The porcelain in this large iron box is not a big product, it is all small and medium-sized product, so there are a lot of porcelain in this box.

In addition to protecting thatch, each porcelain is also covered with a layer of oil paper, and a layer of cotton paper is wrapped in it. Obviously, among the Japanese who stored this batch of treasures, there were masters who were proficient in antiques. Otherwise, with the temperament of those big-headed soldiers, it would be impossible for these porcelain to be protected so well.

Just pick up a porcelain wrapped in oil paper and cotton paper. From the shape of the instrument, the porcelain should be a bowl. After carefully uncovering the oil paper and cotton paper, the one that appears is indeed a bowl. To be precise, it is a bowl wrapped in blue and white flowers.

This bowl has the typical characteristics of blue and white porcelain in the early Ming Dynasty, that is, the body is thicker and heavier than blue and white porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty. However, this bowl has a higher degree of porcelainization, so although the body is thick, it is dense and fine white. You can tell at a glance that this is definitely not a porcelain that can be fired from a folk kiln. This point can be judged by Yang Jing even without the identification of the holy ring.

The blue and white porcelain used in this bowl is quite powerful, which is obviously the domestic blue and white porcelain used. Historically, the blue and white porcelain in the early Ming Dynasty was more powerful, which has also become an important evidence for identifying blue and white porcelain in the early Ming Dynasty.

Yang Jing turned the bowl over, but Yang Jing was shocked at the bottom of the bowl.

"Hongwu year system".

There are only four characters in the bottom of the bowl, but these four characters make Yang Jing's heart jump wildly.

This blue and white flower-woven bowl turned out to be an official kiln porcelain from the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty, and it was also an official kiln porcelain with signatures! This is simply a feeling of a pie falling from the sky.

You should know that before Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, Chinese ancient porcelain did not use the emperor's reign as a symbol. Of course, this statement is only judged based on the porcelain discovered so far. Song porcelain, including Yuan porcelain, did not use the emperor's reign as a symbol, which can be determined. Using the emperor's reign as a symbol began in the Ming Dynasty.

It is just that using the emperor’s year number to make the mark to find out whether it started in Hongwu or Yongle, no one can be sure of this.

Because no official kiln porcelain with the year-end style during the Hongwu period has been found, and it is rare for folk kilns. Only those with "Fu" and "Shou" styles written in blue and white. In addition, the blue and white porcelain jars with the year-end style "made on February 27, 7th year of Hongwu" found in Yushan, Ganzhou Province are engraved on the belly of the jar, which is an extremely rare object with a clear Hongwu period.

It is precisely for this reason that archaeologists unanimously believe that using the emperor's reign as a symbol began in the Yongle period.

However, the appearance of this blue and white flower-woven bowl directly breaks this recognition. That is to say, once this bowl is born, then the beginning of the ancient Chinese porcelain of the emperor's reign is no longer Emperor Yongle, but his father Zhu Yuanzhang!

This discovery has definitely made breakthrough progress in the research of ancient Chinese porcelain. But it is no wonder that whether it is Hongwu or Yongle, they are serious men and sons. No matter how awesome Yongle is, they have to call him "Dad" honestly when they see Hongwu!

Since Yongle used the imperial edict as a gift, it probably learned it from his father.

Although it is estimated, the possibility is extremely great! Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di are both talented emperors, and I am a hero. The heroic son is so vividly reflected in this pair of men. However, the reason why Emperor Yongle is so powerful is that it would be impossible without the teachings of his father Zhu Yuanzhang.

Therefore, since I was a child, Zhu Di learned a lot from his father, and even used the year name to make official kiln porcelain.

It was not previously determined that using the year number to make the signature did not start with Emperor Hongwu, because these archaeologists in later generations did not discover any Hongwu official kiln porcelain with the year style. Now, such a serious Hongwu official kiln blue and white porcelain has appeared, and it also has the year style. Isn’t this a breakthrough discovery, and what is it?

Just from the perspective of archaeological value, the archaeological value of this small blue and white bowl with flowers and patterns is even above the two large pots of Yuan blue and white figures!

After using the holy ring to identify it, Yang Jing was really satisfied after confirming that this blue and white flower-woven bowl was indeed produced in the blue and white porcelain of Jingdezhen official kiln in the 21st year of Hongwu.

"Good thing! Real good thing!" Yang Jing thought happily.

In fact, this bowl is not only of archaeological value, but also of absolutely high value. This is the only official kiln blue and white porcelain found in the world with the Hongwu year. It is unique in the world. How valuable is it?

