When they arrived at the Yuan Dynasty Porcelain Exhibition Hall, everyone was even more surprised. In the approximately 6-square-meter exhibition hall, three pieces of exquisite porcelain stood in the tempered glass display cabinet in the middle!
"Yuan blue and white 'Taoyuan Sanjie' character pattern large jar, Yuan Qinghua 'Guiguzi goes down the mountain' character pattern large jar!" Mr. Hong's voice was full of surprise when he saw a slender plum vase next to him.
Finally, after looking at it, his tone immediately raised an octave, "This...is this the five colors of the Yuan Dynasty?"
Compared to Mr. Hong, Mr. Dong and Mr. Qi Gong knew very well the value of the "Zhengzheng Yuan blue and white", that is, the large jar with human figures, but they did not know much about the five-color wares made of gold.
After all, they all specialize in the appraisal of calligraphy and painting, and they don’t have much exposure to porcelain!
"According to the description in "Identification of Porcelain of the Ming and Qing Dynasties", the porcelain body of the Yuan Jin multicolored porcelain was the Privy Plain body fired for the Yuan Palace; the Shiguan Kiln Privy Green Glaze (also known as egg white glaze); it was made of red
, purple, yellow, blue, white, green (or malachite green) colors, decorated with the technique of stacking flowers and standing powder, and then adding color within the outline, adding gold sheets (or applying gold foil or re-coating gold powder); the decoration is a royal tradition
There are cloud and dragon patterns, miscellaneous treasures, wishful thinking, twining flowers and lotus petals with Buddhist meanings, eight treasures, and Sanskrit. The walls of the vessel have seals and are marked with the dark patterns of twining flat chrysanthemums and peonies that were popular at that time; the shapes of the vessels include plates, bowls,
Jade pots, spring vases, goblets, incense burners, and royal kilns of the Yuan Dynasty fired in Jingdezhen. The overall impression given by this kind of gold-plated and multi-colored porcelain is that the color is quaint and elegant, and the color and gold pieces are integrated into one, resplendent and intricate.
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"...According to records, this kind of gold-plated multicolored porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty was unique due to the influence of the "big food kiln" pottery and copper enamel inlays in the Western Regions. However, due to the scarcity of the quantity, and the fact that the Yuan Dynasty Guozuo was less than a century old
time, so the number of gold-resistant and multi-colored porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty that has been handed down now is very rare, even less than the number of Yuan blue and white porcelain of the Zhengyuan Dynasty! So far, the number of Yuan Dynasty gold-resistant and multi-colored porcelain discovered in China and even in the world does not exceed
2 pieces, and most of them are small pieces such as dishes, bowls, and lamps, and most of them were repaired after being damaged... Now, this Yuan Dynasty gold and multicolored dragon pattern plum vase is the only Yuan Dynasty I have seen
Large gold and colorful vessels!"
Looking at Hong Changshan's fiery and even slightly intoxicated eyes, everyone looked at the slender plum vase that looked exquisite and gorgeous under the high-intensity spotlights, with a height of no less than 5 centimeters, and they all marveled in their hearts!
From the very beginning, when everyone saw that this porcelain was placed together with two 'Zhengzheng Yuan blue and white' pieces, they understood its preciousness, but they didn't expect it to be so precious!
From Hong Changshan’s explanation just now, I am afraid that the Yuan Dynasty gold-plated multi-colored dragon pattern plum vase in front of me is the only large-scale Yuan Dynasty gold-plated multi-colored vessel in the world!
As for its value, based on the principle that things are rare and valuable, it is estimated that it will be worth less than a few hundred million. Of course, now that it is placed in a museum, considering Liu Dong’s net worth, there is almost no possibility that it will enter the market in the future.
Got it!
Listening to everyone's exclamations, Liu Dong was also a little proud!
However, the Yuan Dynasty gold-plated multicolored porcelain in his hand is not just a plum vase. But unfortunately, most of the items saved are small vessels such as dishes. The large ones with a volume of more than 2 cm are like this dragon-patterned plum vase.
One piece!
