Chapter 1276 Dating
However, the shape of the bowl is very beautiful when viewed from the side. Different from later bowls, the mouth is slightly convergent, the abdomen is oblique, the feet are small, and it is shaped like a chicken heart.
The tire is a brown pottery tire, with blue-gray glaze applied throughout. The outer wall is not glazed to the bottom, exposing the bottom tire, and there are traces of digging and trimming on the outer sole.
The glaze is very uneven, with black impurities and glaze shrinkage spots. There are very obvious craftsmanship flaws, but the color is restrained and soft. The style of the Song and Yuan Dynasties is very obvious, especially the inner abdominal wall of the small bowl. A piece of purple-red stain formed by kiln transformation!
The area of this colorful spot is only the size of a cabbage butterfly. Although the color is correct, it is not gorgeous. It is as low-key and soft as the blue-gray glaze in most areas of the bowl. To be precise, it should be It's a purple-gray color.
Carefully tell that this purple spot is not completely purple. There is a blue "heart" inside. The blue inside is brighter and cleaner than the gray-blue color of the main body of the bowl. It seems to be protected by the purple circle and is not affected by it. The periphery is generally "stained" and very beautiful.
It is also worth noting the convergent bowl mouth. Due to the flow of glaze, the glaze here is very thin, revealing the color of the soil inside. The brown is neutralized by the gray and blue, and it actually appears as a circle of orange. The edge of the mouth looks like a golden edge, making the color even richer.
With these additions, even if the small bowl in front of you has many flaws such as black impurities, bubbles, and glaze shrinkage voids, it still cannot hide its beauty. Even these defects have become decorations. The inevitable embellishment of its simple and remote temperament gives it a different kind of charm.
"It is indeed a good thing that opens the door." Mr. Qi started first, admired the small bowl carefully, and then handed it to Mr. Wang: "Old Wang, take a look."
"Can you get gold?" Mr. Wang put on his glasses.
"I think it's better to be conservative and go to Yuan." Qi Lao said.
But after Mr. Wang finished reading, he said: "I think it is more appropriate to date it in the Jin Dynasty."
"Oh?" Zhou Zhi was immediately interested. This kind of controversy, especially The points that are controversial among the big guys are the easiest to increase knowledge. Afraid of getting into trouble, he immediately asked: "Tell me your reasons, both of you."
Unexpectedly, the two old men were not fooled at all: "See for yourself, and then tell me first."
After speaking, Mr. Wang also gave an order to Mr. Ma: "You also have a look."
After the two of them had seen it, Zhou Zhi said: "This small bowl, I prefer the late Song Dynasty and the early Jin Dynasty."
Old man Qi didn't take it seriously: "Where's Xiao Ma Qian?"
Mr. Ma scratched his head: "I feel... it's still Yuan, right?"
"Tell me the reasons." Mr. Wang stretched out his index finger and tapped the table.
"Then let me talk first?" Zhou Zhi said: "We might as well list the characteristics of Song Jun and Yuan Jun, and then compare the characteristics of this small bowl to take a middle value of change and see Which stage is it like in the transition from Song Dynasty to Yuan Dynasty? ”
"So what is the difference between Jun porcelain in the Song Dynasty and Jun porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty? It can be analyzed from several perspectives: glaze color, body soil, flowing glaze, and kiln change."
