Chapter 1026: Tang Kiln
Qiao Lao himself is good at the study of ancient jade, although he also has dabbled in ancient porcelain, but he is still not sure, so he turned his attention to Chu Lao.
The two old men have been friends for a long time, and Qiao Lao knows that Chu Lao is an absolute authority in ancient porcelain, and it is not ashamed to seek advice from such an expert.
Chu Lao understood what Qiao Lao meant, smiled faintly, and said: "Indeed, at that time, the imitation ancient porcelain produced by Lang kiln and Tang kiln was the most realistic image, which made many bigwigs in the circle often dazzle. ”
The previous sentence Chu always came from his own cognition, but the last sentence was to set up an ambush, which could somewhat cover up Zhou Yihui's eyes this time.
Then, Chu Lao slowly gave a detailed explanation of the history of Lang kiln and Tang kiln.
Lang kiln refers to the Jingdezhen official kiln when Lang Tingji concurrently served as a pottery official during the Kangxi period. Liu Tingji, a Qing dynasty man, wrote "Zaiyuan Magazine" praised "the kiln is precious, and it was built when Zihuan Zhongcheng opened the Xijiang River." Antique and secret, no different from the truth. It is imitated, Xuan, dark color, orange peel eyes, cool characters, extremely difficult to distinguish. ”
The Tang kiln generally refers to the Jingdezhen kiln during the Qianlong period, but in fact, it runs through the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties.
At that time, Tang Ying, the pottery supervisor, was versatile, and was able to "eat and breathe with the craftsman for three years", and after hard work, he actually became a porcelain-making expert who was "well versed in the earth, fire, and materials".
Under his direct management and guidance, Jingdezhen kiln has achieved amazing results. Only in the later period of Yongzheng, in just a few years, more than 40 kinds of antique varieties were burned, and more than a dozen innovative varieties were burned.
During the Qianlong period, more varieties came out. During this period, the antique porcelain was technically refined, but there was no purpose for profit. Especially the products of the official kiln, which are fired out for the royal palace, of course, do not dare to really use them to mix pearls.
Therefore, many imitations do not imitate the previous dynasty year, but the straight book of the dynasty year. Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty and there was a special fund for "Qianlong Antique in the Qing Dynasty". Such imitations can only be called "imitations" and not fakes, and they are highly collectible in their own right.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there were more and more Chinese and foreign people searching for ancient porcelain in the past dynasties, and the antique business was booming, so antique and counterfeiting experts also emerged one after another. From the primitive society painted pottery, black pottery, down to Tang Sancai, the five dynasties of Yue kiln and the Song Dynasty major kilns, and even the Ming Dynasty Dehua white porcelain, Shanxi Fahua and the Ming and Qing dynasties and various generations of Jingdezhen official kiln porcelain, almost all imitate.
Moreover, the vast majority of them, because the intention of firing is to pass off the real thing, so not only does it require "god-likeness", but also strives to pursue the "likeness" of every detail.
In addition, at that time, the experience, skills, tools, environment, cultivation and even state of mind of the craftsmen were close to those of the ancients, so only in terms of the fakes in the firing of porcelain - fake antiques, the attainments of this period can be said to have reached an unprecedented level.
"Liu Yuhao, even if you are clever today, it is useless."
Zhou Yihui couldn't help it, stood up again and pointed at Liu Yuhao and roared violently, "You dare to maliciously smash the collection of the Palace Museum, why are you doing this?" Do you bear the consequences? ”
Don't look at Zhou Yihui just now, he was still screaming at Expert Liu, but now he turned his face unceremoniously, if it weren't for the fear of Teng Yi, it is estimated that Zhou Yihui's fingers could be pointed at Liu Yuhao's face.
Regarding the authenticity of the pair of Guanyin bottles, Zhou Yihui naturally knew in his heart.
He has conducted experiments with optical instruments more than once, and has also used advanced porous sampling to identify carbon-14 as a pair of Guanyin bottles from the Qianlong period.
Liu Yuhao's so-called fakes are completely made up, and what he says is untenable.
"Lao Zhou, what are you doing, let Yu Hao finish speaking!"
Rong Lao still spoke after all, from the time Liu Yuhao smashed the Guanyin bottle to the present, Rong Lao spoke for the first time, it was obvious that the old man was still facing Liu Yuhao, otherwise he would not have dissuaded Zhou Yihui.
Now when this situation is not clear, Rong Lao did this, if it turned out that Liu Yuhao was wrong, he would also be criticized, but Rong Lao did not choose to retreat, and still stood firm on Liu Yuhao on the side.
Liu Yuhao's heart warmed, Chao Rong smiled, and then picked up a piece of porcelain from the ground, sneered and faced Zhou Yihui, and said: "In general, the purpose of manufacturing antique porcelain in ancient and modern times is nothing more than two, one is to think about the nostalgia of the past and maintain the traditional varieties; The second is to confuse the real with the false to obtain commercial benefits. ”
After saying this, Liu Yuhao put the porcelain piece in his hand in the middle of the table, and suddenly smiled, and said, "Old Zhou, congratulations, a fake that is less common than Su Sancai has been scooped out by you." ”
Spicy next door, this kid is crazy, right?
Zhou Yihui jumped to his feet angrily, and was just about to open his mouth to scold Liu Yuhao for being shameless, but when his hand was raised in the air, he suddenly stopped, his body was stiff as if he had been enchanted, and his eyes were dull.
