Chapter 104: Cowpea Red Taibai Zun

"It turns out that it is a collector family." Jia Sidao sighed, which made the female teacher feel a little embarrassed. At this moment, Liu Yufei and Liu Zekun also entered the Ceramics Technology Inspection Center and sat next to Jia Sidao. After Jia Sidao's introduction, it alleviated the embarrassment on the female teacher's face.

Liu Yufei, the living treasure, seemed to have noticed the subtle atmosphere between the two, and couldn't help but start talking about his own collection path, which made the atmosphere between the four of them suddenly become a little lively. Especially some trivial interesting things in the collection process, even Liu Zekun, an outsider who doesn't know how to collect, was still fascinated by listening.

When collecting a line, isn’t what you value for some tiny events in the process and the historical heritage of the antiques themselves?

Looking at Liu Yufei's talking, Jia Sidao felt that a collection door was slowly opening in his heart, which made people happy. Of course, Jia Sidao did not simply think about the collection of fine products in his home, but just felt that the process of chasing his favorite antiques would make his future life full of fun. At least, it would no longer be as monotonous as before when he went to work.

Liu Zekun never interrupted the conversation, but the female teacher said a few words. She would go to the antique market in normal times and only take action when she met what she liked. As for those who ran around the world for collection, she had never experienced it. At most, she had been to the antique market in several nearby cities. Especially when she went to Panjiayuan in Beijing, she spent a lot of money. However, in the end, she also sighed that it was basically more time to get a look at it and less time to meet good things.

But treating collection as life like Liu Yufei is envied by female teachers. However, she does not have the same vision and strength. First, she also has to teach; second, collecting porcelain is just one of her amateur interests. If she had not been influenced by her family since she was a child, she would probably not have started collecting the industry, right?

Liu Yufei glanced at the porcelain in her hand and asked, "Since it's something I just collected, why not open it? Let's take a look together first and open your eyes?"

"Oh, that's exactly what it should be. Those who open their eyes but don't open their eyes laughed. However, several collectors have read it in advance and say that the things are quite right." The female teacher responded and carefully opened the old newspaper, revealing the porcelain wrapped in it. Jia Sidao looked around and looked at the shape of the instrument, which looked like a large inverted bowl. Judging from the color exposed in the gaps in the newspaper, it was slightly dark red.

"This bowl looks good." Liu Yufei praised. Even if he doesn't know much about porcelain, he still has to say a few good things. However, after saying this, Liu Yufei's eyes looked at Jia Sidao. Who told these people that he was collecting jade, and Liu Zekun could not consider it at all. Then, only Jia Sidao, a novice, could say a few words to this porcelain.

Otherwise, it would be a bit embarrassing if people took out the things and couldn't tell anything.

"This is not a bowl, it is called Taibai Zun, to be correct." The female teacher corrected Liu Yufei's tongue error first, which made Liu Yufei feel uncomfortable for a moment. She smiled embarrassedly, and then kept silent. However, the female teacher seemed to know that Liu Yufei's collection preferences were not matched with porcelain, so she explained: "However, if you turn it over, it would be a bit like a bowl. The only difference is that the direction of the opening is different. If someone who has never collected porcelain, it looks a bit like an upside-down bowl from a distance."

"Haha." Looking at Liu Yufei's blushing look, Jia Sidao couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Brother Jia, you are so unkind." As if you were a little concerned about Jia Sidao's insult, Liu Yufei turned to Jia Sidao and said, "Isn't it just a mistake? Anyway, I'm not a porcelain player, so I can't say it, and even if I'm wrong, it's understandable. Everyone knows the names of this antique, and some of them are indeed very complicated."

"Don't change the concept here. Complexity of the title does not mean that the instrument is complicated. If you can call Taibai Zun a big bowl, you are probably the only one." Jia Sidao said angrily. Indeed, the correct titles of many things in antiques are indeed very complicated. For example, a simple monk's hat pot, you must first add the exact manufacturing age at the front, then the materials it made, and then some patterns and categories on the monk's hat pot. After a whole series, it will be complicated.

Liu Yufei told Jia Sidao that there was something in his house called the monk's hat pot with a jade relief beast button flower dark eight-treasure pattern for Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. When Jia Sidao heard the long list of names, he felt that Liu Yufei's tone was a little gasping when he said this name.

Of course, in the final analysis, it is a monk's hat pot.

Liu Yufei just called Taibai Zun a bowl, but it has nothing to do with the cumbersome titles of Chinese and Chinese rules among antiques. It is completely wrong to make the instrument shape. No wonder Jia Sidao broke him in language. Anyway, the two of them are familiar with each other and don’t care about fighting and making fun of such small details.

It made the female teacher and Liu Zekun feel happy after hearing this.

"I'm the only one." Liu Yufei said arrogantly, "As long as you get 'one' in everything, it means you're rare. In antiques, such things are generally valuable... But Brother Jia, it's better to be so polite, this is a big deal. This is a piece of Taibai Zun, so you can talk about it?"

