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The production of Guangcai began during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 300 years. At that time, Guangzhou craftsmen used imported materials to create copper-bearing enamel with imported materials. Later, they used this method on white porcelain and became the famous enamel color, which was the introductory germination of Guangzhou colored porcelain.

Of course, at the beginning, enamel porcelain was a patent monopolized by the palace, and it was impossible for the people to operate and manufacture it on a large scale. Even if it was a workshop, it was a tribute and could not be used by ordinary people. However, in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the enamel craftsmanship spread to the people, showing a trend of blooming everywhere.

At this time, not only did the Chinese people's demand increase, but foreigners also liked the magnificent Guangcai porcelain very much. Some European royal nobles even sent people to purchase Guangcai porcelain.

Under this circumstance, Guangcai porcelain gradually separated from copper-tied enamel and became an independent industry. Then it continued to expand production and sold Guangcai porcelain overseas, becoming a key project in China-Western trade.

"After one or two hundred years of trade, Guangcai porcelain has been sold well in various countries, so many antique shops now have Guangcai porcelain."

At this time, Yu Wei whispered: "But you should also be careful of fakes. Even if it is a real thing, it is very rare to have perfect appearance. Most of them have damage such as shock, knocking, and color distortion. It is not easy to find a good quality product, even from a folk kiln. Occasionally, one or two items are very expensive..."

Wang Guan and Fang Mingsheng did not doubt Yu Wei's words. After all, to put it bluntly, China's emphasis on antique porcelain has actually only recovered in recent decades. However, foreigners have attached importance to it for hundreds or thousands of years, and have never been cut off.

To be honest, some people have an expert understanding of Chinese antique porcelain. The accuracy of their dynasties is much higher than that of some so-called experts in our country. They not only publish many academic papers in professional magazines, but also write many books on porcelain.

People are big experts, so it is naturally not easy to find a bargain from experts.

Of course, the most important thing is that they are not the first Chinese to come here to Taobao. Long before them, I don’t know how many antique merchants and collectors from China have screened in these stores.

As a compatriot and fellow traveler, Wang Guan must have understood the virtues of these people. He found that any good things would be packed and taken away without leaving any room for others. Even if there were some fish that missed the net, they could not withstand everyone's concerns over and over again...

"Speaking of this, the prices of these things are also popular."

At the right time, Yu Wei also sighed a little: "I remember more than ten years ago, Chinese antiques were marked with clear prices and no bargaining. Even if you are regular customers, you can give you a 10% discount at most, which is very considerate. However, I don't know when it started, the prices of these things erupted like volcanic eruptions, and they changed every once in a while, making people dizzy."

"That's fine, the market that turned out to be quite clean gradually became mixed. Longquan celadons of the Song and Yuan dynasties, blue and white porcelains of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and even wood horn ivory carvings and other things are all traces of imitations."

Amid the sighs of Yu Wei, Wang Guan and Fang Mingsheng also felt a little embarrassed, and naturally knew where the source of these imitations came from. So while harming others, they would sooner or later harm their own people. To a certain extent, this could be considered shooting oneself in the foot.

However, Yu Wei also realized that his sigh was a bit inappropriate, so she immediately changed the topic and said, "I took a look. These Guangcai porcelain bottles have cracks, and they are likely to be genuine. If you like them, you can consider buying them."

"I'll take a look..."

Fang Mingsheng went to see the porcelain with bottles, plates and bowls, and practical objects were more common.

Generally speaking, in the eyes of antique collectors in the past, bottles in porcelain were the most valuable, and jars were the second best, and the next thing was the dishes and bowls. However, this is not the case now. It mainly depends on the quality of the thing, the origin, the body pattern, whether it is intact, etc., to determine the final price.

Strictly speaking, the quality of Guangcai porcelain is not bad. In the traditional porcelain firing process, it combines the gold-body firing enamel technique introduced by the West, and then uses it on the porcelain to gradually form its own style, just like strands of gold wire wrapped in white jade, and the pigments are even more colorful, so it is known as gold-weaving porcelain.

If you can form your own unique brand, then your characteristics will definitely be very distinct.

Anyway, while Fang Mingsheng was watching the things, Wang Guan also came over to look at it. At first glance, he felt that the porcelain was decorated in fine patterns and bright colors, and was full of wealth and prosperity. No wonder he was loved by Westerners.

After all, compared with the Easterners who advocate implicit beauty, Westerners are more direct and never feel that brilliant and bright things are tacky. Generally speaking, they prefer things that can shine and shine. Therefore, diamonds, crystals, gold and silver utensils are recognized symbols of wealth by Westerners.

