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    The glaze color of this lamp is thick, the kiln changes to glow with golden and silver light, and the texture is smooth and even, which is very rare.  The exposed soles are purple-brown in color, thick and hard, and as heavy as iron slag.  When Chu Chen touched the glaze with his hand, he could clearly feel the unevenness. When he looked at the light source at a 45-degree angle, he could clearly see that those "rabbit hairs" were sunken into the black glaze.  Under the surface.  Under a high-power magnifying glass, it can be seen that the glaze has tiny cicada feather patterns, dotted with gold and silver stars like snowflakes.  Its flowing and drooping rabbit hair lines are dark and light, irregular and winding, just like the hills and ravines of the northwest Loess Plateau. The color is thicker at the top and light at the bottom, or even disappears, giving people a natural beauty.  Judging from the above characteristics, Chu Chen felt that this rabbit hair cup should be a genuine product. After testing it with supernatural powers, it was indeed what he thought.  There are many black-glazed bowls from Jianyao in the Song Dynasty, but such fine glaze bowls are obviously very rare.  The key is that the circle foot of this rabbit hair lamp is engraved with the word "for the emperor" vertically, indicating that it is tribute porcelain, which can be said to be very rare.  Then, Chu Chen picked up another rabbit hair cup. After looking at it carefully, he found that it was also a "royal" rabbit hair cup.  After Chu Chen put the rabbit hair cup in his hand back into the brocade box, Director Niu quickly asked: "Mr. Chu, I wonder what you think of this pair of little oh, what do you think of the rabbit hair cup?" "This pair of rabbit hair cup is good, I do  I quite like it." Chu Chen chuckled.  Director Niu was very happy when he heard this, and said quickly: "We don't understand antiques, Mr. Chu, you should set a price." Chu Chen thought for a while.  He held out two fingers and was about to speak.  Director Niu said with surprise on his face: "Mr. Chu, are these two small bowls worth 20,000? It's too much!" Chu Chen said dumbfounded: "It's not 20,000, it's 200,000!" Hearing that Chu  Chen's answer made Niu Junfeng, who was sitting opposite, almost spit out the sip of tea he had just taken into his mouth.  Director Niu was also shocked and dumbfounded. After a while, he was speechless and said: "Youyou are not mistaken, are these two small black bowls worth so much?" Such exquisite ones  A pair of rabbit hair cups turned into a small black bowl in Director Niu's mouth.  Chu Chen was really speechless, so he said: "Director Niu, these pair of rabbit hair lamps are rare masterpieces in themselves, and you must know that these are tributes to the palace, so their value is of course different." "That's too much.  Is that too much?" Director Niu said in disbelief.  Chu Chen said helplessly: "Director Niu, I am the buyer. How many times can I double the original price? Let me tell you. This is the price. If you feel it is not suitable, forget it!" Niu  When the director heard this, he hurriedly laughed and said: "How can this be possible? I'm afraid you will suffer a loss! Let's not talk about this anymore. Take a look inside this box." He said.  He opened another brocade box and continued: "Look, these pair of small cups. The person who heard the appraisal said they were called chicken jar cups and that they were imitations of the Qing Dynasty. The person before also persuaded me to transfer them to him.  , But at that time, I was not short of money, so I didn¡¯t agree.¡± ¡°What? Chicken bowl cup?¡± As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Chen couldn¡¯t wait to look inside the brocade box.  I saw a pair of small and exquisite cups placed in the brocade box. The cup's open mouth is slightly tilted, the bottom of the mouth is gradually narrowed, the bottom is flat, and the feet are lying down.  The cup body is small, with flexible contours, straight in the middle and curved in the middle, and straight in the curved line, showing a dignified, graceful, elegant and graceful charm.  The decorative pattern on the cup wall matches the shape of the cup, making it clear and coherent.  The outer wall is painted with a hen leading several chicks to forage leisurely. The chicks each have their own expectations, and their expressions are cute and expressive. They are decorated with lake rocks, roses and orchids, making it quite interesting to watch. ? Judging from the appearance, this is exactly the famous Doucai Chicken Cup.  In the antique world, everyone knows about the colorful chicken cup, and the most famous one is the colorful chicken cup from the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty.  Whenever people talk about Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup, they can¡¯t help but feel excited and longing for it.  Moreover, the Doucai Chicken Crock Cup can¡¯t help but be valuable now. The Ming Dynasty Wanli¡¯s ¡°Shen Zong Shi Lu¡±, which was the first to record the value of the Chenghua Colorful Chicken Crock Cup in the Ming Dynasty, wrote: ¡°Shenzong¡¯s fashionable food, there is a pair of Chenghua Colorful Chicken Crock Cups in front of the emperor.  , worth 100,000 yuan." According to the "Ye Huo Bian" written by Wanli Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, "Each pair of kiln wine cups is worth a hundred gold." Emperor Qianlong even wrote a poem "Ode to the Chicken Jar Cup".  Said: "Zhu Ming was not far away from here, but he still saw it when it was announced as an elegant piece of furniture. The cold light and beautiful colors are always treasured, and the chicken vat is the most valuable." The colorful chicken vat cup was so precious in ancient times, and it is even more valuable now.  It is said to be priceless, and there are not many Chenghua doucai porcelain in existence. According to incomplete statistics, there are only about 250 pieces, and they are basically kept in treasures.There are very few people on the island and the Forbidden City in the capital.  "Most of the more than two hundred pieces are stored in Treasure Island, and not many are stored in the Forbidden City in the capital.  The chicken bowl cup is only a very small part of them, and it is even more scarce. There are only a few pieces in the Forbidden City in Beijing. It can be said to be rare among the people.  Things are rare and valuable, so the value of the colorful chicken jar cup is obvious.  Precisely because the Doucai Chicken Cup is so famous, it has attracted endless imitations.  The Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang dynasties of the Qing Dynasty all imitated it.  Among them, the Kangxi imitations are the best, as they are close to the originals in terms of shape and pattern.  As far as the Doucai Chicken Bowl Cup is concerned, based on the painting style and level of detail, if it is a Qing Dynasty imitation, it is most likely an imitation from the Kangxi period. However, as for the actual situation, that will have to be done after getting started.  Only then can we know.  Chu Chen solemnly took the cup from the box into his hands. The first thing he observed was the bottom. He saw that there were two lines of six characters "Da Ming Chenghua Year System" in regular script on both sides of the blue and white columns. The font looked a little skewed.  .  Observe carefully, every time the pen tip turns slightly slower, there will be a concentration of drill material when the pen is stopped.  Seeing this unique style, he couldn't help but feel shocked, because judging from the style, this was not the Qing Dynasty imitation that Director Niu said, but the style of Chenghua Dynasty.  Throughout the Chenghua dynasty, all the inscriptions are immature and slightly clumsy. This is also a major feature of Chenghua porcelain, and it is not easy to imitate.  There were imitations of the Chenghua style in the Jiajing, Longqing, and Wanli dynasties of the Ming Dynasty and the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties of the Qing Dynasty.  Although the color and style of the imitation are similar to the original, there are still flaws to be found.  The Ming Dynasty imitation model has thick and heavy strokes, sparse arrangement, and overly large circles. It looks similar to the Chenghua model but has different stroke force. The color is also thick but not bright. Only the clouds and bubbles are similar to the Chenghua kiln.  The imitations of the third and third dynasties of the Qing Dynasty are superior to the imitations of the Ming Dynasty, especially in the color matching and the writing method, which are very similar to the original ones.  However, the genuine Chenghua models all have a layer of cloudiness, bubbles like beads, and the blue and white fonts are dim.  Under a magnifying glass, it can be seen that the imitations of the Qing Dynasty have very light clouds, uneven air bubbles, and scattered cyan color of the characters. The body color is slightly translucent yellow or white with green flash, and the joints of the glaze and sand on the base are slightly yellowish.  Therefore, judging from the style, this cup is probably the Chenghua chicken cup.  Chu Chen didn¡¯t expect that the cup in his hand might actually be a genuine one, which made his hands tremble a little.  You should know that in recent decades, the Chenghua Chicken Cup has only appeared at auction three times. They were all released by the Qiu family in Taicang. They were respectively seen in the "Taicang Qiu family's Kangxi Zhai collection porcelain special sale" in the 1980 Autumn Auction of Jiangsu Fubi.  One" Lot No. 31 and Lot No. 429 of the 1981 Spring Auction "Taicang Qiu's Kangxi Zhai Collection Porcelain Special Sale III".  The transaction prices were already HK$5.28 million and HK$4.18 million, one of which was later sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong in the spring of 1999, lot 409, with a transaction price of an astonishing HK$29.17 million, becoming the highest transaction record for ancient Chinese porcelain at that time.  If this was truly a genuine Chenghua chicken cup, regardless of its value, he would definitely buy it due to its scarcity.  Chu Chen took a deep breath, and then concentrated on studying.  To prove whether this is an authentic product, the body and glaze are the main basis for judgment. Chu Chen observed carefully and saw that the body is white and delicate, thin and light, and it can be said that the body is as thin as paper.  If it is genuine, if you look at it under the sun, you will see that the fetus is tooth-yellow and tooth-white, and you can see kiln red at the exposed area around the foot.  Chu Chen walked to the window and looked at the chicken cup in the light. He saw the above-mentioned symptoms, and there was sand sticking to the exposed area of ??the ring. This sand was the granular fine sand left over from potassium fruit glaze refining, which had been fired.  The final product looks crystal clear.  The kiln red of the third generation imitations of the Qing Dynasty is lighter, while the new imitation kiln red is heavier. The sand on the soles of the feet is yellow sand. This sand is opaque and has no shine.  After looking at the body, look at the glaze again. The white glaze of this cup is duck egg blue, soft and smooth, and the exterior and interior are the same. This is also the characteristic of the genuine article.  If it is an imitation Chenghua chicken cup from the third generation of the Qing Dynasty, the glaze is thin and bluish-white and pinkish-white, and it is not as oily as Chenghua.  The glaze of the new imitation chicken vat cup is very similar to the Chenghua glaze, which is green and yellowish, but the overall glaze is cloudy and opaque.  Chu Chen used a magnifying glass to carefully observe the color of the cup, and the color of the cup was the same as the real thing. It was bright and bright, especially the yellow-green glass. It looked yellow-green and purple to the eye, while the red color was as bright as  Chicken blood.  The decorative pattern layout of Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup in Ming Dynasty is reasonable, the brushwork is smooth and round, and the painting is vivid and lively.  The painting was done by a royal painter of the palace. After designing the pattern, it was submitted to the imperial court for approval. Then the teacher of "Renzhi Palace" personally painted it on the small cup with semi-gongbi brushwork.  If it is a genuine Chenghua product, the two groups of chickens must have a lifelike posture.  In the painting, the mountains and rocks are beautiful and the orchids are green, creating a scene of prosperity.  The same is true for the painting on the chicken vat cup in front of me.  Therefore, based on the above characteristics, Chu Chen already has eight or nineWith ?? certainty, he can be sure that this is a genuine one, but after all, it is worth tens of millions. Out of caution, he still used his powers, and the result was no surprise. The chicken in his hand  The cylinder cup is indeed an authentic product from the Chenghua period!
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