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Chapter 203 Is there any basis?
Cizhou kiln is the most famous folk porcelain kiln in northern my country. Its simple, simple, bold and unrestrained artistic style and exquisite and unique craftsmanship occupy an extremely important position in the history of ceramic development in my country.

The Cizhou kiln site is located in the area of ​​Pengcheng Town, Hebei City, and Guantai Town, Cixian County. Both places belonged to Cizhou in the Song Dynasty, hence the name.Cizhou Kiln has a long history of making porcelain. At the end of the Five Dynasties and the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, Cizhou Kiln gradually formed its own style of porcelain. Since then, its firing history has never been interrupted in the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties. It is still one of the important ceramic production areas in my country. one.

The Song and Jin periods were the heyday of Cizhou kiln making porcelain. At this time, Cizhou kiln not only produced a wide variety of porcelain, but also had a variety of practical shapes. , Picking flowers, printing plastic, colored glaze and other decorative techniques to express the decorative content of folk customs and customs.Cizhou kiln, with its simple, free and easy, unrestrained folk art decoration style, has influenced many porcelain kilns in the northern region. Porcelain kilns in various places have imitated its product style and produced many "Cizhou kiln type" porcelain products.

The most outstanding achievement of Cizhou Kiln in the development history of ancient ceramics in my country is represented by the porcelain decoration method of "painting black flowers on white ground", which brought the development of my country's ceramic decorative art to a new level.The most basic feature of this typical Cizhou kiln type porcelain with "white ground and black flowers" is to first apply a layer of white makeup soil on the relatively rough carcass with low whiteness, and then apply red iron on this layer of makeup soil. Mine painting pattern.

The Cizhou kiln plum vase in front of Xu Yunhan is a typical "white ground black flower" type porcelain in Cizhou kiln.Reaching out and carefully picking up this Cizhou kiln white-ground black-picked peony curly grass plum vase, she has recalled the only knowledge and understanding she has about Cizhou kiln and Cizhou kiln plum vase.

But obviously, based on these very theoretical and superficial knowledge points, she can't judge the authenticity of this Cizhou kiln white-ground black-picked peony curly grass plum vase, which looks real.However, whether it was true or not, Xu Yunhan believed in her abilities even more.

As soon as her palm touched this Cizhou kiln plum vase, she immediately felt that strange warmth.

Huh? !This... seems a bit wrong...

Xu Yunhan thought for a while, and began to touch with both hands at the same time, every part of this Cizhou kiln plum vase up and down.The result was still the same, she could feel the warmth in every corner of the Cizhou kiln plum vase, and the temperature was the same.

However, the only problem is that the temperature is not enough!If it was a Cizhou kiln plum bottle from the Song Dynasty, the temperature would never be so hot.She has come into contact with old objects from the Song Dynasty before, so Xu Yunhan can be sure that the temperature of this Cizhou kiln plum vase is wrong.

But this temperature seems to be felt by her only after at least 200 years of history. Is this Cizhou kiln plum vase a fake from more than 200 years ago? !

Slowly and gently putting the Cizhou kiln plum vase back on the table, Xu Yunhan sat down on the sofa next to Xu Da, without taking the initiative to mention a word about this Cizhou kiln plum vase.This is Uncle Cui's shop, not his own. The owner and the shopkeeper didn't say anything. She never jumped out and said it was a fake.

"Boss, how are you thinking? I have to go home for lunch, please hurry up. The price is still the 800 million you just said, and you can't lose a penny!" The middle-aged man surnamed Deng was already impatient. , began to urge the words.

"Mr. Deng, I hope you can understand. After all, 800 million is not a small amount. You must first look at things before you can make a decision." Cui Dayong smiled modestly and gently, and then said to the middle-aged man, "I'm sorry , I want to discuss it with my friend alone, please wait a moment, Mr. Deng."

The middle-aged man frowned, and waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, okay, please don't be too inked. 10 minutes, 10 minutes is enough. If it takes more than 10 minutes, I'll take my things home and eat. .”

"Okay, no problem, 10 minutes will be enough." After finishing speaking, Cui Dayong motioned to Xu Da, and the two walked out of the reception room together, presumably hoping to avoid the owner from discussing this Cizhou kiln plum About the bottle.

Pushing open the door of the room, Cui Dayong and Xu Da walked outside and sat down on the sofa. As soon as they sat down, Cui Dayong asked impatiently,
"Old Xu, what do you think of this Cizhou kiln plum vase?"

Xu Da laughed and said, "As you think, it shouldn't be a big problem. The shape, decoration, glaze color, etc. can meet the characteristics of Cizhou kiln in Song Dynasty, and the shape of the vessel is complete, the carcass is loose, and the glaze melts well. The bottle body Some natural and unaffected manual traces can also be observed on the glued part of the bottom. Based on the overall performance, I personally think that this Cizhou kiln plum vase is an authentic product from the Song Dynasty.”

Cui Dayong nodded again and again, fully agreeing with Xu Da's conclusion, and then hesitated, "Well, I think so too. It's just above this price..."

"Uncle Cui, have you decided to buy that Cizhou kiln plum vase?"

At this moment, after they came out, Xu Yunhan, who followed closely, approached them and said.

"I'm still thinking about it. I think the price is a bit high. After all, I'm buying and selling. Of course, the lower the price, the better. I'm not an auction here. 800 million is indeed a bit high. But if this Cizhou kiln plum vase is sent to At an auction, if you meet a collector who likes to collect Cizhou kiln porcelain, you might be able to sell it for tens of millions."

When Cui Dayong said this, he suddenly felt that even if he bought it for 800 million yuan, it didn't seem so expensive.However, I still feel a little uneasy when I take out 800 million to buy a piece of porcelain. The risk of collecting things at a high price is very high.As a result, Cui Dayong began a fierce ideological struggle in his heart, and heaven and man were at war...

On the other hand, Xu Da, who knew Xu Yunhan's character, felt that Xu Yunhan's behavior was a bit abnormal. He must have followed them out on purpose. Xu Da looked at her,
"Xiao Han, what do you think of that piece of porcelain just now?"

"I think it's a fake! And I think that person knows that it's a fake." Xu Yunhan replied decisively.

People who are in contact with antiques are very sensitive to the word "fake". The "fake" that Xu Yunhan said instantly drew Cui Dayong's attention back, with an extremely serious expression.
"Why do you say that? Is there any basis?"

When appraising antiques, the most important thing is the basis. Without the basis, one cannot draw conclusions at will.Several aspects of identification: identification of counterfeit, dating, and kiln opening, all of which require reliable basis.

(End of this chapter)