The whole Gabala bowl is made of fine materials, exquisitely made, exquisite craftsmanship, and the meaning of cherishing it is very obvious.

After reading the introduction, Zhou Zhi was dumbfounded: "Voluntary?"

"Isn't it strange?" said the fourth cousin: "It happens now. Donating the body to the medical school after death is a contribution to the cause of medicine."

"But...this nature is different, right?"

"Do you understand Tibetan Buddhism?"

"I don't understand this."

"You can't make rash judgments if you don't understand." said the fourth cousin.

"Judging from the inscription on this bowl, this is the story of a Vajrayana Tibetan who followed the example of Moonlight King Buddha and beheaded him, and voluntarily donated his bones to be used as a magical instrument for initiation and teaching by those who came after him."

"No matter what is superfluous, this spirit of sacrifice can be regarded as a kind of compassion."

When I think about it carefully, it is the same. No matter what level of knowledge and cognition it is, sacrificing oneself for others is all compassion.

"Then these human skins are of the same nature as the Gabala bowl?"

"I don't know what these tattoos mean, but to complete such a large area of ​​delicate tattoos, the recipient must endure great pain, and must have great endurance not to be moved by the pain. "

"If it weren't for anesthesia, it might be... some kind of ascetic practice."

"The main thing is that I don't understand Tibetan, otherwise I would know what the contents on these skins are."

"Aren't you going to Shu University?" said the fourth cousin: "Tibetan cultural research is the traditional strength of Shu University."

"Ah, this..." Zhou Zhi glanced at the Tibetan suitcase, which was worth a lot of money at first sight, and felt a little reluctant to part with the good fortune: "What if they force them to keep this suitcase?"

"You have an eye for money, right?" said the fourth cousin: "You have already entered the porcelain calligraphy and painting industry. Of course, if you want to study it, you must have a collection."

"But these two things are completely outside of your knowledge. In the eyes of researchers of Sichuan Tibetan culture, they may be priceless treasures. Apart from being able to exchange money, what other value can they have with you?"

"So if Shu University wants to stay, then just donate it to them."

"Then it's too late for me to say that I am also interested in Tibetan culture..." Zhou Zhi couldn't help but chuckle softly.

Seeing my fourth cousin glare again, he quickly said: "Okay, okay, if they want it, donate it. It's really scary to have something like this at home."

"Well, go to Shu University to find out what it is, and then come back and tell us."

"Okay..." Zhou Zhi's attitude towards these things is actually similar to that of his fourth cousin. This box is purely an accident, so he won't worry too much: "Then I will take it with me when I go to Shudu this time. .”

"Cleaning this box actually has another purpose. Now that we have air conditioning, we can give your batch of calligraphy and paintings a better environment." The fourth cousin said: "After emptying the calligraphy and paintings, I found a few things at the bottom of the box. .”

Fourth aunt opened the drawer and took out a few small things.

Zhou Zhi's eyes first fell on a small square porcelain box: "Ru kiln! This is Ru kiln with sky blue glaze!"

I carefully picked up the small square porcelain box and turned it over gently. I saw that the bottom of the porcelain box was fully glazed and fired with pins, and the thin glaze was slightly yellowish in color.

This is the famous feature of Ru kiln, the "incense ash body".

Looking at the light, the edges of the vessel and the embossed edges are slightly purple. The difference from the official kiln porcelain is that it is hidden and not exposed. This is the "copper bone" and "earth veins" mentioned in ancient books.

Cao Zhao of the Ming Dynasty mentioned in "Ge Gu Yao Lun": "Ru kiln wares came out of the north and were fired in the Song Dynasty. They are blue in color and have crab claw patterns. Those without patterns are especially good. The earthy veins are charming and thin. It’s very rare.”

On the bottom of the porcelain, there is also the word "Fenghua" written in regular script with a bamboo stick after applying thick glaze with very delicate and beautiful brushstrokes.

"Is this... a Fenghua Palace item... a genuine Southern Song Dynasty product?" Zhou Zhi's voice was full of trembling, and he really couldn't believe that he was so lucky.

"Tanzhai Biheng" written by Ye Zhi of the Southern Song Dynasty said: "In this dynasty, Dingzhou's white porcelain had awns and was unusable, so it ordered Ruzhou to make green porcelain.

, so Hebei, Tang, Deng, and Yaozhou all have them, and Ru kiln is the leader."

The legend about Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty that "after the rain, the sky is clear and the clouds are clear, this color is the future" refers specifically to the azure glaze in Ru kiln.

