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Text Chapter 464: Being a Guest (Tettle with Liang Liang)

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    In addition to the ancient jade, Chu Chen also discovered a red sandalwood statue of Tieguai Li. The material was not red sandalwood, but made of old rosewood.  Then, as more and more collections were seen, the frequency of fakes became more and more frequent. However, Du Hou's eyesight should still be very good. Among the more than 100 collections that Chu Chen had seen, only a few of them appeared.  Nine fakes, the chance of being fake is less than 10%, and it is in a field that I am not good at. My eyesight is already very good.  "After looking at the collection of more than a hundred items, except for the snuff bottle at the beginning, Chu Chen didn't see anything he liked, which made him feel a little depressed.  Next, Chu Chen looked at a few more collections, and finally saw something that he was quite satisfied with, a fire-burning jade Ruyi from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.  Burning jade is actually a method of counterfeiting jade.  Ancient jade articles have been buried underground for a long time and have been subjected to the effects of earth pressure, geothermal heat, earth gas, and earth moisture. Generally, they have calcification or oxidation phenomena, and a layer of thin or thick, white or yellow skin appears on the surface, which is called  It is called "chicken bone white" or "fish belly white".  Fire-burning jade is to grill jade with fire, so that the jade becomes this chicken bone white color when heated.  Some friends may ask, since it is a fake jade, why does Chu Chen still like this jade Ruyi?  In fact, the reason is very simple. Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty loved jade and loved ancient jade, and he was even more fascinated by ancient jade, so he ordered people to imitate ancient jade, and this jade Ruyi is one of them.  This jade Ruyi is carefully carved from a huge piece of fire-burnt jade. The color is the "chicken bone white" color of ancient jade. The head is in the shape of Ganoderma lucidum, with a bat carved on it, with wings spread out and a jade chime in its mouth.  .  There is a hanging silk ribbon, with a pair of catfishes symmetrically carved below, with flat heads and mouths, round eyes and long whiskers, and the mouth is holding the silk ribbon hanging from the jade chime.  A small "swastika"-shaped pattern is carved between the two fishes, a longevity peach is carved in shallow relief in the middle of the front of the handle, a bat is carved on the end of the handle, and several auspicious cloud patterns are carved on the back.  The combination of bat, chime and catfish means "more than auspicious celebrations", "great blessings to the sky" and "good luck for all generations".  This piece of jade has a soft and graceful shape.  Exquisitely carved and polished, it symbolizes auspiciousness and is a rare antique jade treasure from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.  However, precisely because it is artificially made antique jade, its original jade quality has been destroyed.  Although this jade Ruyi is exquisitely crafted, it has lost its natural characteristics.  The value on the market right now is not too high.  The pair of Sanskrit cups he exchanged for him were just right.  Although Du Hou said before that as long as it is not porcelain, other collections can be easily negotiated, but except for the ones he particularly likes, Chu Chen really can't choose to exchange for something that is more valuable than his own pair of cups, and even if  I chose one with a much higher value.  He will also make up the difference.  There are still **hundred pieces left in the collection, although nearly half of them are porcelain, but among the four to five hundred items in the collection, I can find a few more that I like.  It shouldn't be difficult to find one with a suitable price, so Chu Chen put Yu Ruyi back first as a backup, and then continued to read.  Step by step, Chu Chen moved to the other end of the shelf, and came to a row of ancient cabinets dedicated to purple clay wares.  Purple sand is also a category of ceramics. It is a ceramic product between pottery and porcelain. It is a type of ceramic that is not completely sintered. It is characterized by a dense structure, close to porcelain, high strength, and small particles.  It is small and has a shell-like or stone-like fracture, but does not have the translucency of porcelain.  However, it is precisely because of the characteristics of purple clay and its unique pore structure that people prefer purple clay teapots for making tea and praise it as the first tea set.  Chu Chen, like Uncle Wu, both likes to collect ceramics. In addition, he also learned tea ceremony, which makes him very passionate about purple clay tea sets. Therefore, when he saw nearly 30 purple clay teapots on the cabinet in front of him, his interest immediately increased.  stand up.  However, after seeing more than ten purple clay teapots in succession, Chu Chen felt a little disappointed. The teapots were real purple clay teapots, but they were all ordinary goods. The best ones were only teapots made by a slightly famous purple clay teapot artist during the Republic of China. In fact,  Far from what he expected.  Chu Chen turned his head with some disappointment and saw a few good-looking purple sand teapots lying next to him. He quickly moved forward to look at them with some excitement.  Speaking of the Liang-Tiang Kettle, we have to talk about Su Dongpo, who designed the Liang-Tiang Kettle.  It is said that Su Dongpo, a scholar of the Song Dynasty, was frustrated in his later years and abandoned his official position and came to Shushan in Yixing. Because he still drank tea, he felt that the purple clay teapots in Yixing were too small, so he thought of making a large purple clay teapot himself.  This thing seems easy but difficult to do. For several months, I was still unable to do anything.  Su Dongpo¡¯s school boy often carried a lantern to light the way for his husband at night. One day when he saw the lantern, he suddenly thought, why not make a purple clay pot in the shape of this lantern???Due to the tea drinking habits at that time, the handle was mounted on the side of the pot body. When the fire was on, the handle would be burnt black and hot to the touch, which was very impractical.  