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Chapter 657
"Huh?" Cai Chihuang was obviously surprised for a while, "I really can't accept you, this auction really has a story!"

"Do you know the origin?"

"Auction houses keep their origins strictly confidential, how can it be so easy to inquire?" Cai Chihuang smiled, "However, if you want to know, it's not too difficult for me."

"Okay." Yu Yao nodded slightly, "Then what's the story you told?"

"There are two things in the auction of porcelain that have caused controversy..." Cai Chihuang stopped talking, and Yu Yao hurriedly asked, "Why, it's not convenient to talk?"

"No, I haven't left the hotel room yet. It's another mobile phone that sent a message, it's okay."

"Damn, that's a special account for pretty girls, right?"

"Haha. Don't talk about that, I'll tell you a story." Cai Chihuang simply reasoned his thoughts, "In this spring auction, two celadon pieces caused controversy, and they were both identified as Yue Kiln at first."

"Oh, that must be one of them."

"Well, let's talk about it together, let's talk about the other one first. The other one is a carved plum vase, which is a typical pink-celadon glaze, not a sky-green glaze like a table lamp, with flowing cloud patterns on it."

Yu Yao said, "This seems to be a common decoration in Longquan kiln."

"Awesome!" Cai Chihuang said, "Finally, this controversial plum vase was identified as a Longquan kiln plum vase in the Northern Song Dynasty."

"However, the Longquan kiln in the early Northern Song Dynasty was almost a replica of the Yue kiln in terms of craftsmanship. It was only in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty that there were innovations and some distinctive features appeared." Yu Yao continued, "So there were qualitative mistakes at the beginning. , is not surprising."

Yue Kiln and Longquan Kiln are two classic representatives of southern folk kiln celadon.As Yu Yao said, before the Northern Song Dynasty to the early Northern Song Dynasty, the Longquan kiln had no special characteristics, and it could even be said to be Yue kiln wares produced by the Longquan kiln.It was not until the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty that obvious innovations and changes appeared.

The real rise of Longquan Kiln was in the Southern Song Dynasty.This is also related to the famous Ge Kiln.

Ge kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty is an official kiln.Why is it called Geyao?As mentioned before, there are two brothers Zhang Shengyi and Zhang Sheng. The elder brother presides over the Ge Kiln, and the younger presides over the Longquan Kiln.

Of course, it was just a chance that the kiln mouth presided over by my brother was an official kiln. On the basis of the innovation and accumulation in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty, the Longquan kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty had a great improvement and breakthrough in glaze color. The most representative ones are pink green and plum green. Especially Mei Ziqing.Meiziqing has high iron content, high degree of vitrification, high requirements for firing temperature, but low calcium content, so the glaze is not completely melted, and the scattering under the light will be softer and more beautiful.

Cai Chihuang laughed, "Your eyesight is qualified to say this, but I heard that there was a heated debate in the expert group, and it was finally settled with difficulty."

"Let's quickly talk about the situation of Taizhan. Is there more than one controversy?"

"How should I put it? Most experts agree with Yue Kiln, but the dating is a bit late, and we can't talk about the fifth generation." Cai Chihuang responded, "The main point of controversy is here."

"This... If it is from the late Five Dynasties to the early Northern Song Dynasty, there is no way to specifically determine it. Could it be that it is the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty?"

"That's right! However, the final conclusion is that the end of the Five Dynasties to the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty is more in line."

"I don't think there's any problem with this." Yu Yao lit a cigarette, "However, did no one raise any objections to Yue Kiln? After all, it seems that this kind of sky blue glaze has never been found in Yue Kiln, although According to the data, the Yue kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty had a blue glaze with a special color, but after all, there is no actual product handed down from generation to generation.”

"There really is! There is and only." Cai Chihuang said, "There is only one expert who not only insists that it is the end of the Five Dynasties, but also firmly disagrees that it is something from Yue Kiln!"

"Which kiln mouth does he think it is?"

"Yaozhou Kiln." Cai Chihuang introduced, "I heard that this expert was a little bit in the mood to fight the Confucians."

"Interesting." Yu Yao couldn't help praising this expert in his heart.

However, it is normal for most experts to object to the judgment that this celadon-glazed platform lamp is a Yaozhou kiln.

Because the Yaozhou kiln is a northern kiln mouth, the celadon in the north and the celadon in the south are different in glaze color.This may be related to the fact that northerners liked dark colors more in ancient times.

Most of the celadon from Yaozhou Kiln is olive green in color, this is one of them.

Second, there are many decorations on Yaozhou kilns, and most of them are carved with knives. The so-called "knife sees mud".

And this table lamp is made of azure glaze and has no decoration.

In terms of resemblance, the Ru kiln has a high degree of closeness, but still the same sentence, the Ru kiln is too late, and it is a product of the late Northern Song Dynasty.

The reason why Yu Yao admires this expert is because there are still many areas that need to be studied in Yaozhou Kiln.

Yaozhou kilns have been firing from the Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty to the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, but the level of craftsmanship is showing a declining trend.At the same time, Yaozhou Kiln was discovered very late, in the 80s of last century.So its research is not enough.Whether the Yaozhou kiln at the end of the Five Dynasties had azure glaze is uncertain, at least, this possibility cannot be ruled out.

Furthermore, even if the main color is olive green, it is not surprising that the color changes due to various reasons during the firing process, and the color similar to azure glaze appears.

The most important thing is that Yu Yao feels that this lamp is more like the style of northern kilns—although it is just a feeling.

That's why in Yu Yao's mind, he came up with such a bold speculation: This table lamp is very likely to be something from a firewood kiln!
However, firewood kilns have been confusing since ancient times, and assumptions are only assumptions after all.To further verify, at the very least, Yu Yao has to see the real thing.

"This expert has always insisted that it is the Yaozhou kiln at the end of the Five Dynasties?"

"I heard that he used the Yaozhou kiln as the basis for the debate; however, the final proposition is: don't clearly mark it as the Yue kiln, but only write about the celadon pots at the end of the Five Dynasties."

Yu Yao smiled lightly, "This proposition will definitely not pass the test, Tangtang Gardner, who can't judge the mouth of the celadon kiln, won't it make people laugh out loud if you say it?"

"Who says it's not! In the end, it was decided based on the opinions of most experts."

"By the way, who is this expert?"

"People told me that this kind of thing is taboo, and I didn't say who it is." Cai Chihuang coughed, "But, the same sentence, if you want to know, I will try my best to find out for you!"

"Thank you for your hard work." Yu Yao said, "I have returned to Hong Kong Island, I invite you."

"Are you sure you want to come?"

"Well, it was just decided."

"I understand." Cai Chihuang sighed, "It seems that besides the owner of the lamp and the expert, I have to inquire about a third matter."

"That's not necessary, I don't care if I sell it or not." Yu Yao thought for a while, "Does the preview end a few days before the auction?"

"This spring auction on Hong Kong Island is a bit special. There are only three days of preview, and it is three days before the official auction! It hasn't started yet!"

(End of this chapter)