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Chapter 289 Chenghua Chicken Cup

The glaze color of this bowl is thick, and the kiln glows with gold and silver light, and the texture is smooth and even, which is very rare.The exposed tires on the bottom feet are purple-brown in color, thick and hard, and as heavy as iron slag.

When Chu Chen touched the glazed surface with his hands, he could clearly feel the unevenness. When he looked at the light source at an angle of 45 degrees, he could clearly see that those "rabbit hairs" were sunken in the black glaze. under the surface.

Under a high-power magnifying glass, it can be seen that the glaze surface has fine cicada feather patterns, dotted with snowflake-like gold stars and silver stars.Its flowing and drooping rabbit hair pattern presents thick and light shades and irregular twists and turns like hills and valleys in the Northwest Loess Plateau. The color is thicker and lighter, and even disappears, giving people a natural beauty.

Judging from the above characteristics, Chu Chen felt that this rabbit hair lamp should be a genuine product, and after testing it with supernatural powers, it was indeed as he thought.

There are many black-glazed bowls from Song Jian kiln, but such a good glaze is obviously very rare.The key point is that there is a vertical line of "Gong Yu" engraved on the ring foot of this rabbit, which shows that this is a tribute porcelain, which is very rare.

Then, Chu Chen picked up another rabbit hair lamp, and after careful inspection, it was also a "for imperial" rabbit hair lamp.

After Chu Chen put the rabbit hair lamp back into the brocade box, Director Niu hurriedly asked, "Young Master Chu, I don't know what you think of this pair... oh, how about the rabbit hair lamp?"

"This is a good pair of rabbits, I really like it." Chu Chen said with a chuckle.

Director Niu was very happy when he heard the words, and quickly said: "We don't understand antiques, Young Master Chu, you should set a price."

Chu Chen thought for a while, stretched out two fingers, and just about to speak, Director Niu said with surprise: "Young Master Chu, is this pair of small bowls worth [-] yuan? It's too much!"

Chu Chen said dumbfoundedly: "It's not 20, it's [-]!"

Hearing Chu Chen's answer, Niu Junfeng who was sitting across from him almost spit out the mouthful of tea he just drank.

Director Niu was also stunned in shock, and after a while he said with a bit of a tongue gape: "You...you are not mistaken, are such a pair of small dark bowls worth so much money?"

Such an exquisite pair of rabbit cups turned into a small black bowl in Director Niu's mouth, which made Chu Chen a little speechless. And you have to know that this is a tribute to the imperial palace, so the value is of course different."

"Is that too much?" Chief Niu said in disbelief.

Chu Chen said helplessly, "Director Niu, I'm the buyer. How many times can I double the original price? Let me tell you, this is the price. If you don't think it's suitable, forget it!"

When Director Niu heard this, he hurriedly laughed and said, "How can this be? I'm not afraid that you will lose money! Let's not talk about this, just take a look at what's inside this box."

Then, he opened another brocade box, and said: "Look, this pair of small cups, the person who listened to the appraisal said they were called chicken bowl cups, and they said they were imitated from the Qing Dynasty. Transfer it to him, but at that time, I was not short of money, so I didn't agree."

"What? Chicken cup?"

As soon as the words fell, Chu Chen couldn't care about anything else, and couldn't wait to look into the brocade box.

I saw a pair of small and exquisite cups inside the brocade box, the cups were open slightly, the mouth gradually closed, flat bottom, lying on the feet.The cup body is small and delicate, with a flexible contour line, the curve is hidden in the straight, and the straight is obvious in the curve, presenting a dignified, graceful, elegant and elegant charm.

The cup wall decoration matches the shape, which is sparse and harmonious.The outer wall depicts a female hen leading several chicks to forage leisurely. The chicks have their own expectations, and their expressions are lovely and vivid. They are decorated with lake stones, roses and orchids, which is quite interesting to watch.

From the appearance point of view, this is the famous Doucai Chicken Crock Cup.

In the world of antiques, the Doucai Chicken Cup is known to everyone, and the most famous one is the Doucai Chicken Cup in the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty.Whenever talking about Chenghua Doucai Chicken Crock Cup, people can't help but be elated and yearning.

And the Doucai chicken cups are valuable now. The Ming Dynasty Wanli "Shenzong Shilu" that first recorded the value of the Chenghua Doucai chicken cups in the Ming Dynasty wrote: "Shenzong's fashionable food, there is a pair of Chenghua colorful chicken cups in front of the emperor. , worth [-]." According to "Ye Huo Bian" by Shen Defu, Wanli of the Ming Dynasty: "Each pair of Chengyao wine glasses is worth a hundred gold."

And Emperor Qianlong once wrote a poem "Ode to the Chicken Crock Cup" and praised it: "Zhu Ming is far away from here, and I can still see it when it is declared as elegant furniture. The cold awns and beautiful colors are generally called treasures, and the chicken crock is the most crowned."

Doucai cockpit cups were so valuable in ancient times, and now they can be said to be invaluable. Moreover, there are not many Chenghua Doucai porcelains in the world. According to incomplete statistics, there are only about 250 pieces. In Baodao and the Forbidden City in the capital, there are very few folks.

Most of these more than 200 pieces are stored in Baodao, and not many are stored in the Forbidden City in Beijing.Chicken cups are only a very small part of them, and they are even more scarce. There are only a few pieces in the Forbidden City in the capital, which can be said to be rare among the people.Rare things are more expensive, and the value of the Doucai Chicken Crock Cup is obvious.

