"I didn't expect Mr. Liu to have such superb painting skills!"
Jiang Cheng couldn't help but sigh with emotion!
He had heard of Liu Yishou's name before, but he really didn't know that Liu Ruiming's painting skills were so superb.
It's amazing that Master Xu Beihong's horse picture can be copied so closely.
If it weren't for his eyes that could see through the value, he would have thought it was an authentic painting by Master Xu!
"Little friend Jiang is so complimentary!"
At this time, a slightly older man's voice came over.
Jiang Cheng looked around and found that it was Liu Ruiming.
Liu Ruiming is dressed in a black Tang suit. He has long hair and a childish face. He is energetic and seems to be in a good mood!
"Mr. Liu!"
Jiang Cheng quickly nodded slightly and said hello.
Liu Ruiming smiled and said, "Little friend Jiang, are you here to see the antiques today?"
Jiang Cheng nodded, then shook his head: "Looking at the antiques is secondary, this time the main thing is that there is an object that I want Mr. Liu to take care of!"
"Oh?" Liu Ruiming quickly noticed a box held in Jiang Cheng's hand, waved to the female clerk and said, "Xiao Zhou, prepare tea in the backyard, I want to have a good chat with Mr. Jiang!"
"Yes!" The female clerk named Xiao Zhou nodded and walked towards the backyard.
"Please, little friend!"
Following Liu Ruiming into the backyard, an antique courtyard of more than 60 square meters came into view instantly.
The layout of the courtyard is very simple.
The road is paved with bluestone, and there is a stone table and three stone benches standing on the side.
A flower garden, full of flowers.
A piece of green bamboo, verdant.
The entire yard was clean and tidy, and Jiang Cheng instantly felt at ease in the middle of a busy city!
My whole body and mind felt much more comfortable.
The two of them sat down one after another, and Jiang Cheng gently placed the box in his hand on the stone table without making any unnecessary moves.
After a while, the female clerk came over slowly carrying a tea set and poured a cup of tea for Jiang Cheng and Liu Ruiming in turn.
"Wuyi Dahongpao, little friend, try it!"
Jiang Cheng didn't understand tea, so he nodded, pretended to pick up the cup and took a sip.
I really can’t get enough of it!
"how?"
Jiang Cheng smiled awkwardly: "Haha, Mr. Liu, to tell you the truth, I still think Coke tastes better!"
He knew nine out of ten things about tea - but knew nothing about it.
In his eyes, top-quality tea worth tens of thousands of pounds per pound is no different from the tea foam that costs a few yuan a bag in the canteen.
After listening to Jiang Cheng's words, Liu Ruiming burst out laughing.
"Hahaha! Little friend Jiang is really straightforward and free-spirited!"
With Liu Ruiming's status in Qingzhou's antique industry, drinking him a cup of tea and saying a bunch of nice things to him should be a few polite compliments, right?
But what Jiang Cheng thought of and said was really different!
Jiang Cheng's face turned red: "Mr. Liu, I'm sorry, I'm a rough guy!"
Liu Ruiming took a sip of tea, waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's okay, I wonder what little friend Jiang wants me to see?"
Jiang Cheng didn't waste any time and opened the lid of the box.
Liu Ruiming's eyes froze for a moment.
"This is... Ru kiln?"
Liu Ruiming gently took out the azure-glazed tripod pen from the box, carefully placed it on the stone table, and observed it carefully.
After a long time, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Immediately, Liu Ruiming poured some water into the pen washer and shook it slightly!
A magical scene happened.
"Mr. Liu, this..."
Jiang Cheng was dumbfounded and shocked.
In his field of vision, he discovered that the cracks that were originally beautiful like fish scales inside the brush miraculously disappeared the moment it encountered water.
It's like the crack has healed.
Seeing Jiang Cheng's shocked expression, Liu Ruiming smiled meaningfully.
"This is called turning ice into water!"
"Turns into ice when exposed to water?"
Jiang Cheng's eyes suddenly lit up and he couldn't help but sigh, this description is really vivid!
He didn't expect that Ru Ci would be so interesting, and he became very interested for a while.
It seems that my guess is correct!
This Ru porcelain was imitated by the dynasties after the Song Dynasty.
But even if it’s a fake, it’s still valuable!
After all, the historical value is there!
