In fact, in such an expo, most of the jade carving works are sold by creativity, and there are few objects such as jade bracelets, and the most pieces are handled by ornaments and pendants, most of which are their representative works, and there are many highlights.

For the true connoisseur of fun, there are plenty of fun things to do here. Not only the jade carving exhibition hall, but also several other exhibition halls, there are a lot of interesting things.

In particular, there are many ethnic minorities in Yun Province, and the characteristic arts and handicrafts are also exquisite and distinctive, such as hand-woven handicrafts, as well as those characteristic weaving and dyeing clothing, which are the highlights of this expo.

Xie Bin took a look around by himself and found a lot of good things. What interests Xie Bin the most is another carving method that he has never heard of or thought about.

At that time, Xie Bin was strolling around the No. 4 exhibition hall with great interest, and the handicrafts with very strong ethnic style made Xie Bin a little lingering. When he slipped to the side of a booth built by himself, Xie Bin's eyes lit up, and he was suddenly attracted by the white porcelain of different sizes and shapes on the booth.

There is no shortage of porcelain in this expo, and some of them are ancient porcelains collected by the players themselves, which are taken out to communicate with Tibetan friends. But this is not ancient porcelain, but completely new porcelain. There is nothing peculiar about the shape of the porcelain this time, and bottles, small bowls, small plates, and small saucers are very common.

However, regardless of the shape, the overall color of these porcelains is white, that is, the so-called plain color, and most of them are relatively light and thin. This is not the point, the point is that the portraits on these porcelains are very strange, not painted, not burned, but engraved.

The paintings on these porcelains are mostly landscape paintings, but there are also figure paintings and head paintings. These paintings carved on porcelain have different styles, but when paired with plain porcelain fetuses, they have a peculiar beauty. It not only has the charm of traditional calligraphy and painting, but also has a texture that cannot be expressed by traditional porcelain.

The owner of the booth was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing glasses with a serious face, holding a carving knife in his hand, as if he was not aware of the crowd's onlookers, and was wholeheartedly carving a thin plate in his hand.

Xie Bin was also a little distracted, he didn't expect that carving could be played like this, playing carving on porcelain, ordinary people sound a little incredible. The surface of the porcelain is hard and crisp, and ordinary people can't go under the knife at all, but under the knife of this master, the glaze of this porcelain is as obedient as the stone of bloodstone, and there is no sign of cracking at all.

You must know that this porcelain carving is more difficult than jadeite carving, because the porcelain is fired at high temperature, and when it is carved, it is very easy to crack and crack.

Thinking of this, Xie Bin admired this master a little more. And looking at the craftsmanship of this master, in addition to knowing very much about porcelain, this hand painting skill is not simple, the paintings on these porcelain, whether it is landscapes or figures, are very exquisite, the layout is generous and elegant.

On the simple plain picture, the appeal shown is not lost to the works drawn on the best rice paper, and the bottom of the book is also very good, the engraved words are strong and powerful, and the gold and stone flavor is full, which makes Xie Bin love it very much.

Xie Bin approached, pointed to a small white figure painting bowl and asked, "Can you get started?" ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he looked at Xie Bin in surprise, nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Xie Bin didn't care about the middle-aged man's gaze, he gently picked up the small bowl with both hands and observed it carefully. This small bowl is similar to the bowl used by ordinary people for dinner, but it is much lighter and thinner. Xie Bin flicked with his index finger and made a crisp sound, this workmanship is indeed very good.

Then I looked up at the lights in the hall, and the notches on the surface of the small bowl were immediately reflected from the inside, which felt very chic. If you gently touch the notches on the surface with your hand, you can feel a slight friction sensation, but it is not strong, and it must be coated with something similar to dyeing wax.

When Xie Bin was playing with this small bowl, a few people asked for the price, Xie Bin listened, the lowest price of this guy was 10,000 yuan, and he didn't bargain.

Of course, to put it mildly, this price is relatively fair, one is that this thing is not simple to make, and the other is that the artistic content of this thing is not low, and the collection value is higher, even higher than the collection value of some bamboo and wood carvings or calligraphy and paintings.

Because porcelain is easy to preserve, and it is very ornamental and playful, it will not be deformed, not afraid of damp mosquitoes, etc., and will not be affected by the weather. It's just that the porcelain carving line is relatively unpopular, and there are few heirlooms, which are not known to the public......

Xie Bin also remembered that his grandfather seemed to have talked about such a carving after seeing this person, which seemed to be more common in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, and not common in other places.

At this time, Xie Bin felt that the skill of porcelain carving should still have great potential, if it can really be carried forward, the future is limitless.

In the collection industry, what is valued is nothing more than the extreme, one is to have a high artistic content, and the other is to be able to preserve it for a long time. With these two points, it is easy to be liked by the masses. Porcelain engraving has both of these points, and they are both excellent.

