The years when I was reborn as a giant in the antique world

The staff quickly brought over this Ming Yongle sweet white glazed tall bowl.

The porcelain was placed on the table in front of Yun Zhou, and he didn't start to pick it up until the other party put it down.

This sweet white glazed tall bowl is very well preserved with no flaws visible under the light.

In ancient times, bowl refers to "a container with a big mouth and a small belly", which means the same thing as a bowl. Simply put, it is a tall bowl with sweet white glaze.

The first feeling Yunzhou took in his hands was that the carcass was very thin and light; the second feeling was that the glazed surface was as smooth as jade, almost able to reflect the shadow of a person.

Viewed from the top, the inner wall has the eight auspicious patterns of lotus holders decorated with dark flowers.In the center, a two-line and four-character inscription is also written in dark patterns - "Yongle Nianzhi". The font and pattern are integrated, and the outer frame is surrounded by dark flower lotus petals, which is very exquisite.

In the history of Huaguo, there are many porcelains with white glaze as the color, such as Xing Kiln White Porcelain and Ding Kiln White Porcelain, but sweet white glaze still occupies a place among them and is the best among them.

The main reason is that its glaze color is warm and moist like jade, and its body is as thin as paper. ".

Yunzhou personally likes this kind of warm white, elegant and fresh.

When he was inspecting the porcelain, the little jade dragon wrapped its tail tightly around its white wrist, with two little bulge-like horns sticking out, and opened its mouth cheerfully to suck in all the aura on the porcelain. Two rows of scales lit up in an instant, shining silver and shining brightly.

Looking at the shining scales on Xiao Yulong's body, Yun Zhou asked the staff, "What's the starting price for this piece of porcelain?"

The staff replied with a smile: "The starting price is 200 million."

"OK, thanks."

Yunzhou knows that the starting price is only a reference, and the general transaction price is double or even several times higher than the starting price.The value of this piece of porcelain is estimated to be around 500 million, or higher.

As expected of a well-known art auction house, the quality of the auctions is very high, often in the millions.

Xu Ze asked the staff to send this piece of Ming Yongle sweet white glazed porcelain back to the exhibition hall, and handed the young man a sample booklet, "This is the auction catalog of the special sale of porcelain, which includes all the porcelains in this autumn auction. You should look through it first. If you want to touch the real thing, just tell the staff directly.”

Yun Zhou took over the porcelain auction album, and saw the 'You Feng Lai Yi' swivel vase made by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty on the cover at a glance.

He has only seen a similar style of this porcelain in museums. It is said that Qianlong specially asked Tang Ying, the pottery supervisor, to fire it for his mother's 60th birthday. It is extremely precious.

He felt a little excited inside, and turned to look at the staff, "This swivel bottle...can I have a look?"

"Of course." The staff responded and left.

Seeing him open the album, Xu Ze briefly introduced: "Generally, the lot on the cover is the one with the highest valuation in the special sale of porcelain, and it is also the object that all collectors compete for. The first three pages and the back cover are also high-quality goods. The further you go, the lower the valuation.

The porcelain displayed in the second half of the catalog may be worn or incomplete, so you must check it yourself, as it is impossible to tell just by looking at the pictures. "

"Okay." Yunzhou nodded, no wonder such precious porcelain can be used, this is the reason.

Otherwise, the buyer thought that he bought a perfect boutique at the auction, but when he picked up the item, he found it was a broken item, and he might have to return the item.

The staff moved very slowly this time, and it took about 10 minutes before they and another colleague carefully delivered this "Qing Qianlong Imperial Made" Youfeng Laiyi "Turning Heart Bottle".

"Sorry for the long wait. There were other customers looking at it just now." The staff apologized to the two of them, and must provide the best service to such a qualified buyer.

"It's ok."

Yun Zhou smiled at her, revealing two small dimples on his cheeks.This kind of precious porcelain placed on the cover must be very popular, so there is nothing wrong with waiting a little longer.

This revolving vase is very large, larger than the blue and white vases he has seen, about 63 centimeters high. Looking at the exquisite glaze on it, it gives people a sense of resplendent and resplendent, and it also conforms to the aesthetic characteristics of Emperor Qianlong.

The upper part of it is based on carmine, decorated with various patterns such as twining lotus patterns, and the lower part is a phoenix descending from the sky on the rocks, trees, and clouds. Its tail feathers and wings are fully visible. Superb, ingenious workmanship.

The most precious part of the heart-spinning bottle does not lie in its painters, but in the complexity of its craftsmanship.