The Yuan blue and white porcelain that was sold at a sky-high price of 840 million Hong Kong dollars was sold at the moon. There are still three plum vases in the world. This blue and white porcelain with the Hongwu year was the only one in the world. If it was sold, how much would it cost?

To be honest, just this bowl is enough to satisfy Yang Jing.

But unfortunately, the surprise this big iron box gave Yang Jing was obviously more than that.

After putting this Hongwu blue and white flower-woven bowl and the two large pots of Yuan blue and white characters together, Yang Jing opened another wrapped porcelain, and the porcelain also brought Yang Jin a lot of surprise.

This is a blue and white lion ball heart-pressing hand cup from the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. Whether it is from the shape of the instrument, the pattern or other aspects, this is another fine official kiln porcelain product from the Yongle period.

If it were just this hand-pressing cup, Yang Jing would not be very surprised, but what if it was a set of four hand-pressing cups?

That's right, among the porcelains I discovered next, Yang Jing found three other hand-pressing cups with different patterns, one was the Yongle blue and white hand-pressing cup with the year-old style in the flower heart, one was the Yongle blue and white hand-pressing cup with the year-old style in the mandarin duck lying lotus, and the other was the Yongle blue and white hand-pressing cup with the year-old style in the bamboo and stone Ganoderma lucidum. Including the Yongle blue and white hand-pressing cup with the year-old style in the double lion hydrangea that I discovered, these four hand-pressing cups with the same shape and specifications form a set of four cups.

Among them, the Yongle blue and white hand pressing cup with the yearly written in the Mandarin duck lying on the lotus and the yearly written in the bamboo and stone Ganoderma lucidum. Although it is also collected in the Palace Museum, it is imitated during the Wanli period, especially the hand pressing cup with the yearly written in the bamboo and stone Ganoderma lucidum. Even in the Palace Museum, it has not been collected in other places. No one has ever heard of such a patterned hand pressing cup.

These four hand-pressing cups are all serious Yongle official kiln porcelain, and their value is extraordinary.

In addition to this set of hand-pressing cups, Yang Jing also discovered more than 30 pieces of various official kiln porcelain from Hongwu to Wanli periods, from Hongwu blue and white porcelain to Yongxuan blue and white porcelain, Yongxuan underglaze color and Jiawan five-color porcelain, almost covering the fine official kilns of various periods of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the biggest discovery among them is the set of Chenghua Doucai Chicken Grooster Cups with a total of four!

Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, the development of its porcelain can be said to have reached its peak. In the Ming Dynasty, Chinese porcelain truly achieved the pattern of blooming flowers.

From blue and white porcelain to underglaze, overglaze, and then to monochrome glaze and variegated glaze, there were countless porcelains in the Ming Dynasty. But looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, the most famous porcelain is Doucai porcelain from the Chenghua period!

Chenghua Doucai Chicken Gate Cup is the most famous porcelain in Doucai porcelain during the Chenghua period. Of course, this Chenghua Doucai Chicken Gate Cup consists of three aspects, Chenghua-Doucai-Chicken Gate Cup.

Chenghua refers to the reign title of Zhu Jianshen, Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty. The reign title of Chenghua was used for a total of twenty-three years in the Ming Dynasty.

Doucai, also known as Doucai, is a treasure of traditional Chinese porcelain making technology. It was created during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty. Doucai was the most popular in the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty. It is a decorative variety that combines underglaze color (blue and white) and overglaze color.

According to historical records, Doucai began during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, but the Doucai porcelain in Xuande was extremely rare. Therefore, Doucai was the most respected in the Chenghua period, and it was also called "Kiln Color" or "Blue and White Five Colors" in the Ming and Qing documents.

The painting of Doucai porcelain handed down from generation to generation is concise, with mainly flowers, birds and figures. Its method is to first use blue and white porcelain to outline the outline of the drawn pattern on the white porcelain body, and then fire the glaze at high temperature, then fill the different colors on the glaze according to the needs of different parts of the pattern, generally three to five types, and finally fire it in the color furnace at low temperature.

Chenghua Doucai can be divided into several types: dot color, overlay color, dye color, fill color, etc. In addition to some large bowls, most of Chenghua Doucai have small and unique shapes, including cup-style cups, chicken jar cups, small handle cups, etc. There is also a lid jar painted with seahorse or balls of flowers, with a blue and white "ten thousand" character at the bottom.

