Niu Chen immediately said: "That's it. I have seen another one. It is a treasure of a large museum abroad. I didn't expect that there is still one left in China. Boss Chen is not simple!"
"There is one hidden abroad? You mean over there in England? I seem to have the impression that it was made using Bao-yaki technology, right?"
“It’s not all about Bao-yaki, it’s mainly about the filigree enamel craftsmanship. It’s so beautiful. After hundreds of years, it’s still as bright as new!”
"If this were put on the market, who would think it is four to five hundred years old?"
"It's a miracle. I really don't know how this thing was made?"
"Haha, look at the porcelain next to it. The pair of dragons and waves are not much worse than this big jar, right?"
"There is still a difference. It's just a piece of blue and white with red underglaze. It's incomparable with this piece of filigree enamel treasure-fired porcelain!"
"Don't all crowd in there, come and take a look at this piece of porcelain. Why do I feel so special?"
There are too many people, so it's impossible to crowd them all together. After all, there is a lot of porcelain to see here.
No, someone has seen Chen Wenzhe’s new secret color porcelain.
That is a small secret-color porcelain bowl, which can also be said to be a small celadon-glazed bowl. It is definitely inconspicuous among all the celadon porcelains.
But once you see it, you will be attracted to it.
Not to mention anything else, just because of the clear water at the bottom of the bowl.
Especially under the light, you can see it very clearly.
As soon as someone discovers such a magical little bowl, they will naturally be surprised.
In fact, this small bowl really uses some Baoyaki techniques.
"This is secret color porcelain!" At some point, Chen Xingchen also stood in front of this porcelain.
Seeing this piece of porcelain, Chen Xingchen almost shed tears.
In order to learn the firing techniques of secret color porcelain, he has been put through a lot of trouble recently.
Firing secret color porcelain is not easy. Chen Wenzhe simply followed the process and fired a batch.
After that, Chen Xingchen felt that it was a bit interesting and that it was not difficult, so he wanted to re-fire it. However, now the blank was almost ready for trial firing.
The glaze was - in his own words - "not even close".
He once fired a kiln of celadon with good quality, but it was only once, and it was far from the standard of secret color porcelain.
He has been working on restoring the secret color porcelain for more than a month.
It's not that he's idle, but because he doesn't have Chen Wenzhe's ability to prepare porcelain clay, and he doesn't have the skills to make ceramics.
If ordinary porcelain clay was used, how did the ancients make exquisite secret-color porcelain?
Chen Wenzhe also wanted to know this, so he paid a huge price.
At the very least, it cost him a lot to buy soil.
Yesterday morning, Chen Xingchen had just fired a kiln of blanks. He fired it in a gas kiln. There was still residual heat at that time, so he opened the kiln mouth.
The fired pieces are neatly arranged on a wooden shelf aside, and each piece is labeled with the ingredients.
Chen Xingchen has always been meticulous about these, and the plastic boxes containing the mud are also marked with excavation locations.
They come from the seven or eight huge tile jars in his studio, which are different layers of soil dug from around Shanglin Lake in Cixi.
It must be extensively collected and continuously put together before the soil that can finally be used as a secret-color porcelain blank can be discovered.
Before that, they could only settle quietly together with all other mud materials, waiting for the next step of purification and refinement.
"Anyway, the secret color porcelain made in the Tang Dynasty was also made from Shanglin Lake. I dug out all the mud materials around and tried to make it. It was always right."
This series of experiments is almost like finding a needle in a haystack, which is no exaggeration at all, because the information available for reference is really limited.
Chen Wenzhe still thought simply, because even if he saw some of the process of firing secret-color porcelain back then, he couldn't also see the process of people collecting soil from other places, right?
Therefore, the small bowls of secret-color porcelain that he has re-fired now are only part of the effect of the secret-color porcelain.
It is still far from being completely restored. He has not yet found the kind of porcelain clay that can at least achieve the effect of the secret color porcelain back then.
"If you can make secret-color porcelain, you're not far away from making Ru kiln wares, right?"
Professor Tao also saw the small secret-color porcelain bowl.
"Look here, you will no longer have any doubts. Are these thin tires? As thin as paper? Green as jade, but not as green as the sky, otherwise I would have thought they were the work of Chai Yao."
Professor Li's voice attracted professors from many schools and appraisers from museums.
A batch of thin-body porcelain specially made by Chen Wenzhe was displayed in front of everyone.
This time I came here to see Chen Wenzhe's collection, but now it has become his personal art exhibition.
However, no one will care at this time, because these works of Chen Wenzhe are still worth seeing.
Everyone here is an expert. At least they have good eyesight. Naturally, no one will say anything bad. The only person who will be embarrassed will be himself.
"Everyone, come and take a look at this piece. This should be the real secret color porcelain of the Five Dynasties!"
The secret-color porcelain lotus bowl was finally discovered.
Needless to say, this secret color porcelain is beautiful.
Even if it is placed in front of the top Ru kiln, it will not be too much.
Sure enough, someone had a question: "Old Tao, come here and take a look. Is this secret color porcelain? Why does it look like Ru kiln to me?"
Secret color porcelain was beautiful at the time, but it was not on the same level as the Ru kilns of the Northern Song Dynasty.
This is recognized by everyone, but the porcelain in front of you is no worse than Ru kiln wares!
However, the nameplate clearly states that this is the secret color porcelain of the late Five Dynasties!
"This piece of porcelain has the typical characteristics of clear water, it should be secret color porcelain!"
Professor Tao came over to take a look and said immediately.
"Clear water? No wonder it looks like a pool of clear water. It really is like that!"
"The secret color porcelain is mainly green, the glaze color is as transparent as clear water, and the degree of porcelainization is relatively good. Compared with Ru kiln porcelain, it is still a bit inferior, especially the bubbles on the surface."
"You big bosses have all seen Ru kiln wares, but you don't know. The glaze color of Ru kiln is characterized by crab-foot patterns, flow patterns, diagonal slices, agate glaze, few bubbles like morning stars, fragrant gray body/loose/light, sesame
Support nail."
"Also, the lighting in your kiln is warm, colorful, and the interior is azure/sky blue. This secret color porcelain is greenish!"
"This piece is obviously a high-quality piece of secret-color porcelain. Its production process is very close to that of Ru kiln porcelain, but it still has slightly more bubbles and the degree of jade is not as good as that of real official Ru kiln porcelain!"
"It's not as good as Ru Kiln? None of the Ru Kiln wares I've seen can compare with this!"
"Those are the masterpieces of Ru Kiln that you have never seen before. If you have time, go to the Palace Museum and see it with your own eyes. Don't look at pictures. Pictures are not good!"