Chapter 046 Yuan blue and white jade pot and spring vase
"There are still nine minutes left. I suggest you speed up." The threatening expression on Gao Laowei's face was undisguised.
"Then can you tell me the origins of these three antiques? This will be of great help to my identification." Shen Yu said seriously.
Gao Laowei scolded angrily: "I said your brain is not working well? If I knew, would I still need your appraisal?"
Shen Yu shrugged and turned around, and the smile on his face faded, "This time things are really difficult to handle.
"From the time I walked in to now, in two hours, I have seen a total of four people.
"These despicable people don't have their faces covered at all as if they don't care. Based on this, I can infer that if I have no use value to them, I may die immediately.
"Hey, I regret that I was greedy for these six thousand yuan. Why did my head hurt at that time? He said that he knew Brother Chen. I should have confirmed it. The only way now is to delay and act according to the opportunity. ”
It was a sweltering hot day, and the air conditioner in the lobby of the villa seemed to be on or off. However, thinking of the miserable encounter that he might face soon, Shen Yu felt a chill down his back.
No matter what, you have to show them things. If you don't, you may die immediately.
Think about it on the other hand, if you know which antique is authentic, then there is at least hope of saving your life, at least there is room for maneuver.
If you can’t tell whether it’s true or false, you’re undoubtedly dead.
People have to lower their heads under the eaves, and there is no good fruit to eat. Now they can only take one step at a time.
While thinking about it, Shen Yu casually picked up a stupid-looking porcelain vase with a big belly on the table.
The shape of the porcelain bottle from top to bottom is a curved mouth, a thin neck, a round belly, and a circle foot.
The height is about 33cm, the diameter is about 12cm, and the belly diameter is about 20cm. The whole bottle looks like a water purification bottle in a temple.
The bottle is very dirty and covered with mud, and it is fresh mud.
Ordinary collectors may not be able to tell what kind of bottle it is in this situation, but Shen Yu only glanced at it and knew that this bottle was the "Jade Pot Spring Vase" known as the three treasures in the bottle in the Chinese collection circle. .
Bottles of this shape first came out of the Northern Song Dynasty. They were originally used to hold wine, but later, for some reason, they became ornamental porcelain bottles and flower arrangements.
There are many theories about how the name Yuhuchun came about. Shen Yu is more willing to believe that it comes from the great poet Wang Changling's "A heart of ice is in a jade pot."
The reason is very simple, because in the Tang Dynasty people often called wine "spring".
Nowadays, there are many famous Chinese wines with the word "spring" in them.
Of course, although it is called a jade pot, it is not made of jade, but of porcelain.
The word "yuhu" initially only refers to the jade-like white porcelain and celadon of the Tang Dynasty. Later it became a popular name for porcelain. As long as the shape of the porcelain is the same as the original jade pot, it can be called "yuhu spring bottle".
Shen Yu looked at the bottle and skillfully picked up a short-bristle soft brush with his right hand. He now wanted to brush off the soil on the bottle so that he could observe it better.
This is a technical job, and the hard wood other than the soft bristles of the brush must not touch the bottle body to avoid unnecessary damage to the porcelain bottle.
After the soil is cleaned, spray water repeatedly with a watering can, and finally wipe the bottle slowly with several dry rags.
The above sounds complicated to say, but actually it only took Shen Yu a few tens of seconds to do it.
After everything was cleaned up, Shen Yu turned on the lamp on the table and began to carefully observe the jade pot and spring vase in front of him.
After only looking at it for three to five seconds, Shen Yu felt a chill in his heart, and then his heartbeat started to speed up.
"Is this Yuan Qinghua?"
Fortunately, Shen Yu has been working in an antique shop since he was a child. Even though his heart was in a state of chaos, he didn't show any signs of it and continued to observe calmly.
"Does it really look like Yuan Qinghua?" Shen Yu muttered again in his heart.
Shen Yu could only describe it as a likeness, because he had never seen a real Yuan blue and white porcelain vase.
