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Chapter 944 Xing Kiln Lion Statue
"The works of Xing Kiln at the peak of the Tang Dynasty?" The three of them were startled when they heard the words.

It should be known that Xing kiln began to be fired in the Northern Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, declined in the Five Dynasties, and finally in the Yuan Dynasty. The firing time was about 900 years.

In the Tang Dynasty, the white porcelain of Xing Kiln broke the dominance of southern celadon. The two generally formed a situation of "Southern Green and Northern White". The white porcelain of Xing Kiln and the celadon of Yue Kiln represented the highest level of porcelain products at that time. At the same time, it is famous in the world.

Although the price of Xing kiln porcelain in the Tang Dynasty is not as high as that of the five official kilns in the Song Dynasty in the on-site antique market, the status is actually almost the same.Moreover, it is said that its price is low for a rich and powerful person like Chu Chen, and the price of the treasures is tens of millions, which is not acceptable to ordinary collectors.

Like the lion statue that Chu Chen bought just now, its eyes are wide open and its ears are high.The whole lion is in a squatting posture, with its left foot raised, its ears raised, its eyes wide open, a bell tied around its neck, and its tail fluffed up.

In addition, the highly skilled ancient craftsmen did not emphasize the fine carving and excessive decoration of the details in the modeling, and used the simple and concise method of cutting out the complicated and simplifying, creating a strong ancient clumsiness in the rough and unrestrained. sense, creating a "deep and majestic" beauty of "momentum".

The whole statue can be described as unique in shape, well-carved, with strong lines, overall domineering and mighty, and extraordinary momentum.It is a rare masterpiece, and of course it is of high value.

"Yes."

Chu Chen nodded: "The body color of that lion statue is pure white, and there are tiny brown eyes in the glaze layer. The glaze surface is easy to be smooth and flat, with good gloss, and the glaze color is white and bluish... The characteristics are similar to those of Xing Kiln porcelain in the Tang Dynasty. In line with that, I think it should be a masterpiece of Xing kiln porcelain in the Tang Dynasty."

At the end of the hearing, the three of them closed their eyes and pondered for a moment. This is because although Chu Chen said something simple, his words contained a lot of information to identify the authenticity of the Xing Kiln in the Tang Dynasty, which was undoubtedly very important to them, so They all carefully remembered what Chu Chen said just now in their hearts.

Feeling that he had written down the main points, Fang Jinbo asked, "Mr. Chu, I think the craftsmanship used for the eyes of the lion statue seems to be quite different."

Chu Chen smiled: "Yes, this is what makes this lion statue so special..."

The eyes of the lion statue were smoothed with black gemstones and made into a round shape, then inlaid into the eye sockets, fixed with tire mud, and fired for the second time in the kiln to make them firm.From a distance, the lion's eyes are piercing and angry, as if it wants to overwhelm all evil spirits.

This kind of eye inlaid gemstone production process was first seen in the eye decoration of Buddha statues in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.However, among the wares fired by the Xing Kiln, they are still quite rare. It is said that rare things are more expensive, which also highlights the value of this lion statue.

After listening to Chu Chen's introduction, Fang Jinbo asked, "The price of such a lion statue should not be cheap, right?"

Chu Chen chuckled: "A conservative estimate, it should be around 80 million."

Hearing the price given by Chu Chen, everyone was surprised for a while. The value of the lion statue has already exceeded what Chu Chen paid just now. The remaining three items are worth 30 yuan. Is that Pang Tiger a boy who spread money? ?
However, the remaining three items could not be bought for 30 yuan if they were bought and sold at market value. The rouge water-glazed chrysanthemum petal dish alone was worth 30 yuan.

This rouge water-glazed chrysanthemum petal dish was fired in the Nian kiln.The Nian kiln was built by Nian Xiyao, a pottery official during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. The official kilns during this period were called Nian kilns.The selection of materials for the Nian kiln is extremely fine, and the cutting utensils are mostly egg-blue, or as bright as silver, all of which are also blue-colored;At this time, many glaze colors were invented, the most famous of which was rouge water glaze.

Rouge water glaze is a low-temperature color glaze, also known as "golden red glaze".With gold as the coloring agent, the glaze juice is delicate, smooth and even, and the color is like rouge, hence the name.

Rouge water glaze is applied on thin tire products, white glaze is applied inside, and rouge water is applied outside, the red and white complement each other, magnificent and extraordinary.The coloring of gold belongs to colloidal coloring, and the size of the colloidal particles is closely related to the coloring. The firing temperature must be strictly controlled to be fired into a palace, and the process requirements are very high.Therefore, the rouge water glazes at that time were all works of official kilns.

The chrysanthemum petal plate is in the shape of a chrysanthemum flower, with a slightly sunken center. The wall of the plate is curved and neatly stamped with 24 chrysanthemum petal patterns. Reflected by the outer glaze, it is pink and tender.The delicate and white porcelain body is exposed on the ring feet.The bottom is white glaze, and the book "Yongzheng Year System of the Great Qing Dynasty" is written in six-character regular script.

In fact, for a plate like this, 30 is still a conservative estimate, and it is normal to meet someone you like for 50 million. It is precisely because of this that when Chu Chen heard that Li Cun gave an estimate of 80 for four items, he felt extremely funny .

