Chapter 208: Black Porcelain

"Got an extra box?" Yu Fei was stunned, how could it be?! He'd been using Chaos Qi in his room to investigate the underwater salvage situation in his room last night, and he would not stop until all the gold chests had been salvaged out of the water! Although, due to the damage of the gold chest, some gold nuggets were lost to the bottom of the sea, but sporadic losses were inevitable! In this process, Yu Fei consumed a large amount of Chaos Qi, and gold could not replenish Chaos Qi. So it was a little difficult to continue later, and although it took a while to recover, there was still not much left of the chaotic qi. Now Kong Dashan actually told him that he had missed two boxes after such a hard night of investigation! This made him feel incredible at first, and then secretly vigilant, since he had the Chaos Qi, he had become more and more dependent on it, sometimes more than his own eyes! But judging from this matter, the Qi of Chaos is not omnipotent! Many times, if you rely on it too much, you will even make wrong decisions because of some stereotyped thinking!

"That's right." Kong Dashan said: "Coincidentally, the salvage was nearing the end, and when Xiao Chen checked whether there were any missing treasure chests, he found these two boxes wrapped in mud and sand. Because it is buried relatively deeply, it is really difficult to find at first glance. It is very likely that our salvage operation washed away some of the sediment on the box, which made Xiao Chen realize that something was wrong, such a turnover! Hey, I missed two boxes! ”

"Great! It seems that the amount of gold in the treasure of Akagi Mountain is not twenty chests as legend has been, and it is very likely that it was gold that was later transported from other places. Yu Fei guessed excitedly. He had a reason for guessing. When the gold was hidden in Kosu Uenosuke, there was a constant stream of gold collected from other places. Not to mention the small ones, the Imperial Gold Collection alone later transported 240,000 taels of gold.

"Still. There wasn't much gold in the chest. Kong Dashan was not as excited as Yu Fei, and he couldn't even say that he was happy, "After we worked hard to salvage it, we found that it was actually filled with some porcelain!" If it weren't for the porcelain placed very neatly and carefully, I would have thought that this was his mother's little Japan playing with us. ”

"Not necessarily playing with us." Wu Zhonghao, who had been checking the amount of gold, straightened up and said: "I think it should be that little Japan has never seen anything in the world, and has collected the porcelain handed down from China as a treasure." ”

"Yes. It makes sense to say this, speaking of which, Lao Wu, it's a pity that you don't collect antiques. With your insight and logical thinking, I'm afraid it's rare in the antique world. Yu Fei, you are a connoisseur in the world of collecting. Tell me if that's the case. Kong Dashan immediately agreed.

Seeing these two "living treasures" talking to themselves here and touting each other, Yu Fei really had nothing to say.

However, the conversation between the two piqued his interest: the extra box turned out to be filled with porcelain. The time when Kosu Uenosuke buried the treasure chest was 1800. Then these porcelains should be before the Qing Dynasty. If it's a fine product, it's worth more than gold! Don't say anything else. The value of the Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup he newly found was more than 20 million yuan, which would be a big lump if it was converted into gold.

But he immediately dispelled his unrealistic thoughts! First of all, although a large number of Chinese porcelain was exported to Japan and Southeast Asian countries during the Song and Ming dynasties, most of them were porcelain for daily use, and porcelain with high value was very rare. Secondly, although Kong Dashan's antique appraisal level is not good, as a collector, he still has some vision. I'm afraid that porcelain that he can't even look at will not be a good thing. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had such an attitude.

"Brother Yu, let's take a look. Maybe this bunch of stuff is worth some money! Kong Dashan thought that Yu Fei was an expert in identification, so he led Yu Fei to the two boxes.

The porcelain in the box was empty, and the porcelain inside was intact and neatly laid out on the floor.

Seeing these porcelain, Yu Fei finally knew what Kong Dashan would not be optimistic about. Compared with the blue and white porcelain and colorful porcelain that are currently sought after, these porcelains are black and lacquered, and their appearance is really poor.

