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Except for Hu Muzhi and other connoisseurs who are appreciating the white dragon-patterned plum vase.

On a giant curtain on the side of the main stage, a projector was also showing the white dragon-patterned plum bottle to everyone.

Compared to the connoisseurs staring at the white dragon-patterned plum vase, these people are relatively relaxed.

One by one, the white dragon-patterned plum bottles whispered.

Tong Fan took his eyes away from the giant curtain, and said to Ye Zifeng who was still staring at the huge curtain.

"Zifeng, this blue-glazed plum vase should be a folk kiln in the Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty, right?"

Tong Fan thinks so, mainly because many people now have very limited understanding of Yuan Dynasty porcelain.

In his view, such blue-glazed porcelain did not exist in the Yuan Dynasty.

This is rare in the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the dragon pattern is still three claws, not the five claws common in official kilns in the Qing Dynasty, so it is understandable to think so.

After all, the saying that "five claws are dragons and four claws are pythons" was only formed in the Qing Dynasty.

It is mainly used as the difference between the decorations on the clothing of the emperor and his ministers.

The emperor wears 19 "dragon robes", other royals and ministers wear "python robes"

But this is only the difference in name. In terms of dragon form, both dragon and python are quadruped snakes, and there is no difference in shape.

In fact, in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, most of the dragon patterns were three claws, sometimes the front two feet were three claws, and the rear two feet were four claws.

This can be seen on the porcelain decorations of the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties.

Later, the four-clawed dragon became popular in the Ming Dynasty, and the five-clawed dragon was more popular in the Qing Dynasty.

In fact, the three-clawed dragon is the national symbol worshipped by the Chinese people since ancient times.

"Probably." Ye Zifeng replied uncertainly.

Because only through projection, he did not dare to directly conclude.

Just as the two were chatting, the pictures on the huge curtain had been changed.

The original white dragon-patterned plum bottle disappeared, replaced by a 40-centimeter-high bottle with a curved mouth, a long neck, sloping shoulders, a bulging belly, and a ring-shaped foot.

Red bats and pale pink peaches are also drawn on this olive bottle.

In ancient times, peach symbolized longevity, and bat is a homonym of "blessing", both of which have good meanings.

"Pastel bat peach pattern olive bottle. Ye Zifeng stared at the giant curtain and muttered to himself.

"I said why it looks so vivid, it turns out to be pastel." Tong Fan said, "Zifeng, can you tell when it was in the Qing Dynasty?

"Only the front picture, I can't know how many peaches there are on the back, so I'm not sure." Ye Zifeng shook his head.

Peach-patterned porcelain like this was very popular during the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods.

However, during the Yongzheng period, eight peaches were generally painted on porcelain, and during the Qianlong period, there would be one more.

The so-called Yong Ba Gan Jiu came from this way.

So look at this kind of porcelain, first count the peaches.

According to the number of peaches, you can know which period it is.

Although Ye Zifeng and Tong Fan could not know the number of peaches on the olive bottle through the projection map, Hu Muzhi, who was standing in front of the real object, could.

Eight peaches, two bats.

Take the meaning of both happiness and longevity.

So this is a Yongzheng Pastel Fushou Shuangquan eight peach pattern olive vase.

And this pastel olive bottle can already represent the highest level of pastel craftsmanship in the Yongzheng period.

It is not difficult for Hu Muzhi to identify the authenticity of this Yongzheng pastel-colored Fushou Shuangquan eight peach-patterned olive bottle.

The hard part is the estimated value of it.

Because before 1991, Hu Muzhi had never heard of this kind of porcelain auction.

But after 1991, that is, in 2002.

This eight peach-patterned olive vase was photographed at the Fragrant Jiangsu Forbes.

When it was auctioned that year, Sotheby's also made some publicity for it, saying that this thing is an orphan that has been handed down.

You know, Longguo ceramics, handed down orphans are incredible.

This is exactly the case. This Yongzheng pastel-colored Fushou Shuangquan eight peach-pattern olive bottle is indeed the only one in the world that can be traced, so it is very precious.

Although there are such olive bottles in the Magic Capital Museum and the Beijing Museum, they are blue and white, and this is pastel.

After the blue-and-white porcelain appeared in the Yuan Dynasty, one branch was dominant for 700 years.

No other variety of porcelain can compete with it.

Until the pastel of the Qing Dynasty appeared.

In the late Qing Dynasty, blue and white and pastel colors each accounted for half of the ceramics of the Dragon Kingdom.

Pastel accents a pink word.

The colors are more layered.

It looks realistic and has a bulge to the touch.

Although the pastel was burned in the late Kangxi period, it reached its peak in the middle period of Yongzheng.

This pink feeling is most fully reflected in this period.

Later, in the Qianlong period, no matter how much you paint, you will not be able to achieve the feeling of pink and delicate.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the colored porcelain of the Dragon Kingdom was mainly expressed in red and green.

They are all painted flat, so they are called multicolored.

In the Kangxi period, after the introduction of enamel, the color became very rich.

Then the Chinese began to localize the enamel color gradually.

The names that appeared at this time were quite confusing. Some were called Wucai, some were called Yangcai, and in the late Qing Dynasty, they were called Fencai and Doucai.

The biggest feature of pastel is that it adds glass white to the pigment.

It makes the color light and excessive, and looks rich and three-dimensional.

For example, red, after adding glass white, it is not pure red, it becomes an excessive pink.

It is especially suitable for expressions such as flower and fruit decoration.

Therefore, the eight peach bottle came into being.

That year, when this olive bottle appeared at the auction, it directly became the star of this auction.

Although everyone knew that the final transaction price of this olive bottle would be very high, they did not expect it to be so high.

At that time, the auction started at 900w Hong Kong dollars, and after many biddings.

In the end, it was auctioned by a female buyer at HKD 4150w.

It created a world record for porcelain in the Qing Dynasty at that time.

It is worth mentioning that the female buyer donated it to the Magic City Museum in the coming year.

In addition to this auction, Hu Muzhi still remembers, at the 2007 Christie's Hong Kong Spring Auction.

A pair of Yongzheng pastel-coloured Fushou and Fushou bowls sold for HK$50.72 million.

According to the current background of the times, after combining the transaction prices of the two pastel porcelain auctions, Hu Muzhi has an answer in his heart.

Immediately, he took the paper and pen and wrote down the estimated value of this olive bottle.