Not to mention that he is only a young man in his twenties, even an experienced master who has been in the antique shop for decades may not have seen the real Yuan Qinghua.
The full name of this bottle should be: "Yuan Qinghua Character Story Jade Pot Spring Vase."
Speaking of character stories, the protagonist of the bottle is naturally the human being.
There are three characters in the entire bottle.
A big man with a beard is riding a horse with a horse in his hand. Not far away, there is a scholar in civilian clothes and a woman in palace clothes waving goodbye to him. In addition, there are thorn trees, mountains, rocks, forests and springs as decorations.
For Shen Yu, most of the female figures on ancient porcelain, including those in ancient paintings, have nothing to do with his aesthetics.
It is indeed embarrassing for a modern person who has seen exquisite makeup to look at the ancient willow-leaf arched eyebrows, small cherry mouth, and slender eyes.
Of course, this is also due to the difference in aesthetics and artistic conception between ancient people and modern people. In ancient times, the emphasis was on spirit rather than form, while modern people focus on appearance.
But the male characters depicted on the bottle are indeed good, especially the big man with a curly beard who is full of heroic spirit, and the young scholar is also graceful with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes. Judging from these two people alone, the level of porcelain painting can be said to be extraordinary, at least not Like emperors and celebrities, they seem to be carved from the same mold.
Generally speaking, the painting work of this jade pot and spring vase can be said to be exquisite, the density is uniform, the priorities are clear, the mountains and rocks are thoroughly dyed, the characters are very charming, and the reluctance at the farewell is vividly expressed.
The glaze is very natural, without any firelight. Touching it lightly with your hands seems to be playing with a piece of beautiful jade. This is no different from the official kilns of the Ming Dynasty that Shen Yu has seen.
The entire bottle is well preserved, with natural marks, no chipping, no cold streaks, or damage to the glaze.
Putting down the high-power magnifying glass in his hand, Shen Yu illuminated the glaze with a strong flashlight. Under the light, the blue and white color of the porcelain vase was extremely rich. It was comparable to a Yongxuan blue and white remnant that Shen Yu had seen in Baoyu Pavilion.
Looking at the mottled and rough inner abdominal wall, we can see irregular traces of trimming.
"Yes, the production process is typical Yuan blue and white, and this bottle is covered with soil. Could it be that these rats just emptied it out of an ancient tomb?
"If this is the case, then this bottle is very likely to be authentic. Ancient people liked to be buried with them. There are countless treasures lying quietly underground in China. It is not worth making a fuss about a Yuan Dynasty jade pot and spring bottle."< /p>
Shen Yu's speculation is actually reasonable. Although the Yuan blue and white flowers are very valuable now, at that time they were just a decoration on the ancient shelves of ordinary wealthy people.
Jade pots and spring vases were deeply loved by people in ancient times. They are like the three most important items in the home. If you don’t have one, your home will feel like something is missing.
Moreover, regardless of region, both official kilns and private kilns of all dynasties have been firing, so it is normal for Yuan blue and white to have jade pots and spring vases.
Yuan blue and white is very famous and controversial. In the antique world that pays attention to orderly inheritance, it has always been a mystery when Yuan blue and white began to be fired in the Yuan Dynasty. There are even two opinions on whether Yuan blue and white exists.
Because there is no mention of Yuan blue and white in Zhao Ruzhen's "Guide to Antiques" and Xu Zhiheng's "Yin Liu Zhai Talking about Porcelain", you must know that the authors of these two books were famous collectors and appraisers during the Republic of China.
These two books have a great influence on today’s antique lovers and even collectors, and are many people’s enlightenment books on antiques.
It can be concluded from this that until the Republic of China, there was no concept of Yuan blue and white flowers in the antique collection world, and there were no handed down pieces of Yuan blue and white flowers. There were even no Yuan blue and white flowers in the old collections of the Qing Dynasty.
The collecting community at that time believed that Yongxuan Blue and White was the ancestor of blue and white porcelain.