58 Chenghua Rare Porcelain

On the morning of the next day, accompanied by Lan Tianyu and Fan Qingfeng, Wan Lao visited the exhibition halls of the Municipal Museum and the Nanzhou Academy of Fine Arts with great interest. During this period, Lan Tianyu met more than a dozen famous artists, great collectors and appraisal masters in the province.

After attending the banquet specially held for Wan Lao in the evening, it was already ten o'clock when Wan Lao was brought home.

For the arrival of Wan Lao, Mu Hui attached great importance to it, not only prepared all the new household items for Wan Lao early, but also cleaned the villa from the inside out.

Wan Lao already knew the situation in Lan Tianyu's family, and he deeply regretted what happened to him recently. An immature student who has not yet graduated, shoulders the burden of family and career, and the difficulties during this period can be known regardless of the experience of the elders.

Lan Tianyu has only his mother at home, and there are no relatives and friends to disturb him, it can almost be said that he is lonely, such an environment is suitable for Wan Lao's habits and teaching.

After a night's rest, Wan Lao did not go out the next day, and also rejected all other invitations, making time to carry out systematic guidance on Lan Tianyu. Lan Tianyu has a solid and profound foundation in painting, but what is missing is the most suitable future development direction and more systematic theoretical guidance. If he thinks about these two aspects on his own, it will inevitably take a long time to do it because of his lack of experience and experience.

Now, with the guidance of the masters of the art world, he has integrated the essence of various painting schools and refined his own unique techniques and styles, which have gradually become clear in theory and direction.

Although it is only a day's guidance, for Lan Tianyu, it is better than a year or even a few years of solo study.

The blue sky and rain felt that the harvest was huge, and Wan Lao was also very pleased. It was the first time he had met a painting genius like Lan Tianyu, many things were easy to understand, although Lan Tianyu had already shown his outstanding talent, but Lan Tianyu's progress was still beyond Wan Lao's expectations. After a day, the theoretical guidance has been fully understood by Lan Tianyu, and the rest is that it needs to be slowly integrated in practice.

In order to reach the ideal height in theory in practice, we also need the perseverance of Lan Tianyu, which is not an overnight thing. Wan Lao will not stay in Nanzhou for too long, and after the auction is over, he will return to Kyoto, that is to say, Wan Lao will only guide Lan Tianyu for more than ten days at most. Lan Tianyu must take advantage of the time when Wan Lao is by his side to strive for greater progress, otherwise if he wants to hear Wan Lao's guidance in the future, he will have to go to Kyoto.

Now the lots collected by Gu Yun can meet the needs of this monthly auction, although the number is not much, but there are many high-quality products, and the turnover will be an extremely satisfactory number. He didn't need to ask too much about the affairs of the auction house, and the time he spent learning to paint with Wan Lao was not very long, only three or four hours a day.

Although I have to balance work and learning to paint, I feel that I have a fulfilling life, and I spend every day in a relaxed and comfortable way.

In the afternoon, Lan Tianyu was practicing new painting skills at home, and Sun Ye's phone called: "Mr. Lan, can you come to the company now?" Someone sent two pieces of fine porcelain from Ming Chenghua, but these two pieces of porcelain seem to have been unearthed not long ago, although some disguise and treatment have been done, but professional porcelain appraisers can judge it. What do we do with these two pieces of fine porcelain? It is up to you to decide. ”

"Then I'll go right over."

Lan Tianyu said hello to Wan Lao and hurried to the company.

Walking into the customer reception room, Sun Ye stood up and introduced: "This is Mr. Ma Wei, he sent two pieces of fine porcelain from Ming Chenghua, and several appraisers of our company have identified them separately, and they are confirmed to be genuine." But there is one point, the glaze of these two pieces of porcelain is a little too eye-catching, if the appraiser's level is slightly worse, it will definitely be considered a high imitation. This is a typical feature of newly unearthed porcelain, such porcelain, there is no clear origin to prove, we are afraid to accept, but these two pieces of porcelain are indeed too exquisite, if you turn it away, it is a pity. So I asked Mr. Lan to come over and see how this matter should be decided? ”

Newly unearthed cultural relics, of course, cannot be used for auction, but the auction house will not turn away, as long as it is not involved in the case, it is completely possible to negotiate privately, and the commission ratio generally charged will be higher. Sun Ye said this in order to lower the other party's commission when the negotiation was held later.

"These two pieces of porcelain were paid to me by a partner in Kyoto, and he is now out of the country, where is there any proof of provenance? Now that you're sure that these two pieces of porcelain are genuine, even if they're newly unearthed, you should have a way to get their hands on them, right? I am in dire need of cash flow now, whether it is an auction or a private approach, as long as the price is reasonable, I can consider it. If you're worried that these two pieces of porcelain will get into trouble, that's okay, I'll find another way to do it. "This Mr. Ma Wei, who looks very young, that is, in his thirties, has a very firm tone and speaks very bluntly.

"Mr. Ma is right, I will appreciate these two pieces of porcelain first, and then we will discuss a solution that is satisfactory to both parties."

After finishing speaking, Lan Tianyu came to the appraisal table and carefully admired the two pieces of porcelain placed on it.

These two pieces of porcelain, one is "Ming Chenghua blue and white melon gourd cotton pattern palace cup", and the other is "Ming Chenghua Doucai crocus pattern goblet", which are rare boutiques.

The blue and white palace bowl is the court tableware, which was only made in the 1480s, and a total of ten years before and after. This piece of "blue and white melon gourd cotton pattern palace cup", porcelain quality, fine workmanship, proportion, touch, beauty are incomparable, the decorative design is subtle and beautiful, the brushwork is freehand, the composition is ingenious, fascinating.

Chenghua porcelain, unique, unique in the Ming Dynasty, style formed in the last decade of the Chenghua Dynasty. Prior to this, most of the Chenghua porcelain imitated the porcelain style of the Xuande year. The new wind that emerged in the Chenghua Dynasty was mainly dominated by Wan Guifei. Wan Guifei, who is seventeen years older than Emperor Chenghua, has a deep influence on her. In 1482, there were important ministers who wrote to persuade Xianzong to stop sending eunuchs to Jingdezhen in Raozhou to supervise the work, and then there were courtiers who wrote to persuade them to stop firing porcelain, and it ended in 1486.

A variety of porcelain bowl types, developed in the Xuande period, but the shape of the palace bowl, is the later creation, has designed eleven types of palace bowls, of which ten are painted with floral ornaments, only one painted fruit pattern. Chenghua porcelain, at first glance or seems to be unpretentious, after careful appreciation, the elegant rhyme, the palace is also the same. This type of ware is not for a long view, but should be viewed quietly to appreciate the craftsmanship of the porcelain craftsman, the superior porcelain, the warmth of the touch, the beauty of the white porcelain blue and white, and the subtlety of the unique design of the ornamentation