Chapter two hundred and fifty seventh official kiln without money
"Then, take a closer look. Since hundreds of birds can form a phoenix, they can also form an inscription. This four-character inscription means that the hearts are in harmony." Gao Dashan gave some instructions, but Wang Guishan was speechless.
Indeed, the ring made by Han Peacock is very complicated, but it is definitely not fancy. After all, the ring is carved from blood jade and has only one blood color, so how can it make people feel fancy?
Han Peacock put great thought into this ring. He not only used hundreds of birds to form a fire phoenix, but also deliberately left some gaps while inscribing the hundreds of birds to form four words: Heart to Heart.
Although Han Peacock did not carve many inscriptions, both in terms of thought and craftsmanship, he was better than Gao Dashan. However, in terms of pure glyphs and fonts, Han Peacock could not compare with Gao Dashan.
Therefore, Han Kongque was very grateful to Gao Dashan for admitting defeat so happily.
Although it can be seen that Gao Dashan is letting go, Wang Guishan can't say anything when Gao Dashan talks to this extent. He himself admits that he has lost. As a bystander, he is really not qualified to judge.
"Is it my turn next?" Wang Guishan looked at Han Peacock and sneered.
Before Han Kongque could speak, Xu Xiangshan rushed over and said, "Old Wang, please wait a moment. Let's compare and evaluate the calligraphy and painting first. If you lose again in calligraphy and painting, we will really lose our face."
"I heard that your luck is very good. This time we will compete with each other. The time limit is ten minutes. Let's see who can pick up the missing items with greater value. This is not a matter of luck. Everyone depends on their ability." Xu Xiangshan said.
Han Kongque said: "Okay, let's start now?"
"I won't be going. Jiaqi, go and buy the thing I valued just now." Xu Xiangshan said.
Han Kongque thought that if he went there, he might not be able to buy the things. He might as well do the same as Xu Xiangshan and let Han Xing buy it.
Anyway, it only lasts ten minutes, which means that you can only complete one transaction. In this case, this competition is relatively fair. After all, Han Peacock has also paid attention to what those outside have brought.
Han Peacock said a few words to Han Xing and asked him to leave. After a while, Han Xing came back, but his face was a little ugly: "Brother, I didn't grab that piece of Ge Kiln porcelain."
"Xiao Han really has some eyes for this Ge kiln square vase?" Xu Xiangshan said to Han Peacock with a little pride at this time.
"It's okay. The price is 16 million. Even if you buy it, there doesn't seem to be much profit." Han Peacock said with a smile.
Xu Jiaqi, who walked into the room at this time, said: "You may need 16 million to buy it. But we don't need that much to buy it. How can I possibly be a person who can't even tell the difference between Longquan Ge Kiln and Chuanshi Ge Kiln?"
Give him sixteen million?"
Han Kongque was startled. Someone would price his Ge kiln square vase at 16 million. Could it be that he didn't know that what he was holding was a hand-made Ge kiln?
"You didn't expect it, right? Just because it was a piece of stir-fried rice from the ancient Ge Kiln, the boss became suspicious and thought that his piece was a fake. If the time was not too short, I had no room to lower the price. Otherwise, maybe I
You can get it for less than one million," Xu Jiaqi said.
The characteristics of Longquan Ge Kiln are that the body color is dark brown, the glaze layer is cracked, and the glaze color is mostly pink or gray. Because the body color is darker and the glaze juice leaks along the mouth of the utensil under high temperature, the color of the body is hidden, so it has
According to the theory of purple mouth and iron foot, the glaze layer has thick and thin slices, and the thinner ones are called "hundred rubbish pieces".
The Ge kiln handed down from ancient times has a black body with open pieces and a purple mouth and iron feet, but its glaze color is mostly fried beige, and some are gray and green; the lines are black and yellow, commonly known as "golden iron wire"; it is fired with a nail, and the utensils are fired.
The shape is also different.
Since such artifacts are only collected in small quantities by the National Palace Museum, the Shanghai Museum of Magic, and the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, but are not found in tombs, they are called "passed-down Ge Kiln".
Maybe it was because there were so few passed down generations that the boss couldn't tell what was passed down Ge Kiln and what was Longquan Ge Kiln. This joke got really big.
If that guy knew what happened today, he would be so angry that he would commit suicide. Such a treasure, just because of this, made him suspicious, which would be enough for him to regret it for the rest of his life.
"How much did Jiaqi receive it for?" Jiang Lin asked.
