If you want to see the appreciation of vases in your lifetime, you must buy and collect them selectively. I won't say antiques. As we all know, the more you put them, the more valuable they are. But first, they are easily deceived. Second, they need a lot of spare money. As a small earth hammer, I can only talk about modern porcelain that I think is more valuable for collection.
An official piece of porcelain
It's not that I can't afford the official porcelain of the Northern Song Dynasty. Even in the northern song dynasty, I felt I couldn't see it. There is a saying that official porcelain is so high that "you can see official porcelain, and mountains and rivers sit halfway." Anyone who can see official porcelain must be a person with power in the ruling and opposition.
So I'm talking about the imitation of official porcelain, which was fired in a wooden kiln. It is said that it is very popular in Hong Kong. What kind of signature do you want? Kaifeng has an official porcelain research institute. It is said that the imitation of official porcelain in the Northern Song Dynasty is quite awesome, but I have never seen it. For this official institution, the autographs of modern arts and crafts masters are more valuable for collection.
They usually sign their works. I have a pair of official porcelain cups, which were fired in Zhi Ding. They are oily in color, feel like girls' arms, smooth and delicate, and have the producer's personal signature at the bottom.
Of course, it must be a celebrity, at least a descendant of China modern ceramic arts and crafts masters. Even such works are divided into three or six categories. Burning for making money and burning for artistic pursuit are two different things. As for what kind of collection it is, it depends on whether you have money. Just like a vase, a master doesn't necessarily have the heart to burn a lot of things. If they have a little flaw, they will break it and fill the hole. I've seen a lot, and I'm distressed. You pay for them.
Official porcelain is very beautiful, gray is often beautiful, very beautiful, very beautiful.
Second, Jun porcelain
"A rich family is not as good as a piece of enamel." "As soon as you enter the kiln, it will be colorful."
These are all descriptions of Jun porcelain. Jun porcelain is one of the five famous kilns in Song Dynasty, which are official, Confucian, Ge, Jun and Ding. It was also given as a national gift to foreign VIPs. In 2008, Jun porcelain firing technology was selected into the intangible cultural heritage list.
I have visited Jun porcelain kiln factory. I don't see any change in wives of the same size and color. One may be hundreds of thousands, and the other may be thirty or forty. I don't know, I really can't buy it.
The local people told me that the cast-paste vases they burned were sold to Jingdezhen in large quantities, because there were many tourists in Jingdezhen and the sales volume was large. These bottles are worthless and can be burned in any small kiln factory. As long as they don't burn huge ones, many shops go to the kiln factory to collect some defective products and come back to fill the gaps with pigments and putty, and then sell them outside.
There are also gas kilns, coal kilns, firewood kilns and charcoal kilns. Going abroad is more expensive. When you go to a charcoal kiln, you burn tens of thousands of pieces of charcoal in one night, and each kiln only burns one piece. The success rate depends not only on technology, but also on luck. If you burn hundreds of thousands, it is worthless.
If you want to collect it, you must collect the hand-pulled bottles of the famous old artist kiln, and the last time it should be the wooden kiln. As for how to distinguish gas kiln, coal kiln and wood kiln, I won't reveal my IQ if I have less than half a bottle.
First of all, I'm exhausted from writing.