"Old Zhou, what's wrong with you?"
Dean Chen saw that something was wrong, and immediately stood up and walked to Zhou Yihui's side, originally ready to comfort a few words, but in the next second, Dean Chen was dumbfounded just like Zhou Yihui.
The strange expressions of the two aroused everyone's stunned attention.
Qiao Lao was the first to find out about the situation, rubbed his eyes vigorously and was stunned for a moment, before muttering: "My generation is not as good as Liu Yuhao!" ”
One stone startled a thousand layers of Lang!
The remaining seven experts in the audience stood up and leaned over, looking at the three of them curiously, wondering what they had seen, and they had become stupid at the same time.
But when the seven experts could clearly read the words in the porcelain tiles on the table, there was a sudden sound of gasping around.
I don't know if Zhou Yihui is lucky or unlucky!
Tang Ying's works are quite rare, if you remember correctly, there should still be one in the British Museum, but it is such a rare thing that Zhou Yihui bumped into.
The porcelain piece actually writes the four words "Shenyang Tang Ying" from top to bottom, and there is a red color seal seal under the word, and the text is "Hanmo".
And everyone knows that Tang Ying is a member of the internal affairs department appointed by Emperor Yongzheng, who is on duty to raise the heart palace and ordered to supervise the kiln affairs in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi. However, all the porcelain produced under his supervision should be engraved with the words "used in the imperial kiln", and as a porcelain addict who has been engaged in porcelain burning work for 30 years, only Tang Ying's porcelain will be crowned with "Shenyang Tang Ying" and added a book seal.
In this way, Liu Yuhao didn't lie, and the smashed piece was indeed a fake.
This is super hot news!
For ten years, Zhou Yihui has been proud that he found a three-color Guanyin bottle dedicated to the royal family in an abandoned warehouse, but ten years later he learned that the Guanyin bottle that he had been proud of for ten years was actually a fake.
What kind of blow is worse than letting a person down?
In the past ten years, Zhou Yihui sang praises for the pair of Guanyin bottles, wrote countless professional papers, and published them on absolute authoritative impurities.
Don't even think about it, what happened today will definitely spread all over the world as soon as possible.
At that time, what face does Zhou Yihui still have to claim to be an expert in ancient porcelain? What courage do you have to stay at the Palace Museum?
What happened in these three hours or so could be a novel, and it could be as wonderful as it was.
People who usually don't treat Zhou Yihui very well have a gloating smile on their faces.
"Master Liu, how did you find out that there is a line of words engraved on the inner wall of the Guanyin bottle?"
Qiao Lao was shocked and immediately thought of the crux of the problem, and asked with a sleepy face, you know, how long has Liu Yuhao been looking at the Guanyin bottle? But Zhou Yihui has been watching it day and night for ten years.
But the problem is that the secret that Zhou Yihui didn't discover was discovered by Liu Yuhao.
Qiao Lao is the most questioning of Liu Yuhao's ability among the experts, but now he is blushing and no longer dares to call Liu Yuhao an expert, but changes to Liu Shi, and regards Liu Yuhao as his teacher's first-level existence.
"You're serious!"
Liu Yuhao is not the kind of person who doesn't know how to advance or retreat, he bowed to Qiao Lao with a smile, the old man's expert name is real kung fu, unlike the result of his ability perspective.
But how to answer Qiao Lao's doubts, Liu Yuhao also had a plan in his heart.
"You must be curious, too."
Liu Yuhao smiled faintly, picked up another Guanyin bottle from the table with one hand, and said while gesturing: "Actually, it was also accidental, I just wanted to see the tire juice at the bottom, but I didn't expect my fingers to suddenly touch the inner wall of the bottle shoulder, at that time I just felt that there seemed to be words inside, but I couldn't confirm it, so I took the risk of smashing one of the Guanyin bottles to prove whether the idea in my heart was correct." ”
Damn, that's okay too?
To be honest, there were many people present who wanted to rush up and beat Liu Yuhao.
Now that I think about it, Liu Yuhao's move was too risky, and he recklessly smashed a national treasure-level cultural relic just by the feeling of his fingers? Isn't it a little underconsidered?
But at the same time, everyone also admits that in bold assumptions and careful verification, no one can have the courage of Liu Yuhao, and no one can achieve the meticulous observation of an antique like Liu Yuhao.
It seems that what Chu Lao said is true, Liu Yuhao is not only a great talent, but even in time, he will definitely become the highest cultural relics expert in China.
It was not easy to fool the experts, and Liu Yuhao glanced at Zhou Yihui, who was still distracted.
For people like Zhou Yihui, Liu Yuhao will not have any sympathy, this person cares too much about his reputation, since ancient times, people who love their feathers too much usually do not end well.
Moreover, Liu Yuhao will not feel guilty for smashing Tang Ying's works.
In Liu Yuhao's view, Tang Ying's imitation is certainly a masterpiece for everyone, but also has an important role in promoting the development of porcelain. However, on the other hand, from the perspective of cultural relics collection and identification, no matter what the purpose, as long as it is an imitation, it will cause difficulties for future generations to identify.
Especially for those imitations of exquisite craftsmanship in ancient times, even if the original intentions of the makers were completely pure, it cannot be ruled out that they will later use their imitations to counterfeit the real products and make huge profits.