Although Shen Yu is not as skilled in porcelain appraisal as calligraphy and painting, it is not unfamiliar to him.
Pastel is a type of overglaze color, also called "soft color". It is a type of colored porcelain invented in the Qing Dynasty based on Kangxi's five colors. Like Langya color, it was created in the Qing Dynasty.
In other words, apart from the Qing Dynasty, there was no such thing as the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty.
There is no old imitation of this kind of porcelain from different dynasties. You only need to determine whether it is a new imitation or an official imitation when other emperors in the Qing Dynasty were in power.
It is slightly simpler than identifying blue and white flowers from the Ming Dynasty.
Because of its popularity, pastel porcelain is also listed as one of the four traditional famous porcelains like blue and white porcelain.
Making official kiln pastel porcelain is very complicated. You need to outline the pattern you want to fire on the white porcelain, and then pour a layer of glass white.
Then use the prepared colored pigments to glaze the glass white one stroke at a time.
It can be said that only top masters with superb skills can paint exquisite patterns with different shades in such a small space.
It can also be said that every pastel porcelain from the official kilns of the Qing Dynasty is a treasure coveted by antique collectors, and Shen Yu is no exception.
Especially the pastel porcelain from the Yongzheng official kiln in his hand was extremely popular.
In his "Tao Ya" written by Ji Yuansou Chen Liu directly stated that Yongzheng's pastel painting was unprecedented and unprecedented, and was the first in the world.
"But, what's wrong?" Shen Yu asked himself secretly, and his brain immediately started running at high speed.
After turning it over and over, Shen Yu looked at it for a few more minutes and felt that there was nothing wrong with the pastel flower plate in his hand. It was definitely a large-opening official kiln pastel porcelain.
"It's really weird! Don't I know enough about pastels?" At this time, Shen Yu felt really bitter.
"Don't worry, take your time and appreciate it. Anyway, I said I'd sell it to you.
"Don't worry, it will be the same if you give me money later if you don't have enough money." As he spoke, Lao Liu took out two white porcelain tea cups under the wooden table as if by magic, and then carefully took some Biluochun from the silver tea can. Go in.
After the tea was made, he pointed to a small horse and said again, "Xiao Shen, drink tea first, things can't escape."
Shen Yu nodded, but he did not sit down, but continued to look for problems on the plate.
He could now throw the plate to Lao Liu and turn around and leave, but Shen Yu felt that if he didn't figure out where the fake plate was, he would definitely suffer from insomnia at night.
This is still good. Shen Yu feels that if he leaves, his confidence in porcelain appraisal will be affected in the future.
This also made him determined to find out what was wrong with this plate today.
"I borrowed it, brother, please give me some space."
Shen Yu turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw a strong young man dressed as a painter standing not far behind him, smiling at himself with his white teeth exposed.
Behind him were several similarly dressed workers.
Some are carrying paint buckets and brushes in their hands.
Some two people worked together to carry heavy scaffolding.
Others were carrying various scattered decoration tools.
Only then did Shen Yu realize that he was standing in the small aisle on the right side of Laoliu stall, and by chance, he was blocking the other party's way.
The calligraphy and painting area of Chuzhou Flea Market is different from porcelain, miscellaneous items, jade, furniture, cultural toys, etc.
This place was the first to be opened and has the largest area in the market, but the distance from the surrounding antique shops is also the smallest, making it seem extremely crowded.
For example, there is an antique shop called "Yun Ya Xuan" less than ten meters away from Laoliu's stall.
At this moment, the door of this antique store is wide open, and there are a lot of decoration materials in the store. It looks like it is going to be renovated. These people should be the workers hired by the store.
"I'm sorry, please go ahead." Shen Yu moved two steps to the side and got out of the way.
"Thank you, brother, thank you, brother." The painter boy quickly thanked him.
"Hey, wait, what do I mean by you? Why did my brother let you pass?" Lao Liu suddenly stood up.
"I rent this stall. The monthly rent is 3,000 yuan. Isn't there something wrong with you taking the aisle between stalls instead of taking the main road?
"Look carefully, this aisle is only less than one meter in total, but you are carrying so many tools. If you damage something on my stall, can you afford to pay for it?
"Even if I can afford to pay compensation, the antique will be broken to pieces forever. This is really heartbreaking!"
The painter guy quickly explained: "Uncle, please don't be angry. We just came from the countryside and are really not familiar with this market. We entered this greenhouse while walking.
"Now I'm getting lost after going all around. It's just my luck. I happened to see my employer's shop opposite, and I was so happy that I wanted to go to you.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for delaying the construction period. Not only will the foreman have to compensate the employer, but we will also have no work to do. Please." After the painter finished speaking, he hurriedly took out a box of red from his jacket pocket. Plum, tore it open and handed one to Lao Liu with both hands.
