Chapter 685: Master Luohu's Secret Color Bowl, Monthly Pass)
The theory that "secret color porcelain was first fired in the late Tang Dynasty" has been accepted by many experts and scholars.
The rigorous work attitude of the Tang Dynasty people made us no longer search aimlessly, but imprinted the standard color of secret color porcelain into our minds, peeling off the secret color that had confused us for a long time from various museums around the world, and re-presented it in the human world.
The Palace Museum has three similar secret-color pure vases, and the truth is revealed through this.
Decades have passed since the grand excavation of Famen Temple, but who can remain calm and not feel excited whenever they think of the secret?
Because of its nobility and advanced craftsmanship, secret color porcelain became a special vessel for the royal family members of the Tang Dynasty.
"The bright moon is cleverly cut out to dye the spring water, and the thin ice is gently swirled to fill the green clouds." This sentence comes from Xu Wei's "Gongyu Secret Color Tea Cup".
This green water once rippled before the eyes of people in the Tang Dynasty, and it appears again in our hearts thousands of years later.
Feeling the secret color of blue, you will know that the ever-changing blue color can blend man-made things into nature, and it can also blend nature into man-made things, which is a work of art.
Therefore, after seeing the Yue kiln sagger, Chen Wenzhe’s first thought was secret color porcelain!
However, what did he see through this sagger? He didn't see any spring water!
Is the secret-color porcelain fired in ancient times really the same as holding a bowl of spring water?
Chen Wenzhe has seen pictures of secret-color porcelain, especially pictures of the porcelain unearthed from Famen Temple. One picture is particularly clear. You can tell at a glance that what looks like white water is the bottom of the bowl, but what about the surface of the bowl?
Some surfaces are crystal clear, like ice and jade!
The bottom of some bowls reflects a gleaming white light, like water or clouds!
Some are like clouds, some are like fog, and some are bright stars. Is this secret color porcelain?
After the kiln was opened, although the porcelain inside the sagger was very beautiful, their characteristics seemed to have nothing to do with the secret color porcelain!
Chen Wenzhe was a little anxious. Has this sagger been used to make secret-color porcelain?
Regardless of whether it has been burned or not, it is very important and has a certain value. This is for sure.
However, the porcelain fired with it cannot be determined to be secret color porcelain.
Also, no matter whether the fired porcelain is secret color porcelain or not, those are the top-notch porcelain!
Its craftsmanship is also worth learning, but it is just to learn and refer to it.
The celadon firing technology of that period was definitely not as advanced as the technology developed in later generations for more than a thousand years.
However, the wisdom of the ancients should never be underestimated.
Therefore, the more Chen Wenzhe looked at the history of this sagger, the more shocked he became. How could so many beautiful porcelain be made in ancient times?
And with so many precious porcelains, not much has survived to this day?
At this time, he felt that the history of this sagger might be longer than he imagined.
If he could determine which kiln entrance this was, he might be able to gain something else.
Even if he doesn't excavate the ruins, he can still benefit the Academy of Fine Arts.
Of course, we can also prove that his sagger came from the Yue Kiln, which specialized in the production of secret-color porcelain.
Besides, he was also afraid that this sagger had been stolen from an ancient kiln site. In that case, an ancient kiln site that might have produced Yue kiln's secret-color porcelain would be destroyed.
So, he went back and looked at the longest history again.
He planned to read it from beginning to end and sort it out to see if there were any pictures that could indicate the specific location of the kiln entrance.
As for the owner of the sagger opposite, he hopes you will look at it longer, which will help him raise the price.
Of course, Chen Wenzhe used the backtracking skill to check some important information very quickly because he had the Sui Marquis Pearl to help him.
Use fast forward to retrieve important information quickly.
First of all, the place where this sagger appeared must be a porcelain kiln for firing white porcelain, not the entrance of a kiln for firing celadon.
Again, firing white porcelain does not necessarily mean that it is a Xing kiln, it may also be a Yue kiln.
Because some Yue Kiln kilns have a long history, even older than the Xing Kiln.
Looking carefully, I didn't notice any difference.
If it is really different, then it is the status of this sagger, which must be a little different.
That's right, ordinary saggers are generally crudely made, and it is impossible to glaze and fire them, and they are also fired into celadon.
You must know that in the early Tang Dynasty, or in the previous era, celadon was definitely a first-made porcelain, and it should be considered a very rare porcelain. Even later, celadon like this sagger was not a defective product.
Therefore, it is not without reason that this sagger was given special treatment and is even handed down to this day.
Looking at it bit by bit, some useless pictures passed by.
"Stop!" Finally, Chen Wenzhe saw the picture he wanted to see.
The same picture finally looked a little different.
A kiln worker picked up a crudely made sagger. It was at this time that Chen Wenzhe saw some writings on the bottom of the sagger.
"Master Luo Hu's Secret Color Bowl", Chen Wenzhe recognized it after studying it carefully for a while.
He was sure that it was these six characters. After all, the fonts in the Tang Dynasty were not much different from today.
However, because the sagger is shoddily made, its condition is very poor. In addition, the writing is on the bottom and is stained with dirt. After wear and tear, you can see what is written, which is already very good.
"Master Luo Hu's secret color bowl" has six characters, including the word "secret color". As long as it has left traces in history and is discovered by modern people, it will definitely not be buried.
Sure enough, after thinking about it for a moment, Chen Wenzhe remembered it.
As a student studying ceramic crafts, I may need to learn some of the history of the kilns.
At the very least, a lot of useless knowledge is required during every final exam.
When he first changed his major, Chen Wenzhe took re-examinations in many subjects, including knowledge related to Yue Kiln.
Of course, he did not acquire this knowledge at that time. He inadvertently jotted down some historical remnants while preparing for the exam.
But now, this little residue is about to take effect.
If he remembers correctly, Division Luohu is now Shanglinhu.
Shanglin Lake is now considered famous, at least among students studying pottery, because it is likely that the earliest Yue kiln ruins are there.
Knowing that the sagger in front of him was probably from the Shanglinhu site, Chen Wenzhe felt relieved.
At this time, he also remembered that the secret color porcelain of Yue kiln was probably produced at the entrance of the ancient kiln in Shanglin Lake.
Since the discovery of secret-color porcelain in the underground palace of Famen Temple, academic experts have been amazed by the reappearance of secret-color porcelain. Even those who insist that secret-color porcelain does not exist have changed their views.
Since secret color porcelain has been discovered, it must have a provenance.
And as long as you find this place, you will definitely make some major discoveries!