The Immortal Road of Rebirth

Chapter 58 Black as paint and thin as paper (1)
He gave a preliminary conclusion that the pots belonged to black pottery products, and explained the origin, classification and artistic value of pottery in detail to several present.Looking at the admiration or satisfaction of several people, curator Wang is also slightly complacent.After all, getting the affirmation of others in the professional field is the greatest encouragement and praise for oneself.

He tidied up his mood and picked up the jar again, intending to take a closer look at the inner wall and deduce in detail the origin, age and other factors of the jar.As soon as the jar was picked up, curator Wang felt the unusual lightness of the jar.

With a soft "huh", he seemed to have thought of something, and instead of rushing to say it, he put down the jar carefully, and made a small request to Grandpa Ye:
"Chief, do you have tung oil and white gauze? Please bring some here. I'll clean this black clay pot first."

After listening to Curator Wang's words, Grandpa Ye was a little puzzled:
"Tung oil? Isn't that used to maintain furniture? How can it clean pottery?"

"Hehe, let me put it off first, the two chiefs."

Curator Wang's mysteriousness made the two grandpas laugh.Shaking his head helplessly, Grandpa Ye waited to see what he was up to.

While waiting for things, Curator Wang carefully wiped the black clay pot with water from the inside to the outside.Take it to the window and put it in the sun to dry naturally.

At the same time, he explained to everyone:
"The density of pottery is not as high as that of porcelain. After being exposed to water, the water will seep into the inside. Just cleaning the outside is not enough. The sun is still quite poisonous now, and it will dry out after a while in the sun."

The clay pots have been washed and are much cleaner.However, the black is still very dim, and it still looks inconspicuous.

In fact, this is due to the characteristics of pottery.

After a long time like porcelain, the porcelain body will turn slightly yellow.

However, pottery will form a substance on the surface after oxidation and erosion over time, making the surface dusty and dull.

Maybe tung oil is not easy to find. After a while, the service staff came in with a small bowl that was probably full of tung oil and a thick stack of white gauze in his hand.

The black pottery pot was completely dry. Taking over the bowl and gauze, curator Wang wiped the black pottery pot carefully and evenly with a gauze soaked in tung oil.

After the tank was covered with tung oil and water, he took another piece of clean gauze and quickly rubbed it vigorously on the tank.

And the place he wiped, a color of "black as lacquer, bright as a mirror", appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

After seven or eight minutes, the whole pottery was completely new. This black pottery, which had been dusted for thousands of years, finally showed its original appearance in the hands of curator Wang.The pitch-black color with translucency in black, light in brightness, and flesh in light made everyone fascinated by it.No matter what color it is, as long as it is pure to the extreme, it can reveal its unique charm, and this black pottery is like this.

Although there is no trace of ornamentation on the jar, the lightness, elegance, and purity of simplicity make it exude a mysterious charm, which deeply attracts the eyes of everyone present.

The black pottery placed on the table looks so dignified and graceful after revealing its true colors. Its material is fine and moist, its luster is calm and elegant, and it has a soft, elegant and quiet beauty like pearls.

Curator Wang picked up the pottery pot, stretched out his hand and tapped it lightly, and there was a pleasant sound of jade ringing from it. The body of this black pot was like black jade, and it also implied the color of bronze. Light reflects people's faces clearly, just like a mirror.

(End of this chapter)