Chapter 1,198 The sky is blue and waiting for misty rain
.
Hearing Cheng Yu's words, the three members of the Du family couldn't help but be stunned.
In their view, this was completely unbelievable. Since Cheng Yu said that the remaining items were priceless, how could he dare to openly declare them to customs in the name of handicrafts? It is true that antiques have limitations and they want to be treated as such.
Appraisal relies more on the experience of the appraiser, which has very high professional requirements, and often different appraisers will give different opinions.
Disagreement.
As for the identification of technological means, the technical means of the customs are limited, and these technologies are more aimed at detection at the time of exit. The items entering the customs will not be inspected in such detail.
From a purely logical perspective, Cheng Yu's statement is not untenable, but the key point is that when faced with priceless treasures, it is impossible for anyone to maintain such a normal mind and declare customs in the name of handicrafts.
Physically speaking, for a batch of similar items that are not too large in quantity, as long as they are not precious metal products and are declared as handicrafts, the possibility of passing customs is indeed very high. But no matter how high the possibility is, it still exists
The possibility of missing something, and the higher the value of these items, the less likely anyone would dare to take such a risk.
Cheng Yu even told it in such an understatement, which made the three members of the Du family look at him as if they were looking at aliens. But now the three members of the Du family still don't know what Cheng Yu said is priceless.
What exactly is the thing, so the three of them did not speak. Even though their hearts were already in turmoil, they all suppressed it on the surface, except Wei Lan.
In a mother's tone, she complained a little: "You kid, you are so brave." Cheng Yu smiled and said: "It's okay to say I'm brave, it's okay to say I'm fearless, but the main thing is
These things are really unheard of, let alone the customs, even the cultural relic appraisal experts from the Forbidden City are standing here.
If you don’t know, you will most likely just laugh when you see those things. What’s more, since they are just ordinary handicrafts and they are imported, the customs really don’t take them too seriously.”
Du Changfeng suppressed the turbulent breathing in his heart and asked as calmly as possible: "What on earth is it?"
Cheng Yu still smiled slightly, pointed forward and said, "We're here, you and mom can take a look for yourselves."
As he spoke, Cheng Yu led the three of them to the door of the small warehouse, took out the key, unlocked it, and brought the three of them in.
"This is a vacant warehouse given by the buyer when I bought your yard. I found someone to slightly modify it. On the surface it is a studio, but in fact it is a place where those items are stored."
Du Changfeng took a breath of air-conditioning and thought to himself that this Cheng Yu is really extremely brave and valuable. You don't even have basic security here, are you really not afraid of encountering thieves?
After entering the warehouse, Cheng Yu went straight to the cabinet in the corner, opened the cabinet door, and took out the first piece of porcelain from the firewood kiln, which was a wind bottle. Putting it on the table, after opening the inner packaging, it was probably
Since the three members of the Du family didn't know much about antiques, they just felt that this vase was ancient and transparent, and the surface of the porcelain vase shone under the light.
Du Changfeng could only see that the cracked lines on the glaze were very delicate, but other than that, he did not show the shock that Xue Changyun had at that time. The three of them looked at the wind bottle for a long time, but they also knew that antiques
Porcelain cannot be easily acquired, especially since Cheng Yu has repeatedly emphasized that it is a priceless item, but other than that, the three of them did not see much.
Come.
Du Xiaoyu came closer and said hesitantly: "The color of this bottle is very nice. It looks a bit like Ru porcelain, but it seems a little different." Cheng Yu smiled and said nothing, which was what he expected.
To be honest, if it weren't for Qi Ye's auction, where he was almost forcibly instilled with some knowledge about firewood kilns, Cheng Yu then went online to check a lot about firewood kilns.
Historical records, when he saw these porcelains for the first time, he probably would not have immediately thought that they were long-lost firewood kilns. What's more, the three members of the Du family didn't have much interest in antiques.
Although I am occasionally invited to participate in some charity auctions, and I have seen porcelain worth millions, but for those kind of charity auctions, participants usually bring out some of their own private collections, and most of them are donated with left hand in and right hand out.
Bidding back, to put it bluntly, is to donate money and be arty at the same time. At charity auctions of that kind, it is rare to find truly valuable items.
of the auction item.
Wei Lan didn't understand anything at all. After looking at it for a few times, she was already a little interested. Although Du Changfeng didn't know much about antique cultural relics, he was generally more knowledgeable, but he definitely didn't expect this.
It was a firewood kiln that was said to have never been handed down from generation to generation. Of course, this did not prevent him from seeing that if this piece of porcelain could really be dated to before the Ming Dynasty, it would definitely be able to be sold at a very high price. But this is also due to the
Cheng Yu, if Cheng Yu hadn't used the word priceless, even if it was placed in a museum, Du Chang
I am afraid that the wind will not linger on this wind bottle for so long.
Among the three people, Du Xiaoyu is the one who is most interested in this porcelain vase. She now has full faith in Cheng Yu. Since Cheng Yu said it is priceless, it must be a rare treasure in the world.
However, no matter how hard Du Xiaoyu searched, with her limited understanding of ancient porcelain, she really couldn't see any tricks. However, Du Xiaoyu still whispered in a low voice: "The more I look at the color of your bottle, the more strange it becomes.
