"These two artifacts, one is a four-series vase with black flowers, clouds and phoenix patterns on a white ground, and the other is a ritual vessel for figures in the erotic palace, both were unearthed from the Cizhou ancient kiln site in the Song Dynasty. There are also several pieces of broken porcelain from Cizhou official kilns unearthed before.
, you can come up and compare..."
After Li Dali gave a brief introduction to the two pieces of porcelain, he gave time to everyone in the audience. Whether this layout can make those Japanese people fall into the trap depends on how well Zhuang Rui's porcelain is imitated?
In order to get the news out without appearing pretentious, Li Dali also took great pains to create an abandoned ancient kiln site that had long been robbed by tomb robbers, and spread the news about the unearthed official porcelain.
Later, Li Dali used some of his overseas connections to spread the news of the unearthed porcelain from Cizhou official kilns to the ears of these Japanese people. It can be said that there were twists and turns in the process. No one except him and Zhuang Rui could tell.
This auction is a carefully laid game.
Just as Li Dali finished speaking, six or seven people sitting in the front row rushed to the exhibition table and surrounded the two pieces of "official porcelain."
"Yamaki-san, your family is a porcelain maker, and I heard that your club has invested heavily in researching this kind of porcelain. In your opinion, are these two pieces of porcelain true or false?"
A Japanese man, about fifty years old, wearing a navy blue suit, asked a young man next to him who looked to be only in his thirties.
"Mr. Yehe, I want to conduct an appraisal first. My father has the deepest research on Cizhou porcelain. Unfortunately, my father passed away last month. Otherwise, if he came in person, he would definitely be able to determine whether this is a Cizhou official kiln..."
The young man was wearing a black suit, and even the shirt and tie underneath were all black. If the people next to him could understand the conversation between the two, they would definitely know that this young man named Shan Mu had just passed away in his family.
Influenced by Chinese Confucianism, Japan's funeral habits have many similarities with China's. The etiquette and procedures are even more cumbersome than those in China. Japan does not wear Koichi, but wears black attire instead.
"Hey, I said, why are there two Japanese?"
"Yes, Mr. Li, which play are you singing in?"
"Old Li, you are doing something taboo, you are not particular about it..."
As soon as the people who gathered behind heard the two Japanese mouthing the bird's song, the place suddenly went crazy and started shouting, all pointed at Li Dali.
Although there are many unscrupulous antique dealers in the country who have sold antiques to the Japanese privately, they do not dare to do so openly. This is something that can easily arouse public outrage.
Due to the history between China and Japan, the Chinese dislike the Japanese the most, so when they heard two Japanese talking, the entrepreneurs in the room suddenly turned into angry youths, and some of them began to speak evil words.
Spoken.
When he was in Tibet last time, the Japanese just came to see him, but was questioned by several people in the industry for a long time, so Li Dali risked his face and went into battle shirtless this time in order to help Zhuang Rui.
"Ahem, everyone, please be quiet for a moment and listen to what I have to say..."
When Li Dali saw that the scene was a little out of control, he quickly winked to the side. A dozen strong young men immediately surrounded him to distinguish the Japanese from domestic collectors. The two pieces of porcelain were also temporarily
Received it back.
"Mr. Li, what do you have to say? We can do whatever we want behind closed doors, but if you invited the Japanese here, aren't you going to make us feel troubled?"
"That is, our country has lost a lot of its treasures. Is it possible that we are still engaging in cultural aggression now?"
"That's right. If you don't give me a reasonable explanation today, my brothers will break your porcelain and make a sound..."
Although the people were separated, domestic collectors were still angry and loudly questioning Li Dali's motives.
There are even those who are excited and start to instigate people to smash, smash and loot. This guy is definitely worried about the world being unstable.
After the scolding in the venue subsided a little, Li Dali hurriedly said: "Everyone, everyone, listen to me first, art knows no national boundaries..."
"Bullshit, then why don't you buy Japanese antiques to China?"
"Sweet, there are fart antiques in the island country?"
Before Li Dali could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by people in the audience. He did not expect that such a situation would happen. He wiped his sweat with a tissue and looked at Zhuang from a distance for help.
Rui.
Zhuang Rui had to come forward in this matter. He stood up on the chair and shouted loudly: "Everyone, please stop arguing. Let's first listen to what this boss Li has to say..."
"Okay, listen to Teacher Zhuang and see what he says..."
"Teacher Zhuang has spoken, please everyone be quiet for a moment..."
"If I don't give you an explanation, I will never participate in your auction again..."
Zhuang Rui has made a name for himself in the domestic collecting circle in the past few years. This move made many people quiet down and sit back on their chairs.
