Jianbao life

Chapter 930

Lao Chang, like Zhao Xueyi, is a well-known broker in the antique shop in the capital, but in Lao Chang's eyes, there are only two kinds of people, one is the rich and the other is the poor.The so-called rich people are those who can often earn a lot of benefits from each other, and vice versa are poor people.

The old man's strategy for dealing with rich people is to take a long time to catch big fish. As long as the other party can always buy things from him, in addition to the authenticity, he will also give a certain discount in terms of price.Of course, the discount will not be too big, but with his sharp tongue, even if there is only a little discount, the buyer will feel that it is worth the money.

And when he always treats the poor, he will be slaughtered with one knife. Many buyers who come here because of his reputation, but are not strong in themselves, have suffered a little bit from him.However, he didn't dare to go too far, even if he sold fakes, it would vary from person to person, and the rest of the buyers, either the price of the item was expensive, or something was missing, making it hard to find. into trouble.

Because of this, although Chu Chen had heard of Lao Chang, he had never bought anything from him. Even with Uncle Wu's relationship, Lao Chang did not dare to lie to him, and he did not want to deal with such a person.

Lao Chang's home is also a small courtyard, located near Panjiayuan, and it only takes more than ten minutes to walk.

It was a coincidence that when Chu Chen and his car parked in front of Lao Chang's house, Lao Chang happened to send a guest with something in his hand to the door.

Lao Chang looks five or sixty years old, and looks like a simple and honest person. If you don't know what he is, you will never think that this guy is as cunning as an old fox.

When he saw Chu Chen and others coming, he was slightly taken aback, and then quickly greeted everyone with a smile on his face.Although he acted very naturally, Chu Chen still saw a trace of complex emotions flashing in his eyes, including pity, disappointment, depression and so on.

When Xiang Facai saw Lao Chang, the anger in his stomach rose up, but he didn't explode on the spot. It wasn't until Lao Chang led everyone into the living room that he said with a smile on his face: "Old Chang, I think you should know the purpose of my visit today, so I won't say much, just tell me what you plan to do?"

Old Chang smiled and said, "Mr. Xiang, most of my money has been converted into rice yuan now, and I have no money to pay you back at all."

When he said this, he thought "unlucky" in his heart. Why did this fat man find someone to appraise him immediately? If he went abroad in a day or two at night, now, besides paying compensation for the loss, he also had to pay for it. Be extra thoughtful, otherwise this fat man will definitely not let it go.

"It's all my fault for my wife. It's not because of life or death, but I have to go to my mother's house to see some relatives!" Lao Chang thought resentfully.

Xiang Facai sneered and said, "Your movements are really fast!"

Old Chang repeatedly bowed and said: "Mr. Xiang, I really have no money. If I have money, I will definitely pay you back the money immediately without saying a word. How about this? I still have a few things here. It’s higher than that Ruyi, if you think it’s okay, I’ll give it to you, how about it?”

Xiang Facai found out that Lao Chang's actions were exactly what Duan Xuefeng said, but he didn't want to talk to Lao Chang, so he asked coldly, "Is it true?"

Lao Chang swore: "It's this time, why should I lie to you? If something is wrong, I'll let you deal with it, and there won't be any complaints!"

Xiang Facai waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, okay! Go and get the things, but if I'm not satisfied with the things, then don't blame me for being rude."

"Mr. Xiang, don't worry, the things will definitely satisfy you! You guys have a sip of tea first, and I'll come as soon as I go..."

After the four of them drank tea for a while, Lao Chang walked in carefully holding two boxes, put the boxes on the table, opened the lid, and said with a smile on his face: "You guys Look at these two things first, and I'll get the rest."

After speaking, he took his leave and walked out the door again.

Seeing the contents of one of the boxes, Chu Chen smiled and said, "It's quite capable even if you are so old, you can actually get an in-glaze flower vase."

Xiang Facai stretched out his head to have a look, and then asked with some doubts: "Mr. Chu, what is the glaze color in the glaze, I haven't heard of it before."

Chu Chen replied: "The in-glaze color is also called the under-glaze color. In addition, it also has a name called Li. Ling. Mao. Porcelain. I think you should be familiar with Mr. Xiang?"

my country's colored porcelain originally only had two types: overglaze color and underglaze color. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, porcelain artists in Liling invented a new color porcelain process, in-glaze color, so my country's colored porcelain has three kinds.

In-glaze color is also called underglaze five-color, and five-color is just a general term. In fact, there are more than five colors. Strictly speaking, any color can be fired.The characteristic of its technological process is to apply a thin layer of glaze on the embryo of the porcelain first, and then burn it into the kiln at high temperature to become white porcelain. This procedure is basically the firing process of overglaze porcelain.

