Jianbao life

Chapter 314 Baby in the Field

Underglaze red creation was fired in the Yuan Dynasty. Because of the complicated firing process and exquisite materials, successfully fired works are very rare, and the number of handed down is very small.In addition, the firing time of this kind of porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty was very short, which is also one of the reasons why this kind of porcelain is rare in the world.

Moreover, in the Yuan Dynasty, whether it was underglaze red porcelain or blue and white glazed red porcelain, every successful work had a very high aesthetic and artistic value, and had a beautiful color that other porcelains could not match, so rare and unique. It is not difficult to imagine that the unique artistic value will become the object pursued by collectors of later generations.

These are also the reasons why the blue and white underglaze red porcelain is worth a lot in the international auction market.

And Lao Hu actually said that this piece of porcelain is a very rare and valuable Yuan Dynasty underglaze red. How could this not surprise Chu Chen and Lao Yu?

Old Yu asked in disbelief: "Old Hu, this is really the underglaze red of the Yuan Dynasty, are you right?"

"Nonsense, how could I get it wrong? It's not real. You can tell it at first glance. Does this red pot in glaze have the charm of the Yuan Dynasty at first glance?" At the end, the old man Hu looked smug.

Not to mention, this underglaze red dragon-pattern jar looks really interesting at first glance. This jar has a straight mouth, short neck, round shoulders, flattened belly, and rounded feet.The body of the jar is decorated with twining peony patterns, curly grass patterns and lotus petal patterns.The abdomen is darkly engraved with the pattern of clouds and dragons chasing beads. At a glance, the lines are indeed smooth and the strokes are precise.

This pot uses the typical underglaze red and white drawing process, which is one of the underglaze color decoration techniques for porcelain, and it is a kind of underglaze red.

The method is either to leave the required pattern on the white tire, or to carve the pattern on this part, and then paint the other vacant places with copper red material, then apply transparent glaze, and fire it by reduction method.After firing, the patterns and patterns appear in the true color of the fetal glaze in the surrounding red.

And this method is also one of the techniques used in the firing process of the underglaze red wares of the Yuan Dynasty.

At first glance, this vessel can be said to have uniform color and superb craftsmanship. Let alone whether this jar is from the Yuan Dynasty, it is indeed a very good work in terms of its level of craftsmanship.

Old Yu looked left and right, and with his eyesight, he really couldn't see that this thing would be a fake. You must know that there are only dozens of complete Yuan Dynasty underglaze red utensils discovered so far, and the collection value and economic value are beyond words Yu Yu couldn't help but amazed him.

However, he also knew the family background of his old friend, and it was impossible to buy such a thing at such a high price, so how did he get it?So out of curiosity, Old Yu asked, "I said, Lao Hu, how did you get this thing?"

Old Hu chuckled and said, "Actually, it's really a bit evil to talk about it."

It turned out that Lao Hu's ancestral home was in Zhongzhou. Last week, an uncle in his hometown passed away, so he rushed back.

After the funeral, the relatives over there persuaded Lao Hu to stay for a while, and the relatives were very enthusiastic. In addition, Lao Hu thought that he would finally go back to his hometown, so he stayed like this.

Lao Hu is a person who can’t be idle, so he lived in this way for three days, and he was a little bored. It just so happened that his hometown is also a famous historical and cultural city, and the antique market is quite prosperous, and he is also a person who likes to play with antiques. A trip to my hometown is a bit unreasonable not to go for a stroll.

It’s not far from Lao Hu’s hometown to the antique market, and it takes only 10 minutes to walk. If you are idle, you are idle. Lao Hu didn’t take any transportation, so he walked to his destination.

The antique market is not very big, but there are still quite a lot of things. Lao Hu spent the whole afternoon shopping and harvested a blue and white landscape plate from the Qing Dynasty.

With the harvest, Lao Hu walked back happily. After walking for about five or six minutes, he heard a "bang" sound. Following the sound, it turned out that there happened to be a middle-aged man on the side of the road. Working in the field with a shovel, the sound just now was probably made by something the shovel touched.

"Hey, why is there a wooden box here!"

There was nothing strange about this kind of thing at first, but the exclamation of the middle-aged man aroused Lao Hu's curiosity, and he stepped forward to take a look.

The middle-aged man smiled honestly at Lao Hu, and then dug out a rectangular wooden box from the soil under Lao Hu's gaze.

The box is very old, it looks like it has been buried for many years, and I don't know what is inside. Seeing this, the middle-aged man hesitated and asked Old Hu, "Brother, what do you think should be done with this thing?"

Lao Hu is actually not stupid. From the beginning, he felt that this fact was too coincidental. The person in front of him looked like a "landmine". The best way to deal with this kind of thing is to walk away. However, Lao Hu was really curious about the contents of the box, so he suggested that the middle-aged man open the box to have a look.

