Chapter 195: The Official Kiln of the Republic of China
Because Hailao porcelain has been in seawater for a long time, its feet have been soaked in seawater for a long time, forming an oxide layer of age, forming a layer of slurry on the original body, causing the glaze to form an integrated body and appear dry.
shape, natural and even.
Moreover, after the porcelain was released from the water, due to poor maintenance, the glaze surface became dull and dull.
Because the surface of the glaze is damaged, liquids from marine organisms and shells are still stuck on it. Even if the utensils are rinsed clean after the water comes out, the colloidal substance stuck in the broken bubbles of the glaze layer is still there and cannot be completely washed away. Therefore, the glaze
There will also be a layer of glue attached to the surface to block the glaze.
To make Hailao porcelain smooth and clean, it must be soaked in water containing 1% oxalic acid for one day, then soaked in washing powder water for one day, then washed with fresh water, and often rub the glaze surface of the object with your hands to remove the "old" stains on the glaze.
Wiping off the "mud" and touching the object frequently will gradually restore the glaze.
However, Han Kongque's batch of sea-harvested porcelain has only been soaked in seawater for decades. Because it is well packaged, it has not been destroyed by marine life or contaminated by seabed silt.
After being taken into the Xuanyuan Water Control Flag by Han Peacock, it was soaked with the active water in the Xuanyuan Water Control Flag, which was equivalent to a comprehensive maintenance in disguise. Therefore, after Han Peacock drained this batch of porcelain, the porcelain
There is almost no change in the glaze color on the surface.
Hearing is better than seeing. After Han Peacock brought the interested Long Lin Jiang Lin and Zhu Feiyu to his home, he took out a few plates they were currently using and showed them to Jiang Lin and others.
Han Peacock likes colorful pastels, but doesn't like blue and white, so he uses pastel porcelain plates.
"Are these?" Jiang Lin asked, pointing to a few unwashed pastel bowls on the table.
Han Kongque took a look and realized that it should be the small bowl that Han Guangrong and the others used to eat. However, they didn't even clear the table after eating. They just put it on the table as they ate.
"What is that there? It can't be a small pastel bowl, right?" Long Lin pointed to a trash can next to it.
Next to a small plastic trash can, there was a broken small bowl. Because it was not thrown into the trash can, it was easily discovered by Dragon Scales.
Zhu Feiyu quickly stepped forward, picked up a larger fragment and took a look. The three words "Jurentang" on it fell into their eyes.
Seeing this scene, the corners of Han Peacock's eyes began to twitch.
He just randomly put some dishes and dishes in the cupboard for use, but he didn't realize that this small bowl actually had this kind of design underneath.
"Is this Yuan Shikai's imperial porcelain?" Jiang Lin asked Han Kongque, pointing to the small bowl.
Han Kongque smiled bitterly, and he picked up a few more small bowls, a total of eight small bowls. Only the broken one had the Jurentang mark in it, and none of the others were.
Han Peacock smiled bitterly again. He had inspected this batch of porcelain at that time. Because it was exported porcelain, Han Peacock himself didn't pay much attention to it. Who knew that a small bowl produced by Yuan Shikai's imperial kiln was mixed with it?
Now it happened that this small bowl was broken, which was really unlucky.
"The porcelain pieces are very complete and should be able to be repaired," Zhu Feiyu said.
"Bring it over and let me see. What do you, a layman, know?" Jiang Lin said, trying to snatch the broken bowl into his own hands.
Zhu Feiyu was not stupid either: "Let's forget it. You are also half jealous. I think Brother Han doesn't pay much attention to this small bowl. I'll just throw away these pieces for him!"
Long Lin didn't care about them. He dove into Han Kongque's cupboard and started rummaging through the dishes inside.
"That's all you are good at. Haha, the porcelain with the word "Jurentang" is produced by Yuan Shikai's imperial kiln, right? Look here there is a plate. There is also this Xiaodie here, this is a tea bowl, right?
?Haha, these tea bowls have the word "Jurentang" on the bottom." Long Lin's surprised shouts kept coming.
Seeing this, Jiang Lin squeezed directly into the cupboard, while Zhu Feiyu also gave up the fragments and wanted to grab some of Yuan Shikai's imperial porcelain.
"Jurentang" is the residence of Yuan Shikai after he became emperor. It was originally a Western-style building built for Empress Dowager Cixi in Zhongnanhai in the late Qing Dynasty.
