Chapter 5: Three Kings Pot Green Glaze Handle Pour-over Pot
Zhen Yuan said: "So you want to make Yong'an Museum a museum that focuses on replicating cultural relics?"
"Yes, isn't that why you, Dean, chose me to take on this challenge?"
"But you should also know that the path you have chosen is even more extreme than I expected. Even my original expectation for the Yong'an Museum was just to provide a chance for the restoration of those discarded cultural relics."
"Cultural relic restoration is certainly worthy of praise, but if the core selling point is to restore and reproduce cultural relics, wouldn't this approach be a bit too extreme?"
"The problem is that you have to be radical to survive these days. Dean, don't forget how many museums and historical sites there are in Xian'an City. Although Yong'an Museum has a state-approved museum operating license, we can't get cultural relic protection subsidies from the government like other state-owned museums."
"The positioning of state-owned museums allows them to allow local residents and tourists to view cultural relics for free, but this is something that private museums such as the Yongan Museum will never be able to do."
"The state bears this part of the cost to protect cultural relics. This is the state's protection of historical and cultural heritage, but private museums are different. We must protect cultural relics and crafts while making tourists recognize our ticket and other income."
"Otherwise, with professional and free state-owned museums, who would come to patronize our small museum that charges admission?"
Jia Wenyan: "For the Yong'an Museum, only by taking an unconventional approach can it survive. Besides, don't we still have you, the teacher?"
Zhen Yuan said: "What do you want to do?"
"It's very simple. Dean, didn't you mention it in my graduation project exam? You wanted me to further promote the cultural relic restoration industry through self-media marketing? Please use your connections to help me collect or borrow some fragments like the dragon scale jade pendant that don't have much cultural relic exhibition value."
"I plan not to open the museum for the time being, but to accumulate popularity by publishing videos on the Internet about reproducing and restoring historical relics."
"Although the process may be troublesome, I am a freshman who has not yet graduated from college. Even with your connections, I cannot independently apply for any cultural relics that are particularly worthy of exhibition. Even the dragon scale jade pendant I just finished can only prove that I have good jade carving skills at best."
"So I plan to try and restore and reproduce a series of cultural relics for exhibition based on these fragments, and use this to accumulate popularity and traffic for the museum. Then, when my restoration ability is recognized by all sectors of society, I will be able to apply for the restoration and exhibition of other national treasures."
Zhen Yuan said: "It seems that you have already thought about the next work goal."
"Yes, I plan to first find some works that are well-known to the public or very much in line with the public's aesthetic taste to reproduce. And when it comes to the media that can best attract historical and cultural traffic, it is naturally the costume dramas that have been popular in recent years."
"Although the story of the emperor and his concubine is old-fashioned, it is indeed the channel through which most people are exposed to history and humanities."
Zhen Yuan said: "So... you girl, don't you want to make a dragon robe?"
"Dragon robe... Dean, you are joking. Although I would like to make one if possible, let alone how complicated the embroidery process is, the cost and time of embroidering a dragon robe alone is not something we can afford right now."
Zhen Yuan said: "So you have really thought about it?"
Jia Wenyan smiled but said nothing.
Dragon robes are indeed often overlooked by most people, but they are legendary cultural relics that have been fully recognized. If possible, a dragon robe can indeed attract a lot of traffic in a short period of time. It's a pity that the cost-effectiveness of making dragon robes is too low. Although the existence of dragon robes can certainly be said to be the epitome of Donghuang embroidery and textile techniques.
But this is different from the previous jade carving, and Jia Wenyan has not learned specialized embroidery. If she wants to complete the reproduction of the dragon suit in a short period of time, she must get the help of the corresponding cultural relic spirit. But the problem is that most of the existing dragon robes are now carefully collected in major museums in Yanjing. With the cultural relics well preserved, it is impossible for her to take the spirit away from Yanjing.
But porcelain is different. Like jade, the development of porcelain also includes a large amount of carving elements, and porcelain is the most easily damaged category of Donghuang historical relics.
Starting from this direction, she would not only be less likely to be suspected because of her improved skills, but she would also have more opportunities to quickly access fragments of cultural relics that could be used for restoration.
This is the most suitable development plan that Jia Wenyan could think of.
And don't forget that what they lack most in Xian'an is porcelain relics from all dynasties. In addition to those "rare goods" that are the crystallization of Donghuang's craftsmanship of an era, there are so many ordinary porcelain relics that museums can't put them all in. Some slightly damaged "inferior products" will even be packed up and exhibited in subway stations as "cultural walls".
This is undoubtedly the track of cultural relics restoration that Jia Wenyan is most likely to get involved in, and she has also come up with a very awesome plan for herself.
That is to repair and restore the cultural wall on Metro Line 3 at one time.
Metro Line 3 is the most direct and efficient public transportation to the Yong'an Museum.
Jia Wenyan hopes to cooperate with the cultural wall of the subway station with the help of Professor Zhen.
