The porcelain in this big iron box is not a big one, it is a small and medium-sized one, so there is a lot of porcelain in this box.In addition to thatching on the outside, each porcelain is also coated with a layer of oiled paper, and the inside of the oiled paper is wrapped with a layer of cotton paper.Obviously, among the little devils who stored this batch of treasures at the beginning, there were masters who were proficient in antiques, otherwise with the temperament of those big-headed soldiers, it would be absolutely impossible to protect these porcelains so well.Pick up a porcelain wrapped in oil paper and tissue paper, from the shape of the porcelain should be a bowl, carefully uncover the oil paper and cotton paper, the presentation is really a bowl, to be exact, this is a blue and white entwined flower pattern bowl.This bowl has the typical characteristics of blue and white porcelain in the early Ming Dynasty, that is, the carcass is thicker, which is thicker and heavier than the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty.However, this bowl has a high degree of porcelain, so although the carcass is thick, it is dense and fine white, and at a glance you know that this is definitely not the porcelain that can be fired by the folk kiln.This point, Yang Jing can judge even without the identification of the Holy Ring.The green material used in this bowl is more faint, which is obviously the domestic green material used.In history, the blue and white porcelain of the early Ming Dynasty was more distant, which also became an important evidence for the identification of blue and white porcelain in the early Ming Dynasty.Yang Jing turned the bowl over, but the recognition at the bottom of the bowl shocked Yang Jing's heart."
Hongwu Year System".There are only four words at the bottom of the bowl, but these four words make Yang Jing's heart beat wildly involuntarily.This blue and white entwined flower pattern bowl turned out to be the official kiln porcelain in the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty, and it is also the official kiln porcelain with style!
It's like pie in the sky.You must know that the ancient Chinese porcelain did not use the imperial year name before Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, of course, this statement is only judged according to the porcelain found so far.Song porcelain, including Yuan porcelain, did not use the imperial year name to make a style, which can already be determined, and the use of the emperor's year name to make a style recognition began in the Ming Dynasty.It's just that the use of the emperor's year name to make money is not sure whether it started with Hongwu or Yongle.Because there is no official kiln porcelain with the year model in the Hongwu period, the folk kiln is also very rare, and only the blue and white writing "Fu" and "Shou" are seen.In addition, the Qingbai porcelain jar of the "Hongwu 7th year February 27th" found in Yushan, Jiangxi Province, is engraved on the belly of the jar, and it is an extremely rare utensil with a clear Hongwu year.It is precisely for this reason that archaeologists unanimously believe that the use of imperial era names for recognition began in the Yongle period.But the appearance of this blue and white entwined flower pattern bowl directly broke this identification, that is to say, once this bowl was born, then the beginning of Huaxia ancient porcelain about using the imperial year name to make a name is no longer Yongle Emperor, but his father Zhu Yuanzhang!
This discovery is definitely a breakthrough in the study of ancient Chinese porcelain, but it's no wonder that if you think about it, whether it's Hongwu or Yongle, they are the two of them, no matter how awesome Yongle is, you have to honestly call "Dad" when you see Hongwu!
Since Yongle used the imperial year name as a style of knowledge, it is estimated that he also learned it from his father.Although it is an estimate, the possibility is extremely high!
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di are both eloquent emperors, Lao Tzu is a hero, and the embodiment of this pair of men and sons is a vivid one.But the reason why Emperor Yongle is so powerful, if it weren't for the teaching of his father Zhu Yuanzhang, it would obviously be impossible.Therefore, since he was a child, Zhu Di learned a lot from his father, and then it is not surprising that he even used the year name to make official kiln porcelain.It was not determined that the use of the era name to make the style did not start with the Hongwu Emperor, that is because these archaeologists in later generations did not find any Hongwuguan kiln porcelain with the year at all.Now there is such a serious Hongwuguan kiln blue and white porcelain, and it is also with an annual model, what is this not a breakthrough discovery?
Measured only from the perspective of archaeological value, the archaeological value of this small blue and white entwined flower pattern bowl is even higher than that of the two Yuan blue and white figure jars!
After identifying it with the holy ring, after determining that this blue and white entwined flower pattern bowl was indeed produced in the official kiln of Jingdezhen in the 21st year of Hongwu, Yang Jing was really satisfied."
Good stuff!
What a real good thing!
”Yang Jing thought happily.In fact, this bowl is not only of archaeological value, but also of its own value.This is the only official kiln blue and white porcelain found in the world so far with the Hongwu year, unique in the world, how high is its value you say?