Then apply a layer of transparent glaze on the fired porcelain, and then put it into the kiln for high temperature firing once.So far, the in-glaze porcelain has been completed.

It is easy to say, but it is very important to control the temperature during several firings. If the temperature is too high or too low, or the temperature rises too fast or too slow, the whole kiln may be scrapped.Therefore, only a very small number of people mastered this craft, and the output was very small, and by the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, the craft had been lost, and its survival time was about 30 years.

Later, the country mobilized all its technical forces to tackle key problems and restore this kind of craftsmanship, producing the famous Li. Ling. Mao. Porcelain.

After hearing what Chu Chen said, Xiang Facai said excitedly, "Is this bottle Mao Ci?"

"How is this possible." Chu Chen shook his head and said with a smile: "Let's not say that there is no such type of vessel in Li Ling Mao porcelain. If I read it correctly, it should be a work from the late Qing Dynasty. It is relatively rare. Of course, whether it is true or not, you have to read it to know."

Xiang Facai was a little disappointed when he heard the words, but he immediately adjusted his mood, and asked Chu Chen to help distinguish the authenticity of the things.

This bottle is about 40 centimeters high, with a beautiful shape, a wide and straight mouth, a bulging neck, and a slanted inward abdomen after folding the shoulders, which is very rhythmic and beautiful.The outer wall is decorated with five colors under the glaze, and the theme decoration is painted with broken branches of peonies, grapes, and pomegranates. The colors are simple and elegant, just like a traditional Chinese ink painting.

In addition, the bottom of the bottle has blue and white "Xiannan Porcelain Company in the second year of the Xuantong reign of the Qing Dynasty" in regular script.

This bottle presents a typical Liling porcelain style in terms of production process and painting style, integrating the beauty of fetal quality, glaze color, craftsmanship, shape and color decoration.Coupled with the fact that the Shonan Porcelain Company was destroyed by war in 1918, it can be said that this Liling porcelain from the second year of Xuantong (1910) is a rare treasure.

After careful observation, Chu Chen nodded and said, "It is indeed the real thing."

Although Xiang Facai was very happy to hear that the item was genuine, he sighed after a while and said, "Hey! It's a pity it's not Mao Porcelain."

Duan Xuefeng said with a smile: "Come on, it's not bad if it's genuine. If it's really Mao Porcelain, can it be your turn?"

Xiang Facai said with a chuckle, "I'm a bit of a long-term fan of Shu, and I just like Mao Ci. I always dream of owning one, and I don't know when I will realize this dream."

At this time, Chu Chen said with a smile: "Mr. Xiang, my kiln factory resumed the production process of 7501 porcelain a while ago. I wonder if you are interested?"

"Really?" After hearing this, both Xiang Facai and Duan Xuefeng showed expressions of disbelief.

Chu Chen smiled slightly: "I brought back a few sets from Porcelain City a few days ago. If you are interested, you can go to my store and take a look together later."

Xiang Facai started gearing up excitedly when he heard the words, and said, "Not only am I interested, I'm planning to buy a few more sets!"
Duan Xuefeng also nodded repeatedly to express his agreement. Even if this is just a modern imitation, based on the name of the porcelain, the collection value will definitely not be low, and not to mention the collection value, telling others that this kind of porcelain is used at home is also a special face. .

Chu Chen smiled, and when he saw Lao Chang coming back with his things again, he said to settle the matter in front of him first, and talk about the porcelain matter later.

In another box that Lao Chang brought over just now, there is a piece of Hetian white jade weighing about ten kilograms. Of course, this is not faked with Qinghai jade, but an authentic piece of Hetian white jade seed material. In terms of market conditions, this piece of seed material is very valuable.

The second time Lao Chang brought over was also two boxes, one of which contained a Songhua stone inkstone made in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, which was considered a treasure and was of course of high value.

Speaking of which, the sum of the value of the contents of these three boxes is almost the same as the money that Lao Chang used to buy the Ruyi, even if the difference is not much different.

However, in order to make up for Xiang's fortune, Lao Chang had no choice but to take out another utensil.

Lao Chang opened the box and introduced: "Mr. Xiang, this is a Yuan blue and white peony pattern jar I bought some time ago..."

