Looking at the label affixed to the display shelf, Liu Dong's breathing suddenly became rapid.
After Yuan Shikai became emperor, the porcelain produced in Jingdezhen after 1916 was mainly watercolor and pastel. The imperial porcelain fired by Guo Shiwu at that time became a rare treasure pursued by modern collectors, and was known as "Hongxian porcelain".
Because the Presidential Palace of the Republic of China was located in Zhongnanhai, and Yuan Shikai lived in Jurentang in Zhongnanhai, the porcelain inscriptions were "Jurentang system" and "Jurentang" in red seal script. However, Yuan Shikai went against the historical trend and only
He died after 83 days as the emperor. Not many "Hongxian porcelain" were burned, and even fewer were passed down. They were rare and became the target of porcelain collectors. The "Hongxian Year" model was made by a famous craftsman in the factory.
It was made using the leftover porcelain clay and took nearly two years. It has a relatively limited existence and is still considered a treasure. After the reform and opening up, there were a large number of imitations.
Looking at Liu Dong's actions, Mr. Li smiled beside him and said, "I don't have many Hongxian porcelain here. It has taken me decades to collect just 8 pieces like this!" Although he said this, the proud expression on Mr. Li's face was...
Can't even hide it.
"Hey, jealous!" Liu Dong wailed in his heart.
"This display rack mainly displays fine porcelain from the Republic of China period. In addition to Hongxian porcelain, there are also two batches of 'Zhongzheng style' national gift porcelain ordered by 'Lao Chiang', as well as birthday porcelain and daily use porcelain; in addition, there are also
There are some exquisite porcelains from Liling Porcelain that won the Panama Gold Medal with Moutai at that time, a total of 156 pieces!"
After Liu Dong finished reading, the two of them walked towards the third display stand.
"This shelf is full of exquisite official kiln wares from the Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi, and Guangxu periods, a total of 164 pieces!"
"On this shelf are official kiln wares from the Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties. A total of 45 pieces. 42 exquisite pieces from private kilns!"
Seeing this, Liu Dong looked at the old man with admiration in his eyes. The official kiln wares of the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties were the finest porcelain in the entire Qing Dynasty. Any piece was worth more than a million, and the fine ones were worth tens of millions.
Mr. Li actually has dozens of pieces here, and I don’t know how he collected them.
"The porcelains on this display rack are all from the Ming Dynasty, including 35 pieces from official kilns and 56 pieces from private kilns!" Hearing this, I just came back to my senses from the exquisite pastel porcelain and sacrificial red porcelain from the Kangxi, Qianlong and Yong dynasties.
Liu Dong immediately fell into the gorgeous colors of the official kilns of the Ming Dynasty.
"This is blue and white porcelain! It's so beautiful!" Liu Dong looked at the pieces of porcelain with dragon patterns, phoenix patterns, unicorn patterns, sea animal wave patterns and other patterns, as well as bottles, plates, bowls and other porcelain with different shapes. He was really dazzled.
I don’t know where to start. I just think this one is beautiful and that one is even more exquisite.
Looking at his appearance, Mr. Li smiled and said, "Well, there will be more opportunities in the future. Come over here. There are better ones here!"
After hearing this, Liu Dong reluctantly glanced at the exquisite porcelain on the display rack, then followed Mr. Li and continued walking down.
However, the porcelain on this shelf is even rarer. There are only less than 30 pieces of porcelain on the display shelf that is more than four meters high and three meters long. Compared with the dazzling array of porcelain on the previous display shelves, it is really far behind. But although it is rare,
But it is even more precious.
"Octagonal plum vase with blue and white sea water and white dragon pattern from the Yuan Dynasty!" Liu Dong couldn't help blurting out as he looked at the familiar figure on the display rack.
"Mr. Li, isn't this thing in the Forbidden City?"
Hearing Liu Dong's suspicion, Mr. Li glared at him fiercely, "Don't you know it comes in pairs? My Bafang Plum Vase is also authentic!"
Hearing this, Liu Dong quietly used his superpower to take a look and found that it was indeed genuine, but the gorgeous light almost blinded his eyes. He quickly put away his superpower and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"I have a total of 12 Yuan blue and white pieces here, all of which are authentic. However, only the 'Yuan blue and white seawater white dragon pattern octagonal plum vase' and the 'Yuan blue and white unicorn pattern large plate' are considered large. The remaining 10 pieces are medium and small.
Tool!"
"That's amazing. I'm afraid most museums across the country don't have as many blue and white flowers as yours!" Liu Dong quickly complimented.
"That's right!" After nodding proudly, Mr. Li couldn't help but sigh, "What a pity. I don't have any of the most exquisite figure-patterned jars in Yuan blue and white. It's such a pity.
!”
Hearing this, Liu Dong also felt a little regretful. There are less than ten Yuan blue and white figure jars in the world, and there is none in China, the birthplace of Yuan blue and white. Of course, this is official. As for private collections, or
Liu Dong doesn't know if any have yet to be unearthed.
"However, since China is so big, there should be Yuan blue and white figure jars that haven't been discovered yet, right?" Liu Dong thought to himself.
"Mr. Li, this should be a Jun kiln brush washer, right?" Seeing the regret on the old man's face, Liu Dong quickly changed the subject and asked, pointing to a rose-purple brush washer.
"Yes, you have learned a lot during this time! This Jun kiln brush washer is hard-earned!" Then Mr. Li took this brush washer and told Liu Dong on the spot the origin, characteristics, historical changes and changes of Jun kiln porcelain.
The identification methods were explained one by one.
"This is the official kiln lotus cup!"
“These two are the Ge Kiln Bafang Guaner Flat Vase and the Ge Kiln Bafang Bowl!”
