I was an alchemist in those years

I walked around the dazzling array of collections for a few times, and my eyes stopped on a porcelain bottle. I used copper red material as a colorant to paint patterns on the porcelain body, covered it with transparent glaze, and fired it in a high-temperature reducing atmosphere to make the underglaze appear red. Patterns, copper can only appear red in a reducing atmosphere, so the firing of underglaze red porcelain has very strict requirements on the atmosphere in the kiln chamber, the firing is difficult, and the yield is low. Yongzheng was the most successful period for firing underglaze red , stable color, bright red hue,

As soon as I slowly got it in my hand, Zhong Weiguo took a sip of the teapot in his hand and walked over triumphantly.

"Good eyes! What you have in your hand is the Qing Yongzheng blue and white glazed red cloud dragon sky ball vase,"

"Mr. Zhong seems to have a special liking for porcelain. This one should be Mr. Zhong's heart." I asked casually without looking up.

Zhong Weiguo was also polite, walked up to me, pointed to the porcelain bottle and said.

"Especially the "blue and white glaze red" that is applied on the same vessel is more prominent, because the firing atmosphere of the two is inconsistent, and both colors can be bright. Only in the Yongzheng Dynasty, this one in your hand is Rare treasures, as far as I know, there are no more than five such large pieces handed down in the world, of which two are in the Palace Museum Museum, one is in the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, and the other is in the British Museum. The last thing you have is what you're holding."

Zhong Weiguo talked for a long time, only to realize that Yue Leiting and Xiao Lianshan were standing blankly, and quickly said politely with an apologetic smile.

"The only ones who can come here are my distinguished guests of Mr. Zhong. You are welcome, be generous. When you come here, don't be too restrained, just sit where you want."

Xiao Lianshan had no interest in any antiques at all, he was tired after standing for a long time, walked to the chair opposite Yue Leiting, and just wanted to sit down.

"Wait, you can't sit on this one!" Zhong Weiguo pointed to the chair and said extremely nervously. "The Hainan pear flower wood carved dragon inlaid chair in the Yongle year of the Ming Dynasty is rare in the world. Haha, I care more about this chair than my ancestors. I have to wipe it several times a day. You can change it to another chair." a place."

Xiao Lianshan gave Zhong Weiguo a blank look, and quickly moved away, for fear that the Qianming chair would fall apart in front of him if he was not careful. According to Zhong Weiguo's tone, he might have to pay a lot of money.

As soon as Xiao Lianshan took a step back, I saw Zhong Weiguo running over immediately. I have never seen a fat person who would pant after walking a few steps so quickly.

"do not move!"

When Xiao Lianshan heard these words, it was like a conditioned reflex, his body stiffened and his face was solemn, as if he was stepping on a landmine.

"Don't move!" Zhong Weiguo emphasized again, carefully removing an object from the ground with his waist bent.

I turned my head and saw that it was a blue and white double-eared vase. Xiao Lianshan said angrily when he saw the bottle in Zhong Weiguo's hand.

"It's just a broken bottle, why are you so startled? I thought I stepped on your tail."

"Don't underestimate this vase. It's a treasure from Lord Qianlong's official kiln. Usually, I don't let people come here, so these objects are arranged in the way I like. If you take a step back, my treasure will be just a piece of cake. The underwriting is under your feet."

"This junk thing is also called a baby. It can't be eaten or drunk. I don't think it will take up space if I give it to me." Xiao Lianshan sat down on the steps with disdain.

Zhong Weiguo placed the blue and white floor-standing binaural vase, and just turned around, he saw me playing with the porcelain plate from the mahogany bookshelf. I saw Zhong Weiguo's expression was very excited, and suddenly remembered that I had broken the rules.

There are rules in the antique business. Please appreciate it. That’s a polite word. Just look at it. If the owner didn’t hand the object to you, you can only look at it and not move it. I really want you to appraise it and pass the object. When I gave it to you, I flicked it three times, which means that the object is in your hand and it is intact. If it is bumped, whoever takes over will have to pay for it. I didn't say anything, but I understand that he is because of Yue Leiting's face, but I can see that he is a little unhappy

I weighed it a few times and looked at this decoration. Since the first year of Yanyou in the Yuan Dynasty, it has been clarified that the "two-horned and five-clawed dragon pattern" and "kylin, phoenix, white rabbit, and ganoderma" are not allowed to be used by ministers and concubines, so this should be official. As for the items in the kiln, tell Zhong Weiguo, you have all the blue and white plates with flying phoenix and unicorn pattern in Yuan Dynasty.

