Rebirth 93: Break off the engagement at the beginning and marry Bai Fumei

The pressing feeling in the hand is obviously wrong. Although this object cannot be considered a fake based on this alone, in Chen Yang's eyes, this object is already half considered a fake. Let’s look at the mark first. The bottom of the bottle has a blue and white double circle with two rows, made in the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. The writing is neat and typical of the Kangxi period.

Yongzheng porcelain's body soil is very refined after washing. The body soil is hard, fine and white, but not compact. Especially the bottom of the utensil is very particular about the processing, and it will be shaped into a rounded loach back, which feels delicate to the touch. The celestial sphere vase in my hand is also the back of a loach, but it is not as good as the one from the Kangxi period. It feels a bit rough to the touch.

Look at the glaze color again. At first glance, the glaze color of this bottle is very clean, crystal clear, and has a jade texture. But if you look carefully, you will find that the glaze color is yellowish and not as translucent as that of the Kangxi period. Among them, the green glaze is obviously wrong, and some are too dark. During the Kangxi period, the green of the leaves was mostly emerald green, which is a bit like the color of the post and telecommunications office.

This fake is already quite perfect. The craftsmanship is very high. If you pay more attention to the details, it can almost look like the real thing! Especially the blue and white model at the bottom is made exactly like the Kangxi year. Chen Yang, who had come to a conclusion in his mind, placed the Heavenly Sphere Vase on the table again.

"How are you, little brother?" The middle-aged fat man asked anxiously when he saw Chen Yang put down the bottle in his hand.

"This pastel nine-peach-five-bat celestial sphere vase from the Yongzheng period is a good ornament to be placed at home..."

"Wait!" Before Chen Yang could finish speaking, the middle-aged fat man interrupted Chen Yang directly, "You mean, this bottle is a fake?"

Chen Yang nodded, "Yes!"

"How is this possible?" Despite what the middle-aged fat man said just now, he was generous and allowed Chen Yang to speak freely. Now when he heard that his bottle was a fake, he couldn't sit still.

"Look carefully. I was told clearly that this bottle has been seen by many people. It has even been authenticated by several antique store owners. They all said it is genuine!"

"No matter who has authenticated it, it can't be fake, and it can't be fake!" Chen Yang picked up the bottle and told the fat middle-aged man.

"That's all?" The middle-aged fat man was obviously a little unconvinced after hearing this, "Why is the glaze yellowing? Look at the yellowing, but it looks quite white to me! The pedicure is not round enough, it's like a loach's back, and it feels too bad. No, I don’t understand any of this, just tell me why it’s a fake!”

"I'm telling you, I spent a hundred thousand yuan on this bottle, how could it be fake!"

After hearing what the middle-aged fat man said, Chen Yang was stunned. Co-author: What I said just now was in vain, he couldn't understand what I said, and then I asked myself to explain to him what was a fake. Isn't this a joke? Besides, does the authenticity of this bottle have anything to do with how much you spent on it?

"Sir, don't be anxious," he said excitedly when he saw the fat middle-aged man. Another old man of short stature with a foreign accent said with a smile, "I have a way to verify whether what he said is right!"

"any solution?"

"I have a yellow pastel butterfly plate here. I know best whether this object is real or fake. Let this little brother take a look at it and tell the result. Won't the truth come out?" After the old man finished speaking, he still laughed. He looked at Chen Yang.

Chen Yang almost laughed out of anger. If you want me to help you with the appraisal, just say that you are taking advantage of this. What a shame...

Before Chen Yang could say yes, the old man had already taken out the bowl and placed it on the table, "Little brother, come and see if I am genuine or a fake. Can everyone take a look too!"

When the old man took out the object, Chen Yang was slightly startled. If this object is real, it would be a good thing, because it is a wedding porcelain!

Since ancient times, imperial weddings can be said to be a grand event. Among the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, only four emperors, Shunzhi, Kangxi, Tongzhi, and Guangxu, discussed the marriage after they ascended the throne and held a wedding ceremony in the imperial city. Among these four emperors, Tongzhi's wedding was extremely luxurious because it was hosted by the Empress Dowager Cixi, and he even left a lot of wedding porcelain.

As the only legitimate heir alive when Emperor Xianfeng died, Emperor Tongzhi was only six years old when he ascended the throne, and later grew up under the auxiliary rule of the two empresses Cixi and Ci'an. Due to the great significance of this wedding and the hands-on management of the Empress Dowager Cixi, the difficulty of the project was directly increased.

Some people say it's just the porcelain used when getting married. It's just a few types. The only thing that can last is a little more quantity. What's the difficulty in this?

But this is not the case. Let's put it this way, under the direct intervention and management of the Empress Dowager Cixi, the porcelain produced by the imperial kiln factory was particularly luxurious. In order to prepare for the wedding celebration of Emperor Tongzhi, the wedding porcelain, mainly tableware and daily utensils, took 4 years to be fired. There were many types and huge quantities. In addition, the client this time was the cunning and picky Cixi. Undoubtedly, It is even more difficult.

On the tenth day of March in the sixth year of Tongzhi, everyone in the Forbidden City was preparing for the wedding of the eleven-year-old Emperor Tongzhi, which was scheduled to be held the following year. A memorial about the production of wedding porcelain was presented to Emperor Tongzhi, announcing the wedding. The style and quantity of porcelain preparation. Two years later, the Royal Kiln Factory completed the firing of the porcelain for Emperor Tongzhi's wedding. A total of more than 1 pieces of porcelain were fired and delivered to Party A.

However, after the inspection, Party A expressed dissatisfaction and directly gave a negative review. He believed that all the porcelains were roughly fired and unfit for use, so he directly returned them! In two years, more than 10,000 pieces of porcelain were produced, consuming the financial, material and manpower of the Qing Dynasty, all in vain.

In this matter, the Empress Dowager Cixi issued an edict: Strictly urge the supervisor of Jiujiang Pass to quickly hand over all the unfired porcelain for firing. She also sent an order to Jingfu, who was responsible for supervising the firing of porcelain at Jiujiang Pass in Jiangxi Province, to order all the unfired porcelain to be fired. Compensation must be made according to the amount. It is required that the utensils made must be straight and not skewed, and the glazes and colors inside and outside must be fine and vivid. There cannot be any sloppiness. The situation is extremely serious. If the firing fails, the head will be moved!

At this point, Emperor Tongzhi and Empress Dowager Cixi had no choice but to compromise and purchase from private kilns to complete the wedding porcelain. This is also the reason why the quality of Emperor Tongzhi's wedding porcelain varied. More than two years later, in the 11th year of Tongzhi's reign and two months before Tongzhi's wedding, the second batch of wedding porcelain was finally completed and passed the final inspection before the emperor's wedding.

The imperial kiln factory lasted nearly four years and ten months, firing a total of 10072 pieces of porcelain. The task was finally completed. The seventeen-year-old Emperor Tongzhi looked at the list of wedding porcelain reports and wrote "I understand". The final attitude of the matter.

If the plate the old man placed on the table is real, it is the yellow-ground pastel butterfly pattern "囍" plate from the wedding porcelain of Emperor Tongzhi!