In addition to three-color ceramics, there are also various gold and silverwares in the cabin. There are too many gold plates and gold cups. These things are placed on some small shelves, densely packed, and emit a bright golden light under the light.
"It seems that the cargo on this ship is more than the cargo on the sunken Batu Hitam!" Han Peacock looked away and could only sigh.
Han Peacock picked up a piece of three-color ceramics, turned it over, and looked at the bottom of the bowl. Sure enough, there was a mark on the bottom of this ceramic bowl.
"On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the first year of Emperor Jingzong, it is indeed from the Tang Dynasty." Han Kongque remembered that the Batu Hitam also had ceramics from this period.
The precious cultural relics discovered on the Batuxitam are now stored in an aircraft repair garage in New Zealand with strict security measures.
The first clue that led archaeologists to determine that these items were 1,200 years old were two enamel bowls salvaged from a sunken ship.
The bottoms of these two glazed bowls are engraved with the words "August 16th, the second year of Emperor Jingzong". According to calculations, they should have been made in 826.
This batch was also made during the reign of Emperor Jingzong, and was earlier than the batch discovered on the Batuxitam.
The first year of Jingzong is more commemorative than the second year, so the value of this batch of porcelain glazed bowls should be greater.
Of course, to determine the exact age of a batch of things, other aspects are needed.
Because we don’t know how long it took for this batch of porcelain to be discovered by the group of pirates who sunk the ship, and to what extent they have been studied now, Han Peacock couldn’t make an accurate determination.
However, there was some information here. Han Peacock looked through it and found the evidence.
This is an identification analysis of residues from a mixture of anise seeds and raisins in a sealed clay pot.
Archaeologists among the pirates conducted radiocarbon analysis of the remains and found that they were between 680 and 890 years old.
In addition to this evidence that this batch of cultural relics are from the Tang Dynasty, they also found a severely corroded bronze mirror from the ship. After research, they found that the metal on the bronze mirror had been used in 758
It was refined “100 times” in Hangzhou, China in December.
At the end of the identification analysis, there are results of chemical analysis of the sunken ship. This ship, which is more than 30 meters long, was made of Indian and African wood.
It can be inferred that the ship was being driven by Arab and Indian sailors at the time, intending to return to an Arab country from Hangzhou. Unexpectedly, it encountered a storm on the way and sank in northern Malaysia. It was eventually discovered by this group of shipwreck pirates and was salvaged.
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There were more porcelains on this ship than those found on the Batu Hitam. Han Peacock just did a little calculation and saw no less than one hundred thousand of various porcelains, plus gold and silverware, and many practical items.
The harvest from just such a ship is extremely amazing. It is no wonder that this group of shipwreck pirates would clean up and preserve the ship together with it.
"Just such a ship can support a large museum." Han Peacock said with a little envy.
Although this group of pirates are not good people, Han Peacock really has no reason to take advantage of others. After all, he is not too shameless and cannot just think of taking advantage of good things for himself when he sees them.
Just seeing how well this group of shipwreck pirates protected these things, Han Peacock was a little embarrassed to take action.
"Forget it, just this boat must have gone through a lot of hard work to make it like this. Seeing how much they love these things. I'll just pretend I haven't seen it!" Han Peacock planned to appreciate these things carefully.
Forget it is an eye-sore.
"Why does this bowl look so familiar?" After walking around, Han Peacock picked up a three-color bowl and felt as if he had seen it somewhere.
Han Peacock's memory is very good. If he had seen it, he would naturally be able to remember it. Now he can't remember clearly, so he didn't pay special attention to it. Maybe he saw it and heard it accidentally.
"Is this twisted glazed porcelain? Are these bowls the twisted glazed porcelain of the Tang Dynasty that has been seen for thousands of years - twisted fetal bowls?" After thinking for a while, combined with some famous porcelain of the Tang Dynasty, Han Peacock quickly thought of this
What could it be?
Looking at the densely packed bowls, bottles, jars and plates in the Tibetan market, Han Peacock was a little confused as to what to do.
At this time, Han Kongque had already remembered that he had seen this kind of bowl somewhere, not in a small place, but at auctions held by several world-renowned auction houses.
Among the world's largest auction companies, several such tire-twisting bowls are auctioned every year. If Han Kongque remembers correctly, they should be exactly the same as these tire-twisting bowls here. Even Han Peacock doubts that those bowls should be
It all comes from here.
The twisted glazed porcelain of the Tang Dynasty, the twisted fetal bowl, is rare in a thousand years. It is not fake. It is because this kind of thing is very rare that it is sought after by top auction houses.
In China, very few Tang Dynasty twisted porcelains have been handed down, and there are only a few collections in public and private museums at home and abroad, and research on this aspect is even rarer.
Since the reform and opening up, only a handful of introductory articles on this aspect have been published by influential domestic publications. Therefore, it is not surprising that everyone has a superficial understanding of it.
