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Chapter 169 Bionic Porcelain

Chapter 169. Bionic Porcelain

No one in sight!

At this moment, Ren Ping's posture can only be summed up in these four words. Such a person is either ignorant or fearless, or has hidden tricks, so he has absolute confidence.

You Zhengxing stared at him coldly, feeling that he disgusted him more than his father Ren Junnan, so he narrowed his eyes slightly:

"A mere [-] yuan is really worthless, but I don't know what kind of treasure Mr. Ren bought here?"

As he spoke, he looked at the weird fruit plate in front of him.

I saw that the shape of this thing is not very strange, it is just an ordinary round bottom plate, the edge is in the shape of lotus petals, and the decoration on the surface of the plate is an autumn intention of a pond.

Swipe casually, but the several colors of melons and fruits on it are full of color and luster, crystal clear, which makes people salivate.

"Is this a piece of lacquerware?"

Seeing that the glaze color of this fruit bowl is too bright, closer to the lacquer surface, a Tiangong Street merchant couldn't help saying.

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he knew that they were not at odds with each other. It was clearly agreed that both parties would use ten pieces of porcelain each, and Ren Ping was the one who made the rules. How could he not be able to tell the difference between porcelain and lacquerware?

However, no matter how you look at it, it looks more like a piece of wooden lacquerware.

The rest of the people were also puzzled, but without Ren Ping's consent, they couldn't just take it up.

You Zhengxing snorted, and said sarcastically:
"Mr. Ren can't be distressed about things, so he bought a piece of lacquerware that won't break to fool people, right?"

Ren Ping ignored him, just waved his hand and made a gesture of please feel free to palm your eyes.

Qu Zhinong got impatient for a long time, held the bottom with his right hand, picked up the fruit plate, and when he was about to take out the fruit inside, his eyebrows twitched suddenly, as if he was very surprised.

Touching it around again, I couldn't help shaking my head and laughing.

"How about it, President Qu, is this porcelain or lacquerware?"

Seeing that his application was weird, the crowd urged him to ask.

Qu Zhinong smiled slightly: "Of course it's porcelain, but it's just a piece of bionic porcelain."

"What? Bionic porcelain?"

Everyone was stunned when they first heard it, and then several people took it one after another, and now they naturally looked more carefully, the hands were quite heavy, and the handle felt slightly cold, it was undoubtedly porcelain.

The fruits above are not real, but porcelain shapes connected to the fruit plate.

As for the bright color that looked like lacquer just now, it was obviously calcined through a special process, the purpose of which was to create a visual effect that would make people mistake it for lacquerware.

Everyone's faces showed such a sudden expression, and they started talking about it because of their excitement.

At this time, Ping'er, who was standing far away, showed doubts:

"What is bionic porcelain? Why have you never heard of it?"

"This is different from ordinary porcelain, and it is rare. No wonder you don't know,"

The mixed-race beauty smiled:
"Bionic porcelain, also known as Xiangsheng porcelain, is a kind of porcelain that is not practical and is only for fun and entertainment. This kind of thing can be traced back to the pottery of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but it was really popular in the Qing Dynasty,"

"Because of the maturity of porcelain making skills, porcelain can be made into various complex shapes, and various rich glazes can be applied, not just ordinary shapes such as cups, plates, bowls, etc.,"

"For example, vegetables, fruits, rattan wooden furniture, etc., and more complex ones can even be made into animals, characters, landscape potted plants, etc., which look lifelike and realistic,"

"The fruit plate like this is made of wooden lacquerware with fruit shapes. Although it is not very complicated, the appearance is good and most people can't tell it at first glance."

Ping'er nodded and laughed suddenly:

"Miss, I used to think that you were a bit of an idler. You were forced by your wife to learn these things. I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable."

"Bullshit, this is not a cold knowledge in the industry, how can we talk about extensive knowledge?"

The mixed-race beauty glared at her, but a complacent expression still appeared on her face.

"In Miss's opinion, how much is this stuff worth?"

"Well, it's hard to say. I haven't personally seen it. The exact value depends on which kiln entrance it belongs to."

While the two were muttering in the distance, all the shopkeepers on Tiangong Street over there had already looked at the fruit plate again and again, and they were full of praise in their words.

Especially the shapes of those fruits, not only are they vivid and lifelike, but many of the textures and glaze colors on them are also very fine, with almost no flaws, no wonder they didn't see it.

As for the value, this kind of porcelain is rare in the world and in auction houses, and there is no reference, but if you can find it in Tiangong Street, it is definitely a miss.

"Mr. Ren, may I ask how much you paid for this thing?"

"One hundred thousand."

"How many?"

"One hundred thousand." Ren Ping repeated it again.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking that this had already surpassed You Zhengxing's crafted porcelain, but at most it was Ren Ping's bid, and the real value could not be based on this.

Sure enough, You Zhengxing on the opposite side let out a hey when he heard it:
"A piece of bionic porcelain is nothing more than a piece of elegant porcelain. For mainstream porcelain, you have to look at the fine and famous kilns of the past dynasties. That is the real treasure,"

"Furthermore, Mr. Ren is sure that this thing is worth [-] yuan? Which shop did you buy it from? Do you want to be an uncle to seek justice for you?"

The implication is that I don't think this piece of bionic porcelain is worth the price.

Ren Ping didn't argue, just smiled:

"Mr. You is right. This kind of bionic porcelain is just a plaything for fun and enjoyment. It has not been high-quality from the beginning, and it cannot be compared with real porcelain treasures,"

"Hmph, so you know it too."

