The Kangxi enamels handed down from ancient times are available in various colors, and they are all very beautiful, including purple enamel, red enamel, green enamel, yellow enamel, blue enamel, etc.
But among them, yellow is the most luxurious. Not to mention that yellow has represented the emperor since ancient times, and only the imperial family can use this color, but the bright color is very eye-catching.
Of course, in addition to yellow enamel, other types of enamel during the Kangxi period were also very simple. Kangxi enamel, like copper-bodied enamel, had the characteristics of rich and gorgeous colors.
Kangxi enamel porcelain was in its infancy and had not yet formed its own style. The decorations mainly imitated copper-bodied enamelware.
The decorations are mostly flowers, including peonies, lotuses, chrysanthemums, roses, peonies, morning glories, hydrangeas, dianthus, etc., and there are auspicious seal words such as "Wan", "Shou", "Long", "Spring" etc. inside the enamel painted flowers.
statement.
The base of the Kangxi enamelware has the inscription and engraving. The four-character square regular script "Made by Kangxi" is written on blue or carmine red material; the four-character square regular script "Made by Kangxi" is written on yellow enamel.
It is the base of a purple clay pot and a covered bowl; there is also a double-circle regular script inscription "Made by Kangxi" written in red material on Yongle white-bodied enamel vessels.
There is only one utensil with a four-character engraved inscription, which is a purple-ground enamel vase made by Kangxi in regular script with "Kangxi Imperial System" engraved on the inside of the foot.
This yellow ground enamel flower pattern bowl is of course also a book type. Other features are exactly the same as the firing characteristics of the Kangxi enamel style. This small bowl, whether it is the shape of the vessel, the book type, or the flowers on the small bowl, should be from the top.
The handiwork of an art master, such a masterpiece, is really impossible for ordinary people to imitate.
In particular, the painting skills of flowers can be done in one go. This is not something that modern people who have not studied systematically can do. Even if they have learned it systematically, they still need a lot of painting experience to make such exquisite small enamel bowls.
Seeing this, Han Kongque was already convinced that the thing must be real. At this time, he also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, if it was identified as a fake, Meng Guangtao would definitely be unhappy.
And Han Kongque didn't want to take advantage of Meng Guangtao, so he just had to tell the truth, and both parties would be happy.
Seeing Han Kongque raise his head, before Meng Guangtao could speak, Chen Xiaozhu shouted: "It's really hard to earn money. You have been looking at it for more than half an hour with a small bowl. If I don't have the patience,
"Although this little bowl is beautiful, you don't have to look at it for half an hour!"
Han Kongque smiled and carefully put down the small bowl. He looked at Meng Guangtao and said, "Old Meng, please tell me the origin of this small bowl first!"
Although ordinary appraisers do not believe the stories told by antique shops, they will still ask about their origins when appraising cultural relics. Although some people will make up stories in order to increase the value of antiques, it is also possible that among these stories
It illustrates the inheritance of antiques.
Just as Meng Guangtao was about to speak, he heard someone behind him say: "This old man bought this from one of our colleagues more than ten years ago. He used a house in our house to buy it. Little brother, look at it.
Is this small bowl really worth a house, as the old man said?"
A rich old lady came out of the room behind Meng Guangtao. I guess she must be Meng Guangtao's wife.
Meng Guangtao said a little embarrassed: "Xiao Han, this is your aunt. Ever since I sold a house at home and bought this small bowl, she has been talking about me."
Naturally, Han Kongque didn't want to get involved in his family's family affairs. He said, "I bought this more than ten years ago. A house at that time cost hundreds of thousands, right?"
"That was in 1997. A house of more than 90 square meters was sold for more than 100,000 yuan. I bought this small bowl with 100,000 yuan. It was a colleague of mine. I didn't know much about antiques at that time, but
I knew my colleague very well, so I bought it without hesitation.”
At this time, Meng Guangtao glanced at his wife and continued: "My colleague's ancestors were boxers, also known as Boxers. His ancestors once visited Beijing and were said to have visited the palace. This small bowl
His ancestors got it at that time and have been keeping it. If his mother had not been seriously ill that year, he would not have sold this heirloom. It was because I knew this legend about his family that I sold the house.
I bought this small bowl."
"How do you know I'm not lying to you?" the old lady scolded Meng Guangtao with a raised eyebrow.
Meng Guangtao didn't think so, but said a little proudly: "As I said just now, I know my colleague, he has never been exposed to antiques, and his family is not in the antique business, so they have no way to make counterfeit goods, and his family
I've known about the legend a long time ago, but I didn't know that his ancestors had ever stolen such a treasure from the palace, so I have reason to believe that this is a real royal item."
Although I don't know if this is true, Han Kongque believed it. After all, this small bowl is an authentic opener. With such a large opener, it is definitely a royal item.
