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

There is no need for words to explain, everything has the answer.

The reason why the other party became a master of porcelain restoration is self-evident.

Just looking at this studio, you can see how much effort the young man has put into porcelain restoration.

Those complete equipment and materials, a complete set of tools, and this undisturbed environment cost a lot of money.

As for the box after box of broken porcelain pieces, after collecting, cleaning, sorting, meticulously sorting and labeling, not to mention how much energy was spent, it is really appalling!

There are also two pieces of porcelain placed on the workbench that have only been bonded. When they looked carefully, they were all made of broken pieces of porcelain.

It shows that these broken pieces of porcelain are not only as simple as being familiar with and identifying ancient porcelain, but can also be restored into complete pieces!

Rao, the two curators who had seen the storm were shocked, and the shock in their hearts lingered for a long time.

No one has done so much to hone the art of restoration.

The two have worked hard for the restoration of cultural relics for most of their lives. They thought they had used all kinds of methods, but at this moment they suddenly felt that what they did was not as good as one-tenth of the other's.

The current shortage of cultural relic restorers in Huaguo is caused by various factors such as inheritance, environment, and treatment. Since the status quo is difficult to change, why not provide a better environment for employees already engaged in this industry?

Even if it is to supplement the materials and tools in the restoration room.

They never thought about it.

Prior to this, the two had been busy calling for the improvement of the remuneration of cultural relic restorers, calling on the country to cultivate talents, lowering conditions and staffing in order to recruit more manpower.

Now it seems that many ideas are too idealistic.

Reform needs to be implemented bit by bit, not in a day.

The requirements for cultural relic restorers are very high. Not only must they have high historical and cultural literacy, extreme patience and sense of responsibility, but at the same time, there must be no carelessness in the restoration process, otherwise it will cause secondary damage to precious cultural relics.

This is not a problem that can be solved by simply lowering the threshold.

They think too much.

Kong has great ambitions, but the working environment of the only three restorers in his own museum has not improved.

How ridiculous.

Today, Yunzhou taught them a good lesson.

This kind of studio is the environment that restorers need most and can exercise their abilities the most. Even a rotten piece of wood can become useful with such sufficient preparation and practice.

What's more, young people are not dead wood, but geniuses!

Only a genius can come up with such an efficient way to combine the practice of restoration skills and the improvement of theoretical knowledge.

Not only that, when Old Qiu thought of Yun Zhou who was sitting on the same appraisal table with him at the banquet, the way he looked at him changed.

No wonder he has such a strong appraisal ability, no wonder he can detect the suspicious points of the high imitation plum vase that all the experts present can't see, this is killing three birds with one stone!

Yunzhou took the two of them to visit the studio for a while, and seeing that their expressions were a little dazed, he asked considerately, "Grandpa Qiu, Director Ye, are you tired, do you want to take a break?"

"Oh, no, no need." Qiu Lao immediately waved his hand after regaining consciousness, "Xiaozhou, you can just go and do your own business, let's just take a look here."

He and Ye Luan should study carefully.

"Okay." Yun Zhou glanced at his watch, it was only 10:40 now, usually lunch is at 12 o'clock, and there is still an hour and a half left.

The clients looking for him for porcelain restoration have been lined up until June, and he has not picked up the latter ones for the time being.

These were all agreed years ago. He has other plans after graduation, so there will be a delay in time, so he should repair the promised ones first.

At present, what he has in his hand is the "plum vase with three-color landscape and figure pattern under glaze" from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.

Underglaze three-color glaze is a unique type of porcelain in the Kangxi period, which combines blue and white, underglaze red, and bean green glaze.

The blue-and-white underglaze red is already very difficult to fire, but with the addition of bean green glaze, it is even more difficult to fire. It is really rare, and handed down products are relatively rare.

However, the painting process of this porcelain is much simpler than other figure paintings, mainly blue and white, with a few strokes to depict the movements and artistic conception of the figures, and the underglaze red and bean green are only the foil.