Reaching out to avoid hitting the smiling man, Lao Liu softened his expression slightly after hearing the painter boy's explanation, but he did not take the cigarette the boy handed him.
"This is the calligraphy and painting area, no smoking. Let's go, let's go, be careful not to smash the objects on my stall."
The young man felt relieved upon hearing this, and quickly called to the men behind him and walked cautiously past the Laoliu stall.
After this episode, Shen Yu's depressed mood was relieved.
While watching several people walking by, Shen Yu accidentally glanced at the other porcelain on Lao Liu's stall.
When he withdrew his gaze and looked at the pastel flower plate in his hand, his eyes suddenly burst out with an indescribable look.
Be confident and excited.
"Color, it's color! Yes, the color of this plate is wrong!"
The pastel flower plate in Shen Yu's hand is brightly colored and has no deglazing at all, which is definitely not normal.
It has been more than three hundred years since Yongzheng reign. Even if this plate has been sitting in a warehouse somewhere without any touch, it is a miracle that it has not faded.
The miracle of pastel porcelain not fading naturally does not exist, and it would be a fake.
Because this is related to the principle of glazing on porcelain, overglaze color and underglaze color are completely different.
Underglaze porcelain, such as blue and white porcelain, is painted on the dried blank with pigments, and then covered with a layer of white transparent glaze before being fired in the kiln. Its color is under the glassy glaze, because it is different from the glassy glaze. The air is isolated so it will never fade.
But overglaze color is different. As the name implies, overglaze color is exposed to the air and will 100% fade naturally over time.
The color of a piece of handed-down overglaze colored porcelain is often darker here, lighter there, and some have even completely faded into plain porcelain. The colors are never exactly the same.
"Throw away paintings to attract porcelain, find the truth among fakes, real porcelain and false colors, this series of games set up by Lao Liu is really wonderful!" Shen Yu suddenly wanted to say a word of admiration to Lao Liu in front of him.
The so-called real porcelain and fake color, as the name suggests, means that the porcelain is real, but the color is fake.
In other words, the porcelain itself is an old object, but the colored glaze on it was added later.
There are many types of porcelain glaze colors, such as blue and white, pastel, doucai, multicolored, sacrificial red, enamel color, underglaze red, double-sided color, underglaze blue, begonia red, rouge red, water-dotted peach blossom and so on.
But the porcelain that has been handed down the most is bisque. Bisque is porcelain that does not add any color to the glaze or under the glaze, and does not draw any colorful patterns.
The production cost of this kind of porcelain is low, it takes less time, and its circulation is naturally large.
Bisque porcelain is not valuable, even if it is a white plate left over from the Kangxi and Qianlong reigns, few people are willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy it.
However, the existence of bisque has allowed some counterfeiters to see business opportunities.
There is also an original fake base porcelain.
They often add colors to the plain porcelain, or paint flowers, birds, fish, insects, or auspicious flowers to create the handed-down glaze multicolored or pastel colors.
Once you encounter someone with superb counterfeiting skills, it is really difficult for ordinary collectors to tell the difference.
I don’t know how many people in the antique circle have been deceived by fake colors of real porcelain.
Shen Yu has been wandering around major antique markets since he was a child, and he has personally seen people whose eyes were struck by real porcelain and fake colors hundreds of times.
"Hey, I'm still too young. If I were a master like my grandfather or Uncle Chu, I wouldn't need to look at the objects, just look at Lao Liu's eyes and expressions to know what he was thinking.
"Lao Liu, this guy has a kind face and a dark heart, and the antique puzzle he set up for me is really interlocking.
"One hundred and thirty thousand, if I buy this plate, I might not be able to turn around for a whole year. Brother Liu, Brother Liu, you are so cruel!"
***The author has something to say***
Hello, book friends, this book actually has a total of eight opening chapters, and the five left to the end are the opening of the current "Antique Fairy Bureau", the second one is the opening of Chapter 18 "Gu Qingqing", and the second one is the opening of Chapter 18 "Gu Qingqing". Three are the beginning of Chapter 44 "Danger is Coming", the fourth is the beginning of Chapter 69 "Pei Yuqin", and the fifth is the beginning of Chapter 91 "Childhood Sweethearts".
These five opening chapters are all an outline, which is nothing more than writing first and then writing. Among them, "Gu Qingqing", "Pei Yuqin", and "Childhood Sweetheart" are Li Qing'er. These three are all emotional line openings.
"Danger is coming" is the beginning of adversity and crisis.
In the end, I closed my eyes and chose the opening chapter of "Antique Fairy Game".
In fact, what I like the most is the opening chapter of "Danger Is Coming" in adversity. (laughing)
