In addition to the ancient jade, Chu Chen also found a statue of red sandalwood carved with iron and canopy plum, and the material was not red sandalwood, but made of old sour branch wood.

Then, as more and more collections have been seen, the frequency of fakes is getting higher and higher, but Du Hou's eyesight should still be very powerful, among the more than 100 collections that Chu Chen has seen, there are only nine fakes, and the probability of fakes is less than one percent, and it is still in the field that he is not good at, and his eyesight is already very powerful.

It's just that after looking at the more than 100 pieces of collections, except for the snuffbox at the beginning, Chu Chen didn't see what he liked, which made him feel a little depressed.

Next, Chu Chen looked at a few more collections, and finally saw something that he was more satisfied with, a burnt jade Ruyi during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

Burning jade is actually a method of counterfeiting jade.

Ancient jade is buried in the ground for a long time, subjected to the effects of ground pressure, geothermal heat, earth gas, ground humidity, etc., generally have calcification or oxidation, and a layer of thin or thick, or white or yellow skin shell appears on the surface, which is called "chicken bone white" or "fish belly white". Burning jade is to use fire to grill jade, so that the jade is heated and turns into this chicken bone white.

Some friends may ask, since it is a fake jade, how can Chu Chen still look at this jade Ruyi? In fact, the reason is very simple, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty loved jade and was even more fascinated by ancient jade, so he ordered people to imitate ancient jade, and this jade Ruyi is one of them.

This jade Ruyi is carefully carved with a whole piece of huge fire-burned jade, the color is the color of ancient jade "chicken bone white", the head is in the shape of Ganoderma lucidum, and a bat is carved on it, with its wings spread out, and its mouth is a jade chime. Falling silk silk, symmetrically carved under a pair of catfish, flat head and flat mouth, round eyes and long beard, mouth title jade chime drooping silk silk.

A small "swastika" pattern is carved between the two fishes, the middle of the front of the Ruyi handle is bas-relief longevity peach, the end of the handle is carved with a bat, and the back is carved with several auspicious cloud ornaments. The combination of bats, chimes and catfish means "more than auspicious", "Hongfu Qitian", and "wishful wishes".

This jade Ruyi shape is soft and graceful. Exquisitely carved, polished and polished, meaning auspicious, it is a rare antique jade treasure during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

However, it is precisely because it is artificially made zuò antique jade that its original jade quality has been destroyed. Although this jade Ruyi is exquisitely made, it has lost the natural characteristics of jade. The value in the market right now is not too high. The pair of Sanskrit cups used to exchange him was just right.

Although Du Hou said before that as long as it is not porcelain, other collections can be negotiable, but except for the kind that he particularly likes, Chu Chen really can't choose something that is too valuable than his pair of cups to exchange, and even if he chooses something that is much more valuable. He will also make up the difference.

There are still eight or nine hundred pieces in the collection, and although nearly half of them are porcelain, among the four or five hundred pieces in the collection, I can find a few more pieces that I like. It shouldn't be difficult for the price to be right, so Chu Chen put Yu Ruyi back first, as an alternative, and then continued to look at it.

Moving to the other end of the shelf step by step, Chu Chen came to a row of Bogu cabinets dedicated to purple sand ware.

Purple sand is also one of the categories of ceramics, it is a kind of ceramic products between pottery and porcelain, it belongs to a kind of ceramics that are not completely sintered, which is characterized by dense structure, close to porcelain, large strength, fine particles, and the fracture is shell-like or stone-like, but does not have the translucency of porcelain.

However, it is precisely because of the characteristics of purple sand and its unique porosity structure that people prefer purple sand pots to make tea, and it is respected as the first tea set.

Chu Chen, like Uncle Wu, likes to collect ceramics, and he has learned the tea ceremony, so he is now very fond of purple sand tea sets, so when he saw nearly 30 purple clay pots on the cabinet in front of him, his interest immediately rose.

However, after seeing more than a dozen purple sand pots in a row, Chu Chen felt a little disappointed, the pots were really purple sand pots, but they were all ordinary goods, and the best ones were only teapots made by a slightly famous purple sand pot artist during the Republic of China, which was really far from his expectations.

Chu Chen turned his head with some disappointment, and saw a few purple sand beam pots that looked very good next to him, so he hurriedly stepped forward to take a look at them with some excitement.

Speaking of the beam pot, we have to talk about Su Dongpo, the beam pot is designed by him.

According to legend, Su Dongpo, a scholar in the Song Dynasty, was unsuccessful in his later years and abandoned his official position to Yi. Xing Shushan, because he still drinks tea, but he thinks it is appropriate. Xing's purple clay pot jade is small, so I remembered to make a large purple clay pot by myself, but this thing seems easy to do but difficult, for several months, it is still at a loss.

Su Dongpo's scholar often carried a lantern at night to light the way for his husband, and one day when he saw the lantern, he had a whim, why not make a purple clay pot according to the lantern. Due to the tea drinking habits at that time, the handle was installed on the side of the body of the pot, and as soon as the fire was burned, the handle was burned to pitch black, and it was hot, which was very impractical.

