Chapter 1,301 Porcelain from the sea in the Ming Dynasty
When he came to the other side and took a quick look, Chen Wenzhe discovered that the pile of blue and white flowers, especially the complete ones, were not Japanese antique porcelain, but some old things.
Of course, he definitely didn't make it old, so it was Gao Qijing and the others who got it?
Gao Qijing smiled bitterly and said: "We were deceived by a group of South Vietnamese. We dug an ancient tomb, but we didn't expect that they had buried everything in it in advance."
Chen Wenzhe was speechless. It’s true that good people don’t learn, but bad people learn very well.
This kind of burying and digging routine was most popular in China in the 1980s and 1990s.
Of course, some remote mountain towns still have this kind of routine, but not many anymore.
I didn’t expect that this kind of routine would actually go out of the country.
"Are all porcelain's treasures so good now?"
Chen Wenzhe took a bottle and observed it carefully in his hand.
He looked carefully and felt that the bottle was well made!
The key is temperature. If the temperature is controlled, the gloss will be softer, but the leather is not tight enough.
Also, the blue and white hair color is good, and the painter can’t fault it.
"Where did this come from? Why do I think it's the craftsmanship from Jingzhen?"
Chen Wenzhe looked at it for a while and then said with a smile.
Gao Qijing's face became even worse. He said angrily: "I was deceived by some people in China. I heard that it was a painter from Ontario a few years ago. I don't know if it was from Jingzhen."
craft!"
"Well, the painting is still good. Hair color is not a problem now. Now you can do any hair color. It's not difficult."
"Boss, look, there is something better here."
With that said, Gao Qijing found some more porcelain and asked Chen Wenzhe to check it out.
Chen Wenzhe took a look and found that these imitations were no longer the style of the South Vietnamese, nor did they have the craftsmanship of the little devils, but were completely domestic.
"This is an imitation of Xuantong's blue and white. Are there any exquisite products from the third generation? These bottles can't defraud you much, right?"
"As long as it looks ancient, don't those who are deceived like this just want to dig ancient tombs?" Gao Qijing said with a bitter smile.
Chen Wenzhe thought about it and realized that this was really the case. He was still too greedy.
"Hey, the quality of this bottle is pretty good."
Seeing Gao Qijing frustrated, Chen Wenzhe became very interested.
They have been going too smoothly recently, and it would be good to encounter some setbacks, so that they will become cautious enough in the future.
"Lao Gao, when did you become interested in antique porcelain? You can still see it as a trap?" Chen Wenzhe smiled and looked at Gao Qijing.
"I didn't do any research on this. I felt something was wrong afterward, so I tracked it down and eavesdropped on their conversation, and then I found out that I had been deceived."
As he said this, Gao Qijing looked at what Chen Wenzhe was holding in surprise.
"This bottle was later taken out of those guys' lairs when we took them to their lairs."
“Good taste!”
Chen Wenzhe picked it up and found that it was a porcelain fished from the sea. It was not too obvious.
However, it is too normal for Hailao porcelain to appear here.
Hailao porcelain is a category of exported porcelain in my country's history.
In the late Ming Dynasty of our country, porcelain was exported in large quantities, and the Strait of Malacca, as a maritime hub for travel between Asia, Africa, Europe and other places, became a must-pass for our merchant ships.
Some merchant ships sank here for some reason, and the porcelain they contained was collectively called sea-laoded porcelain after being salvaged from the water.
The characteristics of salvaged porcelain that sank to the bottom of the sea are generally very obvious.
After porcelain sinks to the bottom of the sea, seabed organisms will inevitably adhere to, survive and die on the porcelain.
During this process, the porcelain will withstand the impact of ocean currents and eventually be buried by sediment.
Therefore, the remains of seabed organisms that can "parasitize" on porcelain all have obvious characteristics of the times.
There are basically no remains of undersea creatures that look "dry" and "old" and have recently "moved to new homes".
After hundreds of years, the remains of seabed organisms that can "parasitize" on porcelain have been completely calcified.
Some of them have even become fossilized and have no sense of freshness.
If you open up the remains of individual seabed organisms and observe them, you will find that the degree of calcification is the same inside and outside.
This kind of porcelain from the sea has basically the same color and luster, no smell, and basically no sharp corners or particularly prominent parts.
But there are also special circumstances. Some porcelain pieces just fall into the gaps between seabed rocks or coral reefs, and are less affected by the impact of ocean currents and sediment. Some seabed organisms such as corals can grow into certain shapes on the porcelain pieces.
The garlic bottle that Chen Wenzhe picked up at this time was obviously different. It was definitely a good thing. It should be a blue and white garlic bottle from the Ming Dynasty.
The luster of Hailao porcelain has completely faded, and the slightly yellowed glaze looks beautiful.
Therefore, this should be an authentic porcelain garlic bottle from the Ming Dynasty.
The items are in such good condition now. It must have been well preserved when they were on the ship, so they were not severely corroded by sea water or destroyed by seabed organisms.
This situation is very rare because porcelain is derived from porcelain clay and has a good physical affinity with calcium carbonate minerals.
Seawater contains a large amount of calcium carbonate minerals. The movement of ocean currents and temperature changes will cause these salt substances in seawater to gradually accumulate on the surface of porcelain and deposit them.
There is obviously no sediment on the outside of this garlic bottle. This is either because it was well preserved, or it was originally in a closed environment underwater, or it was handled by someone.
Chen Wenzhe took a quick look and knew that the bottle was not only well protected when it was on the ship, it was also a fine piece of porcelain that had been handled by a master.
How could such porcelain fall into the hands of a group of scammers?
"Is this a good thing?" Gao Qijing asked with a smile.
"Porcelain from the sea in the Ming Dynasty was considered to be the best among the exported porcelains."
Chen Wenzhe said and looked at Gao Qijing. This old boy smiled so happily. Did he know the sea area where this porcelain was unearthed?
"Is this really porcelain fished out of a haystack? Doesn't it look like it? I thought I was being deceived again!"
If it was about other things, Gao Qijing still didn't understand it, but when it came to porcelain from the sea, he really understood it.
After all, he has salvaged a lot of sunken ships recently. Even if he has not salvaged professional ancient shipwrecks for transporting porcelain, he has not seen many old porcelain fished out from the bottom of the sea.
He knew very well what those porcelains looked like.
Chen Wenzhe said directly: "This is a piece of porcelain that has been handled by others, and it is not difficult to handle it."
Because the glaze layer on the surface of porcelain is hard and smooth, some sediments attached to the glaze are not very strong and can be scraped off with your fingernails after getting out of the water.
If you use the principle of osmosis to soak these porcelains in dilute salt water for a few days, the salt deposits on the surface of the porcelain will gradually peel off.
Individual seabed biological residues that are firmly attached can generally be cleaned with an ultrasonic cleaning machine.