It seems that I have never seen porcelain of such a color. Cheng Yu, what kind of porcelain is this, and which dynasty is it from? The most famous ones in the Ming Dynasty were blue and white and doucai. I think this is definitely neither of them. This color,
It reminds me of Jay Chou's song, "Azure Waits for Misty Rain", yes, this color really looks like the color of azure after rain. However,
Not Wu Dong, this color can only be seen in places without pollution..."
This sentence was like waking up a person in a dream. Du Changfeng suddenly thought of the firewood kiln that only existed in legends from the lyrics of "The sky is blue and waiting for misty rain".
Although he knows very little about porcelain, there are many people in the circle of wealthy people who collect antiques, such as Xue Changyun's father, so Du Changfeng obviously has heard about the basic characteristics of firewood kilns.
He looked at Cheng Yu, who had been smiling and silent, and asked tentatively: "Xiao Yu, you don't want to tell me that this is an imperial product made by Chai Shizong, do you?"
Cheng Yu then nodded and said: "According to my judgment, it should be so." Du Changfeng looked at the wind bottle for a while and said uncertainly: "I have heard something about Chai Rong.
Legend has it that after so many years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, no piece of porcelain from Chai kiln has been released in the world, right? Even broken porcelain
None." "So I'm not entirely sure, but if these porcelains were really given by Zhu Youtang to his mother's tribe, and those tribesmen had treasured them for hundreds of years without selling them, it would really be wrong.
It is possible that they are items from the firewood kiln. Over the past hundreds of years, the descendants of the Yao people may not have touched the idea of this batch of porcelain. However, if only an ordinary farmer took porcelain like this,
When it comes out, the truth becomes false. Even
It is a crime to have a jade, and even if you lose your life, you may not be able to get the money back. That's why it can be preserved to this day."
Du Changfeng nodded when he heard this and said: "Your point of view is quite different, but it does have some truth." Du Xiaoyu had also heard some legends about firewood kilns, and was silent at the moment, but Wei Lan didn't understand them at all.
, frowned and complained: "Old Du, please speak clearly, what is Chai Shizong, what is Chai Rong's, what is this?"
What kind of treasure is it?" Du Changfeng glanced at Cheng Yu. Seeing Cheng Yu's explanation, he said to his wife: "After the Tang Dynasty, there were the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. The last dynasty of the Five Dynasties was historically called the Later Zhou Dynasty.
In addition, there were ten major separatist regimes including the Southern Tang Dynasty, which were called the Ten Kingdoms. Of course, this chaotic historical period was very short-lived. The five dynasties together only lasted more than fifty years, and the Ten Kingdoms only lasted about seventy years.
The Taizu of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao, rebelled and established the Northern Song Dynasty, which ended this turbulent era. Then, in the hands of the second emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi, all the vassal states were completely destroyed and the unified Song Dynasty was established. The second of the last dynasties of the Five Dynasties
The emperor was called Chai Rong. This man established the imperial kiln. Based on Jun porcelain, he produced a kind of porcelain that was as green as the sky, as bright as a mirror, as thin as paper, and as thin as a chime with the sound of a chime. At that time, it was only used in the palace.
The people are absolutely not allowed to leak even a piece of broken porcelain. However, Chai Rong's life was short. He only served as emperor for five years, so the Chai kiln only fired porcelain for five years. After Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, he dismissed those craftsmen. After the Song Dynasty
, the world calls Chai Rong’s imperial kiln Chai kiln, and the porcelain produced by this batch of Chai kiln has become extremely valuable. The quantity is limited, and later generations can no longer produce similar finished products, resulting in it becoming
An extremely rare and precious collection. In the early days of the Republic of China, we heard of items from firewood kilns, but after the founding of the People's Republic of China, except for someone who said that a certain exhibit on display in Japan was a masterpiece of firewood kilns, no one has ever seen it again.
anything from the firewood kiln. And even the Japanese did not dare to claim that the porcelain
The porcelain vase is from a firewood kiln, so it is probably just a matter of rumors." Wei Lan was confused and still didn't quite understand, but she roughly understood that if the porcelain vase in front of her was really from a firewood kiln, then
It is a treasure that breaks the history of the collection world and the cultural relics world. Cheng Yu said that its price
It's worth the city, so it's understandable. "It's so complicated, isn't it unique in the world? This porcelain is beautiful, but Xiaoyu, since this thing has not been handed down before, how can you be sure that it is porcelain?
What about the kiln? I don’t understand antiques.
But there must be a reference." Wei Lan has obviously lost interest in this bottle. The one with a wood kiln or a wood kiln is far less attractive to her than the southern pearl. Cheng Yu smiled and said:
"Mom, you are right. I just judged based on the characteristics of the firewood kiln in the records and the historical origin of this batch of things. It is very likely that this is a firewood kiln that has not been handed down from generation to generation. The specifics will definitely require more advanced technology.
The method and the appraisal of experts. There is no reference in the past, but I have it here..." As he spoke, Cheng Yu walked to the cabinet at the deepest part of the warehouse and took two boxes, one in each hand.
Come over, open it and put it on the table. There are two more wood kiln products with different styles. "I found a total of thirty different pieces of porcelain in that underground secret room. The only thing that is the same is that they are all the same ones that Dad just said
Those characteristics, such as blue as the sky and bright as a mirror, I happened to see it before that
After reading some records about the firewood kiln and contacting the most likely provenance of this batch of porcelain, I felt that this is probably the legendary firewood kiln." Du Changfeng was stunned when he heard this, and said blankly: "What? Thirty pieces
