"Is the elder who passed his birthday very close to the Gu family?"

Chen Yu, who had just put down a real high-quality imitation Qianlong pastel celestial ball bottle, turned his head and asked softly to Gu Qingqing.

Gu Qingqing nodded obediently: "Well, I am a relative of my mother, and the specific relationship is my grandfather's uncle."

Chen Yu was stunned for a moment, and then immediately asked, "Your grandpa's uncle? Wouldn't he be nearly a hundred years old?"

Gu Qingqing covered her mouth and smiled, "Doesn't it sound a bit incredible?"

Chen Yu nodded but immediately shook his head, "Not right, after all, my grandfather also lived a long life."

Gu Qingqing explained: "This elder is not very old, because my grandfather's aunt is only nine years older than my grandfather.

"So this elder's actual age is only 80 years old, and this year marks his 80th birthday.

"My grandma passed away early. Because my grandma was doing business for many years, she ran outside. So when my mother was a child, she often went to this elder's house for dinner.

"This elder was a university professor before retirement and often guided his mother's homework.

"If my dad hadn't been thrust and tired after the operation, my mother would have to take care of him at home. Usually, our whole family would come together for this elder's birthday."

Chen Yu nodded: "I understand, then I will do my best to choose the best official kiln porcelain with the best quality."

"Brother Yu, compared to the various antiques on street stalls outside, the porcelain in this store looks very good. If it is really hard to choose, I can choose one of the official kiln porcelains just now."

Chen Yu smiled: "You think it's good because many of the items on the street stalls outside are dirty.

"Take copper coins as an example, many of them are stained with rust. If you pick them up and put them down, there is a layer of copper rust on the palm of your hand. Not to mention asking for money, even if you give it to Qingqing, you won't want it.

“But if you wipe it carefully, you will feel like you are a treasure in the spring.

"The same is true when it comes to porcelain. The carefully scrubbed porcelain must be more pleasing than the street stalls covered with dirt and mud.

"But people who understand porcelain do not just look at the appearance of porcelain. Since we are here, we can't make do with it. We still have to choose someone who can take advantage of it."

There were only a few Bogu racks in which the porcelain was placed in Bogu Hall, and there were only a few twenty of them. Now he has seen half of them.

Seven of the shelves are all antique porcelain, and three of them contain real Qing Dynasty official kiln porcelain.

However, there were not many Daoguang, Xianfeng, and Guangxu periods, and the prices were even higher. The price was even higher than that of Qian Lao's small blue and white bowl, which was much worse than that of Qian's small blue and white bowl, and the price was 780,000 yuan.

Such objects can be bought in antique city, and the money spent is half the less, so why should I come to Bogutang to buy them at a high price?

Chen Yu knew that Bogutang must have many rare official kiln porcelains placed in the vault.

He wanted to ask the old man in silk shirts directly if there were any good items for the shop.

But after thinking about it, Chen Yu still planned to look for it himself. Anyway, there are still ten airs left and you can finish it in at most an hour. It is also a good thing to take this opportunity to verify your eyesight.

It would be even better if you can discover some special abilities in your eyes at the same time.

"Brother Yu, how do you think of this bottle?"

Gu Qingqing pointed to a blue and white porcelain vase with a short neck, sloping shoulders, bulging belly, slender body and exquisite shape on the Bogu stand beside him and asked Chen Yu.

Chen Yu glanced at the eyes and found that it was a Guanyin bottle, but the specific price was not marked.

Guanyin bottle is also called Guanyin Zun. The specific time of creation and fireworks is unknown. Some legend is that it is the shape of the Jun kiln in the Song Dynasty, and it was also fired in the Ming Dynasty.

Because most of the porcelains of Guanyin bottles that are circulated on the market now are from the Kangxi period, some people say that Guanyin bottles were burned during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.

Chen Yu walked to the ancient shelf and looked at it carefully for a few seconds. His heart suddenly moved. The bottle seemed to have a chance!

The body of this bottle is uniform in thickness, with blue and white hair color, with obvious rust spots, and the glaze surface is bright but there is no such flame of new porcelain, giving people a moist and delicate feeling.

The bottle body is painted with traditional Chinese ink and water patterns, the pine stone streams are formed in its own section, green bamboo and plum blossoms are dripping rain, and the mountains in the distance are rendered with dots of ink, without any traces of carving, as if they are splashed ink.

It’s no wonder that Gu Qingqing took a look at this bottle at first sight. This blue and white porcelain with exquisite shape and picturesque patterns can be said to be loved by everyone.

Chen Yu has been wandering in the antique market all year round, but he hasn't seen this complicated and meticulous and non-chaotic porcelain painting technique for a long time.

"A good painter, absolutely good painter. It is difficult for an old painter who has not been a decades old to have such extraordinary skills." Chen Yu exclaimed in his heart again.

Because he knew that it was not easy to put ink on porcelain.

The production steps of blue and white porcelain are very complicated, and the most critical step is to use blue and white materials to draw various exquisite patterns on the bottle preform.

Craftsmen who paint and write on porcelain know painting and calligraphy, and the best of them even need to copy many master-level works. If you want to become a porcelain painter, you must have both understanding and skill.

For the craftsmen who painted on porcelain in ancient times, today's collectors respectfully call them painters, or porcelain painting masters, and porcelain painting masters.

