Chen Wenzhe felt very happy after successfully firing another work. However, when he looked up, he discovered another problem with Zhang Gu.
"Don't leave money on this piece. It would be troublesome to leave it, because it doesn't look like it at any time. If you don't leave money, it might be sold for tens of thousands. If this kind of work is auctioned, the price will be more than 200,000.
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Chen Wenzhe didn't know what to say when he looked at the imitation carmine red glaze rolled pastel flower and bird vase.
The size of the bottle is not small, with a height of 35cm. The imitation he made was just right, but he used a carmine red glaze, which caused a problem.
You should know that this kind of glaze is not easy to apply because you need to use the glaze blowing method.
This requires experience. If it is not done well, the glaze layer will be unevenly distributed.
Maybe it looks okay now, but after it's fired, it won't have a concave and convex texture, but will feel uneven and lumpy.
If such a thing is placed under natural light and reflects light, it will become even more difficult to see. It is a sign of diarrhea!
"Don't use other techniques, just use the zadao technique and make a zadao pastel flower tureen and let's have a look."
I feel that Zhang Gu has reached his limit. He seems to have done some research on the pastel and blue and white porcelain of the third generation of Qing Dynasty. The top technique among them must be the zhaodao technique.
Since other techniques are not good, then use your own expertise.
Since then, Zhang Gu has done really well, and soon he made a tureen.
A rolled pastel flower tureen imitating the Qianlong period, with a diameter of 10.8cm. It is colorfully painted and has a decent pattern of zigzag patterns.
"In the market, a genuine product like this can sell for four to five million yuan!" Chen Wenzhe said with satisfaction.
"Feel free and let me see your limits!"
After finishing speaking, Chen Wenzhe looked at the workers outside. At this time, the porcelain that had been put into the kiln yesterday had been successfully fired, and some workers were opening the kiln.
The previous plum vase was a successfully fired work, and this kind of work would be sent to him as soon as possible for him to see.
There will be many more after that, and I don’t know how many will be successfully fired.
The chrysanthemum petal plate should be gone, but there should be some pastel Zadao porcelain and Ru kiln porcelain!
Now that Chen Wenzhe hasn't started working yet, he naturally doesn't mind giving Zhang Gu more guidance to see where his limits are!
Chen Wenzhe watched Zhang Gu working, and soon he made a small candlestick.
This was planned in advance, otherwise it would not have been done so quickly.
Soon Chen Wenzhe discovered that he was imitating the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and it was a pair of pastel-painted small candlesticks with lotus branches and eight treasures on them.
It seems that Zhang Gu is definitely unwilling to be left alone, so the imitations are all famous porcelains from the Qianlong period.
This pair of small candlesticks, if Chen Wenzhe remembers correctly, was auctioned in 2016 and sold for more than 700,000 yuan.
It's a pity that he didn't imitate this pair of small candlesticks well. It's not that the pastel craftsmanship and the knotted craftsmanship are not good, but the shape of the vessels is not good enough.
The shape of the instrument is wrong. This is a problem of basic skills. The only thing you can do is practice more in the future.
Chen Wenzhe also figured it out. The shape of the device is more complicated, and it seems that it won't be able to open the stockings.
This is definitely due to lack of practice, and this is definitely not the reason for selling stocks, but the reason for money.
Even if you enter a factory or studio, you can only make certain types of utensils according to the above requirements.
For example, when entering Yi Niantang, the most popular type of utensil made before was definitely the teapot.
Let’s not talk about it in school, how can you have the money to make it as you please?
After thinking for a moment, Chen Wenzhe took some of the fetal mud from Zhang Gu's hand and started drawing the embryo directly.
He planned to make a porcelain wall vase imitating the Qing Dynasty's Qianlong period. This vase had also been auctioned in 2016. If it hadn't been for the small candlestick made by Zhang Gu, Chen Wenzhe would not have been able to remember this porcelain vase.
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However, the transaction price of this auction is very high. The height of this bottle is 23cm, and the transaction price is RMB 1,610,000.
