Chapter 336: Appraisal (I)
"Lao Guan! If you don't go downstairs, it's too late! ”
Guan Guokang just browsed the painting scroll roughly, and then from outside the door, Yue Lao's shout came, and he hurriedly said: "Quickly put away the painting, if Lao Yue sees it, don't think about completing today's task!" ”
When Chu Chen put away the painting, Yue Lao walked in from outside the door, he also knew Yi Hongguo, and after the two exchanged pleasantries, Yue Lao asked strangely: "What are you doing here with a large group of people?" ”
Guan Guokang hurriedly said: "It's nothing, no, Xiao Chu and they went to the ghost market and found good things, let's enjoy it together." Let's go, let's go have breakfast first. After speaking, he was ready to pull Yue Lao out of the house.
"Hey! I haven't seen the good things that Xiao Chu has found, let me see it first! ”
"It's important to get down to business, and it's not like you'll be back and you'll not be able to see it later. Xiao Chu, hurry up and go downstairs, we'll be waiting for you in the restaurant! ”
"Haode, I'll be right away!"
Chu Chen smiled and said to Liu Sizhe: "I can't leave my body now, please take this painting back to the master, okay?" ”
"This can't be done!" Liu Sizhe hurriedly shook his head and said, "If I go back, then I don't want to go to Pingzhou, but don't worry, I will definitely help you send the painting to my grandfather quickly and safely." ”
"Then take your shoulders!" Although Liu Sizhe is usually a little nonsensical, he is still quite reliable when it is critical.
After Chu Chen and the others went downstairs to have breakfast, they took the car arranged here and came to a shop in the Treasure Building. But it's really a coincidence, this shop is opened by Xu Shengyan, an old man he met in the ghost market before.
Xu Shengyan was also stunned when he saw Chu Chen. Later, through the introduction, I learned that this young man was not only a closed disciple of Liu Lao. At the same time, he is also one of the experts this time.
"Mr. Chu, I didn't expect us to meet again so soon." Xu Shengyan said with a smile.
Chu Chen nodded and smiled, "Yes." What a coincidence. ”
"What, shopkeeper Xu, do you know each other?" Yue Lao asked a little strangely.
"In the morning when the ghost market was in the morning, I witnessed Mr. Chu picking up a leak." Xu Shengyan said with a smile.
"Luck, luck." Chu Chen said modestly.
Xu Shengyan said with a smile: "Luck is also a manifestation of strength, and you only have luck, but you don't have strength, even if you encounter the real thing, it is useless to not be able to see the truth or falsehood." You say, don't you? ”
"This, I still have to catch a plane in a while, can you help me identify it quickly?" At this time, a middle-aged man with a big belly at the scene interjected a little anxiously.
"Alright, let's go in first! ……”
After that, one of the people in charge of the treasure building led everyone to the reception room of the store, and then a staff member took out the items to be identified.
Of course, the experts finally made a trip. There must have been more than just two items to be identified, and the staff had come up with a total of six varieties of porcelain that were worth a lot of money on the market. And the current experts, including Xu Shengyan, are a total of three. Exactly one piece per person.
However, because the middle-aged man with a big belly was on a plane, his collection was the first to be identified.
The middle-aged man's collection is a Yongzheng pastel nine peach and five manta plates, which three local experts have already seen. Therefore, Chu Chen nodded to everyone. Just pick up this plate and appreciate it.
This disc is open, arc wall. Lap foot. The tire quality is white and delicate, the glaze is uniform, the glaze is smooth, and the shape is regular.
The glaze pastel paints a crooked peach branch extending from the outer wall of the plate to the inner wall, the branches are brown, looking ancient vicissitudes, and the peach leaves are verdant. The peach blossom uses the brushwork, the buds are blooming, and the level is very clear. The peach color is bright red but not bright, and there are changes, transitioning from yellow to red, and the red spots are just right.
The branches and leaves are yellow and green, the image is realistic, and the red bats are flying in the blank space of the picture. The rubbing and dyeing are vivid and realistic, the shade is just right, and the color material is gorgeous and fine. The whole picture is bright in color, balanced and coordinated, and the delicate and delicate brushstrokes show the branches and leaves of the longevity peach in detail, with soft and elegant colors, and the unique "branch" technique, which makes the plate modeling, painting techniques, and decorative composition all superior.
Yongzheng is especially fond of bats and longevity peach patterns, taking them to symbolize the meaning of longevity and Kangning, and this kind of "peach" and "bat" appear together to become one of the most popular ornaments in the Yongzheng Dynasty. Such ornaments, shapes, and patterns were designed by the relevant institutions of the Inner Government and decided by the ruler before they could be ordered to be made at the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory, which was thousands of miles away.
And this plate should be designed by the inner house in terms of ornamentation, because it is difficult for ordinary painters to draw such a vivid ornamentation. And looking at the harmony and matching of the colors of this vessel, it should also come from the hands of the craftsmen of the imperial kiln.
