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Chapter 1661 An Indispensable Item
Meirenzui porcelain is called "Peach Blossom Glaze-Peachbloom" in the West.

Cowpea red ware is an indispensable item in all mainstream Chinese porcelain collections in the West.

In 2016, when Christie's auctioned off the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in [-], several pieces of Kangxi cowpea red porcelain in the collection caused a sensation.

One of them, a cowpea red-glazed radish statue, fetched a high price of US$204.5 million.

Just one piece of porcelain is worth more than 400 million yuan.

It can be seen how popular this kind of red glaze porcelain is.

Therefore, if you want to collect all kinds of utensils in eight sizes, it is always rare.

But if you want cowpea red porcelain, it is not too difficult.

For example, Chen Wenzhe and Yi Nian Tang Ceramic Factory can be satisfied.

This is also something that can't be helped, now Chen Wenzhe is not full and the whole family is not hungry.

Therefore, no matter what he did, he had to think of some way out for his subordinates.

Like the eighth size, it is obvious that all the masters under him will show their magical powers.

There are several world-famous copper red glazes in the Qing Dynasty, such as Langyaohong. In addition, the high-temperature "copper red" glazes in the Qing Dynasty also include cowpea red and Jihong.

The color of cowpea red is like boiled red cowpea skin, with a powdery texture.

It is named for its light and pleasant color tone, uneven pink color, like red cowpea, and light and beautiful shape.

Due to different firing temperature conditions, there are several kinds of colors. The bright red one is called "Dahongpao", the light pink one is called "cowpea red", and the fresh and delicate one is called "beauty drunk".

Just listening to the name is beautiful enough, and Jihong is a product imitating the red glaze of Xuande Festival in Ming Dynasty.

In the Qing Dynasty, there were also low-temperature red glazes, one was coral red with iron as the coloring agent, and the other was carmine red with gold as the coloring agent.

Coral red is the alum red of the Ming Dynasty. Because the firing temperature was higher than that of the Ming Dynasty, the red is yellowish like red coral.

There are two kinds of carmine, thick and light, the thick one is called "rouge purple", and the light one is called "rouge water".

For the latter reds, Chen Wenzhe has fired them all before, but cowpea red has not been fired.

If it is fired now, then it must be eight sizes on the horse together.

Since this kind of porcelain is to be imitated, there must be objects to be imitated.

Here, Chen Wenzhe has to feel a little heartache again, because there are still the most famous porcelains of this level abroad.

For example, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which previously auctioned the raspberry, has a collection of my country's cowpea red "eight large" porcelain.

Like the Beaulieu vase, there is one in the collection there.

This type of utensil is extremely rare, and it is the most wonderful piece of Kangxi "cowpea red" in the Metropolitan Collection. It is also an important work for studying Kangxi's high-temperature copper-red glaze magnetic technology.

The glaze color of this bottle is bright and unique, and the red and green complement each other in an interesting way, just like the poem "green is like the first birthday of Qingshui, and red is like the morning glow when it is about to rise".

Then there are chrysanthemum vases. There are 9 pieces of chrysanthemum vases in the Kangxi "cowpea red" collection in the Metropolis.

Two of them were seriously damaged, the neck was cut off, and the mouth of one was ground and inlaid with silver ornaments.

Cowpea red glaze is applied on the outside of this bottle, which is delicate and pink.

This bottle has a red like cowpea, and gradation deep red in the smooth pink.

Especially in the peach red, there are some faint green spots, even and translucent, very gorgeous.

There are also willow-leaf vases auctioned before. There are 13 willow-leaf vases of Kangxi "cowpea red" in the Metropolitan Collection, one of which has its neck cut off.

The willow leaf bottle is a unique bottle type created by the official kiln in Jingzhen, Kangxi, Qing Dynasty.

Its characteristics are: wide mouth, thin neck, full shoulders, thin under the shoulders to the feet, concave feet, and slender body like willow leaves, hence the name.

Because of its sinuous and elegant shape, graceful and graceful, like a slim beauty, it is also known as "beauty shoulders" and is a precious court ornament.

