Jianbao life

Chapter 1014 High imitation foreign colored porcelain

Chu Chen chuckled: "No problem, besides, since we are friends, if there is anything I can help in the future, just say it."

As the saying goes, a beauty is a disaster, especially An Qinyue is a businessman. She usually contacts all kinds of people, and there are all kinds of people. It is perfectly normal for someone to be greedy for her beauty. Judging by the fact that this has clearly happened many times.

Well, everyone should be able to guess what will happen if it is serious.Not to mention that An Qinyue is Wu Ke's good friend, even if the other party is someone he doesn't know, Chu Chen will take care of this kind of thing.

"Thank you!" An Qinyue expressed her gratitude with a smile, but she felt a little bitter in her heart. Although her beautiful appearance brought her some convenience, it also brought a lot of troubles. Sometimes she wished she was a man.

Of course, she would never mention this kind of thing to Chu Chen, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I really want to ask you for help."

"what's up?"

"A few days ago, someone gave me a set of tea sets. I didn't intend to ask for it, but the other party said that this set of tea sets was a modern imitation and was not worth much at all, so I had to accept it. I don't know anything about ancient ceramics, and I don't know whether what he said is true or not, so I temporarily took it away and planned to ask someone to help identify it. If it is genuine, I will return it to him..."

While talking about the reason of the matter, An Qinyue took out a box she had just placed by her feet, put it on the table and opened it, and there was a set of tea sets inside, one for the tea tray and one for the teapot. And four teacups.

"...You are an expert in this field, please help me to check the authenticity of this tea set."

"Ok."

Chu Chen nodded, but thought in his heart that An Qinyue's idea was still a little too simple. Since she had already accepted the item, it was considered genuine, and if she wanted to return it, the other party would probably not accept it.And when the other party said this, he was probably just looking for a reason to make An Qinyue accept it, because at first glance, he felt that the tea set was very likely to be genuine.

Just when Chu Chen was about to start observing, Wu Ke and Zhu Dafu walked in together. Zhu Dafu said loudly as he walked, "Xiaochen, let's finish the work, let's go! Let's eat! Recently opened a special restaurant, listen People who have tasted it said that it tastes good, let's taste it together today... Hey, why does this tea set look like foreign color!"

At the end of the story, when Zhu Dafu saw the tea set on the table, he immediately showed a look of surprise on his face, while Uncle Wu had already stepped forward, and after asking Chu Chen and An Qinyue, he carefully picked up the tea set Only the teapot looked carefully.

Anyway, there were a lot of things in a tea set, no matter what, it was enough for the three of them to share, so Chu Chen and Zhu Dafu each picked up a cup.

The glaze layer of this set of tea sets is bright, even and delicate.The teapot is equipped with four small cups, the inner wall is plain without decoration, the outer wall is painted with flower and bird patterns and poems, while the tea tray is just the opposite. The painting is fine, the colors are harmonious and vivid, and it has a three-dimensional effect. It's not gorgeous, it's exactly what Zhu Dafu said about Yangcai porcelain.

As the name suggests, from the word "foreign" in "foreign color", we know that it is related to the West.Tang Ying, the pottery supervisor who fired porcelain for the Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors in the Qing Dynasty, once expressed it this way: "Foreign-colored vessels, this dynasty's new imitation of Western enamel painting methods, round-cut white vessels, and colorful paintings imitate Western styles, so they are called foreign-colored vessels. .The figures, landscapes, flowers, and feathers are all exquisite and fascinating, and the pigments used are the same color as the enamel."

Yangcai porcelain is called "the crown of colored porcelain" because of its precious raw materials, complicated craftsmanship and exquisite exquisiteness. It has the same effect as the "Queen of Colored Porcelain" enamel.

It was first fired in the Kangxi Dynasty, but due to the limitations of various factors such as color materials and firing technology, it is difficult to achieve the expected effect just like enamel color.From the Yongzheng period, out of the need of the emperor's aesthetics, he spared no effort to import or imitate the color materials locally, and perfected the production process of foreign color porcelain with great efforts, and achieved great success. supplies.

The Qianlong Dynasty developed on the basis of inheriting the tradition of making foreign-colored porcelain, but since the late Qianlong period, foreign-colored porcelain has gradually faded out of the historical stage.The Yangcai porcelain, which was exclusively fired and used by the royal family in the past, has also disappeared with the changes of the times.

It is precisely because of this that the foreign-colored porcelain is more precious, and the bottom of this set of tea sets is "made in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty". Coupled with the painting style and artistic level of the Qianlong period, it all shows that it is the peak period of foreign-colored porcelain. s work.

Therefore, this set of tea sets can be regarded as something that cannot be found, and has a very high collection value, and of course the value of money is also high.

However, all of this is on the premise that this set of tea sets is genuine. In fact, as soon as the things entered Chu Chen's hands, he felt something was wrong from the feel of the cup. After careful observation, he found that this set of tea sets Although it can be regarded as a high imitation of the real one, but in terms of painting skills, it is still somewhat different from the real one.

