About Yuan Qinghua, not only ordinary people, but even porcelain experts who have dealt with porcelain all their lives know very little about it. Although Jingdezhen in Xijiang successfully fired Yuan blue and white flowers, due to the lack of historical records and the lack of physical evidence with a clear date, for more than 600 years, the world's knowledge and understanding of Yuan blue and white flowers was blank.

Is there a Yuan Qinghua in my country? What are its artistic characteristics? Why did the Yuan Dynasty appear gourd bottles with a height of 70 cm and large plates with a diameter of 50 cm? Why is Yuan blue and white decorated with as many as 9 layers? China's ancient export trade porcelain in the low-grade daily porcelain accounted for the mainstream, those known as "the world's most exquisite Yuan blue and white", why trekking through mountains and rivers, have settled in the palace of different kings...... All these historical mysteries have made Yuan Qinghua attract the attention of the collecting community.

It was not until 1929 that the Englishman Hobson took the lead in revealing a pair of blue and white cloud dragon pattern elephant ear vases with the inscription "Zhizheng 11th Year" in "Oriental Ceramics". A 62-character inscription is written on the neck of the neck in blue and white. The eleventh year of Zhizheng is one of the years of Yuan Huizong, the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. Before the Yuan Dynasty, China's porcelain has not yet formed the practice of writing the chronology, this blue and white porcelain for the first time to declare to the world that Jingdezhen in the Yuan Dynasty of China has fired blue and white porcelain.

In the 50s of the 20th century, Dr. Pope, a museum director in the United States, conducted a comparative study on this pair of blue and white porcelain with a model, and came up with a shocking news in the world's cultural and museum circles: the Atel Temple in Iran and the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul, Turkey, the Old Royal Palace, have hundreds of amazing blue and white porcelain products of the Yuan Dynasty in China, which are called "Zhizheng" vessels. Pop's 32-page black-and-white atlas rewrote the history of ceramics in the world in one fell swoop.

It's a bit unwilling. China's Yuan Qinghua is famous in the world because of foreign talents.

The old collector who has been chasing Yuan Qinghua for most of his life is overwhelmed with emotion: "At first glance, then look at the throat sound." Stroking and praising non-stop. ”

For Yuan Qinghua's love, it is really a feeling that is difficult to give up.

Zhang Tianyuan as an antique player. Naturally, he also likes Yuan Qinghua, but he is not interested in this kind of high-imitation thing, when it comes to high-imitation, he must be better than these people.

1,000 US dollars was used to compensate for this high imitation, and the vendors made money, if they didn't know what was good or bad, Zhang Tianyuan didn't mind telling the truth. If you offend someone, you will offend someone, and now he really doesn't care about offending a small trader.

Fortunately, the vendor was more knowledgeable, and he could see at a glance that Zhang Tianyuan was a knowledgeable person, and he gave him enough opportunities to go down the steps, so he laughed twice and said: "That's it, after all, it's an international friend, let's suffer a loss." ”

Zhang Tianyuan smiled secretly, where is this called a loss, it is clearly a big profit.

Tom did not hesitate. gave 1,000 US dollars as compensation, and then thanked Zhang Tianyuan and Ouyang Xiaodan for a thousand thanks.

At Mu Ying's request, several people took several group photos, and in the end, Tom's agent came over. I pulled Brother Tom away.

"Mu Ying, you didn't come to Pan's home in vain today, and you got an autographed photo from Brother Tom. Satisfied, right? Zhang Tianyuan said with a smile.

"Satisfied, satisfied." Mu Ying was very obsessive and looked at the photos in the camera, and was overjoyed.

"You're going to be jealous like this."

"He's jealous. I was jealous before I knew that he liked me. Mu Ying pouted.

Zhang Tianyuan really didn't understand what these women thought, and shrugged his shoulders helplessly. Instead, his eyes were focused on a nearby ceramic stall.

