Shen Yu said that it was impossible to pick up pastels from official kilns. This does not mean that Shen Yu looked down on Pei Yuan's eyesight.
But it is impossible for most collectors to find leaks in pastel official kilns.
The reason is very simple, that is, folk kiln pastels and imitation official kiln pastels and real official kiln pastels can be distinguished from fake ones just by looking at them.
There are indeed buyers who missed the blue and white official kilns on the market.
That's because the difference between blue and white from private kilns and blue and white from official kilns is not so obvious.
Some blue and white porcelains from private kilns are even as good as those from official kilns. For example, some blue and white porcelain from Kangxi private kilns can even compete with official kilns.
But in the pastel and antique shops, you won’t hear a few pick-ups in a year and a half.
To put it simply, the production process of pastel porcelain cannot be mastered by private kilns.
This is also the reason why high-quality pastel porcelain from Yongzheng and Qianlong official kilns frequently fetched tens of millions or even hundreds of millions at auction.
Apart from anything else, it would be difficult for a private kiln craftsman to achieve the kind of porcelain painting skill required by the official kiln pastels alone in a lifetime.
Even if a top-notch craftsman is found, the layout, brushwork, and porcelain painting meet the requirements of the official kiln, and the private kiln does not have the financial resources of the official kiln to bake pastels, because the private kiln does not have the cost of trial and error.
The firing of high-quality pastel porcelain is time-consuming, laborious and expensive, and private kilns simply cannot afford it. At best, they can just fire ordinary ones.
Therefore, the difference between pastel folk kilns and official kilns is very large and can basically be distinguished at a glance.
The reason why Shen Yu and Gu Qingqing missed the pastel bowl with twigs and melons in Bogutang was mainly because someone had tampered with it, and it was precisely because of this that even someone as powerful as Liu Dongyang would only treat it as a high-quality folk kiln.
It's just that turning an authentic product into a fake is like winning a lottery in the antique market.
Shen Yu knows that it is difficult to pick up pastels in official kilns, and many old collectors also know it, but Pei Yu'an definitely doesn't know it.
Otherwise, he would not have stayed in front of the pastel shelf for so long, and happily told Shen Yu that he had found a so-called pastel official kiln.
So Shen Yu had to show this "leak" to him.
Gently putting down the three pieces of porcelain in his hand, Shen Yu focused on the "leak" in Pei Yu'an's eyes.
This is a small pastel bowl with soft and majestic colors. The decoration is a colorful flower branch. Due to time, the glaze has slightly faded and changed color. The name is a four-character red seal script: "Ju". Rentang System".
"It turns out to be Hong Xianci."
This kind of porcelain has a special name called "Hongxian Porcelain". It was fired by the great antique dealer Guo Shiwu for Yuan Weiting. Because of its thin body, high whiteness, exquisite patterns and bright colors, it is also called the last porcelain. Official kiln porcelain.
The exact number cannot be verified. Taking an intermediate number, it is almost a few thousand pieces.
It is said that the firing of this batch of porcelain was cost-effective and cost as much as one million silver dollars. The purchasing power of silver dollars was still relatively strong at that time. A small house in a big city cost only more than a thousand silver dollars. This shows that the firing process
How much does this batch of porcelain cost?
In the Qing Dynasty, the official kilns in the porcelain capital of the Qing Dynasty burned tens of thousands of pieces of porcelain a year, but only spent tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Such a comparison makes Hongxian porcelain even more precious.
Spending money will produce good items. The most famous porcelain masters at that time were assembled to make Hongxian porcelain. Guo Shiwu was very strict about Hongxian porcelain. Every piece of porcelain must be inspected by hand after being fired.
, even if it has a little invisible flaw, you have to smash it all and throw it away.
Then compare the flawless finished products with the official kiln pastel porcelain of the Qianlong Dynasty, and don’t use anything worse than the Qianlong Dynasty.
Only those that are comparable to Qianlong pastels will be preserved. It is even said that the precious pastels of Hongxian porcelain have surpassed Qianlong pastels.
Therefore, real Hongxian porcelain is very rare.
Many so-called Hongxian porcelains on the market are just imitations of folk kilns from the 1920s and 1930s.
The appearance of this small bowl is that it was imitated around that time, but it is considered an ordinary product. The texture is not fine enough, the color is not bright enough, the painting is not fine enough, and the decoration cannot be called exquisite.
Shen Yu took a look at the price and saw that the price was 1.05 million.
So dark! Much darker than me.
This is the rhythm of not opening for a year, but opening for ten years.
According to the actual market value of this small bowl, the price of this small bowl has to be divided by 20, which means it is just over 50,000 at most.
