Chapter 324: Treasure in the Ground
The glaze red was burned in the Yuan Dynasty, because of its complex firing process and exquisite materials, the works that were successfully fired were very rare, and the number of them handed down was very small. In addition, the time for firing this kind of porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty was very short, which also caused the scarcity of such porcelain.
Moreover, in the Yuan Dynasty, whether it is red porcelain in the glaze or red porcelain in the blue and white glaze, each successful work has a very high aesthetic and artistic value, with a beautiful color that is difficult to achieve in other porcelain, so rare and has its unique artistic value, it is not difficult to imagine that it has become the object of pursuit by collectors in later generations.
These are also the reasons why the blue and white glazed red porcelain is highly valued in the international auction market.
And Lao Hu actually said that this porcelain is a very rare and valuable Yuan Dynasty glaze red, how can this not make Chu Chen and Lao Yu feel extremely surprised?
Lao Yu asked in disbelief: "Lao Hu, this is really the glaze red of the Yuan Dynasty, are you not mistaken?" ”
"Nonsense, how could I be mistaken, the thing is really not real, you know it at first glance, do you see if this glaze red jar has the charm of the Yuan Dynasty at a glance?" Speaking of zuihou, Lao Hu looked triumphant.
Not to mention, this glaze red dragon pattern jar really looks like it has some flavor at a glance, this jar has a straight mouth, short neck, round shoulders, belly, and circle feet. The body of the can is engraved with a peony pattern and a lotus petal pattern. The abdomen is secretly engraved with a cloud dragon catching bead pattern, and under a rough look, I do feel that the lines are smooth and the pen is fine.
This jar uses a typical glaze red and white process, which is one of the porcelain underglaze color decoration techniques, which is a kind of glaze red.
The method is to leave the desired pattern on the white tire, or to carve the pattern on the part. The rest of the space is then smeared with copper red and then a transparent glaze is applied. It is fired by the reduction method. After firing, the pattern is displayed in the surrounding red with the natural color of the fetal glaze.
And this method is also the glaze red ware of the Yuan Dynasty. One of the techniques used in the firing process.
This ware can be described as uniform color at a glance, superb craftsmanship, not to mention whether this jar is not of the Yuan Dynasty, in terms of its level of craftsmanship, it is indeed a very good work.
Old Yu looked left and right, with his eyesight, he really can't see that this thing will be a fake, you must know that the Yuan Dynasty glaze red complete ware found so far is only dozens of pieces, the collection value and economic value are self-evident. This couldn't help but make him amazed.
However, he also knew the family background of his old friend, and it was impossible to spend a lot of money to buy such a thing, so how did he get this thing? So Lao Yu was curious, so he asked: "I said Lao Hu, how did you get this thing?" ”
Lao Hu smiled and said: "Actually, this matter is really a bit evil to say. ”
It turned out that Lao Hu's ancestral home was in Zhongzhou, and last week, an uncle in his hometown passed away. So he hurried back.
After the funeral, the relatives over there persuaded Lao Hu to stay for a while, and the relatives were very enthusiastic, and Lao Hu thought that he had finally returned to his hometown. So I just stayed.
Lao Hu is an idle person, so staying like this for three days is a little boring. It just so happens that his hometown is also a famous historical and cultural city, and the antique market is quite prosperous. And he is a person who likes to play antiques, so he finally returned to his hometown. It's a bit unreasonable not to go shopping.
It is not far from Lao Hu's hometown to the antique market, and it is only twenty minutes to walk, and it is idle to be idle, and Lao Hu did not take any means of transportation, so he walked to his destination.
The antique market is not big, but there are still a lot of things, Lao Hu walked around until the afternoon, and harvested a Qing Dynasty blue and white landscape plate.
With the harvest, Lao Hu walked back happily, walked about five or six minutes, and heard a sound of "bang", followed the sound to see, it turned out that there was a middle-aged man working in the field with a shovel next to the road, and the sound just now was estimated to be made by the shovel touching something.
"Hey, how can there be a wooden box here!"
Originally, there was nothing strange about this kind of thing, but the middle-aged man's exclamation aroused Lao Hu's curiosity, and he stepped forward to take a look.
The middle-aged man smiled at Lao Hu, and then dug a rectangular wooden box out of the soil under Lao Hu's gaze.
The box is very old, it looks like it has been buried for many years, and I don't know what it contains, seeing this, the middle-aged man asked Lao Hu with some hesitation: "Big brother, what do you say this thing should do?" ”
Lao Hu is actually not stupid, from the beginning, he felt that this fact was too coincidental, the person in front of him was very much like a "landmine", to say that the most haode way to deal with this kind of thing is to leave, but Lao Hu was really curious about the contents of the box, so he proposed that the middle-aged man open the box to see.
