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Chapter 54 Stunning

This is also the most normal phenomenon. Whether it is trading porcelain or porcelain used by the people, it must not be compared with porcelain made by the official kilns specially for the royal family.

But folk kilns can also produce fine products, but the price is definitely not as expensive as official kilns.

The subsequent blue and white flower pattern plates and blue and white juggling figure pattern plates were also obviously characterized by the Kangxi Dynasty.

Later, he even took out a complete set of blue and white porcelain tea sets from the box, including teapots, tea cups, saucers, tea bowls, and tea lids.

It is also very new, with the shape and patterns of the vessels being relatively traditional. It is a complete set of pictures of the shepherd boy riding a cow, and the painting skills are very exquisite.

This set of tea sets was also from the Kangxi Dynasty. It is obvious that the porcelain he took out this time was mainly composed of late Kangxi porcelain.

Bai Gaorui and Bai Yujiao are both people who know and love tea. They like this kind of tea set very much. Unfortunately, they can't use them to make tea.

After the two of them started to identify these porcelains, they took photos and recorded them one by one, so they didn’t need to paste the labels.

Bai Yujiao is now a master in identifying porcelain, but if the porcelain was not brought by Xia Yu, she would feel that it didn't look like it came from the sea.

She couldn't help but say, "Senior brother is cleaning the porcelain now, and he is more and more aware of desalting!"

Xia Yu said, "These porcelains themselves are better preserved, and blue and white porcelains are also easier to process. There is also a batch of overglaze porcelains that I didn't have time to handle properly."

"These porcelains can be preserved so well, they must be buried in the mud and sand!" Bai Gaorui said.

"Yes, it's a sealed cabin, and the storage conditions are particularly good." Xia Yu replied.

"No wonder, the unearthed ones cannot preserve so well, and this is even more so forth. After so many years, there will be more or less bumps and damage." Bai Gaorui, who works in this industry, knows this clearly.

Bai Yujiao said, "I think that porcelain with such good quality can make people ignore their origins."

Bai Gaorui nodded, but it was not easy to deal with. After all, such porcelain is too new and will definitely not deliberately make them old, that is a waste of cultural relics!

But this depends on how to tell a story!

The most important thing is the quality of porcelain.

When Xia Yu took out such porcelain, they dared to "fidelity" with customers.

There are not only these good treasures in Xia Yu's big cardboard box. He also brought a blue and white general jar with a lid with a blue and white lotus pattern.

It is also treated with desalination and kept in the space for a period of time. Such fine blue and white porcelain is the one he prioritized for processing.

The bottom of the General's jar also has the base model of "made in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty".

Bai Gaorui couldn't move his eyes as soon as he saw it. After carefully savoring it, he took out a ruler to measure it. The height of the jar was about 48 cm and the diameter was about 30 cm.

This type of general jar was first found in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. It was basically established in the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty and was popular in the Kangxi period. It was named because its cover was quite similar to the helmet of a general. It was one of the common shapes of foreign trade at that time, and the price was the most expensive.

This general cup has a straight mouth, short neck and shoulders, bulging belly and restrained feet, and a steady shape. The shape of the instrument is stable and upright, powerful and vigorous. The body is white, the glaze is smooth, and the patterns are vivid and lively and full of vitality.

The blue and white color is even brighter, making people love it.

What is most rare is that this blue and white general jar is of perfect quality. Even the inner porcelain body of the general jar is preserved in an extremely complete manner without any cracks, which can be said to be extremely precious.

Even though Bai Gaorui has been in the antique world for decades, he has rarely seen such a perfectly qualified general jar.

The larger the shape of the porcelain, the more difficult it is to preserve it, even for wealthy families. It is rare for those general jars that flow back from abroad to ensure rough integrity. Bumping is inevitable, but they will basically be repaired when taking action. Some will also have kiln cracks inside, which will be like this if they are not properly preserved.

In this way, this general jar kept at the bottom of the sea escaped because of its good preservation environment.

While savoring, Bai Gaorui excitedly asked his first question, "Are there any other general jars?"

Bai Yujiao also said, "If it is one or several pairs, the value will be even higher!"

Xia Yu really nodded and said yes, it was stored in his space now. If he was not afraid of shocking the world, he could change it now. But obviously, he was afraid.

He didn't need to say anything more. Both Bai Gaorui and Bai Yujiao's grandson could make up for it because such a general can take up too much space.

"It's good to have it, Ayu, let's bring it here together next time!" Bai Gaorui said.

"Well, I will bring it here once I'm done." Xia Yu replied.

Bai Yu smiled and said, "If you put such a general can in the store, you will feel that you can attract customers."

Bai Gaorui laughed, "It's okay for the new customer, but Lao Yang and the others will definitely be envious of them after seeing it."

They still took the record before seeing what other good treasures there were.

Needless to say, the authenticity of these porcelains is the source of them. They must make up stories. If the story is told well, it will be easier to use things...

