Chapter 558 Applause
“After talking about the tire, let’s talk about the glaze.”
“The glaze of ancient porcelain has a distinctive feature. The thicker the glaze, the more obvious it is. That is, the glaze is fired. The generation and overflow of bubbles in the glaze during the manufacturing process will form a fine line on the surface of the porcelain. Small, tight 'brown eyes', commonly known as 'orange peel', they and the tiny bubbles in the glaze scatter the light, thus producing a special softness, which appears as a jade-like 'moisture' on the sweet white glaze. Degree', a sense of grease."
"Obviously, this piece of porcelain does not have it. With this feeling, the glaze shows a pure glass texture, and the light floats on the surface. In the jargon, this is called "thief light". It is different from the restrained "bao light" of ancient porcelain. This is caused by the surface of new porcelain being too smooth. . ”
“And the most important point is that Chenghua Tianbai is white. Color, in fact, is a complex optical reaction. It is not pure white, but a warm-colored porcelain body, combined with a cold-colored glaze color, to show a pleasant white color. The ancients The word "sweet white" is really appropriate. ”
"Yongle and Chenghua are sweet white. When viewed through the light, the fetal soil shows a fleshy red or pink color; and on the edges and corners of the utensils where the glaze is accumulated, there is often a faint asphalt green luster. If If the accumulated glaze is thicker, like a circle at the bottom of a bowl, it will form a magical "lake green" glaze color accumulation, which is very beautiful. ”
“The craft formula of this 'composite sweet white' has been lost after Chenghua. Later imitations in the late Ming Dynasty have a thick body and poor firing technology, and the glaze appears flashy yellow or flashy gray. ;"
"The bottoms of Hongzhi and Jiajing sweet white glaze vessels are all cyan, and the glaze surface occasionally has sauce-yellow spots;"
“The sweet white glazes of Kang and Yong in the Qing Dynasty were white and slightly green, relatively lustrous and thick, with mostly hidden decorations, with themes including flowers, plants, landscapes, etc. Yongzheng’s imitation of Yongle’s sweet white glaze was similar In addition to the four walls being transparent, the bottom of the vessel is also transparent. This is the biggest difference between Yongle and Yongzheng sweet white glazes.”
"Qianlong's sweet white contains heavier powder and is whiter, but the glaze is not as delicate as Kang's and Yong's, and the dark carvings are more complicated. The glaze is white, but not moist, and generally flashes cyan, while the folk kilns are mostly imitated. The Xuande, Chenghua and Hongzhi inscriptions are either written in blue and white, or in regular script with covert inscriptions, mostly blue and white;"
"I said before that this bowl of yours is a sweet white glaze imitating the Qianlong model made by the porcelain factory after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The basis is here."
"Then since there are so many characteristics of the Qianlong sweet white glaze, why don't you directly Say it is from Qianlong, but say it is an imitation of Qianlong? "
"Because the Qing Dynasty imitations also have their own characteristics, that is, Yangon perspective, and the glaze is blue-grey; ”
“One of the biggest characteristics of modern imitations is that in order to achieve the best effect, the glaze is much thinner than before, the engraving lines are rough, the patterns are too simple, and the dark flowers and patterns are too clear.”
“Although some imitations are made into thin tires, they are often uneven. Moreover, as can be seen through the light, the texture and glaze are not uniform.”
"This is what I said before, the real handcrafted parts. In these parts, it is difficult for modern factory imitations to match the craftsmen of the previous dynasties."
"This is where I put this piece of porcelain It is definitely a modern imitation."
"But this one..."
"Yes, this one is actually a big loophole."
“Huh?!”
"Everyone is very familiar with the style of a double circle of blue and white with a six-character year mark. For example, the official kiln porcelain of the third and third dynasties of the Qing Dynasty is like this. This approach is adopted from the Ming Dynasty. It does not look bad, but the bowl you have is This style has become the biggest flaw of this imitation.”
“Ah? Why is this?”
“Because these six characters are orthographic characters, just like the Song style in newspapers we see today. This kind of style was not the same in the Ming Dynasty. No. ”
“The real big one. The base of "Chenghua Nianzhi" in the Ming Dynasty is in regular script. The sun and moon characters in Ming characters are both drawn in, and the cursors in the characters are also strongly drawn in. The characters are narrow and long, and the calligraphy style is lively and free, informal and changes in posture. The overall neatness is shown in the irregularity, and many official kiln porcelains, It is an important feature of Chenghua porcelain that the base is made by one person. "Although this bowl is a fairly good imitation, it is still distorted by the Qianlong imitation. Nondescript.”
"To sum up, my appraisal opinion is still the same as before. This is a modern anti-Qianlong sweet white glaze eggshell bowl. The craftsmanship is quite exquisite, but it is still a factory product. Compared with the handmade porcelain of modern master craftsmen, There is still a gap, let alone the previous generation?”
After talking about Zhou He didn't bother to pay attention to the surprised old man in front of him. He just turned to Mr. Sun next to him and said, "Mr. Sun, that's all I can tell. I wonder if you have anything to add?"
Sun Lao Xiao said: "There are many imitations of sweet white glazed porcelain on the market. But there is a big gap between them and the sweet white glaze porcelain of the Chenghua period.”
“Although the imitation glaze of the Qing Dynasty is white and fine, and although it is also artificially drawn, the body is thicker and relatively uniform up and down. , the glaze surface is smooth, the workmanship is regular, the glaze color is fine and white, and the precious light is sometimes seen, but the glaze accumulation There is no lake green phenomenon anywhere. "
"Modern imitations, mechanical pottery molding, grouting molding, tire repair and glaze lack of exquisiteness, the glaze color is mostly mixed with chemical materials, the color is extremely unnatural, and the precious light is not visible. On the contrary, the 'thief light' is obviously easy to see."
"If you use light to identify it, the light transmittance of real sweet white glazed porcelain gradually weakens from top to bottom. This is because the thickness of sweet white glazed porcelain gradually becomes thinner from the bottom, waist to mouth."
“As for Qing Dynasty imitations, the thickness of the carcass is uniform throughout the body, so the transparency under the light is basically the same.”
“Modern imitations Due to the roughness of the pan, there are many impurity particles, and the unevenness of the carcass is common under the light.”
“Another point is to use a twenty-fold magnifying glass to see the bubbles under the orange peel. "
"Under the lens, the real sweet white glaze porcelain has large, medium and small bubbles coexisting;"
"Qing imitation utensils have bubbles that are sparsely distributed in size;"
"The bubbles in modern imitations are all about the same size and evenly distributed."
"This sweet white glaze bowl is just like the little master next to me. As he said, many of the features are the manifestations of modern imitations, so he did not make any mistakes. ”
“ At the same time, this is a rare, vivid and comprehensive lesson on identifying the authenticity of sweet white glaze. Isn’t it worthy of everyone’s applause for explaining it so hard?”
“Well done, little master! "Immediately, there were people who were refreshed by this free class and felt that it had benefited a lot. They clapped immediately after Mr. Sun's words.
"It's really well said!" After the first one, there was a second one, followed by applause and cheers.
Zhou Zhi had no choice but to stand up and bow to everyone: "The level is limited, let's learn from each other and help each other, thank you for your encouragement."
"Of course it is necessary to learn from each other, but please don't judge others by their appearance. Mr. Sun said: "Believe that we, Gongmei, invited us to The teachers are definitely the best in the industry. Not just anyone can be an appraiser here. He can definitely represent the overall image and level of our Gongmei Shopping Mall. Please rest assured about this! ”< br>
The applause of the surrounding crowd became louder now.
(End of this chapter)