Zhou Xia nodded immediately and greeted, "Hello, Mr. Liu."

The old man smiled kindly, "Xiao Zhou looks quite energetic. I have heard Yu Qing say about the appraisal skills. He has such eyesight and insight at a young age, which is quite good!"

Zhou Xia said modestly, "Mr. Liu has won the award. I still have many places to learn from the seniors in the industry. There will be troubles in the future. I hope everyone will not be surprised."

"I knew that Lao Zhao and Lao Xu both looked down on you, and it was definitely not aimless." The old man laughed, "I heard that Lao Xu and the others won the Xuande Mei Fei this time, and it was Xiao Zhou who also contributed to it?"

Zhou Xia hurriedly replied, "I dare not take credit. In fact, Master Xu, Uncle Xu, Yuqing and others all think this is the authentic Xuande product. I just don't have as many concerns as they are, and I am more bold and fearless than them. After all, it's not me who makes the big deal."

The old man's eyes suddenly became brighter, "Xiao Zhou is very interesting, I believe that everyone's eyes cannot be wrong. Xuande blue and white porcelain is a rare treasure that is worth our careful taste, but Lao Zhao must not be bullied by himself. I have to take a look first."

Liu Yuqing hurried forward and helped her grandfather Liu Yuanshan to appreciate the Xuande blue and white plum vase they had just received.

As soon as Liu Yuanshan left, Zhou Xia felt much more relaxed.

But then, the pressure he faced came again, because he noticed that the middle-aged people who followed Liu Yuanshan did not follow him to appreciate the Xuande plum vase. Moreover, Liu Suifeng behind them was holding a big brocade box in his hand.

Zhou Xia really wanted to ask Liu Suifeng, "Which are you going to make trouble?"

Liu Suifeng was also very familiar with Xu Zhen's house, so he quickly put the brocade box in his hand on the table.

Xu Zhendong didn't care about how Liu Yuanshan appreciated the plum bottle. He and Zhao Xiangbo were old friends and were also old rivals, so just let them go by themselves. Xu Zhendong only smiled and asked Liu Suifeng, "Suifeng, why are you still coming with gifts? How can we be so embarrassed!"

Liu Suifeng immediately smiled and replied, "This is what my grandfather meant. He said that since he came to appreciate Xuande blue and white porcelain, he should bring a piece of porcelain to meet the situation. Moreover, since ancient times, Yongle Xuande blue and white porcelain has been passed down from his ancestors, and they are artistic treasures left by our ancestors, and they are worthy of our descendants' study."

Xu Zhendong smiled and said, "I thought you were bringing a gift! That's good. I happened to be a little confused about the shape of the Canglong on the wall of the Xuande Mei bottle. Is there any dragon shape on the Yongle blue and white background you brought this?"

"There are two small bowls on it!" Liu Suifeng replied, and then said, "I also want to take this opportunity to ask Master Xu to help me with the appraisal to see if they are all authentic from Yongle."

After thinking for a moment, Xu Zhendong immediately understood the subtle meaning of his words, but he didn't say it out loud, and just smiled and said, "I will naturally not miss this good opportunity. Yongle blue and white porcelain was born from Yuan blue and white, but it surpassed Yuan blue and white, opening up the precedent of blue and white porcelain later. It can be said to be a masterpiece that connects the past and the future. The blue and white porcelain during this period was also the object of future worship, and we are no exception. Let's take it out and take a look!"

Liu Suifeng opened the brocade box and took out two blue and white bowls.

Although Zhou Xia stood a little far away, he could see clearly that the two blue and white bowls had almost the same shape, and there was no style on the outer wall like Xuande blue and white. There was no style on the bottom without looking at it, so there was no style on the bottom.

Because Yongle porcelain has almost no signature except for the hand cup. If you see Yongle porcelain with signature, you don’t have to think about it, it is 100% imitation.

Without the clerk, the eye requirements for collectors are relatively higher. Because there were quite a lot of imitations of Yongle blue and white porcelain in later generations, especially in the Third Qing Dynasty, the reverence of ancient and imitations left behind a large number of imitations.

In modern times, the technical level of counterfeiters is increasing, and they even spared no expense to get Su Maliqing from abroad, which was the same material as the Yongle period. After firing, the original blue and white characteristics, diffuse and rust spots from the Yongxuan period can be imitated. It can be said that it has reached the point of being fake and real. To put it no exaggeration, 99% of the Yongxuan blue and white blue and white circulating on the market are imitations.

When Xu Zhendong started to appreciate it, another owner, Xu Yaohui, helped them introduce it.

Zhou Xia was just a small employee of Tiandi Auction Company before. He knew that these were Liu Yuqing's uncles, but they didn't know him. It would be much better to have Xu Yaohui introduce him from it, and he really figured out who is who.

Liu Qing'an, who is a little fat and smiling, is the eldest and Liu Suifeng's father. The two fathers and sons have similar personalities. They wear gold-rimmed glasses and feel that they are a bit gentle. Liu Qingping is the second, and looks like a good man at first glance. The third brother Liu Qingze is also Liu Yuqing's father. She is thin and has a calm and calm expression.

