During the firing process of Dehua white porcelain, due to limited conditions, it was not possible to fully grasp the chemical composition of the raw materials and completely control the firing atmosphere. When the firing atmosphere was not completely consistent, the fired products had the same porcelain quality but poor porcelain color.
But it's slightly different.
If broken down carefully, Dehua white porcelain is also called ivory white, lard white, onion white, baby red, etc. depending on the degree of whiteness.
Of course, Chen Wenzhe looked at the glaze color not to see what kind of white it was, but to see its characteristics.
After thinking about it for a while, I still feel that the oil stain on the outside cannot be removed, so I might as well try another tea bowl!
After reading them all in turn, Chen Wenzhe already had a good idea.
The glaze is white inside and bluish inside, which is a characteristic of Dehua white porcelain in the Ming Dynasty.
Compared with the Qing Dynasty, the white glaze of the Ming Dynasty was bluish, but it was also very shiny.
The glaze color of Dehua white porcelain produced in the Ming Dynasty is not as shiny and bright as the white glaze of the Qing Dynasty, which is bluish or bluish gray.
In addition to this feature, the quality of the fetuses in the Ming Dynasty was mostly uniform, firm and fine, the fetuses were generally thicker, with high transparency, and the feet were firm and smooth.
However, the carcass of the Qing Dynasty is generally not so smooth and translucent, and there are many oxidized light red spots in the exposed areas.
There are many sand particles stuck to the bottom, and the carcass is thin;
Most of the Ming Dynasty vessels were simple and generous in shape, with simple and bold decorations, while the Qing Dynasty vessels were more complex in shape, and most of the decorations were slender and complicated.
This set simply doesn’t have any decorations, which is simple enough.
However, if you take a closer look at the exposed opening, it looks very bold.
It is simple enough, but also bold and generous. All these characteristics indicate that this is a porcelain from the Ming Dynasty.
The Dehua white porcelain handed down from the Ming Dynasty was also used as daily porcelain. It is very rare for it to be preserved in its current appearance.
"Authentic white porcelain from Dehua in the Ming Dynasty, official kiln wares!"
"If the identification is correct, the achievement value will be increased by one!"
He came to a conclusion, and it was correct, but his expression was not very clear because he did not specify the specific period of the era.
But even so, the system still gives achievement points.
This shows that through this set of porcelain, only so much information can be seen.
And if you want to know more, you must use the backtracking skill.
Only with this skill can one enter the long river of time and see a short fragment of the existence of this set of tea bowls!
I won’t watch it now because there is no need.
Putting down the perfect tea bowl, Chen Wenzhe raised his head and looked at the stall owner.
After a while, he looked at these tea bowls twice, and he was naturally interested in them.
Chen Wenzhe did not hide this. After all, he had been watching for a while. Even if the stall owner was a fool, he should be able to see his purpose.
"Do you like this set of tea bowls? This is not ordinary white porcelain. Just by looking at the glaze color, you can tell that it is very good. It even has a bit of jade texture. Unfortunately, there is no mark or text, and the atmosphere of life is too strong. It must have been used.
For a short period of time, if you like it, just give me a price, and I’ll sell it if it’s almost the same!”
Hearing this, Chen Wenzhe smiled directly.
From the oil stains on the outside of the tea bowls, Chen Wenzhe knew that no matter which of their owners they owned, they didn't pay attention to them, or even cared about them a little bit.
Such old porcelain will not be cherished even if it is in a farmhouse.
If you buy a new tea set worth fifty yuan, you should be very careful when using it. After all, it is worth fifty yuan!
But with these few tea bowls, if they are not used to feed the chickens, they would be great for ducklings. Who would be particularly careful to protect them?
"I can see that the craftsmanship is pretty good, but, as you said, it's plain and grainless, and it's porcelain used in folk life. Even if it's old, it's not worth much, not to mention it's damaged so much and so badly.
However, I like their glaze color very much. It really looks like jade, so even if it is produced by a folk kiln, it must have some technical skills. Such porcelain is still worth studying.
If it were a perfect product, I would really be reluctant to buy it, but this kind of remnant vessel is different. It already has chips. Look at this one. The chips are still very new. Through these gaps, you can see the quality of the body and the glaze.
Faults, etc., these are rare information."
"Huh? You sound very professional?"
"Haha, I just graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, and I studied ceramics."
"No wonder, you are being honest. Look here, part of the glaze color is leaking out. Is it really like white jade? If it weren't for preserving the sense of age, I would have removed the outer layer of oil stains. Then Yang
It definitely looks more beautiful this way.”
Chen Wenzhe was speechless. It turned out that the boss knew that the glaze color was beautiful.
But, leaving that layer of oil stains represents a sense of age?
He saw the dirt, but he didn't feel the oil stains, which indicated the degree of aging.
However, this boss is quite powerful. He finally saw an important feature of Dehua white porcelain.
Dehua white porcelain in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was made from a porcelain base with low iron content and fired with a transparent glaze.
The Dehua white porcelain of the Ming Dynasty is even more special. Its fetal bones are white, solid and dense, and its glaze technology strives to pursue the perfection of jade texture. This is unique among the dazzling array of porcelain altars.
The Chinese nation has a long historical tradition of admiring jade.
The admiration for jade has led to the porcelain used in daily life and the pursuit of the texture effect of jade.
Such as Yue kiln celadon that is "like jade in Ou", Yaozhou kiln celadon that is "finely crafted than jade", Ding kiln's "flower porcelain with red jade", known as "fake jade", Jingzhen blue and white porcelain that is "as clear as jade"
etc.
Looking at these jade-like porcelains, although they are exquisite in craftsmanship and have the gentle style of jade, they are often too light and thin and lack the dignity of jade.
Until the Ming Dynasty, Dehua kilns used high-quality kaolin and other raw materials to produce this special "white porcelain" after repeated research and experiments.
Its porcelain is dense, its glaze is pure white, it is integrated, clean and smooth, as fat as jade, and the whole is crystal clear. It further pushed the pursuit of the perfection of jade texture to the peak of history, which represented the development of domestic white porcelain production at that time.
The highest level is called "Chinese White".
Once the products are sold to the international market, they are regarded as treasures and people rush to buy them.
Mr. Cai Yuanpei, a famous educator and great scholar with knowledge of both China and the West, once praised, "China is almost a country famous for its porcelain. In terms of the whiteness of its porcelain, Dehua porcelain should be the first to be praised..."
From this we can see how beautiful the jade quality of Dehua white porcelain is and how exquisite the firing technology is.
It's a pity that there is only one perfect small tea bowl in front of me, and everything else has flaws.
"We are all real people. We can't hide the quality of the things. The boss should give us a real price!"
Chen Wenzhe glanced at the boss's butt and wondered if there was Dehua white porcelain of the same quality in his small wooden box.
Do you have any? Get what you see first and then talk about it.