Each chrysanthemum petal plate is made piece by piece, and it can be said that it is burned while being made.
Often, if you make it today, it will almost come out of the kiln tomorrow and you can see it.
This kind of porcelain that can be made and fired at any time, and the effect can be seen at any time, is more attractive than Ru kiln and pastel zhadao porcelain.
In the next three days, Chen Wenzhe entered the workshop in the morning and first made a few pieces of Ru kiln porcelain and put them there to dry in the shade, or it was the first time they were fired in Ru kiln.
Then make several pieces of pastel-colored tie-bar porcelain, or take out the pastel-colored tie-bar porcelain made the day before and perform the second process.
During this period, only the Yongzheng twelve-color chrysanthemum petal plate was successfully fired in one kiln.
Chen Wenzhe has successfully fired a lot of them in the past few days, and they are all placed in the workshop.
This adds a touch of brightness to the boring work of making porcelain.
The gorgeousness of the yellow glaze, the nobility of the red glaze, the solemnity of the blue glaze, the dignity of the antique glaze, the charm of the rouge glaze, the tranquility of the sky blue glaze, the purity of the pink celadon glaze, the freshness of the okra green glaze, and the erraticity of the blue glaze.
, the wonders of glaze transformation in the kiln are numerous and beautiful.
When the chrysanthemum petals of twelve colors are arranged one by one, it is like a chrysanthemum blooming in twelve colors. It is simply a feast of colors.
That kind of visual shock makes people applaud and marvel.
Among the positive colors, there are quite a few that are more conspicuous.
Among the green glazes, there are lake green, emerald green and okra green, and it is not impossible to want more, such as caviar green, turquoise green, melon skin green, turtle skirt green, etc.
The red glaze is relatively simple, it is rouge water or carmine.
The yellow glaze includes lemon yellow, bright yellow, turmeric, beige yellow, delicate yellow, light yellow, beeswax yellow and eel yellow.
The light pinks in purple gold glaze include lotus root, eggplant skin purple glaze, rose purple and grape purple.
It can be said that in the history of ceramics, it is rare to have so many glaze colors collected at once.
And it is not just red, yellow, and green, but also adds unique and rare rust colors, stream stone colors, jet colors, etc.
Therefore, among the delicate and conspicuous colors, white glaze and black glaze also appear particularly unique.
It can be said that the more he makes single-color glazes, the less experienced Chen Wenzhe feels.
Recently, he sorted out the single-color glazed porcelain from the Yongzheng Dynasty and found that there were quite a few.
Everyone knows that the Yongzheng Dynasty made outstanding achievements in monochromatic glazed porcelain, but few people can explain clearly what those achievements were.
Even Chen Wenzhe only figured it out recently.
The "Inscription on the Ceremony of Taocheng" written by Tang Ying summarizes fifty-seven firing varieties, including nearly thirty kinds of color glazes, which are basically new varieties created during the Yongzheng period.
Many famous single-color glaze products that we are familiar with today were all created and fired during the Yongzheng Dynasty.
The twelve chrysanthemum petals plate is a superb display of Yongzheng's monochromatic glaze!
If he had not clearly realized this, Chen Wenzhe would not have distracted himself from making Yongzheng single-color glaze porcelain while making Ru kiln porcelain.
Of course, Ru kiln seems to have a single color glaze, which is celadon.
However, single-color glaze is different from single-color glaze, and the kiln mouth is also different.
How many porcelains from past dynasties are there that can compete with Ru kiln porcelain? Pastel Zadao porcelain counts as one, and the Yongzheng monochrome glaze chrysanthemum petal plate must also count as one.
Since it is good porcelain and the time does not conflict, Chen Wenzhe will naturally not give up.
Making pastel zhadao porcelain is the most troublesome, followed by Ru kiln porcelain. It mainly requires pauses, waiting and testing between several processes.
So in the meantime, he would make some single-color glazed chrysanthemum petal plates. Of course, Zhang Gu was not idle during this period.