Although he also had a harvest when he came to Panjiayuan today, he always felt that this harvest was a little less, so he bought a book, and he also wanted to give it to Li Mingguang as an apprenticeship, but he actually didn't buy anything yet.

Seeing that there was a shop specializing in porcelain nearby, he walked in, anyway, to play, and it didn't take long to go in and have a look.

As soon as he arrived at the door, his eyes were attracted by a dusty plum bottle in the middle of the room, at first, he thought he was wrong, but when he looked closely, he found that this plum bottle looked very much like Yuan Qinghua.

"It can't be another high-quality imitation, right?" Zhang Tianyuan thought about it in his heart, and he didn't bother to use the word appreciation trick to identify, because he felt that no one would put the real Yuan blue and white porcelain in this kind of corner, the key problem is that there are too few Yuan blue and white porcelain, there are so many genuine products, there are so many guests in Panjiayuan every day, coming and going, there must be a master inside, is there no one who recognizes this thing?

He really didn't believe it.

What's more, in general business, the best objects must be placed in the most conspicuous position in the store, so that customers can see these objects first as soon as they come in, and the general customers do enter the store, always pay attention to the most conspicuous position, and in this corner, if it is not for Zhang Tianyuan's obsessive-compulsive disorder, he caught a glimpse of that thing out of the corner of his eye, if he had to take a second look, he really couldn't see this plum bottle.

"Boss, how long has this thing been here?" Zhang Tianyuan asked casually, looking very unconcerned.

The boss smiled and rubbed his hands and said: "Some people say that this thing is from the Ming Dynasty, some people say it is from the Qing Dynasty, and some people say it is Yuan Qinghua, but it has been placed there for seven or eight years, and few people will take a look at it, but I didn't expect you to notice it as soon as you came in." ”

There is a saying in the antique shop, if you don't open for three years, you can eat for three years, if something is not sold for seven or eight years, it is normal, if no one has ever asked in seven or eight years, no one has taken a serious look, it is estimated that even the owner of the store will regret buying it back.

As soon as Zhang Tianyuan listened to what the boss said, the more he felt that the plum bottle might be imitation, because the prevention was too good, so it was very fake, and those who had insight didn't bother to identify it at all, and they didn't bother to look at it again after just looking at it.

And those who don't know it, see that there are a few obvious cracks from the bottom of the plum bottle to the side of the bottle, and there is also a gap missing on the mouth of the bottle.

However, the more others thought it was fake, the more Zhang Tianyuan wanted to see if this was a real imitation.

He took a closer look at the plum vase, and it was decorated with no more, no less. It happens to be nine layers, which is more in line with the characteristics of Yuan Qinghua.

The Yuan Dynasty had a cult of numbers. When Genghis Khan raised his army, he planted 9 flags and appointed 9 generals. He warned his subordinates: "Don't make 9 kinds of mistakes in the future", so Yuan Qinghua often has nine layers of decoration, which is the most basic feature of judgment, of course, Gao Fang will definitely be able to do this, so it is not a basis.

He looked at the pattern on the plum bottle again, it was actually a pattern with a story, if he didn't admit it, this should be "Xiao He Yue chasing Han Xin". The drawing is exquisite, the shape is unique, especially under the moonlight, which vividly depicts the anxious and expectant expression on Xiao He's face.

This is a night story, so the requirements for composition are very high, and the description of the surrounding scenery must be just right, otherwise it will not reflect the artistic conception of the moonlight, and it will lose its level.

But the drawing on this plum bottle turned out to be just right. The applauding Cheng dù. Like the big pot of the ghost valley down the mountain, the whole blue and white pattern is colorful, the picture is full, and the density is dense. The main and secondary are clear, and they are integrated. The character portrayal is smooth and natural, full of charm. The mountains and rocks are dyed heartily, and the pen is fine. It was perfect!

This plum vase is painted with various blue and white ornaments throughout, although the ornamentation is varied. However, the upper and lower decorations of passionflower, miscellaneous treasures, deformed lotus petal patterns, hanging bead patterns, etc. are all well served by the main decoration of Xiao He Yuexia chasing Han Xin, so that the whole utensil is integrated and the theme is distinct and prominent.

