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Chapter 998 Bronze Forbidden

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Precisely because many guests at the scene had concerns about this blue-and-white sunflower plate with cloud and dragon patterns from the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, and because the things on the black market are always true and false, when the auctioneer announced the start of the auction, there were very few respondents. In the end, it was easily photographed by Chu Chen at a price of [-] yuan.

Chu Chen went to swipe his card to pay for the lot and took it back. When he returned to his seat, Qiao Qingtai said with some concern: "Xiao Chu, I admit that this thing looks genuine, but you should know it too. In the early days, porcelains that were rejected from official kilns were rarely distributed among the people.”

The reason why Qiao Qingtai said this is because the official kilns of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the capital of porcelain, were funded by the government and assigned personnel to preside over the firing. The products were mainly for the emperor and the royal family to enjoy, or as sacrificial vessels for the royal ancestral temple and rewards from the emperor. The quality requirements are It goes without saying.

The official kiln porcelain we see today is generally exquisite in quality and flawless.However, behind these exquisite handed down products, there is a large number of defective products as the price.

As mentioned above, the proportion of high-quality imperial porcelain in the official kilns of the Ming Dynasty was often "one out of ten", or even "one out of a hundred".

Except for the different quality, the decoration methods and decoration contents of the unselected porcelain are exactly the same.According to the regulations at that time, all porcelain with double-horned and five-clawed dragon patterns, yellow colored glaze, and the emperor's year name was only used by the emperor and the royal family, and it was strictly forbidden to disperse among the people.

Under the constraints of this system, in the early Ming Dynasty, from about Hongwu to Jiajing years, the porcelain capital imperial wares factory generally dealt with unselected porcelain by smashing it on the spot and burying it, and not allowing it to leave the gate of the imperial factory.This also includes some of the redundant "all-American tools" after the completion of the imperial court's burning and election task, which were smashed because they were not allowed to flow into the people.

This has been confirmed in the course of contemporary archaeological excavations.

It can be inferred from this that it is almost impossible for official kiln porcelain to be popular among the people in the early Ming Dynasty, and because the strict craftsman registration system was implemented in the early Ming Dynasty, it is unlikely that the official kiln style could be imitated in folk kilns.

Therefore, the official kiln porcelain of this period that has been handed down to this day, except for the blue and white porcelain exported in the early years of Hongwu, the red underglaze plate, the big bowl and Yongle, the blue and white porcelain with Western Region style produced by Xuande for Zheng He's voyages to the West, and the emperor's reward. In addition to porcelain, most of what is seen in the society now is the imperial porcelain scattered from the palace.

However, the blue-and-white cloud-dragon-patterned sunflower plate from the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty is obviously impossible to be among these porcelains.

In fact, Qiao Qingtai wouldn't feel worried if the appraisal took longer before Chu Chen bought it, but besides the fact that the appraisal just now took only two to three minutes, tools such as a magnifying glass were not allowed. In this case, Qiao Qingtai I couldn't help but worry that Chu Chen might be wrong.

Chu Chen opened the box containing the large plates, and said with a smile: "It is true that in the early Ming Dynasty, there were very few unselected porcelains scattered among the people, but this does not mean that there were none. Take the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty as an example. , According to "History of the Ming Dynasty", the orthodox imperial ware factory stopped burning for a time, and the orthodox three years issued a list of "forbidden to burn official blue and white porcelain, sell it everywhere, and give it to the official's home, and the principal offender will be sentenced to death."

"From this, it is not difficult to infer that during the period when the official kiln stopped firing three years ago, there must have been many people who privately made the blue and white flowers of the former Xuande kiln for sale as commodities, and some of the blue and white styles of the Xuande official kiln must have flowed out of the imperial factory. If There was no climate, and there was no need to issue such a ban at that time.”

"Moreover, since ancient times, there have been many people who have taken risks for the sake of money. Therefore, there was also a dissemination of unselected porcelain in the early Ming Dynasty to the people. This is not unheard of in the past."

After hearing what Chu Chen said, Qiao Qingtai nodded in approval, but because of the appraisal time, he still felt a little worried.

Chu Chen also understood Qiao Qingtai's thoughts. While observing the porcelain with a magnifying glass, he smiled and said, "Old Qiao, I actually have some experience with Xuande blue and white porcelain. More than [-]%, now, I can be sure that this is a genuine product."

"Oh!"

Qiao Qingtai's interest increased greatly when he heard the words. After Chu Chen put the things back, he quickly observed carefully. After nearly ten minutes, he breathed a sigh of relief, put the things back into the box, and said with a smile: "Xiao Chu, Okay, you picked it up and missed it, so knowledge is money!"

Chu Chen smiled and waved his hands when he heard the words, humbly expressing his appreciation.

Although this is a defective product, the value is not much cheaper than the perfect product, and the value may be higher in the eyes of some people.

This is because this blue and white platter is a perfect embodiment of court art except for the wrong drawing of the dragon claw.On the other hand, due to the fact that very few defective Xuande porcelains have been scattered among the people, it is said that rare things are more expensive. Based on these two points, the value of this blue and white plate cannot be lowered.