The Yuan blue and white Xiao He Yuexia, who sold a sky-high price of 8.4 billion Hong Kong dollars, chased Han Xintu plum vase, there are still three in the world, this blue and white porcelain with Hongwu is the only one in the world, if it is auctioned, how much money will it cost?
To put it bluntly, just this one bowl is enough for Yang Jing to be satisfied.But it's a pity that this big iron box surprised Yang Jing obviously more than that.After putting this Hongwu blue and white entwined flower pattern bowl and the two Yuan blue and white character jars together, Yang Jingyou casually opened another wrapped porcelain, and this porcelain also brought a lot of surprises to Yang Jin.This is a blue and white lion ball heart cup in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, whether it is from the shape or decoration or other aspects, this is another Yongle period of the official kiln porcelain boutique.If it was just this one hand cup, Yang Jing wouldn't feel so surprised, but what if it was a set of four hand cups?
That's right, among the porcelain found next, Yang Jing found three other hand-pressed cups with different patterns, one is the Yongle blue and white hand-pressing cup of the year of the inner book of the flower heart, the other is the Yongle blue and white hand-pressing cup of the year of the Mandarin Duck Lying Lotus, and the other is the Yongle blue-and-white hand-pressing cup of the year of the bamboo and stone Lingzhi inner book.Counting the Yongle blue and white hand cup of the double lion hydrangea inner book year that was discovered first, this constitutes a set of four cups with four cups of the same shape and specifications.Among them, the Yongle blue and white hand cup of the Mandarin Duck Lying Lotus Inner Book and the Bamboo and Stone Lingzhi Inner Book Year, although there is also a collection in the Palace Museum, but it is imitated in the Wanli period, especially the hand cup of the bamboo and stone Lingzhi inner book year, even in the Palace Museum has not been collected, and no one has heard of anyone collecting this kind of decorative hand cup in other places.And these four hand cups are all Yongle official kiln porcelain, and their value is not ordinary.In addition to this set of hand cups, Yang Jing also found a total of more than 30 pieces of various official kiln porcelain from Hongwu to Wanli, from Hongwu blue and white porcelain, to Yongxuan blue and white porcelain, Yongxuan underglaze color, Jiawan five-color porcelain, almost covering all periods of the Ming Dynasty official kiln boutique.Of course, the biggest discovery of this is the set of four Chenghua Doucai Chicken Bowl Cups!
Throughout the Ming Dynasty, the development of its porcelain can be said to have reached the peak level, in the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese porcelain truly realized the pattern of a hundred flowers blooming.From blue and white porcelain to underglaze, overglaze, to monochrome and variegated glazes, there are countless porcelains from the Ming Dynasty.But throughout the Ming Dynasty, the most famous porcelain is the Doucai porcelain in the Chenghua period!
Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup is the most famous porcelain of Doucai porcelain in the Chenghua period.Of course, this Chenghua Doucai Chicken Bowl Cup is composed of three aspects, Chenghua - Doucai - Chicken Bowl Cup.Chenghua refers to the era name of Zhu Jianshen of Ming Xianzong, and the Ming Dynasty used the name Chenghua for a total of 23 years.Doucai, also known as teasing color, is a treasure of traditional Chinese porcelain-making technology.Created in the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, the most respected Doucai in the Ming Chenghua period, is a decorative variety that combines underglaze color (blue and white) and overglaze color.According to historical documents, Doucai began in the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, but the Doucai porcelain of Xuande is extremely rare, therefore, the Doucai of the Chenghua period is the most respected, and the Ming and Qing dynasties also call it "kiln color" or "blue and white inter-five-colored".The Chenghua Doucai porcelain pattern painting is concise, and the content is mainly flowers, birds, and figures.Its practice is to first use blue and white to outline the outline of the painted pattern on the white porcelain fetus, after the glaze is fired at high temperature, and then according to the different parts of the pattern on the glaze, according to the need to fill in different colors, generally three to five kinds, and finally into the color furnace low temperature firing Chenghua Doucai can be divided into dot color, cover color, dyeing color, fill color and so on.In addition to individual large bowls, most of the shapes are small and chic, including cup cups, chicken bowl cups, small cups, etc.There is also a lid jar painted with seahorses or flowers, and there is a blue and white character "10,000" at the bottom.As for the chicken bowl cup, it is because this kind of porcelain has the shape of the cup like a cylinder, and the main pattern is a chicken stone, so it is named the chicken bowl cup.And with the chicken stone as the ornament, there are many more in