Eggshell pottery is a kind of high-handled cup with exquisite production, small shape, dark and bright appearance, and thin pottery as an eggshell, which is a representative surname utensil of Longshan culture, and is a kind of vessel specially used for ceremonial purposes, which is mostly seen in larger tombs.

The material of eggshell pottery is all fine clay black pottery, without any impurities.

Thin ceramic tire is an important feature of the production process, the thinnest part is in the handicap part, the thin one is 0.3 mm, and some are as thin as 0.2 mm, generally about 0.5 mm.

The shank and base are slightly thickened to support the weight of the upper part, but they are not more than 1-2 mm common.

The height of the body does not exceed 25 cm, and the weight is mostly 50-70 grams.

It has the reputation of "thin as paper, hard as porcelain, bright as a mirror, black as lacquer", this kind of touch and fall, easy to break precious utensils is by no means ordinary living utensils, it can be asserted that "eggshell pottery" should be specially designed for ceremonial utensils.

In the big market in the countryside, every time there are one or two vendors who buy and sell antiques set up stalls at the head of the market, and the pottery bowl is a white cloth stall, Jin San just glanced at it, and saw the black pottery cup.

The pottery cup is very new, so it will appear here, if the real Longshan culture eggshell pottery was made more than 4,000 years ago, it is absolutely impossible to preserve it so intact until now.

This black pottery is very beautiful, and the plate, cup and base of this eggshell pottery cup have fine concentric wheel patterns, according to which it is inferred that it was processed by fast wheels.

The pottery body is not formed at one time, there are obvious adhesive traces between the handle and the cup, and some of the handles are also divided into two sections, the upper part is a fine solid handle, and the lower part is made a hollow tubular shape, and the cup body is set into the hollow tubular handle, and the shape is like a cup handle. The outer diameter of the cup body and the inner diameter of the barrel handle must be consistent, and the slight error of the pottery embryo will become a waste product.

The cup body is exposed, the lower part of its abdomen has many fine string lines, the hollow handle part and has a variety of patterns of perforation, and the tall cup is decorated with slub patterns, ripples and chord patterns, etc., and the coordination of decoration and modeling is extremely harmonious and beautiful.

The craftsmanship is amazing and beautiful, and it can be called a miracle of pottery craftsmanship. Generally, eggshell pottery is mostly seen in larger tombs, often unearthed is only fragments, this high-handled cup is definitely an antique, although Jin San just glanced at it casually, but his ability to look back at time, has been used for ten years, he just a simple glance, you can see the general situation of a thing, although you can't quickly judge the age, but judge that this is not a modern handicraft, he is still very sure.

This high-handled cup is from Yantai, because he can see the final scene clearly, this is definitely from Yantai, Yantai is a birthplace of Longshan culture, and the Yantai City Museum has also released news that a large number of eggshell pottery has been found.

Yantai once cleaned up three complete eggshell pottery in a tomb group, these eggshell pottery is at least 4,500 years old, which is the representative surname of Dongshan Longshan culture, and it is also the most exquisite drinking vessel at that time.

The Wutai site in the mountainous area of Yantai belongs to the Longshan culture, covering an area of about 90,000 square meters, and the eggshell pottery unearthed includes a high-handled cup, a pottery cup and a clay pot, although it has been crushed for more than 4,500 years, it is still intact, and the original appearance can be restored after patching.

The eggshell high-handled cup is a representative surname utensil of the late Dawenkou culture and Longshan culture, which can be described as thin as paper, and the structure is also very complex.

This kind of "eggshell pottery" utensils, which are extremely difficult to make, easy to break, and have little practical value, should be a luxury item representing the status of the clan nobles or a ritual vessel specially used for ceremonial purposes, which is an early form of bronze ritual ware in the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

But this kind of exquisite pottery, now someone has imitated it, there is a black pottery artist in Zhucheng City, who successfully fired a thin eggshell, only two taels of Shun pottery eggshell cup. Zhucheng in ancient times appeared pottery industry, the territory of the territory of a number of Dawenkou culture and Longshan cultural sites, unearthed a large number of precious historical relics, especially the black pottery is the most famous.

According to legend, Yu Shun was the first to make black pottery, so the black pottery is also called Shun pottery, unearthed in the ruins of Chengzi in Huanghua Town, Zhucheng City, "eggshell black pottery high-handled cup", the wall is as thin as an eggshell, it is the pinnacle of pottery art in the Neolithic Age, and its production skills are superb, which can be called a unique in the world.

In 1972, when US President Richard Nixon visited China for the first time, he specifically proposed to see China's "eggshell pottery", but because only a few cities such as Zhucheng and Rizhao had collections at that time, he failed to do so. In modern times, many potters have excavated and explored the lost superb skill of "eggshell black pottery high-handled cup", but they have failed for various reasons and cannot reach the highest level as thin as eggshells.

Zhucheng potters inherited and developed the research and development achievements of their ancestors, and finally succeeded in producing the exquisite "Shun pottery eggshell cup", so that the exquisite craftsmanship of "eggshell black pottery high-handled cup" reappeared in the world.