Their attitude towards Zhou Xia is not very close, but they are not distant. They are not stingy in praise, but they do not seem particularly deliberate.

This made Zhou Xia feel much more relaxed, so he faced it with his usual peaceful attitude. Anyway, he didn't need to flatter anyone at this time, and he would try to get a promotion and raise or something.

Xu Zhendong had seen this pair of blue and white dragon pattern bowls and said to Liu Qingze and the others, "Is this pair of blue and white dragon pattern bowls newly collected by your family?"

Liu Qing'an responded with a smile, "Yes, Master Xu, what do you think? It's still in your eyes!"

Xu Zhendong laughed and said, "I can't say this now. It's better to let everyone get into the process of carefully appraising it and then make a judgment. Zhou Xia, do you come first?"

"Isn't it better for everyone to appreciate it?" Zhou Xia suggested.

Unfortunately, there were only a few responders, and Xu Yaohui smiled and said, "Zhou Xia, don't be humble anymore! Why don't you show off your skills and let everyone see, you are not a famous master."

Zhou Xiaxin said that Xu Yaohui is really good at being a human being. In this way, he would like to give himself some advice. This may be the Liu family taking advantage of such an opportunity to test himself.

Well! Since you have received a million-dollar annual salary, it is reasonable to examine your true abilities.

"Then I'm more respectful than obedient!" After understanding it, Zhou Xia was no longer vague and started to make an appraisal in a straightforward manner.

Zhou Xia is not stupid at first, but looking at the situation, he has a rough idea in his mind. There must be one of them that is the real Yongle blue and white cloud dragon pattern bowl. As for the other one, there are many possibilities. But the biggest possibility is a imitation. And it is very likely to be a modern high imitation, or even a imitation by the Liu family themselves or someone else.

As he had expected before, there was no signature on these blue and white bowls. The blue and white materials used also belonged to Sumaliqing from the Middle East. Because, from the color of the blue and white hair on the surface of the porcelain, it was thick and bright, quite as bright as the blue and white style of Yongle, like ink paintings, beautiful and charming. There were more or less dizziness on the two blue and white bowls. If you look closely, you even have rust spots.

After a deeper study, Zhou Xia also found that these dizziness and rust were not formed naturally when lit up at the back. Are they all genuine products? This bowl was originally a pair?

Zhou Xia felt that this was unlikely, so he continued to look for reasons from other aspects.

Just like there are no two identical leaves in the world, there are no two identical pieces of porcelain. If you compare them carefully, you can still find some nuances.

That is the base white glaze, one of which should be brighter, and the blue and white color of that bowl should be thicker and brighter. The other blue and white cloud dragon pattern bowl has a warmer base color, and the blue and white gauze should be more dispersed. The overall blue and white color does not feel that it is so dazzling.

Looking at the cloud dragon pattern on it, the two bowls are almost the same, and they are quite imposing, even slightly better than the dragon of Xuande Mei vase identified by Zhou Xia. This is understandable. Emperor Yongle Zhu Di is already domineering, after all, he is the emperor who came out of the sea of ​​blood in the military formation.

As for the two types of cloud dragon patterns, they are exactly the same, both of which are filled with small strokes. However, the specific treatment of the dragon shape is different, and they are also different from the dragon patterns of the celestial ball bottle described by Xu Zhendong.

For a moment, Zhou Xia was also a little doubtful in his heart whether this was a high-quality imitation or that both blue and white bowls were authentic Yongle.

If one of them is true and the other is false, Zhou Xia would think that the one with a better appearance is a imitation, because it is too meticulously crafted, and every detail is treated like Yongle blue and white, which makes him feel a bit overly perfect. Zhou Xia felt that it is unlikely to have such a perfect work based on the porcelain firing technology of the Yongle period and combined with the authentic Yongle products he had seen. For example, under a high-power magnifying glass, the bubbles inside the brighter ones should not be uniform in size. Instead, they should be loosely arranged in the same size and differently.

If you only rely on subjective feelings, you can find a lot of reasons. For example, the blue and white hair color is too bright, the white background is too bright, and the foot modification traces are too obvious.

Of course, Zhou Xia did not forget that the teacher taught him that the ultimate secret of porcelain identification is to analyze it from the body glaze.

Yongle porcelain has thin body and thick glaze, but it does not look bloated. Compared with Xuande porcelain, it feels lighter to use.

But these two are Yongle porcelain, and they are both of the types of porcelain with fine body, pure body and few impurities. Even the light reddish red stones on the thin glaze are almost the same.

If you weigh it carefully, Zhou Xia didn't feel any special difference.

He felt that this was also something that he was not experienced enough. If he had more authentic porcelain like that experienced old expert, even if there were too many small gaps, it would be easy to distinguish. Zhou Xia also made up his mind to play with more authentic products in the future and practice the feel as soon as possible.

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