Hearing Yan Liqiang ask about the antiques he received today, Yu Lifei really didn't know how to answer. It was really not his intention to let Huang Yan use antiques as plates. Now if you sue sù Yan Liqiang, this braised tofu is the Ji red glazed plate, I don't know if he did it on purpose?

"Isn't it in front of you?" Yu Lifei smiled bitterly and said. He thought to himself, although Huang Yan was too sloppy, he also made an interesting anecdote. Who would use such a valuable antique to serve food? Some people use ancient porcelain to drink tea, and he has heard of it, but it seems that it is really rare to say that it is used to eat and serve vegetables.

"What? Is this plate? Yan Liqiang's eyes widened, looking incredulous. He's been collecting for years, and he's never seen anyone spoil antiques like this. If this is bumped somewhere, the things left by the ancestors will be over. Antiques, unlike everything else, are works of art that cannot be regenerated.

Such a work of art, no matter how bad it is, should be collected. Besides, listening to Yu Lifei's meaning, the things he received today should still have some value, how can they be used to make daily necessities?

Yan Liqiang has always felt that he is extravagant enough. But now compared with Yu Lifei, he feels that it is still a big thing. He cherishes all the antiques he collects. But Yu Lifei took the antique supplies, and in the future, he would never have any other thoughts except looking up at Yu Lifei.

"Yes, I didn't have time to tell Huang Yan in the morning, but I didn't expect him to think that I bought a plate with vegetables." Yu Lifei explained. Fortunately, the plate was not broken, otherwise it would have been a big loss.

"No, I have to call Wu Lao and ask him to scold you." Yan Liqiang's mood suddenly became comfortable. At first, I thought that Yu Lifei did it intentionally, but I didn't expect it to be Huang Yan's self-righteousness. This is Yu Lifei's trouble, and he has the obligation to help him publicize it.

Wu Wengu originally didn't want to come to Xuanyazhai to eat, but he heard Yan Liqiang say. Yu Lifei actually used an antique plate to serve vegetables, which immediately aroused his interest. As soon as he arrived at Xuanyazhai, Wu Wengu immediately picked up this plate of braised tofu and looked left and right. I also raised it up and looked at the inscription below, and turned the tofu inside with chopsticks, wanting to see it quickly. If it weren't for the time to eat, I'm afraid he would have poured out the tofu inside.

"Old Wu, let's eat first." Yu Lifei was afraid that Wu Wengu would pour the dishes on his body, and the plate would be broken, which would make Wu Wengu splash all over the body with soup.

"Good. Eat first. Wu Wengu gently put down the plate and said with a smile. Although he didn't see the whole picture, he basically had a bottom in his heart.

"Lifei, is there something wrong with my plate of braised tofu?" When Huang Yan came to serve the food, he saw Wu Wengu picking up this plate of braised tofu from time to time, and asked puzzledly.

"He doesn't look at the dishes, he looks at the plates. I said Huang Yan, you have been working in Xuanyazhai for so long, why can't you tell the difference between antiques and daily porcelain? Yu Lifei complained.

"What. Is this plate an antique? Huang Yan asked in astonishment. She also thought that Yu Lifei bought the plate for the store, and she didn't look at it carefully in a hurry, and received it in the kitchen. When I made braised tofu just now, I thought that dish would go well with this plate. That's why I used it.

"Can I still lie to you?" Yu Lifei said with a wry smile.

"Oh my mom, I'll go change the plate." Huang Yan's face was crimson, and she said busily. It's a big joke to put antiques on the day.

"Forget it. Let's talk about it after eating. Yu Lifei stopped Huang Yan.

"Old Wu, what do you think of my red glazed plate?" After Yu Lifei waited for the dishes to be served, he deliberately put this plate of braised tofu in front of Wu Wengu. Ask.

"Ji red glaze, also known as 'bright red glaze', 'ruby red glaze', 'accumulated red glaze', 'drunk red glaze'. It is the famous copper red glaze variety that was created and burned in Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, and it is named because the red vessel is used to sacrifice the suburban altar. The glaze of Ji red glaze is deep, the glaze is smooth, not very transparent, does not flow glaze, does not blurt out, and does not open the piece is a fine product in porcelain, which is very precious. With ordinary glaze raw materials, add glaze ash, tin oxide, copper oxide content is less than one percent, green glaze, high temperature reduction firing. Wu Wengu said slowly.

"Elder Wu, this is a red sacrificial vessel for the purpose of sacrificing to the suburban altar, is it used on the altar of the sun?" Yan Liqiang remembered what Yu Lifei told him about the Heaven and Earth Sun Moon Altar, didn't the red color correspond to the Sun Altar?

"Yes, Xiao Yan, I didn't expect your progress to be so fast during this time." Wu Wengu said with some surprise that Yan Liqiang used to only know the value of antiques based on price. He couldn't tell the difference between professional issues like this.

"I have to keep up with the times, or you won't want to talk to me about antiques in the future." Yan Liqiang smiled proudly. If Yu Lifei hadn't talked to him about monochrome glaze last night, I'm afraid he wouldn't have thought about it at all.

