Looking at the two tripods in front of him, Tang Yi'an was shocked.
The cauldron Zhou Danquan brought was exactly the same as the real cauldron.
If you don't look carefully, you can't tell the difference at all.
It's just that the real tripod has more charm and the workmanship is more exquisite.
Tang Yi'an asked him where he got the tripod. Zhou Danquan said, "Have you forgotten that my father is a famous porcelain worker?"
I have also been fond of imitating ancient utensils since I was a child, and I have learned skills from famous teachers.
Tang Yi'an suddenly understood and admired Zhou Danquan's memory and craftsmanship.
Then he bought the imitation tripod for forty taels of silver and kept it.
After that, he hid the real tripod secretly and never showed it to anyone. If anyone came to watch it, he would use a fake tripod to deal with it.
In the last years of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng invaded the capital of China, and the Ming Dynasty was in danger.
It is said that this Ding kiln porcelain tripod was broken during the family inheritance dispute.
However, if it was really broken, Chen Wenzhe would not care about it, let alone what would happen later.
Because there are two genuine and fake tripods, it is said that the one that was broken was a fake and the real one was obtained by King Zhu Changluo of Lu.
Later, when the Qing army invaded Hangzhou, King Lu's attendants were so anxious that they sank the tripod into the Qiantang River.
To this day, the whereabouts of both the authentic and fake porcelain tripods are unknown.
And this has become an eternal mystery in archaeology, but now this mystery seems to be solved by Chen Wenzhe.
Because he seemed to have seen the final destination of a porcelain tripod, but he didn't know whether this porcelain tripod was the original Ding Kiln product, because it was possible that it was a fake made in the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, things are not as simple as Chen Wenzhe thought.
The picture he saw now was indeed an imitation bronze porcelain tripod.
Looking at the picture of the porcelain tripod inside the Sui Marquis Pearl, Chen Wenzhe felt really amazing.
The five-color Taotie pattern porcelain tripod imitating the bronzes of the third generation, especially the five colors, is really dreamlike!
Of course, the colorful porcelain here is definitely not the colorful porcelain of later generations.
It should be a kind of kiln transformation phenomenon, so when you look at the Taotie on it, it can actually radiate colorful light.
This is the visual effect created on Chen Wenzhe through pictures.
It was like a beam of light shining on this porcelain tripod, reflecting colorful light.
"By the way, this is a kind of reflected light, not real colors, and it's not all kiln change, but there is indeed kiln change in it!"
Seeing this, Chen Wenzhe thought of the description of this porcelain tripod in ancient books.
The colorful gluttons are puffing out clouds and mist, and the white glaze is as clean as jade, shining brightly!
Porcelain tripods from the Northern Song Dynasty were rare, but by the Southern Song Dynasty, there were many official kiln porcelain tripods.
However, the appearance of the porcelain tripods from the official kilns of the Southern Song Dynasty also imitated the bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
So, why did porcelain from the Song and Yuan Dynasties borrow the shape of bronze wares?
Let’s talk about the Northern Song Dynasty. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the rulers encouraged the study of Confucian classics.
In order to consolidate the rule, we advocated the restoration of the etiquette system of the three generations.
Therefore, the government at that time issued an order to have craftsmen cast new temple sacrificial vessels imitating the bronze ritual vessels of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and requested a large number of bronze ritual vessels from the people.
At this time, looking at the antique porcelain tripod through the pictures, Chen Wenzhe really didn't know whether it was a Song tripod or an imitation Ding kiln porcelain tripod from the Ming Dynasty.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, one of them must have been broken into pieces.
But who says that it must be an imitation? What if it is the authentic porcelain tripod from Ding Kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty?
Seeing this situation, Chen Wenzhe was not only not depressed, he was actually a little excited.
His favorite thing is to find something missing on Taobao, and the three-dimensional image of this piece of porcelain is right in front of him.
Although it is not as real as seeing the real thing in front of your eyes, but to identify the authenticity, just relying on this picture should be enough.
Is this an imitation or an authentic product from the Ding kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty? It would be better to identify it first.
If it is real, then even better. Even if it is a fake, it was imitated by famous people in the Ming Dynasty, and there are written records. Such antique imitations are of high value.
What's more, even in the Ming Dynasty, this imitation was still a real masterpiece.
Chen Wenzhe looked at the pictures inside the Sui Marquis Pearl, and he planned to study it carefully.
If you want to identify Ding kiln porcelain, you must have a deep understanding of Ding kiln craftsmanship, otherwise it will definitely not work.
When identifying Ding kiln white porcelain, you must first look at the glaze.
In the Song Dynasty, porcelain production pursued the jade-like effect, and those with a jade-like texture were considered top quality.
Especially for porcelain fired in the palace, it must be fired with the texture of jade.
Therefore, a genuine piece of Ding porcelain should have a glaze that is translucent and full of agility, just like white jade.
If it is an imitation, it is difficult to produce a jade texture because the raw materials of the glaze and the firing temperature are difficult to control.
Generally, the charm is dull, the glaze color is pale, and there is no jade texture at all.
Occasionally, the texture of jade can be produced by burning, but the color is often new and has a hot feeling.
There must be nothing obvious about this, because the previous imitation was an imitation of the real thing.
You can't tell anything about the glaze, just look at the glaze color.
The best glaze color of Ding kiln white glaze must be as white as ivory.
After the Five Dynasties, makeup clay was no longer applied before glazing on Ding kiln wares.
The glaze water of the white glaze is white with yellowish flashes, so the color of the glaze is the so-called "ivory white" color. A few glazes of poor quality are white with grayish yellowish flashes.
The Baiding glaze is translucent. Because the glaze is thin, the body color can be faintly seen in the thin areas.
In the folds of some utensils, you can see that the accumulated glaze is a light yellow-green color. The bubbles in the accumulated glaze are sparse and transparent and vary in size. This is also a key point to pay attention to when identifying.
Because imitations cannot master the specific firing atmosphere of Ding kiln, it is difficult to produce the "ivory white" glaze color.
The glaze color is often either white or yellow, and light yellow-green is rarely seen at the bend of the object.
However, since it is an authentic imitation, this simplest feature of Ding kiln can definitely produce the best imitation effect.
"No wonder in the Ming Dynasty, fakes could be mistaken for real ones. Even if this is an imitation, it is really good!"
Seeing this, Chen Wenzhe was truly impressed.
Regardless of whether it is true or not, this piece of porcelain is really well made, and only by seeing this level of porcelain can you truly appreciate the elegance of Ding kiln white porcelain.
It’s no wonder that an ordinary Ding kiln white porcelain bowl can easily sell for millions of yuan.
"It would be better if the picture could be enlarged!"
Looking at the rotating three-dimensional pictures, Chen Wenzhe couldn't help but look at Shu.
Unexpectedly, when he thought like this, Sui Houzhizhu reacted immediately.
I saw the picture of the porcelain tripod and immediately enlarged it.
Now when I look at this porcelain tripod, it still looks like the picture. Isn’t it just a Ding kiln white porcelain tripod that appears in front of me?
At this time, not to mention the colorful Taotie patterns, even the pale white lines without patterns appear so clear.
"Is this the bamboo silk brush mark?" Looking at the real-life picture in front of him, Chen Wenzhe was so surprised that he didn't know what to say.
Originally, he was just looking at the pictures, and he was afraid that he would not be able to get any results.
Now, the picture in front of me is more convenient than the real thing in front of me.