The whole piece of porcelain is composed of four parts: upper, lower, inner and outer, namely the neck bottle, belly bottle, bottom bottle, and liner bottle. The liner can rotate with the neck bottle, so it is called the heart-rotating bottle.

Xu Zhiheng recorded in "Yin Liu Zhai Shuo Porcelain": "The belly of the bottle is exquisite and transparent, and there is a bottle inside the bottle that can also rotate. If it is, it is called 'turning heart', and it is a special product of the inner house."

It is said that it takes [-] months to make a revolving bottle, which can be seen from the complicated process and difficult firing process.

Because the heart-changing vases are too costly, Emperor Qianlong replied in the memorial that "it is not necessary to burn as many porcelains as usual", resulting in the current total number of only a few dozen pieces, and the surviving quantity is extremely rare. ②

Yun Zhou observed carefully for a while, and asked curiously: "Can the inner pot of this rotating heart bottle really rotate?"

"OK."

According to the instructions of the staff, the young man moved his eyes to the hollow part of the bottle body, and saw that as the bottle slowly turned, the auspicious bird in the hollow part seemed to come alive, spreading its wings as if coming towards the phoenix, presenting the image of "Hundred Birds". Chaofeng" scene.

"This is really... incredible." Yun Zhou's eyes widened slightly, and he exclaimed in a low voice.

The porcelain made more than 200 years ago can still maintain such a complete appearance. The complexity of the craftsmanship is beyond imagination, and the workmanship is exquisite and innovative. It is impossible to have such a fine product now.

When Yun Zhou was amazed by its exquisite workmanship, Xiao Yulong raised his head high, and sucked all the porcelain into his mouth without any politeness, and the silver scales lit up one after another, shining like silver stars in the sky, which is too beautiful to behold. .

He then looked down at the porcelain and counted in shock, one row, two rows...a total of eight rows were lit up!

Even the treasure of Zhenbao Pavilion, the bold blue and white nine-dragon pattern bottle of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty, only made the small jade dragon shine with four rows of multi-scales, but this time there are actually eight rows.

This was beyond Yunzhou's expectation, he couldn't even imagine the value of this heart-changing bottle.

Little Yulong had already curled up on the young man's wrist and was sleeping soundly. His scales were shiny. It seemed that he had eaten a lot. It would take a while to digest so much spiritual energy.

Yunzhou continued to appreciate it for a while with admiration and excitement, and asked the staff to put this "Qing Qianlong Imperial Manufacture" Youfeng Laiyi "Turning Heart Vase" back to its original place.

The movements of the two staff members were extra careful, holding the bottom of the porcelain firmly with their hands, and their expressions were also very nervous. After all, this revolving vase made by the Emperor Qianlong was the highlight of this special porcelain exhibition.

Yun Zhou looked away, and glanced at the label on the cover: RMB 8000 million.

The reference price here is actually equivalent to the starting price. If the starting price is so high, then the auction price of this heart-changing bottle will definitely exceed [-] million, and may even exceed [-] million!

And this kind of porcelain he just touched with his own hands 2 minutes ago, this feeling is very strange, I am afraid he will never forget it in his life.

The young man took a deep breath, lamented again that his assets were nothing at all, his mood was more relaxed than before, and he completely broke away from the confused state.

Yun Zhou continued to flip through the catalog, and indeed, as Xu Ze said, the starting prices on the first few pages were all above [-] million yuan, and all of them were high-quality goods.

However, different from what he imagined, the starting price of many items in the second half is not high, and the starting price of some porcelain is only a few thousand.

Yun Zhou is a little ready to move, maybe he can also take some less expensive porcelain back, start his first step in collecting, and experience the feeling of the auction site by the way.

"Please take this blue-glazed vial from the mid-Qing Dynasty, thank you."

Soon, the staff sent the porcelain over.

Yun Zhou lowered his eyes to check, and found that the nail-sized glaze was missing on the mouth of the bottle, exposing the off-white tire inside, which belonged to obvious enamel wear.

Because the wear is on the inner edge and the outer edge is higher, it is intact from the front view.He compared the pictures and found that he couldn't tell from the pictures at all.

'Some things really take your hands on to find out what's wrong. 'Yun Zhou thought so.

But he wasn't disappointed, instead, there was a little excitement in his eyes.This kind of 'scarred' porcelain is very inconspicuous compared with other intact porcelain, and he may be able to get it at a very low price.

Glaze filling is a very important step in restoring porcelain, and it's a good time to practice with them.

He looked at the reference price on the catalogue: 7000 yuan.

If this blue glaze vial can be bought at a price of less than [-] yuan, it will be a bargain.

