The Song Dynasty was the golden age of porcelain development, and the five famous kilns competed for beauty, each leading the way, and the court porcelain fired by the official kiln was the most sophisticated.

It can be seen from Ye Zhen's "Tanzhai Biheng" that the book tells the process and reasons for the development of court porcelain from Dingyao to Ru kiln and then to Guanyao in the late Northern Song Dynasty.

This process is based on the will of Song Huizong Zhao Ji as the transfer to promote the development and innovation of Song porcelain, the emergence of Ru kiln and the purchase of official kilns.

The words show that although the Ru kiln is good, it still does not meet the expectations of Emperor Huizong, so he summoned the porcelain masters of the world's famous kilns to the capital to discuss, and finally decided to buy a kiln to burn green kiln ware, and named it the official kiln.

But the only regret is that the article does not indicate the specific address of the official kiln.

Ye Zhen probably couldn't have imagined that it was because of his book "Tanzhai Bi Heng", which caused more than a thousand years of later generations to still debate and insist on their own opinions.

The porcelain of the king, the artifact of Sheji!

In Liu Yuhao's heart, he has such an eight-character evaluation of the official porcelain of the Northern Song Dynasty, which shows that Liu Yuhao himself also attaches great importance to the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty, but he has never seen the real thing, so it is not good to comment on it.

But judging from the sky blue glazed gooseneck bottle owned by Liu Yuhao himself, the legendary Northern Song Dynasty official kiln that is even worse than the Ru kiln should deserve those eight words.

The official porcelain of the Northern Song Dynasty can be said to be the creation of the highest aesthetic pursuit of the supreme "artist" Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, which not only pioneered the imperial official porcelain, but also because of its "turtle back piece, eel blood pattern, purple iron foot, warm and moist like jade" elegant and square beauty, light candle for thousands of years.

According to the previous statistics of Mr. Qi, among the more than 20 pieces of official porcelain of the Northern Song Dynasty in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, there are more than ten inscriptions of the Son of Qianlong, which shows that the official porcelain of the Northern Song Dynasty continued to receive top royal courtesy in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

However, in the late 70s and early 80s of the last century, when the traditional "five famous kilns" in the Ru, Ge, Ding, Jun four kilns have resumed firing, and the high imitations are increasingly amazing, the kiln site of the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty is still deeply sleeping under the yellow mud of Kaifeng City, which is unknown and cannot be examined.

"Kaifeng is the ancient capital of the Seven Dynasties, with a deep cultural heritage, and since the Song Dynasty, many people like to collect antiques."

Master Ge smiled and said.

Liu Yuhao was slightly stunned, and asked curiously, "Why is Master Ge so familiar with Kaifeng?" ”

In Liu Yuhao's memory, the ghost genius Ge Hong should be a disciple of Yuan Baoguo, the master of Yixing purple clay pots, and he happened to be in the prime of life when he became famous.

"My father is from Kaifeng, and I grew up in Kaifeng since I was a child."

Master Ge smiled faintly and finally opened the conversation.

According to Master Ge's recollection, he said: "Our ancestors have a soft spot for porcelain, such as my grandfather's collection of porcelain from various kilns, there are hundreds of small teapots alone, and all of them have different floral patterns. I grew up playing with these objects and have a special affection for porcelain. ”

In 960 AD, Zhao Kuangyin launched a mutiny, established the Song Dynasty, set up the capital of Bianjing, and set up the capital of Yingtianfu Nanjing, so the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty was Bianjing.

Bianjing, also known as Bianliang and Bianzhou, is the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, located in Kaifeng, is one of the famous seven ancient capitals, with a history of more than 2,700 years.

As the most glorious capital of the Northern Song Dynasty in history, Kaifeng has the reputation of "Bianliang is rich and beautiful in the world". The famous painter Zhang Zeduan of the Northern Song Dynasty created the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", which reflects the prosperity of Bianjing, the capital of the Song Dynasty.

"No wonder Master Ge cares so much about the official kilns of the Northern Song Dynasty."

Liu Yuhao smiled, but his ears were furled, and his body twisted back.

Because he heard, not far from him, the small leather shoes were colliding with the stairs in a hurry, making the characteristic sound of "click, click".

"Dad, Dad, why don't you wait for the girl to get up together? Daddy's words don't count! ”

Nan Nan's first reaction when she saw Liu Yuhao was to pounce happily, plunge into Liu Yuhao's arms, raise her pink little mouth and pout unhappily.

Because Liu Yuhao had already made an appointment with Nan Nan last night, he originally got up together in the morning, and Liu Yuhao also swore that he would dress Nan Nan, but now he has left Nan Nan and gone downstairs for more than an hour, and it makes sense for his daughter to complain that his words don't count.

Liu Yuhao scratched his head, dotingly picked up Nannan's little face, and said, "Nannan, okay to go to my mother's side first?" Dad is with the guests. ”

Nan Nan glanced back at Master Ge curiously, and immediately got out of Liu Yuhao's arms, and said with a smile: "Good morning, grandpa!" ”

"Good, so good!"

Master Ge was amused by Nannan's cute appearance, and he kept praising him, until Xia Yuqing came down from upstairs and reprimanded her, and Nannan reluctantly left her father and returned to her mother.

