Jianbao life

Chapter 773
Chu Chen was a bit embarrassed when he saw that Nan Nan said that. If the thing was genuine, he would have made the right choice without the other party saying that. But now he has seen that this pomegranate statue is a fake, unless There is something wrong with his mind, otherwise how could he exchange again?

Nan Nan saw Chu Chen's embarrassing appearance, and realized that something was wrong. Even if Chu Chen was just an ordinary person, it was impossible to say that if there are good things, he would not choose them, and choose worse ones on purpose!Then, Chu Chen's attitude means that there is only one possibility.

Thinking of this, Nan Nan frowned and asked, "Mr. Chu, do you think there is something wrong with this pomegranate statue?"

Seeing that the other party had already guessed it, Chu Chen said calmly, "Yes, I really don't think much of this Pomegranate Zun!"

"How is this possible!" Nan Nan shook his head to express his disbelief in response to Chu Chen's reply, and his face immediately changed, because this pomegranate statue was appraised by his grandfather when he was alive. The conclusion is very authoritative, how could it be wrong!
Chu Chen didn't know who was helping Nan Nancai to identify, but he was very displeased with Nan Nancai's attitude now, and said in his heart: "You have been in the antique business for so many years, since I said so, you Don’t you know how to ask me why I made such a judgment before drawing conclusions? Now you’re showing me indiscriminate embarrassment, and the big deal is that this deal won’t go through!”

And Wu Ke next to her had a displeased look on her face. She was quite dissatisfied with Nan Nancai's attitude.

However, although Chu Chen thought so in his heart, he still asked, "Boss, what about our deal?"

Nan Nan saw that both Chu Chen and Wu Ke seemed a little worried, and immediately realized that her attitude was not like that of a businessman, and that Chu Chen was a disciple of Mr. Liu. Since the other party said so, there must be no reason .

Although he believed in the opinion given by his grandfather in his heart, no matter what, in the current situation, he had to listen to Chu Chen's opinion.

In fact, for Nan Nancai, if it wasn't for Chu Chen's identity as Liu's old apprentice, and because he still had thoughts about these things about Chu Chen in his heart, otherwise, Chu Chen would probably have given Chu Chen a slap in the face just now. An eviction order has been issued.

Therefore, Nan Nan said apologetically: "Mr. Chu, I'm really sorry, because this pomegranate statue was appraised by my grandfather when he was still alive, and my reaction was a bit extreme. I hope you can forgive me!"

When the two heard that this was the case, they felt relieved. Chu Chen smiled, waved his hands and said, "Boss, it doesn't have to be like this. This is also human nature."

Seeing Chu Chen's statement, Nan Nancai also breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled, and then asked, "Mr. Chu, can you clear up my confusion?"

Chu Chen didn't answer directly, but asked, "Boss Nan, I would like to ask, where did you get this pomegranate statue?"

The origin of the antiques also has a certain reference value for the identification of antiques, so Chu Chen's question is not aimless.

Nan Nancai bought all his things from private individuals without any disputes, so he said generously after hearing the words: "I bought this Pomegranate Zun from a family in the suburbs of Paris. According to him, the things are It has been passed down from his ancestors and has been in his family for hundreds of years, of course, I don’t know if it’s true or not.”

The Longquan kiln in the Yuan Dynasty was developed on the basis of inheriting the firing skills of the Southern Song Dynasty.The Longquan kiln in the Yuan Dynasty was still in a prosperous period, and the foreign trade in the Yuan Dynasty was more developed than that in the Song Dynasty, and the scale also expanded, and the export volume of porcelain also surged accordingly.Among them, Longquan kiln products account for a large proportion.

Wang Dayuan, a native of the Yuan Dynasty, mentioned many times in "A Tale of Daoyi" that "Chuzhou Porcelain", or "Chu Porcelain" and "Qing Chu Ware", refers to Longquan Porcelain for porcelain sold abroad.

Therefore, if it is genuine, then the seller's words are still credible, but judging by the results now, it is obvious that the seller lied.

Of course, this is a judgment only after the conclusion is drawn. Nan Nancai doesn't believe Chu Chen's conclusion now, so Chu Chen picked up the pomegranate statue and said:

"Boss Difficult, let's not talk about anything else. First of all, there is something wrong with the tire of your pomegranate statue. Compared with the real one, it is too white and delicate. Of course, if it is pink and blue, it may be the real one. But there must be something wrong with the bean green color."

After finishing speaking, he exposed the bottom of the string pattern bottle with his other hand. Comparing the two, although it was not obvious, Nan Nan could still see the difference.This made him frown involuntarily, and his belief in his heart was shaken a little.

Some people may say, why didn't Nancai know how to compare before?The reason for this is because he believed too much in the conclusion given by his grandfather, he would not believe that things were fakes at all, so naturally he would not compare them.

Although his confidence was a little shaken, Nan Nan still disagreed with what Chu Chen said just now. He said:
"Mr. Chu, you just said that the glaze color of such a vessel body should be pink cyan, but if I remember correctly, the glaze color of the Longquan kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty is only pink cyan?"

