Chapter 41: Morning Market (4)
Guo Yi walked to the stall, squatted down directly and picked up the tea bowl that he had been optimistic about with the mysterious aura in his eyes, and the stall owner had not cleaned a single tea bowl from the corner.
The background color of the cup is porcelain white, crystal clear, and warm and lovely like tender skin. On the body of the cup, there is a fresh and refined peach huā pattern, and the glass white water dots the huā petals, which is very delicate and gorgeous. The whole cup looks smooth and elegant, full of shape, simple and generous, and has an indescribable charm.
"Water dots peach blossoms" Guo Yi shouted in his heart, the hand holding the tea bowl trembled slightly, fortunately it was morning, the sky was not yet bright, and the stall owner did not see it, otherwise the price would definitely be greatly increased, and he would not even sell it. I don't know if the stall owner is Ma Daha or I really don't know it, but I actually left the 7501 on the side, so that it was covered with dust, and almost no one who walked by his stall would care, so that Guo Yi, who had a mysterious atmosphere, got a great opportunity.
Guo Yi slowly calmed down, if there was anything else that could make his heart ripple, that is, the safety of his family and these treasures that were almost extinct.
Guo Yi remembered that the first lesson Uncle Hai gave him was to tell the origin of 7501. Uncle Hai said that 7501 is the pinnacle of China's modern porcelain industry, at that time Uncle Hai's face was lonely, 7501 porcelain in addition to the collection of the national collection of private hands almost nothing, the sealed batch of the end almost destroyed, into fragments, this became a big regret for Uncle Hai.
7501 is in the spring of 1975, Wang Dongxing, director of the Central Office of the Communist Party of China, issued a top-secret document to the JX Jingdezhen State Porcelain Office; Designed for Chairman Mao, a set of special porcelain was fired, which was required to represent the highest level of Chinese porcelain-making technology, and surpass any previous dynasty. The JX Provincial Public Security Department specially organized a working group to be stationed at the Ceramic Research Institute of the Ministry of Light Industry at that time to supervise the "Leader's Porcelain" project, which was regarded by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China as the number one major project in 1975, so the code name of the document was "7501".
In order to fire this batch of porcelain, when the Young Ministry of Industry Ceramic Industry Research Institute specially organized more than 40 top masters, surprise research and design, cover bowl selection of the best materials, with the best technology for production. At that time, China's most famous ceramic artists Wang Guiying, Hong Guozhong, Wang Xiliang, Dai Ronghua and others were involved, and it is said that 1.2 tons of raw materials were selected from more than 10 tons to specifically fire 7501 porcelain. The pattern is the use of plum blossoms and peach blossoms on the glaze, because Chairman Mao likes these two kinds of flowers, and he has written poems specifically for these two kinds of flowers. "Why do all household items have lids? Xia Jianping explained that there are two ways to say this, one is that considering that Chairman Mao is very busy with work and has no time to drink, he is specially equipped with a thermal insulation lid; There is also a theory that the dining place was far away at that time, and it was inconvenient to serve it around, so the lid was specially added. All porcelain has lids, bowls, plates, plates, teacups, small vinegar bottles...... At that time, the number of "7501" porcelain was 10,000 pieces, and only more than 4,000 pieces were intact after leaving the kiln. After careful selection, more than 1,000 BJ pieces were sent to HN, and some were left in the JX storage warehouse. "According to the regulations, all the sealed warehouses should be destroyed, but considering that the special porcelain will be damaged during use and need to be replenished, only part of it was destroyed, and some of it was kept for reserve. According to the variety, there are mainly tea sets, tableware, wine sets, vases, hanging plates, etc. According to the file system, there are mainly art ceramics, fine ceramics, and general ceramics.
7501 used up the unique Linchuan kaolin, and later manufactured with great defects, which caused a legend of 7501, most of which were collected in Zhongnanhai and Shaoshan Memorial Hall, and there were very few in the people. The origin of 7501 is also very interesting, when Chairman Mao was alive, he didn't know about customizing porcelain for his life. At that time, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China did not issue a document on this matter. However, it is true that there is a matter of customizing porcelain for Chairman Mao. At that time, there was no name or code name for this incident, and for the convenience of the narrative, it was temporarily called "7501 Mao Porcelain" (referred to as "Mao Porcelain").
Guo Yi still remembers that 7501 has four uniques: white as jade, Jingdezhen's unique Linchuan kaolin, fired porcelain crystal clear, white as jade; Bright as a mirror, the surface of the porcelain is smooth and shiny, like a mirror, with a silver light; Thin as paper, the wall thickness of the porcelain is less than millimeters, it is almost transparent when illuminated by light, and there is no hot feeling when injected with boiling water; The sound is like a chime, and the porcelain is lightly tapped with the fingers, and its sound is crisp and pleasant, like the sound of chime.
"Boss, how did you sell this cup?"
Guo Yi didn't hesitate, stood up and shouted to the boss who was greeting the guests Zhao Chao was confused next to Guo Yi, isn't it just a modern teacup, just go to the porcelain boutique to buy as much as you want, where is it dozens of times better than here. Of course, this is when she doesn't know the value of the cup.
