The Yaozhou kiln porcelain of the Song Dynasty mainly includes plates, bowls, washers, bottles, pots and other daily utensils and a small amount of incense burners, printing boxes, porcelain sculptures, etc.

The utensils are generally made relatively neatly and exquisitely, and their superb pattern decoration technology and rich decorative themes make Yaozhou kiln porcelain unique.

At that time, the production of blue-glazed porcelain in the north was Yaozhou kiln, and in the south was Longquan kiln, and the markings and pictures embellished on Yaozhou kiln porcelain were mainly completed by carving, stenciling and stacking.

The so-called scratching pattern is to use knives and pointed tools to carve out various markings on the porcelain fetus, and then glaze and fire, decorated with markings, the lines are concave, lower than the tread.

This kind of ornamentation was created in the early Northern Song Dynasty, and its technique inherited the tradition of the Tang Dynasty, and was carried out under the influence of the Yue kiln, and the ornamentation on the two green glazed three-legged incense burners in the hands of Han Peacock is just in line with the characteristics of Yaozhou kiln.

The reason why it is said to be the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty is that there is another reason, that is, because the carving patterns in the early Northern Song Dynasty are usually relatively simple and sloppy, and they are becoming more and more sophisticated in the middle period.

In its heyday, the products of Yaozhou kiln were mainly celadon, because of the mutual influence between the kilns at that time, Yaozhou kiln celadon and porcelain from Yue kiln, Longquan kiln and other kilns have similarities in many aspects.

"Is this really the porcelain from the Yaozhou kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty? I heard that even in the Northern Song Dynasty, the output of incense burners and other things was not high? Fat Liu looked at this pair of three-legged incense burners with bright eyes, but there were two of them at a time! To be able to compare the porcelain of the five famous kilns in the United States, there are two pieces at a time, what kind of luck is this?

Han Peacock said with a smile: "It can prove that there are many characteristics of the Yaozhou kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty, a piece of ware, distinguish whether it is a Yaozhou kiln or a celadon of other kilns, the characteristics of porcelain glaze are very important, Yaozhou kiln porcelain glaze is emerald green, the glaze is fine, the glaze is also thin, and the glaze color is changeable."

Some are slightly green, some are slightly yellow, but they are all green and yellow, regardless of the depth of the glaze, they are rich in yellow ingredients, otherwise it is not Yaozhou kiln but other kiln celadon products.

The later its era, the greater the degree of flashing yellow, to the Yuan Dynasty, the Yaozhou kiln blue and yellow composition is larger, it looks like a yellow glazed porcelain, do you see these two pieces of porcelain look a little yellow? Although it is yellow, it is not so conspicuous, and it can also be proved from here that this Yaozhou kiln is a relatively early work, so it should be from the Northern Song Dynasty. ”

Seeing that Fat Liu was confused, Han Peacock didn't say much, in fact, although the identification of this three-legged incense burner is troublesome, it is only from the glaze, porcelain and other aspects of identification, in addition to the characteristics of the glaze just now Han Peacock said, there are also the characteristics of the porcelain fetus, which is also an important basis for judging a piece of porcelain.

Song Yaozhou kiln celadon fetal bone is thinner, the tire color is dark gray, because of the lack of glazing process at that time, so the reverse side of the utensils, close to the foot and bottom, often show the situation of missing glaze.

These glaze leaks show some small patches caused by sauce-colored iron oxide, because the iron content in the fetal soil is high, and some light brown is often faintly revealed in the lower glaze outside the body, which can not be imitated by later imitations.

The imitation of Yaozhou kiln porcelain in the Song Dynasty is rarely seen in the Republic of China and various periods, and most of what is seen now is imitated in recent years.

The new imitation Yaozhou kiln celadon fetal bone is slightly thicker, low iron content, so the tire color is gray and white, the color is lighter than the real product, and there are no small patches of sauce color due to glaze leakage, and the brown revealed by the thin glaze.

In addition, the composition of the lap foot is also different, and the imitation lap foot is more oily, which is very different from the real lap foot that is cut neatly and neatly.

These characteristics are obviously manifested in these two incense burners, so Han Peacock is very happy, fortunately, Jiang Lin, this kid, came out to find someone in the ghost market today, and he also brought a police officer from the city bureau.

Maybe it's because of this that all the hardcore collectors on this antique street are avoided, which can make Han Peacock pick up a bargain.

Otherwise, this kind of thing, in the eyes of connoisseurs, is a thing that opens the door widely, and it is absolutely impossible for Han Peacock to get it so cheaply.

In the final analysis, this is still Han Peacock's luck, this green glaze is originally very beautiful, even after thousands of years, it still looks brand new, which makes Hou San, Fat Liu, and Jiang Lin look away from those who don't know how to do it.

These two incense burners, Han Peacock has already identified them as the three-legged incense burners with blue glaze from the Yaozhou kiln in the Song Dynasty, so he did not put all his thoughts on these two incense burners, but focused on the shoddy copper bowl.

Han Peacock had doubts when he saw this clumsy copper bowl, because the volume of this copper bowl was too large and too heavy, who would be full of food and make such a bulky copper bowl to use.

The copper bowl is a tool that the monk uses to turn into fate, such a thing, because it is carried with him, so the general copper bowl is like the one that Jiang Lin took away, it is very thin.

And before the Qing Dynasty, copper was a precious metal, which was used to make coins, and no one would waste a large amount of copper to create a heavy copper bowl to attract thieves.

Originally, Han Peacock was just suspicious, but when he held it in his hand, it was not a suspicion, but a certainty.