It's just that in the collection industry, sometimes the phenomenon of following the trend is very serious, once a certain thing is sought after, the price will soon rise, and it will only get higher and higher.

Just like Yuan Qinghua, everyone knows that it can sell at such a high price because of speculation, but the phenomenon of following the trend is too serious, and now there is no need to speculate, the price of Yuan Qinghua is still rising steadily.

There is also colorless jadeite, in the previous jadeite industry, simple colorless jadeite is not worth anything at all, which is equivalent to the existence of waste materials, even if the foundation is good. But later, after some hype, the colorless jadeite was able to sell for a lot of money.

The main reason is that colorless jadeite can still be very beautiful when the foundation is good. Colorless jadeite above the ice species, after processing, can also be as dazzling as crystal. However, it is only after the conscious guidance and hype of the merchants that the current situation has occurred.

Therefore, Xie Bin's first reaction when he saw the porcelain carving was beautiful, and his second reaction was that this thing had a promising future. But because there are not many people paying attention, the price has not been able to go up.

Looking at these beautiful porcelain carvings, Xie Bin wondered if he should learn this craft. But looking at the master's movements, it seems that there is no difficulty, it is nothing more than when carving, the strength must be grasped well.

And in this regard, Xie Bin believes in his own abilities. After all, there is no problem with the basic things in his calligraphy, painting and sculpture, and the biggest difficulty is worthless in the face of Xie Bin's ability. If you want to learn, it couldn't be easier.

However, Xie Bin still needs a physical object to study it well, after all, he didn't even know that there was such a thing before, and he completely relied on his own exploration, so naturally it was not as fast as having a physical object to do reference learning. In Xie Bin's hand is a figure pattern, which is engraved with the scene of Li Kui's case. Li Kui, who was majestic and bearded like a steel needle, was wearing an extremely ill-fitting official robe, and sat in the hall with angry eyes, with several officials on both sides, and two prisoners kneeling under the hall.

The whole scene is very simple, but the image of the characters is very realistic, even the expressions of each official are vivid, and Li Kui, as the protagonist, is even more vivid. exaggerated and funny shape, but it can't hide the awe-inspiring murderous and dignified righteousness at all.

This play, in the original novel, was only created to express the image of Li Kui. However, later people deliberately picked it out and turned it into a joke drama, reflecting the hatred of the rulers at that time, and hoping that there would be a reckless hero like Li Kui who could administer justice for them.

And on this small bowl, this feeling is completely depicted, and it is obvious that the creator has a deep understanding of the play of Li Kui's case. Otherwise, most people will only focus on Li Kui's funny and funny, and will not pay attention to anything else.

Moreover, in order to strengthen this feeling, the creator made artistic processing of the four words "Zhengda Guangming" on the top of Li Kui's head. The four characters are not the common regular scripts, but use a font similar to children's graffiti.

The twisted and crooked four words not only show the darkness of the officialdom at that time, but also set off Li Kui's really commendable. All in all, this work is indeed a very rare masterpiece, and it is clearly a work of care.

Xie Bin looked at this seemingly inconspicuous small bowl, and loved it very much.

When an expert buys something, that's what he sees, and he must be able to see the original intention of the creator, which is what he is a good at. Xie Bin himself didn't dare to say anything else, his ability in calligraphy and painting aesthetics was beyond doubt, at least, if he was given a work of art, he could see the good and bad, where the good was and where the bad was.

This is the difference between an insider and a layman. If they showed this small bowl to others, they would never have thought of these things that Xie Bin was thinking, and they couldn't see what kind of mystery was in such a pattern, and some people couldn't even tell what characters and events were engraved on this painting.

Xie Bin looked at it and picked out a long-necked bottle of landscape painting. The shape of this long-necked vase is very elegant, and with the landscape painting on the white glaze, it feels more flavorful.

Landscape painting is Xie Bin's forte, and the long-necked vase he chose will naturally not be bad. However, the landscape paintings carved on porcelain are two completely different styles from those painted on rice paper, and the feeling is completely different.

And because of the shape of the bottle, this requires a high level of layout ability from the creator when painting, otherwise, it is easy to deviate or lose shape.

In the same way, this kind of landscape painting is also particularly distinctive, just like these, at this time turn the bottle in the hand, and with the rotation of the bottle, the whole painting also seems to be turning, a scene, a experience.

Another difficulty in painting on a bottle is the overall form of the painting. Because the bottle is not flat, the neck is relatively thin, and the stomach is relatively thick, so it is natural that when painting, it is not as regular as on paper, and it is required to be able to adapt to changes.

Similarly, because the bottle is round, the articulation of the head and tail of the painting is also very important, if the connection is not good, it will look very stiff, even if it is connected according to the style of traditional painting, or simply leave a large blank space, it will look a little unnatural.

(To be continued)