Finding Chen Wenzhe staring at a picture of a plate, the middle-aged man immediately explained.
"This is a hollow salad plate designed by He Niu after 1740. It can filter water when putting salad. It has been very popular to this day."
Chen Wenzhe looked at it carefully, this thing was really interesting.
Depending on the shape of the device, it is still somewhat difficult to make, but it is not something that is not available in China.
After foreigners customized these types of porcelain, they were later used on some Chinese tableware.
So, it looks familiar, but different.
At this time, Chen Wenzhe remembered that he had seen French-style items, including retro French embossed hollow ceramic dessert plates, breakfast plates, salad plates, steak plates, etc.
After looking through all the pictures, I found that the hollowed-out salad plate was a bit difficult. The rest was that the patterns were complicated and the utensils were large. These were not problems.
"How many do you need?" Chen Wenzhe asked, feeling that there was no problem.
"A lot, at least 10,000 sets!" the young man said very proudly.
When Chen Wenzhe heard it, he was quite surprised.
There are over 100,000 pieces out of 10,000 sets. This is really a big deal, but I don’t know how much the price can be.
However, he can't ask the price directly now, because the price will be low when he asks. After all, the order given is too big.
"Does it need to be aged?" Chen Wenzhe asked after finally putting away the picture, because this is the key point.
You want a large quantity, but it needs to be old-fashioned, which requires technology. If others can't do it, you can't lower the price!
"Yes, if it is not distressed, we don't need to pay one hundred dollars for each work!" the young man said directly.
Chen Wenzhe waved his hands with a smile and said: "If the things you want are definitely high imitations exported to Europe, then even if they are not old, the price will not be low."
At this time, the middle-aged man smiled and said: "It must be old, but it doesn't have to be too old. It just needs to look like Qianlong's."
Chen Wenzhe was a little speechless, this guy really knows his stuff.
The earliest porcelain he requested to be imitated seemed to be from the early Qianlong period.
When he looked at the picture just now, he saw a lot of things, and there were a lot of features that were in line with European aesthetics.
For example, additional metal decorations, and some modified porcelain, such as vases converted into table lamps.
There are also some bottles that can be converted into wine glasses?
Through these characteristics, Chen Wenzhe can judge that this batch of imitation porcelain should be imitations from after the Qianlong period, at most to the early Qianlong period.
The export of tableware has been around for a long time. "Jiangxi General Chronicle" records that in 1555, more than 30,000 pieces of dragon-patterned tableware were ordered abroad.
But the customization of complete sets of tableware in the true sense began in the early years of Qianlong's reign.
During the Qianlong period, the export volume of porcelain increased and the cost decreased. In addition, after nearly two hundred years of export porcelain sales, Chinese patterns have become very popular in Europe.
Europeans like to add metal decorations to the mouth, neck, cover buttons, and feet of large pieces of porcelain to protect the porcelain;
There are also some important small porcelains that have metal accessories added to them, often on the frame or bottom. In addition to their protective function, they can also play a beautiful role.
In the early 18th century, European interior decoration began to rise. Europeans would add accessories to these beautiful Chinese porcelains to turn them into practical vessels.
For example, they transformed a bile bottle into a wine bottle; they transformed a vase into a container for milk;
What's more, a hole is drilled in the bottom of ancient porcelain and transformed into a desk lamp.
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Some vases were converted into teapots by sawing off the top, drilling a hole in the side, and adding a copper spout.
There are signs of this in the picture Chen Wenzhe saw just now.
"These are not difficult to make. What's really rare is this. If you can do well, we don't mind increasing the order or even raising some prices."
Seeing that Chen Wenzhe didn't seem to want to take this job, the young man was a little anxious, so he took out some pictures again from a travel bag.
It was at this moment that the pictures that the young man took out suddenly fell to the ground. I don't know whether he was holding it unsteadily or was too excited.
This unlucky person seemed to be anxious to save a breakthrough, so he leaned down and grabbed it, but he missed it and the bag in his hand was thrown out.
By coincidence, the guy's backpack was thrown at Chen Wenzhe.
Chen Wenzhe was startled, and then reacted. He ignored the flying pictures, after all, the pictures could not be broken.
So he caught the travel bag at once, and at that moment, he saw a piece of jade exposed in the open travel bag.
Chen Wenzhe was stunned when he saw this jade, because the patina on this jade was so natural.
A round jade object with a diameter of more than ten centimeters, like a jade pendant, but much larger than a jade pendant. It looks like a jade bi, but it is hollow inside and seems to have a ring?
It's not a jade, but the carving is really good.
After just a few glances, Chen Wenzhe could tell that this was a typical Western Han jade.
He has seen too many Western Han Dynasty cultural relics recently, so he is a bit sensitive to things from the Western Han Dynasty, and he can almost tell it at a glance.
Of course, just based on the characteristics, it looks like something from the Western Han Dynasty, but whether it is genuine or not is not clear.
"Western Han Dynasty Yuhuan!"
Chen Wenzhe made an appraisal, but the Sui Marquis Pearl showed no reaction.
It's not wrong, and it's not right either. That means it's not accurate enough.
Therefore, this jade article must be a treasure of the Western Han Dynasty, but it seems inaccurate to say that it is a jade ring?
"Thank you. I also have a piece of jade in my bag. It would be a pity if I dropped it!"
In an instant, the young man returned to normal. He took the backpack from Chen Wenzhe very naturally and thanked him.
"It's a nice jade, but the quality doesn't look very good!" Chen Wenzhe said with a smile.
"It's not very good, but the carving craftsmanship is pretty good, so the flaws don't hide the flaws!" the young man said casually.
Chen Wenzhe is a little speechless, can he still hide his shortcomings?
Not even the top modern jade carving masters can create this level of jade without the use of mechanical tools.
In other words, if the ancient person who made this jade was placed in modern times, he would be a top master!
Also, when he said that the quality of jade is not good, it is obviously not that the jade itself is bad, but that it is rough due to the intrusion of soil, rust, and minerals over time.
Although he only took a few glances, Chen Wenzhe recognized it. It was carved from a whole piece of Hetian seed jade, and it was a rare white jade.
Although it is not mutton-fat white jade, this kind of white and transparent white jade is still very rare.
Once you get such ancient jade and carefully plate it, you will remove the impurities inside the jade and make it shine again.
"Let's talk business. Boss Chen, look at these porcelains. Can you make them?"
At this time, the middle-aged man interrupted the young man's show off. Don't you know if your wealth is not revealed?