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Text Chapter 622: Twisted Porcelain Pillow

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    Soon, it was Sunday.  Today is New Year's Eve, and the streets and alleys are already filled with the flavor of the New Year. Chu Chen can't help but feel a little excited when he thinks that he can celebrate the New Year with his parents this year.  Moreover, when I went to treat the old man today, he also said that this year, except for Chu Yongping, all the men, women, and children of the Chu family were going to Chu Chen¡¯s house to celebrate the New Year. As for Chu Yongping not being able to come, there was nothing he could do about it. After all, he  Now that he is the top leader in the local area, he will be even busier during the Chinese New Year and holidays.  Speaking of which, Chu Yongning is also very busy, but he is in the capital, so he can still make it back for the New Year's Eve dinner. In addition, Chu Shengjie from the uncle's family can only arrive in the evening of the New Year's Eve.  Because of his childhood experiences, Chu Chen actually envied those scenes where a large family of seven, eight or even a dozen people celebrated the New Year together.  However, in previous years, when the adoptive father was alive, only the father and son celebrated the New Year alone. When they arrived in the capital, the New Year was finally more lively because of Uncle Wu's family, but including Wu Ke, there were only five people.  Therefore, even if not all relatives can be present, Chu Chen is already very happy.  After leaving Grandpa¡¯s house, Chu Chen came to the TV station to complete the filming of the program, had dinner with the program team, and then took the red envelope and drove to his store.  Today is New Year¡¯s Eve, and everyone is busy with New Year¡¯s Eve matters. When Chu Chen came to the store, there were only two or three customers there, and it looked very deserted.  After greeting everyone one by one, Chu Chen found that everyone was very enthusiastic about him.  In fact, this is normal, because when Chu Chen had New Year¡¯s Eve dinner with everyone last night, he had already sent a relatively large red envelope to each employee.  Especially those whose work results are remarkable will receive additional rewards.  Therefore, everyone sees him as the God of Wealth.  How could you not be enthusiastic?  After saying hello, Chu Chen saw Zhou Wenping writing a holiday notice. The time was from New Year's Eve to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. He officially went to work on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. An eight-day holiday was not bad.  Of course, considering that there are many valuables in the store, during the Spring Festival, the store also arranges personnel on duty, and security is also on duty 24 hours a day.  Wait for Zhou Wenping to post the notice.  Chu Chen asked: "Brother Zhou, uncle, have they arrived?" "They just arrived at noon today, and they are already home now!" Zhou Wenping said with a smile.  ¡°That¡¯s it for business today anyway, why don¡¯t you go back first!¡± Chu Chen said.  "No! No need!" Zhou Wenping waved his hands and said: "Anyway, just wait a few more hours. Besides, it's okay if I go back so early." Seeing Zhou Wenping's insistence, Chu Chen didn't say anything more.  He turned back to Uncle Wu and said, "Dad, why don't you go back early? No one will come to sell antiques today anyway." "Hey! There will be nothing wrong when I go back!" Uncle Wu put down the newspaper in his hand.  He said with a smile: "Besides, this seller may not be gone. Lao Wu is back home again. I can still support him at the critical moment." "I'm still here!" Chu Chen said with a smile.  "Are you still receiving goods here today?" Chu Chen just finished speaking.  An old man in his fifties walked in from the door.  "Look, is there no business?" Uncle Wu said with a smile.  The clerk welcomed the old man in, and Chu Chen asked with a smile: "Uncle, do you have something to transfer?" "The best!" The old man nodded: "I just went to a few antique shops, not to keep the prices low.  It means I don¡¯t have enough money and I can¡¯t get it from the bank. What¡¯s even more annoying is that I couldn¡¯t tell after just two glances. This thing is obviously handed down from my ancestors. How could it be wrong?¡± Chu Chen didn¡¯t comment on this.  , although this old man looks relatively honest, there is no shortage of liars in the antiques industry. There are many people who look like honest people but are actually liars.  He smiled and said: "Uncle, don't worry, as long as the stuff is good and the price is reasonable, we will definitely accept it." "My stuff must be good, you'll know after you see it!" The old man wrapped his hands in cloth.  He put the thing on the table and then opened it. It turned out to be a porcelain pillow.  The porcelain pillow is a rectangular shape with rounded corners, small in size, and looks like a pulse pillow. It has a straight body and a flat bottom, and the pillow surface is slightly concave. The shape is simple and elegant, making people feel happy at a glance.  However, what surprised Chu Chen and others was that this porcelain pillow actually used the tire twisting process. ?? Twist-shaped ceramics are also known as "twisted mud", "stirred body porcelain" and "transparent porcelain".  Tire-twisting was a new craft in the ceramic industry of the Tang Dynasty. It had not appeared before the Tang Dynasty and was lost after the Jingkang Revolution in the Song Dynasty.  The so-called twisted tire is made by kneading two or more different colors of porcelain clay together, then twisting and drawing the blank into shape, pouring a layer of transparent glaze and firing.  Due to mud twistingDepending on how you knead it, the textures can vary endlessly.  There are two methods for making twisted tires, one is the full twisted tire, that is, the two-color tire is twisted and twisted and then directly drawn into a blank, and the effect is very similar to the texture of a wood leaf; the other is the wrapped tire, which means the twisted tire is sliced ??and then attached one by one.  Fired twice on porcelain.  