Chapter 69: The Cricket Emperor Cricket Jar
It is because there are almost no Xuande cricket jars in the world, and even the Forbidden City is not complete.
The heirloom of Xuande blue and white cricket cans is very rare, and there are only a few in the world, why are there so few?
It is said that after Xuande's death, his mother, Empress Dowager Zhang, ordered on the spot to smash all his toys.
This is clearly recorded in the Ming Li Xian's "Tianshun Rilu".
The emperor's fucking move made Emperor Xuande's love for fighting crickets has always been a legend, and there is no evidence.
Until 1993, China's archaeological team excavated a lot of blue and white fragments in Jingdezhen, and put these fragments together, which is the cricket jar of the Xuande period, a total of 21 pieces.
The pile of cricket jars was unearthed, so that Zhu Zhanji's "cricket emperor" got a real hammer.
At that time, there was a man named Luo Blind who played porcelain best in Jingdezhen, and he bought one for 300,000 yuan.
Now, I don't know how many people come to him to buy it, and he doesn't sell it.
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Mu Duanming picked up the cricket jar casually, and after playing with it for a while, he saw the fine cracks on the can, and his brows furrowed.
"Brother Mu, let's not talk about this crack first, let's see if this thing belongs to Emperor Xuande first."
Chang Xian's words made Mu Duanming pay attention to the cricket jar again, and looked at the porcelain from all angles in front of the light, and the expression on his face became more and more solemn.
Then he walked quickly to his counter with the can, turned on a strong light above the counter, and took out a magnifying glass to look at it carefully.
Several other people also held their breath, looking nervously at Mu Duanming in the appraisal, and reporter Zheng Da had an unbelievable look on his face.
can make Mu Duanming behave like this, even if this cup is not Xuande's official kiln, it must be a precious antique.
"Good thing, alas, it's a pity."
After more than ten minutes, Mu Duanming turned off the bright light and walked back to his sandalwood coffee table.
Carefully put the jar in his hand on the coffee table, his eyes full of regret.
"Hey, Brother Mu, is this true or false, don't sigh, give me a quasi-letter."
I often look at this guy sighing step by step, and I'm a little anxious.
"It's really Xuande blue and white, and the name should be called "Xuande blue and white reed goose fox cricket can" ......"
"It's just that this quality, it's a bit of a pity, if there is no crack here, according to the current market, the starting price will be at least five million or more......"
Mu Duanming looked at the cricket jar and shook his head again and again, regretful.
Instead of waiting to ask the price, he shook his head and gave a bottom on the market in recent years.
In the 2001 Beijing Zhonghongxin autumn auction, a "Ming Xuande blue glazed dragon and phoenix pattern drum-shaped cricket jar" was sold for 600,000 yuan. ”
"Last year, at the Xiamen National Auction Art Autumn Auction held at the Xiamen Powerlong Hotel, the auction price of a Ming Xuande blue and white eagle goose pattern cricket jar exceeded 2 million, but in two years, its value soared three times, which is breathtaking."
"Now this product is stronger than the one I just said, there are only two or three cracks, tsk, if you go to auction, you will get three or four million, if the price in our circle is about two hundred to two and a half million."
Mu Duanming slammed his mouth, as if he was very dissatisfied with the price he said.
"Can you sell that much?"
Zheng Mang, who was on the side, grew his mouth in surprise.
She looks at the money she spends a lot of money on it, and this thing is too fast, no wonder the two brothers are going to dig the ancestral grave.
"Brother Mu, then why did the stall owner take this thing to the antique shop at that time, why were those people only willing to bid forty or fifty thousand yuan together, they wouldn't be able to see that this was Xuande blue and white, right?"
Chang Xian asked the question in his heart, the guy in Jixian County saw the drum tower from Shenyang Road, and he didn't know how many shops he saw along the way, and there must be a shopkeeper with good eyesight.
Mu Duanming smiled, but he just drank tea and didn't speak.
Uncle De glanced at Chang Xian, and said with disdain: "They know a fart, not to mention the genuine products of Xuande blue and white, those people have never even seen the broken porcelain pieces of Xuande blue and white, at best, they have played with the old imitation of the Qing Dynasty, and it is estimated that they will regard this as the old imitation at that time." ”
"With this quality, if you can give a price of one or two hundred thousand, your eyesight is already very good. You must know that the small official kiln boutique of the third generation of the Qing Dynasty is worth 180,000 yuan. ”
Chang Xianxin said that this is true, he once sold a Qianlong small plate of "Yuyan Mountain House", which was sold for 30,000 yuan.
Mu Duanming patted the sofa rhythmically with his right hand, and said: "The two things that Xiao Chang collects, one is Sanhe Liu's gourd, and the other is Xuande blue and white cricket jars. ”
"It's likely that the story told by the stall owner is true, and the original owner of this thing should be an Uncle of the Eight Banners!"
Uncle De said regretfully: "Yes, you don't have to leave an address, otherwise you can go and see it one day." ”
The old man was silent for a moment, and then said: "It seems that there are not no good things in the Drum Tower, and I really have to go shopping when I have time." ”
Hearing this, I often complained to myself, your old man is in good health, it's no problem to walk in the morning, buddy, I really don't go.
……
"Alas, I think it's not big, and the place where it is opened is not important, if you find a skilled baking porcelain maker to bake it for him, it may add a lot of color."
While a few people were chatting, Uncle De suddenly came up with an idea.
"Baking it?"
Chang Xian was puzzled: "Are you talking about the baking pot and baking pot?" It's usable when it's baked, but I'm afraid you can't see it, right? ”
Xiao Chang has lived in the countryside, he experienced mending pots and tanks when he was a child, and he also watched the flower drum opera movie "Mending the Pot" played by Mr. Li Guyi.
"Haha, Xiao Chang, you only know one of them, you don't know the other!"
This time it was Lao Guo who smiled beside him.
Mu Duanming also agreed: "Uncle De is still well-informed, and he wakes up the person in the dream with one word, this method is good!" ”
Look at their gossip, as if they have solved Goldbach's conjecture.
Not only Chang Xian and Zheng Mang were confused, but even the big boss Yu Bo didn't know what to do, after all, the uncle of the capital was far away from the fireworks in the world.
It took a while for a few people to make the matter clear.
Baking is an ancient profession that has existed since at least the Song Dynasty.
Porcelain, although it is highly durable, is very brittle, and when you bump it, it will fall off the slag and shatter the heavy one, and it will become particularly unsightly.
Therefore, there is such a kind of craftsman who can repair the porcelain.
For example, if you have a porcelain bowl that falls to the ground and becomes three petals, it cannot be used, and he has the ability to put it back together again.
Or a porcelain plate has a corner off, and he can inlay a copper corner.
This is called baked porcelain.