Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1424 Naming Difference

"I'm really ashamed. This discovery is Zhou Sang's. I can only do follow-up research at most." Ono Heiji was a little frightened: "In any case, you are also the first author of this first paper."

"These are not important anymore." Zhou Zhi said seriously: "Even if I discovered it, I wouldn't have the energy to carry out follow-up work. I have to leave everything to Mr. Ono."

"What I'm most happy about is that I have made a new discovery about my country's ancient porcelain and clarified some misunderstandings." Zhou Zhi showed a satisfied smile: "There are many fragments in the country, and the composition analysis has been done more carefully. When I go back, I will look for I’ll send you some research results, Ono-kun, please be sure to complete the research on this topic.”

"That's for sure." Ono Heiji assured: "Being able to use a national treasure as a research subject is a lifelong blessing."

Hearing the word "national treasure", Zhou Zhi couldn't help but look a little sad, but these artifacts really cannot be defined by "plunder" or "robbery", because they were all passed down from China thousands of years ago and then regarded as such by the islanders. A national treasure, passed down from generation to generation to this day.

But on the land of China, it has not been able to be preserved due to various reasons, which has to be said to be a pity.

In fact, there are many similar things, such as the famous Shosoin Collection. More than 9,000 pieces of clothing, furniture, musical instruments, toys, weapons and other treasures are national treasures inherited by the emperor for thousands of years. Among them, they come from China and can be called world-class unique items. There are many collections of treasures.

However, Ono Heiji seemed to have misunderstood Zhou Zhi's expression and said: "The six hand scrolls can be returned to China. Zhou Sang's contribution is also great. I still admire Zhou Sang very much."

"Haha, is Miss Ikeda here? She should have brought something here today."

When Ikeda Qiu brought Mr. Ma over, Zhou Zhi was sleeping. When the two met, Mr. Ma shook his head and sighed: "When we first met, if you had told me that one day the sofa here would be upturned. If you take a nap on your feet, I won’t believe it even to death.”

This place is one of the holy places for lovers of ancient ceramics in the world. Zhou Zhi can be as casual here as he is at home, which indeed makes Mr. Ma envious: "I heard that you are also a thief, and you made new discoveries when you came in?"

"Hehehehe..." Zhou Zhi had no need to be modest in front of Mr. Ma: "I used to think that the partridge-spotted lamp was unique to Jian Kiln, but I found that there was something wrong with the one here that was designated as the 'partridge-spotted Jianzhan'. After research, we found that the glaze base and fetal bones have obvious characteristics of the Cizhou kiln mouth, which were preconceived by the islanders for hundreds of thousands of years."

"Where is the thing? Can I see it?"

Mr. Ma also showed his face when the beast head returned to the Old Summer Palace, and he is now a relatively famous connoisseur in China. Ono seemed to know him and wanted to listen to his opinions, so everyone went to the storage room to collect the tea. Take it out and study it.

Similarly, the thickly patinated base of the tea cup first attracted Mr. Ma’s attention. He rubbed the base of the tea cup. Even a master like Mr. Ma was a little confused: “This is indeed a bit different from building a kiln, but It’s not very similar to the Ding kiln. I really want to find something similar... Why do I think it’s more like the inner tube of the Cizhou kiln?”

"To be precise, it is more like the base of red and green porcelain from Cizhou kiln." Zhou Zhi added: "The aesthetic inherited from Tang Sancai, but Sancai is a pottery body. Cizhou kiln heated the kiln to 1,300 degrees, and it became It’s porcelain.”

"What's the matter with this color?" Mr. Ma still felt a little strange: "There's also thickness. It feels much thicker than Cizhou kiln."

"Cizhou kiln is not thin either, mainly because of the cosmetic glaze at the bottom." Zhou Zhi said: "But it is true that it is thinner than this. In order to imitate the tire of the kiln, coarse quartz and iron ore powder were added. So it looks darker when fired.”

"Are there some irons that were exploded and rusted away?"

"Yes. The small pit on the fetal foot should be left by the blast iron."

"Zhou Sang, Mr. Ma, what do you mean... a thin post?" Ono Heiji started talking about "black talk" when he saw the two of them chatting, and quickly reminded them that there was a Chinese Erduo Dao sitting here. "Explosive iron particles are small iron beads of reduced iron formed on the surface of soil with a high iron content during the firing process." Zhou Zhi patiently explained: "This is originally a flaw on the artifact, but After being passed down for a long time, these iron beads will be re-oxidized and rusted away, leaving small pits. These small pits are just like the openings of Ru Kiln and Ge Kiln in the Song Dynasty, becoming an aesthetic feature and anti-counterfeiting feature. "

"Understood." Ono Heiji nodded.

After looking at the base, Mr. Ma nodded: "Indeed, apart from the formula adjustment and coating factors, this base has obvious characteristics of the northern kiln entrance. It is a very beautiful small cup... If the glaze color does not take into account the small silver spots, the piebald stone The characteristics of the glaze are also very obvious.”

"It's a pity that the diffraction light of the oil film cannot be imitated, otherwise it would be really difficult to master the unique skill of building a kiln." Zhou Zhi said: "The piebald stone glaze on this tea cup does not look as dark as that on the typical Cizhou kiln. Firstly, It lacks the white glaze background of Cizhou kiln and the reflection of these small silver spots. "

"But Mr. Ma, I have a question. There are many artifacts from Cizhou kiln in our country. Have we not found oil drop lamps, rabbit hair lamps, or similar utensils?"

"Hahaha..." Mr. Ma smiled and said, "It's really amazing that no one has paid attention to this issue before."

"After getting your reminder, we did a simple survey in the country and found that several museums have similar collections." Ma Ye said: "The National Museum, the museums in the four provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan are all Similar collections were found.”

"Furthermore, judging from the clues found, most of these types of lamps and bowls come from Cizhou Observatory. However, compared with this one, the shapes are mostly extravagant, and the carcass is thin, full of glaze, and bound. In terms of craftsmanship, it is still outstanding. After glazing, the slow wheel was reapplied, and the base was scraped and trimmed.”

This is all newly arrived information. Ono Heiji quickly took out a pen and paper to record it, "It seems we should also conduct a domestic inspection of artifacts."

"In our country, we tend to call this newly discovered type of porcelain 'Guantai kiln lamp'. What about you?" Mr. Ma asked Xiaoye.

"We prefer to name it 'Northern Eyes'." Ono said.

Everyone laughed.

This is also an interesting question. The two countries have different naming systems for the same porcelain. For example, the island country calls the Jian Kiln tea cup with small circles and dots "Tianmu", while China calls it "Tianmu" more bluntly. spot".

For example, the zodiac celestial eye is not regarded as the most expensive in ancient Chinese books, but its markings are as fine as rabbit hairs, and the halo around the hair is considered the best, and is called "different hair";

The island country’s obsidian celestial eye and oil drop celestial eye are called oil drop spots and partridge spots in ancient Chinese books.

Zhou Zhi estimates that the greater possibility is that the real unique lamps from the Song Dynasty are simply not available to people from the island nation.

In ancient Chinese books, there are dozens of types of glazed patterns on jianzhan. However, except for a limited number of kinds, the islanders looked down on others, such as black gold, rabbit hair, gold, gilt, and mixed colors, and introduced very few.

The differences in cultural backgrounds and aesthetic tastes between the two countries are also an interesting issue.

(End of this chapter)