The cleaning and maintenance of Hailao porcelain will also become more difficult due to the different glaze colors of the porcelain.
When cleaning overglaze colored porcelain, in order to prevent the discoloration from worsening, you can only use medicated cotton swabs dipped in dilute nitric acid to gradually scrub a small area, and then rinse gently with clean water.
In addition, when washing thin-bodied porcelain in winter, pay attention to controlling the water temperature to prevent freezing and bursting when exposed to heat.
It is best to use wooden basins and plastic basins to wash porcelain. Do not use porcelain basins or cement basins to avoid damage to the porcelain.
If there are no defects, it will be slightly easier to handle.
For example, Chen Wenzhe was cleaning some of the bile bottles at this time. He had done some of this stuff before, so he was naturally very familiar with it.
Once you are familiar with it, no matter how you deal with it, everything becomes very easy.
But what if there are too many?
Looking at the bile bottle soaking in the water in front of me, it would be spectacular if it didn't need to be dealt with.
But now, Chen Wenzhe feels a little trapped in the city!
The bile bottle is a fine porcelain, so named because it is shaped like a hanging bile.
Since the Song Dynasty, it has been favored by literati because of its simplicity, simplicity, euphemism and honesty.
This bottle has been mentioned in many poems.
Some people think that adding some flowers to the vase is elegant and unique, and this sentiment continued into the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
There are also bile bottles in the collection of sunken ships in China, but not many. For example, among the Wanli shipwrecks, there are only two pieces in the country, both of which are Ming blue and white bile bottles with broken branches and flowers.
Chen Wenzhe discovered more varieties, including many blue and white bile vases with broken branches and flowers.
This shows that this kind of bile bottle should have been a common variety exported during the late Ming Dynasty.
This kind of bile bottle has rounded lips and slightly turned outwards, a long neck, swollen shoulders, a bulging belly and drooping abdomen, and round feet.
The neck is decorated with blue and white brocade patterns or Yingluo patterns, the neck and shoulders are decorated with blue and white Ruyi's head, and one on the abdomen is painted with four rays of light.
The interior of the consecration is decorated with blue and white gourds and flowers separated by flowers.
The other is painted with six major consecration lights, each decorated with dark eight immortals and floral patterns. The large consecration light is separated by six small consecration lights with embossed bamboo patterns.
The blue and white hair color is gray-blue, the carcass is thicker, and the lines are straight and elegant.
In fact, these porcelains are common in China, and they are not uncommon among exported foreign trade porcelains.
For example, this time, as long as a sunken ship is salvaged, it is normal to find hundreds of items.
However, whether it is plates, bowls, or bottles, among the porcelain exported overseas, they are all considered large-scale.
However, these are common products, not ordinary works, and are naturally porcelain with special shapes.
For example, the bell cup, also known as the bell cup, golden bell cup, chime-style cup, is one of the cup styles and was popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
The mouth of the cup is turned outward, the belly is deep, the feet are circled, and the cup is inverted like a bell.
During the Chenghua, Jiajing and Wanli periods of the Ming Dynasty, bell cups were available in white glaze, doucai, blue and white and other varieties.
On the sunken ship "Wanli", a bell cup was also found in the water.
However, on the Wanli number, the bell cups are only available in blue and white, and are divided into those with ears and those without ears.
For example, the Ming Dynasty blue and white landscape chi-ear cups are decorated with curling cloud patterns, and the outer murals include pictures of landscapes, pavilions, fishing boats, etc.
Sharp lips, slightly tilted open mouth, deep belly, sloping arc wall, and rounded feet.
The outer wall near the mouth edge and the base of the circle are decorated with a blue and white double-thread string pattern for a circle, and the single circle of blue and white on the bottom foot is decorated with the "Da Ming Chenghua Year System" pattern.
This kind of bell cup has a thin body, elegant blue and white color, realistic and beautiful composition, and elegant artistic conception.
And this time, the bell cup that Chen Wenzhe salvaged was not just blue and white.
Of course, maybe there was more than just this kind of cup on the Wanli, but maybe all the other cups were broken?
This time Chen Wenzhe salvaged a sunken ship from the Wanli period. Although a lot of the porcelain inside was broken, the overall number of preserved porcelain was still much more than that of the Wanli shipwreck.
This allowed many fine porcelains to be preserved and salvaged by Chen Wenzhe and others.
Chen Wenzhe discovered that the parasitic marine life on the porcelain that was subsequently salvaged was quite strange. Although there were layers upon layers, some were new and some were old.
This is relatively normal, but some porcelains only have newly attached marine organisms on them. Is this because they have been recently exposed due to human movement?
However, judging from the appearance of these porcelains, they have been exposed for three to five months, or even half a year, right?
Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many marine life attached to it.
This kind of porcelain looks like fake porcelain obtained from the sea.
However, Chen Wenzhe can still easily see that these are genuine products and cannot be artificially fake.
Fake sea-sourced porcelain is mostly made by loading new porcelain into a net, sinking it into the sea and soaking it for several months.
Counterfeiters often fasten one end of the net containing porcelain to a fixed object on the water surface (such as a barge, buoy, cage, etc.), and sink the other end into sea water for immersion for recovery.
Interestingly, they would sometimes lift the porcelain vessels up regularly and put some bait there to attract fish in the sea, and the shellfish would cling to the vessels and excrete them.
In about half a year, these so-called "porcelain from the sea" will be available.
This kind of short-term immersion porcelain has flaws to be found.
The remains of seabed organisms attached to the porcelain look "wet" and "new".
Some shellfish seem to have just "moved to a new home".
Some of the attachments still have a fresh feel. If you open individual shells and observe, you will see that the color of the inside and outside is obviously different. The outside is old, but the noodles are very fresh. Some of them can even smell a distinct fishy smell.
Some of the remains of marine organisms are complete in shape, with edges and corners, and no signs of wear and tear.
Therefore, it is relatively easy to identify artificially made porcelain from the sea.
Perhaps the porcelain on this sunken ship was piled too tightly, otherwise the porcelain below would not have been kept too clean.
Unfortunately, this is not all a good thing, because all the porcelain is piled up together, and while protecting the porcelain below, it also causes the porcelain to stick together.
After all, they have been stacked together for three to four hundred years, so it would be strange if they didn't stick together.
If there are really non-adhesive ones, it would be some boxes.
Dishes and dishes can be stacked together, but things like incense can't. At least there are gaps when stacked together.