Chapter 1,352 The dragon wears the peony white jade cup
This is a set of white jade December pendants. The jade is pure white and translucent. It is cut from a single piece of jade. It has exquisite workmanship and unique design.
A single moon pendant is in the shape of a petal, with cloud patterns all around, and twelve pieces of the moon pendant can be formed into a flower shape.
This set of white jade December ornaments has a diameter of 11.3cm, a bell shape of 6.4cm in length and 5.5 in width.
There are thirteen pieces in the whole set. The jade is pure white and flawless, and as smooth as grease.
In the middle is a jade-shaped round plaque, which resembles the core of a flower. The center of the circle is carved with a six-ring movable center that can be rotated.
On one side are plum blossoms, daffodils, peonies and other flowers, and on the other side are the twelve-tone rhymes in seal script.
The remaining twelve pieces are in the shape of ancient bells, with twelve kinds of flowers on one side and corresponding four-character inscriptions in seal script on the other side.
This set of jade carvings is obviously a complete set, and there is another set of jade carvings like this, which is a three-piece set.
This set is a set of three jasper stoves, bottles and boxes. It is a set of three jade articles, a jasper stove, a bottle and a box.
The furnace is 15.1cm high, 15.5cm long and 8.9cm wide;
The bottle height is 13.1cm, the belly width is 5.2cm, and the belly thickness is 3.2cm;
The box is 7cm high, 6.8cm long and 4cm wide.
The three jade articles are all made of jasper, and they are a set of three pieces, consisting of a stove, a bottle and a box.
The jade furnace is a double-eared furnace with a movable ring cover, rectangular and four-tube.
The roof is rectangular, with a hollow dragon and four dragons on it.
The upper part of the furnace body has dragon patterns in shallow relief, the lower part has the Chinese character "Shou" and cloud patterns between the four tube-shaped feet, there are cicada patterns on the feet, and two convex animals holding ring ears on both sides.
The jade vase is slightly flat and oval in shape, with a thin neck and a small mouth. It has a withered cicada pattern on the neck and a withered dragon pattern on the abdomen.
There is a set of copper shovels and chopsticks inserted in the bottle.
The jade box is rectangular with rounded corners, and the cover is illuminated with a shallow relief and deformed Kui dragon pattern.
Underneath the three utensils are all equipped with mahogany bases of the same shape.
Jade furnaces, bottles, and boxes were very rare in the Ming Dynasty, but became popular in the Qing Dynasty.
There are different jade qualities such as sapphire, white jade, and jasper.
The decorations are also different, and some are inlaid with gems. They are generally used as indoor sets.
The stove is used to burn incense, the box is used to store spices, and the shovel and chopsticks used to shovel the incense ashes can be inserted into the bottle. These three items can also be placed on a table as furnishings.
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Such a set of green utensils is quite large, so it is naturally very precious.
But among this batch of jades, they are not the most exquisite ones, but rather the twelve petal-shaped pendants.
To say that the twelve petal-shaped pendants are the most exquisite is definitely not an exaggeration at all.
One side of it is carved with plum blossoms, apricot blossoms, peach blossoms, peonies (peonies), pomegranates, lotus flowers, okra, osmanthus flowers, chrysanthemums, hibiscus flowers, camellias and daffodils.
On the other side, there are Chinese seal characters carved in Yang that echo the flowers, which are "Plum core spreads fragrance", "Apricot forest blooms in beauty", "Peach flowers show their charm", "Peony turns red", "Anshi moonlight", "Ruihe Qingli",
"The heart of sunflower shines toward the sun", "The fragrance of Gui'e", "The golden chrysanthemum is solemn", "The hibiscus is brilliant", "The pearl is radiant", "The Fairy Lingbo".
Among them, there is a jade pendant with the four characters "Peony turned red" carved in seal script on the back, and the flowers on the front are not peonies, but broken branches of peonies.
Peony and peony belong to the same family and belong to the same family. They have similar flower shapes and similar flowering periods. The difference is in the shape and color of the leaves.
