Chapter 273: Marquis Lu
"Mr. Fang, please here?" The historic castle seems to be unguarded here, but Fang Qi can feel the killing of each step here.
Entering the study, this study full of European style opened Fang Qi's eyes, the furniture of the Renaissance things, as well as a variety of exquisite oil paintings, thick books, exquisite sculptures, and a pair of gorgeous armor next to it has a long history. Even she saw a lot of their Chinese porcelain, but unfortunately most of these were imitations
Fang Qi then watched as the Marquis of Amway thrust his own crutches into an inconspicuous floor on the ground, the tip of which coincided with a hole in the floor. And Amway turned the crutch, only to see that exquisite sculpture suddenly moved, this mysterious mechanism, the secret switch, is no less than modern technology, the wisdom of the ancients is really not modern people can speculate.
"Mr. Fang, please?" Looking at the door that suddenly appeared, Fang Qi walked in curiously, and Alina was also curious. I didn't expect that there was such a secret place here, and she didn't shy away from them, this was a kind of trust, and at the same time, she was even more curious about Fang Qi's identity, and she could let Marquis Amway treat them like this.
Entering inside, they seemed to have found a treasure, a boxy, small basement of about dozens of square meters, with all kinds of famous paintings inside. Several chests contained porcelain, gold coins, and jewelry.
"These are all left by the ancestors, and some of the gold coins are all modern, and the value is not very high?" Hearing the words of the Marquis of Amway, Elena didn't care, but the value of the porcelain and paintings was not as valuable as the gold coins and jewels that attracted his attention.
And Fang Qi watched the Marquis of Amway take out a blue and white flower from the shelf next to him and put it in front of him, and said:
"Mr. Fang, this is what I got from Huaguo in 1993, and it cost 1,000 yuan at that time, how about you look at this thing?" Hear the words of the Marquis of Amway. Fang Qi's eyes flashed red, and he knew in his heart that this was another valuable piece of blue and white.
This is a famous official kiln in the Guangxu period. Its vessel is solemn and huge, 40 cm high, round and full, the fetus is white, and the blue and white tones are bright. The painting is fine, and it can be called a fine product in the porcelain of the official kiln of the late Qing Dynasty.
The lid of the vessel is painted with dragon play bead pattern, in the blue and white wreath, a five-clawed dragon is entrenched, the fireball rolls, the auspicious clouds are dense, the dragon shows its teeth on the side, opens its teeth and dances its claws, it is very powerful. The shoulder seal "the world's first spring" five characters are quaint and atmospheric. It is particularly eye-catching, and it is the decoration of the title of this jar.
Draw a week of blue and white rolling strips at intervals, several Tuanshou patterns are evenly arranged in it, and the middle of Tuanshou is painted with winged auspicious bats, implying that Fushou is both complete, the idea is ingenious and thoughtful, and the official kiln style is highlighted in the details. The front and back of the abdomen are written on the two imperial poems of "Lingquan in the Trial" written by Emperor Qianlong of Gaozongchun of the Qing Dynasty, and the content echoes with the shoulder seal. The top and bottom are integrated, and the font is neat and elegant. The depiction is meticulous.
At the bottom, the blue and white book "Qing Dynasty Guangxu Year" six-character two-line regular script. The tire glaze is excellent, the production method is moderate, and the blue and white color is strong, showing the royal bearing.
As for the two imperial poems in the can-belly book, one is "Lingquan in the Imperial Trial", and the other is "Lingquan in the Zhongchun Trial". These two poems were written by Emperor Qianlong in praise of Zhongling Quan. They are included in the second volume of the Imperial Poems of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, volume 23, and the third collection, volume 20. Zhongling Spring, also known as Zhongwei Spring, Nanling Spring, is located outside Jinshan Temple, ZJ City, J Province, the water taste is sweet and clear, refreshing people's hearts. It has the reputation of "the first spring in the world".
When Emperor Qianlong passed through Zhenjiang on his southern tour, he specially tasted Zhongling Spring and praised it, so this poem was born. Moreover, the Forbidden City of B City treasures the same "the first spring in the world" blue and white jar, and the shape, decoration and size of this product are similar to it, which shows that it is indeed a palace utensil.
"This is genuine, Guangxu Dynasty on the big pot to write the ancestors of the poem of the spring water, on the one hand to show the identity of its court utensils, on the other hand, it also shows that it may be the palace worship of the gods when the water vessels. In particular, this "world's first spring" blue and white jar, in the collection of the Forbidden City in City B, there is also a porcelain similar to this product's shape, decoration and size, and style.
Our Chinese people make utensils, pay attention to pairs, so the pairs of utensils, in addition to the number of single products, but also imply a psychological expectation and satisfaction, its value is more than twice that of a single product. This diaspora has experienced a hundred years of vicissitudes, but it is still preserved with a lid and is perfect, which is already good.
But it's a pity that it can't be a pair, otherwise it's not a problem if the value is increased several times? Hearing Fang Qi's words, Mr. Amway nodded, he also knew that there was one in the Forbidden City at first, for fear that this thing was fake, but now after Fang Qi said this, his psychology was much more steady.
"Hehe, Mr. Fang, how about this thing, you take a look, this is the blue and white imitation of Yongle in the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty." Looking at another piece of precious porcelain, Fang Qi's eyes couldn't help but sigh strangely, although the things here are not as precious as his, but the quantity is several times his.
This blue and white plum vase with a fruit pattern is 28.5 cm high, 4.8 cm in diameter, and 11.3 cm in diameter
The shape is exquisite, the bottle has a small mouth and round lips, a short neck, full shoulders, wide hoop feet, and a blue and white decoration all over. The shoulders are painted with deformed lotus petal patterns, and flowers are painted in the lines. Elegant and soft, sparse and handsome.
