Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 576
Although Zhou Zhi recognized Zhang Cheng very much, Lao Chai and the others seemed not interested in this.

Lao Chai was even more blunt: "Old Zhang, you said that such a large pile is actually useless to us, so you just tell us how to distinguish this Chongzhen blue and white from the pile of imitations. "

"Ah, this..." Zhang Cheng didn't know what to say for a while.

"Do you think you are wrong?" Lao Chai seriously criticized Zhang Cheng's attitude: "Once you get to the place where you have stretched your tendons, you will become dumb. I'm afraid that someone will learn from you."

Zhang Cheng looked at Zhou Zhi, and both of them could see helplessness in each other's eyes. Zhang Cheng simply took over Zhou Zhi's work: "I'll do the bottom-up work, and you will deal with some live babies!"

"It's not that Uncle Zhang doesn't talk about it, but there are too many details in the appraisal of porcelain, and I don't know where to start." Zhou Zhi, who is used to writing articles, thought about how to start explaining: "The blue and white porcelain of the Chongzhen period , is the peak of the 'transformation period', and the shape of these two cylinder bottles is actually the first that has never been done before. There is a name, which is taken from the homonym, called 'Unifying Jiangshan Bottle'."

"There are actually four characteristics to identify blue and white porcelain, porcelain body, white glaze, blue and white, and painter."

"Just now Uncle Zhang talked about the characteristics of the era of Chongzhen blue and white. In the jargon, this is called 'big appearance', which is an important symbol to identify the authenticity of ancient porcelain."

"If the general appearance is not right, apart from the archaeological excavations from the ancient tombs, the utensils that appear on the market must be questioned first."

"Take this cylinder bottle of "A Dream of the Tang Dynasty" as an example. You can see that the shape of the banana leaf on the mouth of the bottle is inclined. Unlike the blue and white flowers on the front and back, most of the decorations are perpendicular to the center line of the bottle."

"This is called 'Slanting Wind Banana Leaf', and only the blue-and-white porcelain after the beginning of the transformation period has this feature."

"Looking at the bottom, the tire near the bottom was cut for a week to form a double-layer stepped foot. This is a typical method of pedicure for porcelain in the transformation period."

"The blue and white hair color is beautiful. Please pay attention to this place. The cloud pattern, sun, scaly ground pattern, egg-shaped leaf pattern and mountain rocks all have very distinctive characteristics of the times."

"We look at the ground pattern. Here, if you look closely, you can find that the ground pattern actually simulates the shades of shadows created by characters, trees, furniture, etc. on the ground. For example, clusters of V-shaped symbols represent grass, but there are depths and shallows. "

"There are three types of ground patterns in the transformation period. One is to only paint V-shaped patterns, and the ground patterns are composed of extremely fine and dense V-shaped patterns, and there is no decoration under the V-shaped patterns."

"The second is to render the base color first, and then embellish it with V-shaped patterns. It takes less time than the former, but the decorative effect is similar;"

"The three of them are decorated with a few V-shaped patterns, which seems a bit perfunctory. Generally, those with rough decorations use this method."

"Clearly the first method is used in this cylinder, so besides being an important feature of transition period porcelain, it is also a sign of fine workmanship in this type of porcelain."

"The same is true for the painting method of moiré. The most common one in this period is bracketed moiré. According to the requirements of the picture, the length of the drawing is different. There are two main decoration positions: one is on the back of the utensil, that is, the non-main part. For the part, the mountains and rocks are generally painted, and the cloud patterns float among them, which means that the smoke and clouds are dense and the feeling of misty mountains. Buildings such as towers and pavilions, in order to increase the depth of field and decoration of the picture.”

""Gaotang Dream" is published in "Zhaoming Wenxuan" Volume [-] "Gaotang Fu", which tells the story of King Xiang of Chu and Song Yu traveling on the platform of Yunmeng, looking at the view of Gaotang. There are clouds on it. Song Yu replied that it was Chaoyun, and then asked what Chaoyun was, which led to a Gaotang dream. According to Song Yu, the former King Huai of Chu traveled to Gaotang, sleeping in the daytime, and dreamed that the woman said that he was a Wushan girl. The guest of Tang Dynasty, I heard that the king traveled to Gaotang, and would like to be a pillow mat. After King Huai was lucky, he built a temple for him, named "Chaoyun". The dream of Gaotang was used as a metaphor for the encounter between men and women, and the word "Wushan Yunyu" came from this .”

"Wang Daokun, a Zaju writer in the Ming Dynasty, created "Dayatang Yuefu", which included four stories: "Gaotang Dream", "Luoshui Sadness", "Five Lake Tour", and "Yuanshan Opera". A kind of elegance and mood of the literati at that time."

"Therefore, besides using the wavy lines as lines to outline layers of clouds, and rendering them in light colors within the lines, the cloud pattern on the cylinder bottle also presents a feeling of clouds. Different from the flowing clouds and miasma effects presented by the bracketed moiré pattern, the image of the bottle is divided into two spaces, expressing a layer of reality and a layer of dream.”

"The painting style of appreciating the bottle is elegant and the colors are light and elegant. Whether the characters painted are the king of Chu lying on the mat or the goddess maid in the dream, the painting style is very different from the majestic atmosphere of the Kangxi Dynasty, and it is more delicate and graceful. It presents a different kind of fresh beauty."

"There are roughly three types of rendering techniques for the clothing patterns of the characters on the vase: one is the flat painting method. After the outer outline of the clothing is outlined with dark lines, the inner clothing patterns are simply sketched, and the blue and white colors of different shades are painted flat inside to distinguish different styles. The clothing of the characters is different, and everyone uses this rendering method to see the clothing of the king of Chu;”

"The second is to only outline the simplest outline, and the folds of the clothes are represented by the depth of rendering. This method is often used when drawing small figures. On this vase, the maid's clothes are like this;"

"The third rendering method is similar to the rendering of traditional Chinese painting. The line of the clothing line is rendered in several layers, with different shades. It is most suitable for drawing the large sleeves of the toga, which can vividly express the layers of folds of the hanging sleeves. In the picture, the large sleeves of the toga This method is used for the clothing pattern of the goddess, and the decorative effect is excellent."

"In addition, there is another important feature of the era, that is, the clothing of the characters in this period will be dotted with * patterns. This feature is also very obvious on the goddess's belt and leader."

"The story of Wushan Yunyu painted in this product is obviously born out of Zaju prints, but the image and clothing of the characters are typical paintings of the Chongzhen period. Due to the limitation of the shape of the utensils, the platform of Yunmeng is also represented by pavilion railings. At that time, the craftsmen made bold changes."

"This kind of romantic theme was adapted into Zaju in the Ming Dynasty, painted on porcelain in the late Ming Dynasty, placed in the study as a desk game, and placed in the front and rear official kilns. It is impossible to tolerate."

"The above are the details of identifying the porcelain. It is called 'small appearance' in the jargon. The size and appearance are no problem. Combined with other characteristics and supporting evidence, if you are sure, you can almost identify the age of this appreciating bottle. Decisively started to pick up the leak."

"Seeing this, you still call it picking up leaks?" Old Chai was sweating when he heard it: "Our way of buying is to pick up leaks by chance, you...you are simply relying on your own knowledge reserve to steal what!"

"When you enter this market, you have to rely on your own eyesight, and you are willing to bet and admit defeat." Zhang Cheng took out a business card from the cabinet and threw it to Zhou Zhi: "Ewbow, please leave me your contact information, so that you can contact me when you don't understand." Multiple helpers."

(End of this chapter)