But in ancient times, such craftsmen had no status. There was no information to follow in the year of birth and death, their surnames, and where the teacher came from.

But he is called a painter and a painter. Few people can leave their names on various classics like masters of calligraphy and calligraphy.

Nowadays, a piece of official kiln porcelain in the Ming and Qing dynasties often costs tens of millions, or even tens of millions, but everyone does not know who the person who made it, and it has to be said that it is a very regrettable thing.

Chen Yu took out the cotton white gloves and wiped the sweat from his palms clean. He then gently picked up the bottle. This Guanyin bottle was not easy to handle, because the height of the bottle alone exceeded forty centimeters.

Chen Yu first held the bottle mouth with his right hand, then slightly tilted the bottle. When he held the bottom of the bottle with his left hand, he took the Guanyin bottle firmly from the ancient shelf with both hands.

Bogutang has a jujube wood square table specially designed for people to identify porcelain. Chen Yu held the bottle in his arms, walked slowly to the square table, put the bottle firmly on the table, and then slowly observed it again.

In fact, the moment he bought the bottle, Chen Yu knew that it must be an old piece of porcelain from the Qing Dynasty. Because the glaze tentacles were warm, it was exactly the same as the official kiln porcelain of the Qing Dynasty that he had used in Baoyuxuan.

After observing repeatedly for nearly five minutes, Chen Yu picked up the bottle again.

He gently flipped the bottle and saw that the bottom was filled with the six-character three-line style "Made in Chenghua, Ming Dynasty". Chen Yu shook his head slightly, but nodded immediately.

Chen Yu had almost known the origin of the Guanyin bottle in front of him, and it should be a fine folk kiln blue and white porcelain from the Kangxi period.

Although it is not as good as the Kangxi official kiln, the difference is not much, and there is no phenomenon of shrinking glaze and opening the pieces. It is likely to be a fine folk kiln product from the late Kangxi period.

In order to confirm his guess, Chen Yu silently recited the treasure appraisal and wanted to use his special ability to identify it.

"hiss!"

This time, Chen Yu was disappointed again. Just like identifying the ancient book "Decoration Record", the special ability of the eyes not only did not appear, but instead the pain in both eyes was unbearable and tears flowed.

Now Shen Yu felt like he was stabbed by a silver needle a few times and then a few drops of hot oil was splashed in. The scorching pain was tingling, so let alone the uncomfortable feeling.

Fortunately, he followed his grandfather to practice martial arts for many years, and his body tolerated pain was comparable to that of ordinary people, so he endured it.

If you change to another ordinary person, you will be afraid that you will have shouted loudly and may even break the porcelain bottle in your hand.

"Sure enough, this special ability is not so easy to possess.

"It is better to use less before you fully understand why the treasure appraisal ability can be used sometimes, and sometimes it is not only impossible to use it, but also makes your eyes hurt."

At this time, Gu Qingqing had already called Liu Dongyang, the chief appraiser of Bogutang.

The title of chief appraiser is called to outsiders, but it actually means the boss of the antique shop. Apart from the shop owner, the shopkeeper is the biggest.

Seeing Chen Yu holding the blue and white Guanyin bottle for a long time, Liu Dongyang coughed lightly and asked in a slightly inquiring tone: "My friend, are you?"

Chen Yu hurriedly turned to Liu Dongyang and smiled: "Old Liu, I think this bottle is good, I wonder how much it costs to pay for the expensive store?"

Antique Store usually uses respectful titles for seniors over 60 years old, which is the surname. Old name, old name, old name, old gentleman, old senior.

For example, Li Hanlin, people in the french market respectfully call him Mr. Li, and merchants in antique city include Chen Yu, also known as Qian Yunxuan from Ci Guzhai as Mr. Qian.

Therefore, Chen Yu called Liu Dongyang Lao Liu, which is a title that shows respect. It is not impossible to call the shopkeeper directly, but it is a very rude thing.

Liu Dongyang also nodded and expressed his gratitude: "Little friend, you have a good eye. This is a blue and white Guanyin bottle made by the Kangxi folk kiln "Mushiju" imitated in the ancient Ming Dynasty. The store price is 2.6 million yuan."

Fearing that Chen Yu did not understand the specific meaning, Liu Dongyang continued to explain: "In the early Kangxi porcelains, they rarely wrote about the Kangxi period, and often wrote about the previous dynasty styles. They would imitate the meanings of the same generation as the imitation.

"This 'Mushiju' was a famous folk kiln zhaitang style in the late Kangxi period.

"But don't worry, although Kangxi blue and white kilns are divided into folk kilns and official kilns, there is no such big gap in porcelain making technology as it was later.

"It can even be said that there is no difference, because some porcelain craftsmen in folk kilns are the same group as official kilns.

"They work in the official kiln during the day and in the private kiln at night, and the private kiln is much richer in subject matter than the official kiln.

"Because Kangxi folk kilns are the peak of the folk kilns, most of the porcelains handed down from the blue and white of Kangxi folk kilns are fine products, and the same is true for this Guanyin bottle. If you like it, please buy it with confidence."

Chen Yu nodded in agreement, but also smiled bitterly, "Old Liu, can you lose this bottle? I really can't get the price now!"

Liu Dongyang thought for a while, "Xiaoyou is the first customer in my store who is willing to buy today. OK, 2.4 million yuan, this is the best price I can decide."
Chapter completed!