As the salvage officially started, surprises continued to appear during the cleanup work.
During the recent pre-processing stage, a rudder and an iron anchor were also discovered in the northern part of the ancient ship.
The rudder stock of the ship is about 5.6 meters long and 42 centimeters in diameter. It is wrapped with 52 iron hoops about 7 centimeters wide for reinforcement;
The tiller is made of three pieces of wood tightly bound by iron hoops, and the longest point is about 6.26 meters.
The anchor is a four-claw anchor, 3.3 meters long (excluding the iron ring). This should be the largest ancient four-claw iron anchor found in China.
In addition, more than 600 pieces of porcelain have just been cleaned up, most of which were produced from the Dehua kiln.
Including "Daoguang Year" green glaze cup, pastel Erjia Chuanlu picture cup, bean green glaze bowl, etc.
Among them, there are 50 well-made blue and white dragon-patterned cups hidden in the 60-centimeter-high pea green ground white blue and white Panasonic Gaoshitu amphora.
There were a lot of porcelains that appeared this time, but Chen Wenzhe could easily tell that these porcelains were from different places of origin.
In addition to the large ones such as the porcelain from the Dehua kiln, there are also some other ceramics that may have come from the Yixing kiln and other kilns in the Hujian area.
Among these porcelains, the best and most precious ones should be the batch of porcelains hidden inside the large vessels.
For example, the blue and white dragon-pattern cup has a narrow bottom and a wide mouth, and the entire cup body is blue and white.
The cup body is surrounded by auspicious clouds surrounding the dragon body, forming a blue and white pattern. The overall color scheme is elegant and elegant.
As for its carrier, the overall color of the Panasonic Gaoshitu amphorae, a bean green field piled with white blue and white flowers, has been somewhat discolored due to seawater erosion.
However, the double lion ear ornaments and the blue and white painting of Panasonic Gaoshi on the bottle are still clear and lifelike.
Chen Wenzhe knew that this style was popular in the late Qing Dynasty and was often used as dowry boxes. It was commonly known as "dowry bottle" among the people.
Among these porcelains, the most exquisite one is the Daoguang JDZ kiln green glaze cup.
This is actually not porcelain from the Dehua kiln. It is actually produced in Jingzhen, but the quantity is a bit smaller.
Judging from the fact that he hid it in a large exquisite vase, this kind of porcelain is relatively precious.
These fifty Tuanlong cups are about the size of an adult's fist. Although there are no other decorative patterns on the cup body, the uniform coloring shows the skill of the craftsman.
The alum-red colored calligraphy on the bottom of these cups and the seal script inscription "Daoguang Year System" are proof of their identity.
This cup is dignified in shape and has a clear and warm glaze color. Since ancient times, the dragon has symbolized power, nobility, and honor.
Tuanlong also means reunion, and in the later stages, the auspicious meaning becomes stronger.
For such a cup, one side of the cup is decorated with auspicious cloud patterns, making the dragon more gorgeous and vivid.
The Tuanlong pattern first originated in the Tang Dynasty. The shape of the dragon was processed into a circle when painting. It is a commonly used pattern on porcelain.
This batch of blue and white dragon cups has a dragon pattern painted on the cup body, and the outer lines are painted with blue and white. The dragon pattern is detailed, the dragon body is curved and long, the body is strong, and the dragon claws are thick and sharp, which is very vivid.
The painting strokes are delicate, the brush is exquisite, the skill is profound, it has the characteristics of the times, and the glaze is excellent. This is absolutely the best blue and white porcelain produced in Jingzhen.
Of course, there is nothing strange about the good blue and white porcelain produced in Jingzhen, but it is more strange that there are green glazed porcelain produced in Jingzhen here.
On a merchant ship that mainly carried Dehua kiln porcelain, more than 50 high-quality blue and white dragon cups were found. It is rare to find green glazed porcelain.
When it was discovered that even more exquisite porcelain was hidden inside a large vessel, Chen Wenzhe found some of the large porcelain that had been salvaged from the water one by one.
Sure enough, within these large vessels, there are more or less small vessels hidden inside.
On the one hand, it saves space. On the other hand, it must be because these small devices are better and more precious.
Picking up a green glazed cup, its workmanship is no worse than the Tuanlong cup, and it is also a first-fired green glazed porcelain.
Jingzhen Kiln began firing green glazed porcelain during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, European technology was introduced to create a Western green ware.
This kind of green glazed porcelain made by Xinchuang is different from the traditional green glaze in terms of glaze, and the glaze is applied by blowing the glaze.
This water-green glaze cup is slightly brown due to long-term corrosion by sea water.
Among the many types of porcelain, the Daoguang Jingzhen kiln pastel "Erjia Chuanlu Tu" cup is the most ancient style cup.
Its name comes from the crab on the cup holding the reeds with its claws.
Experts say that crab claws mean "two armors" and reeds are homophones for "lu".
In the imperial examinations of the Qing Dynasty, the "first place in the second class" was the fourth place in the palace examination, which was called "Chuanlu".
Therefore, this cup also contains the ancient people's prayer for "name on the gold list".
Cups like this are uncommon no matter where they are.
Among the porcelain found in the sea, there are even fewer.
Because this kind of meaning is too difficult for foreigners to understand.
The harvest this time was great, but the biggest harvest must still be inside the sunken ship.
Now some of the porcelain in the periphery that can be easily salvaged, especially those places where the porcelain is clustered, has been cleared.
Next, if you want to continue to harvest large amounts, you must enter the interior of the sunken ship.
As we all know, wooden hulls are prone to rot due to seawater erosion.
From some of the wooden boat parts that were just salvaged, it can be clearly seen that there are signs of decay.
Therefore, preserving the integrity of the ancient ship to the greatest extent has become the biggest problem in this salvage.
However, overall salvage is not too difficult if you have a professional work vessel.
Domestic strength has expanded greatly in the past decade or so, especially the shipbuilding industry, which has become even more developed.
For example, professional sunken salvage ships are also available in China.
For example, "Dali", the main operation ship of the ancient ship integral salvage and relocation project, is a professional ancient ship integral salvage ship.
This ship had previously participated in the overall salvage of an ancient shipwreck at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
That ancient ship salvage and relocation project adopted the world's first "arc beam non-contact integral migration technology of cultural relics".
This technology can realize the original, complete and safe salvage of ancient ships from the water.
In the salvage simulation video, in the early stage, the overall assembly of the end plate-longitudinal frame has been completed.
That is, 22 arc-shaped beams are connected to form a semi-cylindrical box base 48 meters long and 19 meters wide.
After the engineering ship arrives at the offshore construction site, the end plate-longitudinal frame will be lowered as a whole.
Subsequently, the arc beams were excavated and threaded one by one, and the threading work of all 22 arc beams was completed.
Finally, the ancient ship and the surrounding sediment and seawater were completely wrapped to form the ancient ship caisson.
However, this kind of salvage work is very time-consuming.
Generally, the offshore operation time for this kind of work is expected to take 2-3 months.
It is not too late to salvage the water. Later, a special salvage engineering ship will simultaneously lift the ancient ship caisson with a total weight of more than 10,000 tons out of the water.
Not only is it out of the water, it is also necessary to "embrace" the ancient ship's caisson and send it to the middle opening of another transport engineering ship.