the Chenghua bucket color ware, such as the chicken stone pattern hat cup, the chicken stone pattern goblet, the chicken stone pattern bowl, the chicken stone pattern jar, the chicken stone pattern tea tray and so on.Chenghua Doucai chicken bowl cup is about eight centimeters in diameter on the outer wall of the bowl, first with blue and white fine lines to lightly trace the outline of the ornamentation, glazed into the kiln by about 1300 degrees of high temperature firing into the carcass, and then with red, green, yellow and other colors to fill the reserved blue and white ornament in the kiln low temperature roasting.The outer wall is divided into two groups with peony lake stones and bluegrass lake stones, one group paints roosters with their heads high, a hen and a chick pecking at a centipede, and two chicks playing with each other; The other group depicts a rooster crowing, and a hen and three chicks pecking at a centipede.The picture is vivid and full of interest.The chicken bowl cup is one of the Ming Chenghua bucket cups, drinking utensils.The shape is open, shallow belly, lying feet.In fact, strictly speaking, the name of Chenghua Doucai Chicken Bowl Cup is really a bit of a slag compared to other porcelain in the Ming Dynasty or Qing Dynasty, but it is such a name of porcelain that is slag, but its value is in the forefront of Chinese porcelain, and there is a very touching story about the origin of this chicken bowl cup.Emperor Chenghua doesn't look at the infinite scenery after becoming an emperor, he is a generation of emperors, but who knows that Zhu Jianshen was actually a lonely and helpless child when he was a child.When Zhu Jianshen was less than two years old, his father Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was captured by the Wara people because of the Tumubao Incident, and then the emperor became his uncle.So the child was helpless in the deep palace, danger was everywhere, and his uncle would get rid of him at any time for the sake of the throne.From the age of two, loneliness and fear haunted the child, and for him, childhood was gray.And in this gloomy childhood life, the only one who can bring him comfort is the palace maid Wan.Wan, who was just a palace maid at the time, was seventeen years older than Zhu Jianshen, but it was this mother-like woman who had always accompanied Zhu Jianshen, comforted him, and took care of his life.In his young heart, this person who guards him day and night is the one he can rely on.Later, Zhu saw that the position of Prince Shen was abolished, the trees fell and scattered, and the people around him packed up and left, only the palace maid surnamed Wan stayed by his side from beginning to end.Later, Zhu Jianshen and his father Zhu Qizhen launched the "Change of Seizing the Door" and regained the throne, and then Zhu Jianshen became a great treasure after his father died and became a generation of heavenly sons.Although he became the Son of Heaven, the tragic childhood experience made Zhu Jianshen have a deep desire for family affection, and the love of his life was Wan Zhen'er, who had always been by his side.And the chicken bowl cup was deliberately made by Zhu Jianshen in order to please Wan Guifei, who was seventeen years older than him.According to research, the pattern of the chicken bowl cup comes from the Song Dynasty's "Picture of a Son and a Hen", which shows the emperor's commemoration of the years when Wan Guifei cared for him when he was young, and hoped for family harmony and longevity.This kind of chicken bowl cup, which supports the deep friendship of Emperor Chenghua, is the royal wine cup belonging to Emperor Chenghua.This kind of porcelain itself is very difficult to fire, and since it is the emperor's imperial wine cup, this kind of chicken bowl cup is extremely valuable.Even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Wanli was very eager to have a Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup, and the price at that time could be described as sky-high."
Shenzong Record": "Shenzong is a fashionable food, and there is a pair of Chenghua colored chicken bowl cups in front of the emperor, which is worth 100,000 yuan. ”According to historical records, at that time, the Chenghua Emperor gave this kind of chicken bowl cup as a reward to a few envoys of the subject countries who came to pay tribute, and even his closest ministers were not rewarded.And because the emperor has very high requirements for quality, almost one in a hundred, before the Republic of China, there was no possibility of flowing out of the court.Therefore, this kind of small cup has almost no surviving quantity, and in modern times, there are only ten Chenghua Doucai Chicken Bowl Cups known to the world!
On April 8, 2014, at the Spring Auction of Chinese Porcelain and Crafts held by Sotheby's Hong Kong Island, Mr.
Liu Yiqian, a famous collector in Shanghai, finally auctioned the Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup at a price of 2,812.4 billion Hong Kong dollars after eight rounds of bidding!
And now, in this big iron box, four complete sets of Chenghua Doucai chicken cups were found in one go, and this discovery is really no less than the two Yuan blue and white character jars found just now!