Zhou Zhi pointed to the box and said, "I don't think my second brother has this ambition, otherwise he wouldn't give up such a good learning opportunity."

"It doesn't matter if you look at me now, but in the future... I'll have to pay attention to him a few times, and I might lose everything."

Liu Sanye was startled, obviously he had not thought that much before.

Inside the porcelain is a small Guanyin vase from the Jiaqing Dynasty that is known as "Hundred Flowers Never Fall to the Ground". The so-called "Hundred Flowers Never Fall to the Ground", also known as "Wanhua Brocade" or "Hundred Flowers Never Reveal", is a combination of pastels and gold colors, and flowers of various colors are used to cover the surface of the porcelain.

A technique of overglaze color expression that fills the porcelain base without exposing it.

This kind of decoration is mostly painted with peonies and other large flower patterns in the center of the porcelain, and is surrounded by various small flowers such as chrysanthemums, camellias, roses, lotus, lilies, morning glories, etc. as foils. The auxiliary patterns are fine and cover the entire picture.

The whole porcelain symbolizes the good omen of a hundred flowers blooming.

The shape, size, front and side of the flowers are all in their own way, and they are extremely dense.

Although it is said that "a hundred flowers never fall to the ground", you can still see black or white fields exposed at the edges, among which black fields are the most precious.

This theme was first created in Yongzheng, flourished in Qianlong, and perfected in Jiaqing.

The "Guide to Antiques" written by Zhao Ruzhen, a famous connoisseur of the Qing Dynasty, states: "In Jiaqing... there are not many good products, but Wanhua porcelain is commonly known as Baihua. In the end, this time is the best."

Compared with the Qianlong Dynasty, the "Ten Thousand Flowers Brocade" in the Jiaqing Dynasty not only inherited the fine and regular style of the previous dynasty, but also paid special attention to overcoming the complicated stacking of the Qianlong Dynasty, and became sparse and simple again, without losing the grandeur, grace and elegance.

At the same time, it also reveals a certain elegance, elegance and elegance, and is one of the few outstanding fine porcelains from the Jiaqing Dynasty.

However, in the eyes of Zhou Zhi, whose aesthetics are more advocating for the Song style, the art form of "A Hundred Flowers Never Fall to the Ground" is not his cup of tea. After admiring it, he handed it back to Manager Fei without any desire to do anything.

On the contrary, it was a younger brother, Glazed Fish Basket, who aroused Zhou Zhi's interest.

Ge Kiln is one of the five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty. According to historical records, there were two brothers of the Zhang family in Longquan, Zhejiang during the Southern Song Dynasty. Both were engaged in pottery, and each owned a kiln. The kiln owned by the brother was named Ge Kiln, and the younger kiln was also called Longquan Kiln.

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Ge-glazed porcelain can be distinguished by color, including moon white, gray-yellow, pink-green, gray-green, putty, dark and light beige and other types. Its most notable feature is that the glaze color is thick and delicate, and the luster is as smooth as gelatin;

If placed under a microscope, it can be seen that the bubbles contained in the enamel are like beads of polyfoam;

The greasy glaze has cracks with ice-cracked reticulations of different sizes, either dense or sparse. The reticulations are light yellow like gold wire and thin black like iron wires. The two are intertwined with each other, hence the name.

It's called "Golden Iron Wire".

The characteristic of Ge Kiln porcelain is that it is covered with glaze both inside and outside, which is evenly smooth, crystal clear and moist. Not only does the porcelain sound of the buckle be clear and clear, but also the shape is tall and generous, and the outline is also soft and smooth. It belongs to the celadon series, and the glaze is thick and moist, with large and small flakes on the glaze.

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In addition, the Ge kiln body of the Song Dynasty was hard and thin, and the rim of the porcelain was pointed and narrow. The thick glaze could not be retained on the rim of the porcelain. The hanging glaze mostly formed a slightly protruding annular belt slightly below the rim. Because the fetal bone at the rim was slightly dark,

You can see the delicate and solid black body under the glaze, so it is called "purple mouth".

The Ge Kiln of the Song Dynasty was favored by people in later generations. There were many imitators in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and each had its own style. It was called imitation Ge Kiln or Ge Glaze, but its production technology was no longer comparable to that of the Ge Kiln of the Song Dynasty.

