Chapter 254 Appreciation
“Huh?” The fourth cousin couldn’t help but be stunned: “Has too much perfection become the standard for judging imitations?”
“But this artifact is very good overall. Perfect, but the base is obviously lacking.”
Four tables. The uncle smiled slightly and handed the big bowl to his aunt: "Break it off."
The fourth aunt took the pastel bowl and only glanced at the glaze: "This is a glimpse of Yongzheng who really opened the door. Guan kiln pastel, how much did you spend to get the elbow? ”
"What? It's not an imitation?" Zhou Zhi couldn't help but was stunned: "Uh... I replaced it with a new porcelain bowl, because it broke into an imitation of the Republic of China. It was supposed to be eight bowls, but it was reduced to four."
"Huh?" Now it was the fourth aunt's turn to be stunned. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a long time: "You..."
"This can't be called picking up leaks, this is called blind selling and blind buying. Both of them are blind." The fourth cousin said decisively.
“Four Auntie, please tell me.”
“The glaze of this big bowl is very clear. Yongzheng pastel colors are soft and elegant, so lead powder and glass white are often added to the powder. When applying color, it has a certain thickness, so the pattern is raised and layered, giving it a three-dimensional effect. ”
"The reason why I say it is true at first glance is because of the special nature of Kangxi and Yongzheng pastel glazes."
"In addition to using ancient colors, the carmine red and Qiangshui red on the peach mouth are made of red gold and crystal. The magenta used on the peach leaves, the magenta used on the stone, and the jadeite are all made of saltpeter, borax, and colored stone powder.”
“These colors are very special, modern glazes are bright and bright, but they lack the precision and accuracy of this boneless coloring expert, and it is difficult to draw such charm.”
said. After turning the big bowl: "Beautiful, really beautiful."
"But what's going on with this foot?"
"This is Tuqin!" Fourth cousin explained angrily: "This bowl looks very beautiful. It should have been used as a fish tank or flower pot for the previous family, and was placed on the brick flower bed to plant flowers and fish. . ”
“Therefore, the bottom of this bowl has been in contact with the green bricks for a long time, and the moss and rainwater have caused acid corrosion and weathering. As a result, the ring foot was severely corroded."
"Ouch!" Zhou Zhi said in surprise: "Fortunately, that family didn't make a hole in the bottom of the bowl to let the water escape."
"Keep this well. "The fourth cousin placed the big bowl on the desk. This is the only thing on the table so far.
The last two things were carefully and tightly wrapped. When the paper package of the pen holder was opened, the fourth cousin sighed: "You can get these things? You won't take them as buffalo horns, right?"< br>
Zhou Zhi laughed so loudly: "It's more expensive than the buffalo horn. It costs eight bowls."
"You are so lucky too..." The fourth cousin shook his head: "The door is wide open, so you don't need more." Did you tell me?”
“Yes, I saw it at home. You have a hat made of this material.”
< br>The fourth cousin turned the pen holder over to expose the bottom, and pointed at the white core in the middle: "Here, do you see this? It doesn't matter if it's an antique now. If you put it in ancient times, just based on this idea, this pen holder is worth It will double.”
“Why?”
"Only when a rhinoceros reaches a certain age, the center of its horn will turn white, and a white vein will appear from the bottom to the top."
"Such a rhinoceros horn is called 'Tongtian Rhinoceros', which is the highest quality among rhino horns. ”
< br>After saying that, he put the pen holder on the table: "The core must have been dug out to make the Babel Rhinoceros Belt, and the cavity has been made into the pen holder."
"This can be considered a treasure."
"What's the year?" Zhou Zhi asked.
"Late Ming Dynasty." "How can we judge?"
"Because of the style, rhino horn carvings in the Ming Dynasty are mainly flowers, and the composition of landscapes and figures is soothing and picturesque."
“This rhinoceros horn pen holder is big enough and is based on the Lanting Collection Preface, so there must be forty-two characters. So many figures and landscapes are concentrated in one rhinoceros horn pen. Compared with the rich decorations favored by the Qing Dynasty, there is still a lot of white space on the tube, so I say that this can be considered a treasure."