The craftsmanship is similar, but the shape of the container is changed to a bottle, and the price has more than doubled.
"Can it be done?" After finishing, Chen Wenzhe asked.
Zhang Gu shook his head directly. He had never made a wall bottle before.
"Besides inscribing poems, wall vases are mainly used for arranging flowers. Many people like to use them for arranging flowers!"
This is actually a vase. Such a bottle is not too difficult to make.
At this time, Chen Wenzhe said no more and just did it.
Wall bottle is one of many types of bottles. It is named after being hung on the wall. It is also called "car bottle" or hanging bottle.
The shape of the vase is that of a common vase, with half of the vertical part equal to the vertical part. The wall side is flat and has holes to facilitate hanging on the wall and for home decoration.
According to Geng Baochang's "Identification of Ming and Qing Porcelain", the shape of wall bottles first appeared in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.
It can be hung on the wall or on a pillar inside the bed. It has various shapes, including gourd type, semicircular type, lotus mouth type, melon-edge type, etc.
The sizes also vary, and the patterns painted include dragon patterns, Taoist figures, Eight Immortals, pine, bamboo and plum blossoms, fighting cocks, reeds and wild geese, broken branches of flowers and fruits, pheasants and peonies, etc.
Comments on wall vases are recorded in the book "Eight Notes of Zunsheng" written in the 19th year of Wanli's reign: "Flowers are arranged at all times, and people serve as flower companions. The bed is filled with fresh fragrance, and the spirit of sleeping is refreshed and happy, and can be used both in winter and summer."
This shows that the literati at that time loved wall bottles.
By the Qing Dynasty, wall vases were even more popular among literati.
Many of the poems praise the wall vase: "The green algae is blooming in the sky, and the felt room is accompanied by Qingjia"; "The smoke and moisture are bright again in the morning, and the mountain flowers and wild flowers are always new";
"The road is moving and clean, and the quiet house is full of spring."
There is also a record in the Qing palace archives that in the 30th year of Qianlong's reign, Jingzhen Royal Kiln Factory's tribute to the palace on New Year's Day included sedan bottles.
It can be said that what is good at the top will be worse at the bottom.
Qianlong liked to write poems everywhere, so he had this wall vase with imperial poems.
Compared with vases, this wall vase is not only complex in craftsmanship, but the shape of the vessel is also not easy to make, and it is normal to not be able to make the crotch.
"I'll make another simple piece of porcelain for you to see."
After making the wall vase, Chen Wenzhe thought for a moment and made a tea cup.
This is not a wine cup. It is much larger than a wine cup, with a diameter of 11cm.
Chen Wenzhe's imitation of the Qing Qianlong famille rose teacup with sea alum and red cloud and dragon patterns was sold at Poly's 12th Anniversary Autumn Auction in 2017 for 2,185,000 yuan.
In fact, this is the shape of a small bowl. It is slightly larger than an ordinary tea bowl, especially the mouth is larger, which is different from ordinary tea bowls.
The main reason is the craftsmanship on it, including pastel colors, tie lines, sea water patterns, cloud and dragon patterns, and alum red glaze. All these accumulated together are synonymous with high prices.
"Boss, please make a few pieces with more complicated craftsmanship and higher prices. Let me have a look!"
When Chen Wenzhe finished making the tea cup, Zhang Gu was not satisfied because he could also make small bowls that were too simple in shape.
Also, learning naturally involves choosing what you don’t know how to learn.
Chen Wenzhe was not self-indulgent, so he made two more pieces in succession, one imitating the Qing Dynasty Qianlong's purple ground rolling vase with gold and pastel intertwined branches and flowers with eight auspicious patterns, and the other imitating the Qing Emperor Qianlong's imperial Western style vase with rouge and red ground rolling.
Round waist bowl with floral pattern and lid.
The size is one large and one small. The bottle is 19.4cm high. The auction price in 2016 reached more than 20 million.
The shape of the water basin is a little difficult to make, but it is small. Its dimensions are 7.3cm long and 5.7cm high.
At Shendu Poly’s 2018 spring auction, the transaction price was almost 30 million.