Chapter 266: Blue and White Withered Branches Flower and Bird Vase

Kang Weihao listened to Yan Liqiang's words, and sighed heavily in his heart. When Yu Lifei and Wu Wengu introduced the red in the glaze, he was actually looking at the red reed goose pattern in his glaze. But the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, almost every one of these unglazed features that Yu Lifei and Wu Wengu said was a little different from the red reed goose pattern in his own glaze.

"Old Wu, I also think that there is something wrong with this red reed goose pattern in the glaze." Kang Weihao sighed heavily and said regretfully. He thought to himself, it seems that he should talk to the experts more. Not only can you learn knowledge, but you can also avoid making a fool of yourself in front of your peers. The antiques donated to the museum turned out to be fakes, and if this was passed out, it would be disgraceful.

"It should be said that it is plausible." In order to verify his judgment, Yu Lifei picked up the red reed goose pattern in the glaze and said firmly.

"What Li Fei said is very right, Mr. Kang, I'm afraid that there is something wrong with your red reed goose pattern in the glaze." Wu Wengu said slowly.

"I already know. Old Wu, no matter how hard you work, you will slap your hands on this blue and white withered branch flower and bird vase. Kang Weihao casually put the red reed goose pattern in the glaze into the lockbox, and took the last blue and white vase. Now he is not as confident in this blue and white vase as he used to be.

The bottle is not big, thirty centimeters high. Wu Wengu waited for Kang Weihao to put the bottle on the table before turning the bottle down. I saw that there were two rows of inscriptions below: "Daming Chenghua Year System". When looking at these two lines, Wu Wengu deliberately took out a magnifying glass and a strong flashlight and looked at them for a long time.

"Chenghua's bottle, this is a treasure." Yan Liqiang saw these words and said in a loud voice.

The blue and white vase of Daming Chenghua is very precious, and when put on the market, such a good bottle is worth at least millions. If it is auctioned, tens of millions are not unusual. Conweihao was able to donate such a good bottle to the museum. Such a state is impossible for him to achieve.

"Lifei, what do you think?" Wu Wengu put down the bottle and did not answer Yan Liqiang's question. He now has high expectations for Lifei and wants to hear Yu Lifei's opinion.

"Although the payment is made in the Ming Dynasty, it may not be in the Chenghua period. As far as I know, Kangxi's early porcelain was rarely written. Because of this, Kangxi thought that the porcelain could not be written, so the money was written. If it is broken, it will be unlucky, so it will not be allowed to write. But many of Kangxi's porcelain, especially early porcelain, have a very special phenomenon: write a large number of consignments. For example, the Xuande year system of the Ming Dynasty, the Chenghua year system of the Ming Dynasty, and the Jiajing year system of the Ming Dynasty, these three dynasties wrote the most. Yu Lifei said.

"Old Wu, really?" Yan Liqiang asked in surprise. Generally speaking, there will be no mistake in the following section of porcelain, if even this is fake, then why should it be judged in the future?

"Of course. In fact, as long as it is the beginning of the change of dynasty, there will be a period of time when the objects of the previous dynasty are imitated, and even the inscription of the previous dynasty is written. This is even more true in the Kangxi Dynasty, which is in the imagination of many people. It's a big taboo.

Anyone who has read history knows that the Qing Dynasty's literary prison was very powerful, especially in the Kangxi Dynasty. Some people write a poem nostalgic for the Ming Dynasty, and they all want to kill their heads. Why is the paragraph written on the porcelain. It's all from the previous dynasty, but can it be opened? Wu Wengu said that what he studied was history. Naturally, it is very clear about such things.

"yes, why can you open the net?" Yan Liqiang said eagerly. He felt that it was worth coming tonight, not to mention that he had learned a lot of knowledge, and he had also seen rare antiques.

"Xiao Yan, your current curiosity is a bit like my students." Wu Wengu said with a smile.

"Elder Wu, I've always liked to study. It's a pity that you didn't have such a good patience before. Yan Liqiang said with a wry smile.

"Master led the way into the door, and the cultivation was personal. Do you think that you still teach elementary school students, and you have to rely on teachers to indoctrinate everything. If you are like Lifei, you can take the initiative to learn, and you will often be eye-catching? Wu Wengu said.

"Old Wu, let's get down to business and talk about Kangxi." Yan Liqiang is busy with work every day, and he can collect antiques, but he has to squeeze out time. As for learning to identify antiques, I don't have the time or the energy.

"Okay. We study the history of Kangxi and come to a conclusion. At that time, Kangxi believed that there should still be an outlet for intellectuals somewhere. You can't push the people who read all over the world too hard. Otherwise, something big will happen one day. Therefore, Kangxi allowed to write the paragraphs of the previous dynasty on porcelain to express the feelings of the Han people. Wu Wengu said.

"So this blue and white withered flower and bird vase is from the Kangxi period?" Kang Weihao said. Although he didn't believe it in his heart, Wu Wengu was an authority, and he couldn't refute it, and he didn't know how to refute it.

"Whether it is the Ming Dynasty Chenghua, or the early Kangxi period, we don't count it, we have to look at the surface of this bottle. Although the bottle can't open its mouth, I think it will tell us whether it is Chenghua's bottle or Kangxi's bottle. Wu Wengu said with a smile.