The box was opened, although there were still layers of protection inside, but the contents were not beyond Lao Hu's expectations, it looked like a glaze red jar, and by now, he had basically decided that this was the bureau set up by the middle-aged man for him, so he didn't look at the jar carefully, and planned to stay away from this place of right and wrong.
"Can you show me this jar?"
But before Lao Hu could take action, an old man walked out from behind him, and before Lao Hu could react, he took the jar from the middle-aged man's hand and looked at it.
The movements of the old man's hands are very skillful, and Zuihou even took out a magnifying glass, in terms of Lao Hu's knowledge, this person should also be an insider.
The old man looked at it, and at the same time let out a sigh of admiration in his mouth, zuihou played with it for a while, and naturally asked if the middle-aged man had any intention of making a move, and the old Hu on the side had forgotten about Java.
This situation and this scene immediately made Lao Hu confused, isn't this a game set up for him? This made him really want to see if this thing was right now, but now that the jar was in the old man's hands, he could only stare dryly, and it was impossible for him to go up and snatch the jar from the old man's hand, right?
Fortunately, although Lao Hu can't get started with observation, the thing is in front of his eyes, and he can vaguely see the performance of the jar. At first glance, this thing is quite new, which makes Lao Hu suddenly not very optimistic about this thing, but then, the more he looks at it, the more surprised he becomes, how this jar looks more and more like the glaze red of the Yuan Dynasty.
"It can't really be the glaze red of the Yuan Dynasty, right?" Thinking of this, Lao Hu's heart was like being scratched by a cat, and he couldn't wait to snatch the jar from the old man's hand.
Over there, the old man was offering a price to the middle-aged man, and after a while, he came out with 50,000 yuan, which made Lao Hu's heart more and more convinced that this was really a glaze red jar of the Yuan Dynasty.
The middle-aged man's eyes were full of greed at this time, but after a while, he said a little depressedly: "Uncle, it's not that I don't want to sell, it's just that there is propaganda in our village, and the things in the ground are to be confiscated." What if I sell something to you and the police arrest me and go to jail because of it? ”
"Hey! You know me about this matter, ......" Speaking of this, the old man seemed to only now remember the old Hu next to him, so he smiled and said to the old Hu: "Brother, there is a way for those who see it, since you have seen it, how about I give you 500 yuan in a while?" ”
What the old man meant, Lao Hu also understood, the five hundred yuan was nothing more than hush money, but now he is more and more suspicious that the thing is an open goods, how can he give up a gold mountain for a little profit?
"This old gentleman, I said you are a little unkind!"
Seeing that the old man was a little stunned by his words, Lao Hu continued: "This thing was discovered by me and this eldest brother, I haven't even seen it, so you just grabbed it, do you say you are not kind?" ”
When the old man heard Lao Hu's words, his old face couldn't help but blush, and he said apologetically: "Brother, I'm really sorry, just now my attention was attracted by this level, and there was something wrong with it, please forgive me, brother!" ”
Lao Hu also accepted it when he saw it, and said, "Can you give me that thing now?" ”
"This ......" The old man seemed a little hesitant for a moment, as if he was worried about something.
At this time, the middle-aged man spoke: "I said old man, this is your mistake, the thing was obviously seen by me and this big brother, we don't blame you for interfering, can't you show this big brother something?" ”
"Okay!" The old man thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and agreed, and then carefully put the jar on the ground.
When Lao Hu saw the old man's movements, he was even more sure that he was a man in the industry, and he was a little more convinced of this glaze red jar in his heart.
Holding the jar in his hand, no matter how Lao Hu looked at it, he felt that this was really a glazed red jar of the Yuan Dynasty. The shape of the device is right, the tire is also right, the glaze is right, and the process is also right, except for this jar feeling a little new, there is no problem at all in other places.
However, there is a way to buy the real like the fake, not to buy the fake like the real thing, no one stipulates that the antique must be old, and there are many reasons why it looks new, like not long after it was unearthed, it was buried in the ground like just now, or this used to be an orderly inheritance, it may be very new.
After determining the authenticity of the thing, Lao Hu's heart was scorching, and he couldn't stop it when he was lucky, and he actually encountered a red door in the glaze of the Yuan Dynasty, does this indicate that I am going to get rich?
"Brother, I don't know what you think of this thing?"
Just when Lao Hu was fantasizing about the life of a drunken fan, a voice suddenly came from his ears, which made him come back to his senses at the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little angry, old guy! If it weren't for you, I would have been in my hands by now.
Let's not talk about whether this is a bureau or not, when Lao Hu thinks so, he doesn't want to think about it, he was obviously ready to leave just now, and now he thinks that things are right, so he complains about this old man, this greedy person is a little unreasonable. (To be continued......)