Chapter 1405 Priceless Treasure
The small bowl in Lu Fei's hand is about seven centimeters high, with an open mouth, a diameter of nine centimeters, and a full diameter of four centimeters.
With a flick of his finger, it made a crisp sound like a copper chime.
The body is as thin as paper, and the glaze is even and oily, like jade, glowing with precious light.
Under the flashlight light, the carcass is extremely transparent.
Even in the opposite direction, you can see the outline of your fingers through the two sidewalls.
The sound is like a chime!
As bright as a mirror!
As thin as paper!
As blue as the sky! ??
This is the God Porcelain Chai Kiln!
A legend that can never be replicated.
Its appearance is not only a coincidence, but also the crystallization of the wisdom of the craftsmen.
Chai kiln porcelain is actually a type of Jun porcelain, and it can also be said to be the sublimation of Jun porcelain.
Xinmi Platform in Zhengzhou City, formerly known as "Yangzi Terrace", was a city in the Zheng Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period.
The local area is rich in coal, aluminum stone, clay, limestone, jade and jadeite. Clay and jadeite are excellent raw materials for firing Jun porcelain.
Yuetai Village is located on the branch of Songshan Mountain and close to the Wei River. There is a large mulberry forest growing there. The mulberry trees are the best fuel for firing Jun porcelain.
All this gives this place unique conditions for firing Jun porcelain.
Since the Tang Dynasty, Jun porcelain has been fired here.
In the Later Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Shizong Chai Rong established a group of official kilns here that specialized in firing Jun porcelain supplies for the imperial palace.
Chai Rong's younger brother Chai Gui was the defense envoy of Guozhou and handed over the platform to him. Chai Rong ordered Chai Gui to supervise the firing of Jun porcelain. The kiln for firing Jun porcelain was called "Jun porcelain firewood kiln".
Chai Rong stipulated that qualified Jun porcelain after firing could only be used in the palace, and all defective products were destroyed on the spot and were not allowed to flow into the private sector.
In order to ensure quality, Chai Gui mobilizes the best craftsmen and artists among the people to carefully design and strictly formulate, constantly improves the process, and improves product quality.
and creatively mixed it into the glaze mud
Incorporating agate, jade, gold and other raw materials, it integrates scientific formula, fire control, smooth lines, patterns, fashion of the times and human soul perception.
After Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao rebelled and established the Song Dynasty, he advocated diligence and thrift and opposed extravagance and waste.
Once, he personally inspected the inner treasury and found that the various utensils brought back from the palace of Meng Chang, Lord of Shu, were extremely luxurious and gorgeous. Even a small urinal was decorated with seven treasures.
Zhao Kuangyin was filled with emotion and sighed to his ministers: "If you are a master, you are so corrupt. How can you not destroy your country and your family? I, the Song Dynasty, should take this as a warning!"
Immediately ordered that the priceless instruments be moved to the courtyard and smashed.
Later, Zhao Kuangyin went to Zhongyue Temple in Songshan Mountain to offer incense. When he returned, he passed by the platform to inspect the official kiln built by Chai Rong.
In order to see carefully, he stayed on the platform at night.
That night, under the pretext of admiring the moon, he went up to the balcony to overlook the panoramic view.
Sure enough, both sides of the Mishui River were brightly lit, filled with smoke, and bustling with people coming and going.
Later, people changed the name of "balcony terrace" to "platform".
After Zhao Kuangyin returned to Bianjing, he immediately issued an imperial edict, ordering the closure of these expensive, polluting, and environmentally damaging firewood kilns and the dismissal of craftsmen.
Some of the dismissed craftsmen fled to Yuzhou Shenzhu. Because they had the skills to make porcelain and had to maintain their lives, they slowly began to fire porcelain again, becoming the now famous Jun porcelain.
Several ordeals were a devastating blow to Shenci Chai Kiln.
What is certain is that there must be some that have survived.
But it is also a rare existence that is extremely cherished.
So much so that it becomes a luxury for future generations to see it with their own eyes.
