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Chapter 631 Gorgeous Golden Saddle
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The fourth cabin, like the third cabin, is used to hold porcelain, but there are not so many types of porcelain here. The 312 bottles, plates, bowls, lamps, etc. are all Yuan blue and white, and of course they are not official kiln wares.
It is a folk kiln of Yuan Dynasty blue and white.
The historical reality of Yuan blue and white has always been limited to the correct but extremely limited view of "Yuan blue and white official kiln porcelain" half a century ago by foreigners, which fails to fully reflect the historical picture of all Yuan blue and white, including Yuan blue and white from private kilns.
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The official kiln porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty was produced according to the regulation of "supply if ordered, and stop if not".
During the rest of the time, blue and white porcelain for civilian use must be produced for the needs of the middle and lower bureaucratic classes, members of the upper class, and wealthy urban residents.
It is certain that due to the high cost of firing, blue and white porcelain at that time was still a high-end porcelain and a luxury item that ordinary people could not enjoy.
Despite this, the Yuan Dynasty existed for 97 years. According to the only book that records the situation of Jingdezhen porcelain industry in the Yuan Dynasty - "Tao Strategy" written by Jiang Qi of the Yuan Dynasty, it states: "After the fire in the kiln stopped, the merchants fought for the sale, and the merchants went up to the market to sell it.
Those who choose to do so are called picking up the kiln. During the transaction, the Yaji master... carries the utensils into the river, and the shoulder husband holds the coupons, ordering the utensils one by one, and uses them to finance the transaction. This is called Feizi."
It can be seen that the amount of blue and white porcelain produced by private kilns for market demand in the Yuan Dynasty is still considerable. It is difficult to imagine that except for the princes and nobles of the Yuan Dynasty and the affiliated Khanate who used high-end blue and white porcelain, other bureaucrats and wealthy classes at all levels in the Yuan Dynasty used high-end blue and white porcelain.
Neither high nor low grade blue and white porcelain can be used.
Therefore, in addition to the two to three hundred pieces of Yuan blue and white porcelain from the official kilns of the Yuan Dynasty that have attracted great attention, there are also a large number of Yuan blue and white porcelain from private kilns. They are just ignored or mistaken for Hongwu or Ming Dynasty blue and white porcelain.
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Moreover, in addition to Jingdezhen during the Yuan Dynasty, Yuxi kiln in Yunnan, Jiangshan kiln in Zhejiang, and Huili kiln in Sichuan were all the production areas of blue and white folk kilns in the Yuan Dynasty.
The identification results of the relics told Liu Dong that these were indeed blue and white porcelain from folk kilns of the Yuan Dynasty. As for the specific kiln series, Liu Dong was not sure.
However, whether they are blue and white porcelain from folk kilns of the Yuan Dynasty or later recognized as Hongwu blue and white porcelain, their value is worthy of recognition!
"These porcelains that are not defective will be put into the museum collection in the future. The rest will be sold through Chenxiang Pavilion after they have been completely repaired!" After making up his mind, Liu Dong walked into the fifth cabin. Judging from the remaining decorations around it, it was obvious that
This should be for the person with the highest status on the ship, maybe a captain or something like that!
Because water has a certain protective effect on metal, especially wooden utensils, although the furniture in the fifth cabin is messy, it is also very well preserved.
It's just that the materials of these furniture are ordinary and have no collection value.
However, there are many good things scattered in the cabin.
Here, Liu Dong discovered several Hetian jade pendants. A pair of gold earrings, especially a 49-centimeter-high Yuan blue and white dragon-patterned plum vase are the most precious. This is a serious Yuan blue and white official kiln!
What's even more rare is that it was not damaged due to the capsizing of the ship, but the mandarin fish pattern official kiln Yuan blue and white tall bowl and the dragon and phoenix pattern Guan kiln Yuan blue and white platter that were supposed to be with it were shattered!
Especially the last two pieces, if they are intact, the value of each piece is not less than one million. Now, no matter how excellent the restoration is, it will only last for hundreds of thousands!
Liu Dong, who was extremely distressed, looked at the box next to the wooden box containing three Yuan blue and white pieces. The dark and rusty surface told Liu Dong that it was an iron box. The iron box was 80 cm long, 70 cm wide and 65 cm high.
The lock on the box was completely rusted, but in the mustard space, Liu Dong could take out the contents without opening the lock.
With just a thought, a black object in the shape of a saddle appeared in Liu Dong's mustard space. With such obvious traces of oxidation, just a simple aura repair could make it bloom to its original splendor.
The fact was exactly as Liu Dong expected. After the black on the saddle faded, a gorgeous and jeweled saddle appeared. The length of the saddle was about 60 centimeters, the width reached 70 centimeters due to the long saddle wings, and the height was also 50 centimeters!
The whole body is cast in gold, and the front and rear saddle bridges are embossed with two ferocious wolf heads. The two sides of the wolf heads are made of fine entanglements using ancient gold casting techniques, filigree, stacking, and cascading.
It has a flower pattern, and the edge of the saddle is inlaid with gems as small as the size of a fingertip. The types of gems include red sapphire, turquoise, agate, tortoise shell, etc.!
There are a total of 36 such gems on the front and rear saddle bridges!
Although there are no gems on the saddle, it is engraved with a pattern of riding a horse and fighting with exquisite gold casting technology, and the decoration of the characters is a typical Mongolian noble!
