Far from being as elegant and confident as he appears on the surface.
It's very simple. More than 20 minutes have passed and he hasn't found any leaks worth more than 20,000 yuan.
not even one.
We have seen nearly a third of the porcelain area, and the only one that can be called leaky is the "Blue and White Large Jar from the Romance of the West Chamber" from a folk kiln.
The porcelain from the Qianlong Dynasty has good glaze and is beautifully fired. It is a trade porcelain for export. If you buy it, you can earn more than 10,000 to 20,000 yuan.
It's not a guaranteed profit.
Even if the items in private kilns can make money when appraised, they may not make money in the end.
Mainly because it is difficult to take action.
Except for Kangxi folk kilns, Qing Dynasty folk kiln porcelain is usually not easy to sell once it exceeds 10,000 yuan.
This cannot be summed up by saying that the artistic value is not as good as that of the official kiln, or that the painting is haphazard and the glaze is rough.
There are actually many good things in folk kilns.
In addition to the large number of existing ones being a drawback, the main reason is that the porcelain from private kilns has little reputation.
If you collect a jar and someone asks you whether it is an official kiln from the Qing Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, it is very prestigious.
If it is said to be a private kiln, it will probably be ignored.
Therefore, wealthy collectors would rather spend more money to buy official kilns for collection rather than buy private kilns at low prices.
The big buyers of the collection are businessmen themselves.
What businessmen want is fame!
"Could it be that Xuande Building got the news in advance and hid all the good things? Otherwise, why is there nothing that can be sold? How can these rags be worthy of the reputation of Xuande Building Antique Shop?" Zhang Qiyun asked himself secretly.
"No, impossible!"
"Neither the Dongjiang Antiques Association nor the Xuande Building dare to do this. Once it is revealed, it will be hard to pick it up even if it is picked up!" Zhang Qiyun immediately overturned this somewhat ridiculous idea.
Shaking his head, he unscrewed the water glass he brought and took a sip of strong tea before continuing to search.
Time is urgent and not a minute can be wasted.
“The blue and white gourd vase is in good condition, but it’s a pity that it is still an item from a private kiln!”
"The colorful chicken vat cup, you can't see the gleam, it must be an old object, but the painting is not up to par, and the firing is average."
"The blue and white plum vase is old, with patches of seawater corrosion on the surface. It looks like something in the water, but it was obviously made with too much force, revealing a texture that is not kaolin."
"Jiangjun jars are genuine and fake jars. They put a lot of effort into counterfeiting them, but they can only deceive newcomers. However, Xuande Lou can clearly state that they are genuine jars and fake jars, which is admirable. The reputation of this famous store is well-deserved. Wait."
The association can buy this jar, and the base of the Jiaqing official kiln can also be collected."
"The enamel-colored jade pot and spring vase are fake, and the meticulous painting is not up to standard, and it is full of bubbles and spots. If it were the real thing, it would have been smashed at that time, and it would have been impossible to escape from the porcelain capital."
I looked at the dozens of pieces of porcelain on the shelf, but none of them caught my eye.
Half an hour had passed, and Zhang Qiyun became anxious again.
He looked up at Shen Yu. At this time, Shen Yu was observing the crane painting attentively.
Seeing that Shen Yu had not made any progress, Zhang Qiyun calmed down a little.
If neither party finds the expected major leak within the specified time, the time will be pushed back another half hour.
Keep looking!
After lifting a large blue and white jar from the shelf, Zhang Qiyun was slightly stunned.
What stunned him was not the big blue and white vase in his hand.
It's another jar behind the big blue and white jar.
Deep in the shelf, there was a porcelain jar with a short neck and a straight mouth, round shoulders and a bulging belly that looked like a wine jar, which caught his eye.
Douchi!
It’s a piece of doucai porcelain!
There was a thin layer of dust on the cloth of the can, and it looked like no one had touched it for at least a few months.
This jar has both the elegance and dignity of blue and white and the gorgeous tones of colored porcelain, making it extremely eye-catching.
The decorations are also very exquisite, and they are painted with pictures of auspicious animals with auspicious artistic conception.
Seeing this, Zhang Qiyun's heart skipped a beat.
Tianzi jar!
This is a Tianzi jar!
There is no year number on the bottom and only a blue and white word "天" is painted on the bottom. It is as famous as the Doucai Chicken Cup.
The word Tian in the Tianzi jar is not the sky of the Emperor, but the sky of "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang".
"The sky and the earth are dark and yellow, the universe is vast, the sun and the moon are waxing and waning, and the stars and constellations are listed." The first sixteen characters of the Thousand-Character Classic were often used in ancient times to sort collected antiques and utensils.
The word "天" begins with it, indicating that this jar is very precious.
This is also true. The Tianzi jar has been extremely precious since ancient times. This type of jar was created during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty. It was made by Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen for his imperial concubine Wan Zhen'er.
Not many were burned at first, but more than six hundred years have passed, and now the entire collecting community, including major museums and private collections, can confirm that only a dozen are genuine.
Some of them are not complete devices, for example, some are missing covers, and some have some minor wounds and flaws.
Even Emperor Qianlong loved this Tianzi jar very much. The inner palace once had a defective Tianzi jar. When he sent it to the porcelain capital for repair, he specifically told him that it would be best if it could be repaired, but it should be safe if it could not be repaired well. Send it back.
This shows the preciousness of the Tianzi Jar.
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Qiyun took a pure white mini towel from his pocket and wiped his hands. After making sure that there were no sweat stains on his hands, he carefully picked up the Tianzi jar in the corner.
"Hey, there's something going on!"
Although there is a lot of dust on the surface of this jar, it feels very good to the touch, not slippery or greasy, like warm jade.
The feel is no different from the Ming Dynasty official kilns I have seen before.
It's even a little better.
After careful observation, Zhang Qiyun couldn't help but praise in his heart, "The white ground is blue and white, with five colors in between. Such a beautiful Tianzi jar is really rare in the world!"
"only?
"It's just that Xuande Building is one of the most famous antique stores in Dongjiang. For this Tianzi jar to be placed on this treasure grid for customers to choose from, it would have to pass through the hands of at least three appraisers. All three of them would be mistaken, right? "Zhang Qiyun asked himself secretly again.
Shen Yu had questions about the crane paintings, and Zhang Qiyun naturally had them too.
Not to mention other reasons, a famous antique store like Xuande Building must have an extremely strict and even harsh appraisal process.
An antique must be identified as a fake or imitation by at least two masters and the shopkeeper before it can be put on the shelf for sale.
The master who appraises porcelain at Xuande Building is called Mr. Wang.
This man is older than the owner of the shop, Shen Xiyue, almost eighty years old. Appraisal of porcelain is a family secret. His ancestors once opened a shop in Liulichang, Beijing. In the late Qing Dynasty, he appraised items for countless dignitaries. One eye.
Zhang Qiyun does not know Mr. Wang, but Mr. Wang has a cousin who is a member of the Binhai Collection Association.
Zhang Qiyun came to ask for advice a few years ago and is a very powerful porcelain appraiser.
From this point of view alone, the chance of the Xuande furnace leaking treasure is really very slim.
