Although Chen Wenzhe did not discover Yuanqinghua in large quantities this time when he went to sea, he gained a lot in other areas.
The porcelain harvested is of simple style, many of which are large blue and white bowls with trumpet mouths, and more than a dozen of them can be designated as national treasures in the collection.
Among them, the more representative porcelains include: Ming Dynasty four-series sauce-glazed dragon pattern jars, Ming Dynasty tiger sauce-glazed jars, etc.
Either these porcelains have not been found before, or the complete ones have not been found before.
And this time, Chen Wenzhe can be said to have gained a lot.
Of course, apart from porcelain, the bulk of the harvest, that is, the harvest with high value, must be gold and silver.
Among them, the number of gold bricks, gold coins, gold bars, and gold utensils found is not large.
The largest number of them are gold coins, with tens of thousands of them, and then there are only a few hundred gold bars and gold bricks.
One of the more special ones should be the gold wine cups of the Ming Dynasty. Some of them look very simple, with simple and elegant shapes, and they are even plain gold cups.
What is Guangsu? It means there is no decoration at all, it is just a delicate little cup made of thin gold sheets.
The rim of such a cup is slightly open, the cup body is slanted downward and introverted, with round feet and no decoration on the whole body.
This kind of gold cup has been unearthed in China.
It seems to be from the Ming Dynasty, probably from Bozhou in ancient times.
According to historical records, Yi Zun once belonged to Bozhou in ancient history.
From the time Yang Duan entered Guizhou in 876 AD to the 28th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, when Yang Yinglong's rebellion was destroyed, the Yang family reportedly lasted for 29 generations, totaling 725 years.
During the Song and Ming Dynasties, the economy in Bozhou Xuanweisi was more developed than other Tusi areas.
During that period, a large number of specialized manors and workshops appeared, with a very fine division of labor and capable of producing a variety of items, including specialized workshops for the production of gold and silver utensils.
Dozens of gold and silver wares were unearthed from the Ming Dynasty Yang tombs in Gaoping, Yizun, indicating that in the Ming Dynasty, the local gold craftsmanship was very sophisticated.
The use of gold and silver vessels as funerary objects shows the Yang family's prominent status in Bozhou.
Of course, what Chen Wenzhe discovered this time was definitely not just such a simple gold cup, but also other more exquisite gold cups.
Although it is not comparable to the fake gold cup with cloud and dragon pattern that Chen Wenzhe bought before, it is not too different.
This is a gold octagonal cup from the Ming Dynasty. The cup is octagonal, with a wide mouth and an octagonal foot.
The walls of the vessel are very thin and the workmanship is regular.
In addition to this golden octagonal cup, there are several other cups of similar shapes.
These cups are all octagonal cups. They are about the same size but made of different materials. Some are made of gold, some are made of porcelain, some are carved from jade, and some are even made from carved crystal.
Especially these octagonal cups carved from special materials, the process is not complicated, but it is not easy to make them.
For example = a Ming Dynasty sapphire octagonal cup with stacked ears, which was a drinking vessel of the Ming Dynasty.
The body of the cup is in the shape of a regular octagon, and the circle foot follows the shape of the cup.
Both sides are decorated with carved overlapping ears, and an auspicious animal stands on the wide top plate of the upper ear. The lower chin rests on the rim of the cup and looks at each other. The shape is beautiful and the workmanship is exquisite.
This cup is 13 cm long, 7.2 cm wide and 5.9 cm high.
It is carved from sapphire and has yellowish-brown Qin spots.
The body of the cup is in the shape of a regular octagon, and the circle foot follows the shape of the cup.
Needless to say, this is carved from a single piece of jade.
In the Ming Dynasty, when there were no modern tools, it would have been difficult to hollow out a piece of jade and make it look like a wine glass.
If it is a porcelain cup, it will be easier to make.
There are many porcelain octagonal cups produced in China. What was found in the shipwreck this time was a typical Dehua kiln laminated plum blossom octagonal cup.
The dimensions are 4 cm high, 8.4x6 cm diameter, and 4.5x3.8 cm bottom diameter.
The quality is very high, with no flaws on the rim or body, which is really rare.
This cup has a rectangular mouth with octagonal corners. The cup wall has a deep abdominal arc and eight edges corresponding to the corners of the cup mouth.
The foot is shallowly circled, with white glaze on the inside and outside, and the inside of the circle foot is astringent.
Both sides of the outer wall are decorated with plastic plum patterns.
Dehua kiln porcelain is famous for its white and warm glaze. The glaze is white and greasy, which is a unique feature of Dehua kiln white porcelain.
The most difficult thing is that this cup is in good condition.
In addition, the last one is an octagonal cup made of crystal.
When he first saw it, Chen Wenzhe thought it was a glass product. After careful study, he discovered the unique texture of crystal stone.
This is a crystal double animal ear octagonal cup with a height of 5.3cm, a diameter of 8cm and a foot diameter of 4cm.
The cup is made of crystal, slightly brown in color and transparent in texture.
The body is octagonal, with protruding animal-swallowing ears on both sides, and the cup body is completely light.
These cultural relics are definitely of high quality, but they are still incomparable to the more important porcelain items.
Of course, even if these things are compared to the gold ship he originally salvaged, this little gain is not at all in Chen Wenzhe's eyes.
However, there are some rather strange things in it, such as copper materials.
It is normal to find gold and silver, but it is strange to find copper.
When they were cleaning up the wreckage of the shipwreck, the copper material that came out of the water had been soaked in water for a long time, and the cultural relics contained marine life. An oyster shell was still left on the copper material.
The final identification result showed that these were Ming Dynasty copper coins and copper materials.
It was precisely because of the discovery of copper that Chen Wenzhe was able to judge that these merchant ships might have dared to engage in smuggling activities back then.
Since smuggling is involved, naturally we cannot just smuggle a huge amount of porcelain, so there will be a lot of gold, silver and bronze wares on such ships.
From ancient times to the present, copper has been very important in our country because it can be used to make currency.
Therefore, the appearance of copper materials generally means smuggling.
Chen Wenzhe cleaned up a lot of bronze mirrors this time. They were well preserved and had not been severely corroded by sea water. After a little selection, there were three to five hundred pieces.
Together with the matching porcelain mirror box, this batch of mirrors is also very valuable.
"Huh?" When he saw one of the bronze mirrors, Chen Wenzhe was so surprised that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.
Because this bronze mirror is obviously better preserved and the patterns on it are very complex.
If it was just like this, Chen Wenzhe wouldn't be surprised. What shocked him the most was that there was an inscription on it, and it was not a simple inscription.
Because the inscription is covered with a layer of patina, it can't be seen clearly.
But even so, Chen Wenzhe could still see some familiar words on this bronze mirror.
I saw the words "Yangshi Jiangxin Longjing" engraved on it. This is not simple.
If you don’t understand the history of domestic bronze mirror production, you will definitely not take it seriously.
However, as long as you know a little bit about ancient bronze mirrors, you should know about this legendary bronze mirror.
This kind of bronze mirror has always existed in historical books and was a tribute mirror specially given to the royal family.
However, my country's archaeological community has never discovered a similar mirror before.
It can be said that there is always a blank in this field.