As for the chicken jar cup, it is because the cup shape of this kind of porcelain is like a jar and the main pattern is chicken stone, so it is named chicken jar cup. There are many other decorations in Chenghua Doucai utensils, such as chicken stone patterned straw hat cup, chicken stone patterned high-foot cup, chicken stone patterned bowl, chicken stone patterned jar, chicken stone patterned tea tray, etc.

The Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cowl is to lie on the outer wall of the bowl with a diameter of about eight centimeters. First, use blue and white lines to lightly describe the outline of the pattern, then glazed it into the high temperature of about 1,300 degrees into the kiln to fire it into the carcass, and then fill the reserved blue and white patterns with red, green, yellow and other colors to fill the kiln and burn it at a low temperature.

The outer wall divides the picture into two groups with Peony Lake Stone and Orchid Lake Stone. One group depicts a rooster holding her head and looking up at her. A female chicken and a chick are pecking at a centipede. The other group depicts a rooster crowing at her neck, a female chicken and three chicks pecking at her centipede. The picture is vivid and interesting.

The chicken jar cup is one of the Doucai cups in Chenghua, Ming, and is a drinking utensil. It has an open mouth, shallow belly, and lying on the feet.

In fact, to be strict, the name Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup is really a bit rustic compared to other high-end names in the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty. But, just like this porcelain with a name of rusticity, its value ranks among the top in Chinese porcelain. There is also a very touching story about the origin of this chicken clay cup.

Emperor Chenghua did not think that after becoming the emperor, he was a great emperor. But who knew that Zhu Jianshen was actually lonely and helpless children when he was young.

When Zhu Jianshen was less than two years old, his father, Emperor Yingzong of Ming, Zhu Qizhen, was captured by the Oirats because of the Tumu Fort Incident, and then the emperor became his uncle. So the child was helpless in the deep palace and danger was everywhere, and his uncle would get rid of him for the throne at any time. Since he was two years old, loneliness and fear have been tangled around the child. For him, childhood was gray. And in this dark childhood life, the only thing that could bring him comfort was the palace maid Wan.

At that time, Wan, who was just a palace maid, was seventeen years older than Zhu Jianshen, but it was this woman who was like a mother who had always accompanied Zhu Jianshen, comforted him and took care of his life. In his young heart, this person who guarded him day and night was the one he could trust.

Later, Zhu Jianshen's position as Prince Shen was deposed, and the money fell down and scattered. The people around him packed their luggage and left. Only the palace maid named Wan was by his side from beginning to end.

Later, Zhu Jianshen's father Zhu Qizhen launched the "Snatch the Sect" and regained the throne. Then, after his father died, Zhu Jianshen became a great treasure and became a generation of emperors.

Although he became the emperor, his miserable childhood experience made Zhu Jianshen have a deep desire for family affection. His lifelong love was Wan Zhen'er who had always been by his side.

The chicken cup was deliberately made by Zhu Jianshen to please Concubine Wan, who was seventeen years older than him. According to research, the pattern of the chicken cup comes from the "Child and Hen Picture" of the Song Dynasty, which expresses the emperor's feelings of commemorating the years when Concubine Wan carved him when he was young, hoping that the family would be harmonious and that the son would live longer.

This chicken jar cup, which supported the deep friendship of Emperor Chenghua, belonged to Emperor Chenghua's imperial wine glass. It was very difficult to cook this kind of porcelain, and it was the emperor's imperial wine glass, so this chicken jar cup was extremely precious. Even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Wanli was very eager to have a Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup, and the price at that time could be described as a sky-high price. "The Records of Shenzong": "Shenzong's fashionable food, there was a pair of Chenghua Colored Chicken Cups in front of the imperial court, which was worth 100,000 yuan."

This small cup was born with royal blood, and was only used by the emperor and the few concubines. According to historical records, the Emperor Chenghua at that time, except for using this chicken cup as a reward to several vassal envoys who came to pay tribute, he never even had his closest ministers. Moreover, because the emperor had very high requirements for quality, he almost had one hundred and had one hundred, and before the Republic of China, there was no possibility of it being leaked out of the palace.

Therefore, there is almost no existing number of this kind of small cup. In modern times, there are only ten Chenghua Doucai Chicken Garages known to the whole world!

At the Chinese Porcelain and Crafts Spring Auction held at Sotheby's Hong Kong Island on April 8, 2014, Mr. Liu Yiqian, a famous collector in Shanghai, finally bought the Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup, which was treasured by Mei Yintang for HK$281.24 million after eight rounds of bidding!
Chapter completed!