By then, when it has repaired the porcelain on the cultural wall and restored it to its original appearance, it will naturally form a connection with people on public transportation.
The "fragment wall" that is usually swept past has been completely restored, which is undoubtedly the best publicity for passengers who take Line 3 every day.
If this plan is successful, she would only need to erect a large contrast billboard on Line 3 to maximize the publicity of the cultural relics restoration while promoting the reputation of the Yong'an Museum.
Next is the equipment at Yongan Workshop. Jia Wenyan has also been calculating the workshop's assets from time to time these days. Although Professor Zhen himself may have rarely used the equipment here, the workshop's equipment updates have been ongoing.
The current Yong'an Workshop really fully satisfies all of Jia Wenyan's fantasies about a cultural relic restoration studio.
Just like the ceramic kiln in the backyard, although the school had organized similar pottery and porcelain firing activities in the past, due to the limitation of the number of students, most of the time they could only fire ceramics collectively as a large group.
With such equipment conditions, not to mention those works with strict requirements on temperature and firing, even ordinary small things can only be prayed to heaven that they will not crack during firing.
For this reason, long before Jia Wenyan came to Xian'an City, she vowed that if she had the ability in the future, she would prepare a professional kiln of her own. So when she entered the workshop and saw all the latest equipment in the backyard, she couldn't help but feel itchy and eager to work.
Professor Zhen said nothing more after seeing this. It was a good thing that students were motivated in craftsmanship. Besides, most of the porcelain that would be displayed on the cultural wall in the subway station were "waste" that had no archaeological value.
Even if they are genuine cultural relics, the value of damaged items will be greatly reduced. Moreover, the museum has a lot of intact items, so how can it have so much time and energy to deal with those defective items?
From this perspective, it is better for them to be exquisite decorations on cultural walls than to be dumped in a corner as garbage that no one cares about. And if Jia Wenyan can really restore it perfectly, it will indeed be a commendable achievement in the archaeological community.
Dean Zhen thought about this and began to communicate with the Cultural Relics and Transportation Bureau. At the same time, Jia Wenyan, who had just been blessed by the dragon scale jade pendant, also obtained a very valuable information from the dragon pattern jade pendant after Dean Zhen left.
Jia Wenyan: "So you mean to suggest that I go find this green-glazed handle pouring pot first?"
[Yes, it is called "Shi Feng Dan", and it is a little friend I met during the time I lived in Xian'an Museum. ]
"kid?"
[Well, when I was sent to the Xian'an Museum for research along with other cultural relics by the archaeological team, it was it that first discovered my remaining consciousness. It was also through its ability that the archaeological team members became curious about my shabby fragment.]
[In fact, the reason why I was able to hold on until your arrival was because the aura released by the green glaze handle pouring pot protected my soul. Otherwise, even if my foundation was strong, I would not have been able to hold on until now after leaving the protection of the dragon vein. ]
[And it was there when you took me away that day. As the head of the porcelain artifacts at the Xian'an Museum, that little guy often helps other artifact spirits maintain their forms. If it senses the aura of my artifact spirit in you, it should not refuse your request for help.]
[With its teaching and support, your porcelain skills will surely take a huge leap forward. ]
"It seems that this Three Kings Pot is indeed a very impressive artifact. But then again, which dynasty is it from?" Jia Wenyan briefly recalled the information about the green-glazed handle pouring pot in her mind.
The celadon-glazed handle pouring pot is one of the earliest porcelains that was defined as a first-class cultural relic by the National Cultural Relics Appraisal Group. The height of the pot is 18.3cm and the belly diameter is 14.3cm.
Its overall shape looks like an inverted persimmon, and the phoenix on the handle slightly raises its head, as if it is about to spread its wings and fly.
It is also worth mentioning that as a porcelain pot decorated with lions, phoenixes, peonies and three kings, the green glaze handle pouring pot is also known as the "Three Kings Pot". This is a classic that all students will know when studying porcelain artifacts. According to Tianxing (Dragon Scale Jade Pendant), this Three Kings Pot is also the most complete and strongest porcelain in the Xian'an Museum.
But Tianxing calls it "little friend"?
After hearing this, Jia Wenyan was very fond of the green glaze handle pouring pot mentioned by Tianxing (dragon scale jade pendant). But at the same time, it was precisely because of this that she became more curious about the dragon scale jade pendant, that is, Tianxing's identity.
She remembered Tian Xing saying that the grade of a spirit weapon was not determined solely by its age, but also depended on the craftsmanship and meaning it contained.
Although the celadon handle pouring pot is not considered a particularly senior porcelain in the thousands of years of Donghuang history, according to the description of the spirit of the dragon scale jade pendant, the celadon handle pouring pot, which is known as the Three Kings, is definitely not low in grade.
So, as a cultural relic that is qualified to call the Three Kings Pot a kid, what kind of historical meaning does the dragon scale jade pendant have?
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