Chapter 602: Clam Light
Li Ran's expression instantly became very ruthless: "You actually deceived me? β
"Liared to you? No, no, no, we are law-abiding citizens, you are willing to spend three million to buy, and we are willing to spend five million to buy a Ming Yongle porcelain, but in the end, you are only willing to sell us a Kangxi imitation at a price of 1.8 million yuan, which is a pity. Fukuda Yoshiaki said proudly.
Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on himself, Fukuda Jiaming was even more proud: "I've been fine lately, so I just want to have some fun, so I found you guys for entertainment."
I really didn't expect that the big city of the magic capital, without the management of the Great Japanese Empire, actually fell to the current Cheng DΓΉ, you old guys, are the so-called top experts?
In the words of you Chinese, just go eat all the! You must have grown up eating, otherwise, how could you not know such a treasure? β
Seeing that everyone still didn't know why, Fukuda Jiaming was even more proud and arrogant: "Do you see the light above?" Yoshishi Osawa and you explain it to them. β
The old man of their appraiser, Osawa Yoshikazu, said: "Young master, this is a clever calculation, because this porcelain has the year of Yongle, so they didn't expect that this layer of colored light is clam light, it takes hundreds of years to form, and only real treasures will have this kind of treasure light." β
"Do you know how to punch the eye?" Fukuda Jiaming looked at Han Peacock arrogantly.
Han Peacock glanced at each other, this fool. Could they be able to see that this is not Yongle's sweet white glaze, and they can't see that this is a clam light?
In the world of antiques. The pearl-like halo that appears on the glaze and the edge of some ancient porcelain glazes, similar to the inside of the clam shell, is called clam light.
In particular, the red, yellow, and green colors of the Ming Dynasty in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty can see this dazzling clam light not only on the color glaze, but also on the ivory white base glaze, there is also this kind of dazzling halo flashing.
Because this halo is bejeweled, some people call it clam pearl.
At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty. Yellow, green, blue and other glazes, as well as the edges of such glazes, can often be seen in this kind of clam light, which is difficult to see in the front view and distinct in the side view.
This unique halo of light appearance and light fading has become the characteristic of ancient porcelain, so it has also become one of the important bases for identifying ancient porcelain.
This Yongle sweet white glaze dark engraved dragon pattern multicolored plate with clam light looks really beautiful. But beautiful things are not always right.
Clam light refers to the contour line around the color of Qing Wucai and pastel porcelain in a circle of 1~2mm of multicolored light on the white glaze, or there is no color material, but only an irregular circular multicolored light formed on the white glaze.
The main reason for its formation is because the color material contains "arsenic", after nearly a hundred years. Arsenic is caused by oxidation.
The clam light is generally seen in the late Ming Dynasty (referring to the apocalypse, Jia, Wan Wucai are basically missing), Shunzhi Wucai, Laokang Wucai, Doucai, Yongzheng Doucai, pastel (the official kiln is more common than the private kiln) and Qianlong's pastel and so on.
It can also be seen on the colorful and pastel colors of the late Qing Dynasty, but the frequency of occurrence is not as good as that of the three generations. It is also very common on some daily pastel porcelain in the Republic of China.
It was thought that there would be no clam light during the Yongle period, so Fukuda Jiaming thought that Han Peacock was out of sight. Think of clam light as a halo, or an oily glow.
Osawa Yoshikazu looked at Han Peacock's expressions and struck again: "According to my experience and understanding, Jingdezhen can't imitate Clam Light at present. β
"Haha, so, the Kangxi imitation Yongle sweet white glaze with clam light and the dark engraved dragon pattern multicolored plate is also a rare treasure, and it should be no problem to sell it for five million." Yoshiaki Fukuda laughed.
Osawa Yoshikazu also made do with it: "The young master is really wise, the Kangxi imitation Yongle sweet white glaze secretly engraved dragon pattern multicolored plate bought with 1.5 million was sold for 3 million, and now it is bought back with 1.8 million, no matter how you think we have made a lot of money." β
"How much did you earn?" Han Peacock said curiously, this math problem doesn't seem to be easy to calculate.
"300,000 short, just make a plate, right?" Seeing that everyone was thinking, Han Peacock said the answer first.
"Yes, it's a difference of 300,000 to make a plate, if the plate sells for 5 million, then I will make 4.7 million, and your money is easy to earn." Fukuda Yoshiaki said with a smile.
Han Peacock looked at Qin Dake, and when he nodded, Han Peacock smiled and said, "If I sue you, even if there is a halo, an oil shine, or even a clam light porcelain, it is not necessarily an old object, what would you think?" β
"What? Impossible, haha, you're trying to say that my plate is a fake? You people are just going to lie, especially experts like you, and fraud is a common occurrence for you, right? Fukuda Jiaming looked at Han Peacock with disdain.
