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Chapter 202 Cizhou Kiln Plum Vase

After leaving Shenghui Jewelry Company, Xu Yunhan drove back to the antique shop.When we arrived at the Shichahai Antique Market, it was almost twelve noon, and it was not a weekend or a holiday, so the traffic in the antique market was much less, and it was a bit deserted.

Walking into Xu's antique shop, I saw Ah Mo sitting on the pineapple flower wood recliner in the middle of the room in a daze.Xu Yunhan looked around and saw no one else, so he asked,

"Ah Mo, are you here alone? Where are Uncle Xu and Xiaolie?"

Hearing Xiaohan's voice, Ah Mo came back to his senses, smiled at her, then pointed outside, and said,
"Xiaohan, you are here. Uncle Xu is drinking tea at Uncle Cui's next door. Uncle Xu sent Xiaolie to buy donkey meat outside the market and burn it."

"Eat donkey meat on fire at noon?"

"No, Uncle Xu also called for a takeaway and ordered noodles with mixed sauce." Ah Mo said.

"..."

Xu Yunhan felt that maybe she should think about it and hire a housekeeper.In that case, not only will everyone have a healthy and nutritious meal, but the villa is so large that if an aunt is not hired, she will have to spend a lot of time on cleaning and tidying up the room.

Thinking of this, Xu Yunhan, who has always been action-oriented, immediately took out his mobile phone, and first searched for a large housekeeping company with a good reputation and good reputation.Then I called and told about my situation, and then asked them to find a few aunts who met their requirements. After she had lunch, she went to the housekeeping company to have a look. It was a small interview process.

"Ah Mo, let's go shopping in the home furnishing city in the afternoon, and buy a few sets of bedding and some daily necessities. You and Dai Xiaobei need to buy everything for the room." Hanging up the phone call to the housekeeping company , Xu Yunhan thought for a while and said, "By the way, I have to tell Xiaobei that if she has time, the three of us will go shopping together."

Thinking of this, Xu Yunhan dialed Dai Xiaobei's number, but was pressed to reject, and then received a text message from Dai Xiaobei.It was said that she was in a meeting. Recently, there was a large-scale official event in their unit, and they were going to be very busy.

"It seems that only the two of us went shopping. Xiao Bei's children's shoes were arrested and used as coolies. I don't think we will see her for the next two days."

Xu Yunhan laughed gloatingly, one can imagine how depressed Dai Xiaobei, who advocates freedom, is bound to work within the system.

"Ah Mo, I'll go to Uncle Cui's shop and ask Uncle Xu to come back, and I'll be back in a while." After speaking, Xu Yunhan left his shop.

Cui Dayong also runs an antique shop, and his shop is next door to Xu's antique shop, within a few steps.Xu Yunhan walked into the room and said hello to the clerk hired by Cui Dayong. The two families usually get close, so they naturally know each other.Knowing that she was looking for Xu Da, the clerk pointed to the room inside and told her that they were all inside.

"In addition to our boss and Boss Xu, there is also a man inside with a package on his body. They are probably looking at things inside. You can go in and take a look."

"Thank you, Brother Xiao."

The clerk was a few years older than her, so Xu Yunhan called him big brother, thanked him, and walked in.

The antique shop run by Cui Dayong has a similar layout to his own, but the decoration style is not as antique as his own, but very luxurious and modern.Xu Yunhan gently knocked on the door of this specially separated reception room, and after hearing Cui Dayong inside said "Come in", he pushed open the door,

"Uncle Cui, Uncle Xu."

Both Uncle Xu and Uncle Cui were in the room. In addition, Xu Yunhan also saw a middle-aged man wearing glasses and slightly bald. The man was sitting quietly next to Xu Da. Started to take a look.

"It's Xiaohan, come in and sit down." Cui Dayong glanced up, saw that it was Xu Yunhan and smiled, then turned his gaze to Xu Da again.

Specifically, the focus of Cui Dayong's attention is a Cizhou kiln plum vase that Xu Da is holding in his hand.This Uncle Cui, like Uncle Xu, is very obsessed with all kinds of antiques, Xu Yunhan glanced at Cui Dayong's gaze.

It is obviously a Cizhou kiln plum vase, and its appearance is typical of Cizhou kiln plum vases: small mouth and round lips, short neck, plump shoulders, abdomen bulging up and down, and bottom feet turned outward.Taking a general look, the decorations on this Cizhou kiln plum vase are still very beautiful, Xu Yunhan secretly evaluated it in his heart.

Cizhou kiln plum bottle is a rare variety of ancient Chinese ceramic art.No matter the beautiful shape or the beautiful decoration of Cizhou kiln plum bottle, it gives people endless aesthetic feeling and artistic enjoyment, which is too beautiful to absorb.The shape of plum vases is characterized by small mouth, round lips, short diameter, full shoulders, belly trimming and ring feet, which are both practical and beautiful.Plum vase products are extremely skillful in porcelain making, with superb craftsmanship and exquisite workmanship. She has absorbed the literary accomplishment and artistic nutrients of various eras, so it has a magnificent aesthetic value.At present, ceramic museums at home and abroad are proud of collecting several plum vases from Cizhou kiln.The auction price of a single Cizhou kiln plum bottle with good quality and beautiful painting has reached tens of millions of yuan.Among them, the plum vases from the old Cizhou kiln still have a lot of room for improvement in auction prices.

