The mechanism box is divided into opening steps, generally divided into one to six phases, six kinds of mechanism boxes, one phase mechanism box, it takes 36 steps to open, two phases to 72 steps, and so on, six phases is 2304 steps, so many steps, not to mention six phases, even if it is a two-phase mechanism box, it is difficult to open without a formula.

However, even if there is a formula, the five-phase and six-phase mechanism boxes are not so easy to open without a certain amount of perseverance and brains, as for the legendary eight-phase mechanism box, more than 9,000 steps, it feels terrifying to think about.

After identification, there are a total of 144 steps of the formula written on the paper, corresponding to a three-phase trap box, and with the trap box, there is actually a key, which shows how much the owner attaches importance to the things in the trap box.

Although there is a mantra and key to open the trap box, it is useless to have no trap box, and now Chu Chen can only hope that the trap box is in the house of the original owner of the inkstone, otherwise these two things are estimated to be useless.

Next, Chu Chen carefully put away the note and key, and then began to restore the inkstone.

For ordinary people, it is estimated that it is an impossible task to restore the inkstone to its original state, but for Chu Chen, who is an old disciple of Liu, in addition to being a little cumbersome, it is not too difficult.

In order to increase the weight of the inkstone, Chu Chen first poured some haode lead prepared in advance into the crack, and then after a series of treatments, he was busy until the early hours of the morning, and Chu Chen finally restored the inkstone to its original appearance.

Looking at the inkstone that was almost perfect, Chu Chen nodded with satisfaction, although there were still some small flaws. However, as long as you use a special method, put the inkstone in a cool place for a week. You can get rid of those blemishes, and it won't affect you even if it gets wet.

The next day. Chu Chen called the old Yu who sold him Tian Huang Yinembryo and asked him if he was free today, if he was free, he would go over to help him dismantle the belly hall, Lao Yu originally planned to go out with his family today, but after receiving Chu Chen's call, he immediately happily agreed.

Speaking of this, Chu Chen was a little embarrassed, in fact, he had already learned the dismantling method of the belly hall from Liu Lao. But then he forgot about this matter, if it wasn't for the thought of the belly hall from the machine box yesterday, it is estimated that he would have forgotten about this matter in Java.

It took Chu Chen half an hour to come to Lao Yu's house in Beicheng.

Lao Yu invited Chu Chen into the house, pouring tea and taking fruit snacks or something, and he seemed very enthusiastic.

After some pleasantries, Lao Yu took out the Buddha statue carved from rhinoceros horns.

To say that this belly hall is relatively simple to open, but it is not so easy to remove it, Chu Chen spent more than an hour. I carefully took out the contents of the contents.

Because the self-destruction device in the belly hall was very dangerous, Chu Chen also deliberately brought a container containing dangerous goods, and after returning home, he handed it over to professionals to deal with. It's done.

Seeing that Chu Chen had dismantled the belly hall, Lao Yu breathed a sigh of relief, although he knew that this thing should be quite stable. Normally, there are no problems, but he always feels like this thing is a ticking time bomb. always made him scared, if it weren't for Chu Chen's call. In the past few days, Lao Yu is also ready to call Chu Chen.

After finishing his business, Chu Chen originally planned to go home, but when he saw Lao Yu's somewhat distracted appearance, he immediately guessed that he probably had something to ask him to help identify.

Anyway, there was nothing to do after going home, so Chu Chen smiled and said, "Old Yu, it's rare to come to your house, I don't know if I have the pleasure of appreciating your collection?" ”

Hearing Chu Chen say this, Lao Yu also knew that Chu Chen should have seen his thoughts, which made him feel a little embarrassed, but even if Chu Chen said it, it was rare for him to come over once, so he hurriedly welcomed Chu Chen into his study.

Because of his belief in Buddhism, Lao Yu collected many large and small Buddha statues, including ceramics, woodcuts, bronze gilding, etc., which made Chu Chen feel as if he had entered a small Buddhist hall.

After admiring all kinds of Buddha statues, Lao Yu took out a plum bottle and put it on the desk, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chu, this is something I mortgaged from someone else, I am not too proficient in porcelain, I wonder if you can show me?" ”

"Okay!" Chu Chen did not refuse, and readily agreed.

Plum bottle is a kind of small mouth, short neck, plump shoulders, thin bottom, circle foot bottle type, modern Xu Zhiheng in the book "Drinking Liuzhai Said Porcelain" described in detail the shape, characteristics and origin of the name of the plum bottle: "The plum bottle mouth is thin and the neck is short, the shoulders are extremely broad, to the shin is slightly narrow, against the foot slightly rich, the small caliber is only commensurate with the thin bone of the plum, so the name plum bottle." ”

Originally, a plum bottle was a container for sake. The plum bottle is beautiful, but wine storage is still its primary practical function. In order to hold more wine without losing the beauty of "My Fair Lady", the porcelain artist raised its maximum diameter upward, so as to increase the capacity of the wine and not lose the beautiful image of the bottle.

