Chapter 1084: Peacock Green Glazed Jade Pot and Spring Vase
Looking at these white fetuses in front of him, Chen Wenzhe felt very satisfied.
Although they haven't been hung in any good-looking colors yet, this time the Yu Hu Chun Ping white fetuses are all plump and round in the abdomen.
The shoulders gradually shrink, the neck is slender, and the bottle mouth is slightly open!
The entire shape of the device is an S-shaped curve, giving people an infinite sense of beauty.
Such a batch of embryos,
As long as it is painted and glazed, it will be stunning when fired!
It turns out that Chen Wenzhe came into contact with jade pot spring vases, in addition to celadon, pastel, blue and white jade pot spring vases, there were also underglaze red jade pot spring vases, and blue and white underglaze red jade pot spring vases.
Even if you want to make it more troublesome, ruby red glaze is not impossible to decorate jade pots and spring vases.
Now Chen Wenzhe has a variety of glazes here. After all, the single-color glaze chrysanthemum petal plate he originally made allowed him to mix a variety of glaze colors.
Now a batch of perfect embryos are ready,
As long as various exquisite decorations and patterns are drawn in different categories, and finally glazed, they can be fired in the kiln.
Of course, it would also be very beautiful to make some single-color glaze bisques without any decoration, just apply various colored glazes.
"It doesn't feel like it has any special features!" Even so, Chen Wenzhe still felt a bit inferior in the end.
He has applied all the glaze colors and techniques he can think of to the works in front of him, but these jade pots and spring vases don't seem to be the best yet.
He made simple blue and white and pastel colors.
He also made several complex ruby red glazes, namely underglaze red jade pots and spring vases.
Even if the enamel work is extremely complex, he has made several pieces.
However, he always felt as if he had forgotten a special jade pot spring bottle.
"By the way, there is also malachite green glaze. I will make a small one this time.
I remember one of the classics,
It seems to be only nine centimeters tall?"
nine centimeters,
That is to say, it is only half-length, not really tall. This is definitely an alternative among Yu Hu Chun Ping!
And why does Chen Wenzhe think of this piece of porcelain? One aspect is that this piece of porcelain is very precious and famous.
Another reason is that among the broken porcelain pieces given by Wu San before, there seemed to be a fragment of malachite green glaze.
The green glaze fragment he was holding in his hand felt very beautiful, but he didn't think much about it.
Only then did he remember, wasn't it a fragment of fine malachite green glaze porcelain from the Qing Dynasty?
Just looking at the hair color, it cannot be porcelain from a folk kiln.
As for how to know that it is from the Qing Dynasty, it mainly depends on the craftsmanship.
Malachite green glaze is a traditional glaze color in West Asia and was introduced to my country around the Tang Dynasty.
At that time, the firing technique of malachite green glaze was relatively poor, with cracking and glaze peeling often occurring.
The malachite green glaze of the Ming and Qing Dynasties has been fired to perfection, and the glaze color is as gorgeous as peacock feathers.
At that time, secretly carved patterns were quite popular, and some were even decorated with gold.
The artistic features are very obvious.
Seeing such malachite green glaze fragments with obvious characteristics of the era,
It's easy to identify,
That was during the Ming and Qing Dynasties,
The best is probably the Qing Dynasty.
It's a pity that it is a fragment.
There is such a fragment that he can use. Now it seems that it is not difficult to make a fine malachite green glaze porcelain!
Especially the nine-centimeter-tall malachite green glaze small bottle must be made.
So how difficult is it to make such a small bottle?
It doesn't seem to be difficult, even if it's a little small, he can do it in three steps at most!
It can't be molded in one piece. The best he can do is use the splicing process. How can this be difficult for him?
In fact, the most difficult thing was to mix the malachite green glaze. Previously, he made a single-color glaze chrysanthemum petal plate with only one green glaze. How many varieties did he create?
As for the jade pot spring vase, the most classic one is the malachite green glaze jade pot spring vase.
In the history of the development of Chinese ceramics, the malachite green glazed jade pot spring bottle is a rare and extremely valuable rare species.
The physical specimen materials collected in major museums in my country are also extremely limited and rare, so they are indeed precious.
If you want to make malachite green glaze porcelain, or to be precise, make a malachite green glaze jade pot spring vase or a smaller malachite green glaze jade pot spring vase, which is only nine centimeters high, you must first know what malachite green glaze is.
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Malachite green glaze is the name of a porcelain glaze color, also known as "Facui glaze", "Jade glaze" and "Jicui glaze".
Through these names, you can imagine what this glaze color looks like.
Peacock green glaze, which is similar in color to peacock tail feathers, was first seen in Cizhou Kiln in the Song Dynasty. There are two glaze colors: dark and light.
During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, malachite green glaze was extremely popular, and its categories were continuously enriched. The thickness of the glaze varied, but all had fine flakes.
If there is a color that is breathtaking in the world, malachite green is definitely one of them.
However, it is a traditional glaze color in West Asia, and it was gradually produced in northern folk kilns during the Tang and Song Dynasties.
In the Yuan Dynasty, after the establishment of Jingzhen Fuliang Porcelain Bureau, some malachite green glazed porcelain was also produced.
Products made with low-temperature lead green glaze and malachite green glaze from the Xuande period were unearthed at the former site of the Jingzhen Royal Kiln Factory. The lead green glaze products were also decorated with cone-carved patterns.
Malachite green glaze products include three-legged stoves, tall bowls and plates, jade pots and spring vases, and many other types of utensil specimens have been unearthed and handed down to the world. They were at their peak during the Kangxi period.
It should be noted that before the Xuande malachite green glaze in the Ming Dynasty was fired and matured, all green glazes were dark green and did not reach the level of bright emerald green.
Therefore, the successfully and perfectly fired malachite green glazes are all products from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
The name "malachite green" comes from the products produced during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty because of their emerald green and translucent color, which resembles peacock feathers.
Chen Wenzhe knew that there was a "Ming Dynasty peacock green glaze jade pot spring vase" in a private collection in northern Fujian. The vase is 9 cm high, 3.6 cm in diameter, 5.5 cm in belly diameter, and 3.5 cm in foot diameter.
Two seams can be seen on the belly and neck of the bottle, which is made of three-section blanks.
This vase has certain characteristics of Yuan porcelain: the ring foot is turned outward, the inside of the foot is exposed, the end of the foot is flattened, and there are turning marks and a central protrusion on the inside.
The inner lip and outer wall of the bottle are covered with malachite green glaze. Due to weathering and soil erosion over time, parts of the bottle have peeled off the glaze, and a smooth plain burnt body can be seen inside. It can be seen from the literature that it was fired in the kiln twice.
Not false.
In the malachite green glaze layer on the outside of the bottle, dense and small flakes can be seen, and the glaze accumulation at the turning point is dark green. The surface of the glaze is heavily covered with soil, which should be unearthed.
Based on the comprehensive analysis and identification of the bottle's shape, glaze, production process, and place of origin, it should be a malachite green glaze product from the Jingzhen kiln in the early Ming Dynasty.
Due to its small size, this vase has severe glaze peeling and is wrapped in soil. There is also a horizontal kiln crack on the belly of the vase, which is characteristic of early Ming porcelain.
After many researches, it is indeed a rare and rare malachite green glazed porcelain standard utensil of the same period.
If you want to imitate, you must imitate this classic porcelain.
The only difficulty here is definitely the mixing of malachite green glaze.
There is something special about this glaze color, but what is so special about it?
In fact, the green in malachite green glaze is a bit bluish, and some people also call it peacock blue.
Of course, malachite blue glaze and malachite green glaze are different and not the same thing.