At least Wang Guan felt that the antiques in the eyes of Westerners should be largely made of various gold and silver items, as well as oil paintings, sketches, and manuscripts handed down by great artists of various periods. These things should be the mainstream of their collections.

However, aesthetics are also keeping pace with the times and vary from person to person. Wang Guan thinks that the colorful color is complicated and gorgeous, which does not conform to his aesthetic taste, but Fang Mingsheng may not think it is bad. When he looked at it, his eyes showed appreciation, and he knew that he seemed to like these things very much.

This is normal. Even if Wang Guan doesn't appreciate the gorgeous things, he may not hate them. Needless to say, Fang Mingsheng is his nature. He naturally prefers such gorgeous and gorgeous items.

While a few people were looking at it, the owner finally came over and greeted him in a stiff Chinese: "Nihao!"

Wang Guan was somewhat surprised when he heard the greetings, but then he realized that it was not surprising.

After all, there are too many Chinese people coming to London for tourism, and there are even more people coming to Taobao. Seeing several Eastern Confucius admiring Chinese porcelain, if you can't guess the origin of several people, then the boss must be a novice who just started doing business.

Of course, no matter how good the foreign boss is, he only knows a few simple Chinese. After saying hello, he started to negotiate happily with Yuwei in English, which should be selling or introducing the origin of these Guangcai porcelains.

The existence of the language barrier made Wang Guan feel a little bored, so he simply whispered: "You communicate slowly, and I'll take a look at other things."

"Um."

Yu Wei nodded gently, and then conveyed the owner's offer to Fang Mingsheng.

“So expensive.”

When Fang Mingsheng heard the price, he frowned, but the price was much higher than he expected.

"No good product is cheap..."

Don't doubt that this is a word that bursts out from the mouth of a foreign shop owner. Or it is often said that the accent is smooth and there is no awkward feeling. Hearing this, Fang Mingsheng smiled in surprise, and then bargained with the shop owner through Yuwei.

It can be seen that after being visited by Chinese buyers and collectors, the owners' understanding of the artistic value, market value, inventory size and collection direction of ancient Chinese porcelain is not much worse than that of domestic experts, and is even farther than that of some of our collection bigwigs. Therefore, Fang Mingsheng's desire to buy and find a bargain is purely a delusion.

At the same time, Wang Guan was also browsing the items in the store. Among them, he could also see some Western tableware, such as gold-plated plates, knife and forks, and some unique sabers and medals. However, similar to these pure Western items, he had no interest in collecting them, so he naturally ignored them directly.

Later, Wang Guan came to a row of cabinet shelves and saw some Egyptian-style items placed on the shelves. The reason why it is certain that the things are related to Egypt was mainly because he knew the golden masks, curved scepters, and some necklaces. Although he was not sure what these things meant, they should undoubtedly come from Egypt.

Of course, after Wang Guan looked at it, he was very sure that the golden mask and scepter were definitely fakes. The golden mask was made of real gold, but now Wang Guan picked up the mask and weighed it and knew that the weight was wrong. After a little verification, he would know where the gold was. It was clearly made of iron and then applied to the surface with gold powder.

As for scepters, it is not easy to judge, anyway, it feels wrong.

After all, such precious things are usually stored in museums and kept by large collectors. If they are genuine, they cannot be placed on the shelves of antique shops, but they are carefully collected and waited for the big customers to appear before taking them out for display.

It seems that not only is Chinese antiques mixed together, but foreign things may not be reliable either.

Wang Guan shook his head, walked around the cabinet shelf, and then came to the glass cabinet next to the cashier. When he looked down, he saw that there were some very exquisite and beautiful jewelry, platinum necklaces, diamond rings, and various crystal ornaments, shining under the light, full of jewellery and luxury.

In short, it feels a bit high-end, elegant and upscale.

After watching carefully for a moment, Wang Guan felt that these ornaments should be genuine, but it is unknown how much they are, whether they have inflated moisture or are realistic.

"Wang Guan, what are you interested in?" At this moment, Yu Wei and Fang Mingsheng came over, and naturally there was also the owner. It seemed that the price had been negotiated and they were ready to check out.

"Look at it casually." Wang Guan replied, and was about to withdraw his gaze when he suddenly found a very distinctive object in the corner of the counter. He couldn't help but signal: "Boss, can you take out the thing for me to see?"

The owner may not understand what Wang Guan was saying, but his actions had already shown everything. The owner looked back and understood it immediately. He opened the glass cabinet and took out what Wang Guan needed.

"What's this?"
Chapter completed!