The saddle wings on both sides are engraved with cirrus patterns, and an exquisite horse head is embossed on the edge of the saddle wing. The horse head holds a Jinling the size of a wine glass in its mouth. Unexpectedly, there are six horse heads distributed on the saddle wings.
Added together, there are twelve. Twelve Jin Lings will be reminded of the crisp and sweet ringtones when they move!
Under this gorgeous golden saddle, there is also a line of Uighur characters, and this is also the earliest Mongolian language. The content is: Prime Minister Zuo Hulu will not spend a thousand years! There is only one character Zhang in the signature!
Obviously, this golden saddle was made by a man named Zhang for the prime minister of Kublai Khan, Kublai Khan.
Zhang is obviously a Han Chinese surname, but obviously this person did not leave his name in the history books, but the person who could come up with such a golden saddle and three pieces of Yuan blue and white from the official kiln was not an official in the Sichuan Province of the Yuan Dynasty.
They are big businessmen! Liu Dong speculated that most of them are the former.
Moreover, the Yuan Dynasty was also the era with the most officials and corrupt officials in Chinese history.
And this golden saddle is also the most valuable antique on the entire sunken ship!
As for the sixth cabin, except for cables, iron bars and other sundries, there are no valuable antiques.
However, being able to obtain this inestimable gold saddle, three Yuan blue and white pieces, and more than 500 pieces of porcelain from this sunken ship, even though it is a private kiln, is a rare and big harvest!
By the time Liu Dong finished counting all the antiques in the sunken ship, it was already bright outside. After breakfast, Liang Sicheng, who was envious of Liu Dong's harvest, got ready early and prepared to go into the water to hunt for treasure. When he saw Chen Mo, he was also a little eager to try it.
Later, Liu Dong stayed to sail the ship, leaving him the opportunity.
Chen Mo, who was about to go into the water to try his luck, did not refuse, but the result was obvious. After a morning, the two returned to the boat with no results. Seeing their dejected looks, Liu Dong smiled and comforted them a few words.
Finally, after lunch, a man went into the water again. Of course, this time he not only wanted to find those green sticks, but also hoped to find another sunken ship!
To be honest, the Yangtze River has been an important waterway connecting Wu and Chu since the Spring and Autumn Period. There are probably no less than a thousand ships sunk in it over the past two thousand years, but obviously less than one-tenth of them are worth salvaging. And again
Liu Dong, who launched the boat, focused on the fishing boats and searched the nearby two-kilometer river channel along the upper and lower reaches of the Minjiang River. He did find two sunken ships, but there were no antiques Liu Dong was interested in among them. In addition, the excavation was too troublesome, so Liu Dong
Dong just took one look and gave up.
In order to avoid arousing more suspicion from Liang Sicheng and Chen Mo, Liu Dong did not take out any more Qinggang sticks in the next two days, but Liu Dong had accumulated more than fifty Qinggang sticks in his hands in the past three days. Basically, this
80% of the green gang sticks under Duan Jiang were in his hands, and these green gang sticks also provided Liu Dong with 4,000 taels of gold and 25,000 taels of silver. According to the current international gold and silver prices, they are approximately equivalent to the value of 20 million Chinese coins.
Of course, although the collection of gold and silver in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is not very popular, it is also a branch of the antique collection world. If Liu Dong is willing, the value of this gold and silver should not be more than 20 million!
Three days later, this treasure hunting operation will come to an end.
Chen Mo was going back to Chongqing to discuss the crocodile pool, Liu Dong was going to Chengdu, and then flew back to the capital. Liang Sicheng had interrupted to continue hanging out with Liu Dong, but the urging of his parents made it impossible for him to make the trip.
Got it!
"Okay, let's just say goodbye this time. If you have time, go to Quancheng to find me!" Liu Dong said goodbye at the dock in Leshan City.
"Xiaodong, this is what you said, but you want all the food, drinks and entertainment to be paid for later!" Liang Sicheng said.
"no sooner said than done!"
"Bye now!"
Liu Dong waved to the two of them! The biggest gain from his trip to Chongqing was that he made two good friends. Although the time was short, spending time together day and night for a week made the relationship between the three of them as if they had known each other for many years.
Friendly!
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Take a bus from Leshan to Chengdu, stay for one night, and then board a flight to Beijing.
Looking through the porthole at the land of Bashu getting further and further away beneath his feet, Liu Dong's only regret was that he had not found the true location of the Daxi National Treasure.
Although the bottom of the Minjiang River is part of these treasures, it is by no means all of them. But without clues, the world is vast and there is no way to find it, and Liu Dong is too lazy to spend time!
With these skills and the ability of the relic Yuan Guang, he is fully capable of obtaining more treasures.
"Perhaps the sea would be a good choice!" Liu Dong thought, stroking his chin.
The previous shipwreck of the Yuan Dynasty completely opened his mind. However, it is too troublesome to find shipwrecks in China, and Liu Dong always feels like poaching the country.
But on the sea, he has no such scruples at all, and the wealth in the sea is far more than that on land. There are about tens of thousands of sunken ships in the sea near China alone, even if it is only one tenth, or even less
There are hundreds or even thousands of ships with salvage value. What an astonishing number!
"However, now is not the time to salvage the sunken ship. It is not too late to consider it when the relic Yuanguang takes a step further!" Liu Dong thought to himself.
He always felt that the detection depth of 400 meters was still insufficient for the vast ocean!