Qi Baofu and Fang Jinbo thought that Pang Laohu was a bit stupid at first, but when they thought of Chu Chen's identity, they immediately realized that it was probably Pang Laohu who wanted to curry favor with Chu Chen, which is why he sold it so cheaply.

Seeing everyone's thoughtful looks, Chu Chen smiled and said, "There are reasons for your thinking, but the most important thing is that Li Cun lost his eye, misread something, and misestimated the price. Mr. Li, if That Li Cun dares to trouble you, so you tell Pang Huhu about it, and it will probably be enough for him to drink a pot."

With that said, he gave Li Guiheng Pang Huhu's contact information.

Qi Baofu smiled and said: "Haha, there is a way that evil people will be punished by evil people. Lao Li, if that kid still bothers you, this should be done!"

Li Guiheng nodded repeatedly. As far as his personality is concerned, he doesn't like to be decisive in everything, but for people like Li Cun, he will not be soft-hearted.

Li Cun's antique shop was not far from the community, and the group was chatting and laughing, and within 10 minutes, Chu Chen drove the car to the gate of the community.

Originally, Li Guiheng planned to invite Chu Chen upstairs for a cup of tea, and then treat Chu Chen to a meal in the evening to express his gratitude, but Chu Chen declined on the grounds that he had something to do, saying that he would have time to meet again in the future, and then he said goodbye to everyone.

After leaving the community, Chu Chen found Wu Ke and Chu Yulan non-stop, walked around Hui Street with them, and returned to Yuhuating together after dinner.

Although there is a reason for not being able to go shopping together today, if Chu Chen ignores it and agrees to Li Cun or goes home directly, Wu Ke and Chu Yulan will feel somewhat unhappy. Chu Chen doesn't want to be blamed by them, so of course he has to make amends .

Back in the community, Chu Chen took out the box from the trunk, ready to walk home.

Wu Ke asked: "Achen, is this what you have gained today?"

Just now, the topics of the two girls were either clothing or cosmetics, and what happened to Chu Chen today was just a brief mention, so they still don't know what's inside the box.

Chu Chen nodded and introduced the four things one by one.

"Brother, is the bracelet really made of southern red agate?"
Seeing Chu Yulan's excited appearance, Chu Chen smiled and said, "It's indeed the southern red agate, and it's still the old southern red agate. It's almost gone now."

Nanhong agate is named after its place of origin, and its texture is fine and oily. It is a unique variety in my country.Nanhong was mined and utilized by people a long time ago. Some people say that the so-called "Chiqiong" in ancient books mostly refers to Nanhong agate.
Southern red agate is bright in color and fine in texture, very beautiful.In addition, the ancients used it as medicine to nourish the heart and blood, and those who believe in Buddhism believe that it has special effects.The red bead in the seven treasures of Buddhism refers to the southern red agate. .However, the production of Nanhong agate is scarce. Many people say that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the mining of Nanhong agate disappeared.

In the past, Chu Chen also thought that Nanhong had disappeared in Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. It wasn't until he heard Mr. Liu's introduction some time ago that he realized that this matter was basically spreading rumors.

Mr. Liu said that he had seen a large number of Nanhong bead strings that were still sold to foreigners in good condition during the Republic of China, and even the Nanhong bracelets in the Forbidden City clearly had the characteristics of bracelets in the late Qing Dynasty.These evidences all show that Nanhong did not disappear until at least the late Qing Dynasty.

As for the many so-called "persimmon red" southern reds seen in the market today, they are all produced in the new Baoshan mine.

Chu Yulan couldn't wait to say: "Really? Take it out and have a look!"

Chu Chen smiled and said, "What's the hurry, I'll watch it when I get home."

Speaking of this, the three of them just walked to the door, only to see Mrs. Ji had already opened the door and was waiting for them there.

After saying hello, the three of them changed their shoes and walked to the living room together, where they saw Zhao Yunlin watching TV while Chu Yongning was working in his study.

Seeing the children coming in, Zhao Yunlin happily greeted them to take their seats.

Wu Ke took out a gift box and put it in front of Zhao Yunlin: "Mom, this is the gift we chose for you when we were shopping, see if you like it."

Zhao Yunlin smiled and said: "Ah, don't bring me a gift next time you go shopping, it's troublesome, just don't worry about it."

Of course, even though she said that, judging from the expression on her eyes shining when she saw the gift, she knew that the gift was still very useful.

After chatting for a while, Chu Yulan urged Chu Chen to take out the bracelet.

The bracelet is made of 18 pieces of Nanhong agate, which are full, ruddy in color, without cracks, black spots, and other impurities. Basically, Nanhong agate that can meet these conditions is very rare. Excellent.In addition, judging from the patina, this bracelet should be a work of the late Ming Dynasty, and it can be regarded as a precious Nanhong bracelet.

Seeing such a beautiful string of southern red agate bracelets, Chu Yulan couldn't put it down and started admiring them.

Seeing this situation, Chu Chen and Wu Ke looked at each other and said, "Xiaolan, since you like this bracelet, I will give it to you."

Chu Yulan raised her head when she heard the words, looked at Wu Ke first, saw her nodded with a smile, and then said with a smile:

"Thank you bro!"

Now that the bracelets belong to each other, Chu Chen briefly introduced the following three items to everyone.

In fact, among the remaining three things, Chu Chen valued the jade pendant the most, not to say that the jade pendant was the most valuable, but the clue that this jade pendant was related to the candlestick with the treasure map hidden.

(End of this chapter)