For Chen Wenzhe, there is no difference between the mold and the mold.
However, the large quantities of Ru kiln porcelain produced using molds are naturally for sale.
The works he collects himself or puts in his own museum are naturally special, so he naturally needs to make them himself.
In fact, the types of Ru kiln wares are just that. Not to mention mass-produced practical wares, there are only some special shapes of Ru kiln wares passed down from generation to generation, which are enough for Chen Wenzhe to imitate.
The main types of Ru kiln handed down from ancient times include three-legged statues, Fenghua statues, goose-neck bottles, straight-mouth bottles, paper mallet bottles, Arhat bowls, lotus bowls, plates (open mouth, straight mouth, three-legged), dishes (flower mouth)
), wash, lamp holder (flower mouth), narcissus basin, etc.
Of course, the shapes of your kiln vessels are much more than that, such as bowls with lotus petals, bowls with sea water, hollow holders, embossed pots with lotus petals, jars with painted flowers and sea water, boxes, pots, bird head-shaped vessels, etc.
There are also discoveries from time to time.
Now that there are suitable materials to make these types of porcelain, it is not difficult at all for Chen Wenzhe.
It can even be said that these are just average works, which are not challenging at all for Chen Wenzhe.
Therefore, in addition to using molds to make these conventional porcelains, Chen Wenzhe also specially selected some commemorative Ru porcelains to imitate by himself.
For example, there are a large number of Ru porcelain in famous books, paintings, poems, stamps, anecdotes, etc. If such works are copied, they will be more valuable, right?
At the very least, for Wu San and others, as long as it is well-made, they can easily sell it for a sky-high price.
Chen Wenzhe has the ability of photographic memory, so he naturally knows what Ru porcelain is in famous works.
For example, the classic classic "A Dream of Red Mansions" records a lot of Ru kiln porcelain.
If you want to imitate, just a Dream of Red Mansions is enough for Chen Wenzhe to imitate for a period of time.
This is the convenience for modern people to make antique porcelain, because the ancients have already made all the types of wares they can think of.
Now, Chen Wenzhe doesn't have to worry about design at all. It can be said that you can find many classic styles in any ancient books.
For example, in the third chapter of "A Dream of Red Mansions", it talks about Daiyu's first entry into Jia's house.
"Daiyu entered the main room, raised her head and saw a large red gold Kowloon green plaque with three big characters of 'Rongxi Hall' given by the emperor. On the large red sandalwood carved glutinous rice table, there was a three-foot-high green
The ancient bronze tripod..., on the right side is the Ru kiln beauty goblet..."
This is the first time that Ru porcelain is mentioned in "A Dream of Red Mansions". In the article, Ru porcelain is juxtaposed with the emperor's inscribed plaque, rosewood and other precious objects to set off the splendor and wealth of the Jia family.
From this, we can see Ruci’s noble and extraordinary status at that time.
Of course, Ruci not only appears in the magnificent main hall of Jia's mansion, but is also displayed in the rooms of several main characters in Dream of Red Mansions.
Especially the flower goblet, or rather the Ruyao beauty goblet, has appeared several times.
In Mrs. Wang's room, your porcelain flower goblet appeared again.
There is a description in the book: "The big Kang by the window is covered with a scarlet carpet... On the left table is the King Wen's cauldron, and next to the cauldron is the incense box. On the right table is the Ru kiln beauty goblet, with seasonal flowers and plants inserted in it."
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The goblet here is an ancient drinking vessel, equivalent to the later wine glass. It has a long body, a mouth and a bottom that are trumpet-shaped. It was popular in the Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties.
Mrs. Wang is one of the main characters in "A Dream of Red Mansions". She is the first protagonist Jia Baoyu and the imperial concubine of Jia Mansion, the mother of Jia Yuanchun, one of the Twelve Hairpins, and one of the powerful parents in Rongguo Mansion.
This elegant and luxurious Ru Kiln porcelain is not only a valuable antique, but also an elegant decoration to highlight the identity of the owner.
Chen Wenzhe will definitely want to imitate such a classic Ru kiln.
The imitation of a flower goblet is actually very simple, because it looks like a goblet.
Because of the early flower goblet, people usually describe it as "Zun".
The flower gob that evolved later was a bronze vessel during the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
This kind of work has a beautiful shape and mysterious and complex decoration. It has always been an artifact that cannot be ignored in ancient Chinese feasts.
Zun contains the history of our country's profound etiquette culture and wine culture, and profoundly accumulates our country's Bronze Age civilization.
Bronze flower goblets are wine vessels and water vessels of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and are used in conjunction with the statue.
Chen Wenzhe saw a late Shang bronze flower goblet, which was very beautiful.
Since ancient people imitated bronze vessels, Chen Wenzhe could naturally follow suit.
The flower gobs from Ru kiln are good, but the flower gobs from later generations are no less generous.
Even in some special dynasties, the price of imitation Ru kiln wares was very high.
Of course, Chen Wenzhe certainly doesn't pay much attention to price. What he wants is that kind of artistic achievement.
Since you have to do it, do your best.
Therefore, from one piece of porcelain, Chen Wenzhe can produce many antique porcelains of the same type.
Unfortunately, he had too many ideas and too few hands, so he could only record some of them.
Fortunately, he now has a whole factory of workers to help him, so many of his ideas can be implemented immediately.
This time, he used craftsmen brought from China to imitate Ru porcelain, and the leader among them was Zhang Gu.
Others can only help prepare and process the mineral materials, which at most involves filtering, aging, and mud mixing.
The final shaping must have been completed by Chen Wenzhe himself.
"If you have time, you can also imitate a bronze flower goblet!"
While copying and thinking, Chen Wenzhe moved very quickly.
He is not interested in imitating ordinary flower cups, but the evolution of the classic flower cup shapes from ancient times to the present is still worthy of his imitation.
It must have been bronze at the beginning, and it is not that easy to perfectly imitate a bronze.
At the very least, no matter what you are copying, you must at least understand it, right?
Of course, one cannot imitate bronze now, but he can make porcelain.
The earliest pottery and porcelain evolved from bronze wares.
Unfortunately, there are no detailed records of Ru porcelain such as flower cups in the Red Mansion, so he could only design the drawings by himself based on some information.
For the first one, he directly used a bronze template, because such a Ru kiln flower goblet is not only handsome and elegant, but also heavy and majestic!
Combining the information of the Red Mansion, it is not easy to make people recognize that this Ru kiln porcelain comes from the Red Mansion.
In this way, he can be regarded as a fictional work.
After finishing the work, he always felt a little guilty, so Chen Wenzhe simply made a perfect copy of a bronze flower goblet.
The late Shang bronze flower goblet he had seen was graceful in shape, dignified and elegant, rich in patina, and even more historical.
This bronze flower goblet has a round trumpet, a wide mouth, a narrow waist, and rounded feet.
The body of the vessel is wrapped with three layers of shell skin, which is the best among bronze vessels. The relief patterns are simple and mysterious, complex and luxurious.
The lower layer is engraved with linear graphics and text on geometric loops, the middle layer is decorated with Kui patterns, and the upper layer is shaped like petals and decorated with inscriptions.
The cross holes on the soles of the feet are the degenerate features of the large cross holes in the late Shang Dynasty.
Such a bronze vessel must be a valuable vessel. Even if it is made into porcelain, it still looks very simple, heavy, and dignified!