Exploring the Secret: Dig the Mausoleum of the First Emperor at the beginning

Chapter 59
"Look slowly, don't worry, if you are not [-]% sure, then don't carry out the repair work for the time being."

"En!"

Qin Chen took the chicken bowl cup in his hand and admired it quietly.

Li Qingfeng also knew the value of this antique handed down from generation to generation.

If it weren't for Qin Chen's unique skills of the Yang faction, it would be the icing on the cake.

He would never let Qin Chen repair it no matter what!
Dare to ask the world, the unique skill of being able to restore this chicken cup.

There are probably only icing on the cake skills that have not been seen for more than a hundred years.

"When your master was alive, he was always looking for the successor of the Yang School, and wanted to restore this cup, but he couldn't find it for decades. He also passed away with regret."

"Don't worry, I will do my best!"

"I have been looking for suitable candidates for decades, and I have invited several top experts at the master level to look at them, but most of them are proficient in calligraphy and painting restoration, but they are not good at ceramics."

For more than half an hour, Qin Chen was in a trance, holding the chicken bowl cup in his hand.

Sometimes contemplative, sometimes frowning.

Li Qingfeng knew that Qin Chen was observing, and a master-level cultural relic restorer would find the most suitable crack angle for repair.

As for the method to be adopted, measures should be taken according to the circumstances.

In short, because this cup is cracked throughout, it is extremely difficult to repair.

It is estimated that it was accidentally dropped on the ground that year. There is still a small opening of a few millimeters missing from the mouth of the cup. If it is not under the light or touched by hands, it will be difficult to detect with the naked eye.

Another half hour passed.

The study was so quiet that I could only hear the movement of leaves and the chirping of birds outside.

"call!"

Qin Chen heaved a sigh of relief: "There is a way!"

"What solution?" Li Qingfeng asked in surprise.

"Use Yangpai's icing on the cake technique to fill in the gaps in the whole body of the chicken cup!"

"I heard your master say that this kind of filling in gaps according to the shape is very difficult. There are very few restoration masters in ancient and modern times who can reach this level."

Li Qingfeng naturally knew the difficulty of Qin Chen's method!

"The reason why I use this method is because the location of the crack is very ingenious. Almost all of it is on the blue and white glaze of the chicken cup. If there are more cracks, it will be really difficult to solve."

The so-called filling of gaps with the shape is to use the icing on the cake to remove the missing and damaged piece of ceramic and then repair it.

It's easy to say, but difficult to do.

First of all, contemporary porcelain should be used, ground into powder, and then prepared by special techniques, and compared with the porcelain to be restored according to the color of the remolded porcelain powder.

Restoration work cannot be performed until the modulated colors are exactly the same.

But how difficult it is to make exactly the same color as the restored porcelain!

Filling the gaps according to the shape, this is the most advanced and most difficult to master in porcelain restoration.

First of all, it is necessary to have the icing on the cake, so that it is possible to repair the cracks and missing pieces intact.

The second is the modulation of color.

"This is the only way, there is no other way."

Li Qingfeng knew that artistic restoration was different from archaeological restoration.

Archaeological restoration requires the original appearance of the repaired places, and the repaired places are clear at a glance, pursuing innocence.

Artistic restoration is not the case. What it pursues is to prevent people from seeing any flaws as much as possible, and to give the viewer the infinite beauty of intact porcelain.

The highest level of artistic restoration is traceless restoration, where no trace of restoration can be seen.

Therefore, ceramics generally choose artistic restoration.

The reason why Qin Chen chose to fill in the gaps is to carry out seamless repairs.

"Tomorrow, I will carry out the repair work. Chunxi will help me prepare some hydrogen peroxide, 84 disinfectant, cotton strips..."

Li Chunxi understood this point quite well. The first step was to clean the foreign objects.

Because there are cracks in the cup body, resulting in deposited foreign matter, the resulting black spots must be cleaned.

"By the way, I still need epoxy resin, triple ethyl acetate, and some polymer synthetic materials. I will make a list later, and you will prepare it as soon as possible."

Qingfeng Li asked Qin Chen seriously: "How sure are you of repairing Wuhen?"

"80.00%!"

"What has been repaired is repaired after all, don't feel pressure in your heart!"

"The most important one is that I need a piece of bluish-white glazed porcelain from the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, which is about the same color as the body of the chicken bowl. It is best to come from an official kiln. If you can't find it, I suggest not to restore it."

Qingfeng Li nodded.

He knew that Qin Chen had his reasons for saying this.

Because you need to repair cracks, you need to use porcelain pieces of the same age and the same kiln entrance. The color of the mixture will be closest to the color of the porcelain to be repaired, and the repair effect will be the best.

Li Qingfeng: "It's not difficult, I'll let someone find it in the past two days."

"I believe you can repair the cracks, but what are you going to do with the chicken's eyes!"

"I have a way!"

"any solution!"

"Stay...stay with him for ten or eight days. The secret must not be revealed!"

Qin Chen was going to use the magical repair method to repair the crack in the corn.

Repairing cracks is not difficult.

The focus is on the repair of the corns.

This was the most difficult, and it also caused Qin Chen the most headache.

Although he has a way to prepare porcelain powder with a similar color.

But he must comprehend the finishing touch of the painter's chicken eyes.

He must reproduce the painter's skills with the same charm.

The most difficult part of the whole chicken cup is the touch of the eye.

The painting is finished and comes alive.

If the painting is not good, it will be lifeless.

This is the most difficult part of porcelain restoration!

For example, if you want to restore Zheng Banqiao's painting, if you find Qing Dynasty paper, it is not difficult to restore and complete the entire painting.

But if you want to repair the defect of the brush, you must have the same painting skills as Zheng Banqiao.

This is almost impossible, unless Zheng Banqiao is alive.

Therefore, this further highlights how difficult the Lingnan School's magical strokes are.

And painting on ceramics is even more difficult!

Therefore, ceramic restoration masters are even more rare than calligraphy, painting, jade restoration masters!

Qin Chen knew very well that this sum was very important.

It is a sum that determines success or failure!
"I'm going to take these two cups and sleep with me."

Li Qingfeng's grandfather and grandson looked at Qin Chen in puzzlement.

"There is a crack in the eye of this chicken. I have to find the aura and painting method of this chicken eye from another complete cup. I know it well before I dare to draw that chicken eye."

"no problem!"

Li Qingfeng naturally agreed without hesitation.

"Don't put it under your body when you sleep, you must be very careful."

"You can rest assured, since it was left to you by the master, I naturally dare not be sloppy."

"Be careful, be careful and be careful!"

"I'm going back to my room first."

Qin Chen put the chicken bowl cup into a brocade box and returned to his room.

Can't wait to open the brocade box, looking at the treasure in the world, I feel inexplicably excited.

"It's really beautiful!"

Li Chunxi knocked on the door and walked in: "Qin Chen, you have to be careful, this is my grandfather's most beloved thing, and you can't have it at all."

"I, I guess I won't be able to leave in a short time. There is no fixed time limit for repairing this."

At this moment, Qin Chen's phone rang, and it was Mr. Feng calling.

(End of this chapter)