Jianbao life

Chapter 1050 Dead
"Okay, let's take a look at these boxes first." Jiang Jiachang said with a smile and opened a box not far away.

This box looks bigger than other people's boxes, and there are quite a lot of things inside, including a pair of blue and white lotus-shaped lidded jars with folded branches and flowers nearly [-] centimeters high.

This pair of blue and white pots has a lid made of a lotus seed button, arched round surface, flower mouth edge, and slit mouth; pot, high straight neck, slippery shoulders; drum arc belly, in the shape of a squash, gradually retracting under the belly; high straight shank, shin The sides are skimmed, the bottom is flat, and the feet are dug into circles.

Chu Chen picked up one of them and observed it carefully, and found that it had a white body and a white glaze.White fine sand tires are exposed on the inner edge of the lid and the inner edge of the tank.The cover, neck and shin are decorated with hidden reliefs; blue and white painted patterns, the color is blue and gray.

Two layers of lotus seed patterns are painted on the cover; three layers are decorated on the cover, the upper and lower layers are painted with lotus seed patterns, and the middle layer is decorated with leaf-shaped consecrated and folded branches and stems and leaves; the neck is decorated with two layers, with folded branches flower patterns and leaf-shaped consecrated and folded branches with lotus pattern edging ;Three layers of decoration on the belly, the upper and lower layers are painted with leaf-shaped consecration and folded branch lotus pattern edging, the middle layer is thematic decoration, folded branch flower pattern; four layers of decoration on the shin, horizontal bar network pattern, leaf petal pattern, leaf tip pattern and concentric circles Trim.

Generally speaking, Hailao porcelain in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was fired by local kilns in the porcelain capital and coastal areas. Although it cannot be compared with Ming and Qing official kiln porcelain, it has a more obvious historical background because it came from a sunken ship. The cultural and historical value reflected cannot be underestimated.

Just like the blue-and-white jar in Chu Chen’s hand, judging from various characteristics, it should have been fired in a local kiln in the southeastern province during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. In terms of craftsmanship, it must not be as good as the official kiln. made of porcelain.But in terms of painters, not only are they not inferior to official kilns, but they also seem to have a little more spirituality.

Moreover, this pair of blue and white pots is quite perfect except for the traces of seawater erosion on the surface, without any bumps and no marine life residues. Coupled with the cultural and historical value of the utensils, it can be said to be a pair. Very good hailao blue and white porcelain, the collection value is not low.

Although the market price of this pair of blue and white pots is only about [-] based on the current market price, both Chu Chen and Zhao Qirui are quite satisfied with it.

In this box, in addition to the pair of blue and white pots, there is also a pair of blue and white large plates. Like the pair of blue and white pots, except that the craftsmanship is not as good as official kiln porcelain, the painting and appearance are perfect, and the appreciation potential is also good. .

After Chu Chen and Zhao Qirui had appreciated the box of hailao porcelain, Jiang Jiachang opened three more boxes for them to check. The quality of the porcelain inside was also similar to the first box, which made them very satisfied.

Zhao Qirui put a blue-and-white bowl from the Kangxi period back into the box, and asked, "I said Fatty Jiang, the hailao porcelain in your boxes are not all high-quality goods of this kind?"

"It's certainly impossible."

Jiang Jiachang shook his head quickly, pointed to a pile of boxes on the left, and said: "Only these products are better than others, and the others have more or less problems, but the problems are not serious. As for the small part here, They’re all a bit crippled, but if you want to sell them, there’s no problem.”

Zhao Qirui was a little curious when he heard the words, and said, "Oh, let's take a look at these crippled ones first."

"Okay." Jiang Jiachang walked to the side, opened the box and said, "These are mainly because there are some gaps, or the glaze is a bit serious, and there are too many attachments on the surface..."

As the old saying goes, 'Porcelain is not worth half a penny if its edges are rough'. If it is those rare porcelains, if they are so damaged, they can still be worth some money, but these are just porcelains from the sea. Zhao Qirui really wants to see it. What kind of porcelain made Jiang Jiachang confident to sell.

"Huh!" Seeing the porcelain in the box, both of them were a little surprised, because just judging from the blue and white hair color of the porcelain, the experienced two felt that these porcelain had the characteristics of Xuande blue and white.Could it be that all these hailao porcelains are Xuande blue and white porcelains?If this is the case, it is no wonder that Jiang Jiachang has confidence in these residual weapons.