Zhong Weiguo's eyes lit up, and he smiled proudly at me.

"Good eyesight, you can tell at a glance that this is Yuan Qinghua!"

I don't know where Zhong Weiguo got the courage to make him laugh so freely. I flicked the blue and white flowers with my fingers and told him that the blue and white flowers are not fake, but imitations!

Zhong Weiguo's face sank and he took the blue and white plate from me very unhappy, saying that you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. These are all treasures that he has recovered from his bankruptcy over the years, and each piece has been authenticated Well, the antique business is just a word of faith, if my imitation word gets out, his reputation in this business will be ruined.

"You still have the nerve to say honesty, we came here specially, and you fooled people with fake helmets for the first time, maybe there are more fakes in this room." Xiao Lianshan said while sitting on the steps.

I ignored him, and walked around the mahogany bookshelf, Zhong Weiguo followed me silently, I shook my head while watching, Zhong Weiguo's face sank.

Xiao Lianshan said that there are fakes in this house, which is really flattering Zhong Weiguo. I looked around, and these collections are not only the Yuan blue and white flying phoenix and unicorn plate just now, but none of the others are genuine!

When I told Yue Leiting about this, Zhong Weiguo rushed up to me and asked me fiercely what I meant.

I pointed to the chair that Zhong Weiguo refused to let Xiao Lianshan sit on just now and said, this is pear wood, but unfortunately it is not Hainan pear wood, it should be Vietnamese and Cambodian red sandalwood. , the pattern of this chair is a carved dragon, it should be used by the royal family, how can it use rosewood, the rise of rosewood is a matter of the late period, this chair should not be too old.

Although Xiao Lianshan couldn't understand what I said in these trades, seeing Zhong Weiguo's pale face now, he seemed very happy. Looking over at Zhong Weiguo with a strange smile, I saw Zhong Weiguo avoiding Yue Leiting's gaze and began to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

My gaze returned to the blue and white plate just now, and I weighed it in my hand a few more times, and said with confidence.

"This Yuan blue-and-white dish with flying phoenix and unicorn pattern, Yuan blue-and-white porcelain has unstable hair color, and blue-and-white color is dizzy. There are two types of blue-and-white materials. One kind of hair color is thick and bright, green and bright, and there are black rust spots in the thick part, commonly known as "black flaws." ", when the thick part is touched by hand, the blue and white glaze surface is uneven. This is the unique color rendering effect of the imported "Suniboqing" material. Moderately greyish, some are bluish-grayish or blue-and-white hair color is blue-medium grayish-grey, and the peony pattern of blue-and-white hair color in the Yanyou period penetrates into the fetal bone and is cloud-like, as if lurking on the fetal bone, showing a three-dimensional sense. Flashing, the blue and white of this unicorn dish floats up and sticks closely to the glaze surface, the scattered blue and white flowers are in the shape of blasting, the floating blue and white glaze surface has thick black threads and small dots, and the blue and white patterns are closely attached to the glaze surface, slightly concave, definitely not Yuan The pure color of blue and white."

Zhong Weiguo has stopped talking, I saw sweat soaking through the vest, Yue Lei Ting nodded disapprovingly, motioning for me to continue talking.

"As the saying goes, "clothes must match the bone." The "clothes" in porcelain refer to the glaze of the porcelain, and the "bone" refers to the body of the porcelain. The enamel of the blue and white porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty is white and blue, especially the early products and the Song Dynasty. The glaze color of blue and white porcelain is basically the same. The color of this transparent glaze is often related to the quality of the tire. During the firing process, the iron element in the tire will diffuse into the glaze under the action of high temperature, coupled with the reducing atmosphere in the kiln, resulting in The glaze surface of the finished product is bright bluish white, but the tires of this unicorn plate do not contain enough iron, and the glaze surface looks insufficient in blue.”

Zhong Weiguo took out a handkerchief from his trouser pocket. If I remember correctly, this should be the seventh time he has done this. Zhong Weiguo has a strange expression. I have ruined his entire basement to nothing. His expression has not changed yet. It's too ugly, I don't know whether Zhong Weiguo has cultivated well, or he didn't take my words seriously.

"The age of the chair is wrong, and the unicorn plate is a high-quality imitation... It seems that there is nothing here that you can take a fancy to." Zhong Weiguo put his handkerchief back, and smiled self-deprecatingly.

I didn't answer Zhong Weiguo's words, and walked around the basement seriously again, and looked at all the objects casually. All the objects in the basement are highly imitated, and it is extremely difficult to find these imitations.