This last sentence was the focus of Liu Yufei's words. Fortunately, Liu Yufei wanted to say that it was a big bowl, but fortunately it was immediately changed. The three people next to him heard this and saw that Liu Yufei pretended nothing had happened. He seemed to be saying nothing wrong at all, and he could only hold back his smile.

"I'll just say it." Jia Sidao answered, and learned from Liu Yufei's tone, "This Taibai Zun, also known as Taibai Altar, Chicken Hunzun. One of the typical objects of the Kangxi official kiln in the Qing Dynasty, was made by imitating the wine jar of the poet and wine fairy Li Taibai, so it was named Taibai Zun. It is also known as the "Chicken Hunzun". It has a small mouth slightly extravagant, a short neck, a sloping shoulder, abdomen gradually widens and a hemispherical shape, and the shallow circle feet are narrow and neatly cut. The abdomen are mostly shallowly carved with group dragon patterns."

It was over, Jia Sidao looked at Liu Yufei with pride.

Liu Yufei felt so depressed. However, seeing that Jia Sidao was right, he had nothing to say to refute a few words.

"It seems that Xiao Jia's knowledge accumulation is a bit like an expert." The female teacher praised, "When a few collectors were looking at it, they didn't say so much."

"How can I do it? I just remember it. These words appeared in the "Ming and Qing Porcelain Identification" written by Mr. Geng Baochang. I just repeat them." You must know that during this time, Jia Sidao has read the information a lot. Occasionally, he looked at what he liked and also recorded a lot. Now, looking at Liu Yufei's provocative look, he said a paragraph and showed it.

Afterwards, Jia Sidao took over the Taibai Zun in the hands of the female teacher. Because both of them were enthusiasts of porcelain, the process was naturally handled according to the general handover. The female teacher put Taibai Zun on the seat without Jia Sidao's reminder. When Jia Sidao picked it up, she felt that the weight was relatively appropriate.

Generally speaking, Taibai Zun's ridge diameter is between 2 and 3 cm, the height is over 8 cm, and the base diameter is about 12 cm. After a rough look at Jia Sidao, the piece in front of him was quite correct, at least in terms of the shape of the instrument.

You should know that due to the technical problems of firing and flaking, Taibai Zun, the shape and specifications of the imitation objects in later generations are either large or small, and the patterns are mostly too stiff. It is relatively easy to distinguish.

Looking at the glaze color, it is a typical cowpea red, which looks pretty, and there is a style underneath. I took out the magnifying glass and looked carefully, and then weighed it in my hand. Jia Sidao couldn't help but feel that this thing was quite good. It must be because the female teacher picked up a leak. I can't say that envy is yet to be. After all, Jia Sidao has also experienced good things like picking up a leak, and he still collected a few good things from Mrs. Hong one after another.

Now that I just came to Henan, I encountered a genuine product. Even if it was someone else's, it would be a good start, right?

However, just as Jia Sidao put down the Taibai Zun in his hand, his eyes lit up, hesitated slightly, and then picked it up again, and looked carefully at the edge of the mouth with a magnifying glass. After that, he reached out and touched it in his pocket, and sighed. Because the tube mirror is not as good as a magnifying glass, Jia Sidao did not carry it with him for convenience.

"How is it? Is the thing wrong?" Perhaps seeing Jia Sidao's expression change, the female teacher couldn't help but ask anxiously.

Jia Sidao looked up and asked with a smile: "Sister, how much did you collect this thing?"

"This...it cost a lot of money." The female teacher hesitated for a moment and did not say the specific price.

Jia Sidao didn't care. I think that things like female teachers who know a little about porcelain and who can get the ceramic technology testing center to identify are of some price. Even if it was finally identified as fake, they were all imitated with some means. Otherwise, if they were fake porcelain at a glance, who would have spent that in vain to do testing and appraisal?

"Well, sister, you just found out. I'm a newbie in collecting. If you want to hear my opinion, I think you don't need to do the test." Jia Sidao thought about it, considered the wording, and then said, "To put it simply, this piece of Kangxi cowpea red Taibai Zun of the Qing Dynasty is still very good in terms of the shape and base model. I believe that the collectors you mentioned before also said the same, right?"

"Yes, they said that the proportion of this instrument is relatively suitable, the mouth is very small, and it is a bit outward, and the excessiveness between the shoulders and abdomen is very natural. In addition, the glaze color is very pure, the red is even and crystal clear, and a slight green moss is mixed in the middle. In addition, the body is white and delicate, and has a glutinous rice feel. It looks really pleasant." It seemed that when Jia Sidao's tone was pretty good, the female teacher herself said something.

When Jia Sidao heard this, he just smiled faintly and did not answer. When Liu Yufei saw Jia Sidao's smile on the side, he felt something was wrong. He then slapped Jia Sidao's shoulder with his hand and asked, "Brother Jia, what do you mean is that this thing is right, and you don't have to spend money to identify it?"