Regardless of whether it is true as Meng Guangtao said, this small bowl is a good thing.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Han Peacock said: "Uncle Meng, congratulations, this is an authentic Kangxi enamel yellow ground flower pattern bowl."
"Authentic?" Although the old lady of the Meng family also thought that this small bowl might be the real thing, she was still a little surprised that Han Kongque said it so easily.
Meng Guangtao was also a little unable to react. Han Kongque just looked at it for a while and decided that it was a genuine product?
"Irrespective of whether this small bowl is authentic or not, do you think it is beautiful? This is the work of a master. Anyone who sees it will think it is beautiful. This is a prerequisite. If something is ugly, it means it has no artistic value.
Even if the thing is real, it is definitely not worth anything.
All the craftsmanship of this small bowl are in line with the characteristics of Kangxi enamel. This small bowl is the pinnacle of both materials and craftsmanship. Modern people may be able to make such a thing, but even modern
If it was made by humans, it must have taken countless efforts to imitate it.
Not to mention how much money will be spent during the process, but the firing process is priceless. A master with such skills has no need to imitate such a small bowl.
In other words, even if this is a high imitation, it is still very valuable, so it is almost impossible for someone to imitate such a fine product. Therefore, this is a genuine Kangxi enamel yellow ground flower pattern bowl, and it is a Kangxi
A masterpiece of old age.”
"Let me tell you, such a beautiful little bowl is definitely authentic." Meng Guangtao jumped up happily.
Seeing Meng Guangtao's reaction, Chen Qing, his wife, Chen Xiaozhu and the old lady of the Meng family all looked at him.
They didn't know why Meng Guangtao was so happy. So what if this was a small bowl used by Emperor Kangxi?
Among these people, only Han Kongque knew why Meng Guangtao was so happy, because both of them understood the true value of such a small enamel flower bowl.
"Seeing that Uncle Meng is so happy, is this small flower bowl expensive?" Chen Xiaozhu reacted the fastest, she said with a smile.
Han Kongque said: "It's very expensive."
Seeing so many people staring at him, Meng Guangtao reacted. When he heard the conversation between Chen Xiaozhu and Han Kongque, he immediately knew that he was embarrassed and that this was too rude.
He said awkwardly: "Yes, it's very expensive. I'm so happy."
Han Kongque did not say how much this small bowl was worth, and Meng Guangtao did not want to say it. Although his small bowl had not been appraised many times, it had been appraised three or five times, but every time it attracted some attention.
trouble.
But the more this happened, the more he thought these were genuine, so he kept them. If he hadn't been forced to do anything by his two sons this time, he wouldn't have taken them out.
Mrs. Meng said: "I am lucky this time. Fortunately, it is true. Now I feel relieved. If this small bowl can be exchanged for a house, plus our original house, then the boss and the second child will not have to fight."
If we rob one house at a time, we will have less worries in the future."
Meng Guangtao chuckled and said: "I can definitely exchange it for it. I have been hoarding antiques since I retired. Although I didn't make a fortune, I still learned some knowledge. As long as this small bowl is real, I can definitely exchange it for a building."
house."
"Oops! The wind is blowing." Just when Meng Guangtao and his wife were happy, a cool breeze hit them, and Chen Xiaozhu suddenly screamed in surprise.
Meng Guangtao put away the smile on his face and said: "I was watching TV just now, and it said that there was a typhoon coming, and there will be heavy rain tonight. Xiao Han, you take the money, and after the small bowl is released, I will treat you well, Lao Meng."
Han Peacock took the money with a smile and said, "Then I'll take it and enjoy Uncle Meng's happiness."
"Take it, you deserve it." Meng Guangtao said with a happy face.
Looking at Meng Guangtao who was in high spirits, Han Kongque was a little worried. He reminded: "Uncle Meng, it is a good thing that things are real, but you have to be careful, don't let a good thing turn into a bad thing, and you will be upset even if you don't suffer any loss."
After hearing Han Kongque's words, both Meng Guangtao and Chen Qing were all startled.
Chen Xiaozhu directly pulled Han Kongque's sleeve to tell him to stop talking, but Han Kongque really couldn't say this anymore. He was just happy, so wouldn't this be a bad thing for him?
However, after all, Meng Guangtao had been traveling all over the country for many years. Han Kongque only mentioned it briefly and he came to his senses: "Xiao Han, thank you so much. I was a little carried away."
"Okay, I won't say much. The stuff is good, but it's a bit troublesome to deal with. This kind of stuff must go through formal channels, otherwise problems are likely to occur." Han Kongque saw Meng Guangtao react and said,
Said a few more words.
"I know this. I have looked for auction houses before, but I couldn't believe it. In the end, I just kept it. Now that you, Xiao Han, have appraised it for me, I feel confident. I will definitely look for auction houses at home and abroad."
A well-known large-scale auction company, otherwise I would not take action."