No matter what era it is, as long as it is daily necessities, many people need them.
And if there are more people in need, more will naturally be produced.
Therefore, there are many varieties of porcelain boxes, whether in the Song and Yuan dynasties or the Ming and Qing dynasties.
For example, the blue and white cover boxes from the Wanli shipwreck are rectangular, Japanese-shaped, rectangular, and oval.
There are also various kinds of boxes in front of you. In addition to different shapes, the glaze colors are also different.
On the contrary, the theme decorations should be the same, usually including seahorse pattern, flower pattern, banana leaf pattern, etc.
This kind of porcelain from the sea is rarely available in China.
As far as Chen Wenzhe knows, there are only two pieces in domestic collections.
A box with blue and white banana leaf pattern lid, and another blue and white flower pattern lid box.
These two lidded boxes are both oval-shaped and have dome-shaped lids.
The theme decoration is blue and white banana leaf pattern and blue and white mountain stone flower pattern, with blue and white brocade ground and ribbon pattern as the edges.
There is a raised partition in the middle of the box body, which divides the internal space of the box into two parts. The outer wall is randomly decorated with orchid grass patterns and flowers.
The blue and white hair color is deep blue, the carcass is firm and dense, practical and generous.
Piles of porcelain boxes piled up together are quite pleasing to look at.
It turns out that there are very few porcelain produced from the sea in China, but it will be different in the future.
"Boss, this batch of porcelain is the oldest, isn't it also the most precious?"
By the time the watery porcelain became scarce and people and equipment began to return, Gao Qijing was already idle.
"Are you done?" Chen Wenzhe put down a mirror box in his hand and said with a smile.
The reason why I pay attention to this mirror box is that it should be a high-quality product even on this merchant ship.
This is a Cizhou kiln porcelain mirror box with white ground and black lotus pattern. It is the representative porcelain of Cizhou kiln in the Ming Dynasty, and it is white glaze and black flower porcelain.
It is 12.2 in height, 21.5 in diameter, and 8.5 cm in base diameter.
This should be the only porcelain mirror box with a clear function and text so far.
A large number of porcelains were produced, and all kinds of strange and weird porcelains appeared, which made Chen Wenzhe very happy.
"Violent salvage is naturally very fast. We have even salvaged the broken deck of the sunken ship. Now we have begun to return quickly. It will be safe when we enter our waters." Gao Qijing said proudly.
Chen Wenzhe nodded, he was not too worried about safety issues.
They have been staying here for more than half a year, and people in China have long paid attention to them.
Therefore, the fleet from the South China Sea will naturally come and hang out from time to time.
Other countries need freedom of navigation, why can’t our country?
We need it too, so we also have freedom of navigation here.
This is the important reason why Chen Wenzhe openly robs here and few countries dare to say anything.
Therefore, after fishing for porcelain from the sea this time and bringing it back to the country, he will definitely not be able to keep it all to himself.
Besides, the quantity is too large. Even if most of them are sold, his exhibition hall cannot accommodate them.
What's more, these porcelains salvaged from the sea need to be processed. The large number of porcelains now shipped back to China require a lot of manpower to protect and repair them.
Devour
No matter how rich Chen Wenzhe is, he can't find many people to help him with his work.
In this aspect, the most professional one is the country.
Since he can't do much work by himself, he might as well let some of it go.
Sharing is a win-win situation. Otherwise, if he only takes advantage and does not suffer any losses, who will come forward to help him in the future?
Chen Wenzhe is not a brave man who only eats but doesn't eat. He knows how to share.
And this is a win-win situation. When the time comes, he can just hide behind the scenes.
"What is this?"
Gao Qijing is not worried about safety issues, because there is a large ship escorting them nearby!
What Gao Qijing is most concerned about now is this harvest, because it is related to their bonus for more than half a year.
"This is a covered box, used to hold mirrors. It is a precious antique, but it is not the most precious among this batch of porcelain."
"For mirrors? By the way, we also salvaged some glass mirrors. Couldn't they be placed in these boxes?" Gao Qijing said with a strange look on his face.
"Ah? Did you really find a glass mirror? I thought it was a bronze mirror. What a pity."
As he said that, Chen Wenzhe laughed. Glass mirrors were not ordinary objects in ancient times. They could even be said to be the top luxury goods.
Modern people definitely value mirror boxes more, but ancient people cherished glass mirrors more.
Is this an alternative way of buying a casket for a pearl? Modern people just want a porcelain mirror box, not the pearls inside.
Looking at the mirror box in his hand, Chen Wenzhe felt that he should have perfected the firing technique of Cizhou kiln.
This is really a fine piece of porcelain. The overall pattern of this mirror box is a black ground floral pattern. The top of the mirror box has the Chinese character "mirror box" written on it, which clarifies the function of this porcelain.
The interior is painted black and the craftsmanship is exquisite, which shows the importance attached to this porcelain.
As for glass mirrors, they appeared in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, but ordinary people could not afford glass mirrors, so they still used bronze mirrors.
Even in the Qing Dynasty, glass gradually became popular in our country, but only high-ranking officials and the court could afford glass mirrors, and almost no glass mirrors were used among the people.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe originally believed that large-scale mirror boxes should contain bronze mirrors.
"Well, I remembered that there were some dark round objects. We couldn't tell what they were at the time, but because they were metal, we salvaged them. Now that I think about it, they should be bronze mirrors."
Looking at Gao Qijing, who looked suddenly enlightened, Chen Wenzhe was a little speechless.
The bronze mirror is corroded by sea water, so it is naturally ugly, but it is not unrecognizable, right?
Soon, a large pile of junk appeared in front of Chen Wenzhe.
No wonder Gao Qijing looks down on him. If he is not knowledgeable, no one will look down on him.
But when Chen Wenzhe took a look, he knew that these were bronze mirrors matching the mirror boxes.
These bronze mirrors are all standard domestically made, because their characteristics are very obvious, they are mostly round and square, and they are relatively small, matching the size of the mirror box;
These bronze mirrors all have typical characteristics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In addition, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there was a habit of collecting ancient bronze mirrors.
Among the bronze mirrors here, there may be a fine one.
Only during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, dignitaries collected ancient bronze mirrors and cherished them, so they customized a Cizhou kiln mirror box.
There is also the porcelain mirror box with black background and white flowers, which is a characteristic of Cizhou kiln porcelain.
As for those glass mirrors, Chen Wenzhe also took a look at them and found that these glass mirrors were also unusual.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, most glass mirrors were handle mirrors, which were mirrors with handles.
Because glass mirrors during the Ming and Qing Dynasties were imported from abroad and were not as large as the large glass mirrors that people can afford today, so they were definitely expensive and they were all small glass mirrors.
"Huh? This mirror is not bad."
While cleaning the dirt on the mirror, arrange a lot of mirrors neatly.