Of course, the reason why he saw this was that Chu Chen had carefully studied the genuine items in Mr. Liu's collection, and that he had a very high talent for porcelain appraisal, otherwise ordinary people would really not be able to see it.For example, Zhu Dafu was admiring and praising at the same time.

Seeing this, An Qinyue frowned and said, "Old Zhu, is this tea set really real?"

Zhu Dafu came back to his senses, and when he was about to give a positive answer, he saw both Chu Chen and Uncle Wu winking at him, which made him feel that something was wrong, and said with a smile: "Well, I'm not very proficient in porcelain, so From my point of view, it is more likely to be genuine, but the specific situation depends on the two experts, Old Wu and Xiaochen."

Seeing An Qinyue looking at him, Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "Let's discuss this matter first."

"OK……"

Next, the three of them walked aside to discuss as before.

"Did you find any problems?" Zhu Dafu asked in a low voice impatiently.

Seeing the two nodding, he quickly asked again: "What is the problem? Why didn't I see it at all?"

"Dad, tell me first." Chu Chen said.

"First of all, Lao Zhu, don't you feel that there is something wrong with the texture of these tea sets?" Uncle Wu asked.

"Feel?" Zhu Dafu frowned and pondered for a while, and finally said with a wry smile: "I really don't think there is any problem with the hand feel."

"Think about the old stuff you've seen before, do you think it's the same?" Uncle Wu reminded.

"Huh?!" Zhu Dafu recalled it carefully for a while, and said in surprise, "Don't tell me, it's really similar. What's going on?"

Uncle Wu said: "Xiao Chen, you have done a lot of research on this aspect, please tell me your opinion."

"Ok."

Chu Chen nodded and said: "We know that some porcelains in the Qing palace were directly stored in boxes after they were fired. When such utensils were taken out, there would be no ox hair pattern and patina, and this set of tea sets is fake. This is the phenomenon. Therefore, the encapsulation liquid is used less, so it is difficult to find that this set of tea sets is made of encapsulation liquid. "

"It's true." Zhu Dafu agreed with Chu Chen's explanation.

Uncle Wu took over the conversation and said, "Actually, I think this can be regarded as a flaw. Think about it, the tea set is made for drinking tea, and it is also the foreign colored porcelain that Qianlong especially admired. Such things, Could it be that Yifeng just kept it in the warehouse? Although this possibility also exists, it has to be said that it is too small."

"Yes, this is indeed a suspicious point." Zhu Dafu also agreed with this statement, and asked: "Apart from these, are there any flaws?"

Uncle Wu said: "There is also the aspect of painting skills. According to the archives and real objects, foreign colors generally have to meet several conditions. Let alone other things, I will say two points. One is to use Western light and dark light point decorative patterns. The main The round objects are presented with light spots; the second is that most of the flower leaf patterns are rendered with white materials, showing the light and shadow of the branches and leaves, and this painting method is almost never used on the enamel of the magnetic tire painting."

"And these two painting skills are quite inadequate on this set of tea sets. If the imitation is the Yangcai porcelain of the Kangxi period, it will be okay, but it will definitely not be able to achieve it in the Qianlong period."

Hearing this, Zhu Dafu smiled wryly: "I really don't have much research on Yang Caici's painting techniques. Even if you say so, Old Wu, I can't judge it."

Uncle Wu patted Zhu Dafu's shoulder and said with a smile: "This is normal, just like in the miscellaneous field, I can't reach your height no matter what."

Zhu Dafu said with a smile: "Well, let's stop complimenting each other, let's talk about this tea set. Is there a simpler flaw in this thing?"

Chu Chen said, "Indeed there are."

"What?" Zhu Dafu asked hastily.

"Poetry."

Chu Chen explained: "We know that both foreign color and painted enamelware are masterpieces of the court craftsmanship in the prosperous Qing Dynasty. Their landscape or folded flower patterns are also relatively similar, but the poems and seals on the two are completely different. Differently, the painted enamel is mainly based on poems and prose since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, while the foreign color is completely based on Qing Emperor Gaozong's imperial poems and seals representing the identity of the emperor."

"But this set of tea sets is reversed. It actually uses ancient poems from before the Qing Dynasty. This is obviously not in line with common sense, and it is also the biggest flaw of this set of tea sets."

Zhu Dafu smiled wryly and shook his head: "It seems that I still don't read things carefully, and I didn't even pay attention to such a flaw!"

"There is a specialization in art, old Zhu, don't feel sorry for yourself."

Uncle Wu smiled, and continued: "In comparison, what I am more concerned about now is who made this set of tea sets. I always have a feeling of déjà vu."

Chu Chen said: "Yes, I think if there are no accidents, this is probably Cai Jianxuan's work."

"Cai Jianxuan? Who is this person?" Uncle Wu and Zhu Dafu only knew that Zhang Huoni's successor had been arrested, but they didn't know much about the specific situation. Therefore, they were of course very unfamiliar with the name Cai Jianxuan.

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