Chapter 873

After lunch, the party followed Zhao Xueyi to his room. As Uncle Wu said before, Zhao Xueyi's room is an ordinary business room. Although the decoration is also very luxurious, it is much inferior to Chu Chen's.

After entering the room, Zhao Xueyi wanted to pour a cup of tea for everyone. Zhu Dafu waved with a smile and said, "take out the things quickly, we will pour the tea ourselves..."

As for being so anxious Zhao Xueyi laughs and doesn't make fun of Zhu Dafu, because he is in a hurry and is not much better than Zhu Dafu.

As soon as Zhao Xueyi took out a brocade box from the safe in the room and put it on the table, Zhu Dafu could not wait to open the lid of the box, and a multicolored vase with a diameter of about 10 cm appeared in front of everyone.

Huagu is a kind of display porcelain imitating bronze ware. It began in the Yuan Dynasty and was mainly popular during the period from Wanli in Jiajing of Ming Dynasty to Qianlong of Qing Dynasty. In addition to the display, the early Huagu was mostly used for arranging flowers in halls. Therefore, the general type of Huagu is relatively large.

But in front of me, the flower Gu is so small and exquisite, simple and elegant, but the carcass has a heavy and firm flavor, which can be described as the essence of the detail of small utensils.

The outer wall of the instrument is painted with a week's Ganoderma lucidum, and one side of it is written with a horizontal section of regular script of "the Wanli year system of the Ming Dynasty" in the frame on both sides. From top to bottom, the Gu is decorated with six layers of patterns, mainly blue and white colorful flower baskets. It is elegant and dignified, showing exquisite charm. The bottom is flat and unglazed.

Its color style is bold, gorgeous, rich in color and variety. The red color is elegant and deep, just like the color of jujube skin. It is a typical Wanli feature. The green color is thick, moist and emerald. It has a thick texture. It is not like the floating and gloomy imitation of the late Qing Dynasty. The yellow color is bright and not vulgar, just like gold foil. The brushwork is childish and lovely. The colors match well and reflect each other. It has its own rough style of Wanli period.

During the reign of Wanli, there were various styles and sizes of porcelain goblets. Most of them were magnificent works, including blue and white and multicolored ones. However, although they were small in size, they were extremely skillful and exquisitely carved. Before that, some of you had never met them.

Such works are rare among the numerous Wanli five color porcelain.

But this is for the real thing. As soon as Chu Chen and Wu Shu started working on this small vase, they felt something was wrong. They looked at it carefully and observed it with a high-power magnifying glass. Finally, they all sighed to themselves.

Finally, when Chu Chen finished reading, Zhao Xueyi said with a smile, "everyone, how about this thing, isn't it good?"

Zhu Dafu took a look at his mouth, frowned and said, "Lao Zhao, I didn't mean to pick this thing on purpose. What's the matter with me? I feel that something is wrong with this thing!"

Hearing this, Zhao Xueyi was not happy: "Lao Zhu, this is not right. How can there be a problem with such a good thing? What's more, what's the problem? "

Zhu Dafu spread out his hand and said, "I just don't feel right. I really don't see any specific problems. Besides, I only specialize in jade and porcelain. I have to ask Lao Wu and Xiao Chen! "

At the end of the speech, Zhao Xueyi looked at Wu Shu and Chu Chen. They looked at each other. Then Wu Shu said, "Lao Zhao, my opinion is the same as Lao Zhu's, but it's not the feeling, but there's something wrong with this thing."

If Zhu Dafu was wrong, Zhao Xueyi would mutter in his heart, but he still believed his own judgment. But even Wu Shu said so, and his mood immediately began to panic. However, he looked at the little flower Gu in front of him. No matter what, he could not see the problem, so he looked at Chu Chen again.

Although Chu Chen also hoped that this small flower Gu was genuine, reality was reality, and he could only shake his head regretfully.

Chu Chen's response was a blow to Zhao Xueyi. He patted his forehead and said in dismay: "how can this thing be a fake?"

As soon as the voice fell, Uncle Wu began to say, "Lao Zhao, I'll correct you a little bit. This is an imitation, not a fake."

"Imitation?" Zhao Xueyi was a little stunned, and then some surprised asked: "is this a copy of the Kangxi period?"

"Come on, how can it be imitated in Kangxi period?"

Uncle Wu shook his head with a smile: "look at its style. It doesn't have the style of Kangxi period. How can it be imitated at that time?"

Zhao Xueyi smiles when he hears Yan Shan. He also knows that his question is a bit silly. If it was copied in the Kangxi period, he can't see it. Then he immediately asks, "when was it imitated? It seems that the imitations in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China can't be so excellent? "

Uncle Wu replied, "Lao Zhao, you won't forget that the Wanli multicolours imitated by modern island countries are very famous!"