This time I missed it!
Jiang Cheng hurriedly asked: "Mr. Liu, how much do you think this thing is worth?"
Liu Ruiming looked at Jiang Cheng and didn't say anything, just smiled.
After a long while, he took a sip of tea and then said, "I wonder how much my little friend knows about Ru kiln?"
Jiang Cheng scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Liu, to tell you the truth, I have only seen it on TV a few times. I only knew that it was one of the five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty. I was quite impressed at the time. I saw it today. I liked it so much that I couldn’t help but buy it!”
Liu Ruiming nodded, as if he didn't think much of Jiang Cheng's answer.
"Do you know, little friend, what kind of glaze is this?"
"I really know this, it should be the azure glaze! The sentence "Azure awaits mist and rain" in Zhou Tianwang's "Blue and White Porcelain" refers to the azure glaze of Ru kiln!"
"Hahaha! You know a lot, little friend! In fact, azure has always been the most precious glaze color in your porcelain, and it is also the most difficult glaze color to fire.
Sky blue is a kind of celadon. Because of its dreamy and ethereal color, it is like the dawn after rain, so it has the reputation of "the sky breaks after the rain and the clouds break the virginity".
It's just that the glory of Ru Kiln was too short-lived, only a short period of more than twenty years. But these short twenty years, especially this azure color, can be called the pinnacle of the glory of Dragon Kingdom porcelain.
The firing process of Ru porcelain is complicated, such as soil washing, glaze formula, kiln temperature, etc. If there is a slight difference, the azure color of Ru porcelain will not be reproduced.
After Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the firing technique of this azure glaze was lost.
In the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, porcelain workers were all given strict orders to restore the legendary Ru porcelain, which is "blue as the sky, face like jade, with cicada wing patterns, few morning stars, and enough sesame sticks and nail glaze", but they all failed. And ended.
Fortunately, after the azure glaze was lost for more than 800 years, in 1987, my country's Master Zhu Wenli spent 13 years testing 328 formulas and more than 1,500 trial firings.
Only then did he successfully reproduce the azure color of Ru porcelain in the world.
In 1988, Ru porcelain's moon white glaze and azure glaze were successfully tested one after another, causing shock in the entire ancient ceramics world.
In 2010, Ru porcelain firing techniques were included in the national intangible heritage protection list..."
Jiang Cheng listened quietly, but he was shocked inside.
Unexpectedly, the development of Ru kiln's azure glaze was so tortuous.
But then Jiang Cheng thought of something else, and his mind was filled with questions.
No, according to what Mr. Liu said, this azure-glazed three-legged brush washer could never have been imitated by ancient craftsmen.
Because the azure Ru kiln craftsmanship did not reappear until 1987.
In other words, the Ru kiln in his hand is probably a modern imitation.
Liu Ruiming looked at Jiang Cheng's confused expression and couldn't help but smile.
"My friend, the real Song Ru kiln azure glaze porcelain is basically collected in museums around the world or in the hands of famous artists. Each piece is a priceless treasure handed down from generation to generation."
Jiang Cheng nodded with some frustration. He understood Liu Ruiming's words. The implication was that this Ru kiln azure glaze three-legged brush washer was a modern handicraft.
have to!
What Mr. Liu said was obvious enough.
The stuff is Ruci, but it’s only at the level of Taobao!
He thought he had really missed it, but his joy was in vain.
But the strange thing is that if it is a modern imitation, it cannot be worth more than 600,000, right?
Is not this contradictory?
Is it possible that my eyes are malfunctioning?
This is even more impossible!
Jiang Cheng couldn't figure it out.
What went wrong.
"Hey...wait! What is this?"
Jiang Cheng suddenly saw a hint of red in a small crack in the ice.
That was a very small difference. If Jiang Cheng hadn't had extraordinary eyesight, he wouldn't have noticed it.
Something suddenly occurred to Jiang Cheng's mind.
Then he turned his eyes and saw that the azure glaze at the crack slowly faded away, gradually revealing a touch of bright red.
"This...this is!"
Jiang Cheng was stunned for a moment. He unexpectedly discovered that the bright red was actually a small character, a small character hidden under the azure glaze.
He is clearly "Cheng".
And that bright red color actually gave him the same feeling as the sixteen light red symbols on Wen Yao's black stone.