"There is also the Ming Dynasty. Rhino horn carving pursues ancient meanings, and people love to dye rhino horns. This rhino horn pen holder is dyed and then aged over time to give it an amber luster.”
"Of course, this is the best proof of its age." The fourth cousin turned the pen holder over: "The base is from a famous artist - Youtong, a famous horn carving master in Jiangnan in the late Ming Dynasty."
" That's awesome, Fourth Cousin." Zhou Zhi was so impressed with Fourth Cousin that he gave a thumbs up: "When I saw that the title was the preface to the Lanting Collection, I know there are forty-two characters on the pen holder, it’s amazing!”
“What’s the matter? I also know the names of these people.”
“How is that possible? Absolutely impossible!”
“If I could know, what would I say?”
Zhou Zhi rolled his eyes: "If you, old man, can know everyone, then I will give you this wallet!"
"Are you so generous?"
"But if you can't tell them all, Then...hehehe, that leopard skin belongs to me."
The fourth cousin stopped talking and took out a piece of rice paper. Go up, take a pen and dip it in ink, and with Zhou Zhi's stunned eyes, he starts to write a series of names in Wang style regular script:
"Wang Xizhi, Xie An, Xie Wan, Sun Chuo, Sun Tong, Wang Binzhi , Wang Ningzhi, Wang Suzhi, Wang Huizhi, Xu Fengzhi, Yuan Qiaozhi... and other eleven people wrote one poem in four words and one in five words;
Fifteen people including Wang Fengzhi, Wang Yuanzhi, Wang Yunzhi, Wang Huanzhi, Xi Tan, Hua Mao, etc. wrote one poem each in four characters or five characters;
Wang Xianzhi, Xie Gui, Bian Di, Zhuo Ya , Yang Mo, Kong Chi, Liu Mi... and other sixteen people failed to write poems and were each punished with three bells. "
"Ah this...this this..." Zhou Zhi only thought that his fourth cousin was joking with him. He really didn't expect that the participants of that party really left their names in history."
What kind of research obsession does it take to study this? !
That’s it, the rhinoceros horn pen holder hasn’t warmed up yet!
"It's not that easy." The fourth aunt looked at Zhou Zhi, who was so shocked that his face turned pale, and said with a smile: "You asked him to name these forty-two people, who correspond to who is who on the pen holder, I don't believe he can tell everything. . ”
“It’s boring to turn your elbows outward!” The fourth cousin pretended to compete with the fourth aunt: “You know the elbows, I can point them out, and I will point out the rest. You don’t know either.”
“You know what you know, but you don’t know what you don’t know. How dare you say that you have won?”
“I have to give in!” Zhou Zhi raised his hands and surrendered. "Admit defeat."
Picked up the pen holder and looked at it once before putting it down, comforting myself with heartache: "Fortunately, I only lost eight bowls..."
"Hahahaha..." The fourth cousin and aunt both laughed. The fourth cousin said: "You take it seriously when I am teasing you, but you are big-hearted, so you can comfort yourself like this."
"Nothing but fourth cousin Ah, where did you know these names?"
"So you still have to learn," the fourth cousin said with a smile: "As soon as Wang Xizhi's Lanting preface came out, it became a famous cultural event. There are countless books in history Painters used Lanting Xiuhu as the theme to draw pictures. "
"In addition to countless unknown ones, famous calligraphers and painters include Feng Chengsu, Zhao Mengfu, Wen Zhengming, Tang Yin, Qian Gong, Shen Shi, Xu Guangzuo, and Fan. Yi , Fu Baoshi. "
"So what you think is unpopular knowledge is just that you haven't studied it extensively and you haven't studied it deeply. In fact, you may have learned a lot about it in history."
This is a real education. Zhou Zhi quickly bowed respectfully to his fourth cousin: "Thank you, fourth cousin, I have learned a lesson."
(End of this chapter)