When the box was opened, although there were layers of protection inside, the contents inside were not beyond Lao Hu's expectations. It looked like a jar of red underglaze. By now, he had basically determined that this was a middle-aged man. It was a game set up for him, so he didn't even look at the jar carefully, and planned to stay away from this place of right and wrong.

"This jar, can you show me?"

But before Lao Hu took action, an old man came out from behind him, and before Lao Hu could react, he took the jar from the middle-aged man and looked at it.

The old man's movements were very skillful, and he even took out the magnifying glass at the end. Based on Lao Hu's knowledge, this man should also be a professional.

While watching, the old man let out a sound of admiration, and finally played with it for a while, and then naturally asked the middle-aged man if he had any intention of making a move, and the old Hu who was beside him had already been forgotten to the country of Java.

This situation immediately made Lao Hu confused. Could it be that this was not a trap set up for him?This made him really want to see if this thing is right, but now that the jar is in the hands of the old man, he can only stare blankly, it is impossible to go up and snatch the jar from the old man, right?

Fortunately, although Lao Hu can't observe it with his hands, the things are right in front of his eyes, so that he can vaguely see the performance of the jar.At first glance, this thing is quite new, which made Lao Hu not very optimistic about this thing at once, but then, the more he looked at it, the more surprised he was, how the more it looked, the more it looked like the glaze of the Yuan Dynasty. red.

"Could it really be the underglaze red of the Yuan Dynasty?" Thinking of this, Lao Hu's heart felt like being scratched by a cat, and he wished to snatch the pot from the old man's hand.

Over there, the old man was asking a price for the middle-aged man, and he paid [-] in a short while, which made Lao Hu more and more convinced that this was really a red underglaze jar from the Yuan Dynasty.

The middle-aged man's eyes were full of greed at this time, but after a while he said with a little dejection: "Master, it's not that I don't want to sell, it's just that our village has publicized that the things dug out of the field will be confiscated. What if the police take me to jail because I sold something to you?"

"Hey! You know me about this..." At this point, the old man seemed to think of Lao Hu next to him now, so he smiled and said to Lao Hu: "Brother, if you have a way, you have a share. Since you have seen it , How about I give you 500 yuan later?"

What the old man meant, Lao Hu also understood that the 500 yuan was nothing more than a hush money, but now he has become more and more suspicious that the thing is an open door, how can he give up a golden mountain for a small profit?
"Old gentleman, I said you are a bit unkind!"

Seeing that the old man was a little stunned by his words, Lao Hu went on to say: "This elder brother and I discovered this thing together. I haven't even looked at it yet, so you just snatch it away. Do you think you are being unkind?" ?”

Hearing what Lao Hu said, the old man couldn't help but blushed, and said apologetically, "Brother, I'm really sorry, my attention was attracted by this thing just now, and I did something wrong, please forgive me, brother." !"

Lao Hu also accepted it as soon as he saw it, and said, "Can you pass that thing to me now?"

"This..." The old man hesitated for a while, as if he was worried about something.

At this time, the middle-aged man said: "I said, old man, this is your fault. The elder brother and I saw the thing together. We didn't blame you for interfering. Could it be that you gave the thing to this person?" Big Brother can’t take a look?”

"Okay!" The old man thought for a while, gritted his teeth and agreed, and then carefully placed the jar on the ground.

When Lao Hu saw the old man's actions, he was even more sure that he was an insider, and he was even more convinced of the glazed red pot in his heart.

Taking the jar in his hand, no matter how he looked at it, Lao Hu felt that it was really an underglaze red jar from the Yuan Dynasty.The shape of the pot is right, the body is right, the glaze color is right, and the craftsmanship is right. Except for this jar, which feels a little newer, there is no problem at all.

However, there is a saying that it is better to buy the real ones than the fake ones. No one stipulates that antiques must be old, and there are many reasons why they look new. For example, they were buried in the ground not long after they were unearthed, or This used to be an orderly inheritance thing, and it may be very new.

After confirming the authenticity of the item, Lao Hu's heart was burning hot. It was really lucky that he couldn't stop it. He unexpectedly encountered a piece of underglaze red from the Yuan Dynasty. Does this mean that I am going to get rich?
"Brother, I don't know what you think of this thing?"

Just as Lao Hu was dreaming of a life of luxury and wealth, a voice suddenly came from his ear, which brought him back to his senses, and at the same time, he couldn't help being a little angry, old guy!If it weren't for you, it would be in my hands by now.

Let’s not talk about whether this is a game. When Lao Hu thought so, he didn’t think about it. He was clearly ready to leave just now, but now he thinks something is right, so he blames this old man. This greedy person is a bit unreasonable up.

(End of this chapter)