: Ming robbery

Although Zhou Zhi highly recognized Zhang Cheng, Lao Chai and his friends did not seem to be interested here.

Lao Chai was even more blunt: "Lao Zhang, you said such a large group of things is actually useless to us. Just tell us how to identify the Chongzhen blue and white porcelain from the pile of imitations."

"Ah..." Zhang Cheng didn't know how to start for a while.

"You think this is wrong, right?" Lao Chai made serious criticism of Zhang Cheng's attitude: "Once you get to the place where you have muscles and veins, you will be mute. You are afraid that you will learn it."

Zhang Cheng looked at Zhou Zhi, and both of them saw helpless expressions in each other's eyes. Zhang Cheng simply took over Zhou Zhi's work: "I'll make the bottom line, you can deal with a few work treasures!"

"Uncle Zhang is not talking about it, but there are too many details about porcelain identification, and I don't know where to start for a while." Zhou Zhi, who was used to writing articles, thought about how to explain: "The blue and white porcelain in the Chongzhen period was the pinnacle of the 'transformation period'. The shapes of these two bottles were actually the first to be created in the early stage. There is a name that is based on a homophonic meaning, called 'Unified Jiangshan Bottle'."

"There are actually only four characteristics of identifying blue and white porcelain, namely porcelain body, white glaze, blue and white porcelain, and painting skills."

"Uncle Zhang just talked about the characteristics of the era of Chongzhen blue and white porcelain. In jargon, this is called 'big appearance', which is an important symbol for identifying the authenticity of ancient porcelain."

"If the big looks are wrong, except for the archaeological process of the ancient tombs, those that appear on the market must be questioned first."

"Take this bottle of "Gaotang Dream" as an example. Look, the shape of the banana leaves at the mouth of the bottle is inclined, unlike the blue and white front and back, and are mostly patterns perpendicular to the middle line of the bottle."

"This is called 'Slanted Banana Leaf'. Only blue and white porcelain after the transition period begins have this characteristic."

"Looking at the bottom, peel the tires near the bottom for one week to form a double-layer step-shaped bottom foot. This is a typical method of clay foot repair during the transition period."

"The blue and white hair is beautiful. Please pay attention to the cloud patterns, sun, scaly ground patterns, ovate leaf patterns and rocks here, all of which have very distinct characteristics of the times."

"When we look at the ground pattern, we can find that the ground pattern actually simulates the shadows created by characters, trees, furniture, etc. on the ground. For example, clusters of V-shaped symbols are used to represent the grassland, but there are deep and shallow."

"The ground patterns during the transition period are divided into three categories. One is to only draw V-shaped patterns, and make up the ground patterns with extremely fine and dense V-shaped patterns, and the V-shaped patterns are not decorated and rendered."

"The second is to render the background color first, and then embellish the V-shaped pattern on it, which takes less time than the former, but the decorative effect is similar;"

"The three of them are decorated with a few V-shaped patterns, which makes them look a bit perfunctory. Generally, those who draw rough patterns adopt this method."

"It is obvious that this bottle uses the first method, so in addition to being an important feature of porcelain during the transition period, it is also a symbol of fine painting in such porcelain."

"The same is true for painting cloud patterns. The most common method during this period was bracketed cloud patterns. According to the requirements of the picture, the drawing lengths are different. The main decoration positions are divided into two types: one is located on the back of the object, that is, the non-main part. Generally, rocks are painted. Cloud patterns float among them, which means the mist and mist and the feeling of mist among the mountains. The second is that in the main part of the picture, generally at the upper position of the main body, a corner of the cloud pattern is drawn, and pavilions and towers appear between the clouds, in order to increase the depth of field and decorativeness of the picture."

"The Gaotang Dream" is a classic of "Gaotang Fu" in Volume 19 of "Selected Wen of Zhaoming", which tells the story of King Xiang of Chu and Song Yu traveling to the platform of Yunmeng. Looking at the view of Gaotang, there is cloud air on it. The king asked why it was. Song Yu answered it as Chaoyun and asked what Chaoyun was, which led to a dream of Gaotang. According to Song Yu, when King Huai of Chu visited Gaotang, he slept in the daytime and dreamed of a woman saying that she was a girl from Wushan and a guest of Gaotang. He heard that Wang went to Gaotang and wanted to be a pillow. After King Huai was lucky, he established a temple for him, called "Chaoyun". Gaotang Dream was later used to describe the encounter between men and women, and the word "Wushan Cloud Rain" came from this."

"The Ming Dynasty zaju writer Wang Daokun created "Dayatang Yuefu", which included four stories: "Dream of Gaotang", "Sadness of Luoshui", "Traveling in Five Lakes" and "Distant Mountain Drama", which changed the romantic affairs into zaju, conveying a kind of elegant atmosphere and mood of the literati at that time."

"So, in addition to using the wavy pattern of the cylinder as lines, outlining layers of clouds, rendering the light colors inside the lines, presenting a cloud feeling, it is also different from the effects of flowing clouds and mist and miasma presented by the bracketed cloud patterns. It divides the picture of the bottle into two spaces, expressing a layer of reality and a layer of dreams."

"The painting style of the bottle is elegant and elegant. Whether it is the King of Chu who is lying on the mat or the goddess and maid in the dream, the painting style is very different from the vigorous and grand atmosphere of the Kangxi Dynasty, and it is more delicate and graceful, presenting a unique and fresh beauty."

"There are roughly three types of rendering techniques for the characters on the bottle: one is the flat painting method. After the outer contour of the clothes is outlined with dark lines, the inner pattern is simply outlined, and the inner pattern is flatly painted with blue and white painted with different depths to distinguish the differences in clothing between different characters. Everyone uses this rendering method when looking at the clothes of King Chu;"

"The second is to only outline the simplest outline, and the folds of clothes are represented by the depth of the rendering. This method is often used when drawing small figures. On this bottle, the maid's clothes are like this;"

"The third rendering method is similar to the rendering of fine brushwork. The lines of the patches are rendered with several layers, with different depths and shades. It is most suitable for drawing wide robe and large sleeves, which can vividly express the layers of folds of hanging sleeves. The picture contains the patterns of the goddess with wide robe and large sleeves. This method is used to provide excellent decorative effect."

"In addition, there is an important feature of the times, that is, the clothes of the characters in this period will be dyed with * shapes. This feature is also very obvious in the belt and leader of the goddess."

"The story of the clouds and rain in Wushan in this product is obviously derived from the zaju prints, but the characters' images and clothes are typical paintings during the Chongzhen period. Due to the limitations of the instrument shape, the Yunmeng platform was also replaced by pavilions and railings to indicate that this was also the bold and adaptable aspects of the craftsmen at that time."

"This romantic theme was adapted into a zaju in the Ming Dynasty and was painted on porcelain in the late Ming Dynasty. It was placed in the study as a desk and placed in the official kiln in front and back, which was impossible to tolerate."

"The above are the details of identifying porcelain. In jargon, it is called 'small appearance', and there is no problem with the size and appearance. Combined with the other characteristics and evidence, if you are sure, you can identify the age of this bottle appreciation. You can decisively pick up the bargain."

"Why do you call this a bargain when you see this?" Lao Chai was sweating all over his head: "Our buying method is to pick up bargain when you take the chance. You... you are simply relying on your own knowledge reserves to rob it!"

"When you enter this market, you will rely on your eyesight and be willing to accept the loss." Zhang Cheng took out a business card from the cabinet and threw it to Zhou Zhi: "Zhang Zi, please leave me a contact information, and you can help me if you don't understand it in the future."

(End of this chapter)
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