Section 23 Grinding Porcelain
Next, it's the grandchildren's turn to give their birthday gifts.
Tang Mingxiang gave three ornaments of the Shoushan Stones, blessings, fortunes, and longevity. It is also a very auspicious birthday gift. It is not expensive, but it took her a lot of thought to exchange it for her.
After Tang Mingxiang celebrated his birthday, Tang Mingxiang's two cousins came forward one by one to deliver their carefully prepared birthday gifts, and said some auspicious and long-lasting words and returned to the crowd.
After Mr. Tang’s relatives celebrated their birthday, it was his turn to celebrate his friends who were closer to the Tang family, and his younger generations celebrated their birthday.
It was finally Sima Nan's turn to come forward to celebrate his birthday.
Sima Nan held a box in his hands and slowly walked to the front of Tang Tianming. He opened the box and placed a porcelain gourd inside the box. At first glance, the porcelain gourd was crystal clear, elegant and simple, giving people a refreshing and natural feeling.
"Old Tang, this is the official kiln gourd bottle of the Qianlong official kiln in Qing Dynasty that I specially found for you. The gourd means "blessing" and "luck". I wish you a good fortune and a long life, and a good life in the south mountain!"
Sima Nan is indeed a thoughtful person. Obviously, he took a lot of effort when choosing this gift. The gourd means blessing and fortune.
The Third Qing Dynasty was the period when my country's porcelain was a collection of Chinese porcelain. This gourd bottle was a fine work in the Qianlong official kiln of the Qing Dynasty. It was the most suitable gift for birthday celebrations. It was both noble and profound.
Sima Nan gently held the Qianlong gourd bottle of Qing Dynasty with his hands. The surface of this gourd bottle is smooth and moist, and the gourd is vividly portrayed. It is a fine official kiln porcelain.
Sima Nan faced everyone with the bottom of the gourd bottle, and then everyone discovered the special features of this gourd bottle.
"Hey, this identities have been artificially worn out." Someone suddenly exclaimed in surprise, and obviously found that the identities with the bottom of the gourd bottle were artificially worn out.
Upon hearing this, Sima Nan smiled confidently and then explained to everyone why the gourd bottle's signature was artificially worn out.
"Everyone knows that in the Qing Dynasty, when the Eight-Nation Alliance captured Yanjing and robbed the Old Summer Palace and the palace, many of the palace's official kiln porcelains were spread to the people. Later, the palace issued a notice that all the robbed official kiln porcelains would be taken back. If they were not handed over, the whole family would be beheaded. At that time, many of the official kiln porcelains they received secretly grind off the mould, which was called grinding moulds."
"Did you mean this gourd bottle is a grinding porcelain that has been crippled from the palace to the people at that time?" someone asked.
Sima Nan replied with a smile, "Yes, I have sent more than 40,000 yuan to buy it from an antique merchant and give it to Mr. Tang as a birthday gift. Here I wish Mr. Tang both good fortune and wealth, longevity and Nanshan, please enjoy it."
An old man sitting next to Tang Tianming looked at Sima Nan with interest. The old man was Su Dongming, who was unable to buy the Ge kiln green glaze fish ear stove in Yunzhou Antique City yesterday. With his research on ceramics, Sima Nan saw that there was something wrong with the gourd bottle when he opened the box.
"Okay, I'm interested." Tang Tianming nodded, picked up the gourd bottle and admired it carefully for a while, and then handed it to the old man next to him, "Old Ma, please enjoy it."
Chen Dong, who was standing beside him, noticed that a slight sense of unhappiness flashed in Tang Tianming's eyes, but it flashed away, and then pretended not to behave. If Chen Dong had not noticed Mr. Tang all the time, he would probably not have noticed it.
Whether it is Tang Tianming or Ma Lao, Su Lao are experts in this field. I am afraid they have seen that there is something wrong with this Qing Qianlong official kiln gourd bottle, but it is just that it is not easy to lose Sima Nan in front of many relatives and friends.
A pride flashed in Sima Nan's eyes. Suddenly, he saw Chen Dong in the crowd, his face froze. This man turned his face twice and lost his face.
Suddenly, Sima Nan came up with an idea, smiled and walked towards him with a gourd bottle in his arms, and said, "Chen Dong, please enjoy it."
I think a poor student didn't know antiques at all, so he asked the other party to appreciate the bottle. If it was a genuine one, that would be fine. If he said against his will, he would say that the gourd bottle was a fake because he fell on his will just say that the gourd bottle was a fake, and he would take out the appraisal certificate issued by an expert and pat him in the face.
Chen Dong looked at Sima Nan with interest, smiled and said, "Do you really want me to appreciate it?"
Sima Nan said, "Is it okay that Brother Chen is not good enough? It's okay if he says it wrong, so he communicates with each other."
Chen Dong nodded and asked Sima Nan, "Can you get started? If you say something wrong, please forgive me."
Sima Nan reached out and signaled that Chen Dong could get started, "Please give me some advice."
"Hey, it's this young man, it's interesting now." Su Dongming noticed Chen Dong in the crowd, let out a light thrill, stroked his beard, and said with a smile.
He knew Chen Dong's identification level, and it was impossible to see that this gourd bottle was a imitation.
Originally, I, Lao Tang and Lao Ma, maybe no one knew that this gourd bottle was actually a imitation, leaving Sima Nan with some face. Is it okay to have a birthday party? Just have a good luck.
Sima Nan didn't know what was going on and insisted on finding it uncomfortable himself, so he went to Chen Dong to identify it. Now the gourd bottle is a imitation and can't hide it.
"Old Su, do you know Xiaodong?" Tang Tianming asked Su Dongming in surprise.
"It's the young man I just told you that I paid 8,000 yuan to pick up the Ge Kiln Green Glaze Fish Ear Stove in Yunzhou Antique City. Why is he your junior?" Su Dongming saw that Chen Dong was still holding a gift in his hand. The person who could give gifts was definitely someone who was very close to Mr. Tang.
Tang Tianming said, "I'm my disciple."
Lao Ma said from the side, "Old Tang has accepted a good disciple."
Chen Dong gently lifted the gourd bottle and carefully appreciated it. Just now, he saw a flash of displeasure in Old Tang's eyes and Su Dongming shook his head gently, Chen Dong suspected that there was something wrong with the gourd bottle.
Now he held it in his hand and carefully appreciated it for a while, and he was sure that the gourd bottle was a very high imitation.
Chen Dong had the answer in his heart and looked up and said to Sima Nan, "Mr. Sima, you just told us the story of "Disturbation of Official Kiln", which is very exciting, but what you may not know is that after the "Disturbation of Official Kiln" incident, many illegal antique merchants deliberately dug out the base of fakes and pretended to be official kilns."
Mr. Tang, Mr. Su, and Mr. Ma nodded with approval after hearing this.
"What you mean is that my Qing Qianlong official kiln gourd bottle is an imitation." Sima Nan was not angry but happy and said to Chen Dong.
Now you are fooled. I will take out the appraisal certificate issued by an expert and pat you in public.
Chen Dong nodded and said, "Yes, first of all, this glaze is very soft and not solid. If it were from the Qianlong period, its glaze must be very tight and has a certain degree of hardness. This gourd bottle should be a modern imitation. He ground this model off to pretend to be the Qianlong official kiln porcelain."
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Chapter completed!