"Xiao Han, you can't talk nonsense." Zhang Weilun reminded Han Peacock that although they still had some doubts just now, they now agreed that this was an imitation of Kangxi, and now Han Peacock said this, not only to slap Futian Jiaming in the face, but even they were shot.
Han Peacock looked at Zhang Weilun, but Qin Dake nodded at this time, so he directly turned his head, looked at Futian Jiaming, and said seriously: "There is a clam light and it cannot be absolutely inferred that colored porcelain is true!" It can only be said that there is clam light, and most of the colored porcelain is old. β
"Haha, what a joke, are you flaunting your counterfeiting skills? If that's the case, I'd like to see how you make clam light that takes hundreds of years to form. Fukuda Jiaming said.
Some people believe that the clam light on the porcelain is due to some metal elements in the glaze, which gradually drift to the porcelain surface after nearly 3oo years or so, thus forming the clam light.
It is asserted from this that the colored glaze of porcelain aged above the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties of the Qing Dynasty is likely to have this kind of clam light.
But this is not absolute, in the actual collection process, not only in the middle of the Qing Dynasty Jiaqing Dynasty porcelain pastel glaze, there has been this kind of clam light with a bit of mystery, even only more than a hundred years of Tongzhi, Guangxu years of some colored porcelain, there are also individual appearance of this halo.
That is to say, the appearance of clam light requires a certain age, but it does not have to wait until more than 25o years, of course, there are also ancient porcelain, not young, but there is no such halo, therefore, clam light is not the only absolute basis for judging ancient porcelain.
However, judging the authenticity of ancient porcelain according to the clam light, at present, it is still one of the more important and reliable means, which is also Fukuda Jiaming when he saw the clam light, and thought that this plate must be old.
This cannot be said to be wrong, but it is certainly incomplete to judge it on this alone.
"Look at the table of this porcelain, the real clam light looms in the side light, like a rainbow, as if it has life, sparkling and shining, it looks very smart, is this kind of table xiΓ n comparable to that kind of fake?
Although there are also antiques on the market, there are also antiques who use some kind of potion soaking and other methods to create fake clam light to imitate ancient porcelain, but it is also inevitable to produce defects with other counterfeiting methods: fake clam light is also the same as fake pulp and fake flint red, which is not natural enough and lacks aura.
The fake clam light looks dull and stiff, while the real clam light looms in the side light, like a rainbow, as if it has life, flickering, it looks very smart, to put it in layman's terms, the fake clam light is the same as the fake flint red and fake pulp, it is dead, and the real clam light is alive, such a table, do you think someone can imitate it? β
Ming Chenghai whispered to Han Peacock at this time: "Is it a halo?" β
As soon as he finished speaking, he was pulled by Qin Dake, Li Chenghe also looked at him, Han Peacock knew that Ming Chenghai and Zhang Weilun did not see anything unusual.
Han Peacock shook his head: "It's not a halo, it's a real clam light." β
Han Peacock knows the meaning of Ming Chenghai, the clam light is poor in modern imitation, but the halo can be imitated is not bad, and the pastel porcelain burned in modern Jingde Town has a halo, because of the relationship between the firing temperature.
However, if you can carefully compare, screen and experience, and carefully observe the physical table of the old halo and the new halo, there is still a difference between the two, which is also a good basis for identifying the authenticity of colored porcelain, especially the five colors of the Ming Dynasty.
The oil shine is not at all the basis for signing the authenticity, and its formation principle has nothing to do with the porcelain itself. β
"Halo", in many ceramic works, refers to a layer of colored light produced "on itself" due to the age, not on the white glaze.
This kind of phenomenon is mainly produced in the Ming Dynasty Wucai (with "jujube skin red" as the obvious) and the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China on the Wucai, Doucai and pastel.
"Oil" is actually the physical appearance of oil stains on porcelain, or on the white glaze, or on the color material. Theoretically, it can be formed on porcelain of all dynasties.
Why is it said that "the presence of clam light does not absolutely infer that colored porcelain is true"?
Mainly because of Han Peacock, this so-called "Kangxi imitation Yongle sweet white glaze dark engraved dragon pattern five-color plate", which is undoubtedly added to the old plate, although the color material is a new workman, but there is a real clam light.
This piece is indeed a colorful plate of the Kangxi period, but due to the erosion and destruction of the color material, the counterfeiter simply washed the color material (because the color is low temperature, now Jingde Town has been able to do this), along the outline line of the clam light, and add the color inside it, so the above strange phenomenon was formed.
The ingredients on the plate are freshly added, but the clam light is real.
"Add color after the old market?" Except for Qin Dake and Li Chenghe, everyone else was surprised.
Han Peacock affirmed: "It should be so, the plate must be old, but this is a typical old plate after the color, as long as you look carefully, does the color cover some of the previous scratches?"
Then you can conclude that it is a post-color, I think the new color and the old color, a few seniors will not be able to distinguish it, right? So, as long as you don't get confused by the clam light, it's not difficult to identify this plate at all. β
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