After leaving the Yuan Dynasty Porcelain Exhibition Hall, in the Song Dynasty Porcelain Exhibition Hall, there were so many pieces of famous kiln porcelain from the Song Dynasty and the Five Dynasties that once again aroused everyone's amazement!
In particular, the ‘Ru Kiln Azure Glaze Jade Pattern Zun’ and ‘Ru Kiln Brush Washer’ have become the most precious treasures in the Song Dynasty Porcelain Exhibition Hall!
Walking further back, after experiencing a series of national treasure-level porcelain bombardments, we saw the Tang Dynasty's 'Ying Zi Style' secret color porcelain and the large Tang tricolor porcelain. Everyone was no longer as surprised as they were at the beginning, or rather
I’ve seen so many good things that I’m a little numb!
In the past, the Song Dynasty Porcelain Exhibition Hall was the "Six Dynasties Porcelain" exhibition area set up by Liu Dong according to dynasties.
After the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was the period of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu, followed by the alternation of the Western Jin and the Eastern Jin, and then the Northern Wei, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou in the Northern Dynasty, and the division of the Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen countries in the Southern Dynasty; the separatism became more and more intense. But as an emerging
Industrial porcelain production gradually developed in the small country located in Jiangzuo, which is the famous Six Dynasties Celadon. The so-called "Six Dynasties Celadon" refers to the celadon produced in the Jiangnan area at that time.
Yue kiln, Ou kiln, Wuzhou kiln, Hongzhou kiln and Yuezhou kiln are the most famous kilns of Six Dynasties celadon.
However, although the porcelain of the Six Dynasties has been passed down for more than a thousand years and has a long history far surpassing the porcelain of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in later generations, because the porcelain production methods in this era were not rich and the porcelain body was rough and primitive, it has not been sold in the modern antique trading market.
The value of porcelain from the Six Dynasties is only higher than that of original celadon and porcelain from the Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.
Therefore, Six Dynasties celadon such as high-quality national treasures are naturally even rarer! Liu Dong is the only one with the highest value among the Six Dynasties celadon war zone. The one that can be called a national treasure is an Eastern Jin Ou kiln celadon cow lamp, with a height of 43.4 cm and a base diameter of 57.5 cm.
cm. The lamp holder is in the shape of a shallow plate, and there is a yellow ox carved on the lamp post. The ox is in a prostrate shape, with brown eyes and mouth, and the eyes are bright and vivid. The shape is vivid and the image is lifelike. It is an extremely rare and high-quality piece of Ou kiln celadon.
excellent work.
Obviously, this kind of celadon cow lamp is a ghost utensil in porcelain. The so-called ghost utensils are also called "ming utensils" and are specially used for burials by ancient people. In the Six Dynasties, celadon soul bottles, mythical beast statues, chicken coops, dog basins, and pigs were included.
Circles fall into this category.
Because there are not many high-quality porcelains from the Six Dynasties, and the number of Six Dynasties porcelains collected by Liu Dong is only about three. Therefore, this exhibition area has become the exhibition area where everyone stays the shortest in the entire porcelain war zone.
Of course, this is still temporary, because right next to the Six Dynasties porcelain exhibition area is the original celadon exhibition area.
The Shang and Zhou dynasties were the gradual stage of transition from pottery to porcelain, which was also the stage in which primitive celadon occurred and developed. Generally speaking, all porcelain before the celadon of the Six Dynasties can be called 'primitive celadon'!
Because of the difference in porcelain making technology, the price of original celadon is even lower than that of Six Dynasties celadon. Of course, there are also fine products among original celadon!
For example, the celadon tripod in Liu Dong's collection, as well as barn jars and five-piece jars!
Past the original celadon exhibition area, the last remaining exhibition area is the pottery exhibition area!
Among the collections, except for a small number of exquisite pottery from the Qin, Han and Three Kingdoms eras, the rest of the collection is from the pre-Qin period and the primitive era!
Although the value of these pottery is not high, in addition to focusing on high-quality products, museum collections must also ensure the integrity of the collection pedigree! In this way, representative works of art from the Neo-Paleolithic Age such as Banpo, Hemudu, and Longshan have become indispensable.
