Golden Eye

"...The tires of Ru Kiln are incense gray tires, and there is no so-called fine and white tire quality. As for powdery white, it often appears on the cross-section of the nail marks. The reason is that when firing, the white crucible soil on the gasket The tips of the conical nails made were broken inside when the utensils and kiln furniture were separated after leaving the kiln, which belongs to the characteristics of Ru kiln nail marks. White is not the color of the body, nor is it a kind of cosmetic soil. There are also some Ru kilns The place where the tire is exposed will have orange red? Earthy yellow? And other colors, the reason also comes from the kiln and soil, not the color of the tire itself.”

"Uh... the color..."

"Xiaoxuan, you just need to remember the texture. As for the color, just let Qianyi help you." Gu Zhuozeng laughed and made fun of him.

Xuan Ning responded with a pursed smile, without any change in his complexion.His mind was sinking in his head, right there, a piece of broken porcelain from Ru kiln was impressively visible.

Of course, broken porcelain alone is of no help in verifying the nail marks, but it allows Xuan Ning to see the glaze color and fetal quality, which he carefully noted down.

Seeing that he was serious, Gu Zhuozeng said again: "I want you to learn to study porcelain pieces, because through porcelain pieces, you can often grasp the body of ancient porcelain most clearly and intuitively. Whether it is the thickness of the body, the color, the state of the pores, The state of particles, the purity of tire quality, the status of impurities, water absorption and hardness, etc., are all very important information.”

"Well, I understand, Master." Xuan Ning made inferences, "Because the information of these vessels will vary in different eras and different kilns, so it can be used in the appraisal. And the details that are not easy to see in the whole porcelain, It’s best captured on broken china, right?”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Gu Zhuo was very satisfied with him. "The whole vessel is often covered by the glaze layer, which can only be judged by the contact points at the bottom of the porcelain, or the places where the glaze leaks or shrinks. But judging from this, What you get is often wrong information. Sometimes it is makeup soil, sometimes it is oxide layer, etc. It is difficult to find out the real tire color. Just like what I just said about the incense ash tire, you can only understand it from the broken porcelain. He paused before continuing, "Even though you can't see Xiaoxuan, the experience gained from the broken porcelain is no less than that from the whole vessel."

After sorting out what Gu Zhuozeng said just now, Xuan Ning thought for a while before continuing to ask: "The rust and soil ooze of the unearthed porcelain..."

"Huh? Do you have any questions about this?" Gu Zhuo Zeng was very good at persuading.

"I borrowed a book from the library that day. Brother Lin read some to me. He said that the rust on the clay porcelain is very difficult to remove and is very hard. Tuqin can see clearly with a high-power magnifying glass..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Mr. Gu, "Wrong! Big mistake! What a broken book! The two situations you mentioned! Humph, it's just nonsense! In fact, there will be these two The characteristics are often not the real ones, but the result of modern forgery and unearthed ancient porcelain tricks.”

"what?"

"Let's talk about soil rust first. Yellow soil, pigments, and superglue are usually used to mix and coat utensils. Modern glue works, even if it is boiled in boiling water, it can be scratched with a very sharp knife. That's why It is said that it is difficult to remove. But it is not difficult to remove the rust of many real unearthed porcelains. Of course, we cannot easily draw this conclusion, because there are also some authentic unearthed products that cannot be removed from the soil rust, but There must be a difference between artificial soil rust and real soil rust, and it cannot be simply demonstrated from this aspect."

"What about Tuqin?"

"Haha, it's even more important to talk about it!" Gu Zhuozeng raised his white eyebrows and twirled his fingers a few times, "Actually, even if you don't ask about this, I will teach you about it in a while."

Xuan Ning tilted his head, and his heart moved: "Is there a way to fake it?"

"That's right, the so-called soil Qin is the adhesion or infiltration on the old glaze. The dense bubbles under the high-power magnifying glass are made by using strong acid, such as aqua regia, and using high-pressure infiltration technology. Similar technology also includes emerald. The C product is to color those artificially dyed jadeites. Think about it Xiaoxuan, the hardness of jadeite is much harder than the glazed surface, and it can get the pigment in, let alone the glazed surface? It is not difficult to get soil into the glaze bubble."

"Oh, I understand." Xuan Ning nodded to mark it down.

Gu Zhuozeng said again: "These two methods of counterfeiting are not very clever, and they have been very common in recent years, but most of them are used in low-to-medium imitations, and quite a few are fooled. Some time ago, I researched The well-known experts of the Institute were also fooled. Seeing Tuqin under a high-power magnifying glass, he got his eyes punched twice. Fortunately, he did not spend much money. Xiaoxuan, you are lacking in this kind of purely relying on eyesight That’s for sure. For objects that need to be identified from their patterns, such as five colors, bucket colors, and the porcelain paintings I told you, you need to ask Qianyi to help you. But I think, he I’d love to be your eyes, don’t you think that’s the reason?”

The smile in his voice clearly indicated that he knew about his relationship with Lin Qianyi. Although he was embarrassed, Xuan Ning quickly answered calmly when he was learning appreciation: "Yes."

Gu Zhuozeng smiled until his eyes narrowed into two lines: "Hehe... By the way, I will test you by the way. Xiao Xuan still remembers what is said about the Baixiang picture in the porcelain painting?"

