Chapter nine hundred and sixty fifth blue and white market
This polygonal bottle is 28.5 centimeters high, not small in size, and has a complex shape. It is definitely a good thing.
The polygonal bottle is a famous vessel and was popular in China from the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties.
Those handed down in China are generally celadon products from the Tang Dynasty. Blue and white porcelain polygonal bottles like the one in front of you are really rare.
This polygonal vase has a swollen belly and a tapered belly, a straight mouth and a slightly extravagant mouth, and a double girdle on the belly.
The body of the vessel is stacked with cone-shaped corners, with three turns in total, four in each turn.
The entire bottle is glazed with blue and white glaze, but the glaze does not go all the way to the bottom and the glaze color is clear.
This item, like the celestial sphere vase, is absolutely exquisite.
At this time, Chen Wenzhe had already determined that the shopkeeper in front of him must have dug a cellar, or directly dug the tomb of a South Vietnamese royal family.
This level of blue and white porcelain, even in China, if used for burials, would definitely be used by princes and nobles.
"Something from the Annan kiln?" Using the backtracking skill, Chen Wenzhe saw the firing process of some porcelain.
He couldn't tell anything else. After all, there was a language barrier and different customs.
However, he knew the Annan kiln and knew that blue and white porcelain was also fired at the entrance of this kiln.
"Is it a pair? Do you want it? At least 120,000 yuan, we won't sell it for a cent less!"
Seeing that Chen Wenzhe was silent, the shop owner felt a little uneasy, wondering if the price quoted was too high.
Chen Wenzhe knew at a glance that this boss was greedy.
Since the expectations are high, then satisfy them.
"Twenty thousand is no problem, it's only 20,000 US dollars. However, you only have these two bottles here, so you definitely can't make a set. I know that bottles usually come with matching porcelain plates, dishes, etc."
The shop owner looked at Chen Wenzhe in surprise. Can the bottle and porcelain plate be matched?
His sky ball bottle matches a polygonal bottle, which is outrageous enough, but the boy in front of him actually matches a bottle with dishes?
Although he has not been in the antique business for a long time, it has been more than ten years. Why didn't he know that there was such a perfect match?
The person in front of me is from China and has been playing with antique porcelain for a long time. Is this really true?
He has come into contact with a lot of Chinese people and can boast more, but the shop owner was almost deceived by Chen Wenzhe.
"Do you have money?" the shop owner asked.
"There must be. You here support our domestic Universal Bank, right? You can swipe your card directly!"
I have done many transactions with people in South Vietnam, and now Chen Wenzhe has also applied for a bank card in South Vietnam.
There are some places here where you can directly use ICBC cards. After all, UnionPay is very powerful now!
"I have four more items, six in total. If you give me 360,000 yuan, I will show them to you."
"Okay, as long as there is no problem with the things, I will give you 360,000 yuan." Chen Wenzhe said immediately.
Step by step, he finally got the boss into a trap, and there was no room for hesitation at this time.
Isn't it just 360,000? If it were in China, he would be afraid that if he offered such a price so happily, he would scare the store owner.
If someone realizes that these porcelains are good things, then they certainly cannot sell them to him easily.
The store owner really didn't expect that he would actually meet a rich man this time.
Looking at Chen Wenzhe's age, he didn't look like a real professional. The store owner also wanted to sell this batch of porcelain as soon as possible, so he was cruel and took out a package from behind the shelf.
After opening it, there are four plates inside, all of which are large blue and white plates!
The top one is a large plate with a pattern of two birds, and the one below seems to be also a plate with a blue and white bird pattern.
This kind of thing was exported as a major commodity in the past, so it is all made very beautifully, and most importantly, it is flawless.
This batch of porcelain was indeed produced in the same period. After just a brief look, Chen Wenzhe was sure that this blue and white double-bird plate was also a representative work of South Vietnamese blue and white porcelain in the 15th century. Its exquisiteness should be second to none among South Vietnamese blue and white porcelain. .
This South Vietnamese blue and white double-bird plate produced in the 15th century is an authentic large plate with a diameter of 41.5 cm.
Even if Chen Wenzhe measured it with his hands, it would be as long as two rods, and the caliber in the forties is definitely within the broad range.
The most important thing is the two blue and white birds inside, which are very delicately painted.
This blue and white bird pattern is centered on a right-hand spiral, depicting a pair of flying magpies.
This kind of composition is also very common in the traditional domestic phoenix pattern (double phoenix pattern).
Picking up this blue and white plate with two birds, the one below is indeed the same kind of plate, but this one is a blue and white plate with four birds.
The reason why this one is placed below must be because the plate is larger.
The diameter of this blue and white four-bird plate reaches 44.8 centimeters, which is more than three centimeters larger than the previous one.
This kind of blue and white porcelain plate adopts the form of the double fish pattern (fish and algae pattern) in the domestic blue and white porcelain of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. However, there are also examples of deliberately using a convoluted pattern.
For example, on the blue and white plate with four birds, four magpie birds are circling, which is extremely rare. It can be seen that convoluted composition is one of his hobbies.
In fact, these don't matter, after all, the structure, techniques, etc. are not as good as the results after drawing.
The larger the plate, the larger the blue and white pattern on it.
For example, the four birds on the plate are large, and any flaws will be magnified.
Only when the birds in the painting are larger can we see more clearly how skilled and exquisite the craftsmen were back then.
Chen Wenzhe has a very high vision, and he doesn't look down on ordinary things.
At this time, a porcelain from the 15th century, that is, more than 500 years ago, could be noticed by him and he admired it, so he knew how well the painting on the plate was.
There is a blue and white bird stroking the inside of the plate. Its feathers and hair are all carefully drawn with a fine pen, one stroke at a time.
Leave the abdomen slightly white and outline it with a slightly thicker pen tip.
The thickness and shade of the lines are used to vividly embody the three-dimensional sense of the bird.
The background of the double bird pattern is densely covered with seaweed. It can be seen that South Vietnamese blue and white porcelain followed the fish and algae pattern form of Yuan blue and white porcelain.
According to the analysis of some unearthed South Vietnamese blue and white porcelain, some works of South Vietnamese blue and white porcelain from the 14th to 15th centuries did faithfully imitate Yuan blue and white porcelain.
Among them, there are more integrated works that combine some elements of Chinese blue and white porcelain from the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, which can also reflect the characteristics of South Vietnam's demand for Chinese blue and white porcelain.
The blue and white double-bird pattern plate in front of Chen Wenzhe can be seen in the center of the inner bottom, from the main pattern area to the mouth edge, and in the division of double circle lines, three decorative pattern bands can be seen.
Among them, the one that takes up the most space is the Baoxianghua Tangcao pattern on the inside.
This Tang grass pattern, which is finely cut rather than in the form of twisted branches, is one of the common features on South Vietnamese blue and white porcelain.
Of course, in addition to these features, there are many techniques, all of which are well carved.
For example, this type of plate has a so-called trumpet-shaped lotus petal pattern painted on the outside, and double lines are used within the outline to express double wishful thinking heads. These are obvious features.