Chapter 858 Hirota’s pride

This cong-shaped bottle is a work of official kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty. This bottle is modeled after the shape of jade cong. The glaze used is also unique. The dark green with a touch of post-wedding makes the whole bottle show a strong and deep color. There are also criss-crossing openings on the bottle, which makes the whole cong-shaped bottle full of royal, majestic and heavy atmosphere.

Such bottles were very popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially during the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi and Yongzheng years, because the Central Plains Dynasty had lost control of the Western Regions during the Ming Dynasty, so high-quality jade was very scarce.

This kind of jade cong ornaments, which became popular in the Han Dynasty, also became very rare due to the scarcity of raw materials.

Therefore, in the early Qing Dynasty, the eunuchs in the palace office, in order to please the emperor, often burned some cong-shaped bottles to please the ruling class.

Jin Muchen had seen such cong-shaped bottles in several large museums in China before, but those cong-shaped bottles were all works of the early Qing Dynasty without exception.

However, those cong-shaped bottles are very different from the one in front of them. Because of the popularity of white porcelain and blue-and-white porcelain in Ming and Qing Dynasties, most of those cong-shaped bottles appeared in the form of white porcelain as the base and blue and white as the glaze.

The cong-shaped bottle in front of me is only a single azure color. In terms of color, it is closer to the color of jade, and this is the most popular azure color in the Song Dynasty, which makes this cong-shaped bottle even more. The collection value and artistic value are even higher.

In addition, this Cong-shaped bottle appeared very early. So far, it can be said to be the earliest batch of porcelain in the Cong-shaped bottle. You must know that the Cong-shaped bottles before this were all made of jade. This makes the collection value of this celadon cong-shaped bottle even more valuable.

You must know that Hirota Matsushige’s reputation in Japan is not ordinary, and he has collected Chinese cultural relics. Although there are not as many cultural relics collected by Yokogawa Minsuke and Takashima Kijiro in quantity, in terms of quality, they are higher than the cultural relics collected by these two people. The reason lies in his aesthetic vision and profound understanding of Chinese cultural relics.

And this celadon cong-shaped bottle. But the most precious piece of all Chinese cultural relics in his collection can be said to be the top work in his lifetime collection, so just from this point of view, the value of this cong-shaped bottle is immeasurable.

Jin Muchen had also seen such a cong-shaped bottle auctioned at an antique auction in China before, but most of those cong-shaped bottles were works from the early Qing Dynasty. That was at the auctioneer two or three years ago.

But at that time, such a cong-shaped bottle could be auctioned for ten or twenty million yuan, and now the value of this one is not to mention.

The works of official kilns in the Southern Song Dynasty are also celadon. You must know that there are no more than 500 pieces of such porcelain in China.

The real porcelain of the five official kilns in the Northern Song Dynasty, the amount of domestic surviving. Even more so.

With such an attribute bonus, the value of this cong-shaped bottle can be roughly judged.

According to Jin Muchen’s prediction, the value of this cong-shaped bottle. At least it is two to three times higher than those of the Cong-shaped bottles in the early Qing Dynasty.

If one considers the bonus from the previous owner of this cong-shaped bottle, if this cong-shaped bottle is sent to the international auction, the price will definitely be higher for a long time.

You must know that Hirota Matsushige has searched for countless treasures of cultural relics in China in his lifetime, but this celadon cong-shaped bottle, which represents the highest achievement in his collection, was not collected by him in China.

But he bought it at an auction in Japan, and the original owner of this cong-shaped bottle is also quite incredible.

The original owner of this cong-shaped bottle is the famous Tokugawa Ieyasu in Japan. This cong-shaped bottle was lost to Japan from mainland China during the Tokugawa Ieyasu era. In the end, it fell into the hands of the shogun who was known as the Great Demon King in Japan.

Later, it has been kept in his house for hundreds of years. After the fallout war, the Tokugawa family was completely lost in Japan. Although they were not killed by those fallout factions, their vitality was severely damaged.

Coupled with the strict defense of those who fell to the curtain, the Tokugawa family has completely lost its influence in Japan since then, and there is no possibility of revitalizing the family in the political and business circles.

It can be said that the descendants of Tokugawa have had a very miserable relationship. Later, most of them changed their names and changed their surnames and started to make a living on their own. Some of them stayed by this surname and refused to break away from the foundation of the family.

But they could only live by eating the family’s old base. From the Showa period, they couldn’t hold on, and they began to auction off the family’s assets one after another to make a living.

And this celadon cong-shaped bottle just came into the market during the Showa period. At that time, it was a descendant of the Tokugawa family. When he couldn’t get along, he took out part of the family’s old bottom and held a public auction, which caused a stir at the time. A shock to the Japanese collection world.