Yu Fei picked up a porcelain bowl and looked at it carefully. These porcelains are all black porcelain. Both black porcelain and celadon use iron oxide as a coloring agent for glaze to increase the iron content. The content of ferric oxide in black porcelain glaze is more than 5%. Black porcelain appeared in the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

In the Song Dynasty, a large number of black porcelain varieties appeared: the black porcelain produced by the Ding kiln had white fetal bones and black glaze; The black porcelain fired in the kiln has a large number of iron oxide crystals precipitated in the glaze due to the heavy iron content and the long holding time during the kiln, forming a black crystalline glaze such as milli lines, oil drop lines, and obscurity, which is quite precious; The tortoiseshell spots, wood leaf patterns, and black porcelain of the cut-out appliqué are also very distinctive.

The black porcelain bowl in Yu Fei's hand is round, the upper mouth is adducted, the circle foot is small, the surface of the vessel has brown and yellow patterns, the glaze color at the mouth is light, and the near foot part and the circle foot are not glazed. Its sense of light and profound realm are similar to those of the kiln built in the Song Dynasty, and the uniformity of the glaze and the blending effect between the color quality are very rare!

Unlike Kong Dashan's disappointment, Yu Fei was overjoyed by the discovery of these black porcelains. Although it is impossible to determine the age and origin of these porcelains with the level of antique appraisal of his two and a half hangers, it is certain that they are all good old objects, even if they do not say the age, in terms of the artistic value of these porcelains themselves, they are all superior! If you take out the black porcelain and sell it, the price of these two boxes of black porcelain will probably not be much lower than that of two boxes of gold.

Seeing Yu Fei's happy face, Kong Dashan asked a little strangely: "Brother Yu, what are you laughing at?" Could it be that these porcelains are worth more than gold? ”

Yu Fei nodded and said, "Brother Kong, you are really right." It is estimated that the price of these porcelains is really not low. ”

"How is that possible?" Wu Zhonghao is not a collector, and he doesn't understand cultural relics, but seeing Yu Fei say that such seemingly ordinary bottles and cans are comparable to gold, Wu Zhonghao still has some hard time and energy, according to his ideas, salvaging these two boxes of things is a waste of time and energy! If he had known that the box contained these broken things, he might have ordered the salvage personnel to give up directly!

You must know that although Wu Zhonghao has also escorted the excavation and water work of several ancient ships, his vision has not improved.

"Brother Yu, although Lao Wu said something excessive, but from my Lao Kong's point of view, these porcelains are probably not worth much. Is there any origin for these things? Wu Zhonghao said.

"I can't say what the origin is, but these black porcelains are a bit like the black porcelain used in the kiln in terms of characteristics, and they are probably seven or eight hundred years old." Yu Fei said. Time was naturally detected by Yu Fei through the chaotic qi, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to recognize the kiln mouth of these porcelains at his level, how could he tell the age?

"Seven or eight hundred years?" Kong Dashan was taken aback. He also thought that these broken bottles and cans were about two hundred years old, and the workmanship was rough, and he was afraid that they would not be worth anything, but he didn't expect that they were already seven or eight hundred years old. That is, the longer the time, the higher the price. Of course, this is only the majority of cases.

"Yes." Yu Fei's words were slightly excited. Because going back more than 800 years, it should be the Two Song Dynasty in China, which was also the era of porcelain prosperity. The five famous kilns of Brother Ru Guan Junding were formed at that time. Although the kiln is not one of the five famous kilns, this is only a matter of opinion, and it is not possible to simply distinguish the quality and value of porcelain according to this. Like the original Longquan kiln, its level may not be below the five famous kilns. The kiln site is in Fujian, and it is famous for its black porcelain, which is especially respected by Japan! Come to think of it, these porcelains should have been imported at that time. However, the soles of these porcelain feet do not have the words "for the emperor" and "into the lamp", so they should not be tributes fired by the court, and the value is much lower. This made Yu Fei a little disappointed.

But all this is to be said, Yu Fei is completely wrong. (To be continued......)