My system is not decent

Chapter 1366
In addition to good craftsmanship and ingenious carving, Qianlong's good craftsmanship is also reflected in good materials.

Qianlong required that the materials for making jade wares must be good materials.

In the [-]th year of Qianlong's reign, Xinjiang Province began to pay tribute to jade, and the annual tribute in spring and autumn reached [-] kilograms.

In case of special circumstances, special messengers will be sent to pick jade.

In the [-]st year of Qianlong alone, six pieces of big jade were transported from XJ, totaling more than [-] catties.

It can be seen how big the demand for Hetian jade was during the Qianlong period.

Just like the white jade sheep on the side, Chen Wenzhe discovered a jade sheep from the Yuan Dynasty before.

But that is a topaz jade sheep, and this one is a white jade lying sheep.

This white jade lying sheep is not only of good quality, it is also well polished after it is made.

This is the polishing of a typical Qianlong craftsman, and this kind of polishing is also very particular.

From coarse sand to fine sand, and then using a cloth bag containing wheat bran to knead the jade a little bit by hand, it is a waste of manpower.

But it cannot be denied that such slow work and meticulous work can bring out the inner brightness of jade, thus showing the moistness of jade.

In addition to the jade sheep, there is also a white jade carving with good fortune and longevity. This one is not only made of good material, but also polished very well.

Of course, in addition to these external craftsmanship, Qianlonggong's jade wares also have inner meanings, that is, they have good meanings.

As far as the large pile of jade wares in front of Chen Wenzhe is concerned, except for Kangxi's jade wares, the rest are almost all Qianlong's.

In addition to good materials, workmanship, and polishing, the antique wares carved with large pieces of good jade are often overlooked by us, that is, good intentions.

The symbol of good fortune and auspicious omens are expressed in jade carvings with all their heart, which is very common in jade wares of Qianlong period in Qing Dynasty.

It can be said that the decorations on the jade wares must be meaningful and auspicious.

No matter the emperors, generals or ordinary people, they all hope that they can live a long, healthy, happy and auspicious life.

Therefore, in our country's traditional culture and art, especially in the jade wares of Emperor Qianlong, the craftsmen used different crafts to express the wishes of peace and joy, and the country's prosperity and people's strength.

Among them, there are many masterpieces, such as Baiyu's "Imperial Title Visiting Friends with a Qin" Shanzi, which is a large-scale ornament, based on the painting "Visiting Friends with a Qin".

The imperial jade wares of the Qianlong Dynasty were on top of Yushanzi, showing better craftsmanship, such as thin tires and silk inlays.

It is also very successful in the categories of antique jade and gold jade combination.

Other modeling crafts such as figures, animals, card inserts, smoking pots, and jewelry have all reached the highest level in history.

The jade wares made were only appreciated by Qianlong, and they were either inscriptions or poems.

Therefore, this batch of Qianlonggong's jade wares are also high-quality goods.

Chen Wenzhe fiddled with each piece, mainly to see if these jade pieces were all high-quality goods.

Fine products are of course fine products, but among the fine products, they can also be divided into different grades according to different craftsmanship and different types of utensils.

Let me talk about the type of device first, that is, how much material is consumed.

Needless to say, this kind of jade is very precious.

For example, the white jade carved peony four-flower button cover stove, the white jade dragon pattern double-ear stove, the imperial inscription poem white jade imitation Han dragon tail, the white jade carved phoenix head water drop, the white jade cloud dragon button "Self-improvement" seal, the white jade cross-dragon button "Baoyu... Nianzhibao", these are fine white jade works.

In particular, the lid furnace and the two jade seals are not national seals, but such ordinary seals belonged to Qianlong and are already very precious.

Seeing these two jade seals made Chen Wenzhe a little suspicious. Didn't he accidentally get a piece of the wreckage of the Yuanmingyuan treasure ship?

After all, if there is no special time for something like a jade seal, who can bring it out of the palace?
These are just conjectures, and he will confirm them later.

Seeing so many exquisite jade carvings at this time, Chen Wenzhe was naturally delighted to see them.

So, he played with these jade wares carefully one by one, and made an appraisal on them by the way.

In addition to the most precious batch of jade wares, there are many other white jade works.

For example, the white jade Suihan Sanyou Lifting Pot, the white jade carved lotus leaf pen holder, the white jade carved screen with blessings and longevity patterns, the white jade carved auspicious animal statues, the white jade carved with five blessings holding longevity patterns, a pair of white jade pots, the white jade baby play picture screen, and the white jade carving Festive and rich pattern water injection and so on.

For example, Baiyu's works are the main force and the largest number.

There are also many high-quality goods among them. For example, there are several lid stoves. In addition to the above two statues, there is also a white jade Wanfu Ruyi lid stove, a white jade embossed animal face pattern, imitation bronze aromatherapy, and emerald three lion buttons. furnace.

Especially the last one is a jade product, and such things already existed in the Qianlong period.

Among this batch of jade wares, there is also an imperial emerald carving water Cheng to ward off evil spirits, which is also a jade product.

From then on, it can be proved that during the Qianlong period, jadeite had already been used.

However, among the jade wares discovered by Chen Wenzhe, there are only two pieces of jade products, and the most other ones are white jade products.

Among these white jade products, there are white jade animal statues, jade bowls, pen holders, and Yushanzi, especially Yushanzi.

For example, the three-star white jade ornaments of Fu Lu Shou, the white jade carved kylin godson ornaments, the imperial white jade Luohan mountain, the white jade Fuqin picture mountain, the blue and white jade carved imperial poem Huangshan thirty-six peak patterns, the black and white jade carved imperial poems and so on.

The least amount is the white jade bottle, such as a white jade bottle with animal ears, chi head and double body.

The second is the white jade bowl, there are only two pieces, one is the imperial white jade imperial poetry bowl, the other is the white jade plate and the white jade bowl.

Chen Wenzhe really didn't realize that under a white jade bowl, there was actually a white jade platter.

Plates made of jade are really rare, at least Chen Wenzhe is not willing to use big materials to make plates.

While appraising and cleaning, after cleaning the white jade bowl and plates, Chen Wenzhe unexpectedly found another white jade bottle in a corner.

This is a white jade passionflower amphora. After cleaning the bottle, a white jade dragon and phoenix Changyi descendant Pei was found inside the bottle. This is a jade pendant.

In the end, there are only three common items left, which are a pair of white jade carvings with cloud and dragon patterns and a pair of white jade landscape and figure patterns.

After cleaning up these white jade products, Chen Wenzhe left two important treasures before his eyes.

One of them is a white jade engraved phoenix pattern Changyi descendants tablet, so I won't say much about it, except for the intricate carving, there is nothing else to say.

After all, he had introduced a guibi with more complicated craftsmanship before, but what Chen Wenzhe valued the most at this time was this Qianlong sapphire carved with antique animal-mask patterns carrying beams.

This is another typical Qianlong antique ware, this time imitating the animal-mask-patterned girder shovel, a bronze ware from the Western Zhou Dynasty, which is now in the Capital Museum.

This beast-mask-decorated Liang You is an early Western Zhou work, with a total height of 31.8 cm. It was unearthed in Liulihe, Fangshan in 974.

It is a beast-head-style lifting beam, a round top cover, a handle in the middle of the cover top, an oval mouth, a long neck, a drooping belly, and round feet.

(End of this chapter)