In recent years, all newly published domestic works on the "History of Chinese Ceramics" will invariably write two paragraphs when discussing the ceramic industry of the Tang Dynasty, briefly introducing the twisted body porcelain of the Tang Dynasty. Although there is not much ink, it is obvious that the academic circles
Everyone has begun to pay attention to it and realize its existence and value.
Looking back at the auctions at Christie's and Sotheby's in London in the past ten years, almost every auction has one or two pieces of twisted porcelain, all of which are small bowls, dishes and jars, and the transaction prices are between 20,000 and 30,000 pounds. It can be seen that
Foreign markets recognize and support the twisted-body porcelain.
If the auction items from these auction companies all come from here, then Han Peacock still greatly underestimated the harvest of this group of shipwreck pirates.
Of course, the value of such a shipload of porcelain here should be sky-high if they operate it like this.
There are hundreds of thousands of this kind of top-quality three-color porcelain, which is so highly regarded in China that it can only be seen once in a thousand years. If someone knew about it, I don't know whether they should cry or laugh.
Looking at these porcelains, Han Peacock smiled anyway.
Some experts say that there are more than ten pieces of twisted-body porcelain in existence in the world, and some experts say that there are more than thirty pieces in existence.
The scarcity of the works has brought many obstacles to research, so that some experts and connoisseurs immediately think that they are fakes as soon as they see the twisted body porcelain.
Some collectors unilaterally believe that it is a rare decorative porcelain used by the imperial court and have exaggerated its value assessment.
However, for various reasons, the price of this kind of porcelain has increased year by year, so this kind of thing has become the finale of some large auction companies, bringing great benefits to the auction company and everyone every year.
Han Peacock also likes porcelain, so he has also done research, from loving and paying attention to collecting, studying, and researching twisted-body porcelain, and he has gained considerable knowledge and understanding of twisted-body porcelain.
In fact, like Tang Sancai, it has many categories in terms of shape, such as bowls, plates, saucers, cups, cans, pots, bottles, stoves, pillows, study utensils, animal toys, musical instruments, horse figurines, beasts of burden, human figures, etc.
figurines and other animal figurines, etc.
In terms of glaze color, there are transparent glaze, white glaze, yellow glaze, brown glaze, green glaze, blue glaze and three-color glaze, etc.
As far as fetal soil is concerned, there are white and yellow, white and brown, yellow and brown, plus different ways of intersecting, it is really a variety of shapes, the same thing, but different, it is intoxicating!
The Tang Dynasty tire-twisting pottery is a new craft pottery created and fired in the Tang Dynasty.
People have had different opinions for a long time about this unique ceramic firing technology of the Tang Dynasty.
And because the price of tire twisters is increasing day by day, and the number of fakes is increasing day by day, identifying its authenticity and imitations has not only become a market need, but also a necessity to improve people's ability and level of appreciating ceramic art.
It is of extremely important practical significance to demonstrate the infinite wisdom and the diligent and enterprising spirit of ancient Chinese kiln workers.
During the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty, all nations came to the dynasty. This was one of the most glorious eras in China and one of the most prosperous civilizations on earth. The influence of the Tang Dynasty on countries around the world was far greater than other dynasties.
Therefore, the value of cultural relics of the Tang Dynasty is relatively high, and they are also very popular in the international market.
Of course, this is also based on the cultural inheritance and artistic achievements of the Tang Dynasty at that time. Take the Tang Dynasty tire twister, the porcelain produced by this craft is very beautiful.
According to Tang Dynasty literature records and folklore, there are several theories. One theory is that the ancients used gall wood as a material with many spots to make various utensils. The textures are twisted and tangled, and the patterns are random and natural.
In the Tang Dynasty, not only the literati liked the elegance and meticulousness of gall woodware, but also princes and nobles gave gallwood products to each other as gifts, and gallwood wares such as "gall bottles, gall pillows, and gall beds" were handed down to the world.
Another folk legend is that when craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty were finishing their pottery making work, they accidentally mixed the leftovers of various pottery bodies and glazes used in pottery making and then made them into utensils.
There is another theory that it was influenced by Western glassware. However, no similar glassware has been unearthed or passed down from the various trade and exchange items on the Silk Road in the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, the double-color curved and overlapping shapes in Western glass
Patterns fell out of fashion as early as AD.
Another view is that it was influenced by the rhinoceros skin lacquerware of the Tang Dynasty. However, the rhinoceroskin lacquerware of the Tang Dynasty had various irregular and large patchy patterns such as "clouds, round flowers, and pine scales" and was not similar to the twisted porcelain.
rich texture variations
However, Han Kongque believed that the emergence and development of twisted-body porcelain should be related to the popularity of gall wood products and marble patterns in the Tang Dynasty.
Since gall wood and marble were limited in materials, high in cost, and difficult to process into ware, porcelain artists in the Tang Dynasty combined the stripes and patterns in gall wood products that were popular at the time with the patchy patterns in lacquerware, and used porcelain clay with rich raw materials.