The flowers on this jade pendant are undoubtedly peonies judging from the shape of the leaves.
There are so many jade articles, but they are still very scattered. As the ship goes out to sea, we still don’t know what happened.
At least, there must be a reason why there are so many scattered jade articles in the past three or four hundred years, but not a single one is missing.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe finally focused his attention on a large jade article.
This is a peony-patterned round box made of jasper throughwork. It is the most eye-catching because it is the largest.
How big is it? Its diameter is 197 centimeters, its full diameter is 142 centimeters, and its height is 91 centimeters.
All the jades that Chen Wenzhe played with before were hidden in this jade box.
While looking at it, I tidied it away, and finally only a white jade cup was left.
Why? Because the style of this white jade cup is obviously different from those jades I saw before, and it doesn’t seem to be from the same era.
The shape of this cup is simple, but the carving is not simple.
Such a cup should be a piece of jade carving with the best craftsmanship.
This cup should be considered an antique during the Ming Dynasty.
Because Chen Wenzhe looked at it, it looked like a work from the Song and Yuan Dynasties.
This is a white jade dragon-handled sunflower-style cup from the Song to Yuan dynasties.
Jade vessels were relatively rare before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but the number increased after the Tang and Song Dynasties.
In the Ming Dynasty, jade vessels developed very significantly and became the representative objects of jade vessels in the Ming Dynasty.
Among them, the jade cups with different shapes and delicate carvings are the most distinctive.
During the Qing Dynasty, the category, quantity and craftsmanship of jade vessels reached their peak.
The Ming Dynasty was in a neither up to down position, not as good as the pioneering period of the Song Dynasty at the top, and not as prosperous as the Qing Dynasty at the bottom.
It can be said that we are in a very embarrassing position.
This is also the reason why the Ming Dynasty also liked antiques. Not only modern people like antiques, but also people in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Therefore, what Chen Wenzhe was holding at this time was a Song Dynasty dragon-handled sunflower-style jade cup.
The jade material of this piece of jade is dark white and has been severely weathered.
The jade cup is in the shape of a five-petal plum blossom, with a Kui dragon in high relief. The dragon's mouth holds the rim of the cup, and its front paws also climb on the rim.
On the cup is a dragon with a long and curved body. The front half of the body is wrapped around the handle of the cup, and the back half is wrapped around the outer wall of the cup.
There is a peony flower and leaf pattern embossed next to the dragon. From this point of view, it can be said that it matches the previous jade carvings with peony patterns.
The theme of the dragon piercing the peony was commonly used in the handicrafts of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, but it was mostly used for jade ornaments. The dragon piercing the peony pattern on the utensils is relatively rare.
Among a pile of Ming Dynasty jades, a Song Dynasty treasure suddenly appeared, and Chen Wenzhe felt very strange.
"Lao Gao, where was this jade cup found? Was it also found in the large jasper round box?"
"It doesn't seem to be the case. This cup is different from those accessories. It seems to have been found in a cabin. Because that part of the cabin is relatively complete, we need to salvage it from the water as soon as possible, so we pulled that part of the ship's hull directly out of the water.
It's still soaking in the pool and I haven't had time to clean it up."
Looking at the busy people, although they don't know how to restore antiques, they can take pictures, register and create records.
Especially for some antiques that are not porcelain, they have no problem handling them because they are not afraid of damage.
Therefore, things like bronze mirrors, glass mirrors, goldware, and jadeware are all handled by Gao Qijing and his colleagues.
"You just found a jade cup like this?"
Chen Wenzhe became a little excited. Maybe there were other jade objects in the cabin?
"It fell out when the cabin was salvaged." Gao Qijing said.
"Come on, let's go over and take a look. Even if we don't dismantle the cabin, we can still get in and hunt for treasure."
"Boss, you don't have to go there. I'll arrange for someone to go in and take a look. If there's any treasure, I'll bring it to you."