August 23, 2006! The "treasure authenticating" column site of cctv 2!
Presenters, experts, guests ... ... all eyes are focused on a mysterious bright red shapes placed on the middle of the treasure authenticating platform .
Collection of experts , after careful appreciation, unlock secrets solemnly. The audience are marveling at it in chorus! They are amazed at its value and its legendary background.
This mysterious treasure, which comes from Dehua , a porcelain capital of China, has started the modern porcelain "treasure authenticating" tour for the first time. It is a high-temperature red glazed porcelain called "Natural World".
what makes Fuguihong valuable is that it possesses the same color as our national flag----pure big red. Moreover,its firing temperature is as high as 1310 degrees Centigrade. Its bright red glaze and its jade-white body make it of high artistic value for collection and appreciation. Thanks to its natural charm,this treasure has conquered numerous collectors.
The high-temperature red glazed porcelain, known as a "Goldbach's Conjecture" of the world ceramics circle, earned this title for the reason that the red glazes can not bear too high temperature, which adds great difficulty to its firing process.
Luckily, after many years of experiments, high-temperature red-glazed porcelain was successfully developed and invented by Mr.Xu Shaodong,a young specialist in porcelain circles in Dehua,Fujian,China in 2004.His secret is to mix the glaze with a kind of rare metal--- Tantalum ,which is said to be more precious than gold.
"Fuguihong" s firing can't be made at only one attemp, it has to go through a complicated process of biscuit firing, glaze firing, braised, gilt burning, etc.-- this is the main reason for its low yield and this also helps to explain the saying "few survive after being fired in the kilns,so it is a rare treasure if it really survives.”
Since it came into being, Fuguihong has won many gold awards in different art events; it became the only designated gifts to national guests at the 9th, 10th,11th,&12th international symposiums held in Xiamen; it was chosen as the only designated gifts at the fifth China- ASEAN Expo in 2008; what’s more, Fuguihong treasures have been designated as national gifts by several ministries of our country and the works were chosen as the only designated trophy and gifts for the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th sessions of the World Model Miss Contest Finals.
Thanks to its priceless technology and its uncopied elegancy, Fuguihong is sure to become porcelain collectors' favorite and is definetely a classical treasure to be handed down from generation to generation.v
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