Chapter 1,265 The intangible cultural heritage picked out by fingertips
Collecting is a game for rich people. What may seem expensive to ordinary people, but to the eyes of rich people, is just ordinary!
It can be seen that different people have different views on different things.
Therefore, different porcelain has different prices.
Even the enamel paintings made during the Qianlong period cannot easily cost hundreds of millions. In fact, the most works are worth tens of millions.
And this is already beyond people’s imagination.
You must know that throughout the dynasties, porcelain of the same period can easily reach millions, but there are very few that can reach tens of millions.
Especially simple small bowls, wine cups, etc., which can sell for tens of millions, and are unique in history.
Or let’s talk about a small bowl. It is a blue ground enamel bowl with double dragons and lotus pattern from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.
The size is 16.1 cm in diameter and the estimated price is 10,000,000
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15,000,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the final transaction was 60.02 million Hong Kong dollars.
This is not a special phenomenon. For example, this small bowl was auctioned in 2013. It is a pair of enamel switch bowls with flower and bird patterns during the Qianlong period.
The transaction price at that time was approximately 92 million.
In 2015, an enamel vase from the Qianlong period was auctioned, and the price at that time was around 16 million.
In fact, from the following prices, we can judge that this type of porcelain at that time was very valuable for collection.
Because most of the prices are in the millions or even tens of millions, even some damaged works still have a certain collection value, because what everyone values is their artistic value.
Not to mention the rarity of the raw materials, just the craftsmanship and pictures are enough to make people pay high prices.
Of course, enamel colored porcelain is also very suitable for modern people's aesthetic views.
When modern people see it, they think it is beautiful, so they can buy it at a high price.
This is actually very difficult to see above Ding Kiln and Ru Kiln.
Because when people who don’t know the art see Ding kiln white porcelain, it’s just an ordinary plate. How can it be worth millions?
The pastels, doucai and enamel colors of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties are different!
No matter who sees it, they all think it is a good thing and should be valuable.
Also, not only Chinese people, but also foreigners recognize it.
After all, these porcelains all draw on some Western aesthetics. They look beautiful and feel good!
And as long as there are many people who like it, won’t the price go to the sky?
Therefore, at this time, Chen Wenzhe also slowed down his pace and began to carefully imitate.
After all, no matter which emperor in the third dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, they all had classic porcelain, especially enamel.
After more than a month of busy work, Chen Wenzhe's imitation has come to an end again.
Although there are not many imitations this time, the craftsmanship is complicated.
Most importantly, he also made some bronze wares during this period.
To be more precise, it should be a copper tire!
Since he has made enamel-colored porcelain, he cannot forget the copper-embedded filigree enamel work. After all, he also has a top-notch national treasure jar in his hands!
For example, making his large jar with cloud and dragon patterns would definitely be difficult if he were to make it now, but now it should be easier to make some small pieces with cloisonné enamel.
Besides, Chen Wenzhe is proficient in bronze, so he still has a certain foundation when he starts making cloisonné enamel works.
It turned out that Chen Wenzhe had never thought about making a work of art of this level because he knew that the craftsmanship was difficult.
Making enamel on porcelain is relatively easy, but the most difficult thing is making copper-embossed francs.
That is cloisonné, the correct name is "copper tire filigree enamel".
Due to its exquisite craftsmanship, it was listed as the first batch of intangible cultural heritage by the country in 2006.
Cloisonné filigree enamel paintings break through the previous limitation that they could only be attached to copper bodies and have more "possibilities".
The production themes are also wider, including landscapes, flowers and birds, Thangkas, etc.
It not only presents the beauty of the artistic conception of traditional Chinese painting, but also displays a surprising three-dimensional artistic effect.
Picture selection, drawing, filigree, blue dotting, drying, gluing...
There are more than ten purely manual processes in the whole process. After all are completed, a beautiful cloisonné enamel painting is completed.
Among them, filigree and blue dot are the most important aspects, which also constitute the soul, bones and flesh of the filigree enamel painting.
Now Chen Wenzhe has some confidence, but he will never make a very complicated cloisonné from the beginning, but wants to make some jewelry first.
I saw him holding the aluminum wire in his left hand, and the tweezers and scissors in his right hand, constantly switching smoothly.
Between the twists and turns, a delicate and delicate flower prototype appeared.
This is filigree. Filigree is a gold-plated aluminum wire that is bent according to a pattern.
Create a pattern with smooth lines and a three-dimensional feel on a flat surface.
The paintings that have gone through the "filigree" process are full of dense lines, which have the beauty of traditional Chinese patterns and the charm of abstract lines.
After "filigree", there is "point blue".
The most amazing thing about Dot Blue is that there is no color indicated in the design.
In the work, what color are the flowers, what color are the birds, whether the background is blue or green, whether the contrast is soft or strong...
These are all in the heart of the creator.
Chen Wenzhe relies on experience and imagination to select colors and match tones.
Almost instantly, the work in his hands became dazzling and shining.
This is the simplest cloisonné enamel painting. This small picture is a piece of jewelry.
Cloisonné enamel painting like this is neither difficult nor easy.
To do filigree enamel painting, in addition to painting skills, you also need to have a certain sensitivity to color.
If you want to create a beautiful work, you need to have certain art skills.
Recently, it can be said that Chen Wenzhe has been improving his painting skills.
Especially when making Yongzheng official kiln porcelain, if you don't have good calligraphy and painting skills, you won't be able to make good things at all, let alone making high imitations and fine imitations of Yongzheng official kiln porcelain.
Only with good art skills can one make some small cloisonné enamel objects.
Works of different sizes and the complexity of the pattern all determine how much time it takes.
Small and simple paintings can be completed in as little as 3 days.
For large-scale works, it may take several months.
Currently, he devotes most of his time to making cloisonné enamel paintings.
When a beautiful work is completed, his heart is full and happy.
The work brings him not only a sense of accomplishment, but also a sense of pride in the inheritance of culture.
Intangible cultural heritage must be understood and understood, and it must be passed on and carried forward.
Chen Wenzhe hopes that if he has the opportunity in the future, he can return to school and pass on these craftsmanship.
It would be better if it could be promoted further.
It would be even better if interest classes on cloisonné enamel painting could be added at the primary school level to allow children to understand traditional culture, love traditional skills, and strive to cultivate a new generation of intangible cultural heritage craftsmen.