Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 619 Orphan
Therefore, in Zhou Zhi's knowledge, although the Dingzhou kiln had engraved patterns, they were all white glazed. Since there were no large engraved vases in Ziding, this plum vase would not be authentic.

"Then why do you want to start?" Mr. Wang asked.

"Because I can afford to pay 500 yuan." Zhou Zhi said it honestly, "I'd rather kill something like this than let it go."

"You are also the idea of ​​​​rescue acquisitions in our library." Mr. Wang smiled, and said to the two researchers, Wang and Chen, who were not very good-looking: "Look, even if the final result is wrong, we can't say that our idea is Incorrect."

"It's just a matter of working hard to improve the level of identification. Next time you encounter a similar situation, you still have to act decisively."

"Yes." The two researchers relaxed.

Zhou Zhi also quickly found a topic to comfort the two of them: "The main reason is that the price negotiated at the time was really not high, so I thought I would take it down first. If it doesn't work, it would be good to make an ordinary handicraft. As for the topic of Ziding's large engraved flower, I haven't heard about it before." I've done research, but I haven't seen the real thing, so when I started, I really didn't know if it was true or not."

"Actually, there is still controversy in the academic circles about Ziding." Mr. Wang said: "Because there are too few Ziding surviving in the world, most museums and scholars now attribute the sesame sauce glaze ware of Ding Kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty to Ziding. range, the two collectively."

"Actually, the exact definition of Ziding should be the very small number of treasures that have undergone purple kiln transformation in the sesame paste glaze wares of Ding Kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty, so that they can match the historical records."

"Ming Cao Zhao's "Ge Gu Yao Lun" once recorded: "Purple is fixed in purple, and ink is used in black as lacquer, and the soil is white, and its price is higher than that of Bai Ding." The description of purple is not very clear, but 'Purple color' is also a basic feature."

"In the "Atlas of Famous Porcelains of Past Dynasties" by Xiang Yuanbian, a famous collector and appreciator in the late Ming Dynasty, a more detailed drawing of Ziding was made, and it was noted that 'Song Ziding is an imitation of the ancient cicada wending tripod, Ziding should be Dingyao purple,...and 泑色The rotten amethyst is as clear as ripe rose apples, bright and lovely, the color of the kiln is mostly white, and the color of purple ink is always rare, such a purple ware is only seen.'”

"It's a pity that this atlas has been lost for a long time, but during my visit, I once found a Chinese-English bilingual version of "Atlas of Famous Porcelains of Past Dynasties" translated and published by the British more than 100 years ago in a European library."

"The book introduces five Ziding masterpieces. For Song Ziding's antique cicada wending tripod, it is described as the above paragraph. There is also Song Ziding kiln with hundreds of folds lying silkworms washing water, which is described as 'the color of Ziqin like eggplant flowers and mulberries, Brilliant and gratifying.’ As for Song Zi Ding Kiln’s panqiu, the expression is: ‘The color of purple is like eggplant buds, crystal clear and moist,’ and the expression of Song Zi Ding Kiln’s small yarrow bottle is: ‘The color of purple is warm and moist’. "

"The most important thing is that these five utensils are all hand-painted with pictures, and the colors are indeed just like this plum vase, such as 'eggplant flower and mulberry', 'bright and gratifying'."

"The five utensils in the book, the Cicada Wending Ding, the Baizhe Lying Silkworm Washing Water Cheng, the Panqiu Zhu, and the Yarrow Vase, are all flower vessels. Therefore, the saying that 'Ziding has no flower vessels' is only because Ziding is too rare, which leads to It’s just spreading rumors.”

"In the Palace Museum there are two remnants of Ziding, which I collected decades ago. One is a large plate, with only half of the bottom of the plate and a piece of rim left; the other is a long-necked bottle, with only The next neck. But it has carved patterns commonly used in white glazes of Ding kilns."

The old man is really a top two, just talking casually is a lot of valuable content.

"Old man." Zhou Zhi asked, "Is that book there? Or, can you recall which European library that book is in?"

"I brought that book back. It's in the ceramics research institute in the museum."

