Chapter 131 The Ming Xuande Furnace's Past and Present

"You can do it, kid!"

Jin Zhongguo gave a thumbs up to Song Yun, who had been silent all the time.

"Hehehe!"

"But luck is better!"

Song Yun smiled.

Tang Miaomiao listened and couldn't help rolling her eyes.

Luck is just better?

This has to be considered heaven-defying, right?

Every few days, they are picked up, ranging from a few million to tens of millions.

Just don't let anyone else live.

Jin Zhongguo didn't know much about the news, and the reaction was not particularly big.

"Grandpa Jin, you are so good at this copper furnace, what's so good about it?"

"Also, what happened to the Xuande furnace you just said?"

"Is this something awesome?"

Gong Liman knew that since Jin Zhongguo said that this copper furnace was very good, it was definitely a good thing. Song Yun and Tang Miaomiao didn't fool themselves just now.

"certainly!"

"It's too good a thing."

"In the history of China, there are many antiques. Because of the excellent selection of materials and exquisite workmanship, they have become representative works of a certain period. This is the case with the bronze furnaces in the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty."

"Xuande censer is a kind of copper censer, which is used as a special censer for the court to burn incense to remember the gods and Buddhas."

"In the third year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, the Xuande furnace began to be cast, because this time, Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji of the Ming Dynasty participated in person. The whole process, including design, copper smelting, etc., are all about excellence, and the high quality can be imagined."

"This is the first time in the history of China to use brass to cast copper, which is completely different from bronze. It uses an extremely rare 'wind-milled copper', and at the same time adds some precious metals. It was made at that time. When it comes to bronze ware, generally four refining materials are enough, and the quality is very good, but the Xuande furnace is twelve refining, so the texture of the material can be imagined, it is as delicate as the skin of a baby.”

"The most powerful part of the Xuande stove is the copper color, which is restrained but exudes a strange light. It is very wonderful. According to records, there are more than 40 kinds. The purple with green and black is called the eggplant skin color. If it is like ancient jade, it is called eggplant skin color. Those with earthy colors are called earthy patinas, and in addition, there are amber and crab shell greens.”

"'The magic of Xuande furnace, in the color of treasure, contains pearly light, and appears dandan and mumu', which is used to describe Xuande furnace."

...

Jin Zhongguo shines brightly and is like a rare treasure.

"so smart?"

"How many Xuande furnaces are there now?"

Gong Liman said while glancing at the stove that Jin Zhongguo was holding tightly in his hand, her eyes rolled quickly, but because she was wearing sunglasses, no one noticed at all.

"not much!"

"Or not at all!"

Jin Zhongguo shook his head.

"what?"

"This is how the same thing?"

Gong Liman doesn't understand anymore, it can be said less, after all, there are always less good things, and more can only be Chinese cabbage, but how can you say that there is no truth?

"The Xuande furnace recognized by collectors refers to the first batch cast in the third year of Xuande (1428). The number is about 3,000 pieces, and no more than 5,000 pieces. The six-character regular script 'Ming Xuande Year System' is in Outer bottom of the furnace."

"Most of these bronze furnaces are placed in various places in the palace, and only a small part are given to royal relatives, close ministers and temples with strong incense, which do not exist among the people."

"After hundreds of years of ups and downs, these copper furnaces have basically disappeared due to various reasons. Now the Xuande furnaces collected by many museums are basically not recognized."

Jin Zhongguo sighed deeply, as someone who loves antiques very much, this kind of thing is undoubtedly the most painful.

"Is there such a thing? Is it a pity?"

Although Gong Liman doesn't usually play with antiques, she feels the same when she hears such words.

"The reason why the Xuande furnace is very likely to be untrue is that what Mr. Jin said is one reason, and another reason is that there are too many fakes or imitations."

"Not long after the Xuande furnace came out, many people wanted to get it. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, dignitaries already began to buy Xuande furnace with a lot of money. In the late stage, the price was higher. This directly led to many antique merchants imitating Xuande furnace. "

"Among these imitators, the most famous is Wu Bangzuo, one of the supervisors of Xuande furnace."

"After the first batch of incense burners mentioned by Mr. Jin was completed, Emperor Xuande did not make any more. Wu Bangzuo summoned the original craftsmen and began to imitate them according to the drawings and craftsmanship of Xuande burners. Although these bronze burners are imitations, their craftsmanship is very exquisite. The materials used are basically the same as the real Xuande furnace, which has reached the level of falsehood."

"This kind of imitation did not stop until the Qianlong period. In later generations, people simply called those with high quality 'Xuanxuande furnace'."

"Taking the fake as the real is the only time in Chinese history that even some bronze furnaces made of Xuande furnace have become precious historical relics."

Tang Miaomiao held the teacup and spoke slowly about the Xuande stove.

"So, isn't the current situation very complicated? It really doesn't exist in the world. Even if it does, when people identify it, they don't know if it's true?"

Gong Liman's wide eyes were a bit complicated for a layman like her.

"It's really a bit complicated."

"There are still methods for identification. For example, whether the shape of the vessel is dignified and simple, and secondly, the pulping. Xuande furnaces are generally handed down from ancient times. One of the criteria is to look at the color of the copper furnace, because the craftsmanship and the addition of gold and silver with different ingredients show different treasures."

"Of course, as I said just now, there is no certain furnace that can be recognized by everyone as the real furnace of Xuande three years, so there is no way to clarify this matter now."

Tang Miaomiao shook her head as she talked, Xuande furnace was a little complicated for a professional like him, not to mention Gong Liman who knew antique Xiaobai at a glance.