It is precisely because the Doucai Chicken Crock Cup is so famous that it has attracted endless imitations.Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing, and Daoguang generations of the Qing Dynasty were all imitated.Among them, the Kangxi imitations are the best, and they are close to the originals in terms of shape and pattern.

As far as the Doucai chicken cup is concerned, in terms of the style and fineness of the painting, if it is an imitation of the Qing Dynasty, it is most likely an imitation of the Kangxi period. to know.

Chu Chen solemnly took the cup out of the box, and the first thing he observed was the bottom, and he saw that there was a double-line six-character inscription "Daming Chenghua Annual System" written in blue and white on both sides of the column, and the font looked a little crooked. .If you observe carefully, you will find that every time you reach the turning point of the pen, it will be a little slower, and when you stop writing, there will be a situation where the drill material is concentrated.

Seeing this unique inscription made him feel shocked, because judging from the inscription, this is not the Qing imitation mentioned by Director Niu, but the inscription of Chenghua Dynasty.

Throughout Chenghua's first dynasty, all the inscriptions were immature and slightly clumsy, which is also a major feature of Chenghua porcelain, and it is not easy to imitate.The Jiajing, Longqing, and Wanli dynasties of the Ming Dynasty and the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties of the Qing Dynasty all have imitations of Chenghua inscriptions.Although the color and style of the imitation are similar to the original, there are still flaws to be found.

The imitations of the Ming Dynasty appear to have heavy strokes, sparse arrangement, and too large circles. They are similar to the Chenghua style but different in strength, and the colors are thick but not bright. Only the clouds and bubbles are similar to the Chenghua kiln.However, the imitations of the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are superior to the imitations of the Ming Dynasty, especially in terms of color matching and inscription writing, which are very similar to the real ones.

However, the authentic Chenghua models all have a layer of cloudiness, bubbles like beads, and dark blue and white fonts.However, under a magnifying glass, the imitations of the Qing Dynasty can be seen that the cloud is very light, the air bubbles are uneven, the cyan color of the characters is also scattered, the body color is slightly yellow or white flashing blue, and the bottom feet are slightly yellow at the junction of glaze and sand.

Therefore, judging by its inscription, this cup is likely to be a Chenghua Chicken Crock Cup.

Chu Chen didn't expect that the cup in his hand might be genuine, which made his hands tremble a little.

You must know that in recent decades, Chenghua Chicken Crock Cups have only appeared in auctions three times before and after, all of which were released by the Qiu family in Taicang. One" Lot No. 1980 and the Spring Auction of 31 "Taicang Qiushi Anti-Xizhai Collection Porcelain Special Sale III" Lot No. 1981.

The transaction price has already been 528 million Hong Kong dollars and 418 million Hong Kong dollars. One of them was later sold at Lot No. 1999 in Hong Kong's Jiangsu Forbes Spring Auction in 409.

If this is really a genuine Chenghua Chicken Crock Cup, regardless of its value, he must buy it no matter what because of its scarcity.

Chu Chen took a deep breath, and then concentrated on studying.

To prove whether this is a genuine product, the body and glaze are the most important basis for judgment. Chu Chen observed carefully, and saw that the body was white and delicate, thin and light, and it can be said that the body is as thin as paper.If it is a real product, look at the sun, the tire quality is tooth yellow and tooth white, and kiln red can be seen at the exposed tire around the foot.

Chu Chen walked to the window and looked at the chicken bowl cup against the light. Sure enough, he saw the above-mentioned performance, and there was sand sticking on the exposed tire of the ring foot. The final product looks crystal clear.However, the imitation kiln reds of the third dynasties in the Qing Dynasty are lighter, and the new imitation kiln reds are heavier. The sticky sand on the soles of the feet is yellow sand, which is opaque and has no oily luster.

After looking at the tire, look at the glaze again. The white glaze of this cup is duck egg blue, soft and shiny, and the appearance is the same, which is the characteristic of the genuine product.If it is an imitation of Chenghua chicken cup in the third generation of Qing Dynasty, the glaze is thin and bluish white or pinkish white, and the oil is not as good as Chenghua.The glaze of the new imitation chicken crock cup is very similar to Chenghua glaze, with yellowish green in the middle, but the overall glaze is cloudy and opaque.

Chu Chen carefully observed the color of this cup with a magnifying glass, and the color of this cup is also the same as the real one, bright and bright, especially the yellow-green glass has a strong sense, it looks yellow-green and purple in the eyes, while the red is as bright as Chicken blood.

Ming Chenghua Doucai Chicken Crock Cup has a reasonable layout of decorations, smooth and round brushwork, and vivid and lively pictures.Its paintings are designed by the royal painter of the court, and then reported to the imperial court for approval, and then hand-painted on the small cup by the teacher of the "Renzhi Palace" with semi-fine brushwork.

If it is an authentic product of Chenghua, the two groups of chickens must be depicted in vivid postures.The mountains and rocks in the painting are beautiful, the orchid grass is green, and it is a prosperous scene.The same is true for the painting on the chicken cup in front of me.

Therefore, according to the above characteristics, Chu Chen is already eight or nine points sure that this is a genuine product, but after all, it is worth tens of millions, and he still uses it out of caution. The result is no surprise, the chicken bowl cup in his hand is indeed a genuine product from the Chenghua period!

(End of this chapter)