The weight of this copper bowl is wrong, at first Han Peacock guessed that this copper bowl was four or five pounds heavy, but when he really held it in his hand, he felt that the weight was light, although it was not light, but this copper bowl was definitely not all made of copper.

"Could it be that this bronze bowl is also a good thing?" Fat Liu saw Han Peacock's gaze, and finally stared at the rough copper bowl, and directly asked his own questions.

"There is a problem with this copper bowl, the outer layer of copper should have been wrapped later, and there is a part of it hollow inside, and I don't know what is hidden in the tunnel." Han Peacock replied.

"How do you know about the Dao?" Fat Liu said in surprise.

Han Peacock said: "The weight is wrong, the weight of this volume of copper bowl should be about four or five catties, and now the weight is light, which can only mean that there is either a hollow inside, or the inside of the copper bowl is not copper." ”

"Is that okay? I thought you had clairvoyance and could see directly into the inside of the bowl. Fat Liu pretended to be regretful.

"I think you've read too much fiction, and we should believe in science." Saying that, Han Peacock got up and went to prepare something, wanting to accurately measure the volume and weight of this copper bowl.

Han Peacock weighed the weight of the copper bowl, and put the copper bowl into a basin of water to measure the volume, so that the density of the copper can be calculated, although the copper of the copper bowl is not pure, but the difference should not be very large.

When Han Peacock calculated it, his conjecture had been completely proved, and there was really something wrong with this copper bowl, and the density it calculated was too different from the density of the real copper.

"It's really not right, I don't know what's inside the road?" Fat Liu said in surprise.

Han Peacock smiled: "As long as it's not hollow." ”

Han Peacock found a pair of scissors and carefully pierced the copper bowl, sure enough, there was a gap inside, and Han Peacock easily peeled off a layer of copper skin on the outside, and there were some fillers inside, as if it was a high-temperature resistant material for making molds.

Han Peacock cleaned up the filling, and a trace of golden light leaked out.

"Is it a golden bowl?" Fat Liu opened his mouth wide, he didn't know what to say, Han Peacock's luck was too rebellious, right? Can this also pick up leaks?

"It should be a golden bowl, and it looks like it's not small." Han Peacock was also a little excited, no wonder it was filled with so many things and it was so heavy, it turned out that there was a golden bowl wrapped in it.

"It can't be fake, right?" Fat Liu asked casually.

"Is it possible? Who is idle and has nothing to do, hiding a fake gold bowl in it? Han Peacock glanced at him and said.

"Is that real gold, maybe it's gilded!" Fat Liu was a little jealous of Han Peacock's good luck, so he picked on the problem.

But he really said it, and now Han Peacock is also worried about this, in ancient times, it was not without artificial fakes, and there were gilt and gilding and other processes.

Due to the high value of gold itself, counterfeiters often use copper, copper-based alloys, and imitation gold materials such as rare gold, sub-gold, imitation gold, gilded, gold-plated, gold-filled, etc.

Han Peacock took out the golden bowl, cleaned it, he first measured the data of this bowl, this golden bowl, 7.2 cm high, 21.2 cm in diameter, 0.12 cm in wall thickness, 17.2 cm in diameter, 7.1 cm in depth, weighs 573 grams.

This golden bowl has an open mouth, a bulging belly, a trumpet-shaped ring foot, a flat chisel, a caviar pattern all over the body, and two layers of lotus petals are chiseled out of the outer abdomen, each layer of ten petals.

In the upper layer of lotus petals, foxes, rabbits, roe deer, deer, parrots, mandarin ducks and other rare birds and beasts are chiseled out respectively, and symmetrical flowers and plants are filled around the birds and beasts.

The lower layer of lotus petals are all made of honeysuckle pattern, the circle foot is engraved with mandarin ducks for a week, decorated with honeysuckle cloud pattern for a week, the circle foot is decorated with square victory pattern, the sole edge of the foot is a spherical bead, and the inner bottom is engraved with a rose-style group flower.

There is a line of inscription along the mouth, "On the twenty-third day of March of the fourteenth year of the Zhun Xiantong of the Wensi Academy, the mandarin duck lotus petal pattern carved gold bowl was made, weighing fourteen taels and three coins." Liu Weizhao, the governor of the small capital, the judge gave the purple gold fish bag Wang Quan, and the deputy small enshrined the palace minister, the left prison guard general Hongyu. ”

"Got a chise? Wensi Yuan was a department of the Tang Dynasty court, right? Although Fat Liu doesn't know much about it, he still has a little impression of Wensi Academy.

Han Peacock looked at this golden bowl carefully, looked at it for a while and then said: "The production method of this golden bowl is made of sheet metal, that is, the hammer method, the craftsman first uses a hammer to beat the pure gold nuggets into gold sheets, and then puts them in the mold to make a bowl, and then engraves the text on the edge of the mouth, which seems simple but reflects the extraordinary production skills."

It is known from the inscription that this gold bowl with a mandarin duck lotus petal pattern was made by the Tang court gold and silver workshop, Wensi Academy, which should be able to represent the highest level of gold and silver production at that time. ”

The Tang Dynasty was one of the most powerful and glorious periods in Chinese history, and its gold and silver production represented the highest level of metal craftsmanship.

The processing techniques of gold products in the Tang Dynasty were more exquisite than before, not only exquisite production, but also a variety of methods.

"Tang Dynasty court things, how can your luck be so good?" Although Fat Liu is a typical representative of a wide heart and a fat body, now he is also jealous of Han Peacock.