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Chapter 485 Fahua glaze, made by the back door

After hearing the price of [-] yuan, Yu Yao didn't respond immediately. He lowered his head and lit a cigarette, "[-] yuan, I can find someone to make ten more beautiful ones!"

"That's what you said! This is an old thing, at least it is from the Republic of China, and the year's money is in it!"

"As you said, if it's the same as before, I might be able to offer [-] yuan to win it." Yu Yao waved his hand, "So, if I come to the house to disturb you, I'll offer a little more, [-] yuan, that's fine. If it doesn't work...how about sending it to the auction house for a try?"

"Why do you both have the same tune?!" Zhao Mingchen showed displeasure, "Don't even think about the price! My elder brother said, if there is less, just keep it in mind! Anyway, it has been used as a vase!"

"Okay then!" Yu Yao looked at Shangguan Yu, then said to Zhao Mingchen, "I'm really sorry to bother you, so let's take our leave now."

Zhao Mingchen seemed unwilling, but he didn't lower the price. He gritted his teeth and squeezed out two words: "Go slowly!"

Yu Yao took two steps, Shangguan Yu saw that Zhao Mingchen didn't shout, and cooperated with understanding, "Don't tell me, it's a pretty vase, money can't buy happiness, right? You can add more!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhao Mingchen again, "You can also drop a little bit, [-] yuan is too high to buy a glass vase from the Republic of China!"

In the antique business, whether it is selling or buying things, two people are often more beneficial than one, as long as they can cooperate.If Yu Yao was alone, this "playing hard to get" had to be done carefully, in case Zhao Mingchen didn't shout, he would stop eating, or buy it back at the original price with a shy face.But with Shangguan Yu around, there is no need to worry.

Zhao Mingchen looked at Shangguan Yu, then at Yu Yao, "Okay, although I'm not from the antique shop, I've heard of the 'Brothers' Pestle', so you two shouldn't cooperate. Listen up, the last bite , let two thousand, for auspiciousness, eighteen thousand!"

Afterwards, Yu Yao said a few more words, and Shangguan Yu also smiled and asked him to surrender again, but Zhao Mingchen didn't let go.

In the end, Yu Yao had no choice but to use [-] yuan to take down the vase.

Zhao Mingchen didn't have a box yet, so he only found a few newspapers and gave him two large black plastic bags.

After the payment was cleared, Yu Yao and Shangguan Yu said goodbye and left. Zhao Mingchen delivered it to the door and asked suddenly, "Are you two really going to the hospital this afternoon?"

"Since I said it, it's not nonsense." Shangguan Yu replied, "I bought a painting last time, and this time my friend bought a vase. I've dealt with it twice, so I think it should be."

Zhao Mingchen laughed dryly, "You two, it's a bit harsh to talk, but this matter is still very delicate."

Shangguan Yu didn't respond any more and waved away.

Far away from the courtyard gate, Shangguan Yu smiled wryly, "I'm ashamed! In fact, I went to the hospital to see his sister-in-law just to ask about his elder brother."

"Complement each other, we are not purely utilitarian, it is really good to see! I will pay for some good nutrition, fruits and so on."

"Okay, there's no other way." Shangguan Yu looked around and said, "What is the origin of this vase? At least it's not from the Republic of China, right?"

Yu Yao nodded, "This is the French flower glaze of the Ming Dynasty, and the kiln mouth of Jin Province, so he said that it was brought back from Jin Province by his great-grandfather, that's right."

"This is the fahua glaze!" Shangguan Yu looked suspicious, "I haven't seen the real thing, but I have seen the pictures. Isn't it mainly yellow, green and purple? And the pictures don't have such a strong glass texture."

"You're right. It's true that yellow, green and purple are the main colors, but there are also blue and white. It's just that it's rare to see all blue alone. As for the texture of the glass, it's also related to the color. Blue will appear more Stronger. In fact, other colors also have the texture of glass, because the formula of this flower glaze is developed on the basis of colored glaze."

Fahua glaze first appeared in the Yuan Dynasty. In the Yuan Dynasty, firing glazed tiles was very popular. The formula of Fahua glaze was derived from firing glazed tiles.It is a low-temperature glazed pottery, not porcelain.

The main production areas of Fahua glaze are in some kilns in the south of Jin Province.In the Ming Dynasty, the technology of Fahua glaze was very mature; however, it is pottery after all and has geographical limitations, so its popularity is relatively low.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the kiln mouths of the Porcelain Capital also imitated the French glaze pottery, but because it was a porcelain body and the glaze was not the same, it was very different from the French glazed pottery produced in Jin Province.

"How much is this flower-glazed amphora worth?" Shangguan Yu asked again.

"It must be more than 50." Yu Yao smiled, "But after all, it's something from a folk kiln. The Ming Dynasty's French flower glaze is a fine product, which is [-] million."

"That's not a small leak!" Shangguan Yu waved his hand, "It's not like the "Wild Forest Journey", a high-quality imitation, which itself is worth less than 50 million yuan, and the asking price is one million!"

Yu Yao took over the topic, "Although this painting is an imitation, it is indeed remarkable. Castiglione's paintings of horses and court paintings are all too rigorous, even too strict; this painting, The brushwork is very similar to Castiglione, but the horse adds a bit of anger! So I am not surprised that you want to buy it, but you say 'there is still Taoism'..."

"Because I can see who imitated it! This person is the most powerful imitation of Castiglione!"

"Ah?" Yu Yao was really taken aback, "This painting should be made by the back door, right? But I don't think it's Ma Jin's handwriting."

The so-called back door construction, as mentioned briefly before, refers to the fact that in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, there were many calligraphy and painting shops in Di'anmen, that is, the back door of the Forbidden City, and their main business was to deal in fake paintings.The fake paintings made are mainly court paintings in the "Chenzi style" of the Qing Dynasty, as well as famous paintings of the Ming Dynasty.

Many of the materials used for counterfeiting are old silk, old paper, and old ink from the Qing court; and most of the imitation painters invited are not mediocre, for example, the painter Qi Kun was invited to paint Tang Bohu.

Among the fake paintings made by the back door, the most numerous are the works of Castiglione.Among Castiglione's works, horses are relatively the most numerous.Among them is a painter whose surname is also Ma, named Ma Jin, and the horse imitating Castiglione is the most famous.

Ma Jin's father used to manage horses for a Manchu nobleman, so Ma Jin loved painting horses since he was a child. Later, he studied with a court painter. When he saw Castiglione's authentic works, he began to learn from Castiglione's painting methods.

Ma Jin himself also has his own independent works, such as Qi Baishi once wrote poems for Ma Jin's paintings.But as far as Yu Yao knows, the shop "Zao Houmen" asked Ma Jin to draw many "Lang Shining".

But this "Journey through the Wild Forest", Yu Yao felt that it was not Ma Jin's handwriting.

Shangguan Yu explained, "It wasn't made by the back door, not Ma Jin. This person didn't even leave his full name, but I heard that Mr. He Yizhuo explained his characteristics in detail! The reason why Mr. He Yizhuo is so familiar is because of He Shangshan. I have seen his works before, and after studying them, I sighed: I can’t imitate Castiglione’s horses alone!”

"Oh? There were such strange people during the Republic of China?" Yu Yao became interested. "It's not convenient to talk like this. Let's find a place and talk while eating."

(End of this chapter)