Xu Jiaqi said proudly: "Three million."
"Three million?" Han Peacock's cheek twitched a little. If he had known this, he would have asked when he first saw it. Who would have thought that the owner of a bottle with such a high price tag would not have any confidence in it?
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This Ge kiln square vase must be from the Ge kiln handed down from the Southern Song Dynasty. Each bottle like this can be sold for a sky-high price, after all, there are too few handed down from generation to generation.
The price of Ge Kiln porcelain is high because Ge Kiln is one of the five famous porcelains of the Song Dynasty in China. Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty once wrote a poem praising it: "The round waist of iron feet and the cracks of ice make the heel of this man gorgeous."
This shows the emperor's high regard for Ge Kiln. The number of Ge Kiln porcelain in existence is very small. The famous Ge Kiln porcelain collected by the National Palace Museum in the capital and the National Palace Museum in Taipei, plus the famous Ge Kiln porcelain collected by the palaces of past dynasties, plus those scattered at home and abroad, total only about 300 pieces.
In 1992, Christie's auctioned a Song Dynasty Ge kiln eight-square-ear vase for more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars. In 2006, a Qing Yongzheng "imitation Ge kiln Bagua pattern dragon-ear Baoyue vase" was sold for 232,000 pounds.
The most expensive recorded transaction price in recent years is about more than 3 million US dollars, equivalent to more than 20 million yuan.
Of course, something that is only available in the Forbidden City must be more precious, so the price of this item is definitely higher than 20 million.
In the end, everyone discussed it and unanimously decided that the price of this Southern Song Dynasty Ge kiln square vase was 20 million. After excluding the cost of 3 million, the net profit was 17 million.
To be able to make such a huge profit in just ten minutes cannot but be said to be Xu Xiangshan's greatness.
Of course, this is also a high-level exchange meeting. Otherwise, no matter how talented Xu Xiangshan is, it will be in vain if he doesn't encounter good things.
This is also the reason why many people are eager to get into this gathering organized by China Roots.
When Han Peacock heard the final price, he smiled instead.
At this time, Han Xing opened a box and took out a huge celadon.
This is a large pastel blue vase with gold floral patterns, more than sixty centimeters high. The vase is huge in shape, with a six-petal melon-shaped belly.
The gold and blue decoration on its neck and feet is extremely delicate. Each melon frame is decorated with different flowers, including peony, hibiscus, plum blossom, chrysanthemum, red and white pomegranate and lotus. It can be said to be quite beautiful.
bottle.
As soon as Han Xing took out the bottle, almost everyone in the room almost had their eyes bulging out.
"I have seen this bottle. Although I didn't take a close look at it, I can still confirm that it is a folk kiln vessel, and it has no model." Xu Xiangshan said.
"What a pity for this bottle! Such a beautiful bottle is actually produced by a private kiln. The masters are among the people!" Gao Dashan sighed.
Liu Changfa also looked at the bottle and shook his head repeatedly.
Wang Guishan sneered at Han Peacock.
This time it was obvious that Han Peacock lost. Although Han Peacock may have received this bottle at a very small cost, but such priceless porcelain, no matter how beautiful it is and how advanced the production process is, it is impossible.
The price of selling official kiln.
"Han Xing, how much did you spend on it?" Han Peacock ignored Wang Guishan and said to Han Xing calmly.
Han Xing said: "This bottle is also three million, but..."
"Three million can buy such a high-quality product, but this bottle should be from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Judging from the flower shape, it is in line with the aesthetics of the Qianlong period. It is a very good bottle. If I want to buy it
If so, it can still be won within one million."
Xu Xiangshan’s review was good, but what he said was that it was too expensive to buy. A bottle without any design cost three million? This is definitely a fool’s errand.
"Mr. Xu is really a master. Just by looking at it casually, he realized that it was a bottle from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. However, I don't want to sell it for one million. Why should I sell it for twenty or thirty million?" Han
Peacock said with a smile.
Seeing Han Kongque's expression, Xu Xiangshan's smile faded. Han Kongque had a reason for saying this. Of course he wouldn't think Han Kongque was a lunatic. Since Han Kongque said so, it was Bottle's fault.
question.
He looked at the bottle again, and the more he looked at it, the colder his heart became. Could it be an official kiln without payment?
Han Kongque saw that Xu Xiangshan seemed to have noticed the bottle, so he continued: "Does it look familiar? Mr. Xu, you may not have noticed, but there is a bottle like this in your museum."