"However, Mr. You also said just now that the mainstream porcelain depends on the fine and famous kilns of the past dynasties,"

Ren Ping then looked at Qu Zhinong:
"President Qu, please tell everyone, when and which kiln did this thing come from?"

Qu Zhinong had studied it carefully for a long time just now, and he had already figured it out, so he paused:
"This lotus pond famille rose fruit bionic porcelain, from the late Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, belongs to Tang kiln porcelain."

"What? Tang Kiln?"

You Zhengxing was taken aback for a moment, as if he remembered something.

The rest of the people were also quite surprised. In the thousands of years of Chinese porcelain making history, countless kilns have appeared, such as the most famous five official kilns in the Song Dynasty, Longquan Kiln and JDZ Kiln in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Everyone in the industry is unknown.

This Tang kiln is quite small, but there are quite a few people who know it.

It is said that during the period from Yongzheng to Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, there was a famous pottery supervisor named Tang Ying.

The so-called supervisor of pottery is an official appointed by the Qing Dynasty to supervise the manufacture of imperial porcelain in JDZ. Among them, Tang Ying is the most famous.

According to legend, he stayed in this official position for more than 30 years, and went through the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties. Because he ate, lived and worked with the workers in the JDZ all the year round, his porcelain making skills were very exquisite.

At first, he supervised the production of common official kiln porcelain in JDZ. In the last years of Yongzheng, bionic porcelain began to rise, so he also made some and enshrined it together with the imperial court.

When Emperor Qianlong came to power, Tang Ying and JDZ official kilns were ordered to supervise the construction because of their love for this kind of novel porcelain.

At that time, it was the heyday of the Qing Dynasty. Every year, the Qing government allocated a lot of funds to JDZ for making porcelain. It is said that about 1 Lianghui were specially allocated for the production of bionic porcelain.

As a result, bionic porcelain has become a category that cannot be ignored in Qing Dynasty porcelain, and because Tang Ying has made great contributions to this type of porcelain, most of the fine works are also produced by him, becoming a representative figure.

Nowadays, when talking about Tang kiln, it refers to the porcelain he made when he was a pottery supervisor in JDZ.

Although it is not as famous as other famous kilns, Tang kiln porcelain is definitely the dominant one in the category of bionic porcelain, and all other kilns combined cannot compare with it.

After the Tang kiln, many folk kilns also made bionic porcelain, but the exquisite craftsmanship and rich variety cannot compare with it.

Everyone thought that although this piece of bionic porcelain was rare, it was probably produced by an unknown kiln, but unexpectedly it was a Tang kiln. So it seems that it was at least made during the Qianlong period?

Hearing what Qu Zhinong said, You Zhengxing's heart was shaken, and he immediately took the fruit plate over to examine it carefully.

Bionic porcelain is different from ordinary porcelain. It is generally not signed, and there are no inscriptions or marks to identify it. However, judging from the glaze color of this fruit plate and the freehand brushwork of the autumn scene on the pond, it does look like Tang kiln porcelain.

There is only one doubt, and that is the shape.

"Although this fruit plate is exquisite, its shape is too mediocre. It is not like the refinement, ingenuity, specialness, and oddity that Emperor Qianlong pursued. It is usually in vivid styles such as melons, fruits and vines."

"There are many high-quality porcelain in the fruit plate. Wouldn't it be superfluous to make bionic porcelain in this way? How could Emperor Qianlong, who has always been pretentious, like it?"

As he spoke, he looked at Qu Zhinong.

Qu Zhinong shook his head: "Mr. You just listened to the errand. What I said was made in the late Yongzheng period, not the Qianlong period."

"What's the difference?"

"It's a big difference,"

Ren Ping on the side said, "Qianlong was so novel, but Yongzheng was so moderate. He didn't like those deviant things."

"Besides, bionic porcelain was not yet popular in Yongzheng period, and the styles tended to be conservative. The styles you mentioned that escaped from the conventional porcelain were only available in the Qianlong period. Of course, this one is not."

"That's all? I thought you had some strange insights?"

"In addition, of course, although the style is bionic porcelain, the other glaze colors and patterns are still popular during the Yongzheng period. Don't say that you can't tell the difference."

You Zhengxing had nothing to say for a while, and after all the merchants confirmed that it was undoubtedly made during the Yongzheng period, he snorted:
"Let's talk nonsense, I don't see the most annoying, how much is it worth, you tell me the number!"

After discussing with everyone, Qu Zhinonghui held out a finger.

Of course, the meaning of this finger cannot be as simple as only one hundred thousand, otherwise it would not be considered a mistake. You Zhengxing's eyelids twitched:
"100?"

"No, this is the recent auction price of a similar Tang kiln bionic porcelain. This one is not worth that much, it's probably 50 yuan at a [-]% discount."

As he spoke, he spread the remaining four fingers and looked at Ren Ping.

Ren Ping nodded, expressing no objection.

You Zhengxing's face was very ugly, he thought that no matter 100 million or 50, it was much more expensive than his [-] piece of craft porcelain. lose.

His eyes narrowed slightly at the moment: "Okay, you win the first round, and we will compete again."

"Wait a minute."

"What?" You Zhengxing raised his eyebrows.

"Mr. You seems to have forgotten the rules we just agreed upon."

Ren Ping said calmly.

(End of this chapter)