"Remember, I've memorized it all." Xuan Ning recited it silently, without discounting at all, "There is a world in Changchun, you will be promoted to a noble, and you will be famous for a long time, you will have a golden fish, you will be rich and prosperous... a hundred sons will be born, and a peach will be presented." For thousands of years, green gnats fly in, golden fish appear in lotuses... red plums bear fruit, magpies climb branches, dragon gates leap carps, everything is renewed... Zhilan hibiscus, Lin spit out jade books, melons stretch... Clouds and dragons appear three times, bamboos report peace, gold Toad is having fun..."

"Mmm...mm..." Listening to Gu Zhuozeng and nodding in satisfaction, Xuan Ning really remembers it!

After talking for a while, Mr. Gu put down the objects in his hand and asked, "Xiao Xuan, you and I have been studying object appreciation for so many days. Besides practicing hand feeling, what kind of experience do you have? Of course, you don’t necessarily have to talk about what you have learned from me, but you can also talk about the experience you have gained from traveling in other places during this period. Qianyi should have taken you to Liuyuan Road and Beihu several times, right? That brat from the Yan family has brought you a lot of opportunities, hasn't he? Now let's talk about it?"

"Well, good." Xuan Ning thought for a while, combined with the practice of this period of time, and then slowly said, "Things with an old appearance are not necessarily real antiques... ancient jade may not be really shiny... worthless It is not necessarily true that there are no imitations... the more the utensils that have been shown in museums or appreciation books, the more they appear, the more likely they are fake..."

"Not bad, not bad." Gu Zhuo nodded in satisfaction, touched his white eyebrows, and told him some necessary experience, "Actually speaking, many people have many misunderstandings when it comes to antique appreciation. These misunderstandings are the old A generation of experts may not be without, and there are also some factors that hinder. In fact, the works of famous masters, or the level of ancient art, especially the painters and engravers, many people think that they should be better than modern ones! Seeing an object It is wrong to think that the artistic value is high, and it must be genuine. Famous artists can also have flaws, and things with flaws are not necessarily fake. Those with inscriptions by famous artists are not necessarily true, and those passed down from ancestors may also be fake.”

"That is to say, don't be stuck in rules and regulations, should you learn to treat it dialectically?" Xuan Ningfu thought of an accurate description all of a sudden.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Appreciating his reaction, Gu Zhuozeng clapped his hands, "That's it! Don't be influenced by other signs and other people's experience."

This seems to be contradictory to his previous experience of letting Xuan Ning learn from others, but it is not the case.Learning experience is to use the strength of others to lay a solid foundation.But now I don't want him to be restrained, and I need to know how to judge and verify by myself.

Seeing Xuan Ning recovering from his contemplation, Gu Zhuozeng continued: "Again, when it comes to porcelain, many people think that porcelain from official kilns must be better than those from private kilns. This is also wrong. Official kilns still have the chance to produce flaws products, and it is not impossible to spread to the people. Although the official kiln usually destroys those defective products, it is not absolute. So it is the argument you just said, dialectically."

"Ah."

"There are also jade wares. Although Han Yu is famous for Han Ba ​​Dao, it does not mean that there are only Han Ba ​​Dao, only rough style, and there may still be soft style jade wares. I once saw Han Ba ​​Dao unearthed in a tomb. Jade, that is a delicate and soft carving! And the jade of the Ming Dynasty may not all be of the grand type, there are many skilled craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty, and they can still produce extremely exquisite handicrafts."

"Ah."

"Nowadays people play more and more collections, and some funny misunderstandings have arisen. Xiaoxuan, you can just memorize it. For example, many people think that returnees must be good, and they flock overseas to buy them. Some people think that auctions It must be good if it works, and we are all determined to spend money..."

Xuan Ning couldn't help laughing when he heard this, he remembered that Lin Qianyi had also done this kind of waste of money.

Now that he has been in contact with a lot, his expression changes, and he knows exactly what Gu Zhuo was thinking in his heart.Seeing him snickering, the old man got a clue after thinking about it, he couldn't help laughing and cursing: "Qian Yi knows how to make money, so he won't be afraid of losing his fortune, Xiao Xuan, you have to control his money in the future."

"...Master!"

"Hey, let's not talk anymore." Although Gu Zhuozeng said so, there was still teasing in his words, "Okay, I will touch these few things today, and I will wait for Qianyi to come."

"Okay." Xuan Ning walked to the table as he said, ready to identify the remaining items, "What are the remaining items?"

"Three pieces of porcelain, although they look exactly the same, are actually fake. There are standard wares in our Ancient Porcelain Museum in City B. In fact, although all three are fake, they are very representative." Gu Zhuo once Smilingly, he told him, "It's not easy to find all three of these. I just got them last year. Hey, speaking of which, the technology of man-made fakes is really high, but unfortunately I haven't tried the real ones. Maybe, The real thing is not necessarily better than the fake one."

"Oh..." Xuan Ning replied, and started his work from the first one on the left.According to what Gu Zhuo once said, these three pieces are of the same shape, and they do feel the same.This kind of vessel belongs to the jade pot spring vase. The glazed surface of the three porcelain vases is very good to the touch, and one of them is so warm and moist to the touch that people don't want to take it away.

Is this all fake?Xuan Ning was a little surprised.To create this level of falsehood, what a skill it must be!wrong!Skill alone is not enough!Must have very good hardware facilities!Does this belong to the absolute imitation that Lao Yang said...Xuan Ning thought so, so he used his special ability to take a look.

The next moment, Gu Zhuozeng's voice suddenly rose: "Xiaoxuan!"

Before losing consciousness, Xuan Ning's last feeling was vaguely extremely shocked.