Although Liu Yuhao was very satisfied with his daughter's tutoring, he still said with a smile: "The child is not sensible, which makes Master Ge laugh." ”

Master Ge waved his hand, changed his words, and asked with a smile: "Yuhao Xiaoyou, there is an auction today, I wonder if you are interested in going to participate with me, an old man?" ”

"Auction?"

Liu Yuhao was stunned, and he didn't know how to answer Master Ge's request for a while.

Refuse, Liu Yuhao was afraid that Master Ge would think that he still hated him for opening the pot in private, but he agreed, and finally had some time to accompany Xia Yuqing's mother and daughter, Liu Yuhao really couldn't bear to even use this kung fu to do things.

Moreover, Liu Yuhao is not interested in the auction at all now, and his mind is now devoted to his daughter, where do he care about the auction and those bad things.

To be honest, if this request was made by someone Liu Yuhao's age, he would definitely wave his hand and refuse on the spot.

Just when Liu Yuhao was embarrassed, Xia Yuqing suddenly took Nannan's little hand and walked out with a smile and said, "Master Ge, will children be allowed to enter the auction?" ”

"Yuqing, this"

Liu Yuhao wanted to stop Xia Yuqing, but after thinking about it, he still kept his mouth shut, he knew very well in his heart that he should not make a different voice from his own woman at this time.

But Liu Yuhao was full of black lines, he didn't know why Xia Yuqing suddenly asked such a question, how could the atmosphere at the auction be a place where children should go.

"Auction, naturally anyone can enter the venue, I see that Nan Nan is so well-behaved, she will definitely not cry."

Although Master Ge said on the surface that anyone can go, he hinted slightly that if the child cries at the auction site, it will not be popular.

Xia Yuqing nodded slightly, bent down, and asked Nan Nan with a smile: "Good daughter, shall we accompany my father to the auction?" ”

"What is an auction?"

Where can Nan Nan understand the meaning of the auction, she suddenly looked at her mother with beautiful big eyes and a blank face, and then turned her eyes to Liu Yuhao's side, hoping to find the answer from her father.

Liu Yuhao smiled, hugged his daughter, and explained: "Auction, the auction is that everyone looks at a toy at the same time, and then sees who has more money in the end, and the toy belongs to whom." ”

"Then I'm going to buy toys too!"

Nan Nan listened to it interestingly, and suddenly clapped her little hands and jumped off Liu Yuhao's legs, grabbed Xia Yuqing's clothes and laughed with her little head.

Xia Yuqing glared at Liu Yuhao with disgust, and explained with a smile: "Master Ge, in fact, I hope that my daughter can get in touch with some social knowledge, and the increase in knowledge may be beneficial to her future growth." ”

Master Ge nodded again and again, and said yes with a smile.

Liu Yuhao understood Xia Yuqing's thoughts, and was suddenly a little crying and laughing by the woman's hard work, and said in his heart: "How old is Nannan, she needs to understand those things!" ”

But what to think in my heart is one thing, after all, Xia Yuqing is to cultivate children, and Liu Yuhao is not easy to say that she is not, hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "Master Ge, I don't know what you said will be auctioned at the auction?" I just want to know in advance so that I can prepare. ”

Master Ge's face was solemn, and he said with a serious expression: "It is a pink and blue glazed flower bowl. ”

Pink glaze for the green blank hanging tire, with ash in the tire, for the Southern Song Dynasty Longquan kiln pioneering, Song official kiln and later Jingdezhen famous Longquan kiln have successful works.

Liu Yuhao frowned slightly, and then asked: "Master Ge, there are many works of Longquan kiln now, if it is just an ordinary pink and blue glazed flower bowl, I don't think it will arouse the interest of your old man, right?" ”

Of course, this is just Liu Yuhao's personal speculation, and Master Ge still needs to explain what the specific situation is, so Liu Yuhao just pointed out what he wanted to know and picked up the teacup beside him with a smile.

Master Ge smiled: "Yuhao Xiaoyou, you guessed right, I suspect that the pink and blue glazed flower-mouth bowl is not a Longquan kiln work. ”

"Are you saying that the pink and blue glazed flower-mouth bowl auctioned today is the official porcelain of the Northern Song Dynasty?"

Liu Yuhao was slightly stunned, and immediately grasped the point.

Master Ge narrowed his eyes and looked at Liu Yuhao with a complicated expression for a while before he said: "I can't make a conclusion now, so I want to take a picture of the pink and blue glazed flower bowl, and then ask someone to bring it back to China for a comprehensive appraisal." ”

Liu Yuhao looked a little excited, immediately stood up, waved his hand and said, "Then let's go now, just to occupy a good position and see it clearly." ”

In fact, with the perspective distance of Liu Yuhao's current ability, he can confirm its authenticity even if he sits five kilometers away from the lot, maybe this is because he was too excited to suddenly hear that there was an official porcelain of the Northern Song Dynasty, so he forgot that he had the ability.

Xia Yuqing pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "What are you panicking about, the children haven't changed their clothes yet, so you have to prepare the things you need." ”

Master Ge and Liu Yuhao immediately burst out laughing.

Where does Liu Yuhao need to prepare, but changing clothes is a must, and he can't let his little princess just wear pajamas and go out.