"The glaze of Jun porcelain in the Song Dynasty is thick and even, while the glaze of Jun porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty is thick and even. The glaze of porcelain is thick and hanging;"
"The purple of Jun porcelain in the Song Dynasty permeates the whole, and the purple of Jun porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty forms an object shape;"
"The purple of Jun porcelain in the Song Dynasty The porcelain has a uniform thickness, while Jun porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty may have streaks in thick glaze areas, and water ripples can still appear in shallow areas;” Jun porcelain does not have it; ""The 'brown room' of Jun porcelain in the Song Dynasty, that is, there are brown impurity particles around the holes and breaks of the shrinkage glaze, but does not exist in Jun porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty;"
“The unglazed bottom of Song Jun would be painted with sesame glaze as decoration, but this phenomenon did not happen with Jun porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty;”
“Song Jun prepared colored glazes and used blending. , without adding milk, so the pigment and glaze juice cannot be fully fused, and they are in a state of separation after being fired, forming a unique "earthworm mud pattern""
"The color glaze was prepared for Jun porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty. Of According to the method, after mixing, grind the milk again, and the pigment glaze juice must be fused, so there is no "earthworm mud pattern" feature. "
"It is also because of the harmony and fluidity of the glaze water that the glaze is caused. The phenomenon of layer falling and accumulation is different. The glaze of Song Jun is not very fluid, so the glaze often does not reach the bottom; while the glaze of Yuan Jun is highly fluid, so the glaze often falls to the bottom of the object. ”
"Master Ma, do you have anything else to add?"
"I've answered all the questions for you!" Master Ma rolled his eyes at Zhou Zhi to express his dissatisfaction: "There's one more thing you didn't say, that is, the Song and Jin Dynasties The purple color of Jun glaze is the result of natural kiln deformation. During the Yuan Dynasty and after the Yuan Dynasty, glazes of different compositions were deliberately applied to different areas of the porcelain, hoping to create a considerable effect during firing. ”
"It's difficult for you," Mr. Wang agreed with the two people's summaries and Zhou Zhi's ideas and methods: "Then let's talk about your respective reasons for dating."
This is the most challenging place for cultural relic identification. As the saying goes, "what you see on paper is only superficial." If the characteristics of the artifact are very obvious and all the characteristics described in the book are consistent, then the identification of cultural relics will not be so difficult.
When you actually need to apply many characteristics to real objects, you will find that they are often specious.
For example, this is the small bowl now.
Zhou Zhi turned over the small bowl again: "There is no sauce glaze on the bottom of this small bowl. This is a characteristic of the Yuan Dynasty. Without sauce glaze, there will naturally be no 'iron feet', but it has obvious The characteristics of 'Tiekou', Song Jun's 'Purple Mouth and Iron Foot', only account for half of it. ”
“But the glaze does not hang down to the ground, the earthworm mud patterns are more obvious, and the presence of brown cells and impurities are all characteristics of Song Jun.”
“But the Jun porcelain glaze in the Song Dynasty was thick and even. , the glaze of this bowl is thick and drooping; Song Jun’s purple color permeates the whole, this bowl has an object-shaped purple shape, which is like a leaf. Song Jun's glaze has the same thickness and thickness. This bowl's glaze has stripes in thick places and ripples in shallow places, but they are more obvious than the patterns of earthworms walking on mud." Mr. Ma shook his head: "These are the characteristics of Yuan Jun. ”
“So it is neither Song Dynasty nor Yuan Dynasty. The chicken heart shape is in line with the characteristics of northern wares. , so this is a product of the 'transitional period' of Jun kiln in the north," Zhou Zhi said more and more confidently: "The transitional period of Jun kiln in the north is the Song and Jin Dynasties. After the place of origin was occupied by the Jin Dynasty, some changes in the output of the kiln mouth occurred. There are significant changes from Song Jun, but overall, it is still closer to Song Jun.”
"In the south, during the transitional period, after the kilns in the north withered, some kiln workers moved south and the firing method was restored at the kilns in the south of the Yangtze River. Generally speaking, it is closer to Yuan Jun."
"This small kiln I think the bowl has the characteristics of Song Jun and Yuan Jun, but considering the shape of the bowl, I think it should be an object from the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty."
"What's your reason?" Mr. Qi asked again. Mr. Ma.
"Elbow looks at this thing from an academic point of view. I am different. I look at it from a shopping point of view." Mr. Ma shook his head and smiled: "Only based on the latest characteristics that appear on an artifact, This small bowl is obviously worth buying for less than 100 yuan."
"Hahahaha..." Everyone was delighted by Mr. Ma's shameless statement.
(End of this chapter)