"It's not easy, but among all your collections, which one is easy?" Fourth Aunt smiled encouragingly: "If there is a will, things can come true. Times have changed now, and you always have opportunities."

Much more than we had back then.”

"Okay, then I will take back this brother kiln fish basket and seal incense burner. I will keep these pieces of porcelain here for the two elders to enjoy."

"No need." Although the fourth cousin could not put down the purple plum vase, he still rejected Zhou Zhi: "This thing is too precious, so I don't dare to stay here overnight."

"Just leave this imitation Jun kiln tripod here, and take everything else back." The fourth cousin said, "And the Liu Songnian fan that your fourth aunt repaired."

"Okay. Fourth uncle, fourth aunt, take a look at this again." After speaking, he took out a pair of office teacups made of water-dotted peach blossom porcelain, plus a water bowl and a pen holder: "These four pieces of porcelain are for filial piety.

The second brother’s.”

"Oh, this is the name of Jingde No. 1 Factory!" the fourth cousin said in surprise.

Zhou Zhi was even more surprised: "Do you know this person?"

"Of course I know you." The fourth cousin said: "I used to have some old classmates there. The color of this peach blossom head is made of 45% aluminum and 36% manganese.

Pink color, this formula will show a corundum-type pink color under the high temperature action of 18% mineralizing agent."

"How do you know so well?"

The fourth cousin was very proud: "Because the color was right at the time, but the glaze would crack after being glazed and refired. My classmate wrote letters everywhere asking for ideas, and finally I solved the problem with my idea."

"Eh? Director Liao of the Gan Province Light Industry Bureau also said this. He said that the Porcelain Research Institute solved this problem by inventing a new type of glaze through research?"

"Haha, that means that Director Liao no longer understands the details of the craftsmanship at that time." The fourth cousin smiled and said: "The formula only solves the problem of color tone. What really solves the problem of glaze color cracking is the final application of the paint before over-firing.

The key is that the porcelain body of the colorant undergoes an pickling process.”

After saying that, he held up the water bowl and was overjoyed: "After they successfully fired it, I asked my old classmate to take some photos to see, but that guy kept telling me about state secrets and didn't even give me a photo."

"The great thing about this seven-character head is that it is a pioneering work. It inherits the pastel technology from the third generation of the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time changes the over-glaze pastel to under-glaze. It not only maintains and develops the boneless technique, but also makes the porcelain pattern become

It conforms to the Chinese aesthetics of painting, and is equivalent to adding a layer of glass glaze to the pattern, giving the porcelain better retention."

"This is a breakthrough and pioneering work since my country's porcelain developed into New China." said the fourth cousin, "so I can see it at a glance."

"How did you get your elbow?"

Zhou Zhi told the story of getting the porcelain to his fourth uncle and aunt, and then said: "This porcelain was fired for Jurentang at that time, so it is indeed a state secret."

"According to Director Liao, more than 10,000 pieces were developed at that time. Only 4,000 pieces came out of the kiln in good condition. More than 1,000 pieces were sent to the capital. The rest were sent to Hunan Province, and the remaining parts were kept in the warehouse of the Gan Province Porcelain Factory.

."

"Originally, all the porcelain should be destroyed according to regulations. Later, considering that the special porcelain would be damaged during use, only part of it was destroyed and some were retained."

"Later, some porcelain was distributed to employees as welfare. The employees of the porcelain factory used it as daily necessities and lost a large part of it. I tried to collect the rest as much as possible, including Mao Porcelain with a seven-character head and Jianguo with a five-character head.

In total, we got about two thousand pieces of porcelain."

"You did a good job in this matter!" the fourth cousin praised: "Nowadays, when collecting, the first thing that comes to mind is selling, and the first thing that comes to mind is making money, completely ignoring the cultural value, artistic value, and history of cultural and recreational items.

Value, this is to sacrifice the fundamental and pursue the inferior.”

"The firing process of Mao porcelain and Jianguo porcelain is very difficult, and the exquisiteness of the utensils is not inferior to that of the previous dynasties. But why don't they get the treatment they deserve?" The fourth cousin was a little angry: "To put it bluntly, they are modern handicrafts. There are no

Its economic value has been ignored along with its cultural value, artistic value and historical value."

"Modern handicrafts have no historical value." The fourth aunt pursed her lips and smiled.

"You can't say that." Zhou Zhi said: "At least in terms of process research, the five-character head porcelain still follows the path of antique porcelain from the previous dynasties, so it must draw on a lot of experience in firing antique porcelain from the previous dynasties."

"Mao porcelain is actually the absorption and development of three generations of pastels, and it also inherited a large amount of the painting style of the Eight Friends of Zhushan in the Republic of my country. Therefore, from this perspective, Mao porcelain and Jianguo porcelain are important for the study of Chinese porcelain, especially It is the history of the firing of official kiln wares, and it is of great historical value."

The fourth aunt smiled and nodded: "Only when you play with porcelain until your elbows are like this can you understand how to play!"

"Ah? Aunt, did you just test me?"

"Since you still have so many, your fourth uncle and I won't be polite to you." The fourth aunt pulled a pair of lidded office cups in front of her: "This pair will be the master cups of my family from now on!"

"This trip to the capital has been fruitful." The fourth uncle smiled at Zhou Zhi and said, "Didn't you spend a lot of money on your elbow?"

"Fortunately, it was Mr. Wang's disciple who introduced me to participate. Mr. Wang was there at the time, and the price seemed fair to everyone. At least this imitation Jun kiln tripod is half cheaper than the overseas auction price."

Zhou Zhi didn’t dare to say that he also bought the courtyard house of Lord Beile of the former Qing Dynasty and the collection of the director of “The Burning of Old Summer Palace”. Nor did he dare to tell his fourth uncle the true auction price of the two pieces of porcelain he bought in Haitong, otherwise he would be

Cousin's uncle hit hard.

For an elderly person who has a habit of picking things up, anyone who participates in the auction is a fool.

Fortunately, the two pieces of porcelain Zhou Zhi took were both rare, and the fourth cousin knew that such items would be worth a lot at auction.

There is nothing that can be done about this, and the other advantage of these two pieces of porcelain is that they have the status of reflux porcelain and can participate in the free auctions of major houses in the future. Unlike those cultural relics that are not allowed to leave the country, they have huge potential for value.

Based on all this, the fourth cousin did not continue to ask questions.

Zhou Zhi's pager rang. When Zhou Zhi saw that it was Jiang Shuyi's home phone number, he quickly called back.

"Zhou Zhi, are you back? Where are you now?"

"I'm at my fourth uncle's house. Are you back too?"

"Hey, do you know what we are doing?" Another voice sounded on the other side of the microphone, but it was Zhang Xinyi's voice: "Come here quickly, we have something to ask for your help!"

"Make some ice powder, Zi Yuan told me all about it."
Chapter completed!