"Stop, this piece of pastel Zadao porcelain of yours is marked Guang. You can't mention Qianlong. You might be able to sell it for hundreds of thousands."
This morning, as soon as Chen Wenzhe walked into the studio, he saw Zhang Gu making a pair of small bowls.
It seems to be imitated by Qianlong, but if you look closely, it might as well be written with a smooth inscription!
This piece of Zhang Gu was not very well made, so I wrote that it looked more like an official kiln, otherwise others would look like it was an imitation of Qianlong's, and not very good at that.
This is a pair of bowls with yellow ground and pastel colors and flower patterns for longevity consecration. They are not large in size, with a diameter of 15cm.
It turns out that Chen Wenzhe had seen this kind of small bowl auction, a pair of Daoguang's small bowls, which were auctioned for 1 yuan.
It seems to have been auctioned in 18 years, and the price is definitely not low.
Daoguang's porcelain can sell for more than 700,000 yuan, and it is still a pair of small bowls. It is definitely because of its craftsmanship.
Plates and bowls can be sold for hundreds of thousands, which is already impressive, so porcelain like the chrysanthemum plate can easily sell for more than one million. It is really rare, let alone five or six million.
After reminding Zhang Gu once, Chen Wenzhe looked at the finished products on site, especially one of the pastel-colored plum vase.
The small plum vase he made earlier felt a bit unsatisfactory after it was fired.
Since he had a ready-made utensil embryo, he made a few more pieces, but he did not expect that he finally succeeded in firing one.
Looking at this plum vase, Chen Wenzhe felt a little emotional.
No wonder this kind of porcelain is easily sold for tens of millions of dollars. There is a reason for this!
This rouge-red ground plum vase with brocade patterns and pastel intertwined branches and floral patterns is the same style as the one photographed in the 2004 Xiangjiangsu Bifu Autumn Photoshoot.
This plum vase has a regular appearance. Its body is white and delicate, the porcelain is firm and dense, the wall is slightly thicker than that of the Yongzheng period, and the glaze is even and shiny.
The carmine red glaze colored with gold has a pure and beautiful color. It is said that "the most beautiful thing is carmine". It is rare and stunning, graceful and luxurious, and has unique charm.
In addition, there is another "icing on the cake" on this plum vase.
That is, on the porcelain body, layers of phoenix grass patterns are outlined, and you can feel the concave and convex texture by touching it with your hands.
To create this kind of texture, you need to apply a layer of coloring material, such as carmine, evenly on the white body, and then use a tool shaped like a rusty flower needle to draw out fine phoenix grass patterns on the coloring material.
This is "painting". After completing this process, the bottle is completed.
The body of this vase is painted with a floral pattern of entwining branches. The main decoration is lotus, peony, and passion flower. The lower side of the mouth is supplemented by a Ruyi cloud pattern. The upper side of the neck is surrounded by a banana leaf pattern. The foot is surrounded by a Yanglian pattern.
.
The mouth and the sole of the foot are painted with gold. The decorative pattern on the bottle body is rich and luxurious, with fine conception and dense composition. The picture is very concave and convex with clear layers.
The whole body is painted with auspicious patterns, the colors are gorgeous and grand, and the meaning is rich.
It contains ancient auspicious culture such as "longevity and longevity" and "icing on the cake".
It may seem like an exaggerated display of skills, but it actually expresses the open-mindedness, royal style and honor of the prosperous times.
The bottom is turquoise green glaze, and the middle is decorated with six characters and three lines of seal script inscription "made in the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty" in blue and white.
The whole shape of the vessel is noble and elegant, and the decorations are graceful and gorgeous.
If this kind of porcelain were placed in the Qing Dynasty, it would definitely highlight the ingenious skills of the craftsmen in the palace at that time, and also fully demonstrate the unique vision and taste of Emperor Qianlong.
Only porcelain of this grade can be sold for tens of millions of dollars.