Chapter 459: Police, Don’t Move! (1/2)
Chapter 459: Police, Don’t Move!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Before they entered Rose's house, Du Dayuan handcuffed the briefcase onto his wrist, giving an i a very cautious person He did not remove the handcuffs even after they entered the house
Li Du prepared fruit juice and coffee for the guests and served theot froe
The three of them examined the porcelain ware Each of the the piece of beautiful porcelain
Hans looked on, hopefully awaiting their conclusion, whereas Li Du appeared to be nonchalant This was because he had already known the porcelain ere all ih, the three of the raised his head to give the conclusion ”Xiao Li, I believe you will be disappointed”
Hans cried out, ”What's the probleh Instead of answering Hans's question, he said, ”Let ive an account about the fao ahead”
”Fa Dynasty,” said Ma Cheng, ”under the rule of E De Zhen The porcelain was popular in the Qing court; that gave rise to the saying of the 'secret collection of the Qing Dynasty'
”The real famille rose is characterized by decorations painted in opaque overglaze rose colors, chiefly shades of pink and carmine This is to ant”
As he spoke, he picked up a porcelain plate and explained, ”Look at the area here The patterns on this white-glazed plate, the red, green and ocher: don't the colors seem a bit too rich?”
Hans couldn't really tell the difference ”Is that so?”
Ma Cheng laughed and said, ”Well, let's continue The color of the faant, but the pattern is often rough The raw materials are coarse and the surface of the porcelain has fading colors and tones
”Why is this so? This is because the porcelain was fired in a kiln under a low telaze ether This is a distinctive feature of the Kangxi era famille rose porcelain
”But look at this porcelain here's the fading colors and tones? It was fired nicely in the kiln, the color enalaze It's very beautiful In fact, too beautiful!”
He paused for a while after saying that ”Do you knohy I focused on talking about the porcelain during the Kangxi era? There's also porcelain fro era, which has a totally different style from what I've said”
Hans shook his head while Li Du nodded and replied, ”The base of the plate contains the Chinese characters that xi era'”
”Yes, exactly,” laughed Ma Cheng ”The words on the plate state its identity And ironically, it also discloses its identity as an imitation”
The peak of Chinese porcelain production was seen during the Qing Dynasty, where i reached an unprecedented peak
Influenced by the hierarchical feudal syste, it was a practice to inscribe on all official kilns and civilian kilns during the Qing dynasty It was like an official seal ned for 61 years, there were many types of seal marks in that era alone However, seal marks from official kilns weretwo or three lines, and only a s the seal script, which appeared much later
A commonly seen seal mark used in the early days was the Chinese calendar system: the Heavenly Stems & Earthly Branches It was also included in the inscription beside the name of the Emperor, and sometimes the na told them about what he knew; he continued to speak only when Li Du and Hans nodded to express their understanding
”Take a look what is written on this plate The four characters, 'Kang Xi Nian Zhi,' whichto the rules and regulations then It should be 'Kang Xi Yu Zhi,' whichXi's order'
”Even if one official kiln dared to use the wrong words, let's look again at the font of the four characters—traditional Chinese From here, the imitation wanted us to believe that this plate was created in the early days of Kangxi's reign