Even if you have not entered the auction market, with just a little evaluation, the price of any real secret-color porcelain can exceed tens of millions.
This is secret color porcelain, real secret color porcelain, the price is so high.
In some aspects, secret color porcelain is even more valuable than Ru kiln wares.
The first aspect is the degree of cherishment of secret color porcelain.
Compared with the official kilns of the Northern Song Dynasty, the identity of secret color porcelain is not bad at all.
The second aspect is the amount of this thing that can survive in the world. The amount of this thing that can survive in the world is too small, much less than your kilns.
At this point, the research value and historical value of secret color porcelain are much higher than that of Ru kiln wares.
But, again, if you have a small quantity in the world, good craftsmanship, and perfect appearance, you may not necessarily be able to surpass some of the fine porcelain of later generations.
At this point, Ru kiln wares are obviously more famous, and generally speaking, the craftsmanship level of Ru kiln wares is higher than that of secret color porcelain.
Of course, this refers to the general situation, and the second general situation is an anomaly.
For example, several pieces of secret-color porcelain in the underground palace of Famen Temple, as well as the treasure of the store in Hangzhou. If they were sold, their value would definitely be no less than the exquisite Ru kiln wares collected by the Forbidden City.
In other words, if you take out any one of these things, it will definitely fetch a sky-high price of 200 to 300 million yuan.
Therefore, identity is just added value. The true value of a thing depends on its craftsmanship and how well it is preserved.
When the four people carefully cut open the sagger and saw the small lotus bowl inside, they were all shocked.
Under the light, this little bowl is so beautiful!
It's like ice and jade, this is absolutely true, and the most important thing is that under the light, they saw a lake.
If you haven't seen it, you might think it's an exaggeration, but when you see it in front of your eyes, you realize that a piece of porcelain can actually show such a beautiful scenery just because of the different glaze colors applied.
As bright and clean as jade, as quiet as lake water, as clear and green as water.
This is a clear pool of spring water. If you have never seen this piece of porcelain, you will definitely not be able to say such a thing.
What color is the spring-like lake green? There are even ripples on it?
This is not a static pool of water, but a lake with blue waves.
If you have to find a pool of water, you have to look inside the cup. There is nothing inside, but you can see a pool of water.
Looking at this piece of porcelain as a whole, it is thick and dignified in shape, with moderate proportions, smooth lines, plump and gorgeous, and the whole body resembles a blooming lotus.
It consists of two parts: a bowl and a cup holder. The bowl has a straight mouth and a deep belly. The outer wall is decorated with three groups of relief lotuses. The cup holder is shaped like a bean. The upper part is an inverted plate with two groups of double hooks and upward lotus flowers. The lower part is an outward-facing lotus flower.
The circle foot is decorated with two sets of relief lotuses.
This lotus bowl is composed of seven groups of lotus flowers of various shapes. Upon closer inspection, the porcelain body is gray-white, the texture is fine and dense, and the particles are uniform and pure.
Looking at the cup base again, it has a flat center and a small round hole in the center that goes straight to the bottom of the cup. The word "Xiang Ji" is engraved on the edge of the hole. This is probably the manufacturer's mark, or the kiln worker's name, or even the author's name.
During the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, there was no custom of leaving money. It was precious enough to see these two words.
This small bowl is covered with celadon glaze. The glaze layer is thick and consistent throughout. The most amazing thing is that there are not too many bubbles in it.
"It's not broken!" After a while, Cao Qingchun said.
"This piece of porcelain is composed of two parts, haha..."
Li Jinli's mind was the most agile and he quickly figured out something.
Chen Xingchen also laughed: "The height of this lamp holder is unusual. What will happen if X-rays are used to illuminate it?"
"You definitely can't tell that this is a tea cup, but it looks like a goblet? In this way, the location of the break will be more subtle." Cao Qingchun also reacted.
"The craftsmanship is so exquisite. There are not many bubbles on this piece of porcelain? This is even more rare!" Chen Xingchen finally began to care about the firing process.
Of course, the most important thing about a work is its condition. It would be a pity if such a beautiful piece of celadon was damaged.
There is no defect, it is well preserved, and it is extremely beautiful. Under such circumstances, if the production technology is up to standard, the value of this piece of porcelain will definitely exceed the sky.
As for bubbles, this is definitely unavoidable, because the firing process at that time could not reduce bubbles at all.
These bubbles are the key to identifying the age of a piece of porcelain and are also an indication of the aging of a piece of porcelain.
Chen Wenzhe's eyes couldn't help but fall on the bubbles inside the secret-color porcelain.
It turns out that when he was doing distressing, he didn't think about making it look old before the Ming Dynasty, because he knew that many signs of aging could not be achieved by simply distressing.
At that time, he actually knew what was happening but didn’t know why it was happening!
Also, in making porcelain and successfully firing it, he inherited a lot of experience from his predecessors.
However, in this process, he could only rely on the experience of his predecessors to perfectly fire the porcelain.
There were a lot of details in it, and he didn't grasp them well.
In other words, he couldn't grasp these details at all, and he didn't even know why he could make such good porcelain?
At this time, seeing this secret-color porcelain, Chen Wenzhe had some enlightenment.
He used to make porcelain, and after making the porcelain body, it was briefly dried, painted, glazed, and quickly put into the kiln.
In fact, without superb craftsmanship, the result of doing this is to produce a large number of bubbles, and these bubbles will break through the glaze layer, causing pockmarks to form on the entire surface of the porcelain!
So, what are the bubbles in porcelain? How are they produced?
How can you know where the bubbles come from without entering the kiln entrance and seeing with your own eyes what happens when the porcelain is being fired?
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe also wants to know why bubbles commonly appear under the glaze of porcelain?
Unable to resist, Chen Wenzhe activated the backtracking skill again. This time, Chen Wenzhe wanted to enter the burning kiln and see the firing process of secret color porcelain.
Just by looking at it, Chen Wenzhe knew it clearly.
In fact, the reason is very simple, because when firing porcelain, high temperature will cause the crystal water, or liquid water, in the glaze layer to turn into gas.
When the glaze layer is thick, gaseous water molecules are wrapped in the glaze film and cannot be released, so bubbles under the glaze are formed.
When the glaze layer is thin, the bubbles break through the glaze film and form many pits and pits on the glaze surface.
It turns out that Chen Wenzhe's ability to make exquisite porcelain is definitely not because of how good he is, but because of the skills he inherited, or in other words, the benefits brought by modern technology.
Many times, the reason why he can produce good porcelain is because he is firing celadon. Because the glaze of celadon is thick, it can prevent the water molecules in the glaze from escaping.
Of course, when firing other types of porcelain, such as white porcelain, blue and white porcelain, etc., his success depends on his usual accumulation and luck.
These can be done to avoid accidents as much as possible from the beginning of clay training.