The famous Wanli multicolor has always been the object of imitation in later generations. In the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, there were many kinds of Wanli multicolor utensils, and the characters had the charm of the Kangxi Dynasty.

In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, a large number of Ming Wanli multicolored porcelains were imitated.In modern times, Wanli's five colors imitated by the island states were transparent, blue and white and colorful, but the style, tone and glaze of Wanli's imitations were almost the same as those of Wanli's utensils.

"You mean it's an island imitation?" Zhao Xueyi was a little surprised at Uncle Wu's reply. He looked left and right, then muttered: "it doesn't look like it! It's much better than an island replica, isn't it? "

Uncle Wu said with a smile: "if you look at it carefully, although this vase is much better than the previous Island imitation, its basic characteristics are still the same. The carcass is too transparent and the hair color is too bright, but the formula should be improved by the imitator. Therefore, it doesn't look as obvious as the previous imitation."

After listening to Uncle Wu's words, when Zhao Xueyi looked at the replica in front of him, he felt more and more that it was probably an imitation made by modern island countries.

However, Zhao Xueyi immediately responded and said, "Lao Wu, I was almost confused by you. You said that this thing is an imitation of the island country, but no matter how I feel, the island country is unlikely to imitate to this level. What you said is that the carcass is too transparent and the hair color is too bright. These two points are too subjective. Now we don't have a real reference. I think they are far fetched ！”

Seeing that Zhao Xueyi didn't give up, Uncle Wu said, "well, if you don't mention these two points, let's talk about the cow hair pattern..."

Before Uncle Wu could say it back, Zhao Xueyi snatched the words and said, "wait! When you say that, I can't help but think of it. No matter how much you say, the cow hair pattern of this goblet should be formed naturally! Can you make this kind of natural effect by rubbing the glaze with cattle hide and sand? And it's also very natural! "

The more he said it, the more excited Zhao Xueyi was, because he felt that in any case, the cattle hair pattern and the slurry on the flower Gu could not be forged artificially. Since it was formed naturally, could this flower Gu be a genuine one?

Wu Shuhei said with a smile: "it's an old method to wipe the glaze with cattle hide and sand. Now it's all high-tech. if you wipe it with a kind of abrasive cotton, you can see the effect of using fake to confuse the real. As for the slurry, as long as you rub a layer of inorganic Baker glaze and play for a month, you can hide it from the sky and cross the sea. Ordinary collectors can't see it at all."

"Really? Is it so high-tech now? " The information revealed by Uncle Wu's words, not to mention Zhao Xueyi, surprised even Zhu Dafu.

Uncle Wu shrugged his shoulders and said, "of course, can I cheat you? You think it's natural. It can only cheat ordinary people. I'll tell you a little, and you'll understand. "

"What?"

"It's very simple. It's porcelain from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Don't you think the coating is not in place?"

After listening to Uncle Wu's explanation, Zhao Xueyi and Zhu Dafu immediately realized that the formation of Baojiang takes time. In other words, what kind of Baojiang was formed in what age, and what kind of Baojiang was put on the table for a month, may have been very natural in the eyes of ordinary collectors, but obviously it can't deceive senior collectors.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xueyi and Zhu Dafu look at the obviously inadequate Baojiang on the vase, and they feel a little blushed. Although they are not very proficient in porcelain, they can't see the authenticity of Baojiang, so they don't say much about the past.

Seeing this, Uncle Wu waved his hand with a smile and said, "you don't have to do this. In fact, the one who made Baojiang is also a great master. The Baojiang on it should have been dealt with in some special way, so it looks very similar to the real Baojiang, but the fake Baojiang can't be true. That's why Lao Zhu feels wrong."

Zhao Xueyi sniffed Yan and said with a bitter smile: "after all, I have the most clumsy eyes among those present!"

Zhu Dafu comforted with a smile: "Lao Zhao, don't be discouraged. After all, this is not the direction you mainly study."

"The way is one foot high, the devil is one foot high!"

Zhao Xueyi breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to spit out all the depression in his heart. However, he immediately thought of another question: "I said Lao Wu, you said about Baojiang, what about the ox hair pattern? How can you tell if it's true or not? "

"Let Xiao Chen tell you about it." With a smile, Uncle Wu pushed the matter to Chu Chen, who drank tea slowly.

Chu Chen cleared his throat and explained: "in fact, the reason is simple. Although this thing is made by the most advanced method, this method is only to make very fine cattle hair patterns. Many natural traces are irregular cattle hair patterns with different depths and directions. If you use a magnifying glass to observe them carefully, you can still find the flaws."