Therefore, if you only use the ornamentation, this device is likely to be genuine, but when Chu Chen just got this plate in his hand, his brows furrowed slightly, because this device had the same problem as the previous Tianqiu bottle, and it was slightly pressed.
It's just that this feeling of pressing hands is not too obvious, so it is not certain that this device is a fake, but even so, Chu Chen thinks that this thing has one foot on the word fake.
Next, Chu Chen first looked at the style of this device, and the bottom of the plate was a blue and white double circle and two rows of vertical "Yongzheng Year of the Great Qing Dynasty". The style is written neatly, the center moves the pen, and the pen path is distinct, which is a typical style of genuine Yongzheng porcelain.
Looking at the tire again, the tire of Yongzheng porcelain is finely refined, and the carcass is hard, delicate and white, but it is not as tight as the tire of Kangxi. The bottom of the utensils is treated very carefully, especially the circle foot part of the official kiln, which has a delicate and soft feeling, showing a round "loach back".
And this device also has a "loach back", and the tire is glutinous rice under the magnifying glass, and the fetus is basically the same as the real thing.
After reading the tire and then looking at the glaze, the background of the white glaze of this ware is very clean, crystal clear, and the jade texture is strong, but the white is slightly yellowed when you look closely, in addition, other places are basically the same as the real product.
After that, Chu Chen carefully observed other characteristics, and found that except for the unclean white glaze background just now, and the initial feeling of being a little pressing, the other parts of this vessel were actually the same as the real thing.
This result made Chu Chen sigh a little, if this was a fake, then the forger's jishu was too superb. He immediately used the ability, and to his judgment, it was a fake, and with the help of the ability, he discovered a unique mark.
"Hey, it's another ...... of fire clay"
Chu Chen sighed secretly, and then in order to explain the mark he found with his ability, he carefully observed the plate with a strong flashlight. ……
Next, while Guan Guokang and Yue Lao were appraising the plate, Chu Chen identified another piece that was also from the Yongzheng period, but it was a coral ground colorful Jiuqiu bowl.
Many people do not understand the difference between colorful and colorful and pastel, in fact, colorful color, commonly known as "ancient color" or "hard color", the basic color is mainly red, yellow, blue, green, purple and other color materials, or add gold color, or only use red, yellow, green three colors, not necessarily all colorful, according to the needs of the pattern applied to the porcelain glaze, and then into the kiln firing.
The uniqueness of pastel unlike other colored porcelain is that it is mixed with a white color material "glass white" when painting. "Glass white" has an opaque effect, and the pattern is painted to give a pastel feel that takes advantage of the characteristics of the rendering technique, so it is called "pastel", and because of its relatively low firing temperature, it is also called "soft color".
To get back to the point, this colorful bowl outlines the outline of the Nine Autumn Pictures in black on the coral ground on the outer wall, and fills it with red, blue, green, purple and other colors, showing the yin and yang of flowers and leaves through the change of color shades, showing the three-dimensional texture of flowers.
The whole vessel can be described as colorful, the painting is exquisite, it is a rare boutique of Yongzheng official kiln.
This device is no different from the characteristics of the tire, glaze, style, color material, etc., and the result given by the ability is also genuine.
When Chu Chen finished appraising the Yongzheng colorful bowl, Guan Guokang and Yue Lao over there also finished appraising the plate.
In fact, with Chu Chen's speed, even if he didn't use his ability, it would only take a few minutes to identify something, but unless he was stupid, he would do it in front of everyone.
Let's not say that this will look too demonic, you are a young man, in front of so many old-timers, you have quickly and accurately identified things, doesn't this seem that these old-timers are incompetent? Where does this make the faces of the old-timers?
"Xiao Chu, let's talk about it first." Guan Guokang said.
"That's fine!" Chu Chen nodded and said, "This pastel nine peach and five bat plate, if you look at the appreciation value, it is really good......
"Wait!" The middle-aged man interrupted Chu Chen's words and said, "Young man, do you mean to say that this plate is not Yongzheng's?" ”
"Yes." Chu Chen said truthfully.
"How is this possible!" The middle-aged man said angrily: "You don't think it's not genuine from the two vague conclusions that the weight is heavier and the white glaze is a little yellow, right?" ”
"Don't be in a hurry, sir." Chu Chen said: "Although the two points you said are slightly different from the real thing, it is not enough to prove that it is a fake, so I said that the plate is wrong, and there are other aspects of evidence." ”
"What evidence?" At this time, the middle-aged man looked a little nervous, after all, he bought this plate for more than five million yuan, and if it was a fake, it would be a huge loss.
The other people at the scene also wanted to know Chu Chen's evidence very much, so they all waited for Chu Chen's next move.
"Look!" Chu Chen took the plate in his hand, and then used a strong flashlight to shine a peach ornament on the plate.
Seeing this, the others gathered around, only to see that on the peach, there was a faint line that looked like handwriting...... (To be continued......)