I looked at several pieces of porcelain one after another. The prices ranged from high to low, and those with lower prices basically had some flaws, such as wear and tear on the mouth and bottom of the bottle, or incomplete glaze color, or cracked glaze on the bottle body, etc., and the starting price was marked. The prices are relatively low, most of which do not exceed [-] yuan, which is much lower than other complete porcelains.

"Well, this china strikes me as a little strange—"

Currently placed in front of Yunzhou is a blue and white ornamental vase with lotus patterns wrapped around branches in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. Its shape is a typical long neck, bulging belly, and elegant shape.The surface is painted with blue and white patterns such as banana leaves and lotus flowers, and the glaze is white and moist, which can be regarded as a fine product of official kilns.

But he looked at it for a while, and it was obvious that the size and quality of the tire were the same as the real one, but it felt a little wrong to him, and he always felt that the blue and white hair color was not so natural.

Maybe it's an illusion. Are there fakes in the auction house?

Probably not.

"Let me see."

Xu Ze brought the blue and white ornamental vase in front of him, observed it carefully for 10 minutes, and patiently checked the inscription on the bottom foot, then put down the ornamental vase, and said in a low voice, "This one should be It was imitated in the Republic of China, and the bottom line is not right."

But the imitation is very realistic, if he hadn't seen so many antiques with his grandfather since he was a child, and observed carefully for a long time, he might be deceived too.

He looked at the young man across from him, and he couldn't help showing a bit of surprise in his eyes.

Even if I was praised by my grandfather for my good eyesight, I had to distinguish for a long time before I realized that Yunzhou came to a conclusion after watching it for five or six minutes. How did he do it?

He knew that Yun Zhou was not from a family of antiques, which made it even more surprising.

Yun Zhou didn't know that during the two months of learning how to restore porcelain with Master Feng, his eyesight had improved significantly.

He more than doubled his sensitivity to color because of the constant preparation of adhesives of the same color as the glaze and paint for repairing cracks.

What Master Feng requires is perfect repair and no trace repair. He has extremely high requirements for glaze color repair. The gloss of the color under the light, under the sun, and under the night light is different, even if it is darker or lighter. , such harsh requirements also created Yunzhou's sensitivity to color.

He still can't see what's wrong with it now, what's more, it's just a kind of intuition cultivated by subtle influence. When he has more contact and understanding in the future, he will be able to find the reason from the root and become a person who really understands porcelain. people.

"...Young Master, this is really an imitation."

Yun Zhou was slightly taken aback, and then asked in a low voice, "Does the auction house also have fakes?"

"Well, it is stated in the terms that it is not fidelity."

Xu Ze is used to this kind of situation, "Porcelains with high valuations have been traced and identified by thermoluminescence, and have been unanimously approved by several experts, so they can basically be authentic; as for other porcelains, it depends on the appraiser's eyesight. Yes, the authenticity rate is over 90%.”

The water in the antique market is very deep, and no expert can guarantee that his judgment will never be wrong, and scientific identification and source verification require cost and energy, and will only be used where it is worthwhile.

"Is that so-"

Yun Zhou looked at the blue and white vase with tangled branches and lotus patterns in front of him, with a bit of regret on his face.

If it is official kiln porcelain from the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, then the estimated price is more than one million, but if it is an imitation of the Republic of China, it may only be tens of thousands of pieces, and the value will vary by dozens of times.

This completely subverted the cognition of teenagers.

In the past, he always thought that the items in the auction house were all genuine products, but now he discovered that the world-wide auction house is also risky.

However, compared to the probability of not even one out of a hundred being genuine in the market outside, the risk here is already very low.In today's flood of fakes, this is also impossible.

It seems that in the antique industry, the most important thing is to improve one's eyesight.

Yun Zhou sneaked a glance at the staff standing at the door from the corner of his eye. During their discussion, the other party kept a calm expression without embarrassment on his face.

It can be seen that this kind of thing is not a special case, and it may happen in every auction.

Yun Zhou shook his head in his heart, and continued to look through the catalog.

When he turned to the last few pages, his eyes froze suddenly, and his heart beat faster. There were actually remnants and pieces of porcelain in this auction! !

This was something he didn't expect.

Because there has been a saying in the collection circle: "porcelain has hair, it is not worth a penny".

The traditional collection concept of Huaguo pays great attention to the integrity and beauty of utensils. If there is any damage, the ornamental value and transaction price will be greatly reduced.

The fact that the starting price of the defective lot is relatively low, and the fact that no one wants the broken porcelain in the market can prove the truth of this sentence.

However, in recent years, this concept is slowly changing, and some damaged porcelain has gradually entered the field of vision of collectors, but it will take a long time to fully accept it.