Therefore, he came up with the idea of ??"lifting the beam", and from a literati's point of view, he designed the handle on the upper part of the pot, and used the shape of a dead tree as the handle. It is said that he also wrote "Songfeng Bamboo Stove, lifting beam"  Famous poems such as "The pots call each other", "Fried rice with green smoke and cabbage, and the Di pot of Tianshui chrysanthemum tea".  Because this kind of teapot is unique, some artists later imitated it and called this style of teapot "Dongpo Liang Teapot".  Of course, legends are just legends after all. Since the names of purple clay teapots from the Song Dynasty are generally not left on them, so far, no complete purple clay teapot from the Song Dynasty has been found, so there is no physical evidence of the purple clay teapot with handles related to Su Dongpo.  Moreover, it is said that historical records indicate that Su Dongpo should have used a kettle when making tea, which is similar to the kettle we use to boil water today. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that Yang Pengnian remade, processed, and finalized the shape.  , made into a purple sand handle stone, which became the prototype of the Dongpo handle teapot that people see today.  Yang Pengnian was a master of purple clay teapots from Jiaqing to Daoguang years in the late Qing Dynasty. In addition, these teapots with handles look bright and moist, at least they should be purple clay teapots made during the Republic of China. From Yang Pengnian to the Republic of China, they are more famous.  There are only a few famous people with purple clay teapots. Because of this, Chu Chen seemed a little excited.  Sure enough, the first purple clay teapot that Chu Chen picked up was a purple sand goblet edge teapot made by Yu Guoliang, a famous purple sand artist in the Republic of China. Although the goblet edge teapot has a traditional and classic shape of purple sand, Yu Guoliang relied on his extraordinary skills to  , which makes the style of this handle teapot quite elegant.  It¡¯s a pity that the handle of this teapot was damaged, and the lid was repaired, which greatly affected the value of the teapot. The teapot that originally cost more than 100,000 yuan is now worth only tens of thousands of yuan.  Chu Chen regretfully put the teapot back to its original place, but when he turned around, he saw another teapot at the farthest end of the row of shelves, with a pure purple color and extremely bright pulp.  , and the simple and beautiful shape immediately attracted him.  He couldn't help but walked to the kettle with a handle and carefully picked up the kettle. Chu Chen looked at it carefully.  The body of this pot is smooth and rounded, decorated with two corresponding round cakes. The body of the pot has soft lines, and the long neck is decorated with cloud shoulder lines, which is straight and fine. The mother and child lines of the mouth and lid match up, making it as stable as heaven and earth.  The spout is a five-sided shape, and the lid is a jar-shaped lid with a small air hole in the middle and a small "tycoon" seal on the side.  Chu Chen got excited when he saw the word "tycoon", because this represented Shao Daheng, a famous pot maker in Yixing from the Daoguang to Xianfeng years of the Qing Dynasty.  Shao Daheng was famous when he was young, and was later called the master craftsman after Chen Mingyuan.  His pots are known for their simplicity, especially the simplicity, solemnity and extraordinary momentum of the pots, such as the ball-shaped pots and antique pots, which can highlight the simple and elegant atmosphere of purple sand art.  Gu Jingzhou, a famous pot maker, once praised Shao Daheng's works: "After decades of speculation, I feel that his (Shao Daheng's) various hand-made pots can be regarded as a masterpiece of sand art, refreshing the delicacy and complexity of a generation. Select from him  The sophistication of the clay, the profound aesthetics of the shape, the perfection of the creative form, and the superb skills have won the praise and high reputation of the time, which is like "unseen by the ancients, and never seen after." " It can be seen from this.  The brilliance of Shao Daheng's works can also be reflected in the market. Shao Daheng's works have been regarded as treasures by tea lovers and collectors in the Qing Dynasty. "A pot of thousands of gold is rarely available."  said.  Nowadays, it is even more coveted by Zisha collectors, and it is rare to appreciate his works.  As a lover of purple sand, Chu Chen was able to see a work by Shao Daheng and have the opportunity to own it. No wonder he was so excited, so he quickly started looking at it again.  There are semi-circular buttons on the front and back of the handle kettle, which looks plump and smooth. There are double holes in the middle and a copper handle as a soft handle for easy carrying.  The inside of the pot is smooth and smooth with no traces of mud, and the craftsmanship is relatively difficult.  In addition, there is a seal-engraved four-character inscription "Xianzhang" on the bottom of the pot, which is also Shao Daheng's common technique for making pots.  This pot is round and smooth, and feels quite comfortable in the hand. The clay color is purple-red. Because it has been used for many years and has been carefully maintained, it looks as smooth as ancient jade, with a matte shine. It can be described as simple, solemn, and extraordinary.  Based on the appearance of this pot, Chu Chen was certain that it must be authentic. However, there was no room for sloppiness in the appraisal of antiques. He still slowly and carefully searched for possible flaws. Of course, if he was greedy for convenience,  He could also use supernatural powers, but in that case, he would lose an opportunity to learn, which was against his ideas.  After some comparison and searching, he finally used the superpower, and the result was the same as what he identified.? This teapot is definitely a treasure carefully crafted by Shao Daheng.  (To be continued)
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