Master descends to earth

Chapter 170 The feeling of passing 100 million

"That year when I was studying business, no one distributed books, and no one gave special lectures. It all depended on my own intentions. The shopkeeper had to stand aside and listen with his ears up when he talked about business, antiques, and chatting with customers."

Speaking of which, the old man raised his left hand and jokingly said: "Once I lit a cigarette for the old man, I was so fascinated by the sound that the whole matchbox was burnt, and I didn't dare to throw away the burnt fingers. Missing half a piece of meat is unforgettable!"

Lu Chenglong standing next to him stood up, filled the old man with tea, and said with a smile: "I also heard that the master used to gather everyone together to take a cultural relic from the shelf to test the eyesight of the old man, and asked everyone to put the name of the age, etc. Write it to him. If you’re right, let’s boast: You didn’t eat in vain! If you’re wrong, say: You ate in vain!”

The three of them laughed, Mr. Geng recalled the past, and said with deep emotion: "A loss is a blessing, don't underestimate the dirty work, paying attention everywhere is knowledge."

"Inventory, checkout, changes in accounts, and item numbers in the store are all good opportunities to get in touch with cultural relics. Especially cleaning, wiping cultural relics, moving, and experiencing the feel of various cultural relics. Now an official kiln can cost hundreds of dollars. Ten million, think about the thousands of treasures in the warehouse..."

Su Yuan smiled and said nothing. The older generation judged that everyone was hardworking and studious on the one hand, and they should also be grateful for the good time.A large number of cultural relics liberated in the Republic of China flowed into the people, and treasures that were only played by emperors and princes before had the opportunity to see them, which can be called the golden age.

Including Ma Weidu, who opened the first private museum, it is also because of catching up with the good times that it has achieved its current achievements. Of course, personal efforts are also indispensable.

"If you want to talk about your master, you must be called a master of porcelain!" Mr. Geng said solemnly: "During the work in the Palace Museum, once Mr. Sun put together Song Dynasty official kiln, Ge kiln, Ru kiln porcelain and many imitations of Ming and Qing Dynasties. , he turned his back, others messed up the order of placement, then he closed his eyes, turned around, only touched with his hands, and he made sure what he said."

"There are very few unearthed porcelains from tombs in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, even fewer with dates, and the shape does not have a relatively fixed standard like the Tang, Song and earlier porcelains."

"The Ming and Qing dynasties were not long, and the varieties of porcelain were complicated and continuous. Therefore, the identification of Ming and Qing porcelains has its own particularity, and it is very difficult to accurately date them."

"Mr. Sun used the official kiln porcelain with year marks in the Ming and Qing Dynasties as standard wares, and compared the characteristics of different times in different dynasties. After research and induction, he referred the authentication to the theoretical high-tech and then used it to guide the appraisal practice. It laid the foundation for the scientific identification of Ming and Qing porcelains, and it deserves to be No.1!"

"Although Mr. Sun's family is rich, his life is very simple. He wears plain clothes on weekdays, and his three meals a day are extremely simple. He only eats two taels of pork head meat every week."

"I still remember that every year during the Spring Festival, I make candied haws for the children by myself. But in order to buy the peerless treasure Chengdai Doucai Sanqiu Cup, a throw of 40 gold bars was the best eight-in and eight-out yard in the capital at that time. .”

Speaking of this, the old man stood up slowly, picked up the walking stick, took Su Yuan's hand, and said kindly: "Go, I'll take you to see it."

Su Yuan hurriedly supported the old man, and walked slowly towards the porcelain warehouse. It is a rare opportunity to enter the treasure house of the Forbidden City, and this trip is definitely worthwhile.

When he came to the warehouse, Lu Chenglong opened the safe, and Su Yuan looked at the dazzling array of treasures, took a deep breath, and any one of them would cost tens of millions, the ultimate treasure that all collectors dream of.

"At that time, Mr. Sun donated more than 2000 pieces of ceramics, ranging from famous kilns in Jin, Tang, Song, and Yuan dynasties to JDZ imperial kiln porcelain in Ming and Qing dynasties. Precious."

