Jianbao life

Chapter 270 Avalokitesvara

Afterwards, the three chatted for a while, and Chu Chen took out the harvest from Longxi this time, and put it in the master's place for him to keep.Of course, the Luminous Changman Cup and those gifts for family members are certainly not among them.

After appreciating it, Mr. Liu said with a smile, "Achen, you are really a lucky star. Every time you go out, you will have good things delivered to your door. If this continues, you will be able to open a museum in a short time."

Chu Chen giggled and said, "Master, I honor your good words. If I have more collections in the future, I will open a museum according to your wishes."

Mr. Liu said happily: "Okay! Okay, I'll wait for your museum to open!"

"I'm sure I won't keep you waiting!"

As he said that, Chu Chen pushed the white jade Buddha brush wash in front of Mr. Liu, and said, "Master, this is for you. I wish you a happy life!"

Mr. Liu was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Achen, why did you think of giving me a gift?"

Chu Chen said with a smile: "You always like to write with a brush. I think this brush is quite interesting. It can add some fun to your writing. I wonder if you like it?"

"I like things very much. Anyway, you are a rich man, so I will be disrespectful, master." As he said, Mr. Liu happily picked up the brush and began to play with it.

At this time, Liu Qinshu stretched out his hand and asked, "Achen, where is my gift?"

Chu Chen laughed and said, "Sister Shu, your gift is being delivered, so I have to trouble you to wait for a few days!"

Liu Qinshu said happily: "Okay! Then I'll just have a few days..."

After lunch, Chu Chen read books at Mr. Liu's place for a few more hours. After being taught by Mr. Liu for a while, he left.

After walking around his villa, Chu Chen contacted Zhao Qirui and drove to his company.

Led by the secretary, Chu Chen came to Zhao Qirui's office.

However, besides Zhao Qirui, there was also a middle-aged man with a big belly in the office. At this time, the two were sitting in front of the sofa, arguing about something with a Dehua white porcelain Guanyin statue on the coffee table.

As soon as Zhao Qirui saw Chu Chen coming in, he quickly waved to him and said, "Ah Chen, come and have a look, is this portrait of a civil servant real?"

But the middle-aged man glanced at Chu Chen, frowned and said, "Old Zhao, is this young man the expert you mentioned? Are you kidding me?"

Zhao Qirui said with a displeased expression: "Why, my nephew is young, but is he not an expert if he is young? Let me tell you, my nephew is a closed disciple of Mr. Liu, and his level is very good!"

The middle-aged man heard that Chu Chen was Mr. Liu's closed disciple, and his face changed a lot, but he immediately reacted and said in surprise: "Wait! Old Zhao, you said this is your nephew? The one from your sister's house bit?"

Zhao Qirui said: "Nonsense, besides my sister's family, how can I have a nephew!"

The middle-aged man looked at Chu Chen carefully after hearing the words, and said, "Like, it really looks like it. After so many years, I thought I couldn't find it!"

Zhao Qirui said with a chuckle: "This is called the road to heaven, Chen, let me introduce you, this is my friend since I was a child, Zuo Lei, you can just call him Uncle Zuo. hugged you!"

Chu Chen greeted Zuo Lei respectfully: "Hello, Uncle Zuo!"

Zuo Lei smiled and exchanged a few words with Chu Chen, then said: "Xiao Chen, I heard from your uncle that you are very good at appraising antiques, please help me take a look at this statue of He Chaozong's Avalokitesvara .”

"He Chaozong?"

Hearing that the Avalokitesvara statue in front of him was actually the work of He Chaozong, Chu Chen was stunned for a moment, and then became a little excited.

For those who are familiar with Dehua white porcelain, the name He Chaozong can be said to be very impressive.He was a master craftsman of Dehua white porcelain during the Jiajing and Wanli years of the Ming Dynasty. Most of his works are Buddhist figures such as Bodhidharma, Guanyin, and Arhat. He is known as the No.1 religious sculpture art. His works were hard to find at that time.

However, He Chaozong paid great attention to the artistry of his works. He was not a mature work and never fired easily, so his works handed down from generation to generation are few.

It is said that there are only more than 100 authentic pieces in the world, but there is still no accurate number of the exact number.Even Mr. Liu has only one statue of Bodhidharma, and now there is a statue of Avalokitesvara of He Chaozong in front of him, how can Chu Chen not be excited?
"Yes, it's He Chaozong's Avalokitesvara." Zhao Qirui said, "But I don't think this Avalokitesvara is He Chaozong's work. It doesn't feel so old-fashioned."

Zuo Lei sneered and said: "If you say that you are not old-fashioned, you are not old-fashioned? Besides, besides this, can you give evidence that this is a fake?"

Zhao Qirui sneered and said: "I can't tell, but my antiques for so many years are not for nothing! Let's not argue, let Ah Chen know if it is true or not!"

"Okay! If it's true then, I'll see what you say!"