"We also have one in the museum?" Xu Xiangshan murmured to himself.
By this time, many people had already realized that something was wrong, especially Gao Dashan. Although he specialized in inscription and seal carving, he was also very good at appraising antiques.
He looked at the bottle and said, "If I remember correctly, there is a large pastel and blue vase with flowers and poems in the Qianlong period hidden in the Forbidden City in the capital. It is the same size as this large pastel vase.
The one in the Forbidden City has flowers on three sides, poems and seals on three sides, while this large pastel vase has flowers on six sides. Emperor Qianlong liked the style of poetry, calligraphy and painting, so this one is most likely its predecessor.
In particular, this vase is large in size, with a six-petal melon-shaped belly. The craftsmanship is quite difficult. The pastel flowers are delicate and have the style of painted enamel. It is indeed a rare high-end clear porcelain in the early Qianlong period! Xiao Han has a good eye.
I can buy such an official kiln without any hesitation."
Gao Dashan, as the leader of the magic city antique shop, is naturally very powerful. He can memorize some museum collections just by studying the calligraphy and paintings on some antiques. Most people really can't do this. He said it so easily.
The provenance of this vase is quite impressive.
Although they thought that this might be a good thing, no one here thought that Gao Dashan would pay such a high price for this bottle.
After seeing everyone's expressions, Han Kongque said slowly: "Generally speaking, official kiln porcelain with models performs better in the market. However, among the official kiln porcelains of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there are quite a few porcelains without models, but this
Some porcelains have obvious characteristics of the era and are definitely considered to be contemporary masterpieces, even the best.
Compared with the famous porcelain of the same period, they are less in existence, but are extremely precious. In recent years, the transaction prices of this kind of non-standard porcelain have been very good at auctions.
For example, among the official kiln porcelain of the Ming and Qing dynasties auctioned in the past few years, there were several pieces of unmarked official kiln porcelain worth more than 10 million yuan. There was a Ming Chenghua blue and white folded angustifolia "eight treasures" patterned halberd goblet that was sold for 13.76 million Hong Kong dollars.
, a Qing Dynasty Yongzheng to Qianlong doucai plus famille rose plum vase with hanging shoulders and Ruyi auspicious fruit pattern was sold for HK$10.96 million.
China Guardian also sold a Qianlong-era famille rose vase from the Qing Dynasty for RMB 52.8 million, which brought the price of this kind of unmarked official kiln to its peak."
"How can you prove that this is an official kiln? And it is an official kiln with no money?" Xu Jiaqi asked an extremely layman's question at this time.
Han Peacock smiled and said: "The so-called "official kiln" is a government-run porcelain kiln directly controlled by the imperial court in ancient my country. It specializes in firing porcelain for the palace and for official use. It was a common practice in the Ming and Qing dynasties to record the year of official kilns in the official kilns until the Xuantong Dynasty at the end of the Qing Dynasty. termination.
There are three types of style identification for official kiln porcelain: the first category is the well-known imperial year number wares, which account for the vast majority of official kiln porcelain;
The second type is official kiln vessels without inscriptions. In the Nanjing Museum, there are blue and white morning glory pattern Japanese horn vases from the Yongzheng period in the Qing Dynasty that imitated the Yongle official kilns in the Ming Dynasty. One of them is without inscriptions and is a deliberately imitation of the Ming Dynasty. It is also found in the Qing palace archives.
There is no record of a certain utensil being ordered by Emperor Qianlong;
The third category is the emperor’s official style vessels, such as “Shendetang system”, “Dayazhai system”, etc. Therefore, the shape of the vessel with the mark does not necessarily mean that it is the official kiln, and the shape of the vessel without the mark does not necessarily mean that it is not the official kiln.
Kiln. "Fashion recognition" is not the only criterion for evaluating whether porcelain is an official kiln.
Take this large Qianlong pastel blue and gold embossed floral vase from the North as an example. Currently there are two similar large vases that can be compared with this vase: the Qianlong pastel embroidered blue and gold embossed flowers and poems vase hidden in the Forbidden City in the capital.
A Qianlong pastel blue and gold octagonal vase with floral verses from the Forbidden City.
These three large vases all have no base. This is mainly because the emperors at that time, especially Emperor Qianlong, always strived for excellence and spared no effort in cost. They required the imperial kiln factory to fire kilns repeatedly and experiment until they produced a satisfactory and excellent style.
During this period, some unmarked utensils were ordered without marking.
