Chapter 247 Seal
In the kitchen cupboard, the second brother brought out many cups, plates and bowls one by one and handed them to Zhou Zhi, who then put them in the large wooden basin beside the open dam. Okay, look at them one by one.
This is what Zhou Zhi entrusted his second brother to do, to replace the old porcelain in the surrounding countryside with new porcelain.
It’s not limited to porcelain, any old items will do.
Jiachuan was established in the Western Han Dynasty. There are many Han tombs, cliff tombs and stone cave tombs in this area.
In addition, the masonry style of the tombs of the Tang and Song Dynasties, the shape of the tombs inherited from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the ancient tombs with cave chambers that are called "Shengji" in Jiachuan are very numerous.
Most of these tombs were destroyed by robbers, and many of them were "waste utilization" by the surrounding villagers. The tomb bricks were not enough to pad the cattle sheds and house foundations, and the tomb stones were used to build pig pens and open pig troughs. Weird.
Many old porcelains in villagers’ homes, such as oil lamp stands, dishes and rice bowls, were even dug up by our ancestors one day and passed down.
Today's Jiachuan is still in a period when no one cares about antiques. The villagers think it is a good deal to exchange a set of fine porcelain bowls for an old vase or old fish plate.
Zhou Zhi began to study these porcelains carefully and classify them.
Many of the artifacts are clearly Ming ware at a glance, including standard figurines buried with Han tombs, which record things about folk life in the Han Dynasty - pottery warehouses, kitchens, halls, pottery pig pens, pottery dancing figurines, drum figurines, horses, pigs, cattle, etc. object.
You can't keep these things. When the time comes, you can take them to your godfather to pay the debt, which will be an addition to the cultural center's collection.
The other type is folk kiln porcelain after the Song Dynasty, which is mainly gray pottery or white pottery with lime glaze, green glaze, soy sauce glaze, and a small amount of celadon glaze.
In addition to food utensils, these utensils also include many strange and bizarre flower stalks, vases, pitching pots, holding pots, as well as ancient utensils such as water injectors, washers, and pen holders for the study.
Then there are blue and white and underglaze red porcelain, which are styles after the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Many porcelains still bear the mark of the official kiln style, "Made in the Xuande Year of the Ming Dynasty", "Made in the Kangxi Year of the Qing Dynasty", "Made in the Qianlong Year of the Qing Dynasty", but they are basically imitations made in the late Qing Dynasty or even the Republic of China. .
"Why so much?" Seeing that his second brother was still moving out, Zhou Zhixian couldn't bear it anymore: "Is the money I gave you so much?"
"You gave it It has been used up a long time ago, but everyone is still sending it here. They have said that the things will be put here. When buyers come to see them and want them, they will exchange them. If they don’t find it, then return them to them. ”
This is because I really don’t take these items seriously. Zhou Zhi saw that there were even copper-nickel hookahs, ovens and other things inside: "Second brother, this is not allowed. I will take a look now, but I won’t do it next time." . ”
“If you put the things here and there’s no price for them, then if they say we’ll replace them, you won’t be able to wash them away even if you jump into the Yellow River.”
"This is indeed an oversight on my part. We can't do this again next time."
Generally speaking, everything is still good. Even the Ming and Qing official kiln wares imitated during the Republic of China are actually not as good as those made after the Second World War. The price in ten years was tens of thousands, but now you can exchange it for a new set of small porcelain bowls for just a few dollars, so you won’t lose money at all.
Things were roughly divided into three parts. Ming vessels from before the Han and Tang dynasties were taken to enrich the collection of the cultural center; monochromatic porcelain from the Song Dynasty to those before Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty were also collected, but the fine ones belong to themselves; As for those made after Qianlong, charging the price of a set of bowls is not worth it, so the price has to be kept low. Zhou Zhi feels that four for one is enough.
Cultural relic appreciation is a broad and profound subject, and now is the best time to learn it.
Going forward, the cost of learning will become unattainable, and there will be many opportunities to be slapped in the face if you fail to learn solidly.
The fourth cousin is the best teacher. He is almost expert in gold, stone, jade, porcelain, calligraphy, painting and miscellaneous matters. However, Zhou Zhi feels that his energy is really limited. He originally just wanted to learn more about porcelain identification.
But there are so many good things out there nowadays. Although I don’t want to, there is a gradual trend towards miscellaneous items. For example, among this batch of artifacts, there is a yellow seal and a brown and black pen holder with cow hair patterns.
When Zhou Zhi saw the pen holder, his heartbeat could not help but accelerate. The material of this thing was seen at the fourth cousin’s house. It can be basically concluded that it is a very precious rhinoceros horn pen holder. .
The seal was warm and delicate, the color was like orange peel, bright and transparent. At first Zhou Zhi thought it was a large piece of amber.
The texture of amber is very brittle and is not a material for making seals at all. This also made Zhou Zhi doubtful. It was not until he picked up the seal that he realized that he had made a mistake in his judgment.
Amber is very light, almost like plastic, and the weight of this small seal is obviously that of stone.
The seal is as red as blood amber, and its texture is extremely fine, just like the big radish in the hall. It is translucent with some small, straight cotton lines, and the whole is dense and jade-like.
The entire seal is like a weight, with leather on the top, which looks like the shape of beeswax after oxidation. The top lock of leather should have been a flaw, but it has been carved into a knot of rope.
On the leather under the button, along the bunch of flowers, the artistic conception of "The clouds come out of the Xiu without intention, and the birds know when they are tired of flying" in Tao Yuanming's "Come Back and Come Back" are carved. Two small seal characters "Qian'an" were left.
From the third downwards, three sides are covered with perfect frozen material. It is smooth and delicate to the touch, and the feel is really similar to that of blood amber.
On the only side left with skin, the stone skin was also artistically processed using the "green" technique of bamboo carving, and a poem was carved entirely.
The clear night is dust-free, and the moonlight is like silver. When the wine is poured, it must be ten minutes full. Famous and vain, vain and hard work. A horse is caught in a sigh, fire is caught in a stone, and a body is caught in a dream.
Although I hug the article, whoever opens my mouth will kiss me. And Taotao, happy and innocent. When will you go home and be a idler? To a piece of harp, a pot of wine, and a stream of clouds.
Both the font and the words are very familiar. The words are from Su Dongpo's "Xing Xiangzi·Shu Huai", and the font is the font of Su Dongpo's favorite disciple Huang Tingjian.
The seal at the bottom is in five Han seal scripts.
"What's this word?" Wei Fei asked.
"A poem, or a motto - morality and justice are closer to each other."
"A good thing?"
"I don't know, but it must be from the Song Dynasty. Because this poem was written by Su Shi, and the printing materials at that time advocated green colors such as the sealing green of Qingtian stone and the mugwort green of Shoushan stone, so this seal is probably from the Ming and Qing dynasties, which advocated yellow. "
"It's quite big. It must be eight taels, right?" Wei Fei took it and shook it: "It looks like a ball of waxy honey. No matter when it was, it will definitely look good on your desk."< br>
At this time, the fifth uncle came out: "Are you satisfied with these? Throw them here first, come, come, let's start the banquet!"
Wei Fei will print Zhang threw it into the wooden basin: "That's right. The sky is huge and the earth is big, and eating is the biggest. Although I ate late, I couldn't bear the bumps of the car all the way."
"This classmate is right. "The fifth uncle smiled and said: "But I didn't tell you everything. There is no feast without wine. Let's drink first and then eat!"
(End of this chapter)