110 The expert makes a move
Wang Guozhong was one of the eight masters who participated in the firing of 7501 porcelain.
The most expensive 7501 tea set auctioned in Shanghai ten years ago was from his work.
The old gentleman's later diary was also published as a book by later generations.
Many people who like porcelain will use his diary as evidence to identify porcelain.
Earlier, when Chen Rui was supplementing his knowledge about porcelain, he happened to read this old gentleman's diary.
That’s why I learned some of the ‘secrets’ about this 7501 porcelain.
"Ahem, it turns out you also know this part?"
The superwoman coughed twice to cover up her embarrassment.
But Chen Rui smiled and continued: "The reason why I insist on this set of porcelain is that it is genuine national porcelain."
"But it's not just because of the three fulcrums on the soles of this set of porcelain."
"But because of this..."
As he said this, he motioned to the woman to put down the tea cup first.
Then he picked up the teacup and took out a knife from his pocket.
Scraping began at the bottom of the tea cup.
When the people around him saw his actions, their expressions changed drastically.
In particular, which woman was even more excited.
"What are you doing?"
"Brother Ricky, are you crazy?"
"Ricky..."
Supergirl, He Xiaohe, and Karen beside him all spoke up at this time.
Everyone obviously couldn't understand Chen Rui's actions.
Chen Rui, on the other hand, just smiled slightly, but his face showed a confident expression.
"Don't panic, I just want everyone to see..."
When he said this, everyone saw that he was scraping the bottom of the cup with a knife.
But his movements were actually very gentle.
The force is very light and very particular, but even so, it will scratch the porcelain?
If the porcelain is scratched, the value of the porcelain will plummet, right?
But just when everyone was confused, they saw patches of white powder.
From the bottom of the tea cup, Chen Rui scraped it off.
Now everyone is a little confused, what's going on?
Is it possible that there is still a layer of putty powder on the bottom in this life?
Sure enough, as Chen Rui's hands became gentler and gentler, more and more of the 'putty powder' fell off.
Soon large swaths of putty powder fell to the ground, and then rows of red bases were revealed at the bottom of the tea cup.
zhongnanhai huairentang, treasures, ceramics research institute, specially made in 1957!
Rows of red small seal characters appeared at the bottom of the tea cup.
Suddenly, the eyes of He Xiaohe standing aside turned red.
Now even a fool knows that this set of porcelain is top-notch modern official kiln national porcelain.
This kind of porcelain is definitely the pinnacle of porcelain firing in the Dragon Kingdom for thousands of years.
In addition to using talc mineral soil that had never been used before, eight famous porcelain makers at the time were brought together.
For the first time, the firing temperature was raised beyond 1400 degrees.
The most precious thing about this set of Chinese porcelain lies in the unique craftsmanship it uses.
That’s the pastel color on this set of porcelain!
Colorful under glaze!
This is a super complex color system that has never been used in the thousands of years of porcelain firing history in the Dragon Kingdom!
Just like the tea cup in Chen Rui's hand.
The two plum blossoms above are pink and deep red.
The branches of the plum blossom are yellow, and there is a piece of green grass at the bottom of the branches, and the plum blossom stamens are also decorated with black.
These five underglaze colors are unique in the history of porcelain making in the Dragon Kingdom.
This is why, although this set of porcelain was fired in modern times.
But the main reason why the price is so expensive.
On the one hand, it is because of its rarity, and on the other hand, it is because this is really a masterpiece that combines the ceramic craftsmanship of the Dragon Kingdom at that time.
"Since all the national porcelain is being used in Huai Ren Tang, how could it be lost overseas?"
He Xiaohe stammered and looked at the tea cup in Chen Rui's hand, and couldn't help but ask.
Chen Rui smiled slightly: "In the late 1970s, when the reform was first implemented, the domestic economy was very difficult."
"At that time, we were very short of foreign exchange, so many handicraft shops were opened in big cities such as Beijing, Magic City and Yangcheng."
"There are for sale inside, the works of our top craftsmen at that time."
"There were even many antiques that were not valued at all, but they could be sold in craft stores at that time."
"But the craft stores at that time only accepted U.S. dollars, and Chinese people were not allowed to spend money there."
The reason why Chen Rui knows so much is because of the diary of Teacher Wang Guozhong that he read before.
"At that time, there were more than a thousand pieces of spare porcelain stored in the warehouse outside the city."
"Later, the leaders said that these things should be left alone. I don't know when they will be used later."
"It's better to let it out and exchange it for some foreign currency."
"In this way, such a batch of national porcelain has the opportunity to flow into the outside market."
"At that time, there were many collectors who knew about porcelain, and they even entrusted friends from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to buy these porcelains in stores."
"Then they take it back at a high price..."
"Of course, some of them were taken overseas by foreigners who were very fond of Dragon Kingdom porcelain."
"Just like this one!"
"Of course, these lost products also undergo special treatment when they are sold."
"That is to cover up the bottom line. Teacher Wang Guozhong received this task at that time."
"There were two plans at the time. One was to use chemicals to remove the bottom layer, and someone else proposed to cover the bottom layer with a layer of mineral soil after firing."
"But because he was afraid that chemical potions would damage the patterns on other parts of the porcelain, Teacher Wang Guozhong finally chose to use physical methods to deal with it..."
These were all mentioned in Teacher Wang's diary that Chen Rui saw.
However, laymen rarely read such professional books.
And Chen Rui was just in luck.
As for the truth that he had just discovered that the bottom of the tea cup had been covered again.
That's entirely because of his super power of seeing through...
At this moment, the superwoman opposite was already impressed by his erudition.
The eyes that looked at him were also smiling, and the embarrassment before was completely gone.
As for He Xiaohe, his eyes were spinning non-stop at the moment, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Chen Rui, on the other hand, laughed secretly in his heart, just because he was afraid that you, the boy, would not be tempted!
If you kid has a wrong idea, then my chance will come.
"I really didn't realize that you are still an expert. It seems that I can't pick up the slack from you."
Superwoman smiled and said to Chen Rui, and after speaking, she extended her hand to him.
"Make a friend, my name is Jesse!"
"Hello, I'm Ricky!"
Chen Rui shook hands with her gently and introduced themselves to each other.
"Oh, how about Ricky? I didn't lie, did I? We have a lot of good things here?"
"How about it? Sign up as a member! We have a lot of auctions here!"
Chapter completed!