In 1915, after Yuan Shikai became emperor, he followed the example of other emperors and selected fine porcelain from Yongzheng and other dynasties as samples from the Forbidden City. He ordered Jingdezhen to bake fine porcelain for imperial use. Therefore, this type of porcelain is said to be
There is nothing wrong with royal porcelain.
Han Kongque picked up the fragments of the small bowl that Zhu Feiyu randomly threw on the table, and looked at the three words on the bottom of the small bowl. It was really the last batch of royal porcelain.
It's no wonder that Han Kongque didn't pay attention to the batch of porcelain he fished out, because there were really few high-quality porcelain during the Republic of China, especially small porcelain such as dishes and dishes for export.
Ceramics of the Republic of China are divided into four major categories. The best type is the so-called last batch of imperial porcelain, which was the imperial porcelain fired in Jingdezhen during the restoration of the monarchy by Yuan Shikai. These utensils can be called court porcelain of the Republic of China.
The second is the pseudo-official kilns in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. During this period, the official kilns collapsed. The senior craftsmen in the official kilns produced a large number of antique porcelain in the "gaochao" collection from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China. These porcelains can be called antique porcelain during the Republic of China.
porcelain.
Thirdly, during the Republic of China, famous porcelain painters such as Pan Yu, Wang Xiaotang and Zhushan Bayou created emerging pastel techniques. These emerging pastel works can be called the new art porcelain of the Republic of China.
The fourth group is what Han Peacock thinks, that is, during the Republic of China, in order to boycott foreign goods and promote domestic products, Xiamenfu, Jianbaohua Porcelain Co., Ltd., Pingxiang Porcelain Company, Hunan Porcelain Company
More than 30 companies were established one after another. They produced porcelain for daily use. These porcelain for daily use can be called daily porcelain in the Republic of China.
Han Kongque believed that the porcelain on the Dainichi Maru should be this kind of daily porcelain, and he had also inspected a lot of it on the ship, and they were all ordinary daily porcelain with nothing special.
It was because of this that he was too polite to check the porcelain later because there were too many. After he took it out, he just picked some beautiful ones at random and put them in the cupboard, planning to use them himself.
You must know that among the four types of porcelain of the Republic of China, the first three are of great collection value, while only domestic porcelain has large output and poor quality, and has almost no collection value.
Who would have known that Yuan Shikai's royal porcelain would appear hidden among the large quantities of daily porcelain.
It has to be said that the little Japanese were ambitious and plundered China's precious cultural relics during World War II. Even the batch of royal porcelain fired by Yuan Shikai was actually robbed on the ship.
Yuan Shikai's imperial porcelain is much higher-end than domestic porcelain and is highly collectible. In 1916, Yuan Shikai followed the practices of the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and set up an imperial kiln in Jingdezhen, appointing Guo Baochang as the superintendent of ceramics. He fired precious porcelain.
For palace use.
Guo Baochang was the last pottery supervisor in Chinese history. Under his auspices, the Jingdezhen Royal Kiln produced porcelain with the name "Jurentang", and its body quality, glaze and color painting all reached a very high level.
Han Kongque looked at the pile of dishes and dishes that Jiang and Lin took out. There were only about forty pieces in total. Twenty-four plates, eight small bowls, and eight small butterflies.
There are five pieces of Yuan Shikai's imperial porcelain of the Jurentang model, including the broken small bowl.
Except for these, the others are all pastels. However, now that these pastel porcelains are placed one by one, even a layman can see the difference.
Some plates are much better than others in terms of color and shape.
It turned out that Han Peacock didn't pay attention, so he just looked at it like that. Now he picked up a very beautiful small pastel bowl, and found that this small bowl was better than the others in terms of shape, lines, luster, color, etc.
Ordinary porcelain is much better.
Although such a small bowl is not produced by Yuan Shikai's imperial kiln, it is certainly a fine product.
Judging from various performances, this kind of porcelain must belong to the new color porcelain, otherwise it would not be more beautiful than other pastel porcelain.
It has to be said that Han Peacock's eyesight is very good. He just selected some beautiful porcelain and selected so many good things. After all, good things are good things. One of their most fundamental characteristics is that they are beautiful.
Because there were too many porcelain fished out from the sea, a large part of them are still in Han Kongque's Xuanyuan Water Control Flag. He only took out a small part and deposited them in the bank's vault.