Afterwards, the two picked up a piece of porcelain and observed it.

What Chu Chen is holding is a chicken heart bowl. The mouth of this vessel is decorated with brocade inscriptions of money on the inside and a circle of fretwork on the outside.The center of the bowl is decorated with floral patterns.The outer wall of the bowl is decorated with lotus petals around the feet.Circle the foot and apply the back pattern.On the bottom of the bowl, there is a "Ming Dynasty Xuande Annual System".

The shape of the whole bowl is simple and generous, the glaze color is thick and thick, and the blue and white blue and white are thick and green, which is a typical Subo clay green material. The decoration is elegant and delicate, which is quite the beauty of Xuande blue and white.

However, besides shells and other attachments on the surface of this chicken heart bowl, there are several notches of different sizes along the rim, which makes Chu Chen feel quite a pity.

Putting the chicken heart bowl back to its original place, Chu Chen took out the porcelain in the box one by one to appraise, and found that each piece showed the typical characteristics of Xuande blue and white, but the condition of each piece of porcelain was the same as that of the chicken heart bowl. Almost, the surface problems are a bit serious.

"It's a pity for these porcelains." Zhao Qirui sighed, and asked, "Fatty Jiang, isn't there any better quality in this batch of salvaged porcelain?"

Jiang Jiachang also shook his head regretfully: "No, these porcelains were all found in a small and medium-sized sea ship. According to the person who salvaged them, these porcelains are already considered to be of good quality. However, it is also possible that those high-quality porcelains Quite good, they sold it directly on the market, after all, this kind of porcelain is a hot commodity in the market."

Speaking of which, although the appearance of hailao porcelain has aroused the interest of collectors, at the beginning, they were just curious, just to add new varieties.When collectors found many rare porcelains and treasures among the casually purchased porcelain, they were initially suspicious, then shocked, and finally awakened.So hailao porcelain began to become popular.

Although they had expected it in advance, Zhao Qirui and Chu Chen still felt a little regretful when they heard this answer.

Next, the two continued to appraise, because there were more than 3 pieces of porcelain at the scene, and they didn't have much time, so they finally decided to conduct random inspections. Anyway, Jiang Jiachang still has business in the mainland, and Zhao Qirui is not worried that he will deceive people and run away. road.Of course, even though it is said that, it is related to the business of tens of millions, so for Zhao Qirui, it is still impossible to be sloppy.

However, none of the three people present knew that Chu Chen only needed to sense these things directly with his supernatural powers.Although this matter cannot be revealed, it also prevents the Jiang family from playing tricks.

When Chu Chen and Zhao Qirui were appraising there, Jiang Jiachang was beside him and introduced some of the salvaged porcelain to them.

"It is possible to clean the attachments on the surface of this part of the porcelain. As for whether to wash it or not, it depends on your opinion."

Zhao Qirui said: "Isn't this nonsense? Why not wash what can be cleaned?"

Jiang Jiachang chuckled: "Mr. Zhao, you may not be very clear about this. Some buyers like to leave some attachments on it, otherwise it would be hard for them to believe that the porcelain is all fished out of the sea."

Not to mention, there is indeed such a situation in the market. In the beginning, these porcelains, which had been sleeping on the seabed for a long time, were cleaned by the fishermen who discovered them.But some buyers just don't believe it. Therefore, in order to convince buyers that what they are selling is real sea fishing porcelain, these fishermen often swear and swear at first, and even take out their ID cards to prove their identity as fishermen.

Later, as the business grew, the fishermen discovered that it didn't take much effort to salvage porcelain covered with sand stains or stained with marine life, so some porcelain simply didn't clean.Of course, the ones doing this are just ordinary porcelain. If it is the Xuande blue and white products just now, it can be cleaned, it is better to clean it.

Time passed quickly, and most of the hailao porcelain in the warehouse was randomly inspected. At this time, Jiang Jiachang's cell phone rang suddenly, and he walked over here to answer the call. Walked back to the original position.

Afterwards, Jiang Jiachang said with a smile: "What a coincidence, a friend of mine just happened to salvage some salvaged porcelain to send over. It is said that some of them are quite special varieties."

