noveldepot Chapter 316 Xuande Furnace
Chapter 316 Xuande Furnace
Chapter 316 Xuande Furnace
"Hehe, Mr. Feng, why are you so self-effacing? I really admire you, kid!" Zhang Junping said with a casual smile.
Old Feng knew early on that he couldn't take this bronze ware out, and all the bronze ware with inscriptions were antiques that were forbidden to go abroad.
What's more, this bronze ware is not as simple as a simple inscription, but a genuine national treasure bronze ware.
Thanks to the study during this period, Zhang Junping successfully appraised this bronze ware.
This is a bronze ware from the Western Zhou Dynasty, not an ordinary bronze ware, this is a ritual vessel specially customized for princes.
Although Zhang Junping didn't recognize the inscription on it, he was basically sure that it was a custom-made ritual vessel to record a certain event.
Moreover, this bronze statue is also an object clearly recorded in the collection of the Qing Palace, Luhou Zun of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
The bronze sacrificial vessel with the inscription was now being severely cracked down. If Old Feng dared to take it out of the country, he would be shot instead of imprisoned.
Therefore, from the very beginning, the old Feng did not plan to take the bronze statue out, but planned to sell it to Zhang Junping.
Even if Zhang Junping didn't mention it, he would find a way to mention it.
Zhang Junping lamented that he was still too young to hold his breath.
If old Fengtou proposed it himself, without Zhang Junping's lower price, old Fengtou's asking price would be much lower.
Now, Zhang Junping has stated that he will not lower the price, so he can only charge according to the market price.
There is a difference of more than [-] inside and outside.
Thinking of this, Zhang Junping smiled relievedly. He just charged the price according to the market price. He had no intention of lowering the price in the first place, so there was nothing to worry about.
"Master Feng, since you have taken out the bronze statue, let's take out all the other treasures as well!
Don't worry, I, Zhang Junping, keep my word, and I will never take advantage of the fire to rob and do the despicable thing of taking the opportunity to lower the price! Zhang Junping looked up at Old Feng's head, and let out a burst of hearty laughter.
"Master Zhang really has sharp eyes, you can't hide anything from Master Zhang!" Old Feng said as he walked into the back room, and after a while, he took out another box.
There is still a little bit of dirt on the box, and it looks like it has just been dug out of the ground.
With a faint smile on Zhang Junping's face, he looked at Old Feng and didn't speak.
Old Feng looked at Zhang Junping and smiled mysteriously.
That smile seemed to be showing off, and it also seemed to be telling Zhang Junping that you should keep your eyes open.
Open the box and take out something from inside.
Looking at the things in Old Feng's hands, Zhang Junping smiled silently, with the corners of his mouth raised.
That's right!
Old Feng worked so hard to perform such a play, how could it be just a bronze vessel.
Compared with unpopular bronze wares like Lu Houzun, this one is famous, but strictly speaking, it should not be classified as bronze wares.
Because this is a copper ware cast with a unique red copper alloy material, the Xuande Furnace.
Xuande furnace has a unique position in history.
Since its birth, various legends have not been broken for hundreds of years.
There are also many legendary stories about the manufacturing process of Xuande furnace.
Among them, there are two more reliable ones. One is that Siam paid a tribute to a batch of red copper. Kiln, Ge Kiln, Jun Kiln, Ding Kiln famous porcelain styles, and historical books such as "Xuanhe Bogu Tulu" and "Archaeological Map", designed and supervised the production of incense burners.
In order to ensure the quality of the incense burner, Lu Zhen tremblingly told the emperor that to make a good incense burner, the copper had to be refined six times.Refining once, less, after six times, only half of the raw materials will remain.Emperor Xuande was rich and powerful, and had a strong sense of quality. He immediately decreed that the number of times of refining should not be reduced, but doubled for twelve times, and precious metals such as gold and silver were added.
So Lu Zhen selected dozens of precious metals such as gold and silver, and went through more than ten careful castings together with red copper.After great efforts, three years in Xuande, the best copper incense burner was finally successfully produced.
There is another saying that during the reign of Xuande, the Buddhist hall in the palace caught fire, and the gold, silver and bronze statues were mixed into liquid.It is also said that the Buddhist scriptures caught fire, and the gold, silver, jewelry and copper were all sintered together, so Emperor Xuande ordered it to be cast into a copper furnace.
In both legends, three thousand incense burners were refined.
Zhang Junping prefers the latter of the two theories. Because of the fire in the Buddhist hall, the copper Buddha statues and gold and silver in the Buddhist hall melted and blended together, making them inseparable.
The [-] copper furnaces cast were left by Emperor Xuande for use in the palace, and the rest were rewarded to the ministers of the court.
After the incense burner was cast, Baoguang's four auras are restrained, dignified and magnificent, and are highly sought after.
Since the reign of Xuande, there have been continuous imitations.
Many emperors tried to imitate the Xuande Furnace. Even Lu Zhen, the royal craftsman who cast the Xuande Furnace, and Wu Bangzuo, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, also carried out a second casting for profit, but they did not achieve a perfect imitation.
If it is intentionally cast, the red copper is mixed with gold and silver, and there must be a proportion and written records.
Copper is not scarce, nor is gold and silver.
Only the copper alloy produced under such unexpected circumstances has no record of proportioning due to randomness, and cannot be perfectly replicated.
Some people may say that maybe Lu Zhen forgot to record the ratio of gold, silver and copper alloy at that time.
This is impossible. In ancient times, folk craftsmen could not do well, and at most they had no food to eat.
As for the royal craftsmen in the court, if they make mistakes, they will lose their heads or even ransack their homes.
Therefore, it is impossible for the royal craftsman back then to make such omissions under the threat of ransacking his home and turning around.
Zhang Junping picked up the Xuande Furnace, he didn't rush to look at the deposit, but first looked at the furnace body.
The censer has a natural coating, a restrained luster, and a mixed element. It is an old object with a wide open door.
Looking at the end of the money, the year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, there is one less horizontal stroke in the middle of the word "De", which is the characteristic of the end of the year of Xuande.
However, this is not enough evidence for identification.
There is one less horizontal line in the word "De", this feature, as long as anyone who has done a little research on Xuande's base money will know it.
Looking at the type of utensils, it is indeed the standard type of copper furnaces in the third year of Xuande.
However, this is not enough to identify the characteristics of Xuande furnace, because there are too many imitations, and the material cannot be perfectly imitated, but the shape and base style can be perfectly imitated.
After reading it, Zhang Junping put down the copper stove, and asked calmly, "Master Feng, how do you plan to sell this copper stove?"
"50 million!"
"Taller!
Except for the few Xuande furnaces that are clearly recorded in the classics and have been passed down in an orderly manner, the others are worthless! "Zhang Junping shook his head and said.
Xuande furnace has a great reputation, but the market price has not been high.
Because there are too many imitations.
The new imitation is easy to identify, but Xuande made his own imitation, and the imitations in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties have passed the precipitation of time. If you have not seen the real one, it is completely a joke to distinguish the authenticity only by your eyesight and knowledge.
That kind of discerning truth at a glance only exists in novels.
"What if the inheritance is orderly?" Lao Feng asked with a confident smile.
(End of this chapter)