In the third year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, "Xuande Ding Yi Pu" compiled by Lu Zhen recorded: "...the inner government has collected Chai, Ru, Guan, Ge, Jun, and Dingming kiln vessels. Those with elegant styles will be presented in pictures... The Chai, You, Guan, Ge, Jun, Dingzhong and choose twenty-nine kinds."
"Qing Bai Lei Chao" records that Zhou Zhuqing collected a small firewood kiln bowl; it is also recorded that Xu Yingxiang of the Qing Dynasty collected a firewood kiln small bowl. It is bright green in color and thin in quality, which is rare in the world.
Wang Qishu's "Shui Cao Qingxia Lu" of the Qing Dynasty records that there are Chai kiln tea cups.
Liang Shaoren of the Qing Dynasty recorded in his "Essays on Liangbian Qiuyu'an" that He Menghua, a man of the Qing Dynasty, bought a piece of wood kiln from Ruan Yuan and used it as an ink bed. The color is green and lovely.
However, the brilliance is very dark, and it is suspected that it is a mixture of Jun kiln and genuine.
Liu Tiren of the Qing Dynasty recorded what he saw with his own eyes in his "Qi Song Tang Shi Xiao Lu": "The firewood kiln is not complete, and it is slightly out of the way. The cloth nunnery shows a wash, round and oval, seven inches in diameter, and dark. It is deep and the light color is uncertain. 'The sky is blue after the rain' is not enough to describe it. Bu'an said: 'I can see it as crimson blue'."
There were records collected by the Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty. In the "Poems in Ode to Porcelain Made by Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty", there are four poems in praise of firewood kiln utensils: two poems in "Ode to Firewood Kiln Bowls", "Ode to Firewood Kiln Pillows", "Ode to Wishful Things in Firewood Kiln" "Pillow" each one.
Based on these records, you can imagine how precious Chai Kiln porcelain is.
Even Emperor Qianlong, who had countless treasures, had never seen a complete firewood kiln, let alone ordinary people.
During the Republic of China, a shocking incident occurred regarding the firewood kiln.
An article in "Supplementary Research on the Origin of Ancient and Modern Porcelain" published in the 27th year of the Republic of China said: "There was a piece of residual porcelain in an antique shop in Liulichang, which was cut into a garden shape, with a circumference of about three inches, a little thick, and a glaze. It's light blue, enough light to detect people, and purple sand embryos are exposed around it.
Suspected to be Chai Porcelain! "
Once this article was published, it caused a sensation in China.
Countless big collectors and warlords turned Liulichang upside down, but unfortunately they never saw the piece of porcelain.
Former Yuan Shikai's housekeeper
, the great collector Guo Baochang was defrauded of a house, twenty acres of fertile land, and a thousand oceans because of this article.
It caused quite a stir at the time and became a big joke.
Lu Fei, who has lived for two generations, does not dare to have any extravagant hopes for a firewood kiln.
But I never expected that today, I would be lucky enough to see the divine porcelain in Yan Shifan's coffin.
Now think about it, only a force like the Yan family can get the divine porcelain wood kiln!
At this moment, Lu Fei's blood boiled with excitement.
After taking a few sips of water, I carefully wiped the small bowl clean with my clothes.
Then turn on the light and watch carefully.
pretty!
It's absolutely perfect!
There are two dark chrysanthemum patterns on the tire wall, which are perfectly combined with the glaze and are natural and ingenious.
Such skills cannot be copied even today with advanced technology.
"Xiao Fei!"
"Is this the legendary firewood kiln?" Gao Yuan asked.
"That's right!"
"I'm 100% certain that this is divine porcelain, a legend that can never be replicated."
"Brother!"
"Then how much is this little bowl worth?" asked the little dog.
"Before this, if someone offered me a firewood kiln in exchange for all of Boeing's shares, I would agree without hesitation."
"puff!"
"So expensive?"
"This thing is priceless!"
"Measuring it in terms of money is the greatest insult to it."
"I came across Yan Shifan's tomb by chance, and it was your first achievement."
"All the objects I picked up just now are your rewards."