The reason why Han Kongque did this was to let others know that he had a batch of such porcelain from the sea and a batch of copper boxes. It was also for this reason that Han Kongque put them in the bank safe.
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Most of it is still hidden in Han Peacock's Xuanyuan Water Control Flag. The reason why he took out some of it is because Han Peacock was afraid of being corroded by the seawater in Xuanyuan Water Control Flag.
Now Han Kongque no longer has this worry, because the seawater after the transformation has the characteristics of active water. The porcelain soaked in the active water is not only not damaged, but also better maintained.
Because the copper box was well sealed, Han Peacock took out the least copper box from the Xuanyuan Water Control Flag, and the most porcelain box.
There are still quite a few piled up in his storeroom, most of which are plates.
The plates take up little space, just stack them up and pile them in the corner.
Thinking of the plates piled up in the storage room, Han Kongque put down the small new colored porcelain bowl in his hand and went directly to the storage room. His actions were naturally seen by Jiang Lin and others.
In Han Peacock's storage room, in addition to tobacco and alcohol, there is now a lot of porcelain. Stacks of blue and white porcelain and pastel porcelain are piled haphazardly in the corner.
"Is this Ming blue and white?" Zhu Feiyu stared at the bottom of a plate with the Ming Xuande Year System written on it. Even Zhu Feiyu, who had no knowledge of collecting, could easily identify such a thing.
"Isn't it possible? Aren't these porcelains from the Republic of China?" Jiang Lin said.
Han Peacock took a look and said: "It's from the Republic of China, but it's just a high imitation of the Republic of China. It was called antique porcelain at that time. Antique porcelain was very popular during the Republic of China. No matter what era or kiln mouth, everything was imitated. The scope of antique porcelain includes porcelain,
In terms of glaze color and painting, blue and white ware is no exception."
"This blue and white plate is so beautiful." Long Lin exclaimed.
Han Peacock said with a smile: "The high imitations made during the Republic of China were still very good. At that time, a few artifacts were almost "real" in terms of technique. For example, Mr. Sun Yingzhou during the Republic of China specialized in imitating the blue and white ware of the previous Ming Dynasty. He imitated
Yongle and Xuande blue and white plates and bowls have densely crystallized blue and white spots that penetrate deep into the fetal bones. The effect is similar to that of genuine Yongle and Xuande blue and white ware, making it extremely difficult to identify.
In addition to the antique blue and white of the Republic of China, the new pastel that appeared in the early Republic of China was also a great achievement. Compared with traditional pastel, the new pastel porcelain paintings absorbed modern paintings in terms of shape, lines, luster, color, etc.
The nutrition of the work, the work is good at craftsmanship, the colors are rich, and it is more in line with the appreciation level of the public."
Han Peacock was holding a pastel plate in his hand, and he was already happy. He really made a profit this time. He really didn't expect that some of the unattractive porcelain he randomly selected could actually hide so many good things.
The little Japan on the Dainichi Maru is really his god of wealth. What has been discovered now include Yuan Shikai's official kiln, new colored porcelain, and antique porcelain.
It can be said that he has a complete range of fine porcelain from the Republic of China period. Although the varieties are only plates, small bowls, and small butterflies, these alone make Han Peacock feel very satisfied.
Although Han Kongque still didn't know how many high-quality porcelains were recovered from the sunken ship, there would always be many high-quality ones among the tens of thousands of porcelains.
Originally, Han Peacock didn't pay too much attention to this batch of porcelain, otherwise he wouldn't just put it in the cupboard and use it as tableware.
Things are different now. Although the porcelain of the Republic of China is not valuable, this is only relatively speaking. Some fine porcelain of the Republic of China can also be sold for a certain price.
The porcelain of the Republic of China has become increasingly popular in the past two years. In the spring auction of China Guardian in 2002, 12 pieces of pastel porcelain of the Republic of China were launched at one time.
Among them, the "pastel Arhat Statue" was sold for 49,500 yuan; the "pastel Kuidiandoutu Guanyin Vase" was estimated to be 60,000 to 80,000 yuan. It was finally sold for 132,000 yuan.
At the 2003 Beijing Rongbao Autumn Auction, a Republic of China pastel vase with a shepherd boy riding a bull was estimated at 80,000 to 90,000 yuan, and was finally sold for 96,800 yuan.