The types of tire-twisting utensils unearthed from Tang tombs include cups, bowls, plates, jars, pillows, etc. Rectangular pillows are the most common. The main shapes include rounded rectangular pillows, Japanese-shaped rectangular pillows, and three-color glazed rectangular pillows.  The patterns of the twisted tire are fine and fine, including wood texture, "several"-shaped zigzag patterns, group patterns, etc. Among them, there are three types of group patterns: plum blossom pattern, wishful cloud pattern, and rhombus pattern.  There are three colors of twisted tire mud: white, brown, and black. There are white, brown, or two colors of white and black twisted together, and there are also three colors of white, brown, and black twisted together. They are all very exquisite.  The porcelain pillow in front of you has a floral plum pattern on the pillow. The pattern is meticulous, the structure is symmetrical, the layout is appropriate, and it has a strong sense of decoration.  The side of the pillow is decorated with a wood texture effect. Literature records that the texture of the pillow of gall wood is unique and gorgeous. The purpose of making the porcelain pillow into a wood texture is to achieve the effect of a pillow of gall wood. ?? Twisted porcelain is a special variety in ancient my country's ceramic decoration technology. Due to the complex process and difficulty in production, its products and output are limited to a large extent.  This Tang Dynasty porcelain pillow is made with exquisite craftsmanship, various textures and decorations, complex craftsmanship and high quality. It is a rare treasure of the Tang Dynasty.  In addition, this porcelain pillow seemed very new at first sight, but upon closer inspection, I found that it was covered with a thick layer of patina, and the glaze looked as warm as jade. I took a flashlight and shined a light on the porcelain, and I saw that the glaze was  The light will immediately reflect and appear as fine scratches, which are often referred to as cow hair patterns in the industry.  This is a characteristic of old porcelain.  To be precise, you can definitely see some minor scratches and patina on the glaze of an old porcelain. You must know that ancient porcelain was used for use, even for viewing, and when it was cleaned and wiped.  Therefore, can a piece of porcelain handed down from the Ming and Qing Dynasties be used for hundreds of years without scratches on the glaze?  This is obviously impossible.  Secondly, even if the unearthed porcelain is buried underground, the underground sediment will still cause scratches to the porcelain. It is a question of how many scratches there are.  A piece of porcelain handed down from ancient times, the ox hair pattern on the glaze is basically inextricably linked. It is estimated that there are at least nearly a hundred fine ox hair patterns on a square centimeter of glaze (an area as large as a coin).  The area occupied by the cow hair pattern is concentrated, accounting for at least 20% of the total glaze surface.  Cow-hair scratches lose their luster and cannot reflect light. It is like scratching a glass with a diamond, leaving a trace that cannot be wiped off. If you scratch a few times more and the scratches become denser, the glass surface will lose its luster.  The same goes for the luster of porcelain glaze. If there are more cow hair lines, the natural luster of the glaze will be dull.  As for why the surface of old porcelain still looks as warm and moist as jade despite its many ox-hair patterns. This is also because the oil stains and sweat on the hands invade the ox-hair patterns after playing with it for a long time. The glaze will naturally become glossy, soft and as warm as jade. This is  This is the origin of what is commonly known as porcelain patina.  Judging from the patina of this porcelain pillow, the original owner must have cherished it, so it was preserved so perfectly. It is precisely the porcelain pillow that looks so perfect, that is why the old man said that some people look at it casually.  After a few glances, I felt that there was something wrong with this porcelain pillow.  Therefore, when appraising antiques, the most taboo thing is to take it too much for granted, which will often make the real treasures stay away from you.  Since Chu Chen studied medicine, he has been particularly interested in ancient pulse pillows. He also collected a few pieces in the past, but they were not very outstanding. Now it is rare to encounter such a fine piece of twisted fetal pulse pillow. As long as the price is right,  He will definitely buy it.  Chu Chen handed the jade pillow to Uncle Wu, and then asked: "Uncle, how much does this thing cost?" "One hundred and fifty thousand! I won't sell it for even one cent less." The old man said firmly.  For such an exquisite Tang Dynasty twisted porcelain pillow, 150,000 yuan was considered a bargain. In addition, the Chinese New Year was coming soon, so Chu Chen agreed without paying back the price: "Okay, sir, do you want to transfer money?"  Check?" "I want cash!" said the old man.  "Cash?" Chu Chen frowned slightly when he heard this. If it were normal times, the cash of 150,000 yuan in the store would definitely be more than enough, but now that the Chinese New Year is coming, there are really not many customers buying antiques, and those on the other side are buying jade.  Basically, it's all by card, and there are very few cases where you pay in cash.  And the total cash in his bag was less than 60,000 yuan. He really didn¡¯t know if there was still 90,000 yuan in the store.  The old man said: "Yes, if my family hadn't been in urgent need of money, I wouldn't have sold this ancestral treasure. If I didn't have cash, I would have had to go elsewhere." "Brother Zhou, we still have some in our store.  How much cash?" Chu Chen asked.  "I'll go take a look" Zhou Wenping went out and asked about the receipt.Finally, he came back and said, "I only have 85,000 in cash!" "Forget it, I'll go look elsewhere!" the old man said directly.  "Hey, uncle, don't worry, I didn't say I didn't have any cash here." Chu Chen smiled and took out all the cash in the bag.  Seeing that Chu Chen took out a stack of money that should have amounted to tens of thousands, the old man breathed a sigh of relief. He really didn't want to go to other stores anymore (To be continued)
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