In addition, the carcass is slightly thick and the bottom has no style, so it should be fired in Kangxi folk kiln.

It is said that Mr. Zhao found it in country Y. It was not expensive at that time, only 5000 pounds, which was a mistake.

Being so cheap naturally has some flaws, the 'distant mountains' part of the picture is missing a piece of glaze, and the glaze in other parts is also showing signs of falling off, so it needs to be filled in the same way.

The figure pattern is not like the pattern of twining lotus, sea water, and curly grass that has a fixed "template" pattern. The pattern of the latter is similar, and the color and shape of the filling part can be determined according to the pattern next to the porcelain.

The patterns of the characters are different.

Like the porcelain in front of me, it depicts the distant mountains, the cold river, the lonely boat and the characters on the riverside. The missing parts have no reference at all and require a strong theoretical knowledge reserve.

Yun Zhou had already consulted relevant information before, and had seen similar Kangxi underglaze three colors, so he didn't find it difficult.

The blue and white porcelain of folk kilns in the Kangxi period mostly used pearl materials from the province of Z, and this piece is no exception.

The sun was just right outside, so he quickly mixed the materials in proportion to prepare blue and white glaze colors with different shades.

According to the original picture in the data, the color was tested on the plain tire, and after two times of painting, the glaze was directly filled and the color was painted on the porcelain.

The young man was engrossed in the process, but he did not notice that Qiu Lao and Ye Luan were approaching quietly after the tour, and finally stopped at a place three meters away from him.

The two didn't dare to get too close, so as not to disturb each other, and they didn't even dare to breathe, and didn't make any noise.

They just watched Yunzhou fill in the lack of glaze bit by bit. The glaze was sprayed meticulously and evenly, the color depth was just right, and the movements were as natural as flowing clouds and flowing water.

After changing to a lighter blue and white glaze in the middle, I immediately invested in a new round of coloring without any pause, and the efficiency was astonishingly high.

It is actually faster than the master craftsman with more than 20 years of experience in the museum!

Old Qiu and Ye Luan looked at each other, the excitement in their hearts was beyond words.

With this speed and ability, the cultural relics in their museum can be saved——

It wasn't until the missing part of the glaze was filled that Yun Zhou took off his mask and took a few deep breaths. Looking at the time, it was already 12:30, half an hour later than he expected.

He is already very familiar with the color matching of blue and white. It seems that figure painting is really time-consuming, and a small piece of glaze has been filled for two hours.

In the afternoon, the rest of the broken parts of the bottle body will be lightly repaired, and then the surface gloss will be simply aged, and the restoration of this porcelain will be completed.

Yun Zhou stretched, got up from his seat and prepared to move around.

Oh, by the way, Mr. Qiu and Director Ye are still in the workshop.

He forgot when he was busy.

Qiu Lao and the two stood so that their legs were numb and did not move. Seeing him stop the tool in his hand, he immediately rubbed his legs and greeted him with joy.

"Xiaozhou, your efficiency is too high."

Old Qiu sighed, "It's amazing, it has definitely reached the level of a master."

"It's more than amazing, it's repaired, it's just amazing!

The distant mountains and the scenery are integrated into one, and the whole presents a tranquil and light artistic conception. The blue and white are thick and light, and the color control is not bad.

If I hadn't looked at the restoration, I wouldn't have recognized it at all.And this connection, how can it be so natural—”

Ye Luan picked up the half-restored plum vase, and praised it while observing it.

The curator of the city museum, who is usually very steady in front of his subordinates, is eloquent like a different person at this time, pouring out beautiful words from his mouth, completely bowing down to the other party's superb skills.

"Thank you for the compliment." Yun Zhou's eyes slightly curved, and he accepted the compliments of the two generously.

In fact, he thinks the difficulty of restoring this porcelain is not high.

After all, the part lacking glaze is blue and white. If it is underglaze red or finely painted vegetation branches and leaves, the preparation speed will not be so fast, and the coloring will be more detailed, at least one day.

