Jianbao life

Chapter 458 Being a Guest ("Suiting" Method)

Du Hou has a lot of collections, but Uncle Wu is most interested in porcelain. Therefore, when Chu Chen carefully observed that this blue and white bowl should be what he thought, Uncle Wu was very satisfied. I have seen all the porcelain in the room.

"Uncle Wu, take a look at this bowl!" Seeing Uncle Wu approaching, Chu Chen pointed to the blue and white bowl and said to him with a smile.

Uncle Wu knew that every time Chu Chen found something not simple, he took the blue and white bowl that Chu Chen mentioned with some curiosity, and then observed it carefully.

At the beginning, like Chu Chen, he also felt that this bowl was very strange, with an old atmosphere, but there was no matching porcelain in his memory that would look like this. When he saw the porcelain body at the bottom of the bowl, his brows furrowed. It began to wrinkle tightly, and finally took out a magnifying glass to observe carefully.

After a while, Uncle Wu took back the magnifying glass in his hand, frowned and asked, "Xiaochen, this bowl is very strange! Looking at the glaze and blue and white hair color, it doesn't look old at all, but looking at the porcelain body It looks old, but the porcelain body looks a bit rough, but it only feels jerky to the touch. I have never seen any porcelain body that behaves like this! Why is this?"
At the same time, Du Hou also came over, and when he saw the bowl in Uncle Wu's hand, he smiled and said:

"You must also see that this blue and white bowl is weird, right?"

The two nodded, and then Uncle Wu asked, "Mr. Du, do you already know the secret?"

Du Hou shook his head regretfully, and said, "No, since I bought it until now, I haven't found anything in the literature that indicates that porcelain can behave like this."

As soon as the words fell, Chu Chen said with a smile: "If I'm not mistaken, I know what's going on with this bowl!"

"What! You know?!" Uncle Wu and Du Hou asked in unison, with very surprised expressions on their faces.

"Use a magnifying glass to look at this place!" As he said, Chu Chen pointed to the place he found strange just now.

The two hurried forward and looked at it with a magnifying glass. After a while, incredible expressions appeared on their faces.

"The exposed place looks like the fetal quality of Yuan Qinghua!" Uncle Wu said in surprise.

"Yes!" Du Hou also nodded, but he immediately said in doubt: "But it's a bit strange, I have seen this small bowl countless times, why didn't I find this place?"

Hearing this, Chu Chen said apologetically what happened just now.

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Du Hou was stunned, and laughed loudly: "Xiao Chu, you are also unintentional! Speaking of it, I have to thank you!"

Chu Chen chuckled and scratched his head in embarrassment.

At this time, Uncle Wu expressed his thoughts: "Then, from this point of view, it is very likely that this bowl is wrapped in something?"
"That's true. If I'm not mistaken, this blue and white bowl should be covered up with a "jacket" method." Chu Chen nodded.

"The dressing method?" Uncle Wu and Du Hou both looked at each other in dismay. They had never heard of this kind of cover-up method.

Chu Chen nodded and said: "Well, this is a cover-up method I saw in the ancient books in my master's study, but this method has been lost in the Qing Dynasty, so now I just follow the records in the ancient books, And the performance of this bowl, I think it is very likely that this method was used.”

Du Hou thought for a while, then quickly asked: "Then there is no way to get rid of it?"
"Yes!" Chu Chen said: "The things covered by this "coating" method cannot be wiped off or washed off, and it is very simple to remove, just put the bowl on the tile, and then use fire to remove it." Heat it under the tiles, and when the temperature reaches a certain level, the substance on this bowl will fall off by itself."

"As for the layer of material on the top of the bowl that was scraped off so easily, I think it should be because the bottom of the bowl is uneven, and the material is not tightly bonded to the surrounding parts."

After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Du Hou couldn't wait to say: "Then what are you waiting for, I'll call now and ask someone to bring a tile!"

"But I can't confirm that this must be the dressing method!" Chu Chen said hastily.

Du Hou waved his hand and said, "Hey, it's okay. I've kept this bowl here for so long, and I still can't figure out what it is. To put it bluntly, just treat it as a dead horse. Besides, it's porcelain. It’s just baked on the tiles, and under normal circumstances there won’t be any problems at all. Well, I’m going to call now!…”

Thinking of making a phone call, originally, Chu Chen was planning to wait for tomorrow's test results before reporting the previous incident to Mr. Liu, but just after Du Hou left the house, he suddenly thought that his ability could tell the making of things Time!

So he hurried to the table, pretending that when he re-examined, he used the ability on all three blue and white pieces, and the results given by the ability were the same as what he had guessed before, and they were indeed works in recent years.