Emperor Qianlong was especially fond of admiring the Song Dynasty Ge kiln, and he happily wrote a poem praising it: "Iron feet, round waist, ice cracks, Xu Chengheel, this husband is gorgeous."

The "Purple Mouth" porcelain has become one of the unique porcelains of Song Ge Kiln. After that, there were many imitations of Song Ge Kiln in the past dynasties, but they all failed to achieve this unique craftsmanship in firing.

Due to the limitations of the craftsmanship at that time, Ge Kiln porcelain did not have large utensils, and the main utensils were bottles, stoves, washbasins, bowls, and jars.

There is still an unsolved public case about Ge Kiln.

In the 1960s, the Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeological Unit excavated several kiln sites such as Longquan Kiln and found many celadon with black body patterns, most of which were used in daily life.

However, its shape, color, glaze and patterns are all different from those of the Ge Kiln handed down from ancient times. The most significant thing is that these porcelains do not use support nails.

On the contrary, in the Ge Kiln porcelain handed down from ancient times, the textures of the gold and iron wires have different thicknesses that are naturally extended, and there are also important traces of purple holes and nails. Therefore, it can be concluded that the " The artifacts of the "Ge Kiln handed down from generation to generation" were not produced in the several kiln sites that have been discovered so far.

Where exactly is it? It is still a mystery and remains to be determined by cultural relics and archaeologists.

This fish basket statue is also a very small object. It can be half-held with one hand and is very comfortable in the hand. Although it is named "zun", it is actually more likely to be a "water injector" used to hold water in the study. ”.

In other words, no matter what it was used for in the past, it eventually became a "water mark" on the desks of literati.

The small object is perfectly preserved, with a fine layer of patina on it. The soft light of the ancient porcelain is very obvious, and it can be seen that it has been played with by countless previous owners.

Zhou Zhi believes that this small object is very worthy of this treasure, because the shape of the fish basket, the purple mouth and the mesh-like gold wire really complement each other and are extremely cute.

Zhou Zhi took the watch repair magnifying glass that Manager Fei used to look at porcelain and placed it on his eyes. He carefully inspected several features and bubbles little by little. He couldn't help but speak before Manager Fei: "Old man, how much are you prepared for this?"

"Xiaoyou Zhou has also studied calligraphy and painting?" Liu Sanye asked.

"I have practiced calligraphy, but I can only read paintings." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Why would the old man ask this?"

"I can tell from your interests and hobbies." Liu Sanye smiled and said: "Looking at the items you like, except for the joking lion-ear bottle at the beginning, the rest are all elegant and not in order of high or low. "

"Look, there is a tiger pen holder with copper and silver backing, a dustpan and brick inkstone, a seal carved from the tip of the longevity star's tooth, a blue and white lotus leaf pen lick, plus this glaze ink, this is a set of calligraphy and painting supplies for the study."

"These are gifts prepared for my fourth cousin, who is a master of calligraphy and painting." Zhou Zhi smiled and rubbed the vial of brother's glaze: "But I have no intention of giving this to him. It's too comfortable to hold."

"It's rare that someone I can talk to comes to my door, and he's taken care of so much of my business. I'll give this little bottle to my friend. It's not worth the money anyway."

"Eh? I think this fish basket bottle is very good. At least I don't see the problem. All the features are in line with the characteristics of the Songge kiln handed down from ancient times. I dare to ask the third master, what do you think the problem is?"

"Actually, little friend, you are right. Judging from the details and features, I also agree with what you said." Sanye said with a smile: "But there is only one small problem. This artifact was the first to be fired. What is it for? use?"

"You say it is a vase, but it is obviously too small; you say it is a water drop, but the shape is wrong; you say it is a water bottle, but the capacity is also insufficient."

"Most of the Ge kilns handed down from ancient times are in the style of ritual vessels. This one obviously deviated from the elegant style of ritual vessels and took an elegant path. It lacked the solemnity of the court and had more of a sense of seclusion in the mountains. Therefore, I concluded from the style

It is not a hand-me-down Ge kiln, but a very good imitation."

Mr. Liu Sanye has no scientific methods and relies entirely on his eyesight. It should be said that everything he said is based on truth and there is nothing wrong with it at all.
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