However, for Qiu and Lao, this is porcelain with figure patterns, which is much more difficult to restore than ordinary porcelain.

If it is placed in a museum, first of all, the missing parts cannot be referenced on the porcelain. It will take a while to search for relevant information and conduct strict verification.

After finding the information, the restorer has to repeat the pattern and drawing method of the memory loss part, analyze the composition, and find the appropriate ratio of materials.

It is even more difficult to adjust the glaze color, which has always been the most difficult step in porcelain restoration.

The missing part is composed of three blue and white colors with different shades, and it also has a smudge effect, so it is impossible to successfully deploy it at one time.

Maybe a darker blue and white color was blended today, but if the weather is bad and the light is not enough tomorrow, it will take two days before another type is blended.

In this way, it will take at least a week or two to make up for the missing glaze.

They didn't think there was any problem before. After all, the restoration of cultural relics is not a child's play.

But today Yunzhou's coloring process completely subverted their cognition.

Youth only took two hours, and it was repaired so well!

Mr. Qiu and Curator Ye have a lot to ask, but it's getting closer now, so let's go to eat first.

**

On the first floor of the high-end restaurant, the three of them were sitting by the window, and there was a buffet of 100 per person on the plate, with a wide variety and fresh ingredients.

Mr. Qiu was enjoying the delicious food, and after being excited, he felt a little more uneasy.

After today's visit, he understood that the treatment of the city museum and this studio was far too different.

Whether it is the working environment, equipment, tools, materials, meals, services, etc., it cannot be compared with here.

If he had come here earlier, even if he had given up his old face, he would not have made such a request.

But why would the youth agree?

After the meal, Mr. Qiu finally couldn't help asking, "Xiaozhou, why did you agree to come to the museum to be a restorer?"

Even curator Ye next to him cast his gaze over.

Yun Zhou said with a slight smile: "The museum is very good. You can get close to the precious cultural relics that can only be seen outside the glass booth, improve the level of restoration, and at the same time make a contribution to the country.

Of course, if I have the opportunity in the future, I would like to open a private museum. "

This is his plan for after graduation.

After all, with the increasing number of restored porcelains, Duobao Pavilion is almost full. It is not safe to keep so many precious collections at home, so it is better to exhibit them to the public.

His own collection is not enough, so he can ask Grandpa Du at that time, I believe the other party is also willing.

As a collector, who doesn't want to share the treasures in his collection so that everyone can appreciate his unique collection?

No one doesn't want to, this is a kind of spiritual satisfaction, a need for self-actualization.

Just like winery owners can't help sharing fine wine with friends, parents with children can't help showing off their babies, and when they travel and see beautiful scenery, they can't help posting on Moments, it's human nature.

Yunzhou is no exception.

He and Master Feng spent countless efforts and went through untold hardships to wash and restore the Ru kiln's sky blue glaze. It would be a pity if he was the only one to appreciate it.

But he has no experience in opening a private museum, and everything has to be considered in the long run. In addition to restoring cultural relics, he also goes to the city museum to learn.

"Private museum?"

Mr. Qiu did not expect that a college student who has not yet graduated would have such advanced thinking, and he exchanged a glance with Ye Luan, "The idea is very good, Director Ye and I fully support it."

This is what he said in his heart. It is better for the public to have a chance to see it than to collect it himself.

"However, it may be difficult to implement. The state stipulates that the area of ​​a private museum shall not be less than 400 square meters, and the total number of collections shall not be less than 300..."

Among these conditions, the most difficult to achieve is the number of collections.

Not to mention 300 pieces, it is already very good to collect dozens of collections. Some collectors look at the house full of collections, but in fact there are few genuine ones.

It is natural that it can be put on display in a museum, but 95% of the products on the market are fakes. Where can I find so many genuine products?

And there must be at least a few rare objects in the 300-piece collection, otherwise who would come to visit?

