Chapter 1005

It was because many of the guests at the scene had concerns about the blue and white cloud dragon pattern sunflower edge market in Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, and the black market was always true and false. Therefore, when the auctioneer announced the beginning of the auction, there were few respondents, and Chu Chen finally easily sold it for 80000 yuan.

Chu Chen went to swipe his card to pay for the auction. When he returned to his original position, Qiao Qingtai said with some worry: "Xiao Chu, I admit that this thing really looks like a genuine one, but you should also know that in the early Ming Dynasty, there were few porcelains that were lost in the official kilns

The reason why Qiao Qingtai said this is that the official kilns of Ming and Qing Dynasties, the capital of porcelain, were invested by the government and fired by its staff. The products were mainly provided for the emperor and the royal family, or used as sacrificial utensils in the Royal temples and gifts from the emperor. The quality requirements are self-evident.

Today, we can see that the handed down official porcelains are generally of fine quality and perfect workmanship. But behind these exquisite handed down products, it is at the cost of a large number of defective products.

As mentioned earlier, the proportion of superior imperial porcelain in Ming Dynasty official kilns is often "one in ten", or even "one in 100".

In addition to the difference in quality, the decoration methods and contents of the failed porcelains are completely the same. According to the regulations at that time, porcelain with double horn and five claw dragon pattern, yellow glaze and the date of the emperor were only used by the emperor and the royal family, and it was strictly forbidden to spread among the people.

Under the restriction of this system, in the early Ming Dynasty, from Hongwu to Jiajing, the way to deal with the failure of the imperial ware factory was to smash and bury the porcelain on the spot and not to leave the gate of the imperial ware factory. Among them, some of the surplus "American utensils" after the imperial burning and election mission were smashed because they were not allowed to flow into the people.

This has been proved in the process of contemporary archaeological excavation.

Therefore, it can be inferred that the official kiln porcelain in the early Ming Dynasty is almost impossible to be popular among the people, and because of the strict craftsmanship system in the early Ming Dynasty, the official kiln style is unlikely to be imitated in the folk kiln.

In addition to the blue and white porcelain, underglaze red platter, big bowl, Yongle porcelain and Xuande porcelain with western region style for Zheng He's voyages to the West and the emperor's reward porcelain, most of the official porcelains in this period are the Royal porcelains scattered from the palace.

The blue and white cloud dragon pattern and sunflower edge plate in Xuande period of Ming Dynasty obviously could not be included in these porcelains.

In fact, Qiao Qingtai doesn't feel worried if Chu Chen can spend more time on identification before he buys it. However, in addition to the identification time just two or three minutes, he is not allowed to use magnifying glass and other tools. In this case, Qiao Qingtai can't help worrying about whether Chu Chen is wrong.

Chu Chen opened the box with a large plate and said with a smile: "in the early Ming Dynasty, there were really very few porcelain which were not elected and spread among the people, but this does not mean that there were no porcelain. For example, in the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty, which had the most severe control over this issue, according to the history of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial ware factory stopped burning at the beginning of the orthodox period. In the third year of the orthodox period, it was announced that "it is forbidden to burn official Blue and white porcelain to sell everywhere, and to send it to the official's home. Those who violate it are being executed."

"It is not difficult to infer that during the shutdown of the official kilns three years ago, many people must have privately made blue and white wares of Xuande kilns of the former dynasty for sale, and some of the blue and white wares of Xuande official kilns must have been scattered from the imperial factory. If there had not been a climate, there would have been no need for such a ban at that time. "

"Moreover, since ancient times, there have been many people who took risks for money. Therefore, it is not unknown that porcelain which was not elected in the early Ming Dynasty was scattered among the people."

Qiao Qingtai listened to what Chu Chen said and nodded his head to show his approval. However, because of the time of appraisal, he still felt a little worried.

Chu Chen also understood Qiao Qingtai's idea. As he looked at the porcelain with a magnifying glass, he said with a smile: "Mr. Qiao, actually I have some experience in Xuande blue and white porcelain. Although the observation time was short before, I think the possibility of genuine porcelain is at least 80%. Now, I'm absolutely sure it's genuine."

"Oh

Qiao Qingtai's interest in hearing the words increased greatly. After Chu Chen put the things back, he quickly observed them carefully. After nearly ten minutes, he put the things back into the box with a long sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Xiao Chu, OK, you've picked them up and missed them. So knowledge is money!"

Chuchen waved his hand with a smile and humbly praised him.

Although this is a defective product, its value is not much cheaper than that of a perfect product, and in some people's eyes, its value may be higher.

This is because the blue and white plate, except for the wrong dragon claw painting, is the perfect embodiment of palace art in other aspects. On the other hand, Xuande's inferior porcelains are few and far away from the people. It's true that the rare is the most valuable. With these two points, the value of this blue and white plate can't be lower.