"What special porcelain?" Zhao Qirui asked curiously.

"He didn't say much on the phone, he's almost here anyway..."

Speaking of this, everyone heard the sound of parking outside the door, and Jiang Jiachang continued: "It should be them, let's go out and have a look together?"

"Row……"

When the four of them walked to the door of the warehouse, they saw a 40-year-old man with a dark complexion walking towards them.Behind him were two men carrying boxes.

The big man walked forward quickly, shook hands with Jiang Jiachang, and said in a rough voice: "Haha, Boss Jiang, I will trouble you again this time!"

"As long as you give me more discounts, I still want you to 'trouble' me often." Jiang Jiachang said with a smile.

"Hey, isn't this a matter of one sentence!" The big man giggled, but he didn't express much in words.

Jiang Jiachang knew the character of the big man very well, and said with a sneer: "You guys like to talk but not practice, it's really boring."

The big man didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "I am also a small business, I hope Boss Jiang can understand."

"Come on, you have all kinds of reasons every time."

Jiang Jiachang snorted, and then introduced to both parties: "This is President Zhao and Young Master Chu from the capital, both of whom are from the industry."

Then, pointing to the big man, he introduced to Chu Chen and Zhao Qirui: "This is Tao Chunhai, and he is already familiar with it now. Maybe there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future."

Seeing that Jiang Jiachang was very polite to Zhao Qirui and Chu Chen, Tao Chunhai immediately showed great enthusiasm, and quickly reached out his hand to greet them.

Zhao Qirui and Chu Chen also reached out to shake each other's hands, and exchanged a few words of greeting.

At this time, Jiang Jiachang said: "Okay, you just said that you got some special porcelain? Hurry up and show us."

"Okay, okay..."

Tao Chunhai nodded again and again, then opened the box that he carried over, pointed to a few blue and white teacups in front of him, and said: "That's it, what is the inscription called 'Made by Wu Liang Dafu Wu Xiangrui', such porcelain It's the first time I've seen it, how is it, special?"

Hearing this, Jiang Jiachang said dumbfoundedly: "Isn't this the blue and white porcelain exported to the island country in the Ming Dynasty? I said you are too ignorant, right?"

This blue-and-white porcelain, signed "Made by Wu Xiangrui, a master of Wuliang", was blue-and-white porcelain exported to the island country during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Auspicious hand".

It is said that this Wuliang Dafu, formerly known as Ito Wuliangfu, was a ceramic artist from the island country. In the sixth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1511), he came to my country to study porcelain with the Japanese Rinzai Zen monk Guiwu (word Liao'an). Porcelain making technology, in order to adapt to the life of making porcelain in our country, he took the name "Wu Xiangrui".

During the period of studying porcelain in our country, the porcelain made by him was often signed with the words "Made by Wu Xiangrui, a great man of Wuliang" on the base payment.The porcelain made by it generally includes bowls, basins, pots and jars, etc., which are very popular in the market because of their regular shape, fine white body, regular shape, bright glaze layer, and bright blue and white flowers.

At that time, the blue and white porcelain imported by the island country from my country was divided into three categories: "Xiangrui", "Danfu" and "Wuxu". Xiangrui is the top grade among them, and has received extremely high evaluation and status.His works are generally depicted or written: "Wu Xiangrui" or "Wuliang Dafu Xiangrui", "Wuliang Dafu Wu Xiangrui made" inscriptions, known as the auspicious school.The shape, ornamentation and glaze color of its utensils are all obviously influenced by Chinese porcelain.

"Is that so?" Tao Chunhai looked surprised.

"Otherwise, what do you think?" Jiang Jiachang chuckled: "I told you a long time ago, since I am engaged in this business, I need to learn more relevant knowledge, look, is this a joke again?"

"I'm a vulgar person. I feel dizzy when I read books. I don't want to learn."

Tao Chunhai chuckled, thinking in his heart that he must find a few books to read after returning home, even if he is not good at learning, he must know what to do.

Then, he quickly asked: "Is this kind of porcelain worth money?"

"What's the hurry, let us see it first."

Jiang Jiachang waved his hand, picked up a blue and white figure plate and looked at it.

