Chapter 1011: Blow the chaff and see the rice, apply flower dew on it
Ambitious, talented, and hard-working, Chen Wenzhe taught attentively, so he naturally learned quickly.
Originally, Chen Wenzhe didn't know that the distressing technology was also very powerful abroad, but Zhang Gu paid attention to it.
It was under his suggestion that Chen Wenzhe learned about this new technology.
In fact, it wasn't that difficult, it was just that someone used new materials to make some old porcelain, and Zhang Gu accidentally got one.
After Zhang Gu learned about this technology, he studied it for several days, but he never understood it.
When he asked Chen Wenzhe, Chen Wenzhe cheated directly and understood everything.
Only recently, a high-tech crystal grinding cotton material was introduced into the domestic distressing industry.
This is a material that promotes the rapid formation of ancient cow hair patterns on the glaze of porcelain.
After the cow hair pattern is formed, you can see the effect and the degree of simulation is really high.
Since the effect is good, it is used more. Therefore, after this kind of crystal abrasive cotton entered the domestic market and was applied, it was directly used to blow the chaff into rice. It soon completely replaced the traditional old cowhide with sand between it for glazing for nearly a hundred years.
Poor technique of acid etching glaze.
Add fine sand to the old cowhide and rub the glaze, and the traces of cow hair pattern will be neat and orderly, making it easy to identify the fake.
Secondly, the hardness of some fine sand makes it difficult to scratch the glaze, making it time-consuming and laborious to clean.
It takes several months to complete a piece of work using old techniques.
When the high-tech crystal abrasive cotton material comes into contact with the glaze, hundreds of fine scratches will appear instantly.
If you use crystal polishing cotton to pat the porcelain glaze, the ox hair pattern drawn out will be messy.
In addition, when you play with your hands, it will be soaked with sweat and oil, and it will fall off immediately.
At this time, the glaze surface quickly becomes moist and has a soft luster.
It is also difficult for experts to identify such works.
If an expert uses it to make it old, it will be even more difficult to judge.
Chen Wenzhe had just learned this technique, but he didn't expect these old guys from Jingzhen to know it too.
They say that Chen Wenzhe keeps pace with the times, but Chen Wenzhe also thinks that they are the masters who really don't stick to the rules.
The cow hair pattern on this piece of porcelain is beautifully made, and the two Jingzhen masters naturally cannot show weakness.
The two of them didn't care whether Wu San understood it or not, they directly started to take the exam for Chen Wenzhe by making old cow hair patterns.
Chen Wenzhe was sure that these two old men must be testing him. If he doesn't cope well, will he be underestimated or the price will be lowered?
Chen Wenzhe glanced at some porcelain beside him. These guys came with a mission.
Coming prepared and having some real strength, Chen Wenzhe still found it a bit difficult to deal with it.
He really didn't expect that the scratches on the porcelain could form different features during the aging process.
What is more difficult to imitate than the ox hair pattern is definitely the living flow pattern, which is a unique phenomenon of Jun porcelain in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Later generations could not imitate it and could only create cow hair patterns.
It looks like flowing water, but also like quicksand; the colors in the flowing lines are gorgeous, and when viewed under a magnifying glass, they are very beautiful and attractive.
However, modern craftsmanship imitates live flow patterns, and the lines are too thick.
Although it seemed like he was being lectured by two old men, Chen Wenzhe didn't mind at all.
As long as he knows what living rhymes are, he can just pay more attention to them in the future.
If you see porcelain with this characteristic, you will know what living flow patterns look like.
If he encounters such a high imitation again, he might be able to learn how to imitate this feature.
After dealing with the inquiries from these two old men, Chen Wenzhe finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, at this moment, one of the old men asked for a glass of water.
"My fault, I forgot to serve tea!"
Chen Wenzhe was stunned and immediately apologized.
As a guest from afar, what he did was not appropriate.
"No, we don't mean to ask for tea, we just need a glass of water for final appraisal!"
"The final appraisal?" Chen Wenzhe really doesn't know how to use water this time?
"Actually, it's unnecessary. After all, these porcelains of yours look very beautiful and can be said to be new. I just want to see the final result!"
Chen Wenzhe is really curious about how to use water to identify it.
After getting a bucket of water, one of them picked up a piece of porcelain, and the other poured water on the porcelain with a cup.
Water flows over the surface of the porcelain, making the surface look brand new.
"By the way, it's okay in the end!"
Then, these two taught Chen Wenzhe another lesson.
This is called toilet water, and it is an effective way to identify colorful pastels.
Old stuff, if you wipe it with clean water, the color will be completely different.
It is in a brand new state, so it is called flower dew.
The principle is also very simple, that is, the surface of ancient porcelain that has been used for hundreds of years has aged and has developed phenomena such as winter melon frost, hair powder, clam shine, colorless water spots, and matte.
If it comes into contact with water, all phenomena will be covered up and it will look like new porcelain.
This is also an effective way to test whether ancient porcelain is tarnished.
I have tried them one by one, and all the porcelain is as good as before after watering. There is no damage to the porcelain after ordinary porcelain becomes old.
By this time, the appraisal of this batch of customized porcelain is coming to an end.
The group of people came to a corner inside, where there was a set of sofas. Of course, the items placed next to them were all antique porcelain.
In particular, a batch of exquisite products that Chen Wenzhe has just produced are displayed here.
This is his proud work, so naturally he wants to share it with others.
Of course, if they couldn't tell anything about the batch of custom-made porcelain from outside, Chen Wenzhe would naturally not bring them over, but directly bring them to the office to complete the contract.
"Boss Chen is really awesome. This flint red is so perfect."
Looking at a plate placed sideways with the bottom exposed, an old man spoke.
"I haven't asked you what your name is yet?" Chen Wenzhe said after sitting down and pouring water for everyone.
Wu San immediately introduced: "This is Mr. Li, and this is Mr. Zhou. They are both famous people from Jingzhen!"
"We have met before, but we didn't go out of our way to get to know each other." Chen Wenzhe said with a smile.
"In Wu Er's shop, right? I met Boss Chen several times after that. I also went to the First Thought Hall of the Chenghuang Temple and saw Boss Chen's works. Those are not as beautiful as flint red." Mr. Li said.
Mr. Zhou said at this time: "Why not? That bottle worth over 100 million!"
"Haha, I didn't go over to take a look at that one. There were too many people standing there admiring it at that time."
Seeing them saying these things were useless, Wu San was a little anxious.
He was not interested in things that were not for sale, so no matter how good the bottle on display in Yi Nian Tang was, he didn't want to say more about it.
"Mr. Zhou, you just said that the flint red is beautiful. How perfect is it?"
Just after a second thought, Wu San changed the topic to the beautiful market in front of him.
"Xiao Wu, what do you think of the flint red on the plate?" Mr. Zhou asked instead of explaining.
"I also look very beautiful, very natural, it doesn't feel like it was done!" Wu San said honestly.
Mr. Zhou nodded with satisfaction, but Mr. Li laughed.