowned slightly, sighed softly, and said, "Sister, why don't we go and find the money?" He may have other opinions. ”
Zhou Yafang's eyes lit up, and said: "How did I forget this matter, Qian Fang is an expert in the study of Chenghua Doucai in China, and it is most appropriate to ask him for advice on this issue." ”
Zhou Yafang really wanted to confirm whether the plate in front of her was Chenghua Doucai!