The Golden Harvest Auction House is obviously extremely sensitive to market trends. This is the first time that extremely flawed remnants and broken porcelain pieces from famous kilns have appeared at the auction.

It can be said to be a brave test of the waters, used to test collectors' attitudes towards imperfect porcelain.

Yun Zhou restrained the excitement in his heart, and flipped through the last few pages of the catalog with his fingertips.

The first remnant is the Qing Yongzheng blue and white alum red dragon pattern jade pot spring bottle. There is no bottle mouth, only the lower part, but the lower part is very well preserved, and the reference price is 100 million.

If this piece of porcelain is not disabled, the price will definitely be more than ten million!

The second piece is a blue-and-white dragon pattern remnant from the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty. Four larger pieces of porcelain were put together to form a complete porcelain, and the cracks on it can be clearly seen. The reference price is 70.

When he saw the third lot, Yun Zhou almost held his breath.

I saw that the pictures showed large and small azure-colored broken porcelain pieces, marked as: A box of Ru kiln porcelain pieces in the Northern Song Dynasty, a total of 78 pieces, with a reference price of 60.

Ru kiln ranked first among the five famous kilns in Song Dynasty 'Ru kiln, Guan kiln, Ge kiln, Jun kiln and Ding kiln', known as "Ru kiln is the first".

Its firing time is very short, only during the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, and it only lasted for more than 20 years.

At present, there are only more than 80 pieces of Ru porcelain in the world, most of which exist in major museums, and there are no more than ten pieces in private collections, which are extremely rare.

The Ru Kiln Tianqing Glaze Round Washer of Ru Kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty was once auctioned at a J. Shide auction for a sky-high price of 2.7 million Hong Kong dollars, breaking the world record for porcelain at that time.

Since then, Ru kiln porcelain has repeatedly hit sky-high prices and has become a collection that collectors flock to.

"Excuse me..." Yunzhou felt that his voice was unnatural, so he paused for a moment, trying to calm himself down before he said, "Can you take a look at these two remnants and the broken porcelain pieces from Ru Kiln?"

"Of course." The two staff brought the three lots in less than 10 minutes, which showed that no one paid attention.

There are a total of more than 200 pieces of porcelain in this auction, many of which are high-quality goods. There are also treasures such as the "Qing Qianlong Emperor" Youfeng Laiyi "Zhuanxin Vase" that all collectors are eager to appreciate. Not many people will pay attention to the last The remnants of the surface, not to mention the broken porcelain.

It's like someone wants to buy a limited edition bag, but the bottom of the bag is broken. Then this person would rather pay a higher price to buy another similar limited edition than the broken one.

The same is true for porcelain, there are so many precious porcelains, and there is no shortage of this flawed remnant.Most people don't think about repairing it, which takes time and effort, not to mention that repairs may not be perfect.

However, this is no less than a treasure to Yun Zhou.

After the staff opened the box, the azure glaze was displayed in front of him. The glaze was smooth and thick, and the whole body was covered with azure glaze. future."

Yun Zhou tried to piece together the pieces of broken Ru kiln porcelain, and unexpectedly found that twelve pieces of them could be put together into a finished porcelain, but the glaze color at the bottom was a little flawed.

Ru porcelain is fired with nails, so the whole body is glazed, and the bottom feet are also glazed, unlike other porcelains where the bottom feet are exposed and have no glaze.

After the porcelain is fired, the nails are removed, and a few nail marks the size of sesame seeds are left on the bottom, which is also one of the characteristics to distinguish the authenticity of Ru porcelain.

However, this broken piece of porcelain may not have been supported properly during firing, and the traces on the bottom are slightly deeper, revealing a little white tire.

Perhaps because of this, it was smashed and buried.

The 78 pieces of broken porcelain were all carefully inspected by Yun Zhou. He found that some of them were not the authentic official Ru kiln of Qingliang Temple in Baofeng, and some of them were made of Linru kiln made by folk kilns. Taller.

He roughly counted, and there are only more than 20 pieces of real Ru kiln fragments.

Xu Ze wasn't very interested in broken porcelain pieces, but he looked into the young man's shining eyes and silently made a note in his heart that if the other party wanted it, he could just take a picture of it.

**

The two-day preview ended soon, and Yun Zhou gained a lot during this period.

This is the first time he has seen so many genuine porcelains, including rare treasures worth over [-] million yuan for him to watch and get started. This is definitely a perfect experience.

After playing with all the porcelains he liked in the VIP room, he went to the jewelry area, calligraphy and painting area, miscellaneous area, etc. the next day with Hong Hai and the others, which was an eye-opener.