"Buy it?"
"Well, let's try the shop owner's reaction first and see if it doesn't work. Just buy it at a bargain price!"
Seeing that Shen Yu was silent for a long time and still in a daze, Pei Yu'an gently bumped Shen Yu with his arm and said, "Brother-in-law, did I miss this Hong Xian porcelain?"
Shen Yu didn't make any unnecessary body movements, and just said in a voice like a mosquito: "Yu'an, please be silent. This small bowl is an old imitation of Hongxian porcelain from a private kiln in the 1920s. It is worth about a few dollars now."
Ten thousand yuan, so this is not a leak.
"But I made a mistake. To me, it's still a big mistake. But I need you to cooperate and act out a play with me."
Pei Yuan's expression remained unchanged and she was very calm, "Just tell me how I can cooperate with my brother-in-law."
"You should really buy the Hongxian porcelain bowl you are looking at, but leave the bargaining to me. Just act like you love this bowl and can't put it down."
Pei Yuan was startled, "Is it that simple?"
Shen Yue was happy, "Of course, is it possible that we can rob and run away without paying? We just used a little bit of a pick-up strategy. What we were afraid of was that the store would go back on his word. Although he said that he could pick it up at will, but he didn't have a white background.
If he signs a contract with black letters, if he knows that he has leaked a treasure, he will break his promise and make a fortune."
"Okay, brother-in-law, I will do whatever you say."
Shen Yu nodded, and after walking around the store again, he found that there was no so-called big leak and walked towards the counter next to the store door.
It seems that the big leak in the mouth of the junior Shen family is not in Celadon Square City.
"Boss, I have chosen these three pieces from the pile of porcelain. Please take care of yourself."
Shen Yu placed the three pieces of porcelain on the counter one by one, but the placement was very particular. The first piece was the remaining blue and white moon vase from the official kiln, which was also the one closest to the shop owner.
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The second item is the fine blue and white lantern vase from a folk kiln with a big hole in it.
The third item and the one farthest from the shop owner is the imitation Ru kiln three-legged brush washer with repaired fragments of the firewood kiln.
After taking a few glances at the blue and white moon vase in front of him, the shopkeeper's face changed slightly, but he immediately returned to his original state, "My little brother picked out so fast, but he picked out three pieces in just ten minutes. , this vision is absolutely amazing."
Shen Yu smiled modestly, "You are exaggerating. I don't have any eyesight. I just think that the appearance of these three pieces of porcelain is pretty good."
Pei Yu'an couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth when he heard the words "good quality". His admiration for Shen Yu could be said to be like the endless flow of water in a river, and like a star-chasing fanboy who was out of control.
"My brother-in-law is so good at telling lies, isn't he? These are three antiques. They are simply three pieces of junk. One only has the upper half, one has a big hole, and the other is obviously broken and then glued. Together, what kind of appearance is there???
"I really have to learn from my brother-in-law's shameless skills."
The shop owner in Celadon Square City was also a little embarrassed. He thought Shen Yu was sarcastically saying that the items in his shop were all tattered.
But after all, he has been running an antique shop for many years, so he must have developed his shame a long time ago. He gently pulled the moon bottle from the official kiln towards him, and at the same time, his face was instantly filled with a smile, "Oh my friend, this is really not good. Sorry, this remnant of the moon bottle is not for sale in the store."
"As expected, give me this move."
Shen Yu is also an old man. His face suddenly condensed and he asked the shopkeeper in a deep voice: "Not for sale? Just now you clearly said that the pile of broken porcelain cost 3,000 yuan a piece and you picked it up casually. Now you have found another one that is not for sale. This is not Are you going back on your word and making a fool of yourself?"
A humble smile appeared on the shop owner's face, "Little brother, don't be angry, you have to listen to my explanation.
"First of all, the pile of porcelain is indeed worth 3,000 yuan each.
"But there are two points I must correct. First, it is not a pile of junk. Many people have picked it up and missed it. If you don't believe it, I can find a few people to verify it. The old farm next door was still there the day before yesterday. I found a blue and white piece from a Kangxi folk kiln.
"Look, the second blue and white lantern vase you chose is also a fine blue and white vase from a folk kiln. Although it is a bit broken, the fact that it is broken does not change the fact that it is an old object, right?
"The second and most important point is that this remnant blue and white artifact from the official kiln is the treasure of the store. I searched all over the store and warehouse for a long time but couldn't find it. I thought it was secretly taken out by my incompetent boy.
Sold it, it turned out that I put it in the wrong place because of my old eyesight.
"Hey, I really have to thank my little brother for finding it for me today."