While the two were arguing, Chu Chen carefully picked up the Guanyin statue on the coffee table and observed it carefully.

This time Chu Chen didn’t use his supernatural ability, and even asked him to turn off Baojue. This is because he felt that although Baojue was always on, although it was helpful for leak detection and identification, it also made him less A chance to exercise your eyesight.

And it just happened that he discovered that Baojue could be turned off after the ability was upgraded, so he decided that unless he planned to miss it, Baojue would be turned off at other times.

He Chaozong's works place great emphasis on the depiction of the expressions of the characters. He often puts the characters in a specific environment to express the theme, and the characters are vividly portrayed by him.At the same time, he also absorbed the strengths of the sculptures of previous dynasties, especially inherited the painting style of the Tang Dynasty to express the art of Buddha statues, so that the statues of Guanyin and Bodhidharma he created have the charm of the Tang Dynasty.

The Avalokitesvara statue in front of me has the creative style of He Chaozong. The Avalokitesvara has a kind and dignified face, and the pleats of the clothes are simple and fluttering, clear and natural. Used to the fullest.

The glaze color of this image looks like ivory white, the texture of the fetus is relatively fine and white, and the glaze surface is thick, which is very similar to the characteristics of the porcelain clay and glaze materials used by He Chaozong.

In addition, there is a gourd-shaped inscription of "He Chaozong" in seal script on the back of the Avalokitesvara statue, which is not particularly clear, and it is also the same as the inscription on the genuine He Chaozong statue.

In the identification of Dehua porcelain, whether it is a master's work cannot be determined only by the seal.The seals of Dehua Ming and Qing porcelain carving masters have a certain format, so one should be familiar with the formats of seals of different masters.

Moreover, the seals of real masters are often blurred. If you encounter a very clear work with a special seal, you need to be careful.

Looking at a few characteristics, this statue of Guanyin is very similar to He Chaozong's works, but then Chu Chen took a photo of the statue of Guanyin, and the authenticity of the statue was immediately revealed.

Chu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and put the Guanyin statue back on the coffee table.

Seeing this, Zuo Lei quickly asked: "Xiaochen, what about this Guanyin statue?"

Chu Chen shook his head slightly, and said, "I can't see this thing for sure!"

"Ah!" Zuo Lei was taken aback when he heard that.

And Zhao Qirui smiled and said: "How about it, I'm talking about a fake!"

"Isn't it a fake?" Chu Chen shook his head and said.

"How to say?"

Hearing what Chu Chen said, the two asked in unison.

"Then let me share my opinion."

Chu Chen said: "Actually, there is a little trick to appraising Dehua porcelain. We know that Dehua porcelain is divided into early and late periods. We will use Kangxi as the boundary. Dehua white porcelain before Kangxi, if it meets the light during the day Seen through, it is pink inside and outside the womb."

"If it is after Kangxi, the inside and outside of the womb will be bluish white when viewed against the light. It is worth noting that all ancient Dehua white porcelain should be transparent regardless of its thickness. Counterfeit. This is an important basis for judging the authenticity of Dehua porcelain."

Having said that, Chu Chen carefully picked up the Avalokitesvara statue on the table, and while letting the two of them look up to the light, he said:

"Look, this Avalokitesvara statue has a bluish-white inside, and it is transparent."

After reading it, Zuo Lei frowned and asked, "In other words, this thing is a high imitation of the Qing Dynasty!"
Chu Chen nodded and said: "I think it should be like this. Except for what I said just now, regarding the characteristics of the glazed surface of Dehua porcelain, the glazed surface is generally white and slightly red in the early Ming Dynasty, like a baby's face is white and reddish. In the middle Ming Dynasty The glaze white is slightly ivory-yellow, just like the teeth of an adult African elephant, ivory-yellow."

"As for the glaze surface from the late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty, it is white with a slight ivory white, just like the appearance of lard when it solidified. After Kangxi, the glaze surface began to turn white, and some glazes appeared bluish white. You see Although the author has done a good job of handling the glaze of this Avalokitesvara statue, it can still be seen that it is slightly bluish white."

Hearing this, Zhao Qirui asked, "Could this thing be a modern imitation?"

Zuo Lei glared angrily at the words: "You bastard, you are really throwing stones into the hole. I am no longer the real thing. You still say it is a modern imitation. What kind of heart are you in?"

Seeing that the two were quarreling again, Chu Chen quickly said: "This should be an old imitation from the Qing Dynasty. If it is a modern imitation, it usually uses a new technique of grouting and one-time molding. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the blank The body is usually decomposed into three parts: the head, the body and the base, and each part is cut into two pieces, the front and the back.

"Because it is made by mold closing, the height is generally more than ten centimeters. Except for the head, hands and other parts that are inserted after closing the mold, the inner bottom should be hollow and have obvious connection traces. If it is found that the inside is hollow and the bottom is sealed flat Or those who open small holes after sealing, must be imitations formed by modern grouting technology."

(End of this chapter)