However, for Chu Chen, he was only concerned about the cultural and artistic value of the object. As for the market value, he didn't care much because he didn't intend to transfer it.

Things appear one by one, during which Chu Chen and Qiao Qingtai bid for several of their favorite pieces.When the auction came to an end, we saw the staff carrying out a bronze ware that looked like a small case. From a distance, the surface of the bronze ware was exquisitely decorated. If it was genuine, it could be regarded as a national treasure.

When the object appeared, Qiao Qingtai sat up straight, stared at the object tightly, and murmured, "yes, that's it! That's the bronze

See Qiao Qingtai some gaffe, Chu Chen quickly reminded him, so as not to make any mistakes.

Qiao Qingtai came back to his senses and gave a shy smile, but his eyes were still fixed on the bronze, as if he was afraid that it would disappear in the blink of an eye.

For Qiao Qingtai's performance, Chu Chen thinks it's quite normal, because the bronze ban is too rare.

The so-called "ban" actually refers to several cases, which are used as the holder of wine Zun during sacrifice or banquet. It is a unique artifact of the Zhou Dynasty.

According to "Yili. Shi Guanli", so it is called ban, and its meaning lies in abstinence from alcohol. It is not only used for drinking, but also for giving up drinking, some of which are like the advertisements on modern cigarette boxes that "smoking is harmful to health". It can be seen that the name of "ban" is related to the requirement of stabilizing the Zhou Dynasty.

Only in 2002 did six pieces of bronze ware be found, four of which were unearthed by Dang Yukun, the three thieves of the Republic of China. One of them is now in the U.S. and the other is in a museum in China. However, due to historical reasons, the bronze was smashed into dozens of pieces to make it a restorer.

The other two pieces, one of which was damaged and discarded during the excavation of Dang Yukun, have never been found. The other one was buried by Dang Yukun and many other cultural relics.

The remaining two bronzes, namely, those of the late spring and Autumn period and those of the Warring States period, are archaeological findings.

At this point, you should understand why Qiao Qingtai is so impolite.

In fact, Qiao Qingtai was not the only one. When many people saw the bronze forbidden, their faces were filled with wonder. When the auctioneer suggested that the interesting guests could come forward to observe, they all rushed over. If there were no staff to maintain order, they would have got into trouble.

Because of the limited time for observation, it was soon the turn of Chu Chen and Qiao Qingtai to observe the bronze ban. Finally, they basically judged that it should be a bronze made by the state of Chu, and also a work of the peak period of Chu bronze culture from the spring and Autumn period to the Warring States period. This also made the bronze ban more precious.

China's Bronze Age has experienced about 1500 years, during which there are two peaks. One is in the Shang Dynasty, represented by the bronzes left by Wu Ding's wife, Fu Hao, who is the king of Shang Dynasty.

The other was in the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, represented by the bronzes of the state of Chu. At this time, a new casting process system appeared, breaking the situation of casting bronzes by a single method. From this, China's bronze culture will be more brilliant.

The bronzes of Chu state are characterized by richness and density. Specifically speaking, it is to cast three-dimensional animal images, hollow decoration and fine patterns on the bronzes. The process system of Chu bronzes not only maintained the standard casting, but also developed the methods of wax loss, casting inlay, separate casting, inlay, welding and so on.

It is the lost wax casting technology that is closely related to the aesthetic taste of Chu people and can express the rich and dense aesthetic style to the extreme.

During the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, the lost wax casting technology was only found in Chu, which means that the lost wax casting technology only spread in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River from the 7th century BC to the 5th century BC. This bronze is a model of lost wax casting technology.

We can see that the bronze forbidden plane is like a small strip table, and the height is like a small Kang Table. On the four sides, it is surrounded by multi-layer openwork pan Cobra patterns. The three layers of Pan Cobra patterns are nested and overlapped inside and outside, forming a detailed and complex visual effect.

Throughout the whole ware, it can be said that it is magnificent and solemn, exquisitely decorated, and the overall situation is in order. The combination of the grand shape and the complicated visual effect makes the viewer dazzled and shocked, just like a dream.

Reluctantly back to his seat, Qiao Qingtai said to Chu Chen, "little Chu, we should ban this bronze to be photographed anyway, otherwise it will fall into other people's hands. In case of any problem, it will be a huge loss to our country's cultural heritage circles."

Chu Chen solemnly said: "Qiao Lao, you can rest assured that I will not let this national treasure fall into other people's hands!"

Qiao Qingtai nodded happily, and then he and Chu Chen discussed the strategy used in the auction in a low voice. After all, it's a black market auction. It's better to pay attention to the bidding strategy than the regular auction.

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