Therefore, he had the idea of "lifting the beam", and from the perspective of the literati, he designed the handle of the pot on the upper part of the pot, and made the handle in the shape of a dead tree, and it is said that he also wrote famous poems such as "pine wind bamboo stove, lifting the pot to call each other", "fried rice with green smoke and cabbage, and chrysanthemum tea in the pot of Tianshui".

Because this kind of teapot is unique, some artists later imitated it, and called this style of teapot "Dongpo Tiliang pot".

Of course, legends are legends after all, because the purple clay pots of the Song Dynasty generally do not leave names on them, so far, a complete Song Dynasty purple clay pot has not been found, and it is impossible to find physical evidence of the Tiliang purple clay pot related to Su Dongpo.

And it is said that historical records record that Su Dongpo should use Chozi when making tea, just like the kind of kettle we use to boil water now, and in the Qing Dynasty, it was restructured, processed, and shaped by Yang Pengnian, and made into a purple sand beam stone Cho, which became the prototype of the Dongpo beam pot that people see now.

Yang Pengnian is the master of the purple clay pot from Jiaqing to Daoguang in the late Qing Dynasty, plus these handle pots look bright and moist, at least they should be the purple sand pots made in the Republic of China, from Yang Pengnian to the Republic of China, there are only a few famous purple sand pot celebrities, and because of this, Chu Chen is a little excited.

Sure enough, the first purple sand pot that Chu Chen picked up was a purple sand Yaoling beam pot made by Yu Guoliang, a famous purple sand artist during the Republic of China.

It's just a pity that the handle of this handle pot is injured, and the lid of the pot has been repaired, which greatly affects the value of this pot, making the original pot of more than 100,000 yuan now only worth tens of thousands of yuan.

Chu Chen put the handle pot back in place with some regret, but when he turned his head, he saw another handle pot at the far end of this row of shelves, the pure purple color, the bright and moist pulp, and the simple and beautiful shape, which immediately attracted him.

couldn't help but walk up to the beam pot, carefully picked up the pot, and Chu Chen looked at it carefully.

The body of this pot is smooth and round, decorated with two corresponding round cakes, the body of the pot is soft, the long neck is decorated with a cloud shoulder line, straight and fine, and the mother and child lines of the mouth lid are consistent, stable as the sky and the earth. The spout is a pentagonal shape, the lid is a pot lid type, there is a small pora in the middle, and the side bowl is a small seal of "tycoon".

Seeing the word "tycoon", Chu Chen became excited, because this represents the period from Daoguang to Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty. Xing's famous pot maker, Shao Tycoon.

Shao Daheng enjoyed a good reputation when he was a teenager, and was later called a generation of master craftsmen after Chen Mingyuan. His pot is known for its simplicity, especially in the simple and solemn shape of the system, and the momentum is extraordinary, such as the ball, antique and other pots can highlight the simple and elegant atmosphere of purple sand art.

Gu Jingzhou, a famous pot maker, once praised Shao Daheng's works: "After decades of speculation, I feel that his (Shao Daheng)'s various instruments can be called the culmination of sand art, brushing a generation of delicate and complex style." From the refinement of his clay selection, the mystery of aesthetics in modeling, the perfection of creative form, and the superb skills, he won the praise of a while, and his reputation was high, and he had the feeling of "not seeing the ancients before, and not seeing the comers after him". ”

This shows the brilliance of Shao Daheng's works, which can be reflected in the market, Shao Daheng's works were already regarded as treasures by tea lovers and collectors in the Qing Dynasty. Until now, it is even more coveted by Zisha collectors, and it is rare to be able to appreciate his works.

As a person who has begun to love purple sand now, Chu Chen can see a work by Shao Daheng and have the opportunity to get it, no wonder he is so excited, so he hurriedly continued to look at it.

There are semicircular buttons on both sides of the front and back of the handle pot, which looks plump and smooth, with double holes in the middle, and a copper handle is worn as a soft handle, which is easy to carry. The inside of the pot is smooth and free of mud, and the skill is more difficult. In addition, there is a four-character chapter engraved at the bottom of the pot, which is also a common technique used by Shao Daheng to make pots.

This pot is round and smooth, the feel is quite comfortable, the mud color is purple-red, because it has been used for many years, and after careful maintenance, it looks smooth like ancient jade, matte and shiny, it can be described as simple and solemn, and the momentum is extraordinary.

Based on the condition of this pot, Chu Chen can be sure that it must be a genuine product, but the identification of antiques can not tolerate a little sloppiness, he still slowly and carefully looks for possible flaws, of course, if he is greedy for convenience, he can also use the ability, but in that case, there will be one less chance to learn, which is contrary to his idea.

After some comparison and searching, he finally used the ability, and the result was consistent with his identification, this Liang pot was determined to be a treasure carefully made by Shao Daheng. (To be continued......)