Chapter 407: Destruction without losing its beauty
After understanding the situation, Chen Wenzhe soon arrived at the small trading market in the village.
Don't tell me, although the place here is not big, there are quite a lot of people and broken pieces of porcelain gathered here.
After just a few glances, Chen Wenzhe gained a lot.
The broken porcelain pieces revealed the cross-section of the glaze at a glance, and it was hard for him to gain anything at all!
Those who know the art will know that broken porcelain pieces are rich in connotation and have a large amount of information, allowing collectors to not only know their appearance, but also understand their insides.
By "getting hands on" ancient porcelain pieces, collectors will have a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the characteristics of ancient porcelain.
If you are really knowledgeable, you can also learn some knowledge through the advantages of large quantities of ancient porcelain pieces, low prices, high authenticity rate, and low risk.
This is a shortcut for ordinary people to learn ancient porcelain appraisal from books to practice.
Since the mid-to-late 1990s, my country's ancient porcelain collection market has gradually taken shape.
Trading venues for ancient porcelain pieces have gradually appeared in various places, especially in some ancient cities. They have inherent advantages!
Therefore, this small village also has inherent advantages.
When Chen Wenzhe and others entered the village just now, they actually didn't find the right place.
In the small square in the middle of the village, a market has now been formed, and there are quite a few stalls selling porcelain pieces.
Needless to say, this small village must have become an important place for porcelain trading because of the large number of ancient porcelain shards unearthed.
The price of porcelain tiles here ranges from tens to hundreds of yuan to several thousand or even tens of thousands of yuan.
The price is really not low, because many of the real porcelain pieces are just from private kilns. If you only have a few dollars, you can buy some for fun.
But now, look at what those villagers brought out.
Sky blue, moon white, plum green, blue and white, multicolored, single-color glaze, porcelain pieces from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, everything is available here!
Just looking at one stall, Chen Wenzhe was a little shocked.
The development of this place is no worse than the National Treasure Exhibition Hall over at Pan Yuan.
It seems that they are not just resting on their laurels, they also sell a lot of things from other places. At least Chen Wenzhe saw a lot of things at the entrance of the kiln.
my country's ancient porcelain has numerous kiln openings throughout the dynasties and is extremely rich in variety, unmatched by any other collection.
If the things are right, the ancient porcelain pieces can reflect the artistic information of the whole device, "being damaged without losing its beauty."
However, if something is linked to interests, it will become very scary.
For example, in the stall in front of you, the so-called ancient porcelain pieces are made by yourself.
Smoking, soil burial, boiling, chemical acidification, all methods are available.
However, if you are knowledgeable, have some experience, and can identify authenticity, you can still find some real things from the stalls here.
For example, in the stall in front of me, he made some beautiful porcelain pieces.
Chen Wenzhe took a quick look and saw a piece of pastel-colored broken porcelain.
The painting of pastel peonies is very good. Regardless of how old it is, the painter is worthy of Chen Wenzhe.
Without talking about him, this piece of broken porcelain can be called "mutilated without losing its beauty"!
But, how many people can pick out such a good thing from so many good and bad things?
It's only seven o'clock in the morning. At this time, the place is already crowded, and there are quite a lot of people.
So, after taking a good look at the thing, Chen Wenzhe knelt down and picked it up directly.
Once you get something, you feel better.
This is a piece of pastel peony patterned utensil. I don’t know if it’s on a bottle or a jar, but it should be a large utensil.
It's not that old, probably from the middle to late Qing Dynasty, and the porcelain body isn't that good, but the painting is really good.
Of course, the glaze is also very bright and vivid, combining the beauty of pastels with the beauty of peonies.
Chen Wenzhe originally wanted to make a peony vase, but he didn't expect to encounter a piece of broken porcelain with such a good painting here.
This is the harvest. Through this piece of broken porcelain, he can acquire some skills in painting peonies, and even skills in making utensils with peony patterns.
It's a pity that he was disappointed after just one look. His craftsmanship in painting was okay, but his craftsmanship in making porcelain was not.
This is the advantage of broken porcelain pieces. They can expose the fetal bones through the cross section.
Once you see the fetal bones, you can clearly see the level of porcelain production.
Just by looking at it, Chen Wenzhe knew that it was something from a folk kiln.
"Young man, you are an expert!"
Seeing Chen Wenzhe's actions, the old man setting up the stall said slowly after taking a puff of cigarette.
"Those who study ceramics know how to look at the fetus."
"Hey! You really have met an expert. You can give me fifty for this broken piece of porcelain. Isn't that much?" The old man laughed.
Chen Wenzhe was stunned. Is this fifty a slang term? Or is it just fifty?
"Only fifty? It can't be five thousand, right?" Chen Wenzhe relied on his youth to show his outspokenness.
"Of course it's five thousand. Let's not talk about anything else. Just look at that well-preserved peony. Can this kind of painter be produced in an ordinary folk kiln?"
Chen Wenzhe was speechless. Did he really treat him like a mallet?
What he asked just now was not professional enough, and naturally he was more likely to be ripped off.
"Uncle, I study ceramics, I just know how to make porcelain. I may not be able to tell other things, but I still know a little bit about looking at embryos. This is something from a folk kiln, and the painter is pretty good. If I sell it for fifty yuan
, I just took it, five thousand? Just keep it for yourself to enjoy!"
When Chen Wenzhe said this, he made this carefree old man a little embarrassed.
He held it in for a while before he said, "Take it away!"
Chen Wenzhe took out a fifty note and handed it to the boss.
In fact, if he couldn't buy it, he could go whoring for free.
Of course, it’s better to buy something, which is a good thing after all.
After the transaction was over, Chen Wenzhe took the broken porcelain pieces and wanted to leave.
"Just leaving like that?" The old man's tone and demeanor became slow and mysterious again!
Chen Wenzhe stood up and looked at the porcelain piece in his hand. The painting skills on this thing were really good. Not to mention anything else, as long as he learned the skill of painting peonies, this trip would be worthwhile.
"Do you still have something good in your hands?"
Chen Wenzhe's eyes fell on the box that the old man was sitting on.
If this old man has any good stuff, he can only hide it in this wooden box.
Without letting Chen Wenzhe wait any longer, he looked at the old man, slowly opened the wooden box, and slipped a woven bag out of it.
The woven bag is not small, and half of it is filled with things. If it contains all good things, it would be really valuable.
"Let's take a look! Just because you are an expert, I will take out the treasures I have collected over the years."
As he spoke, the old man carefully placed the woven bag on the stall.
Chen Wenzhe became curious, so he squatted down again and looked at the contents of the woven bag.