The upper part of the plum vase is large, and the lower part is narrow. This has a high center of gravity and is easy to tip over during daily use. In order to keep the bottle stable, the maker often cleverly thickens the lower part of the bottle when molding, so that the bottom is thick and not easy to knock down, ensuring its practical function.

The plum vase first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and was more popular during the Song and Liao periods, and many new varieties appeared. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, porcelain kilns were fired in various places, and the blue and white plum vase in Jingdezhen in the Yuan Dynasty was the most exquisite.

The old plum bottle is nearly 40 centimeters high, the overall shape is dignified and generous, the landscape character pattern is drawn with carmine glaze, people are in the scene, the contrast is interesting, the color is bright, the enamel is moisturized, the carcass is white and delicate, and the other book has the "Qianlong year of the Qing Dynasty".

Carmine is commonly known as magenta, pale rose, bright and transparent, but it is different from the copper red and alum red used in the previous imperial factory porcelain, it is a kind of gold coloring, with purple tones of pink, because the glaze contains gold, so it is often called "golden red".

In fact, this method of melting gold into the glaze to color was not invented by Jingdezhen porcelain workers, but invented by the Dutchman Kasia in 1650, and began to be applied to porcelain painting in 1680, and it was not until the twenty-first year of Kangxi that it began to be used in Jingdezhen.

After Chu Chen looked at the plum bottle carefully, he said: "Old Yu, you are lucky, this is indeed a genuine product in the Qianlong period, let's look at the shape of the vessel first, you see that the shoulders of this plum bottle are particularly plump, almost in a straight line, and the waist is straightened down, this is the typical style of the Qianlong period." You look at this font neatly and atmosphericly, the tire is white and fine, the enamel is also very moisturizing, and the painting is also very good, which is a rare boutique. ”

Hearing that this plum vase is genuine, Lao Yu was very happy, but he was still a little puzzled, so he said: "Mr. Chu, there is one thing I don't understand, weishenme its carmine hair color, will it be deep and shallow?" ”

"Hehe, the phenomenon you mentioned was quite normal during the Qianlong period." Chu Chen explained with a smile: "Although carmine was introduced to the Jingdezhen Imperial Factory in the early Kangxi period, due to its high technology content and expensive cost, it was not popularized and carried forward in the Imperial Factory until the Qianlong period. ”

"However, in the Qianlong period, in order to make the glaze water rich and moist of the product, the glaze layer on the surface of the utensils was thicker, and the glaze water flowed to different degrees during firing, so the color of rouge water often appeared uneven with different shades, so there was a situation that the hair color was deep and shallow."

"Oh, I see!" Old Yu nodded clearly, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Chu, you see it's almost time for dinner, let's have a meal together, shall we?" ”

"Bang bang bang!"

Before Chu Chen could respond, he heard someone knocking on the door: "Old Yu, are you at home?" ”

Lao Yu hugged Chu Chen and apologized, and then hurriedly walked out to open the door, seeing this, Chu Chen also followed.

"Old Hu, what's the matter?" Lao Yu opened the door and saw that it was an old friend of his.

"Lao Yu, tell you, I made a baby and opened your eyes."

The man walked in and said as if offering a treasure, but as soon as he walked halfway, he saw Chu Chen coming out of the study, and said a little embarrassedly: "Old Yu, you have a guest here, I'm really embarrassed, I don't know if it disturbs you?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, I just want to see your baby, I just don't know if you mind?" Chu Chen smiled and waved his hand.

Lao Yu hurriedly introduced: "Lao Hu, this is Liu Lao's senior apprentice, Mr. Chu Chenchu." ”

"Liu Zhi and Liu Lao?" Lao Hu asked in surprise.

After getting Lao Yu's affirmation, he said happily: "It's really a coincidence today, I didn't expect to meet Liu Lao's senior apprentice." ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly put the things in his hand on the table, stepped forward and shook hands with Chu Chen warmly, and introduced himself again.

After greeting for a while, everyone turned their attention to the relatively large brocade box on the table.

Lao Hu opened the box, and then carefully took out the contents inside.

"Glaze red dragon pattern jar?" After seeing the utensils in the box, Lao Yu asked.

Lao Hu smiled and said: "Hehe, yes, it's the red dragon pattern jar in the glaze, Lao Yu, guess what age it is." ”

Lao Yu said angrily: "Just take a look, how can I tell which era it is, it can't be from the Yuan Dynasty, right?" ”

“haha！” Lao Hu Haha smiled and said, "You really guessed it, it is from the Yuan Dynasty." ”

"What?!"

As mentioned above, the glaze red is made by using copper as a coloring agent and firing in a reducing atmosphere. If the temperature is a little higher, or a little lower, it will immediately fail, and if the temperature is low, the color will turn black and very unsightly. If the temperature is high, the color is gone. Generally, the allowable difference between high and low temperature is only about 10 degrees, and in ancient times, this temperature difference was very difficult to control, and only potters with rich experience could see it. (To be continued......)