Then there are the radish bottles, there are 2 pieces of Kangxi "cowpea red" radish bottles in the Metropolitan Collection.

The good news is that there is also one in the Forbidden City in China. This bottle has a curled mouth, long neck, broad shoulders, long belly, and shallow ring feet.

Cowpea red glaze is applied on the outer wall, the whole body is plain and clean, only a few convex strings are decorated on the neck, and the white tire can be seen where the strings start due to the thin glaze layer.

The inner wall is covered with transparent glaze, which is slightly green.

White glaze is applied to the outer bottom, and the blue and white "Kangxi Year of the Qing Dynasty" is written in three lines and six characters in regular script.

The copper red glaze on the outer wall of the cowpea red glaze ware is blown several times and then fired at high temperature.

Because the glaze contains a small amount of copper, it will cause oxidation during the firing process to produce green spots, commonly known as moss spots, which are mixed with the red glaze color to complement each other.

Among the innovative radish bottles in the Kangxi Dynasty, cowpea red glaze is the best.

The glaze color of this bottle is even and elegant, with only green spots on the mouth, which is very attractive.

There are also Taibai statues. There are 22 pieces of Taibai statues of Kangxi "cowpea red" in the Metropolitan Collection.

Among them, 5 pieces were cut and transformed into water injection. It is not ruled out that they are complete pieces, that is, water injection molding.

There are three other types, such as boring and washing.

There are 7 pieces of Kangxi "cowpea red" boring gong washing in the Metropolitan Collection, one of which has a large punch, and one glazed surface has a split piece.

The boring gong washer has a small appearance and a pleasant glaze color. It has the reputation of "moistening through the sandy glaze, and the beginning of painting".

It is generally used as the desk of Emperor Kangxi, and it is hard to find among the people.

At present, the handed down products are all rewards and outflows from the court.

After the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, there were a lot of imitations.

However, regardless of shape and color, it cannot be compared with the original Kangxi artifact.

There are also 18 Kangxi "cowpea red" inkpad boxes in the Metropolitan Collection.

Ink pad box, also known as printing dome, is a stationery for holding ink pad, mostly flat and round.

The shapes are small, including porcelain, copper, agate, jade and so on.

Porcelain is the best. There is a saying in the past that "the color pool is the most suitable for porcelain".

Finally, there is the Apple Zun. The "Cowpea Red" Apple Zun collected by the Metropolitan Metropolis is not a Kangxi dynasty, but an imitation of the 19th century.

Apple Zun has a concave mouth, round feet, and a bulging belly. Because it looks like an apple, it is called Apple Zun.

Apple Zun is one of the classic wares in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, and it belongs to the innovative stationery of the Kangxi kiln.

There are more imitations like this in major foreign museums.

The slightly better ones belong to the folk kiln system, such as bowls, and there is only one Kangxi "cowpea red" bowl in the Metropolitan Collection.

The bottom of this bowl is signed "Kangxi Year System of the Qing Dynasty" in this dynasty.

This kind of work should be outside the official kiln system.

But in terms of collection value, it is more precious than the five styles in the "Eight Big Size".

There are few "cowpea red" bowls in the world, and there are four types of bowls: small pier bowl, small skimming bowl, large pier bowl and large skimming bowl.

The small pier bowl is hidden in the Daweide Foundation, and the bottom is signed with the entrustment fund of "Daming Xuande Annual System".

Large-style pier bowls are also very rare. The one known so far is signed "Kangxi Years of the Great Qing Dynasty" at the bottom of the dynasty, and is exhibited in "Extensive Beauty - Kangxi Porcelain and Palace Art Treasures Special Exhibition".

Therefore, the better things are, the more imitations there are, especially the works imitated during the Republic of China, which are more difficult to identify.

Of course, for a master like Chen Wenzhe, there is no problem in appraising these works.

There is still a little skill in it, and this comes from his porcelain making technology.

No matter what type of red glaze porcelain, there are a few simple tips for identifying its authenticity.

(End of this chapter)