After finishing speaking, he signaled Lu Chenglong to take out a small brocade box, opened it carefully, and showed it: "This is the legendary Ming Chenghua Doucai Sanqiu Cup. There are two of them in pairs. They rank first among all donated ceramics. The entire Forbidden City Only one!"

Su Yuan quickly put on his gloves, picked them up carefully, and studied them carefully.The mouth is skimmed, the belly is deep, the bottom is thin, the foot is circled, and the inside of the cup is plain without decoration.

The outer wall is painted with two groups of doucai mountain stone flower patterns, with flying butterflies in between.The blue and white hair color is light and elegant, and the overglaze colors are red, yellow, purple and so on.

The purple color used on the butterfly wings is the famous colorful purple color, which is characterized by a thick and dull color, which is unique to Chenghua fighting colors, and the imitations of later generations can't match it.

The shape is light and graceful, the carcass is as thin as a cicada's wing, the color is light and elegant, and the painting is fresh.In particular, the colorful butterflies flying among the flowers and plants are lifelike.

Mr. Geng said with a smile: "Chenghua Doucai is notoriously thin, how thin is it? If you hold the porcelain in your hand, you can see your fingerprints clearly from the back."

"The most special thing is the purple color applied on the wings of the butterfly. The color is like red iron. Although it is gorgeous, the surface is dry and dull. This is precisely the unique feature of Chenghua Doucai. Even the three generations of Kang, Yong, and Gan can't imitate it for a hundred years."

Su Yuan nodded. In fact, another important reason why later generations cannot imitate Chenghua Doucai is fetal soil.At that time, the fighting color was fired with JDZ hemp warehouse soil, and the carcass formed a unique tooth-yellow color. This kind of raw material had been used up in the early years of Hongzhi, and we could only look forward to porcelain.

When I opened the base, I saw the famous Chenghua year system of Ming Dynasty, with fat fonts, thick strokes, softness and rigidity, strong and powerful, giving people a feeling that clumsiness is better than ingenuity, and clumsiness wins.

"The base style of Chenghua porcelain is very different from that of Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is very casual and naive, contrary to the rigorous atmosphere. At first glance, it looks like a child's writing, so it is also called the baby style."

"Mr. Sun specially made up a jingle: the big characters are pointed and round, the head is not high, and the characters are straight and straight.

The character-making clothes are less horizontal and more knife-like.Tomorrow, Zhai Pingnian should be enlightened, and the words are three nods, shoulders and waists. "

Su Yuan put down the three-autumn cup, either in elegant or rich colors, to describe the wild scenery of the countryside in autumn. The lines of the decorative painting are simple, just like a beautiful picture, full of natural flavor and life interest.

Because the autumn lasted for three months, there is another saying of three autumns, so the cup is given the elegant name of three autumns.

In 1949, Qiu Yanzhi, a great Hong Kong collector, picked a big leak and bought a pair of Chenghua Doucai chicken cups for more than 1000 Hong Kong dollars, which has become a good story in the Tibetan circle.

One of them was sold for 1999 million Hong Kong dollars at Sotheby's auction in 2917, setting a new record for the sky-high price of the year, and Chenghua Doucai also became famous.

To give another example, a defective Chenghua Doucai Tianzi Jar was also auctioned in London in 2001 for a high price of 1130 million.

However, whether it is a chicken bowl cup or a Tianzi pot, the number of existing ones is not too small. There are more than 20 pieces of chicken bowl cups in the Forbidden City.However, there is only one pair of Sanqiu cups in the world, and there is no other pair. It can be called the treasure of the Palace Museum.

Someone estimated at least one billion dollars!
Mr. Geng took out another thing and showed it: "This is a green-glazed string-shaped vase from Ge Kiln, which is also a first-class cultural relic. It is comparable to the Kuikou Dapan. It will be exhibited together next month."

"This is the Ding Kiln lotus dish, the largest in size..."

"The official kiln sunflower petal wash is also a first-class cultural relic..."

"Yongle blue and white bowls with intertwined branches are rare to be paired, and they are hard to come by..."

Every piece of top quality official kiln made Su Yuan very addicted. In just over half an hour, if estimated according to the auction price, it would be worth 100 billion yuan!

(End of this chapter)