"Wu Lao, the real red glaze ware seems to have only existed in the Yongle period, right?" Yu Lifei asked.

"Not bad. The fetal bones of Ming Yongle Ji Red ware are extremely clean and firm, the body is thin and light, and the red glaze on it is gorgeous and even. There is a kind of high-foot bowl, about 10 centimeters high, about 15 centimeters in diameter, all of which are extravagant with narrow lips, deep walls, and high hoop feet. The inner wall of the cone arch double dragon play bead pattern, and some also add cloud pattern. The inside and outside are full of red glaze, and some of the mouth and foot glaze are thin and white edges are exposed. The fetal bone is thin, with only a few parts slightly thicker. There are four seals in the heart of the "Yongle Year System". There are single circles or lace on the outside, I think your plate should not be from the Yongle period. Wu Wengu shook his head and said.

"I don't think it's like it, after you finish eating the tofu, you can see that the glaze inside is black, I think it looks like the early Qing Dynasty, or the Kangxi period." Yu Lifei said.

"It is very likely that red glaze was only produced in large quantities during the Yongle and Xuande periods, and reached its peak during the Xuande period. Now it is difficult to see a piece of Xuande red glaze. After the Xuande Dynasty, although the previous dynasties also had a slight production, but both the quality and quantity have tended to decline, starting from the Ming Dynasty, there is almost no longer Ji Hong, and the red glazed porcelain of the Jiajing Dynasty is replaced by low-temperature iron red. Wu Wengu sighed and said.

Yongle and Xuande are the highest peak in the history of defective products in our country, the porcelain produced in that period is exquisite, and later generations can hardly see such works of art except for the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods.

"Wu Lao, what is the main thing to look at when identifying red glaze?" Yan Liqiang asked.

"Of course, look at the glaze color, red glaze is not better than white glaze, you can see a lot of differences from the glaze color. Lifei, this plate was taken back by you, you should know something about Ji red glaze, right? Wu Wengu asked.

"Xuande bright red glaze due to the different firing atmosphere, there are different shades of red, different reds, ruby red, Ji red and other names. There are red glaze and red glaze on the outer wall of the inside and outside, the inner wall is two types of transparent glaze, the inner wall of the utensils is not red glaze is often thinner, and some have printed ornamentation, only the pattern is blurred, and most of the red glaze glaze has orange peel pattern.

As long as it is a relatively fine and regular utensil, there is a neat 'lamp grass edge' that exposes the true color of the fetal glaze on the edge of the mouth, although it is also red and white, but it is not as good as the imitation after Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, which is deliberately painted with white edges. The more fine and regular utensils are made near the bottom of the foot of the glaze to cut off, the vertical glaze is blue-gray, and the Qing Dynasty imitation is black. Wu Lao, you can take a look at it, my plate, the glaze is hanging, it seems to be Wu Ning black.

In addition, all the utensils that are slightly thicker are not necessarily 'lamp grass edges' on the left edge, and the places near the feet are green due to oxidation factors. The edges of some utensils are often exposed to the white tire and become tendons. On some utensils, there are blue and purple kiln spots on the glaze, and brown eyes, cold lines, and open pieces on the glaze. Yu Lifei said slowly.

"It seems that you have studied porcelain during this time." Wu Wengu nodded with satisfaction.

Yu Lifei was able to say right once, he was just surprised. If you can say it very clearly twice, you may think that it is a coincidence. But last night, he was at Yan Liqiang's place, looked at a white-glazed monk's hat pot, and today he said to Kang Weihao's bronze tripod is the Tao, plus the red glazed plate he received, it can be seen that he has indeed done his homework.

"After all, I am in the antique market, and I know more than others." Yu Lifei said humbly.

"Do you know the style of Ji red glaze?" Wu Wengu asked.

"Xuande red glazed porcelain, part of it has no words, and part of it has 'Ming Xuande year' two lines of regular script blue and white or carved paragraphs. There are blue and white double circles outside the paragraph, and some double circles are not regular. Yu Lifei said that he had seen the information in this area, although he had seen few genuine products, but he had not seen the patterns.

"Do you think this plate belongs to Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, is there any basis?" Wu Wengu asked again.

"Since the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, there has almost no more red. Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty had porcelain imitating Xuande Ji red, but the glaze was black and red, just like me. Yongzheng imitation is more moist and gorgeous in color, and some glazes have orange peel lines. The glaze color is unequal, which is the process defect of Yongzheng Ji red. There are dark brown, red, pink and even apple green. After Yongzheng, the Jihong official kiln ware rarely appeared again, if there is, it is also the late Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China imitation of the majority. Yu Lifei said.

"Let's see." Yan Liqiang poured the whole plate of braised tofu into his bowl, poured the soup into the red glazed plate, and drank the soup without caring about the oil in it.

"I'll go wash up." Huang Yan said with some embarrassment.

"You'll have to be careful, this plate will soon be mine." Yan Liqiang admonished.

After Huang Yan came back with the cleaned Ji Red Glaze Plate, Yan Liqiang had already prepared a magnifying glass and a strong flashlight. In the morning, he had already identified a bronze tripod, and Yu Lifei had said so much just now, and he wanted to practice it again. (To be continued......)