However, for Chu Chen, all he cared about was the cultural relic value and artistic value of the item. As for the market value, he didn't care much because he had no plans to transfer it.

Things appeared one by one, and during this period, both Chu Chen and Qiao Qingtai also bid for a few of their favorite items.

When the auction was coming to an end, the staff brought out a small bronze ware, which looked like a table from a distance, and the decoration on the surface was extremely exquisite. If it was genuine, this alone could It is recognized as a national treasure.

And when this object appeared, Qiao Qingtai sat up straight suddenly, stared at this artifact, and murmured: "Yes, it is it! It is this bronze ban!"

Seeing that Qiao Qingtai lost his composure, Chu Chen quickly reminded him to avoid any mistakes.

Qiao Qingtai came back to his senses and smiled a little embarrassedly, but he still fixed his eyes on the bronze vessel, as if he was afraid that it would disappear in the blink of an eye.

Regarding Qiao Qingtai's performance, Chu Chen felt that it was quite normal. This was because things like bronze bans were so rare.

The so-called "forbidden" is actually a few cases, which are used as a seat for holding wine statues when offering sacrifices or entertaining guests and friends.It is a unique artifact of the Zhou Dynasty.

According to "Yili. Shiguanli", it is called ban, and its meaning lies in abstinence from alcohol.It is not only used for drinking, but also reminds you to quit drinking, which is somewhat like the advertisement "smoking is harmful to your health" on the modern cigarette pack.It can be seen that the name "ban" is related to the requirement of stabilizing the society of the Zhou Dynasty.

When bronze was banned until 2002, a total of six pieces were discovered, four of which were early Western Zhou utensils, all of which were stolen by Dang Yukun, one of the three major treasure thieves in the Republic of China.One of them is now hidden in the United States, and although the other is hidden in a domestic museum, due to historical reasons, this bronze piece was smashed into dozens of pieces and used as a restorer.

The other two pieces, one was damaged during Dang Yukun's excavation and was discarded, and its whereabouts have been unknown since then.

The remaining two bronze wares, namely the Late Spring and Autumn Ware and Warring States Ware, are archaeologically obtained.

Speaking of which, everyone should understand why Qiao Qingtai lost his composure.

In fact, not only Qiao Qingtai, but many people at the scene were amazed when they saw this bronze ban.When the auctioneer reminded the interested guests that they could come forward to observe, everyone scrambled to run over. If there were no staff to maintain order, there would have been chaos.

Because the observation time was limited, it was soon Chu Chen and Qiao Qingtai's turn. The two seized the time to observe the bronze ban, and finally basically judged that it should be a bronze made by Chu State, and it was also a bronze ware. From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, the works of the peak period of the bronze culture of Chu State, and this also makes this bronze ban more precious.

my country's Bronze Age has gone through about 1500 years, during which there were two peaks. One was during the Shang Dynasty, represented by the bronze wares left by Fuhao, the wife of Shang Wang Wuding, and the craft was mainly cast.

The other was during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, represented by the bronze wares of Chu State. At this time, a new casting process system appeared, breaking the situation of casting bronze wares by a single method.As a result, my country's bronze culture reached a more brilliant state.

The bronze wares of Chu State are characterized by richness and denseness. Specifically, three-dimensional animal images are cast on bronze vessels, as well as hollow decorations and fine patterns.The craft system of Chu State bronzes not only maintains the standard casting, but also develops methods such as lost wax, casting and inlaying, separate casting, inlaying, and welding.

However, it is closely related to the aesthetic taste of Chu people, and can express the rich and dense aesthetic style to the extreme, mainly because of the lost wax casting process.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, bronzes cast by the lost-wax process have only been unearthed in Chu, which means that the lost-wax casting technique was only spread in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River from the 7th century BC to the 5th century BC.And the bronze ban in front of you is a model of lost wax casting technology.

It can be seen that the plane of this bronze ban is like a small table, the height is like a small kang table, and the four sides are surrounded by multi-layered openworked coil patterns. Effect.

Looking at the whole vessel, it can be described as magnificent and solemn, with exquisite decoration and orderly overall situation. The combination of grand vessel shape and complicated and confusing visual effects makes the viewer dazzled, as if in a dream.

Reluctantly returning to his seat, Qiao Qingtai said decisively to Chu Chen: "Xiao Chu, we have to take a picture of this bronze ban no matter what, otherwise it will fall into the hands of others. If something goes wrong, yes For the cultural relics community in our country, it is a very huge loss!"

Chu Chen said solemnly: "Old Qiao, don't worry, I will definitely not let this national treasure fall into the hands of others!"

Qiao Qingtai nodded in relief, and immediately discussed with Chu Chen the tactics used in the auction in a low voice.After all, this is a black market auction, with a mixed bag of good and bad people, and it pays more attention to bidding strategies than a regular auction.

In addition, the space here is relatively spacious, and everyone can basically see each other's expressions.This also makes you need to pay more attention when bidding, otherwise it is very likely that if you don’t pay attention emotionally, the other party will be aware of your bottom line and suffer a big loss. (The novel "Jianbao Life" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign on the top right "add friend" to search the public Number "qdread" and pay attention, hurry up!)
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