Chapter 1658: Green as spring water on the first birthday, red as the morning glow.
The current auction price ceiling for Ji-red glazed porcelain is over 40 million.
In recent years, the price of Jihong glaze sold has generally been in the low several million, and the majority of bottles sold have been sold.
Both international and domestic transactions can be checked, which proves that Jihong porcelain is very popular internationally.
After all, there are definitely no bad objects used in sacrificial rituals.
Since the price is expensive, there are naturally many modern imitations.
In fact, the threshold for imitation of Jihong glaze is still very high, especially for "copper red" glaze porcelain with pure glaze color and bright red color.
Even if it is made by modern people, it is not easy.
In addition, there are many subdivided varieties of Jihong glaze, which makes it even more difficult to fire the pure ruby glaze color.
Now Chen Wenzhe can fire many types of red glaze porcelain, including ruby red, Langyao red, Ji red, cowpea red, carmine red, coral red, Jun red, alum red, etc.
Each of these red glazes is not simple, such as the inconspicuous cowpea red!
Cowpea red is a very special kind of red, because there is a kind of cowpea red that is pink porcelain.
The reason why it is famous is that this red color is like the blushing face of a beautiful woman when she is drunk.
So this kind of red porcelain has a very poetic name, called Beauty Drunk...
The reason why I mentioned Meirenzui is mainly because the Kangxi Jihong glaze piece in Chen Wenzhe’s hands is Meirenzui.
"Beauty Zui" is also called "cowpea red" or "begonia red".
The copper-red glaze fired at the imperial kiln during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty has a bland and elegant tone, like peach blossoms, resembling the color of cowpeas, and with green moss spots.
Later generations described it as "green like spring water at the beginning of the day, and red like the dawn of dawn."
Those with the best glaze color are called "Dahongpao" or "Zhenghong", and they are all the same color.
Bright and bright, clean and flawless;
Slightly less, the glaze color is like cowpea, containing spots and green moss of different shades, which is called "Beauty Drunk" or "Beauty Offering";
Those with lighter tones are called "peach blossoms" or "begonia red" or "baby face".
There are no large pieces of glaze decoration, and it is mostly used on small vases and study utensils.
Speaking of beauties being drunk, there are many legendary stories about beauties being drunk, and they are widely circulated in Jingzhen.
Jingzhen craftsmen make porcelain, use porcelain, and think about porcelain.
During this period, not only countless ancient porcelain treasures were left behind, but also many legends about porcelain were left behind.
"Beauty is Drunk" is one of these touching legendary stories.
It is said that once upon a time there was an emperor who had a jade cup.
This wine glass is crystal clear, white with a hint of red, and looks like the cheeks of a beautiful woman after she is drunk.
Therefore, this jade cup was called "Beauty Drunk". The emperor loved this jade cup very much and regarded it as a treasure among treasures.
The emperor developed a hobby and drank with his concubines every day, using this "Beauty Drunk" cup.
Every time, the imperial concubines would have to drink until their faces were as gorgeous as the "Beauty Drunk" cup before they would give up.
Once, the emperor accidentally dropped the jade cup and broke it.
He was very upset, so he asked the ministers to try their best to make a similar king's cup, and handed the matter to Pan, the official in charge of the porcelain industry.
The official surnamed Pan thought that the porcelain in Jingzhen was as white as jade, so he would be able to make porcelain as red as jade.
So he came to Jingzhen with the imperial edict and urged the porcelain workers to make the red jade cup that the emperor wanted.
He came to Jingzhen and issued a stern order. If they could not produce a cup similar to "Beauty Drunk" within three months, all the porcelain workers would be executed.
The porcelain workers had no choice but to go to trial firings, but they fired kiln after kiln, but could not produce such a white and red porcelain cup.
Seeing that the three-month deadline was coming, everyone was worried, but there was nothing they could do.
There was a master named Mei among the porcelain workers, and he had a daughter named Mei Ying.
She was also very anxious about her father and the porcelain workers. One night she had a dream.
In her dream, an old man with a white beard told her that there was red glaze mud on Laohu Mountain in the south of the city, which could be used to make ruby cups.
The next day, Mei Ying went to Laohu Mountain alone to look for red glaze mud.
She walked and walked, and when her shoes were worn out, she walked barefoot. Her feet bled, and when she stepped on them, her footprints were all red.
Mei Ying didn't care, and died of exhaustion on the mountain a few days later.
After Mei Ying's father discovered that his daughter was missing, he was very anxious and asked the porcelain workers to help find her.
They searched and searched, and finally found Mei Ying's body.
They were very sad and dug a pit at the place where Mei Ying died to bury Mei Ying.
Oddly enough, when they dug the hole, they dug up glaze mud that was as red as blood.
So I took the glaze mud back, mixed it with white glaze slurry, and then applied it to the porcelain base.
After burning at high temperature, a white and red porcelain cup was finally produced, which was even more beautiful than the emperor's previous "Beauty Drunk" cup.
The official named Pan was very happy and hurriedly presented the cup to the emperor.
The emperor was also happy and immediately promoted Pan to a higher rank.
Although the porcelain workers escaped the fate of being killed, they were saddened by the death of Miss Mei Ying.
They made another similar cup and used it to sacrifice Miss Meiying.
Unlike the emperor who called this cup "Beauty Drunk", the porcelain workers called it "Beauty Sacrifice".
In the process of firing porcelain, or in the process of making famous swords and famous swords, there are often examples in legends where sacrifices can be successful.
Therefore, the story is probably made up, but the process is probably true.
Only with the right glaze can you create stunningly beautiful glazes. This is true.
Chen Wenzhe is still very interested in beautiful porcelain like this.
Because he likes professional types of utensils, such as beauty pots, beauty holding pots, etc., Chen Wenzhe especially likes them.
He also knew that some of the beautiful porcelains of the Qing Dynasty were made very beautifully.
For example, the Qing Kangxi Beauty Drunken Willow Leaf Vase has a height of 16 cm, a diameter of 3.5 cm, and a bottom diameter of 2 cm.
This bottle has an open mouth and shoulders. The bottle body is elegant and slender, shaped like a willow leaf, small and exquisite.
The glaze color on the surface and inside of the entire vessel is cowpea red with apple green spots, and the color is beautiful.
The inside of the base is glazed with white glaze, and there is a six-character two-line vertical inscription "Made in the Kangxi Year of the Qing Dynasty" in blue and white regular script.
Meirenzui is a high-temperature color glaze with variable colors. It was created during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty and was also a valuable variety among the copper-red glazes during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.
Because of its special color, it can also be called Beauty Drunk or Peach Blossom Piece, Baby Face.
Some of this species have a uniform pink color with dark red spots;
In some light red, green spots or halos are faintly revealed.
This bottle just right shows the charm of "covered with moss and spreading among the spring waves of peach blossoms".
This kind of green moss is originally a defect in the firing technology, but the pure red is mixed with green spots, which makes it more elegant, soft and pleasing to the eye, giving people a sense of beauty and inspiring reverie.
Therefore, it has the reputation of "green like spring water at the beginning of the day, and red like the dawn of dawn", so it is known as a rare treasure.