The abdomen of the bottle body is mainly painted with folded branches and fruits, three branches of each size, respectively, pomegranate, loquat, cherry, grape, lychee, near the foot painted with a banana leaf pattern for a week, the plain bottom is unglazed. This plum bottle is white, fine workmanship, and skilled in blue and white painting. It seems that it should be the palace utensils fired by the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, and there are not many complete utensils of this plum bottle, which is very precious.
However, the blue and white cobalt material used in the Yongle period is the imported material of "Su Ma Liqing", which has a high iron content, a strong and verdant color, and often has rust defects. The blue and white of this bottle, against the backdrop of the white tire, is covered with verdant and rich under the glaze, and the flowers and fruits are covered with brown spots of iron crystals, like a traditional ink painting, fainting naturally.
"This piece of porcelain is imitated by the official kiln of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, the shape and glaze are close to the original, without the slightest flaw, only the blue and white iron crystal spots are too uniform and fine, which is different from the natural halo style of Yongle blue and white. Therefore, Yongzheng imitates the treasures of Yongle blue and white. Hearing Fang Qi's words, a smile appeared on Earl Amway's face, there was no problem with both things, it was considered his good grades.
But there is still a pity in his heart, it would be good if it was the real Yongle genuine, after all, the value of the real Yongle Qinghua and the Yongzheng imitation of the blue and white is still distinct.
"Mr. Fang is so powerful, I don't know what Mr. Fang thinks?" Looking at what Fang Qi said, Elena couldn't help but take something and hand it to Fang Qi, looking at the things handed over, Fang Qi's face couldn't help but show a smile.
This is a cloisonné enamel gilt desktop clock, which is made in the Qing Dynasty F, copper bell body, the whole body is decorated with cloisonné enamel production process, the copper time circle is concave and inlaid in the upper part of the dial surface, and the center ring is convex, and the copper gilt surface veneer is integrated, which is gorgeous and beautiful. Kind of good stuff. ”
"Mr. Fang's eyes, Mr. Fang, I have something here that I can't grasp, and I ask Mr. Fang to palm my eyes." After saying that, the Marquis of Amway took out another bronze from a box.
"Marquis Lu in the Western Zhou Dynasty?" Looking at this piece of bronze, Fang Qi's eyes couldn't help but show a trace of solemnity.
This piece of Marquis Lu, the body is slightly long and graceful, the tail is upturned, the wall is straight, there is no column, the skulls are smaller, decorated with animal heads, round bottoms, and knife-shaped feet.
The upper and lower abdomen are decorated with two-layer cloud and thunder bands, and the middle interval is convex string pattern. There are two lines of inscriptions in the mouth wall of the tail, and it is the one with the longer inscription in the Jue. "Lu Hou is a squirrel, a spade, and a respectful alliance."
"This is a high imitation, during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the vast majority of bronzes were cast by the pottery fan method. That is to say, the bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties have several pieces of pottery and fan left after being assembled and cast, that is, fan lines. With the progress of the times, the method of merging has changed, and the marks of the model will change with it, but in order to keep the traces in the place of the merger, even the most skilled craftsmen will inevitably do it.
The thickness of the copper cast by Tao Fan is the thickness of the control wall, and a gasket is often placed between the inner and outer fan, because the material is different from the copper liquid, the rust is different, and some later casters do not need a gasket, and the rust is naturally consistent. This bronze piece Mr. Amway takes a closer look at the difference. Hearing Fang Qi's words, Marquis Amway's face couldn't help but show a trace of solemnity.
"The inscription of bronze is a record of history, an example of the development and evolution of gold and stone calligraphy, and a reflection of the superb craftsmanship of casting, and the Song and Qing dynasties are the main periods of bronze inscription forgery. Since the Song Dynasty, Jinshi Yizi has become the focus of Jinshijia's research, and as a bronze ware with recorded historical documents and inscriptions, it has often received extensive attention and has high economic value. Therefore, collectors focus on inscriptions in their collection of bronzes.
Most of the forgeries of bronze inscriptions are made by adding inscriptions. That is, in the absence of inscriptions of the real Bu Chisel engraved pseudo-inscriptions, most of the inscriptions of the later chisels are dull, loose, unnatural, the word mouth is wide and the bottom is narrow, and there are chisel marks at the same time, and the pseudo-worker brushes the chisel marks with a copper wire brush, but leaves brush marks, which also affects the stroke of the word.
There is also a method of adding inscriptions, that is, the original simple inscription is engraved with a pseudo-inscription on the real vessel, or the real artifact should be inscribed, because the inscription is also missing due to the lack of the vessel, and the inscription will be re-engraved together when repairing. After the addition of the pseudo-inscription, its word mouth, rust color, ground and the real inscription are different, moreover, the inscription on a device is not out of one person, its pen body, charm naturally does not match, especially the inscription and the inscription are completely different.
There is also the corrosion method. The parts of the bronze that need to be engraved are coated with wax, and the words are engraved on the wax, and then the body of the vessel is corroded on the wax with ferric chloride, and after the wax is removed, the concave inscription naturally appears. In this way, the corroded inscription is not formed, the mouth of the word is of different shades, and the edges of the strokes are very rough.
This one is obviously the first method of adding inscriptions, although the handwriting is relatively good. But there are still some unnaturalness, if Mr. Amway doesn't believe it, you can find some inscriptions to compare, or ask some real top masters to appraise them, and I think you will get the answer soon. Hearing Fang Qi's words, the Marquis of Amway's body suddenly shook.
It's not a big piece, maybe he can deny it in terms of casting method, but the defect in the inscription is like a bolt from the blue. (To be continued......)