Those Japanese people, two or three of whom were proficient in Chinese, also sat back at this time and whispered in Japanese to the people around them, probably translating for them what had just happened.
Seeing the silence below, Li Dali wiped his sweat, picked up the microphone and said: "Dear friends and bosses, let me introduce these Japanese friends to you first. This one is the president of the Japanese Ceramics Research Society.
Mr. Kazuo Nokai, this is Chairman Yamaki of Japan's largest ceramics production company.
As we all know, no actual objects from Cizhou official kilns have been unearthed in China. Now we can only judge whether these two objects are official kiln porcelain by comparing these pieces of broken porcelain. To be honest, not only do we have no idea, but
I, Lao Li, am not convinced...
In Japan, research on Cizhou porcelain has been going on for hundreds of years. The reason I invited these friends here is to ask them to help identify these objects...
I still said what I just said, art knows no national boundaries, everyone should not be so narrow-minded..."
Li Dali's words silenced the audience, but then a voice rang out: "Boss Li, will they participate in the auction of these two pieces of porcelain?"
"This... depends on the opinions of some Japanese friends. After all, I am opening the door to do business. You can't push people out, right?"
Li Dali looked like a profiteer, which left everyone speechless.
Most of the people here are business owners. It is understandable for businessmen to pursue profits. Just because you are patriotic, you can't stop others from making money, right?
"Everyone, if you have no objections, please continue to examine these two objects..."
Li Dali breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that no one in the audience was yelling. He picked up the mineral water on the table and drank half the bottle in one go.
"I have offended many big bosses in the country..."
Li Dali looked at Zhuang Rui, and his heart was full of bitterness. What he did this time would probably spread in the circle soon. Even if it was converted into a regular auction house in the future, this popularity would probably be lost a lot.
"Teacher Zhuang, go up and have a look. You are the only expert in ceramics here..."
"Yes, Teacher Zhuang, as long as you say this is true, we will definitely keep it in the country..."
"You're right. As long as it's true, I won't let them escape even if I try to sell iron..."
For a time, all the collectors in the venue pinned their hopes on Zhuang Rui, which made Zhuang Rui feel very embarrassed. It was originally a trap against the island country, but he didn't expect so many people to come in at once.
"Okay, I'll take a look first and then talk about it, but I don't have a deep understanding of Song porcelain, so I may not be able to tell what the secret is..."
Zhuang Rui cupped his hands in all directions, walked to the exhibition table, and pretended to look at it.
"Damn, Lao Li has a capable man on his hands!"
Zhuang Rui was surprised as soon as he laid eyes on it. Compared with more than a month ago, these two pieces of porcelain had completely changed their appearance. The glaze color was darker than when he had it in his hands, but they looked thicker and simpler.
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Although the shape of the utensil has not changed, the utensil itself has an indescribable sense of historical vicissitudes, and there is also an extra layer of patina on it that looks extremely natural, and there are traces of wiping. In the eyes of experts, that
It is caused by cleaning up the soil.
It can be said that the person who did the distressing work in Li Dali's hand can definitely be regarded as an expert in distressing new porcelain. It seems that the last time the distressing of Tang Sancai was also done by this person.
Decorating new porcelain is a craftsmanship. Not counting the extremely primitive method of shoe polish, there are generally four methods seen on the market.
The first is polishing, using a tool to rub the ceramic surface repeatedly to make it lose its luster, as if it were old. Commonly used tools include animal skins and gourd fruit shells. However, this method will leave traces of repeated friction, even if the surface is smooth.
, but it will also leave friction marks on the tire glaze.
The second method is the soil immersion method. In order to form the soil embroidery formed by the ancient porcelain being buried in tombs for many years, the ceramics are immersed in the soil to produce an effect similar to that of unearthed cultural relics.
The third is to use chemical erosion. Putting the new imitation ceramics into acidic or alkaline corrosive chemicals will also cause the old effect, but this will destroy the patina of the porcelain itself.
The fourth is smoking. This method is generally to hang the newly imitated ceramics above the kitchen, and let them smoke and burn. After a certain period of time, you will get satisfactory results.
In addition to these four methods, there is also an uncommon old-fashioned technique, which is re-firing. The newly imitated ceramics are wrapped in a kind of loess concretion stone powder soil and put into the kiln for re-firing.
This method is relatively cumbersome and has extremely high requirements for heat and ingredients.
However, the old porcelain produced contains a kind of slurry that is similar to the natural one. Even experienced appraisal experts cannot distinguish the authenticity with the naked eye.