"?This is a rose red glazed hexagonal flower pot!"
"I can collect all the five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty except your kiln!" Mr. Li said with a hint of regret in his satisfaction.
Hearing this, Liu Dong hesitated for a while, and thought to himself: "Forget it, wait until you see all the collections here before telling Mr. Li that I have a piece of Ru kiln porcelain there! Otherwise, with the old man's character, I'm afraid it won't happen now
I have to go see it! In that case, it would be a pity not to see so many fine antiques!”
After making up his mind, Liu Dong didn't speak.
At this time, after showing Liu Dong the five famous kilns, Mr. Li picked up a small black bowl next to him.
"Do you know this?"
Seeing the show off on Mr. Li's face, Liu Dong carefully looked at the small bowl in Mr. Li's hand and said tentatively: "Mr. Li, is this a black-glazed rabbit-hair cup from a kiln built in the Song Dynasty?"
"Not bad, you are quite discerning!"
Due to the popularity of tea fighting in the Song Dynasty, black-glazed tea cups, also known as jian tea cups, were mainly fired for tea fighting. Products from the Shuiji Zhen kiln were the most popular, and were very popular among literati. In the late Northern Song Dynasty, tea cups were fired for the palace.
Black glaze cup, with the words "Jin Zhan" and "Gong Yu" engraved on the bottom. Jianyang kiln products use raw materials with high iron content to make the body, so the color of the body is deep black and hard, and it is commonly known as "iron tire", or "iron tire"
Wuni kiln, black building, black mud building, etc. The inside and outside of the cup are covered with black glaze, and the glaze on the outer wall does not go to the bottom, exposing the black body. The black glaze cup is decorated with patterns formed by iron crystals. Those with striped crystal patterns are called rabbit hair.
It has two colors: yellow and white, so it is also known as gold, silver rabbit hair, jade hair, rabbit spots, etc. It also has the form of oil drop crystals, which people in the Song Dynasty called partridge spots. Iron crystals in the form of oil droplets are called oil droplets, and there are a few more.
Kiln-colored glaze, which appears kiln-colored blue around irregular oil droplets, is particularly valuable.
This kind of porcelain is called Tenmoku glaze in Japan. Japanese and Korean tea ceremonies attach great importance to this porcelain. Its body is thick and solid, and its color is light black or purple black. The main shapes of the porcelain are bowls and cups.
Among them, the Yaobian Tenmoku glazed tea bowl collected in Japan and regarded as a "national treasure" is a porcelain produced in a kiln built in the Song Dynasty.
"A large platter with flowers and peonies from Yaozhou Kiln of Song Dynasty!"
"Song Yaozhou kiln celadon bowl with carved patterns of baby playing!"
"A vase with a green glaze and a dragon pattern cap from the Longquan kiln of the Southern Song Dynasty!"
"I only have these ten pieces of porcelain from the Song Dynasty! I originally wanted to collect all the porcelain from the six major kilns of the Song Dynasty, but unfortunately my energy is limited and the old man doesn't have much money. Then it will be up to you!"
After listening to Mr. Li's words, Liu Dong nodded quickly.
"Mr. Li, don't you have Xixia official kilns or Liao porcelain here?" Liu Dong asked. You must know that although the Song Dynasty was prosperous, it was not a unified country. Xixia, Liao, and Jin absorbed the culture of the Central Plains and created a very splendid
civilization.
"No, there were too few! And occasionally I received a few that were damaged and not high quality, so I didn't keep them!" The old man shook his head.
Having been collecting for a lifetime, Mr. Li has a very picky eye. If it is not a high-quality product, he will never receive his treasure. In the past, he basically sold it through Chenxiang Pavilion, and then continued to buy what he liked after getting the money.
Collection.
"Yellow glaze kettle from Shouzhou Kiln in Tang Dynasty!"
“Tang Shouzhou kiln black glazed porcelain pillow!”
"Yue kiln fish-eared double-ringed vase of the Tang Dynasty!"...
After some introduction, the old man introduced six fine porcelains of the Tang Dynasty to Liu Dong, but the six famous kilns of the Tang Dynasty: Hongzhou Kiln, Shouzhou Kiln, Yue Kiln, Wuzhou Kiln, Yuezhou Kiln, Dingzhou Kiln, Wuzhou Kiln
There is not a single piece of porcelain from Zhou Kiln and Dingzhou Kiln here!
Monochromatic porcelain has already appeared in the Han Dynasty, but due to the production process, it is not exquisite and the collection value is not very high. Mr. Li only has a white porcelain teapot from the Sui Dynasty!
On the other hand, Li Lao has a lot of pottery here, especially the Longshan black pottery in Dongshan Province. There are more than ten pieces here. One or two pieces of other Hemudu culture pottery can also be found here, including Xia, Shang and Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties, all the way to the Tang Dynasty. Li Lao
There are more than one hundred pieces of pottery here.
"Mr. Li is really amazing. You have accumulated six to seven hundred pieces of ceramics here, which is really amazing!" Liu Dong looked at the dazzling array of display racks and couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Haha, all the ceramics I have here add up to 746 pieces!" Mr. Li said with a hint of bragging.
"All my life, apart from fighting, I have loved playing with these things. From Yan'an to Beijing, and then from Beijing back to Quancheng, I have never forgotten to collect them. My father and grandfather have accumulated more than a hundred years of experience from three generations.
What we have today is the hard work of several generations!
Listening to Mr. Li's words, Liu Dong also felt deeply. Without three lifetimes of love and unswerving efforts, I'm afraid there wouldn't be so many people here to see the treasures of ceramics that are already rare for the outside world.
"In the future, my collection will be like Mr. Li, gathering many treasures and antiques!" Liu Dong secretly made up his mind. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and faster novels!