Chapter 497

The most important thing, and what surprised Chu Chen most, was that this plum vase didn't have any money!

You know, Chu Chen can be sure that this plum vase is a Ming Dynasty official porcelain, no matter in terms of its shape, painter or fetal bone. However, a blue and white plum vase fired in the Ming Dynasty official kiln, which is also made of Su Mali green material, has no money recognition. This situation is very rare in the Ming Dynasty.

Only the period in Chu Chen's memory could have such a situation, and this period is the "blank period" that almost everyone in the ceramic industry knows something about.

After Xuande, Ming Dynasty experienced a series of political changes. During this period, the society was turbulent, foreign and internal conflicts were in succession, and the economy was depressed. The so-called blank period is the orthodox, Jingtai and Tianshun dynasties, which lasted for nearly 30 years.

In this case, the porcelain industry in the porcelain capital was greatly affected, and the firing of official porcelain was basically stopped. So far, in the handed down and unearthed wares, the age can be clearly determined, and Chu Chen has not seen the handed down porcelain with chronological money. Nevertheless, it can not be said that there is absolutely no such thing.

Because of this, there has not been a single official kiln porcelain in the handed down products, and all the porcelains are produced by folk kilns, so the academic circles have the names of "blank period" and "black three dynasties".

It is precisely because the porcelains of these three dynasties are all produced by folk kilns that many experts believe that there were no official kilns at that time.

However, Chu Chen also consulted relevant materials before, and learned from these documents that both official kilns and folk kilns were still firing in this period, although there were records of prohibition and reduction of firing.

However, because of the turbulence of the current situation, the porcelain of the kiln at that time did not write the year of the year. Compared with the previous dynasties and later generations, the craft characteristics and the style of the times were not very distinct, or even ambiguous, which created layers of fog for the current dating and appreciation, and the orthodox porcelain was particularly complicated.

The blue and white plum vase with dragon and phoenix patterns in front of him has a very clear feature of the blank period. If Chu Chen is not wrong, it is very similar to the porcelain of the orthodox period in terms of its craft features.

Thinking of this, Chu Chen's spirit was inspired. He took out a magnifying glass from his pocket and observed it carefully.

The body of the bottle is thick, the body is fine white and moist, the glaze color is white and blue, bright and transparent, and the degree of vitrification is high. The bottom foot is coated with white glaze, and the mouth edge is coated with sauce glaze. The blue and white hair color is rich and rusty, but it looks inferior to the hair color of Su maliqing in Xuande or Chenghua period.

In addition, the shape of this ware seems to have the style of Xuande period, but the bottom is not carefully repaired. We can see red marks of flint and bits of kiln slag sticking on the bottom. This should also be due to the social unrest at that time, which led to the decline of craftsmanship.

The painting of this bottle adopts the technique of one stroke stippling in the early Ming Dynasty. The brushwork is extensive, especially the center's brushwork, which has a very distinctive characteristics of the times. The picture is simple, the layout is sparse, and the space is large. Moreover, judging from the dragon and phoenix patterns on the plum vase, although the painting techniques are not as good as those in Xuande period, they are much more meticulous and exquisite than those in Jingtai period.

Finally, Chu Chen carefully observed some other characteristics, and thought that this blue and white plum vase should be an official porcelain in the blank period, and it was also a rare fine product fired in the orthodox period. However, he had never seen the official kiln porcelain in the orthodox period before, which was not 100% certain, so he used another power.

"Xiaochen, is this bottle real or fake?" Mi Jiaying saw Chu Chen put the plum vase back in place, and couldn't wait to ask.

"It's the real thing!" Chu Chen nodded for sure.

"Really?" Tao Jiahui was surprised at first, and then asked with some doubts: "what's the age of it? I've heard that most of the blue and white porcelain like this should be dated, right? Is this blue and white of the Yuan Dynasty? "

"Do you think if it's yuan blue and white, your friend will give it to you?" Mi Jiaying said with a sneer.

"It's the same here!" Tao Jiahui said with a smile.

Chuchen said with a smile: "generally speaking, except the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty, most of the blue and white porcelain were well-known. However, during the three periods from the Ming Dynasty to Tianshun, the firing of the official kilns was greatly affected by social unrest, and many of the porcelains in the past 30 years were not well-known."

"Xiaochen, do you mean that this bottle was produced at that time?" Tao Jiahui suddenly said.

"Yes, I think it was made during the orthodox years."

Chu Chen nodded and then asked, "sister Jiaying, do you have any plans for this plum vase?"

"If we can sell it, of course we will." Tao Jiahui said with a bitter smile, "look at our family now. What's the reason why we can't sell it?"