While the two were talking, Chu Chen had already looked at a set of blue-and-white teacups, and saw that the teacups had fine white texture, regular shape, bright glaze, and beautiful blue-and-white hair color, which seemed to be the color of green material , the bottom line is "Made by Wu Xiangrui, a great man of Wuliang".

Judging from the performance of this group of tea sets, it does conform to the characteristics of "auspicious" porcelain, and from the perspective of production technology, it also conforms to the characteristics of the original "auspicious" porcelain, and it should not be imitated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

However, although these porcelains are exquisitely made, the surface still has the characteristics of salvaged porcelain, and the erosion can be seen with the naked eye, which undoubtedly affects the value of the porcelain.

After they had seen a box of porcelain, Jiang Jiachang said tut-tsk: "Unexpectedly, this Wu Xiangrui's craftsmanship is good. No wonder the islanders call him the 'Porcelain Saint'."

Chu Chen shook his head: "No, isn't Li Canping the 'Porcelain Sage' of the island country? And it's debatable whether Wu Xiangrui exists or not."

"What?" Jiang Jiachang and Zhao Qirui were a little confused after hearing this.

Chu Chen explained: "Because, even if the advent of auspicious porcelain is advanced to the end of Wanli, around 1603 according to historical data, assuming that Dafu Wuliang was 1511 years old when he came to our country in 20, he would have lived at least 1603 years old in 112. How likely do you think it is to see your own achievements in Xiangrui Porcelain come out in the island country?"

After thinking about it, everyone felt that this possibility was really unlikely, and for a while they began to doubt whether Wu Xiangrui existed or not.

After a while, Jiang Jiachang asked curiously: "Then how did these auspicious porcelains come about?"

"According to the relevant records of the Qing Dynasty: 'Zhengdezhong...obtained blue and white from foreign countries, which is twice the price of gold. Knowing that it can be fired in kilns and used for life, its color is ancient. Therefore, there are many blue and white flowers in official kilns....The factory on the day The work is done for treachery and profit, selling folk pottery. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch Zhu Jingxian tried to adjust it, and the disadvantages were alleviated.'”

Chu Chen said: "That is to say, during the Zhengde period, the managers of the official kilns in the porcelain capital stole and sold imported green materials that were worth more than gold to private kilns for their own self-interest. Of course, folk kiln porcelain does not dare to circulate in our country, and to meet the needs of tea set manufacturers in island countries, detour export has become the only feasible sales channel.”

"Since the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, almost all the materials exported to the island countries have gone through the southeast coastal ports. The products of Porcelain City can only be transported to the south for customs clearance. In order to prevent being intercepted halfway, we must do everything possible to cover up."

"In this way, fabricating a false inscription of 'Made by Wu Xiangrui, a great man of great virtue' out of thin air can cause people in our country to think that it is made in the island country, and the people in the island country think it is an illusion made by our country, in order to be foolproof and pass the customs. This is There is no best explanation for why there are few auspicious porcelains left over from that year in our country, and the inscription "Made by Wu Xiangrui, a great man of Wuliang" in both countries."

Speaking of this, Chu Chen said with a chuckle: "Of course, all of this is just my speculation. I don't know what the truth of history is like."

After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Zhao Qirui smiled and said, "Whether he exists or not, I'm unlikely to buy this kind of porcelain anyway."

"Why?" Tao Chunhai couldn't calm down after hearing this. These porcelains are related to their income from going to sea this time. If these porcelains are worthless, wouldn't he lose money this time?

Zhao Qirui replied: "This kind of porcelain is not the mainstream in the market, and the appearance is not good, and the potential for appreciation is not great. Why should I buy it?"

Tao Chunhai quickly looked at Jiang Jiachang, and asked anxiously, "Boss Jiang, are these porcelains really worthless?"

Jiang Jiachang said: "Let me tell you this, the market value of your box of porcelain is only about 1 yuan, do you think it is worth it?"

Tao Chunhai opened his mouth wide when he heard this, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. After a while, he clapped his hands and said depressedly: "As expected, meeting a dead person is bad luck!"

"What dead person?" Jiang Jiachang asked curiously.

Tao Chunhai said depressedly: "When we were approaching the pier yesterday, we fished a man out of the sea, but he died not long after. Besides, you should know this man, Boss Jiang."

"Who?!"

"Su Changtou..."

(End of this chapter)