Previously, there was a pastel vase with human figures from the Republic of China, with a blue seal on the bottom "Made by Guo Baochang, Supervisor of Ceramics". This item was initially valued at 36,000 yuan, and after some bidding, it was finally sold for 60,000 yuan.
In addition to these, there was also a pair of vases with consecrated figures in pastel brocade from the Republic of China, which were sold for NT$250,000.
This is already higher than the price of ordinary official kilns in the late Qing Dynasty. Although the dishes in Han Kongque's hands are not as expensive as vases, as long as they are good things, the price is not much different.
The reason why high-quality porcelain of the Republic of China is gradually favored is because its firing technology, pattern design, and painting techniques are no less than those of the official kiln porcelain of the late Qing Dynasty.
Most of the fine products of the Republic of China were imitations of official kiln porcelain from the third and third dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, and many of them were exported overseas. Many museums around the world regard these imitations from the Republic of China as official kilns of the third and third dynasties of the Qing Dynasty.
This inadvertently raised the quality of the porcelain produced during the Republic of China. In addition, the imitations produced during the Republic of China were nearly a hundred years old, and many imitations were comparable to the official kiln porcelain of the third generation of the Qing Dynasty.
All these have given collectors confidence in collecting imitation porcelain from the Republic of China. Of course, collecting porcelain from the Republic of China is a natural collection of high-quality products.
Therefore, the so-called official kiln porcelain of the Republic of China has become the new favorite in the collection world. Yuan Shikai's time as emperor was short, so the number of his last batch of official kiln porcelain was limited, which made it even more precious.
Among the pastel porcelain of the Republic of China, the "Hongxian" ancient porcelain produced under the supervision of Guo Baochang is the most exquisite. The colored porcelain here in Han Kongque, as long as it has the Jurentang style, whether it is a plate or a small bowl, its body is very thin
, white and delicate, with hard texture and a very high degree of porcelain.
The shapes of these bowls and dishes are beautiful, and the edges are neatly trimmed. This is definitely the "official kiln" of the Republic of China.
Nowadays, as long as it was used by ancient emperors, it will be sought after, even the emperor Yuan Shikai is no exception.
Seeing more and more colored porcelain being selected, Han Kongque almost smiled and raised his eyebrows. Although a batch would be taken away by Jiang Lin and the others, he still had more in his hands.
He did not believe that there were tens of thousands of pieces of porcelain, but only a few were of high quality, because when Han Kongque put away the porcelain, except for a few vases that were scattered, the rest were placed in a big pile.
Coupled with some of Han Kongque's inferences, if there are no accidents, most of the tens of thousands of porcelains in his hands should be high-quality.
Although Han Peacock cannot identify it carefully now, it is just a guess and it should be close to ten.
You must know that Japan's porcelain making technology has been very advanced in modern times, especially the export porcelain that looks like Europe and the United States, which has been dominated by them for a long time.
With the technology of the Japanese at that time, they would definitely look down upon ordinary domestic porcelain, so there was really no need for them to import some ordinary domestic porcelain from China.
The batch of domestic porcelain discovered by Han Kongque now must be the result of the Japanese selling sheep over dogs. Only a small part of such domestic porcelain should be used to cover up those fine porcelains.
If this inference is correct, then Han Peacock's harvest will increase a lot this time.
In fact, it wasn't just him. The reason why Chen Jiayi didn't come to compete in the autumn wind was because he had gained enough.
Due to time constraints at that time, Han Kongque did not clean the sunken ship carefully, so Han Kongque did not move where many broken porcelain pieces were accumulated. He only cleaned some cabins that remained intact.
This left a batch of surviving porcelain plates on the ship. Even if the ship has not been salvaged, the contents on the ship must have been revealed by now.
The reason why Jiang Lin knew that Han Kongque had a batch of porcelain was that he did not get the information from the bank at the beginning, but was leaked by Chen Jiayi.
From Chen Jiayi's ambiguous words, he could hear his pride. After he became suspicious, he later found out through connections that Han Kongque had kept a batch of porcelain in the bank, and then he came to see him.
It turned out that Jiang Lin didn't take notice of Han Kongque's gains. After all, it was just some money, which didn't have much appeal to them.
What he found out later was completely beyond his expectation. He really didn't expect that Han Peacock would gain such a big harvest during his first treasure hunt.
Looking at the things in his hands, even Jiang Lin started to get silly and happy.
It's not that he hasn't seen good things before, but he has never seen so many good things at once.