Bai Gaorui was immersed in antiques since he was a child. Just by listening to various stories, he was able to write dozens of different novels.

The porcelain that Xia Yu took out then seemed to have amazed the time in an instant.

This is a small plate with no base style, born blue and white butterfly pattern. The shape is all American, and the blue and white hair color is pure and particularly elegant.

The knowledgeable Bai Gaorui immediately recognized him, "Thin-body porcelain!"

Thin-body porcelain is also called "eggshell porcelain", and it also has another name - "rebirth porcelain". The word "rebirth" is said in "Pottery Record": "The thin body of the body originated from Yong Kiln... It is said that its production is difficult to make, and it is only 72 times more than it can be achieved."

The body of porcelain can be divided into thickness, and the thinner it is, the higher the difficulty of making it. Reborn porcelain describes the body of porcelain as thin as a cicada's wing, and the body thickness is mostly within 1 mm, as if it is removed from the body bone. People say: It is as thin as a cicada's wing, as bright as glass, and as light as floating clouds.

It is said that the porcelain body is very thin. At this moment, Bai Gaorui did not even use strong flashlights to shine. He could only use the lights in the store to see the small blue and white porcelain plates as thin as eggshells.

He stretched out his hand and tapped it lightly, and the pleasant sound of the chimes made people feel like the sound of nature.

What made him most incredible was that this small plate with blue and white butterfly pattern was perfect in appearance. He looked carefully and there was no trace of it.

This is a miracle for the reborn porcelain. When he held such porcelain in his hand, he was worried that he would crush it with a little more effort.

He was particularly clear about the origin of thin-body porcelain. According to records from the Qing Dynasty, thin-body porcelain began to be produced during the Yongle period, but the peak of thin-body porcelain in the Ming Dynasty was actually the Chenghua period. Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup is the most typical representative and was also auctioned to a sky-high price of 280 million yuan.

When making thin-body porcelain, first make the body like ordinary porcelain, and determine the shape of the instrument during the tire shaping stage. Then repair the body and continuously scrape the body from the surface of the instrument with a knife. This is a key step for thin-body porcelain, called the body-clearing. The "72-pass-through" mentioned in "Pottery Record" is a description of the process of body-clearing.

The thinner the carcass is, the higher the difficulty. At critical moments, one less knife will be thicker, and one more knife will be scrapped.

At this time, the accuracy of the craftsman holding the knife's hand was extremely high. If you breathe a little, you will lose all your efforts.

After completing this step, apply glaze on the tread and paint.

Because the fetus is thin, the painter should also be extremely careful at this time. While ensuring the painting is excellent, he should also pay special attention to the strength of the brush.

At the end of the last century, thousands of porcelain pieces with glaze as thin as white jade body as egg shell were unearthed at the Chenghua official kiln site in Jingdezhen, which shows that the scrap rate of thin porcelain is high.

"I am afraid that the wind will blow away, but I am worried that the sun will burn away" is the description of the light and beautiful porcelain that is as thin as an eggshell. The wind can blow away its lightness.

The body of thin-body porcelain is too thin and is particularly easy to damage, so the thin-body porcelain that can be preserved to this day can also be said to be the only fruitful one.

By the early Qing Dynasty, the technology of rebirth continued to develop and innovate, and the colors of rebirth porcelain gradually became richer. The pastel was fired in the late Kangxi period, and by the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods, it had been perfected. Rebirth porcelain was no longer filled with white or blue and white with simple color. Five colors, doucai, enamel, pastel and enamel appeared one after another. In addition to white glaze, yellow glaze also appeared on the base glaze.

From this blue and white plate, we can see the style of blue and white porcelain from the Yongzheng period.

Whether it is the shape or the blue and white patterns, they can be summarized by the word "Xiu", which is very different from the upright and vigorous style of Kangxi blue and white, but instead is replaced by a soft and handsome style. The Yongzheng blue and white blue and white are not only have many varieties, a wide range of themes, and a variety of shapes, but also the selection and processing of raw materials are more particular.

After Bai Gaorui appreciated it, he carefully placed it on the table, and Bai Yujiao took it carefully to watch it. The antiques are not only porcelain, but also many antiques, including jewelry and jade, are "just hand". After one person in front, he placed it gently first, and the person behind him then got up to see it.

To prevent unclear responsibilities and to hand them over whom they fail to take? Such things are common.

The most important thing is to be afraid of damaging these fragile and cracked things. It is a small loss of money. If the precious cultural relics are broken, they will never be able to recover.

Bai Yujiao has actually been accustomed to many reborn porcelains. Bai Gaorui has obtained many specimens of various porcelains, which is also the basic skill of learning porcelain identification.

But this was the first time she had used the blue and white porcelain that was born during the Yongzheng period.

After getting started, I can’t let go of it, and the more I look at it, the more I like it.

The artistic aesthetics of the Yongzheng period are beyond words, and they are completely different from Qianlong, who likes the "farmhouse" style, although Qianlong has worked hard to engage in literature and art.
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