The picture of this porcelain is placed in the belly of the plum vase, occupying the main position, the whole object is dignified and steady, the fetal quality is white and dense, the blue and white hair color is green and colorful, and the vivid expressions of the characters painted in the bottle are particularly wonderful: the anxiety of Xiao He when he gallops his horse, the hesitation of Han Xin to watch by the river, and the expectation of the old man standing with the pulp are all vividly dripping with the expression.

The blank space is lined with pine, plum bamboo, and mountain stones, which appear to be scattered. The plum vase is not only decorated pleasantly and beautifully, but also the white glaze is clean and moist, the blue and white materials are suitable, the hair color is bright, rich in layering, and the vigorous topography porcelain brushwork makes the picture have the wonder of danqing, and the body exudes the luster of beautiful vessels. It can be called a masterpiece in the blue and white porcelain of the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.

Isn't that true?

Zhang Tianyuan saw this composition, this level, and he had a conjecture when he landed, what is missing in this world is not a baby, but a pair of eyes to find a baby, many times, maybe the baby is by your side, but you yourself missed it.

But that's not right! Zhang Tianyuan pinched himself hard, if I remember correctly, Xiao Heyue's pursuit of Han Xinyuan's blue and white plum vase should be collected in the Stone Town Museum, how could it be left in Panjiayuan, and it was abandoned in the corner like garbage?

The cultural relics are rare treasures in the blue and white porcelain of the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, with extremely unique blue and white ornamentation, reflecting a very high level of firing. The plum vase is a high-grade tomb burial item in the Ming Dynasty, which has the effect of warding off evil spirits in the tomb. In addition to being a status symbol, there are also feng shui considerations, and non-princely ministers are not allowed to "enjoy" this kind of burial goods.

This porcelain was unearthed in 1959 in the tomb of Mu Ying, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, in Guanyin Mountain, Stone City. This plum vase is 44.1 cm high, with a diameter of 13 cm at the bottom and a diameter of only 5.5 cm. Small mouth, plump shoulders, oblique abdomen, shins, flat bottom, beautiful shape, round lines, smooth, graceful and luxurious, giving people a dignified beauty. The shoulder and abdomen are engraved with the story of "Xiao He chasing Han Xin under the moon", and the blue and white patterns painted on the porcelain vase are multi-layered, which is very unique.

How precious is it? According to reports, the "blue and white" of the Yuan Dynasty is scarce, and there are only more than 100 pieces in China, and the value is incalculable. In 2005, the porcelain jar of "Ghost Valley Descending Mountain" was auctioned for a sky-high price of 15.688 million pounds. And "Xiao He Chasing Han Xin under the Moon", the porcelain texture and blue and white hair color are all better, and the plots of the characters painted are realistic and expressive. Moreover, there are only three such blue and white plum vases in the world, and the other two have been spread abroad, and the size is smaller than this one, and the glaze and decoration are not as exquisite as this one.

It stands to reason that there shouldn't be the same thing on the market, is this thing a fake? Or is it an imitation of later generations? Or is it an imitation?

Zhang Tianyuan scratched his head and felt a burst of nervousness, although he is rich now, he also wants to play with collecting, if there is a national treasure-level porcelain vase stored at home, it will be very face-saving to say it.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, intending to take a good look at it with the word reading technique, but this decision still made him feel extremely nervous, after all, if it was fake, it would be empty joy, and if it was true, it would be ecstasy.

Just about to be identified, suddenly his shoulder was patted, and Zhang Tianyuan jumped up with a whoosh, like a frightened rabbit, which showed how nervous he was at this time.

"I said Grandma, can you not be scary?" Seeing that it was Ouyang Xiaodan who was filming him, Zhang Tianyuan breathed a sigh of relief, which almost scared him out. (To be continued......)