Chapter 1526: As thin as neon clothes and unrivaled in beauty
The shape of the Sanqiu cup evolved from the famous "pressing hand cup" of Yongle Dynasty porcelain.
The overall shape of this cup is like an inverted horseshoe, small and exquisite, and very cute.
The tire wall is as thin as an eggshell, and the patterns and colors of the outer wall can be faintly seen through the inner wall.
The glaze is bright and moist, and the accumulated glaze emits a blue color like lake water.
The fetus is solid and dense, and the exposed part of the sole of the foot has a "humi bottom" like fried beige.
The blue and white hair color is elegant and pure, with a few crystal spots in the accumulation areas.
The red color is as rich and bright as pigeon's blood, the yellow color is as delicate as chicken fat, and the purple color is as matte as frosted purple.
It corresponds to Mr. Sun Yingzhou’s appraisal formula: “colorful, bright red, purple but dull”.
The whole picture is well laid out and dense.
The seemingly immature painting style reveals a sophisticated and superb skill.
In this way, a beautiful and moving autumn scene appears vividly on the cup, as if it is ready to be breathed out, making people unable to put it down.
Let’s look at the history of China: Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty.
These wise and accomplished kings drove the vigorous development of history.
At the same time, we also find some emperors who were politically incompetent but had high artistic attainments.
Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties, Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, and Xianzong of the Chenghua Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty.
Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen was a weak and superstitious emperor.
He did not make any political achievements, but during his reign in Chenghua (1465-1487), the porcelain produced by the Jingzhen Royal Kiln Factory showed remarkable artistic achievements.
Our country has always been a country of feudal centralization. As a Xianzong who loves art, he can use the government as a sponsor and guide of art.
He spared no expense, manpower, or material resources to produce fine porcelain.
Thus, it set a new example in the history of ceramics in our country.
In particular, the use of doucai brings the technique of underglaze color and overglaze color together to present the picture to its extreme.
Outline and dye to complement each other.
The fired Doucai porcelain enjoyed the highest praise at that time and in later generations.
Even today, 500 years later, Chenghua Doucai porcelain is still recognized as the most elegant, rare and expensive porcelain.
Therefore, even now, anyone who has seen this pair of Sanqiu Cups will definitely think that its value is far higher than that of the Chicken Jar Cup.
This is why the late patriotic collector Mr. Sun Yingzhou bought it for 20 gold bars in the 1930s.
Twenty gold bars back then were worth twenty courtyard houses back then.
So how much is this Sanqiu Cup worth now?
In fact, there are not only two Sanqiu Cups. As mentioned before, there are only two in China.
In the Wanwan Palace Museum, there is also a Chenghua Doucai Sanqiu Cup in the same collection.
Currently, only three of them are known to have been found in the world, so one can imagine their rarity.
Of course, there are also some legendary Sanqiu cups.
For example, if the Chenghua Doucai Sanqiu Cup collected by "Tianhuatang" is authentic, it will be the fourth found in the world.
However, without official confirmation, everything else that is said to be genuine may be fake.
Since it is false, someone must have made it.
And having the confidence to take out the fake and openly say it is the real thing is a great level of self-confidence.
It also indirectly proves how well made the imitation is.
This is technology, and Chen Wenzhe has become such a person.
Of course, now that he wants to imitate the Sanqiu Cup, he is definitely not trying to make it look old and deceive, he just simply likes it.
It's better than the Chicken Bowl Cup. How could he not be curious about it?
If you can't get the real thing, it's good to make some copies and keep them in your hands for fun.
What's more, this thing is really expensive.
As long as the imitation is good, the value of the modern Sanqiu cup is immeasurable.
As for how much it can be sold for, you will know by looking at the market value assessments made by some experts and scholars on the pair of Chenghua Doucai Sanqiu Cups collected by the Forbidden City.
Some say it’s worth 4 billion RMB, and some say it’s worth 40 billion RMB… is it an exaggeration?
Whether it is 4 billion or 40 billion, it is actually just a joke and a joke.
However, a very important piece of information is revealed from it: the Sanqiu Cup is a very rare ancient artwork, a national treasure and a priceless treasure.
However, it is certainly not easy to imitate such a valuable treasure.
Therefore, when he saw Chen Xingchen organizing people to imitate some high-quality cups, Chen Wenzhe immediately had an idea.
No great treasure appears out of thin air.
But as long as you understand the basics and take your time, you will eventually be able to imitate it.
For example, if you want to imitate the Sanqiu Cup well, the first thing you should do is to imitate the chemical blue and white cup.
If you can't even make Chenghua's blue and white cup, then don't covet the Sanqiu cup, and don't even think about the chicken vat cup.
The Chenghua blue and white cup is also very famous, and anyone who wants to imitate it can imitate it well.
The Chenghua Blue and White Cup first caused a sensation in the collecting world in 2002.
At that time, there was a blue and white cup depicting lilies, also known as the "Kenliffe Cup", which was once collected by Lord Kenliffe of England.
It was sold at Bonhams in England that year for 820,000 pounds, equivalent to tens of millions of yuan.
The one with the highest price was the Chenghua blue and white okra cup sold at Sophia in Hong Kong in 2013, which also came from the collection of Lord Kenliffe of England.
At that time, this blue and white okra cup made in Chenghua was sold for HK$140 million in less than 3 minutes.
It was bought by Mr. Zhai Jianmin, a famous art dealer in Xiangjiang and the founder of "Yongbaozhai".
Zhai Jianmin said in an interview: This piece is a masterpiece, even 200 million is not expensive.
Judging from the economic laws of the art market, in another 30 years, it will firmly sit at the peak of my country's porcelain prices.
Okra, when the flowers bloom in early autumn, their color is goose yellow, as thin as neon clothes, and unparalleled in beauty.
However, fragrance fades easily, and there is a saying that it blooms in the morning and fades in the evening.
Therefore, it has aroused pity from the literati of the past dynasties, and they have all kinds of crazy love. They plant it all over the houses to gain appreciation of its beauty.
Yu Liangneng, a man from the Song Dynasty, once said, "The pillars are shining brightly in the evening, and the battlements are covered with okra."
Emperor Chenghua of the Ming Dynasty, with his refined and elegant artistic taste, painted it on imperial porcelain, adding a poetic softness to the exquisite products of Chengyao that were highly praised by later generations.
Whether it is a Chenghua blue and white cup or an okra cup, there are not many glaze colors involved.
It’s just blue and white and goose yellow, but what about the glaze on a Sanqiu cup?
There are many, among which the indispensable one is colorful!
This kind of glaze color is vividly displayed in the Mingcheng Hua Doucai Grape Pattern Cup.
A Chenghua grape-pattern cup now stored in the Capital Museum is small and exquisite in shape, delicate in texture, bright in color, and exquisitely made.
The grapes, mulberries, bamboo and other plants painted on the cup have green leaves, yellow vines and purple fruits.