"I think if this thing is not identified, I always feel a little weak." Before Jia Sidao answered, the female teacher continued, "When I was at home, I used a tube lens to observe the bubbles under the glaze. The bubbles under the glaze vary in size. Looking at the side light, there is also a faint milky white halo. This is the characteristic of Kangxi cowpea red. Especially its base model, the official regular script style with double-line six characters, the pen marks are very clear, but the arrangement is not very regular, which is the characteristic of Kangxi style. However,..."

"However, it is precisely because everything is so good that you are a little confused, right?" Seeing the female teacher hesitating, Jia Sidao interrupted, and after saying that, he shrugged and showed a wry smile.

Speaking of which, sometimes the collector's intuition is quite accurate. Some things, even if the things are right, you have already encountered them, but if you don't have the fate, you will miss the past. Sometimes, even if you don't know anything, you can still find a bargain even if you have luck.

There is no shortage of such things when collecting this industry. The same thing, if you don’t have enough eyesight, you may have missed opportunities, right? The only difference is that some people can know about it afterwards, while others will not know it for the rest of their lives.

The female teacher nodded in agreement.

Just as Jia Sidao was about to express his opinion, someone came to disturb him. Although the four of them were sitting next to him, they had said so much in the ceramic technology testing center, which would naturally attract the attention of others. Several collectors who were sitting waiting for the test gathered next to Jia Sidao without realizing it. They first greeted the female teacher, and then carefully looked at the Taibai Zun.

While looking, another middle-aged man said, "This is Kangxi's cowpea red, and it shouldn't be many. However, in recent years, it has been frequently unveiled in some auction houses. If this thing is opened, it can be worth at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in the auction house. If the auction is well sold, it may be more than one million."

Yes, it turns out that they are all experts.

Such a simple sentence immediately made Jia Sidao and others look at the middle-aged man with admiration. Being able to pay attention to the auction market and say it casually, at least it means that he is also a collector. Everyone introduced each other. The man's surname is Li, and the one who is getting started is Chen. The two are about the same age.

However, the equipment of the two of them was much more complete than that of Jia Sidao. As the man surnamed Li spoke, the man surnamed Chen took out a tube mirror and checked the glaze color on the surface of the porcelain. His focused expression even made the polite words between the female teacher and the man surnamed Li lighter.

"Good thing, it's really good thing." Mo took a few minutes. After the man surnamed Chen made an appointment to read it, he sighed, put away the tools and put Taibai Zun back on it, and then signaled the man surnamed Li to take a look. Then he turned to Jia Sidao and the others. After knowing that it was the female teacher's thing, he sighed, "You have good eyesight."

"Haha, it's just luck." The female teacher said politely, "I think Brother Chen is also a collector. He should be here to do an appraisal now, right?"

"Where is it? I'm here with a friend." The man surnamed Chen said, pointing to the person in the queue. Jia Sidao looked at him slightly and there were still many people in the team there. Moreover, the hall of the Ceramic Technology Inspection Center was actually quite simple. If he hadn't met this female teacher, Jia Sidao would have suddenly become interested this time and had to come here to take a look. Perhaps he just took a look and there was no other fun.

"Since Brother Chen has seen this thing, why not tell me about it?" said the female teacher, "We were talking just now. But this little Jia advised me not to do an appraisal."

When the man surnamed Chen heard this, he looked at Jia Sidao in surprise. Jia Sidao smiled awkwardly. He vaguely felt that the other party's eyes did not show any contempt. On the contrary, he was a little approving. This made Jia Sidao's heart move. Could it be that the man surnamed Chen in front of him also saw something wrong?

"Then let me tell you what I think. This cowpea red glaze is an enamel color variety that was innovative in the Imperial Kiln Factory during the Kangxi period. It was named because its glaze color is like the color of mature cowpea. It is a masterpiece among porcelain works during the Kangxi period." A man surnamed Chen changed his tone when he said this, "However, the firing process of this cowpea red glaze is very complicated, and it is difficult to make it without mastering certain skills. The soft tone it has is formed by the complex distribution of copper colloids in the glaze. If the oxidation flame exceeds the required amount during firing, green spots will appear. That's it......"

As he said that, the man surnamed Chen also pointed to the Taibai Zun in the hand of the man surnamed Li, and signaled some green spots on it.

For a time, even Jia Sidao gained a lot of knowledge.

"So this technique is difficult to master, which also causes cowpea red glaze without large items, which is only about 20 centimeters at most, and there are less than a dozen types of instruments. Most of them are stationery utensils, such as printing boxes, pen washing, etc.," said a man surnamed Chen, "Your Taibai Zun has a pure hair color, and a little green moss mixed in the middle. These characteristics are very correct. But..."

"It's just what? Brother Chen said." The female teacher knew that the man surnamed Chen was not easy to speak, so she said this first, so she could teach the other party to rest assured. After all, even if you collect a line, even if the thing is wrong, people would not say it directly, but just refuse to see it. Otherwise, Jia Sidao would have said it straight to the point when he saw the problem in the first day of the junior high school just now?
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