Chu Chen smiled slightly and said: "You should also know that the Longquan kiln in the Yuan Dynasty developed from the Song Dynasty. Therefore, at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the exquisite display utensils fired in the Longquan kiln had thin bodies and thick glazes, and the bodies were fine and white. Delicate, multi-layered glaze, the glaze color is mainly pink and green..."

Later, with the continuous increase of market demand and the emergence of large utensils, the firing techniques have evolved accordingly.In the body glaze process, the multi-layer glazing of thin body and thick glaze was changed to one-time application of thick glaze, and the thickness of the glaze layer was controlled by the length of time the vessel embryo was soaked in the glaze.

One-time application of thick glaze not only saves manpower, reduces costs, but also saves time and shortens the firing cycle.Due to the low yield of thin body and thick glaze, which cannot meet the increasing market demand, the body of the device gradually thickened, and thick body and thick glaze appeared.

In order to further improve the yield and meet the needs of utensil decoration, the glaze layer was gradually thinned, and thick glaze and thin glaze appeared.The process of Longquan kiln in the Yuan Dynasty from thin-bodied multi-layer thick glaze to thin-bodied thick glaze, to thick-bodied thick glaze, to thick-bodied and thin glaze is also due to the continuous increase of kiln farms, continuous increase of output, and continuous expansion of domestic and foreign markets. The course of expansion.

Chu Chen went on to explain: "If the pink cyan color represents the correct color of Longquan kiln products from the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty to the early Yuan Dynasty, then the correct color of Longquan kiln products for a longer period after the Yuan Dynasty should be bean green color."

"However, because the products of Longquan kiln in the early Yuan Dynasty were relatively few, most of the products of Longquan kiln in the Yuan Dynasty on the market are bean green, which also makes some Tibetan friends think that the glaze color of Longquan kiln in Yuan Dynasty must be bean green. OK."

In addition, the process from pink cyan to bean cyan is synchronized with the change of tire quality and glaze layer.Pink cyan is the product of thick glaze, and the glaze layer gradually thins, making it difficult to reproduce the elegant demeanor of pink cyan like jade.The whiteness of the fetus is reduced, and the glaze is slightly changed, and the bean green with a slightly thinner glaze layer can also present a jade-like effect.

Of course, jade-like is the highest state of celadon. From the perspective of jade-like, bean green glaze is as moist as jade, which is not inferior to pink green glaze.Perhaps because of aesthetic preferences, bean green glaze was probably more popular at that time.For example, in Lu Rong's "Shu Garden Miscellaneous Notes" in the Ming Dynasty, there is a saying: "...the mung bean color is clear and flawless, and the lettuce color is the second."

Chu Chen finally concluded: "So, the texture of Longquan kiln can be fine white and delicate, but it must be thin and thick glaze, and the glaze color should also be pinkish blue, but your pomegranate statue doesn't look white, right? , but compared with the later Yuan Dynasty Longquan kiln, it is much more delicate, but not to mention the thickness of the body, but the glaze color is bean green glaze, which is obviously Zhang Guan Li Dai!"

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Nan Nancai seemed a little embarrassed. Obviously, he was the kind of person who only knew that the glaze color of the Longquan Kiln in the Yuan Dynasty was bean green. Thinking of a possibility, he said:
"Mr. Chu, you also said that the glaze color changes from pinkish blue to bean green, which is a gradual process. Is it possible that mine is just a product of the transitional period?"

"This may not be possible!"

Chu Chen said: "But apart from the porcelain body, there are three problems with this pomegranate statue. The first is the glaze. The glaze color of ancient artifacts is heavy, and the glaze surface gives people the feeling of 'heaviness', while the new imitation Although the glazed surface of the porcelain has been made to remove fire, its overall feeling is a bit 'floating', although your porcelain is not obvious, but you can see it when you compare it with the bottle."

"Secondly, no matter how the feet of the new imitations are made, there is always a feeling of 'moisturization', while the authentic ones appear to be 'dry'. This is because the moisture in the fetal soil has long been dispersed over the past thousand years. , and part of the material in the tire soil undergoes 'structural reorganization', making the tire look compact, firm and dry."

"Finally, in terms of decorative techniques, engraving and scratching are traditional porcelain decoration techniques. Longquan kilns in the Northern Song Dynasty mostly used engraving and scratching for decoration. Compared with the previous ones, the engraving and scratching of Longquan kilns in the Yuan Dynasty mostly used shallow carvings, mainly with Yin lines. Yang engraved line enters the knife more shallowly."

"But this Pomegranate Zun, although the inscribed lines are the main ones, but the inscribed lines in the sun look a bit deep. As for the second and third points, you should be able to see it by comparing."

When Chu Chen was explaining, Nan Nan put the two Longquan kiln wares together and compared them. Except for the fact that the decoration techniques were not compared, the first two points Chu Chen said were true. It's something, but nothing too obvious.But even so, it can basically be proved that his Pomegranate Zun must be a fake.

This fact dealt a great blow to Nan Nancai, and immediately made his face look ugly. Afterwards, he may have accepted the fact, sighed, and said, "Hey! It's all my fault! At that time My grandfather's health is not very good, I shouldn't let him test it at that time!"

(End of this chapter)