"Little brother, this cup is fifty dollars." The boss held out five fingers
"Boss, are you expecting me to be a commodity? This is an ordinary teacup, I have a set similar to this one at home, but the teacup is broken, and I happened to find a similar one here, so I bought it back and made up a set. Five U bucks? I'll take it if I can," Guo Yi ignored the boss's words and directly offered the price
"Little brother, add a little more, I can't buy it at your price?" Where did the boss say that in fact, he was already happy in his heart, this cup was built by someone else when he went to the countryside to collect things, he didn't spend a penny, he earned a penny more to buy, and he thought that this thing is now available, who wants this thing, so he didn't take it seriously and threw it in the corner on the side. I didn't expect a fool to buy it. (Only the person concerned knows who is a fool.) )
"Boss, this is an ordinary teacup, if it weren't for you, who can make up a set with my family, I wouldn't want it, this teacup shouldn't be youren, I looked at it covered with dust, you must have put it here for a long time, so ten yuan, this is the highest price I offered." Guo Yi said directly
"Little brother, seeing that you like this cup so much, I can't bear to let you watch from the stall, so I will make a deal for ten yuan." The boss saw that Guo Yi was not going to add money, so he said happily. This useless cup made him earn breakfast for nothing, why not, she began to look forward to hiding a few fools like Guo Yi today.
Guo Yi heard that the boss agreed, took out his wallet, took out a ten-yuan bill and handed it to the boss, and then left with Zhao Chao: "I'll tell you when I go back, this cup is a good thing" Looking at Zhao Chao with a look of wanting to say something, Guo Yi explained.
Zhao Chao followed Guo Yi and walked in front of a small stall, it was very strange that Guo Yi didn't stop to see how he could know if it was true and if it was false, Zhao Chao was sometimes good at this, he believed that Guo Yi would give him an explanation.
It's not that Guo Yi doesn't want to stop, but the quality of these stalls is too poor, many things are fake at a glance, it's okay to deceive laymen, insiders won't look at it, it's not that there is no real, of course there is, but the value of it is really too low, take Yuan Datou as an example, it takes sixty or seventy yuan to buy, and it will be a hundred at most when it is sold, but this unjust big man Guo Yi has bought a lot of them in the rental house when he was in Zhonghai, and those copper coins are the same, he took a fancy to a few pieces of porcelain, but he stopped slightly, After taking a look, they were all from the private kiln, and they were worth two or three thousand yuan at most.
Of course, this is Guo Yi's mistake, if Guo Yi is now studying at Beijing University, he will not be like this, the kiln is also a part of the history of the development of Chinese porcelain, although the value is not as good as the official kiln but his main thing is that the inheritance is complete, the value of the kiln is low, all students can buy it to study. Looking at the development of the porcelain industry from the kiln, we can infer the state of social development at that time, the living conditions of the people, and so on.
Unconsciously came to an end, Guo Yi looked back at the antique morning market street where the more and more people were tired, he didn't expect the quality of Zibo's hometown here to be too poor, and shook his head, but today's harvest is still very good, "water peach blossoms" to Uncle Hai, he must be very happy. Guo Yi took out his mobile phone and looked at the time, it was already more than six o'clock, and he began to walk back with Zhao Chao, Zhao Chao also began to yawn next to him, after all, he was frightened and didn't sleep all night, and after more than two hours, he already felt tired
On the other side, in front of the stall that sold Guo Yi the cup just now, an old man in his sixties stood there and looked around.
"Old Wu, what treasure are you looking for? You name it, I'll give it to you? ”
The stall owner said after seeing off a group of customers. There must be a treasure on his stall, otherwise Old Man Wu's "glance" would have left a long time ago. "One glance" the alias of the deceased old man Wu, he only looked at all the stalls in the antique market, and he could find out the antiques that the stall owner in the stall inside, so the antique market began to call this grandfather "a glance", and at the same time, he also hoped that the old man would come to his stall to help him see what was missing. Of course, this is an extravagant hope, and this old man will not make a move. Ordinary people can't invite him.
"Xiao Li, where is the cup you have here?" Wu Lao pointed to the place where Guo Yi got the peach blossom on the water just now
"Cup, what cup? I just sold a cup. The boss seemed to realize that something was wrong: "Is Wu Lao a teacup for drinking water?" ”
"That's right, it's the thin teacup with peach blossoms painted on it." Wu Lao said
"A young man bought it just now, that cup won't be a good thing, I think it's the kind of teacup that is on the table when the government is in a meeting now." Lao Wan said uncertainly
"You fool, you forgot jì "water dot peach blossom", 7501." Wu Lao finally added.
"Ah," the boss suddenly yelled and slapped himself, and the famous 7501 slipped away in his hand.
"Xiao Li, don't regret it yet, tell my young man to go over there." Wu Lao asked anxiously
"Ah, Ah Wu Lao, those two young men went west, they are very young, in their early twenties, otherwise I would not have been confused." The boss showed Wu Lao the way neatly
Wu Lao ignored his words and hurriedly chased after Guo Yi.
The boss is remorseful, isn't he usually very shrewd? Why was he so confused by the two young people, and he didn't find anything good, although it was just a teacup, but he was able to let himself replace the loan of the house, and he could still have a balance.
I have to say that the age of the antique shop is a hurdle, who let except Guo Yi be a freak.
PS: Brothers, I need your support.