109 True and False Official Porcelain
These famous porcelain makers include Mr. Wang Xiliang, Mr. Zhang Songmao, as well as Wang Guiying, Liu Ping, Dai Ronghua and other top porcelain masters at the time.
If you pick any one of these people now, they are all great masters who can establish a sect in the domestic porcelain industry.
Therefore, the production lineup of this batch of 7501 porcelain at that time can be said to be unprecedented, and there will be no successors in the future.
It was precisely because of the participation of this group of masters that this batch of porcelain was successfully produced.
It became the pinnacle of Longguo’s porcelain industry!!!
This is no exaggeration at all. This batch of porcelain is the first batch of porcelain fired from talc ore in China.
It is also the first batch of porcelain fired at a temperature of 1400 degrees.
At the same time, so many masters of firing, glazing, and painting on porcelain blanks were gathered together to create together.
No wonder, after this batch of finished products comes out, they will be named Hong! Seguan Kiln!
After that, there was no such work in China.
And this kind of porcelain, during the period of turmoil, due to chaotic management, a small number of them were circulated on the market.
In the past few years, these porcelains have been sold dozens of times in China.
However, the most recent transaction record was ten years ago.
At that time, it was a set of red plum wine sets, with only six pieces, but the transaction price was more than 600,000.
The most expensive transaction recorded was also ten years ago.
A set of five tea sets was sold for 2.26 million.
Since that time, there has been no record of such top-grade official porcelain being sold.
Because everyone knows that this set of porcelain is rare and precious.
It is said that a total of 14,000 pieces were fired that year, but only more than 4,200 qualified in the end.
Most of the rest were destroyed...
And most of these more than 4,000 are still being used in the sea.
These were all during this period when Chen Rui was busy studying the history of domestic antiques and porcelain.
New knowledge learned.
I didn't expect to use it today.
Before, when he looked at this set of porcelain, he first saw the rich yellow light emitting from the porcelain.
He already suspected that this set of porcelain was lost from the official kiln.
And after just getting started, he became even more sure.
These must be the two sets of top official kilns that were lost at the time.
So when the superwoman told him that the porcelain was high-imitation craft porcelain, he just smiled.
The superwoman opposite didn't panic when she heard his question.
Instead, he asked: "Can I see these pieces of porcelain?"
Chen Rui was very generous and made a gesture of invitation to the woman.
And He Xiaohe, now standing beside him with eyes full of curiosity.
He really wanted to see what was so magical about the set of porcelain that these two people had made so much money for.
I saw the woman reaching out and taking out a porcelain bowl from the gift box.
Just like Chen Rui did, he used a flashlight to shine a light on the mouth of the cup.
"The transparency is indeed very similar to 7501 porcelain, and the texture of the porcelain wall is also very similar."
"I have to say that the current domestic porcelain making technology has progressed very quickly."
The woman said, but Chen Rui smiled slightly.
"You mean, this is an imitation?"
The woman didn't panic, she reached out and turned the tea cup over.
Then he pointed to the three small dots at the bottom of the tea cup and said to Chen Rui.
"Yes, the loophole is right here."
Chen Rui looked in the direction of her finger and happened to see three more small bumps on the bottom edge of the tea cup.
The diameter of each one is about one millimeter.
Although he doesn't understand how to make porcelain, he also knows that these three small points are the fulcrum when firing porcelain.
Because in those days, a furnace temperature of 1,400 degrees was used to fire such porcelain.
This is the first time in China, so even though the craftsmen gathered are everyone, everyone has little experience.
Because when firing porcelain at such a temperature, the porcelain will deform if you are not careful.
Or if the heating is not uniform enough, it will cause cracks in the porcelain base, or the glaze on the porcelain will become discolored.
In particular, what the masters want to bake is the most difficult pink color.
To know whether a piece of porcelain is valuable, the color of the painting on the porcelain is particularly important.
Among them, pastels are the most precious.
This is also the main reason why any porcelain stained with red patterns will be named famille rose.
Because this color is the most difficult to fire.
In the porcelain making circle, there is an old saying: "If you want to be poor, burn it red!"
That's what it means.
Even now, there are various advanced porcelain furnaces and equipment that can control temperature.
But it is not that easy to make a qualified piece of pink porcelain.
So now if it is underglaze color, pink porcelain, then even one piece will cost tens of thousands.
At that time, there were no advanced kilns and temperature control technologies today.
If you want to bake such a pink color, you can imagine how difficult it is.
Therefore, in order to fire the pink plum blossoms at that time, we could only use the defective bottom fulcrum firing method.
It is to use several fulcrums to elevate the porcelain blank for firing, so as to ensure more even heating.
The porcelain base will not crack and the underglaze color will not change color or deformation.
Guarantee the success rate of firing!
But there is a disadvantage to this firing method, and that is after the porcelain is fired.
There will be certain flaws left where the bottom edge of the porcelain is connected to the fulcrum.
"...At that time, the Ministry of Light Industry, after receiving the report from the Porcelain Research Institute, thought about it again and again."
"The method of using fulcrum firing was approved only then, but regulations were also given at that time."
"That is, each piece of porcelain must have no more than three flaws, and no single defect can exceed 0.5 mm, and it cannot affect the beauty of the main body..."
Supergirl pointed to the three fulcrum marks on the bottom edge of the tea cup and explained to everyone.
Now everyone looked at the fulcrum she was pointing at. They were indeed three fulcrums, but the diameter of each fulcrum was more than 1 mm.
This is twice as large as the regulations of the Ministry of Light Industry.
The flaws are almost visible to the naked eye.
No wonder she said, this is an unqualified imitation!
He Xiaohe, who had been listening in the audience, kept nodding his head when he heard this, as if he had learned something.
But Chen Rui smiled faintly after hearing this.
"You are right. The requirements for this batch of porcelain were indeed very strict at that time."
"The ones used above do have flaws less than 0.5 mm, but there are also a batch of ones with slightly larger flaws that are kept as backup..."
"There are probably more than a thousand pieces in this batch! This is recorded in Mr. Wang Guozhong's diary..."
As soon as he said these words, the face of the superwoman opposite suddenly changed...
Chapter completed!