Thinking of this, Old Qiu couldn't help but take a look at Yun Zhou. With 300 collections, this young man wouldn't—

Yun Zhou seemed to be aware of his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Qiu, I'm still far behind, and it's just an idea at the moment."

Mr. Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, and then laughed in his heart. The young man has only been in the antique business for less than four years. How could he have so many collections?

To be able to collect dozens of pieces is an achievement that is difficult for others to achieve in a lifetime.

If you let him know that there are more than 180 pieces in Yun Zhou's collection and more than 70% of them are high-quality goods, I don't know how he will feel.

Seeing that the young man was going to continue repairing porcelain in the afternoon, Mr. Qiu and Curator Ye bid farewell, eagerly hoping that the other party would be able to join the job tomorrow.

For a porcelain restorer with such outstanding skills, naturally the sooner the better.

Yun Zhou agreed.

The Municipal Museum is closed every Monday and does not go to work. The working hours from Tuesday to Sunday are 8:30-17:00.

4 days off per month, no weekends off.

Fortunately, it is the same as ordinary work.

At 8:[-] the next morning, after he went through the corresponding entry procedures, he was quickly taken to the Cultural Relics Restoration Department by the curator.

Curator Ye: "This is Yunzhou. I recently joined the ancient ceramics restorer. I will start an internship in the museum from today. I belong to the same department as you."

Although the other three restorers were surprised that this delicate-looking young man was brought by the curator himself, they knew that this was a non-staff member when they heard about the internship.

What's more, the age looks so young, it should be to accumulate social experience, or to prepare for the recruitment of public institutions in the second half of the year.

As for why it was taken by the curator, maybe it was a relative or acquaintance who helped take care of it.

They didn't care too much, introduced each other and started to continue working.

There are three restorers in the Municipal Museum, one female and two male.

Ms. Tao Fangtao is a bronze and lacquerware restorer with 17 years of working experience; Kou Zhiye is responsible for the restoration of calligraphy and painting ancient books with 30 years of working experience and is a master of the museum.

The last one is Master Ren Han, who has worked for 11 years and is responsible for the restoration of ancient ceramics just like Yun Zhou.

When Ren Han heard that the young man was also a restorer of ancient ceramics, he gave him a slightly surprised look.

It is not easy to restore ancient ceramics. He studied with his master for 6 years before he began to restore cultural relics alone. In the next 3 years, he repaired general cultural relics. In the past two years, he began to involve third-level cultural relics.

But the other party was so young, Ren Han thought that he should be the same as before. He sounded like a restorer, but he was actually similar to an apprentice or junior worker.

That's not bad, there are too many ancient ceramics that need to be repaired, so I can help him.

Yun Zhou briefly introduced himself, only saying that he has been in contact with ancient ceramic restoration for more than three years, and did not introduce much.

At his age, no one would believe him, so let's speak with his strength.

After getting to know each other, curator Ye took the young people to familiarize themselves with the environment in the museum, and said while walking: "The city museum has more than 6 collections, including ceramics, paintings, bronzes, gold and silverware, lacquerware, jade, furniture, ancient books and rare books. , stationery and other 18 categories, among which there are nearly 1 pieces of ancient ceramics, which belongs to the largest category.”

Among them, ceramics, calligraphy and painting, bronze ware, lacquer ware, textiles, treasure inlays, woodware and other categories all need restoration. Unfortunately, as a city museum, there are not so many professional cultural relic restorers.

Only major categories can be repaired first.

The category of ancient ceramics is the largest in the entire Huaguo, and the number of pieces that need to be restored is also the largest.

Curator Ye continued: "Among the more than 9000 pieces of ancient ceramics, there are 18 first-class cultural relics, 167 second-class cultural relics, more than 700 third-class cultural relics, and the rest are general cultural relics.

