The porcelains in this big iron box are not big ones, but small and medium-sized ones, so this box contains a lot of porcelains.
In addition to the protection of thatch, each porcelain was also wrapped in a layer of oil paper, and inside the oil paper was a layer of cotton paper. Obviously, among the Japanese who stored this batch of treasures, there was a master who was proficient in antiques, otherwise, with the temperament of those soldiers, it would be absolutely impossible to protect these porcelains so well.
Pick up a piece of porcelain wrapped in oil paper and tissue paper at random. Judging from its shape, this porcelain should be a bowl. After carefully peeling off the oil paper and tissue paper, what emerges is indeed a bowl. To be precise, it is a blue and white bowl with coiled flower pattern.
This bowl has the typical characteristics of early Ming Dynasty blue and white porcelain, that is, the body is thicker, thicker than Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain. However, this bowl has a high degree of vitrification, so although the body is thick, it is dense and fine white. At first glance, you can tell that this is definitely not a porcelain that can be fired in a folk kiln. Yang Jing can judge this even without the Holy Ring.
The blue pigment used in this bowl is quite scattered, which is obviously a domestic blue pigment. In history, the blue and white porcelain of the early Ming Dynasty also had quite scattered blue pigments, which has become an important evidence for identifying the blue and white porcelain of the early Ming Dynasty.
Yang Jing turned the bowl over, and the inscription on the bottom of the bowl surprised him.
"Made during the Hongwu period."
There were only four words on the bottom of the bowl, but these four words made Yang Jing's heart beat wildly involuntarily.
This bowl with blue and white twined flower pattern turned out to be an official kiln porcelain from the Hongwu period of the early Ming Dynasty, and it was an official kiln porcelain with an inscription! This was like pie in the sky.
You should know that Chinese ancient porcelain did not use the emperor's reign title as inscription before the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, this statement is only based on the porcelain found so far. Song Dynasty porcelain, including Yuan Dynasty porcelain, did not use the emperor's reign title as inscription. This point has been confirmed. The use of the emperor's reign title as inscription began in the Ming Dynasty.
However, no one can be sure whether the practice of using emperors' reign titles as inscriptions began in the Hongwu or Yongle period.
Because no official kiln porcelain with a Hongwu reign mark has been found so far, and it is also extremely rare to find it from folk kilns, only the blue and white inscriptions of "Fu" and "Shou" have been found. In addition, the blue-and-white porcelain jar with the inscription "Made on February 27, the seventh year of Hongwu" found in Yushan, Jiangxi Province, is an extremely rare artifact with a clear Hongwu reign mark.
It is for this reason that archaeologists unanimously believe that the use of imperial reign titles as inscriptions began during the Yongle period.
However, the appearance of this blue and white bowl with coiled flower pattern directly broke this belief. That is to say, once this bowl came out, the origin of using emperors' reign titles as inscriptions on ancient Chinese porcelain would no longer be Emperor Yongle, but his father Zhu Yuanzhang!
This discovery is definitely a breakthrough in the study of ancient Chinese porcelain. But it is no wonder when you think about it. No matter whether it is Hongwu or Yongle, they are a real father and son. No matter how powerful Yongle is, he has to call Hongwu "Dad" honestly when he sees him!
Since Yongle used the emperor's reign title as his inscription, he probably learned it from his father.
Although it is an estimate, this possibility is very high! Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di are both emperors with great talents and strategies. The father is a hero and the son is a hero. This is reflected in this pair of fathers and sons. However, the reason why Emperor Yongle was so powerful was obviously impossible without the teachings of his father Zhu Yuanzhang.
Therefore, Zhu Di learned a lot from his father since he was a child, and it is not surprising that even the official kiln porcelain was marked with the reign title.
Previously, it was not determined that the use of reign titles as inscriptions did not start with the Hongwu Emperor, because later archaeologists did not find any Hongwu official kiln porcelain with a reign title. Now, a genuine Hongwu official kiln blue and white porcelain with a reign title has appeared. If this is not a groundbreaking discovery, what else can it be?
Judging solely from the archaeological value, the archaeological value of this small blue and white bowl with coiled flower pattern is even higher than that of the two large Yuan blue and white figure jars!
After using the holy ring to identify it and confirming that this blue and white bowl with coiled floral pattern was indeed a blue and white porcelain produced in the Jingdezhen official kiln in the 21st year of Hongwu, Yang Jing was really satisfied.
"Good stuff! Really good stuff!" Yang Jing thought happily.
In fact, this bowl is not only of archaeological value, but also of great value in itself. This is the only blue and white porcelain with the Hongwu reign mark found in the world so far. It is unique in the world. How high do you think its value is?
There are at least three Yuan blue and white plum vase with a picture of Xiao He chasing Han Xin under the moon that was sold at a sky-high price of HK$840 million in the world. This blue and white porcelain with the Hongwu reign mark is the only one in the world. How much would it fetch if it were to be auctioned?
It is no exaggeration to say that just this one bowl is enough to satisfy Yang Jing.
But unfortunately, this big iron box obviously brought more surprises to Yang Jing than that.
After placing the Hongwu blue and white bowl with coiled flower pattern and the two large Yuan blue and white jars with figures, Yang Jing casually opened another wrapped porcelain. As a result, this porcelain also brought Yang Jin a big surprise.
This is a blue and white lion-ball-shaped hand-pressed cup from the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. Whether in terms of shape, decoration or other aspects, it is another fine official kiln porcelain from the Yongle period.
If it was just this one hand-pressing cup, Yang Jing wouldn't be that surprised, but what if it was a set of four hand-pressing cups?
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