Chapter 105 Official Kiln Pink Celadon
Humans have been using cosmetics for a long time.
It can be traced back to primitive society. Some tribes would smear animal fat on their skin during sacrificial activities to make their skin look healthy and shiny. This is also the earliest skin care behavior.
From the 5th century BC to the 7th century AD, there are many legends and records about the production and use of cosmetics in various countries. For example, the ancient Egyptians used clay to curl their hair, the ancient Egyptian queen used patina to draw eye circles, and used donkey milk to bathe her body. The ancient Greeks used clay to curl their hair. The beauty Asbazi used isinglass to cover wrinkles, etc., and many cosmetic utensils appeared.
In ancient China, people also liked to apply rouge on their cheeks and moisturize their hair with hair oil to enhance the beauty and charm of their faces.
In our country, at the end of the Shang Dynasty more than 1,000 BC, there was already a beauty product "Yanzhi", which is today's "cytolipid". At that time, the red orchid leaves from Yan's real estate were pounded into juice and condensed into fat, which was used as a decoration.
At that time, the use of cosmetics was mainly within the palace at first, and gradually extended to the private sector. The form is from self-production and self-use to gradually developing into small workshops with centralized production.
The famous cosmetics workshops in history are Xie Fuchun of Yangzhou and Kong Fengchun of Kangzhou, both of which have a history of more than a hundred years. They were both developed by extracting aromatic substances and supplying them to the palace.
So, don’t think that everything is only modern.
The ancients were no worse than modern people, especially the living conditions of aristocrats, which were even unimaginable to modern people.
"Is such a small porcelain box valuable?" Henry asked.
Judging from Lin Yuan's intention, he seemed to be here for the porcelain box, and the other porcelain plate was just a tie-in.
"Song Dynasty official kiln porcelain must be valuable! Let's say at least hundreds of thousands of dollars!" Lin Yuan told everyone.
According to the "appraisal" of the treasure hunter, the value of this porcelain box is over one million US dollars.
"Just this gadget, hundreds of thousands of dollars?"
David and the others were very surprised, even the old uncle was no exception.
"Is it from the Northern Song Dynasty or the Southern Song Dynasty?" asked the old uncle.
Official porcelain of the Song Dynasty represents the highest achievement of Han ceramic art. It is one of the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty and was built directly by the government. There are official kilns of the Northern Song Dynasty and official kilns of the Southern Song Dynasty.
"Southern Song Dynasty pink green glaze." Lin Yuan affirmed.
Although official kiln porcelain only accounted for a very small number of porcelain in the Song Dynasty, due to its status and superior conditions, it fired a number of high-end porcelain needed by the palace at that time. Its superb firing skills and immortal artistic value.
Its typical feature is the psychedelic and dazzling glaze color. The glaze color does not have constant standards and uniformity like Ru kiln. The azure glaze color is vaguely visible in early official kilns.
Later, the official kiln porcelain gradually got rid of the influence of the Ru kiln, the shapes of the vessels continued to increase, and the glaze colors became more "colorful", including pink blue, gray green, beige, emerald green, moon white, etc., which were more lively and diverse than the Ru kiln.
"It's worth something even if it's broken?" Paul was puzzled.
That's right! There appear to be many cracks on the surface of this porcelain box.
"That's called opening a film, and that's what it's like. In the eyes of Chinese people, this is also a kind of beauty." Lin Yuan explained.
The opening of the official kiln is neither a flaw during firing nor the obsolescence and cracks caused by time, but the intentional beauty of craftsmanship, and pioneered the use of glaze opening as a means of porcelain decoration in later generations.
In fact, the cracking phenomenon of porcelain before the official kiln was caused by the inconsistent shrinkage and expansion coefficients of the body and glaze during the firing process, resulting in cracks on the glaze surface.
Admittedly, it counts as a flaw in the porcelain before it is opened as a means of decoration.
A phenomenon that a user or collector strives to avoid will not be appreciated as beauty. It's just that most of the cracks that appear during firing are tiny, like pins and millimeters, and can only be seen with the naked eye when you get closer, but not obvious from a distance.
Not only official kiln porcelain, but also Ru porcelain has cracks.
However, the flaking phenomenon of Ru kiln glaze is more obvious and prominent than that of previous celadon. The descriptions of Ru kiln flaking such as "crab claw pattern", "cicada wing pattern" and "caviar pattern" are just the elegance of the ancients.
"Uncle De said that this glaze color is the best." The old uncle said while holding his cell phone. At this moment, he had contacted Uncle De and sent the photo to Uncle De.
Uncle De is numb.
This is something you will gain as soon as you go out!
Naturally, he knew that collectors in the Chinese community would also hold antique exchange meetings from time to time, and he himself often participated in them. But it is a bit difficult to pick up the omissions at the exchange meeting.
You know, people who can participate in exchange meetings are usually people with a bit of vision and ability. Is it your turn to pick someone up?
This is a bit like picking something up at an auction, it's rare.
Lin Yuan nodded: "The Imperial Palace of the Southern Song Dynasty has very high requirements for the color of the porcelain glaze. It requires the glaze to be green with a slight yellow color, not grayish, soft, elegant, and pleasing to the eye. This is the highest state pursued by the Southern Song Dynasty official kiln porcelain."
It is said that in order to achieve a pink-blue glaze, on the one hand, the physical properties of the glaze must be lime-alkali glaze; on the other hand, the glaze layer must be very thick
In addition, the content of the coloring element iron in the glaze plays a vital role in the color. If the iron content is around 1%, the probability of it appearing pinkish blue is high, and if it is less than 0.7%, the color will be basically light. Most of them are moon white and other colors. If it is greater than 1.2%, the color is darker, mostly emerald green and other colors.
"Uncle De said that if this is really pink celadon from the Southern Song Dynasty official kiln, it would cost at least one million US dollars." The old uncle said again.
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The tone was exciting.
Of course, assuming this is true.
He wished he could take it back immediately and give it to Uncle De.
Henry gasped.
Paul and the others don't understand much Chinese yet, so they don't feel it. However, when Henry translated it to them, they all took a breath and contributed to global warming.
Lin Yuan smiled and said: "There are very few pink celadon porcelain in official kilns in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is not surprising that rare things are valuable!"
The imperial kiln's pinkish green color and elegant gold threads are treasured by the world and have been imitated by generations. However, due to the complicated craftsmanship, fine vessels are difficult to produce. Official kilns handed down from generation to generation are rare, even in the collections of the Forbidden City on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. number.
In the past, auctions of pink celadon porcelain from official kilns in the Southern Song Dynasty almost always cost tens of millions of yuan, or even over 100 million yuan.
For example, more than ten years ago, a Southern Song Dynasty official kiln pink-green glazed paper mallet vase was sold for HK$67.53 million, setting a world auction record for Song porcelain at that time.
In the past few years, a Southern Song Dynasty official kiln celadon octagonal string pattern dish-mouth bottle appeared on the auction market and sold for a sky-high price of 114 million Hong Kong dollars.
etc.
Henry and the others were speechless.
You said it quite easily.
Of course, making money is too easy.
They were glad that they had hugged Lin Yuan's thigh, and a little bit of it from his fingers was enough for them to eat and drink.
David came back, holding the mural in his hands.
He happily told Lin Yuan and others that he only spent three thousand dollars on this thing.
It can be said that I made a lot of money. At least for David, it was a fortune.
(End of chapter)