Xuande Doucai is also a relatively famous kind of porcelain in China. The Xuande Doucai extant is also very rare. The reason why this kind of porcelain is famous in the world is because of its special painting method, so every piece is a treasure.
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What is now in front of Chen Wenzhe is a pair of Xuande Doucai small bowls. This is not simple.
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The reason why it is called Xuande Doucai is because the reign name of the emperor at that time was Xuande, and the name came from this.
The special manufacturing process of Xuande Doucai also created a new step for the development of porcelain. This was also a relatively good era for the development of porcelain.
At the beginning, Xuande porcelain was mainly blue and white, but as time went by, people did not want just these two colors, which was too monotonous.
Therefore, with people's wisdom, Doucai porcelain was created.
They added some new raw materials to the glaze, thus producing more colors.
At the beginning, Doucai was just a test product, and it gradually matured later.
The production process of Xuande doucai is very complicated, so it is difficult to make it, which is why its existing stock is relatively small.
Because it is too difficult, the output is not high.
Doucai is fired in official kilns, so every product must be qualified. If it is not up to standard, it will be smashed and destroyed. Therefore, many of the unearthed products are now fragments.
Youchenghua Doucai can be compared with Xuande Doucai. However, during the Xuande period, Xuande Doucai was just an experimental product, so Xuande Doucai was not mature at that time.
Technically, it has not reached a mature state, and the coloring is not very rich, and it is relatively simple. It is for this reason that Chenghua Doucai has a slight advantage.
Therefore, Xuande Doucai has gradually been eliminated, so the current Xuande Doucai stock is very small.
These are all important reasons that restrict the continued advancement and development and popularization of Xuande Doucai.
But now there are only a few pieces of Xuande Doucai surviving in the world, and they are collected in snow area museums.
Carefully pick up a small bowl and feel the wall of the bowl. The wall thickness should be different.
After carefully feeling the bottom of the small bowl, I realized that this should be a standard bowl. This kind of Xuande Doucai small bowl from the Ming Dynasty has a bottom thickness of about 5.5 millimeters.
This is Chen Wenzhe's advantage. Other appraisers will not judge a piece of porcelain based on its production method.
But Chen Wenzhe is different. He can identify some porcelain by the thickness of the bottom of the bowl and the thickness of the wall.
For example, this small bowl has a wall thickness of about 1.5 millimeters, but not everywhere is so thick.
And if the wall thickness is the same, the shape of this small bowl will be easily deformed when fired using the wood kiln method.
Chen Wenzhe was relieved when he discovered that the thickness of the bowl wall was different. This was the right thing.
Only at this time will he conduct identification again through other characteristics.
If the thickness of the bowl walls were the same and the firing was so good, then he would have to suspect something, and he wouldn't even need to identify it.
Now that we can move on to the next step, Chen Wenzhe is very happy.
It is rare to encounter Xuande's doucai utensil. If it is authentic, its value will be high.
You must know that doucai porcelain is another new variety of ceramics created by the imperial kiln factory during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty.
It was based on the red, green and multicolored porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty and was successful after repeated research and trials.
The successful firing of Xuande Doucai porcelain laid a solid foundation for the development of Doucai porcelain in Chenghua and other later dynasties, and also opened up a new way for the development of Doucai porcelain.
If this pair of small bowls is authentic, it must have been produced by the Xuande Imperial Kiln Factory in the Ming Dynasty.
This is a pair of colorful lotus pond bowls with mandarin duck patterns. The bowls are regular in shape, well made, and have a thin base and thick glaze.
On the double circle on the inner bottom of the bowl, there is a lotus pond and mandarin duck pattern painted with Dou Cai. On the edge of the inner wall, auspicious Tibetan words are written in blue and white.
Within the single and double circles on the outer edge of the bowl, blue and white are used to depict four symmetrical cloud and dragon patterns, and in the belly, bucket colors are used to depict the pattern of lotus ponds and mandarin ducks.
The circle foot is decorated with blue and white sea water patterns.
The firing of this small bowl has a novel composition and a rigorous and clear layout.
Especially when it comes to depicting themes, the painters used traditional boneless painting techniques and used both craftsmanship and writing style to depict scenes of mandarin ducks playing in the water.
The clever combination of blue and white cloud and dragon patterns shows the majesty of the royal family.
The only flaw in the painting of this small bowl is that the color flows beyond the blue and white outline during the high-temperature baking process.
There is a clear gap between this and the later Chenghua Dynasty doucai porcelain, but it has also become a watershed between Xuande and Chenghua doucai porcelain.
This small Xuande doucai bowl from the Ming Dynasty is 7 cm high and 15 cm long.
The painting, the craftsmanship is fine, smooth and delicate, the glaze color is warm and pure, the body glaze is well combined, and the patina is thick and natural.
The six-character inscription "Made in the Xuande Year of the Qing Dynasty" on the bottom, these features prove that this is an authentic pair of small bowls with colorful lotus ponds and mandarin duck patterns made in the Xuande Year of the Ming Dynasty.
And as long as this is proved, this pair of small bowls is one of the pairs of national treasure-level Doucai porcelain.
You should know that the Xuande doucai porcelain appears in the form of Tibetan and has a lot of meaning. This may be because it was specially fired for the aesthetic needs of the Tibetan nobles, or the Xuande Emperor was specially fired to win over the nobles in the snowy area to show his sincerity.
Rewarded to Tibetan leaders.
At present, there is no documentary record or other evidence as to why Xuande Doucai porcelain is unique to the Snow Area.
Although the Xuande Doucai porcelain is extremely rare in existence, its successful creation and firing opened a new historical chapter of Ming Dynasty colored porcelain, which is of great significance like an epoch-making milestone in the history of Chinese ceramic Doucai porcelain.
Therefore, the value of this kind of thing is very high.
After reading the thing, Chen Wenzhe put his hands on it and did not move away.
After activating the retrace skill, Chen Wenzhe saw that it was indeed a burning scene from the Ming Dynasty. This was correct.
After getting two more achievement points, Chen Wenzhe was still very satisfied.
Being able to see such a good thing is a great reward in itself.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe did not want to hide anything.
He raised his head and carefully looked at the person who could produce such a pair of small bowls.
Surprisingly, this man had an elegant look on his face, without the slick air of the stall owner at all.
"This is a pair of small bowls that I unexpectedly received when I was teaching in Tibet. They have been hidden for more than 20 years. Now my family is encountering difficulties and I want to sell them. Unexpectedly, I took them out and asked many people.
, they all say it has flaws and the firing is very rough, so I don’t want it at all.”
Before Chen Wenzhe could ask, the middle-aged uncle couldn't wait to speak.
From his tone and demeanor, Chen Wenzhe judged that this person had encountered many obstacles in the antique market.
"Flaws? Roughness? Where are the flaws? Where is the roughness?" Chen Wenzhe asked curiously.
"The painting style is rough and the glaze is defective. Some experts simply said that even if it is an antique from the Ming Dynasty, it is defective and should be broken into pieces. How could it be passed down to this day?"