It can be said that the ancient official kilns used the entire country's efforts to make porcelain.
Therefore, the best raw materials for porcelain, the best craftsmen, no expense spared, and meticulous workmanship are not just words.
So can modern people reach this level? Can modern people make a piece of porcelain regardless of the cost?
Let’s not talk about the craftsmanship of the Qing Dynasty, nor the national power of the Qing Dynasty, but whether it can be compared with a modern company or a private workshop, let’s talk about modern craftsmanship.
Even now, no matter whether it is Jingzhen, other kilns, or even many porcelain research institutes, there are only a few that can produce top-notch zhaodao craft porcelain.
Therefore, works made with this craft are also called the new generation of "official kiln" porcelain.
The reason why it is called this kind of porcelain must be because the workmanship of this kind of porcelain is complicated and cumbersome.
Not to mention anything else, it can be divided into three forms just based on the decoration.
The first is the common phoenix tail-shaped curly grass pattern, the second is the "swastika" pattern, and the third is the pattern pattern.
The third type is the most difficult to make, and there are few handed down varieties.
Among the existing pastel-rolled porcelain, the collection of Wanwan Forbidden City is the richest, the collection of Qianlong is the largest, followed by the Forbidden City of Shendu.
There are also a very small number among the people, but most of them are imitations from the late Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China. Many of them are old ones with new colors and rough workmanship.
In addition to conventional bowls and plates, its shapes also include lantern bottles, juke cups, set bottles, revolving bottles, etc. The body of the vessel has all kinds of hollow carvings, hollow carvings, and pile carvings.
The decorations mostly use lotus and foreign flowers as the main body, and are decorated with dragons, phoenixes, mandarin ducks, bats, eight immortals and other patterns to form various auspicious and auspicious decorations that are in line with the sacred meaning.
Pastel rolled porcelain was imitated in the late Qianlong period, but the exquisiteness cannot be compared with it.
In recent years, Jingzhen's engineering and technical personnel have fully absorbed and digested the techniques of pastel rolling porcelain, and have produced a number of imitations that look like the real ones for relevant cultural and museum units. At the same time, they have also continued to create and innovate many novel styles of rolling porcelain.
For example, the Greenland Pastel Rolled Flower, Bird and Pomegranate Statue presented as a gift to the leader of North Korea was praised by the collectors as a new generation of "official kiln" porcelain.
This is the reason why Chen Wenzhe gave up on imitating Ru kiln porcelain for the first time and followed Zhang Gu to imitate pastel zhadao porcelain.
There are many porcelains called modern official kilns, such as Mao porcelain. Chen Wenzhe already has a lot of ideas. As long as he is given some time, it is not impossible to imitate porcelain that is comparable to Mao porcelain, or even better than Mao porcelain.
Now there is a modern "official kiln", and Chen Wenzhe is naturally very interested in it.
Follow Zhang Gu to make pastel-colored porcelain, but you may not necessarily make flower cups, because this is a big category.
Being called the new generation of "official kiln" pastel rolled porcelain is not simple. Of course, the main reason is that they are particularly popular in the market.
In recent years, the porcelain market has shown a hot trend. During this period, porcelain from the third and third dynasties of the Qing Dynasty has been strongly sought after by the market, with a gratifying transaction rate.
All species with good appearance and small quantities in existence have become collectors’ definite collection targets.
This "sky-high price trend" caused the value of Qianlong porcelain to double in the collection market, with a rapid rise.
The Qianlong Dynasty was the golden age for the development of ancient Chinese ceramics. The official kiln porcelain of this period was famous for its rich variety and exquisite manufacturing.
In particular, the pastel rolled porcelain created in the early period of Qianlong was a flower in his garden.
When a great country is prosperous, only a body of rich enamel and porcelain can highlight the image of a great country, right?
Especially pastels, as long as they are done well, even without some top-notch craftsmanship, they will still be very beautiful and grand!
Therefore, among the four traditional famous porcelains of JDZ, blue and white, exquisite, pastel and color glaze, pastel is colorful and particularly eye-catching.
The rolling process in the manufacture of pastel porcelain is even more exquisite and stunning.
The so-called rolling path, also called carving ground, can give ceramic works a sense of relief, so it is also called "strengthening the tiger with wings" in the palace, and it is also called pawing in Jingzhen. This is a key process in the manufacture of pastel porcelain.
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It is because of this key process that the firing of pastel zhaodao porcelain is extremely troublesome. It is even more troublesome than firing Ru kiln porcelain several times in Ru kiln.
Pastel rolled porcelain is definitely the finest among the Qianlong colored porcelains, and it is definitely famous for its complicated craftsmanship.
It is influenced by Western enamel colors and combined with Chinese pastel decoration. The color depth is clear and the three-dimensional effect is strong. It does not pay as much attention to artistic conception as traditional Chinese paintings in my country, but is more influenced by the sentiment of Western oil paintings. It can be said to be the first step in cultural exchange between the East and the West. product.
This kind of porcelain can be viewed from a distance and played with. Its gorgeous patterns and flowery colors are as beautiful as a boudoir who has lifted her veil.
In ancient times, during the Qianlong period, it was a precious handicraft exclusively for the royal family and nobles to enjoy, and it has a well-deserved "aristocratic" origin.
Nowadays, it is shining brightly in the collection market, blooming with infinite charm, and is called a new generation of "official kiln" porcelain by the collection circle, a priceless treasure.
Because the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty had strong national power, Emperor Qianlong also loved to collect ingenious things and had extremely high requirements for artworks. This kind of "powerful" porcelain was made to cater to his preferences.
Lam Pu's "JDZ Ceramics Record" records: "To this day, the pottery is beautiful, the workmanship is skillful, and the color is exquisite. The moon and the year are different."
Full of complexity, exquisiteness and richness, these are the typical characteristics of Qianlong colored porcelain.
"Like a tiger with wings" is a decoration technique that can perfectly express this characteristic. It not only expresses Emperor Qianlong's own aesthetic interests, but also allows us to glimpse my country's weak national power in ancient times, which is of extraordinary significance.
This kind of pastel-colored rolled porcelain has novel styles and auspicious decorations. It takes four firings to make a finished product.
The first time was to fire a ceramic white body;
The second time is to apply a layer of glaze on the white body, use the rolling process to draw out the painted patterns, and then fire it;
The third time is to draw lines or pictures on the fired porcelain body, fill it with different colors of flowers, birds, landscapes and other pictures, and then fire it;
The fourth time is to paint gold powder on the top or bottom of the porcelain body for decoration, and finally fire the product.
This process is labor-intensive and extremely complicated. It needs to be struck while the iron is hot from the beginning to the end. The patterns must be consistent in size and uniform in structure. There must be no mistakes or gaps on the porcelain body. It requires many years of painting skills to be completed.
Pastel rolled porcelain, from a distance, the patterns are complex and beautiful, graceful and elegant;
When you look closely, the veins suddenly appear, the light flows, and the craftsmanship is amazing.
Therefore, the art of peeling flowers is also called the art of needlepoint, and it is a skill that is about to disappear.
Due to the complexity and high cost of the flower-making process, the yield is very low. In ancient times, only the royal family and nobles could enjoy it.
The simple deflowering process is to apply red, yellow, green and other colored glazes as the base color on the porcelain body, which is the "brocade ground".
This Jindi craft seems simple, but when it comes to it, not everyone can achieve good results because there are so many glaze colors applied.