"You are such a wet blanket!"

Mi Jiaying complained, and then said to Chu Chen, "Xiao Chen, I can sell you things, but one thing is, you can't buy them at too high a price, otherwise we won't accept them!"

"Yes, yes!" Tao Jiahui also nodded and said: "Xiaochen, if you really recognize my brother-in-law, then give me a reasonable price."Seeing that, Chu Chen thought about it, and then said, "that's three million."

"How much?"

"Three million?"

Hearing Chu Chen's price, Tao Jiahui's family were all shocked. They didn't expect that this bottle could be worth so much money. The most important thing is that it was paid off, which made them feel incredible.

After a while, MI Jiaying came back and said, "Xiao Chen, don't cheat me. Although I don't know about antiques, I can still ask about the price."

Chuchen said with a bitter smile, "sister Jiaying, how can I cheat you?"

"That won't be so expensive, will it?" Mi Jiaying said with a frown.

Chu Chen explained, "have you forgotten what I said before? Because of the special social environment at that time, there were very few artifacts fired by the official kilns at that time, let alone the best of them. This plum vase was a fine blue and white porcelain fired at that time. Therefore, although this plum vase is no better than Xuande or Chenghua's blue and white porcelain in terms of workmanship, its rarity is more expensive, and three million is certainly not expensive. "

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, the family accepted some, but Mi Jiaying thought of another thing and said, "Xiao Chen, are you setting the market price now?"

Chuchen ha ha a smile, regarded as default.

Mi Jiaying shook her head and said, "this is your mistake. Don't think I don't understand it at all. The market price of antiques has only reference value. How can we buy and sell them at this price?"

Chuchen said with a smile: "sister Jiaying, listen to me. If something like this goes to the auction, it will be more valuable. I've made a lot of money. And according to the current antique market, in a few years, maybe this plum vase will be worth five or six million yuan. I'm afraid you'll regret it then! "

"You boy, how can the money in the future compare with that in the present? In any case, three million won't do! " Mi Jiaying was angry.

"It's a special time after all, and if master knows that I'm still pressing your price, he'll have to beat me. You don't want my ass to blossom, do you?"

Chuchen said pitifully that everyone was very happy.

"Xiao Chen, let me ask you a question. Are antiques as valuable as this bottle?" Tao Jiahui asked.

Chu Chen replied: "the prices of antiques in the past two years are indeed much higher than those in previous years, but if you want to say that they must be high, it's not necessary. The key is to judge the quality of things."

Tao Jiahui nodded and said, "well, I still have two antiques at home. Please help me to estimate the value. As for the price of this bottle, let's talk about it later. Do you think it's ok?"

Mi Jiaying heard some different opinions: "Jiahui, those two things are left to you by your father. You'd better not sell them!"

"Why not keep it? And when I see them, I think of the past. I'd better sell them! " With that, he went to the inner room.

After listening to the couple's conversation, Chu Chen and Wu Ke were a little confused, but it was someone else's family business. Although they were curious, they didn't ask.

But then, MI Jiaying told the story.

It turned out that Tao Jiahui's father was a drunkard with a bad temper. When he got drunk, he beat and scolded his mother and son. Tao Jiahui spent ten years in such a shadow.

Once, Tao Jiahui's father was drunk again, but this time, I don't know what he was mad about. He broke Tao Jiahui's arm. Tao Jiahui's mother couldn't stand it any more. When Tao Jiahui was a little better, she decided to divorce. Although Tao Jiahui's father refused, under the threat of the police, she could only agree.

Sometimes, it's just like this. People don't know how to cherish it until they lose it. It's the same with Tao Jiahui's father. When they get divorced, they find that the mother and son are good. But it's too late to regret it. Even if he really wants to get rid of his bad habits, Tao Jiahui's mother doesn't agree to remarry.

Before that, he had made numerous vows, but in the end, he went his own way, just like the wolf came and said too much, and in the end, people would not believe the same truth. In the end, he had to find someone else to form a new family.

The year before last, Tao Jiahui's father was terminally ill. Before he died, he left two antiques for Tao Jiahui. Originally, he didn't want them, but when he saw his father's pleading eyes, he couldn't bear to refuse and had to take them away.

But because of the shadow of his childhood, Tao Jiahui just looked at these two things, and they were put on the shelf by him all the time. If it wasn't for this plum vase, he would not have thought about it.

Originally, Chu Chen and Wu Ke were still wondering how Tao Jiahui thought of selling his father's legacy since the financial problem could be solved. After listening to MI Jiaying's story, they realized that it was the same thing.