"Elder Wu, just say it directly, I'm dying." Yan Liqiang said urgently.

"Lifei, what do you think?" Wu Wengu asked again.

"I didn't specialize in Kangxi's early blue and white paintings. But I think the bird in this bottle has a big belly, and it doesn't look like a Chenghua. Yu Lifei shook his head slightly.

"Oh, Lifei, the bird on the bottle, can you also tell the age?" Yan Liqiang asked in surprise.

"I also saw it in a book, so I don't know if it's accurate. The birds painted in the Wanli period are all head-rushing forward, flapping their wings, as if they were dying for their lives. It's kind of like: Daming don't want to finish, let's run quickly. When it comes to the apocalypse and Chongzhen, the bird does not fly so straight, it flies freely, up, down, left and right. At this time, the mentality was relaxed, knowing that Daming was going to end anyway, so he simply left it like this, a little completely relieved.

And when it came to Shunzhi, the bird immediately turned back, flew and turned back, and rarely landed on the dead branches. As soon as they entered the Kangxi Dynasty, the birds became fat. Perhaps because of this period, the society was stable, and it was a bit pampered and covetous. Yu Lifei said.

"Don't look, this bird is a little fat! I said, can such a fat bird fly? Yan Liqiang looked carefully at the bird on the blue and white withered branch flower and bird vase, and the more he looked at it, the fatter it became, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that what Yu Lifei said made sense.

"The demeanor of this bird that Li Fei talked about does have a certain amount of truth. But Kangxi's blue and white have two more important characteristics. The blue and white flowers of the Kangxi period are the bluest and very beautiful, and we generally call them: emerald blue. Wu Wengu said.

Yu Lifei's statement has some truth, but it can only be used as an auxiliary means of identification. To identify an antique, it is also necessary to study it from all aspects, not only to look at the historical state at that time, but also to look at the entire historical stage. It is necessary to look at both horizontally and vertically.

Due to the difference in the raw materials of the early Kangxi period and the improvement of the craftsman's skills, the color of the blue and white of the Kangxi is very clear and beautiful, and it is easy to please people. This makes Kangxi's blue and white glaze a powerful basis for breaking the dynasty.

"The same blue and white, Kangxi blue and white can be divided into layers, called: ink into five colors. "Tao Ya" records this: its blue and white color, see the deep and shallow, there is a bottle and a can and divide into seven colors, nine colors, delicate and verdant. It can be seen from this that Kangxi blue and white flowers are even divided into nine levels. Therefore, Kangxi blue and white flowers are considered to be the best in the Qing Dynasty throughout the Qing Dynasty, and even later to the Republic of China and now.

"Tao Ya" also records: the blue and white of the Yongqian and Qianqian dynasties are far from the Kang kiln. However, the blue and white category, although Kang Qing is not as beautiful as Ming Qing, he can also stand alone. Because of these two factors, collectors, the favorite at the beginning, is Kangxi blue and white. Wu Wengu said slowly.

"It's delicate, this bottle really has a bit of that meaning." Yan Liqiang looked carefully at the glaze on this blue vase and felt that what Wu Wengu said was also very reasonable. If others don't say it, he'll probably never be able to see it. It seems that this appreciation of antiques really needs the guidance of connoisseurs.

Yu Lifei listened to Wu Wengu's introduction, and also walked over to take a closer look, and found that this bottle was indeed very blue. The blue glaze on top looks like it's about to leave the bottle. Yu Lifei put on his gloves and picked up the blue and white withered flowers and birds vase. As soon as he got his hands on the bottle, he was even more convinced that this bottle should be from the early Qing Dynasty. Although there is no strict dividing line for the three-dimensional graphics in his mind, Yu Lifei has come into contact with a lot of antiques, and he has slowly figured out a set of ways to distinguish them.

"Old Wu, why is this bottle heavier than an ordinary blue and white vase?" Yu Lifei said that he often went to Zhang Jiangong's shop to see his Minqing porcelain, and he still had a certain understanding of the porcelain of this period.

"Lifei, you still said that you haven't played with porcelain much, and you will find it as soon as you get started." Wu Wengu said with a smile.

"Didn't I tell you, there is a shop next door to me that only sells Minqing porcelain. The owner received thousands of pieces of porcelain, and I often went to his shop to see the porcelain. Yu Lifei said with a smile.

"No wonder. Kangxi porcelain has been greatly improved in technology, and the requirements for fetal soil are particularly high, so the weight is particularly heavy. In the past, it was said: As soon as an expert gets started, he will know if there is one. Kangxi blue and white is carried by hand, and it is heavier. Its glaze also appears very hard, and it is said to be 'tight skin and bright glaze'. Of course, these feelings should be experienced slowly, after all, the nuances of this are not immediately distinguishable. Wu Wengu said.

"Wu Lao, since this bottle is from the early Kangxi period, does the museum still accept it?" Kang Weihao said with some concern.

"My opinion, of course, must be accepted. But in my experience, it's hard to put this bottle of yours in. But from a collection point of view, this bottle is still collectible. Wu Wengu said.

Although the thing is real, the museum already has porcelain from the Kangxi period, this blue and white vase, if it is really Chenghua, maybe the museum will accept it. But it's just the early days of Kangxi, and he definitely won't want it. (To be continued......)