"Then I'll ask Director Zhou some other day." Zhou Zhi was overjoyed: "Take a picture of this part."

After dispelling the doubts of "Ziding no flower vessel", this carved plum vase has several characteristics: kiln transformation, large piece, and flower vessel.

There are quite a few Ding kiln sesame and soy sauce porcelains, but there is no one that satisfies these three characteristics at the same time.

In other words, the plum vase that Zhou Zhi found was a real "orphan" among the famous kilns of the Song Dynasty, and its value surpassed all the Song Dynasty porcelains he has collected today.

Even if there are only a dozen pieces of Ru kiln porcelain in existence, Zhou Zhi’s self-collected Ru kiln ink clay box; and dozens of surviving official kiln porcelain, Zhou Zhi’s self-collected official kiln string-shaped long-necked vase, in front of this plum vase, They have all become little brothers.

Old Chen was smarter than Old Wang, so he immediately asked, "Is there any intention to make a move on this Ziding Mei vase?"

"Don't." Mr. Wang suddenly winked at Zhou Zhi: "I came up with an expert opinion for you, and then you guys sent me a report to ask for the purchase, and I will give you approval. If there is something wrong with this thing, it's not a jump." Even if it enters the Yellow River, it won't be washed clean?"

"The avoidance system that should exist is still needed. Let the children keep this object, and let's not worry about it."

The truth is indeed the truth, but anyone can hear the protective heart.

Zhou Zhi was very moved, and decided to reciprocate: "Master, I'm going to buy the Miantang house from Director Li. The yard is quite large and the conditions are better than here. I discussed it with Mr. Ma, and we will bring the third house into the yard. The back cover room is decorated according to a certain security level, and it will be used as a warehouse for everyone.”

"After looking at your yard, I feel that the third yard over there can be covered with a roof and transformed into a Dalian room connected to the central hall, which can have more than 100 square meters. When the time comes, the warehouse will be managed by Ma Ye. These objects in your yard can also be preserved more evenly, so that things can be protected in a better environment, and this yard can be stretched."

I haven't discussed this matter with Ma Ye before, it was Zhou Zhi's idea when he came here and saw the stacked furniture in the small courtyard.

Any huanghuali armchair here will be worth hundreds of millions in future generations, but now it is piled up like waste, which makes Zhou Zhi feel distressed.

Master Ma was flexible in mind, he felt good when he heard what Zhou Zhi said, and immediately answered: "I have one more thing to do today, and I just want to ask you to go over and have a look and give me advice, whether or not this idea will work."

"If it is successful, I will notify Lao Yu to transfer the account and start work."

Regarding Zhou Zhi's economic strength, Mr. Wang is not as surprised as Mr. Ma and the others when Zhou Zhi was first. After all, Mr. Wang himself is the one who earns a lot of money. Although he has gone through many hardships, because of his cleverness, he still keeps some of his things. .

The old man said: "The things in the courtyard are all returned from the original cultural museum. At that time, they took away more than 2 antiques, more than 1000 calligraphy and paintings, and more than 8000 books from me."

"Most of these things have been returned. I disposed of a lot of the small ones, and put the big ones in the yard."

"The most regrettable thing is that there were more than 40 incense burners in Tsuen You's collection at the time, all of which had red sandalwood and rosewood bases. When I returned, the stove was missing by a third, and there was no base left..."

The old man's wife is called Yuan Quanyou, and the two have been in love with each other all their lives. The wife pampers the old man, no matter how the world is or what the financial ability is, the old man is allowed to "not do his job properly", and he has become a Chinese giant of literary and miscellaneous miscellaneous items.

"By the way, where's the teacher's wife?" Zhou Zhi yelled after Master Ma.

"She's still working in the painting academy, don't worry about her, let's go and have a look at Miantang House."

"Then is it still useful in the Museum of Civil and Warrior Warriors?" Zhou Zhi asked tentatively.

"Elbow helped us so much today, caught the criminals, and recovered the money. I will give this pair of figurines to the children on behalf of Xiao Wang and Chen!"

(End of this chapter)