Next, Chu Chen took out his mobile phone, called Mr. Liu, and reported the matter.Mr. Liu attached great importance to this matter, and hung up the phone after a few words to arrange related matters.

After a while, Du Hou happily walked in from the door and said, "Okay, someone will deliver the tiles in a while, by the way, Xiao Chu, did you choose something you like just now?"

"I've already chosen it. It's a jasper pen holder from the Qianlong period." Chu Chen walked to the ancient shelf just now and pointed to the pen holder.

"You chose this pen holder! If that's the case, you will be at a disadvantage, Xiao Chu!"

"Where's the word! That beam-lifting pot is already worth my two things. Speaking of which, I still earned the pen holder! Mr. Du, you have to agree, or I'll be embarrassed to change it!"

"Okay, up to you!..."

After about ten minutes, someone delivered the tiles, and not only the tiles, Du Hou also carefully asked the person to deliver a shelf and an alcohol lamp.

After everything was ready, Du Hou couldn't wait to light the alcohol lamp, and then he stared closely at the blue and white bowl on the tile.

As the temperature of the tiles got higher and higher, the blue and white bowl on the top seemed to be melting, and a layer of material on the surface began to soften slowly, and then it turned into drops of liquid like clear water. It slipped onto the tiles, and the true face of the blue and white bowl was gradually revealed in front of everyone.

As time went by, Du Hou became more and more excited, and finally almost cheered: "Yuan Qinghua, it must be Yuan Qinghua!" After speaking, he couldn't help but want to reach out and hold the bowl in front of him to admire it some.

Seeing this, Chu Chen hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, and said, "Old Du, be careful!"

"Forgive me! Forgive me! I'm so excited!" Du Hou smiled embarrassedly.

Chu Chen and Uncle Wu smiled knowingly. They could also understand Du Hou's mood. They just lost three beloved Yuan blue and white flowers, but now they got another one unexpectedly. No matter who it is, the mood must be very exciting.

Next, Chu Chen saw that the layer on the blue and white bowl had melted away, so he quickly put on his gloves and picked up the blue and white bowl on the tile, then poured the liquid in the bowl into a container, and then he Immediately put on a clean rag and wipe the bowl carefully.

In this way, an exquisite blue and white bowl was presented in front of everyone.

The blue-and-white bowl reveals its true face. The glaze color is white and slightly green, shiny and translucent. Touching the glaze surface feels like glutinous rice. The hair color is thick and bright, and it is green and colorful. Neat...

From the various characteristics revealed on this bowl, Chu Chen can be sure that it is a real Yuan blue and white bowl. When the temperature of the bowl cools a bit, Du Hou can't wait to pick up this Yuan blue and white bowl with pine, bamboo and plum patterns and look at it.

In recent years, as the auction price of Yuan blue and white has become higher and higher, the market has become more and more popular with Yuan blue and white, but many of them still have misunderstandings.The Yuan Dynasty, like other dynasties, had a large amount of civilian porcelain. Therefore, Yuan blue and white porcelain actually had two types: export-oriented and civilian-use.

Because the civilian type is used by ordinary people, although in terms of craftsmanship, it is somewhat similar to the export-type Yuan blue and white, but the workmanship is often random and the shape of the vessel is irregular, and the value of this kind of porcelain is generally not high.

The truly precious ones are the export-oriented Yuan blue and white wares. These porcelains are very rare in stock, and the workmanship is quite meticulous. Chu Chen's Yuan blue and white bowl and the Yuan blue and white bowl in front of him are typical representatives of them.

Therefore, you must pay attention to this point when buying Yuan blue and white. Some people don't know this, and they take those Yuan blue and white wares for civilian use as treasures, thinking that they have received a "national treasure", but in the end they often lose money and feel frustrated.

Du Hou carefully looked at the blue and white bowl in his hand for a long time, and finally Mrs. Du called the three of them to have dinner, and he came back to his senses. Seeing that the time was almost seven o'clock, he quickly said apologetically:
"I'm so sorry, I was fascinated by it all at once, let's go! Let's have a good drink tonight!..."

Everyone had a very lively dinner, probably because they were so happy to get the Yuan blue and white bowl by accident just now. Du Hou, who has been controlling his alcohol consumption, even drank several glasses of wine. He took out the wine glass in his hand, so he probably had to drink it.

Fortunately, when people are in a good mood, the amount of alcohol also increased a lot. Although Du Hou drank a few more glasses than usual, he was not drunk at all, but his face was a little red, and his mind and words were still clear when he spoke .

After dinner, Chu Chen and Uncle Wu were about to say goodbye and go back, but Du Hou insisted that Chu Chen and Uncle Wu stay and live here, and he refused to agree with both of them repeatedly declining...

(End of this chapter)