"What? Yuan Qinghua?" Hearing this, Xiang Facai couldn't help but exclaimed.And Chu Chen and the others also looked at each other in blank dismay, wouldn't this old man be stupid, would he actually use Yuan Qinghua to compensate Xiang Facai?
"No, no!" Lao Chang repeatedly waved his hands and said, "It's not the real Yuan blue and white, but imitated during the Yongzheng period."

Xiang Facai was a little puzzled when he heard the words: "I don't seem to have heard of the Yuan blue and white imitated during the Yongzheng period. Old Chang, you can't make a mistake, right?"

Chu Chen also shook his head and said, "There are no imitations of the Ming and Qing Dynasties or the Republic of China in the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty, because at that time, the antique circles all over the world believed that the Yuan Dynasty could not produce blue and white porcelain with bright colors."

"They believe that the earliest firing of blue and white porcelain was in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. Because the firing was just started, the technology was not good enough, so the color of blue and white porcelain was black or gray. The bright and bright color of blue and white porcelain began in Yongle of Ming Dynasty. Zheng He's fleet shipped it back. After importing cobalt materials. Under such circumstances, how could there be Yuan blue and white imitated by Yongzheng?"

In our country, many porcelains have imitations, including the five famous kilns and official kilns of all dynasties.The Ming Dynasty imitated the Song Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty imitated the Song and Ming Dynasties, and the Republic of China imitated the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties.But there is an exception, that is Yuan blue and white.The reason, as Chu Chen said, was that everyone at that time believed that it was impossible to make beautiful blue and white porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty.

Regarding this, there are two more examples, one is the standard vessel of Yuan blue and white, the Yuan blue and white elephant ear bottle with dragon pattern in the David Museum.

It appeared in the capital in the 1920s, and a few big men took them out of the temple and carried them to the glass factory, hoping to exchange them for some money.The year name of the Yuan Dynasty is clearly written on the bottle.But all the experts in Liulichang laughed: Hongwu blue and white flowers can’t be burned well, so your Yuan Dynasty’s are so beautiful?And it's so big, it must be fake.

In the end, the pair of ear bottles fell into David's hands, and people thought he was a "fool" and "hit the eye".Even he himself did not dare to put them on display at the beginning, and put them in the warehouse as payment for tuition.

The second one is the famous plum vase of Xiao Heyue chasing Han Xin. This plum vase was an unearthed artifact. In the country.

The reason why people at that time thought so was because the craftsmanship of Yuan blue and white porcelain only lasted until the early Ming Dynasty, and disappeared after Ming Xuande.

Due to the different national characters, the out-of-print of raw materials, the variation and choice of painting styles, especially the change of dynasties, the blue and white porcelain of Yuan Dynasty came to an abrupt end in history. In the Qing and Qing dynasties, there were no imitations of Yuan blue and white porcelain, forming a very special blank area of ​​nearly 600 years.

It was not until the 50s that a doctor in the United States confirmed the existence of Yuan blue and white porcelain.In the 70s, a large number of artifacts from the Yuan Dynasty were unearthed in our country, and the existence of Yuan blue and white flowers was proved scientifically.It was not until the late 70s that the whole world officially recognized Yuan Qinghua.It was not until the mid-to-late 80s that Porcelain Capital began to imitate Yuan blue and white large plates, and then imitated other utensils of different shapes one after another.

The real situation is that until the mid-80s in our country and even the world, few people knew about Yuan blue and white porcelain, let alone copied it in large numbers.At that time, the imitation market seemed to be good, and it was considered to be a real one.But today, when people gradually understand the essential characteristics of Yuan blue and white porcelain, they find that Yuan blue and white porcelain cannot be imitated, leaving no opportunity for future generations to take advantage of.

Under such circumstances, Lao Chang actually said that he had a piece of Yuan blue and white imitated during the Yongzheng period. Chu Chen was sure that the old Chang's item was either a fake or he had made a mistake.

Lao Chang chuckled and said: "To be honest, I also thought that there was no imitation of Yuan blue and white in the Qing Dynasty, but the characteristics of my thing, based on my experience of more than 20 years, I can be sure that it is from the Yongzheng period. If you don't believe it , you can take a look."

Hearing what Lao Chang said so confidently, everyone felt strange, so after Lao Chang opened the box, they looked into the box, and there was a mackerel and algae pattern folded plate inside.This plate is quite exquisitely made, very much like a fine porcelain produced by an official kiln...

　First of all, I wish all my friends a happy New Year's Eve, and wish you all a new year. I wish you all good health and good luck in the new year!

　　In addition, this chapter was originally posted last night, but there are sensitive words. It has not been approved until today. I can only revise it word by word and repost it. Fortunately, it passed smoothly this time...

　　
　
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