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Chapter 8 Chicken Heart Bowl

Mr. Lin has always been generous with his praise for the younger generation.

As for Yang Chen, this was half polite and half sincere.

Picking up three missed items in a day, and they are all high-quality products. Strength alone is not enough. Luck and opportunity are both indispensable!
  But when she heard her grandfather praising Yang Chen, Ruoxi was not convinced.

"Isn't it just picking up a few leaks? What's so great about it? As long as you take the time, who can't pick up a few real antiques!"

"He's just lucky."

Ruoxishen disagrees.

The three men looked at each other and smiled.

This is a typical example of outsiders watching the excitement and insiders watching the door.

Before the 90s, it was relatively easy to pick up leaks. The premise was that one must have rich experience and knowledge about antiques.

Otherwise, there are many people who are fooled by their cleverness and are deceived and slaughtered like pigs.

After the 90s, various information channels have become increasingly perfect, making it increasingly difficult to detect leaks.

Even if there are some small leaks occasionally, they are done intentionally by the boss. They are all worthless gadgets to give buyers a sense of accomplishment and also to promote publicity and boost popularity.

There are real big leaks.

But you can't ask for it.

Does it take a while to pick it up?

dreaming.

There is nothing in a dream.

……

The tea on the tea table is very fragrant.

Very different from last time.

Obviously, in order to entertain Mr. Lin, Zhang Wenyu replaced it with real good tea.

After Yang Chen took a few sips of tea, he placed the blue and white porcelain bowl on the table and removed the newspaper foam in the bowl, revealing the true face of the porcelain bowl.

The porcelain bowl is about 20 cm in diameter and 10 cm in height.

The base is white porcelain, the glaze is silky, the inner edge of the bowl is painted with wave patterns, the bowl is painted with lotus, chrysanthemum, and pomegranate flowers, and the bottom of the bowl is a peony in bloom.

The blue and white flowers outside the bowl are slightly different, but they are still mainly lotus, chrysanthemum, pomegranate and tedan.

Supplemented by twining branches and four-season flowers as auxiliary patterns.

It looks rich, dignified, simple and elegant.

As soon as the true appearance of this bowl appeared, everyone's attention was instantly attracted to it.

Even Ruoxi, who was wandering around, couldn't help but come over and praised the blue and white porcelain bowl for how beautiful it was. After finishing it, she reached out and wanted to pick it up and play with it.

"Ruoxi, don't move!"

Seeing this, Mr. Lin frowned and glared at her: "This is what Brother Yang sold to Boss Zhang. You must abide by the rules."

"Grandpa, I just want to take a look."

Ruoxi said coquettishly.

Elder Lin shook his head.

Ruoxi pouted her lips and put her hands down reluctantly.

Yang Chen glanced at her coldly.

This girl is really willful to the extreme.

Apart from anything else, if it is accidentally broken, who owns the millions of things?

No big or small, no rules or rules, no words to hide
  Do you really think the whole world revolves around you?
  If Mr. Lin hadn't been here, who the hell would have spoiled you?
  He shook his head, ignored her, and motioned to Zhang Wenyu to look at something. Zhang Wenyu couldn't hold himself back for a long time. He first pretended to decline and asked Mr. Lin to taste it first. Mr. Lin declined, and then he carefully held the blue and white lotus seed bowl in his hand and began to observe it carefully.

Mr. Lin called his granddaughter beside him and patiently explained some professional knowledge on identifying Yongle blue and white porcelain, as well as the characteristics of this type of blue and white porcelain bowl.

"The glaze of Yongle official kiln porcelain has a fat and bright feel. It is typical of Yongle blue and white. Because the firing temperature is too high, there are fewer bubbles in the glaze than Xuande porcelain."

"The glaze of Yongle blue and white ware is basically white with a bluish color, and a few of the ware have cracks..."

"Yongle Blue and White Flowers are fainting...

"The main feature of Yongle's blue and white painting techniques is mostly double-hook line filling, using small brushes instead of large brushes to fill in colors, often with dark and light strokes..."

"The lotus seed bowl is a small round bowl with a convex bottom that is conical or hemispherical, like the center of a lotus, hence the name "lotus seed bowl."

"A lotus seed bowl generally has a slightly open mouth, a deep belly, a plump top and a narrow bottom, a pointed bottom, and a small circle foot."

"The lotus seed bowl is also called the "chicken heart bowl" because there are chicken heart-shaped protrusions on the outside of the bottom of the bowl, which resembles a chicken heart, so it is also called the chicken heart bowl..."

Mr. Lin was neither in a hurry nor slow, and spoke in a eloquent manner, showing his extremely professional antique skills and rich experience.

He is worthy of being called a master of antiques in Chunan Province.

Although Ruoxi was willful, her study attitude was still extremely serious. She listened attentively and took out a small book to take notes from time to time.

After a while, Mr. Lin finished explaining the knowledge about Yongle blue and white porcelain, and Zhang Wenyu also finished appraising it and carefully put down the blue and white porcelain bowl.

Zhang Wenyu has been involved in the antiques circle for many years. Although he is not an expert, he still has some skills in appraisals - after all, this is what he relies on when opening an antique store to do business.

As long as it's not something particularly weird, he can basically tell if it's true or false.

If you really can't see it, you will naturally find experts in related fields to take a look.

As for this blue and white porcelain bowl, Zhang Wenyu's appraisal result is that it is authentic - there is no doubt that it is authentic.

The glaze of this blue and white porcelain bowl is fat and bright, and most of the glaze is bluish. Some of the blue and white are haloed and have iron spots, and the painted parts have different shades of brushwork.

Within the pattern at the bottom of the bowl, there is a four-character seal script inscription "Yongle Year System" in a natural font.

In hand, it's in good condition, thin and smooth.

As an official kiln in Jingdezhen in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, its value starts at at least one million.

"Brother Xiao Yang, do you think this blue and white porcelain bowl cost 20 yuan to pick up leaks?"

Putting down the porcelain bowl, Zhang Wenyu asked with emotion.

Yang Chen nodded.

"That's right, twenty yuan, not a penny more."

Well, if you don’t count the cost of the bottle of wine
  After confirming again, Zhang Wenyu said, "Good guy, picking up leaks is like picking up cabbage. This guy is really a strange person."

After hearing this, Mr. Lin had no emotion on his face, but after getting Yang Chen's consent, he also picked up the blue and white porcelain bowl on the table to appreciate it.

While admiring it, I pointed out to my granddaughter Ruoxi the corresponding technical features of Ming Yongle blue and white porcelain.

"Brother, judging from my experience, this Yongle blue and white porcelain bowl is indeed genuine. If I want to sell it, what is the approximate price I would like to buy it for?"

Having said this, Zhang Wenyu paused and added.

"In 2012, Christie's auctioned a [Ming Yongle sweet white glaze secretly engraved lotus seed bowl]. The transaction price was about 16 US dollars, which is about 110 million Ruanmei coins."

"In 2020, at the spring auction of Seixuan in Kyoto, [Ming Yongle Blue and White Lotus Seed Bowl with Tangled Branches] was estimated at 80 to 100 million soft sister coins, but failed to sell."

"In 2022, Huayi International Yangcheng Autumn Auction, [Ming Yongle Huizi Lotus Petal Pattern Chicken Heart Bowl] was finally sold for 200 million soft sister coins."

"The size, shape, appearance, and blue and white pattern of these lotus seed bowls are not much different from those on your hand."

"Brother Xiao Yang, you can refer to the price."

The implication is that the quotation is fine, but don’t be too aggressive.

(End of this chapter)