You must know that the Tokugawa family has controlled Japan’s government for hundreds of years, but they have accumulated a wealth that is unimaginable to ordinary people. Although during the fallout war, their family’s wealth was looted by those reformers.

But the rotten boat also has three pounds of nails, not to mention this is the family that once ruled Japan for hundreds of years?

Therefore, at that time, collectors from all over Japan flocked and competed fiercely. At that time, everyone else focused their attention on other treasures. Only Hirota Matsushige, who knew the pearl, discovered this celadon cong-shaped bottle. , and took down this cong-shaped bottle without spending too much money.

And this is the most proud collection in his life. Later, he invited his friends countless times to come to his home to watch this celadon cong-shaped bottle, and he and his people boasted about him countless times. The experience of collecting this celadon cong-shaped bottle.

Therefore, about the origin and story of this celadon cong-shaped bottle, it can be said that no one in the Japanese collection circle knows about it.

Even Jin Muchen, after going back that day, found this little story on the Internet when he was checking some allusions, and couldn’t help but sigh that Hirota Matsushige’s luck was really good enough.

But today this celadon cong-shaped bottle is going home, instead of staying in this Japanese museum for these **** Japanese to continue to play and watch.

After collecting the celadon cong-shaped bottle, Jin Muchen continued to walk inside. You must know that there are more than 200 pieces of porcelain donated by Hirota Matsushige to the Tokyo National Museum, although not necessarily all of them are this celadon cong. There are many boutiques like the bottle, but there are also many representative masterpieces.

For example, the one he saw next, the Tianqing three-legged incense burner, was also produced by an official kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was also one of the most proud collections of Hirota Matsushige in his life.

You must know that there are two kinds of collections that Hirota Matsushige is most proud of in his life, one is the Southern Song Dynasty celadon, and the other is the leak he picked up from Tokugawa’s house.

In fact, he also collected a lot of Tang Sancai, but although the number of Tang Sancai collected by him is not less than that of Yokogawa Minsuke, in terms of quality, it is not as good as Yokogawa Minsuke’s collection.

This three-legged incense burner produced by the official kiln of the Southern Song Dynasty is also one of the most proud collections of this Hiromoto Matsushige.

The color is the same as the previous celadon cong-shaped bottle, it is all azure glaze color, and the body of the incense burner also has criss-crossing openings, and at the bottom of the incense burner, you can still see a lot of flowing glaze and glaze drops.

Moreover, the volume of this three-legged incense burner is comparable to that of the celadon cong-shaped bottle. It looks very gorgeous and generous with a few laps.

But in terms of value, this three-legged incense burner is far less valuable than the cong-shaped bottle.

After all, the cong-shaped bottle is an ancient ornamental vessel, and it is also the most popular type in the advanced porcelain market. Although this three-legged incense burner is also produced by an official kiln, it is also a high-quality celadon, but after all, this is a practical piece. In this case, the price will naturally be much lower than that of the Cong-shaped bottle.

Moreover, the origin of this three-legged incense burner has also been boasted many times by Hirota Matsushige.

It turned out that in 1918, Hirota Matsushige went to Beijing to collect it. At that time, he was wandering around the Liulichang in Beijing for a generation, and happened to see a farmer selling this three-legged incense burner at a stall.

It’s a pity that he didn’t have much money with him at the time, so he couldn’t buy this incense burner in time. He could only watch the incense burner helplessly. bought.

Hirota Matsushige was very annoyed at the time. He returned to the Wanguo Hotel with enough tickets and went to the shop of the boss. After all, he has been to Liulichang in Beijing many times, and he is very familiar with the various shops and bosses here.

But his reputation in China was already very bad at this time. Almost all the owners of antique shops in Beijing~www.readmtl.com~ knew that the evil dog was such a Japanese devil.

So the boss surnamed Ye saw that the notorious evil dog Hirota Matsushige came to talk about business, so he simply closed the door and disappeared.

This made Hirota very annoyed, so he contacted a few local gangsters who often acted as thugs for him to find trouble with this boss, but he never thought that this boss was also a tough guy. Just beat up those bastards.

In the end, Hirota had no choice but to find several guys from the Black Dragon Society from Jinmen to help.

I didn’t expect that Boss Ye still didn’t urinate this pot. Heilong also didn’t give face when he came to the door, and directly beat him up. Hirota saw that it was good, so he just used the old routine and went to the capital. police to help.

But when the police saw this boss Ye, they didn’t dare to do anything. If anyone else had done things with money, they would have already paid for it. But this boss is different. They are not only the old capital, but also the senior officials of the Beiyang government who were full of exuberance at that time. Still a good friend, of course the police dare not offend him.

In the end, Hirota had to go to the Japanese consulate to help put pressure on him, which made Boss Ye bow his head. (To be continued.)