More than 40% of them have varying degrees of damage. I plan to let you start repairing the third-level cultural relics first. You should be familiar with them first. If there is no problem, I will hand over the second-level cultural relics to you. "

As for the restoration of the first-class cultural relics in the collection, they must be reviewed and reported to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, and they can only be restored after the State Administration of Cultural Heritage approves it. It is not their decision.

As for the restoration of the second- and third-level cultural relics, it also needs to be reported to the provincial department, but this kind of approval is relatively fast, and there is basically no problem.

Before that, sufficient materials and evidence must be collected and submitted, otherwise the possibility of approval is unlikely.

The whole morning was basically spent in the introduction, and Yunzhou benefited a lot.

I did not have a good understanding of the collection and layout of the museum before, but this time I got a professional introduction under the explanation of Director Ye, which will be very helpful for him to open a private museum in the future.

The two went to the cafeteria together, the food was not bad, there were two meat dishes, two vegetarian dishes and soup.

However, compared with the buffet in Yunzhou Studio, it is obviously inferior.

Curator Ye sighed softly in his heart, and gave him an extra braised chicken leg, the young man's eyes slightly curved, "Thank you, Curator."

In fact, he didn't think there was anything, and the school cafeteria was the same.

I took a bite of the chicken leg and it tasted pretty good.

"You can just call me Uncle Ye. I have sent people to purchase the missing tools." Ye Luan felt that the working environment could not be compared with the other party's as he spoke. "Maybe it will take a while to get them together——"

"It doesn't matter." Yun Zhou thought of this a long time ago, "I will bring the necessary materials tomorrow, and the repair tools are enough now."

The materials used for non-mark repair are different from ordinary repair materials, and there is nothing normal here.

"Okay." Ye Luan became more and more appreciative of this considerate young man, "Then I will send the first batch of third-level cultural relics to you in the afternoon. Don't worry about repairing them. Let Ren Han explain the rules to you."

Yun Zhou nodded, and came to the cultural relics restoration department in the afternoon.

The three of them took a lunch break in the inner room, and he carefully looked at the restoration room.

The space here is indeed small, and the three restorers do not have separate workshops, but share one room and are scattered in different locations.

There is no clean room inside, but the equipment is relatively complete, materials and tools are piled up in the cabinets, and the sink and workbench are cleaned very clean.

not bad.

Yun Zhou found his own position, and was relatively close to Ren Han, facing the transparent window to ensure sufficient light.

There are also separate cabinets and tool racks, which can be stored if things are shipped over tomorrow.

He opened his backpack and took out his notebook and several sets of tools for his own use.

Take a good look at Ren Han's work steps this afternoon. After all, cultural relic restoration is still different from ordinary restoration.

Ren Han was instructed to explain the principles and steps of cultural relic restoration to the young man.

"First of all, the restoration of cultural relics pays attention to restoring the old as the old, the original materials and state must be respected, and the restoration can only be started after consulting reliable archives.

Secondly, the principle of least intervention, try to maintain the original appearance of cultural relics..."

Seeing that the young man listened carefully and recorded in his notebook from time to time, Ren Han was even more sure that he was far from being able to repair independently.

But judging by his serious attitude, it should be no problem to assist him.

Just as he was talking, the two researchers who saw the cultural relics delivered at the door came over, "There are three third-level cultural relics in the category of ancient ceramics, please sign after confirming that they are correct."

Ren Han frowned, didn't they just send two pieces of porcelain last week?

These two pieces are quite difficult to paint, and it will take at least a month to restore them, so why are they delivered again today.

As soon as he was about to go out, he saw the young man next to him leave his seat first, carefully checked the damage of the delivered porcelain, and signed his name.

"Yunzhou? Well, there is no problem." The researcher confirmed against the roster and put away the list.

Letter of appointment:? ? ?

Did he hear wrong? !

Ms. Tao and Master Kou also put down the tools in their hands, and looked at the young man in surprise.

This college student who has not yet graduated is actually a restorer of ancient ceramics, and the first time he restored was a third-level cultural relic!