The Ming Dynasty scholar Gao Lian mentioned in "Yan Xian Qing Appreciation Notes": "I have tasted it in Ru kiln. It is actually agate powder put into the glaze. The juice is as thick as a pile of fat. However, the brown eyes in the juice are like crab claws. The color of the glaze is There are sky blue, pink green, emerald green, sky blue, etc. Pink green is the best, and sky blue is the most precious. It is known as "the sky is clear and cloudy after the rain", and it is not an exaggeration to see jasper on the glaze. All the dynasties Celadon should be crowned with your kiln."

The fourth cousin smiled and said, "Don't ask me, what do you think?"

Now Zhou Zhi's eyesight has been revealed. After all, he already has several pieces of precious Song porcelain in his hand, including Longquan kiln plum green lotus leaf covered jars, Guan kiln string pattern long-neck bottles, and Hutian kiln drinking porcelain. We are already very familiar with Song porcelain, which includes lime glaze, green glaze, soy sauce glaze and celadon glaze.

After seeing a lot of things, I have a great understanding of Song Dynasty porcelain. It should be noted that the most difficult porcelain to imitate in the world is Song Ru Kiln.

Ru kiln has one of the most striking features - glaze color.

The glaze color of your kiln is as green as the sky.

In fact, due to the different restoration environments, Ru kiln wares also come in a variety of colors, but the most unique one is the unique glaze color of the box in Zhou Zhi's hand.

Although azure is the most famous color, the most precious color is actually one level darker than azure, which is called "sky blue" and is often called "emerald color" in ancient books.

But the sky blue glaze color is different from ordinary porcelain.

When viewed under different lighting and angles, the color will change magically.

Zhou Zhi held the porcelain box under the bright sunshine, and the color turned green and yellow, just like the golden sunlight rising in the clear blue sky after the rain has cleared and the clouds have cleared and the fog has dispersed.

And when you put it in a place where there is no direct light, the color of the porcelain becomes green and slightly blue, like clear lake water.

The color of the glaze is moist and pure, and looks like green peaks, but there are some blushes in the glaze, some like the morning sun emerging from the sea, some like the sunset, some like the sky clearing after rain, and some like a rainbow hanging in the sky.

The reason is that the agate glaze creates unique diagonal openings at different angles in the Ru kiln, which creates optical phenomena at different angles of reflection of light.

Another characteristic of agate glazed is that the glaze is moist and soft, as pure as jade, and has a distinct buttery feel, unlike ordinary porcelain glazes that are clear and have a strong glass feel.

The glaze of this porcelain box is opaque, like silk when touched, warm and simple, and as shiny as piles of grease. It is quiet and elegant, with a beauty that is like jade but not jade.

This is the second important feature of Ru kiln, its face is like jade.

The key cause is the semi-opaque crystalline glaze on the surface of the porcelain.

This kind of crystallized glaze is extremely sensitive to color and light, but the green glaze can reflect red from the inside. The slightly thicker part of the glaze solidifies the verdant like gelatin, and like dripping wax, melts the agate and then hangs it down. solid.

Where the glaze is slightly thinner, it is like a shy girl's face turning red, or like the dew of the morning sun, which slightly dyes the thin clouds red.

The luster of the glaze is not as crystal clear as Guan and Ge porcelain, and it is even worse than the tenderness and frivolity of Longquan celadon. This lack of obvious vitrified texture is precisely an important feature of agate as the glaze, which makes the enamel thick and shiny like fat, creating a The unique beauty of Ru porcelain is more in line with the aesthetics of literati in the past dynasties.

Many imitation Ru kiln porcelains fired by official kilns in later generations cannot perfectly reproduce this point. Even if the glaze color is close to that of Song Ru kiln, they can not imitate the smooth texture of Ru kiln of Song Dynasty. .

It is easy to imitate color, but difficult to imitate ground. This is the lament of the imitators of Yongle, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties.

What's more, Ru kiln has another characteristic that is difficult to imitate - its special open texture.

The crab claw pattern on the Guan Ge kiln is very obvious, like gold wire, while the Ru kiln has a very subtle beauty.

It's transparent.

Therefore, it may be more appropriate to describe it as "cicada wing pattern".

It's like a cicada wing, lost in the glaze.

If you take a magnifying glass and observe it, you can find that there are some sparse air bubbles hidden between the cicada wings under the glaze, as few as morning stars.


Chapter completed!