Something missing!
However, because many civilization sites were discovered one after another after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and because there are not many things in them, there is no corresponding pottery among Liu Dong's long list of cultural symbols, or there is only one that is not exquisite.
Two pieces!
If it weren't for Mr. Li's insistence at the beginning, Liu Dong would have directly canceled these exhibition halls without representative works of art!
After admiring the porcelain exhibition halls on the fourth and fifth floors, everyone took the elevator again to the sixth floor. When they arrived, Mr. Hong's eyes suddenly lit up.
Miscellaneous items are the favorite of this old man who has a somewhat upright personality and a slightly fiery temper. Moreover, through a series of previous visits, whether it is calligraphy, painting, or the ceramics behind, Liu Dong's collection here can be said to be a collection of exquisite products and national treasures.
Quite a few! Therefore, when facing the miscellaneous exhibition area, Mr. Hong naturally had more expectations.
Because miscellaneous items contain the most collections of various sub-categories, when Liu Dong and Mr. Li discussed setting up the exhibition hall, they did not sort them by dynasty like calligraphy, painting and ceramics, but by their respective categories.
Due to the huge number, Liu Dong arranged the sixth, seventh and eighth floors into miscellaneous exhibition halls!
More detailed divisions include: Coin Exhibition Hall, Classical Furniture Exhibition Hall, Gold and Silverware Exhibition Hall, Lacquer Wood and Bamboo Ware Exhibition Hall, Teeth and Bone Ware Exhibition Hall, Bronze Ware Exhibition Hall, Four Treasures of the Study Hall, Ancient Books and Rare Books Exhibition Hall, and Buddha Statue Exhibition.
There are a total of 35 large and small exhibition halls such as the stone carving crafts exhibition hall, clock and watch exhibition hall, glassware exhibition hall, enamelware exhibition hall, silk fabrics exhibition hall, as well as purple clay pots, snuff bottles, bonsai, folk arts, etc.!
There are a large number of high-quality cultural relics in almost every exhibition hall. If the most anticipated ones are the bronze exhibition hall and the musical instrument exhibition hall, which does not have a large number of exhibits!
In the musical instrument exhibition hall, there are the "Jiuxiao Huanpei" and "Sages and Saints" from the Leigong Qin of the Tang Dynasty; the "Qiong Xiangqin" made by Zhongwei Zhongzheng, the famous Qin of the Song Dynasty; and the "Gulongqin" made by Yan Guqing, which is one of the four famous Qins of the Ming Dynasty.
Yiwang Qin and Hengwang Qin are both rare and exquisite products, especially the first two Lei Gong Qins are national treasures!
Moreover, because wood is not easy to preserve, famous pianos that have been passed down for thousands of years are rare in the world. Liu Dong’s collection here is considered rare in the world!
And it can be compared with the Forbidden City, which collects all the fine arts of China, in the collection of Guqin, it can be called "a moment of excellence"!
But really speaking, the collection of the Coin Museum is not inferior to that of the Musical Instruments Exhibition Hall, especially: the Song Dynasty gold coin model 'Xuanhe Tongbao' Xiaoping coin, the Ming Dynasty ivory coin model 'Wanli Tongbao' can be folded into ten coins; Hongwu Tongbao can be folded into two carvings
Mother's money; 'Kaiyuan Tongbao Xiaoping carved mother's coin'; 'Kangxi Tongbao's ten-carved mother's coin' copper carved mother's coin; two of the fifty treasures of cast mother's money: 'Dadan Tongbao' and 'Tianfu Yuanbao'; sample
Five of the fifty famous treasures of Qian and Ziqian: 'National Treasure Five Thousand Treasures', 'Datang Zhenku', 'Tiansheng Yuanbao discounted by ten', 'Chuangguo Tongbao' and 'Yongle Tongbao carrying three coins'.
But collectors basically like to study classical culture, and naturally they have a bit of the character of ancient literati. Therefore, they naturally like "chess, calligraphy and painting" more than "things that smell of copper"! (To be continued.)