Yun Zhou discovered that Golden Harvest Auction House does not only auction historical relics such as porcelain and ancient paintings, but also deals in many, many types, too numerous to enumerate.

Such as famous watches, famous wines, limited edition sneakers, bags, and letters, manuscripts, tea leaves, dolls, celebrity autographs, etc. of a certain scientist. There are many things that Yunzhou has never seen before.

The little jade dragon has gained the most. It has been absorbing spiritual energy for the past two days. More than 20 rows of silver scales lit up on its body, covering almost two-thirds of the dragon's body. Silver Dragon!

Yun Zhou stroked the sleeping little Yulong, and boarded the return plane with several others. The next time he came back, it would be the day of the auction.

At that time, he must take the box of Ru kiln porcelain pieces, and other fancy items will try their best to bid, and try to get these porcelains at the expected price.

One week before the auction, Yun Zhou received a message from Mr. Du, "Xiao Zhou, are you interested in the Golden Harvest Auction on December 12? Go and see it with me?"

"Okay, Grandpa Du."

Because he has been busy learning how to restore porcelain recently, Yunzhou has not been to the antique market for some days, and only greeted him a few times on his mobile phone, feeling a little guilty for Mr. Du.

He sent a message to Xu Ze, apologized first, and explained that he would be with his family at that time, so he would not go with him, and see you at the auction.

After seeing the reply, Xu Ze pursed his lips, feeling sore in his heart. Who is this family...?

Is it Yunzhou's mother?

But Yun Zhou never said that the other party was coming, so it could be——

Grandpa Xu looked at his grandson who had been looking down at his phone. He actually saw a vague sense of confusion and grievance on the other's face. However, when he looked again, the other party had returned to his original indifferent appearance, but his face became even more stinky.

"Old man, Yunzhou is not with us anymore."

"Oh, so who is he with?"

"I don't know." Xu Ze said with a cold face, "You will know when you go."

"...Okay, when the time comes, remember the auction items that Xiao Zhou wants, and try to help him take pictures."

"Ah."

Yunzhou also told his mother the news of participating in the auction, "Mom, would you like to go and see with me, if you have something you like, you can take a picture."

"No need." Yu Xinlan looked at the green bracelets covered with ice seeds on her left wrist, and said with a smile: "The pair of bracelets you gave me are in excellent condition. Recently, several people have asked me about it, and they all envy me." With such beautiful jewelry, of course, what I envy most is that I have a good son."

She doesn't lack anything now, and her life is going very smoothly. Her son has grown up and is very capable, which is reassuring.

Yu Xinlan plans to go on a trip with a few friends when it is warmer in the next year, travel all over the country, and come back at least two or three months later.

Yun Zhou was a little embarrassed by the praise, he looked at his radiant mother, and didn't force himself.Now that his mother has her own life, he is very happy that the other party can do what he wants, and he will always support her.

Before leaving, he came to the ancestral hall to help his father burn a few sticks of incense, and after briefly talking about his situation, he plucked up his courage and turned his attention to the portrait of Emperor Fengdu.

The man on the screen is tall and straight, wearing a black robe trimmed with gold silk, his long black ink-like hair is tied high with a jade crown, his eyebrows are picturesque, his nose bridge is high, and his appearance is too handsome to be real.

The young man looked away after a few glances, his long eyelashes blinked, his face flushed slightly, his fingertips tightly pinched the jade pendant around his neck, he hesitated for a long time before saying: "...Bei Ji, are you there?"

The temperature of the room suddenly dropped by a few degrees, and the next moment, a tall and handsome man walked out of the painting and appeared in front of him.

Before Yun Zhou could think about what to say, the other party had already spoken first: "Why haven't you looked for me for so long?"

"Ah?" Yun Zhou was taken aback, "I—"

Bei Ji glanced expressionlessly at the sleeping little Yulong, his face was a little ugly, he knew that this little thing hadn't conveyed his thoughts to the other party.

"Do you still want to be with that young man this time?"

Beiji approached suddenly, and the thick black mist spread to the boy's feet and climbed up the boy's bare ankle. His deep voice was as elegant as a cello, "Don't be with him."

Hit by the beauty at close range, Yun Zhou felt his brain was a little dull: "You mean...Xu Ze?"

"En." Emperor Fengdu's voice was muffled, "Don't mention his name, and don't be with him."

"Why?" Yun Zhou's heart was beating fast, and he felt something was about to come out.

"I don't like it, it feels very uncomfortable." Beiji said in a dull voice, "Anyway, don't be with him."