"Xiaohan? Did Xiaolie buy the donkey meat?"

Hearing the voices of Cui Dayong and Xu Yunhan talking, Xu Da, who had been concentrating on looking at the Cizhou kiln plum vase in front of him, realized that Xu Yunhan was here, thinking she was here to ask him to go back to eat.

"Not yet, Uncle Xu, that's the Cizhou kiln plum vase." Xu Yunhan pointed to the one he held in his arms and said.

"Yes, Cizhou kiln plum bottle, you have good eyesight. It seems that you are really studying hard and reading books." Xu Da nodded in satisfaction, and then said to the middle-aged man,

"This Cizhou kiln plum vase was brought by this gentleman. Xiaohan, you should come and take a look. Mr. Deng, you don't mind. This girl is my niece, and she has worked hard to learn antiques."

"Of course you can, but please be careful." The middle-aged man sized up Xu Yunhan, disapproving of Xu Da's words in his heart, what could such a young woman understand.

Xu Yunhan, who was already eager to try, quickly promised, "Don't worry, I will be very careful."

When looking at other people's things, no matter what it is, you must pay special attention and be careful in your actions, otherwise if you accidentally break or smash it, it will cause serious trouble.

After Xu Da gently placed the plum vase from the Cizhou kiln on the table, Xu Yunhan approached it, and did not take it at first.Because she can judge the authenticity as soon as she gets it, it will not be of much benefit to her learning antique appraisal.Knowing the true and false, it is obviously much simpler to look at things from the conclusion, but Xu Yunhan doesn't want to rely too much on supernatural powers.

This Cizhou kiln plum vase has a white glaze base and is decorated with black glaze patterns.The black peony is painted on the white background, and the abdomen is painted with multi-layered decorative patterns from the edge of the mouth to the bottom.Slender shoulders, thin body, like a girl's body, slim and graceful.The shape is round and graceful, rich in charm and charming.Judging from the decorative patterns on the top, it can be called the Cizhou kiln white ground black pick flower peony curly grass plum vase.

When you hear the name: Cizhou kiln plum vase, you will definitely think that this kind of ceramic vase must be related to plum blossoms, or are plum blossoms and plum branches painted on the surface? !Actually, not so.

The name Cizhou kiln plum bottle is due to the fact that some scholars in the past believed that the plum vase got its name because it was used to insert plum blossoms.In fact, plum vases were not originally used to insert plums, but to hold wine.

Zhao Delin of the Song Dynasty wrote "Hou mackerel records" and said: "The pottery is a vessel, and there is a book of wine. Jin'an people use tile pots to hold wine. It is made of small necks, ring mouths, and belly repairs. A bucket can hold wine. This shows that the plum bottle was originally a wine vessel, and its shape features are related to the drinking habits of officials and people at that time.The unearthed data prove that the celadon vase with small mouth and wide shoulders unearthed from the tombs of the Tang Dynasty already possesses the shape of plum vases, such as small mouth, round lips, short diameter, plump shoulders, and ring feet. It may be called the initial prototype of plum vases.

The functional characteristics of the bottle first require stable shape, firm texture, high strength and impermeability.This requires a scientific formula, high-temperature firing, glazed inside and outside, and a certain size and capacity shape.As a wine container, plum bottles fully meet the special functional requirements of wine storage, packaging, measurement and drinking.In order to create a brand, the ancient distillery strives for perfection in making plum vases, and designs and manufactures to meet the specific requirements of customers, such as the shape of the vessel and the style of decoration.In addition, from a commercial point of view, in order to distinguish the variety, grade, and use of wine, plum bottles are also decorated with different glaze colors or painted with different patterns.In this way, in terms of shape and pattern, it has laid the brand of the times for the finalization of plum vases.In the long-term production process, plum vases have gradually formed a specific style of the times.

While recalling the introduction of the Cizhou kiln plum bottle in the books and materials in my memory, I looked at the real objects in front of me and made a one-to-one comparison.Judging from the appearance characteristics of this ceramic bottle, the characteristics of the decoration, the shape of the vessel and the style of the decoration, it looks like a Cizhou kiln plum vase from the Song Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty "rejuvenating the country with literature", culture and art were very developed, and all kinds of culture and art were favored by the emperor to the common people.Cizhou kiln technology was influenced by the spirit of learning things advocated by the society at that time, and the craftsmanship was exquisite and ingenious. It created a plum vase with dignified and neat shape, elegant and beautiful decoration, and the style of the product was full of the charm of Song culture, which became a classic of Chinese ceramic art.

The beautiful shape of the plum vase is formed by the simple combination of beautiful lines, but this line is abstractly refined from natural things.It should be said that only the strong Song cultural background is the foundation of the social culture, art and craftsmanship that appeared in Meiping.Only the Song culture can give birth to such precious ceramic artworks as plum vases.Therefore, the beautiful shape of Cizhou kiln plum bottles has been highly praised.

International scholars believe that Cizhou plum vases are comparable to Ding kiln bowls, Jun kiln vases, Yuhu spring vases, Cizhou kiln bowls, pots, and pillows, Ru official kiln celadon vases, Southern Song official kiln vases, and Tianmu bowls and cups, etc. They are all very beautiful modeling works in the history of Chinese ceramics.

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