At first, Jin San didn't think it was an antique, he just thought it was a high imitation from Zhucheng, he was interested in this thing, and just wanted to get the process of firing eggshell pottery through it, but he just observed a little and saw that this was an antique from 4,500 years ago.

Jin San found that his luck in the past two days was really good, and he could also meet antiques from 4,500 years ago when he came to catch a set, and at this time he had been in front of this stall for three minutes, and the three little ghosts didn't know what Jin San was looking at, and they had already begun to protest at this time.

Jin San took out two hundred yuan and handed it to Jin Hu, he is fifteen years old this year, and he already has the ability to take care of his younger brothers and sisters, give the money to Jin Hu, and let them buy what they want.

At this time, the cup was held by an old man of fifty or sixty years old, and when he held the cup in his hand and shook it, something inside hit the cage wall of the cup, making a light crisp sound.

Jin San looked at it a few more times, saw the whole process of making the cup, and after confirming that it was genuine, he no longer cared.

Jin San looked at the stall at random, the small stall was not big, but there were a lot of things on display, in addition to the eggshell pottery, there were also a large number of jade bronzes, there were also a few strange stone wood carvings, and porcelain, it seemed that what was received was sold.

More than a dozen people around the stall sat on the small horse, discussing on the side, it seems that they are all antique lovers, but they see more and buy less, this kind of antique stall in a small place, naturally no one thinks that there are genuine goods here, even if there are, they are just some worthless small things, like five emperor money, these things are generally big road goods, not valuable, and now everyone knows.

"Lao Wang, the one you took is valuable, be careful, if it is broken, you will have to pay for it."

"This is eggshell pottery, right?" That old king.

The stall owner said proudly: "Of course, this thing is worth 15,000 yuan, and it is the most valuable treasure I have here." ”

A middle-aged man on the side said: "This thing is so exquisite, you dare to run around with it, if it breaks, you will lose a lot of money." ”

The old king said: "There is only one explanation, this thing is not valuable, otherwise Old Man Zhao would not have placed it here so casually." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone around him laughed, even Old Man Zhao also laughed, he laughed and said: "I just received this thing for fifty yuan, otherwise you won't be able to see it, this must be an eggshell pottery, so it is very valuable, Lao Wang, if you don't want it, put it down for me." ”

Lao Wang carefully put it on the stall for him and said, "The thing is a good thing, but it is too new." ”

Lao Zhao, the stall owner, glanced at Lao Wang with disdain, and said, "In our place, there are still people who don't know eggshell pottery?" If this goblet isn't too new, can I get it for fifty dollars? ”

"You pulled it, right? The person who sold you this thing, either a fool or an illiterate, he should know that this is eggshell pottery, and even if it is a modern imitation, he will not sell it to you for fifty dollars. ”

Everyone else around them was talking about it, this old Zhao had missed it, and a young man said, "Uncle Wang, how much is this thing worth?" ”

"You see this glass is beautiful, right? This thing is worth more than 10,000 even if it is a modern imitation, but it is definitely not as expensive as 15,000. ”

As soon as Lao Wang's voice fell, the people around him all started talking, and Lao Zhao was even more proud, in this kind of small place, he may not earn 10,000 yuan a year, but only this time, this eggshell pottery goblet is enough for his living expenses for a year.

Seeing that the old king put down the goblet, Jin San immediately took it in his hand and said, "Uncle, how much does this goblet cost?" ”

As soon as Jin San said this, he immediately attracted the attention of the people around him, and the boss saw that the business came to the door, so he stopped talking to others, and he immediately said: "Sell, fifteen thousand." ”

Jin Sanyi listened to the music and said: "The old man said just now, this thing is definitely not worth 15,000, I think the old man should let a little, right?" ”

Eggshell pottery has no practical value for modern people, therefore, copying eggshell pottery naturally does not have inevitable practical significance.

Due to the rarity of the eggshell pottery products unearthed, there are fewer complete artifacts than the porcelain of the official kilns and the blue and white of the Yuan Dynasty.

Moreover, most of the artifacts unearthed are so-called "remnants" that are broken and mutilated.

Therefore, the research value, artistic value, ornamental value, collection value are greatly reduced, at present, the collection of eggshell pottery in domestic museums also lacks fine products, and there are few complete artifacts on display.

Many remnants are not repaired due to the law, can not restore their original appearance, to be able to get any piece of eggshell pottery boutique, is a luxury that many museums and collectors at home and abroad can meet but not seek.

Therefore, eggshell pottery has potential market demand, profit driven, copy eggshell pottery has a motive, however, the starting point of modern people to make eggshell pottery is far from the ancients, eager to copy, its finished products and 4500 years ago the real product can not be compared.

Life within the high walls is as lonely as snow, even if it is a broken newspaper that has expired, it can make a person study for half a day, so Jin San has been in prison for ten years, but he has not been out of touch with society, and he knows what is happening outside.

Because they still have to live after they are released from prison, they also have to receive a certain education in it, especially for juvenile delinquents like him, if they don't have certain livelihood skills, even if they come out, they will soon go back in.