At the same time, this is also related to the emperor's superstition. It is said that Emperor Kangxi was afraid that the eunuchs would break the official kiln porcelain, which would be unlucky, and he was afraid that his country would be in danger, so he required that the porcelain fired should not bear the dynasty's stamp or be inscribed.
Another situation is to imitate the porcelain of the previous dynasties, such as Song porcelain and Ming porcelain. If the original does not have a mark, the imitation porcelain will naturally not have a mark. And imitating the classic porcelain of the Song and Ming Dynasties is a major feature of the official kilns of the Qing Dynasty.
feature.
Furthermore, judging from the surviving official kiln porcelain, sacrificial vessels and offering vessels in the Qing Dynasty are often unsigned. This large pastel blue and gold vase is the same as the other two in the National Palace Museum in the capital and the National Palace Museum in Taipei. It was used for religious sacrifices.
use.
To judge official kiln wares, we should not just look at the official kiln's designation, but also comprehensively integrate various aspects of knowledge, such as porcelain quality, shape, painting style, glaze color, etc.
In addition to the exquisite production of official kilns, each dynasty has its own representative painting style, glaze color and vessel shape.
For example, Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty believed in Taoism. At that time, the main shapes of vessels were gourd-shaped bottles, and there were a large number of Taoist-related decorations, such as Bagua, cloud cranes, cranes, pine trees and other decorations. Official kilns with such decorations,
It is less common in other dynasties and is unique to the official kilns of the Jiajing Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty.
The style is also very important. The official kiln porcelain of the Ming and Qing Dynasties had inscriptions. It was only from Yongle in the Ming Dynasty that the official kiln was set up. Although the official kiln was set up in the second year of Hongwu, none of the official kiln porcelain of Hongwu had the inscription.
Therefore, if you see porcelain with the inscription "Made in the Hongwu Year of the Ming Dynasty" or "Made in the Hongwu Year of the Ming Dynasty", it must be an imitation. Another example is the inscription on Yongle porcelain. Although inscriptions began to be written during the Yongle period, there were not many of them.
, so there are very few that can actually be seen on the market.”
"This doesn't mean that this bottle of yours is from an official kiln without payment." Xu Jiaqi still insisted that Han Kongque's bottle had an evil origin.
Han Kongque stopped talking, and Xu Xiangshan also stopped Xu Jiaqi from messing around again.
In fact, although this piece of official kiln porcelain has no mark, its neck and feet are decorated with indigo gold and exquisite details. Each melon-shaped frame is decorated with different flowers.
They include peonies, hibiscus, plum blossoms, chrysanthemums, red and white pomegranates and lotus flowers, and are in line with Qianlong's preference for large-scale porcelain.
At the same time, there are currently only three known similar types of vessels, one is in the Palace Museum in the capital, one is in the Guimet Museum in France, and the other is this one, which greatly increases its credibility as an official kiln.
The production process of fine porcelain here is quite difficult. Even if it is fired in the imperial kiln, it takes constant trials to produce a batch of finished products. Therefore, private kilns generally cannot produce such fine porcelain.
So it goes without saying that the price of such a bottle must be very high.
This kind of bottle is also more attractive. Originally, collectors spent huge sums of money to buy a heavy official kiln vessel. There is nothing new about it, but this porcelain does not have the "Qianlong Year of the Qing Dynasty" date, which undoubtedly makes this kind of porcelain
The quantity is less.
Now we know that including this one, there are only three pieces. It is certain that the price of such porcelain is very high.
The final price agreed upon was 20 million. Although this large pastel blue vase with gold flowers could be sold for more than 30 million, here we can only take a conservative price, so the final price is 20 million, excluding the 30 million yuan.
With a capital of one million, Han Peacock actually made a profit of 17 million.
"This game is even, but with such strength, you are not qualified to build a private museum!" Xu Xiangshan had to admit Han Peacock's strength.
However, he won one of the two games and drew one. If he lost another game, Han Kongque would not have the shame to say that he was a collector, so he did not need to mention the private museum.
With such strength, there is no qualification to join their collection association. If you don't join the collection association, you can still collect, let alone establish a private museum.
"Hey! What a pity." Chen Jiayi looked at the old men in the room with a gloomy face. Although these old men said they were impartial, there was obviously something wrong with the valuation just now.
Xu Xiangshan’s Ge kiln square vase got the highest price, while Han Kongque’s large pastel blue and gold vase got the lowest price. If not, Han Kongque would have won this time. (To be completed.)