Riding the wind of rebirth

"Thank you both very much." The old man put the things away and did not ask how much it was worth now. Judging from the appearance, he had no intention of selling it at all: "I finally figured out what this thing is today, and I have learned a lot. I admire you."

"There is one thing missing." Zhou Zhi found a piece of paper and traced a pattern on the paper: "This thing is called a wax dagger. It is used to melt wax after being heated with a lamp. It looks like a small copper fish. One side is convex and the other is concave, you can pay attention to it and buy it to match this. "

"I know." The old man put away Zhou Zhi's drawings: "What about this side of Mudou?"

Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "It's easy here in Mudou. You usually use a scrapped writing brush. You can choose a suitable size, cut off the tip of the pen, and saw the pen barrel short. Scholars don't have anything else. There are so many scrap writing brushes that you don't need to use them." I bought a paste brush.”

The old man suddenly understood and couldn't help but smile: "It's reasonable and reasonable. It should be like this."

When the old man left, Lao Wang smiled at Zhou Zhi and said, "I haven't seen you for a while. My elbow capacity in reading miscellaneous matters has also improved."

"Hey! Isn't it just the craftsman's own craft?" Zhou Zhi was also modest: "If you don't even know Wax Dou and Paste Dou, the ancestors won't even give you food!"

After speaking, he sighed: "Actually, this kind of small object is quite exquisite. If the old man is willing to go to the public auction, I can take a photo of it. Alas, what a pity!"

"It's not like the Qianlong folk kiln." Lao Wang didn't think it was a pity: "How about I go back and search for you in the warehouse to see if there are any?"

"No, no, no." Zhou Zhi waved his hand: "Such small things are no longer needed now. It would be good to buy them when you come across them, but there is no need to spend all your time searching for them. I can't afford to waste that time. I'll be busy in the past That’s it…”

At the end of the morning, the workmanship appraisal team identified hundreds of items for the citizens. Although Fei Guan's greetings made Zhou Zhiduo suffer, it turned out that he had the least quantity. The other four people each had more than fifty items, but He didn't even reach thirty.

At noon, everyone was having a working meal at a restaurant next to the Cultural Park. Sister Zhao, the only woman in the appraisal team, said: "I see that the elbow appraisal is quite detailed. The citizens like you very much. I will come to participate in such activities often in the future." , it also proves that there are successors to our Shu capital collection enterprise!”

"Sister Zhao, are you criticizing me?" Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "I am still inexperienced and like to be a teacher. I just wanted to say a few more words to let the treasure collector know more about the things in his hands. Unknowingly, I wasted my time Consumed."

"Actually, we were all pretty much the same in the beginning." Mr. Sun said: "The work style at Gongmei is that everyone is used to being meticulous and practical. It's the opposite now. It took us a long time to get used to it."

Fei Guan finished ordering the dishes and then came over: "Jiuzi, things are going out in Meishan recently. When can we go over there and check out the house?"

"What?" Zhou Zhi's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the sunken ship at Jiangkou was discovered? "Shouldn't it be Pengshan?"

"Why Pengshan?" Fei Guan was puzzled: "Meishan is Sansu, the hometown of Yu Shinan. It has been a big port since the Song Dynasty. Some things are normal. Recently, several old houses there have produced some items that were entrusted to Xuande in the third generation of the Qing Dynasty. A blue and white porcelain bowl and a blank flowerpot.”

"It seems that Xiuzi is very interested in blank period porcelain?" Lao Wang said: "A few years ago, we packed up all the blue and white flowers that our Gongmei had saved. Am I remembering correctly?"

"Actually, it's not just the blank period, it also includes Chongzhen." Zhou Zhi nodded. The so-called blank period refers to a special period in the history of Ming Dynasty porcelain, namely the three reigns of Zhengtong, Jingtai and Tianshun.

In 1449, the Wa Mongolian invaded the south in a large scale. Zhu Qizhen, the Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, under the instigation of the eunuchs, personally led the expedition. As a result, he was defeated at Tumubao. The army of more than people was wiped out and Yingzong was captured.

Amid internal and external troubles, his younger brother Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne and appointed Yu Qian to preside over the BJ defense war. After victory, he welcomed his brother back the following year.

Seven years later, Zhu Qizhen launched the coup to seize the throne, took back the throne from his younger brother, and changed the reign name to "Tianshun".

In less than 30 years, the imperial power changed, and the country changed its owner several times, resulting in the country's decline, internal and external troubles, economic depression, people's livelihood, and social unrest.

Under such a situation, the production of Jingdezhen porcelain industry was also greatly affected. The level of porcelain production and the quality of porcelain dropped significantly compared with the previous dynasties of Yongle and Xuande.

So far, no matter whether it is unearthed from archaeological excavations, collected in public museums, or found in the antique art market, there are very few porcelains from the Zhengtong, Jingtai, and Tianshun dynasties with clearly dated dates. Therefore, the literary and art circles conclude that " "There were no official kilns in the three generations", so it is called the blank period, also called the "Three Black Generations".

The same is true for Chongzhen porcelain. During the years of war, the quality of porcelain, which represents the standard of living, has dropped again and again. Similarly, there are almost no porcelain with the official kiln mark.

It is precisely because the industry believes that the porcelain fired in the Three Dynasties does not have official kilns. In addition, the blue and white or underglaze red porcelain techniques during this period are indeed not as sophisticated as those in the Yongle and Xuande periods, and the texture is not delicate enough. Therefore, Zhengtong, Jingtai, and Tianshun , the porcelain of the Fourth Chongzhen Dynasty has little status in the collection world.

However, the "Records of Ming Yingzong", "Da Ming Huidian", "History of Ming Dynasty" and other documents that Zhou Zhi has seen actually contain records of porcelain making in official kilns. Therefore, we specially collected the best of these four generations of porcelain.

"Among the four generations of porcelain, leaving aside the Chongzhen blue and white porcelain, the porcelain of the three black generations in the blank period, especially the blue and white and blue and white underglaze red porcelain, is very worthy of study." Zhou Zhi explained: "The reason is that the porcelain of these three generations was born. It is no longer as good as the previous generation and has almost degraded to the level of the Yuan Dynasty. There is often a large amount of flint red on the bottom of the vessel. "

"But it also has its own advantages, that is, the last batch of Su material, the Suma Liqing shipped from the Middle East, was used in these three generations of blue and white porcelain, becoming the final glory of Suma Liqing."

"This is also very similar to the Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, if the Su material blue and white porcelain of this period is not carefully identified with the painting style, it is often misjudged as Yuan blue and white."

"Just by relying on the difference between blank period blue and white and Yuan blue and white, I have deceived many papers." At this point, Zhou Zhi smiled like a fox: "In the field of papers, this is also a 'blank period', and the writing is There are very few people. I write one article after another. I think the editor will be stunned when he sees my name - why is it him again! "

"Hahahaha..." Everyone laughed. It is true that there are very few researchers on porcelain during the interregnum. Some of you here are not in the academic circle and do not need to write papers or anything like that. But this kid is very useful. He can definitely do it. Looking for help in this regard!

In fact, with the in-depth study of the blank period and Chongzhen blue and white in later generations, someone finally discovered that these porcelains that have not left the official kiln models are also divided into grades and categories. Some of the fine blue and white and hall-style blue and white are actually official porcelains. Kiln porcelain, in other words, has reached the quality of official kilns.

This discovery led to a blank period and the sudden emergence of Chongzhen blue and white porcelain decades later. However, in this life, Zhou Zhi still changed from a hindsight to a discoverer and promoter. However, in this life, he did not know that he had completed Just such a transformation. (End of chapter)