The Yuan blue and white plum vase cannot be made because there is no Ma Cang soil, so the Northern Song Dynasty Ru kiln celadon plum vase can be made easily?
It is definitely not easy to make, because imitating Ru kiln porcelain certainly does not depend on the craftsmanship and shape, but requires the appropriate glaze.
Now the glaze of Ru kiln celadon has been conquered by Chen Wenzhe.
It just depends on the shape.
At this time, the plum vase in Chen Wenzhe's eyes was not just the image of the plum vase in the eyes of the world.
Because he knows that there are many shapes of plum vases.
In modern times, Xu Zhiheng said in his "Yin Liu Zhai Shuo Porcelain": "The mouth of the plum bottle is thin, the neck is short, the shoulders are very broad, the shins are slightly narrow, and when folded at the feet, they are slightly plump.
The diameter is so small that it is only as thin as the plum blossom, hence the name plum vase."
Plum vase first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, became more popular during the Song and Liao dynasties, and many new varieties appeared.
There is a historical connection between plum vases and sutra vases. Yuan Wen, a man from the Song Dynasty, wrote in "Wengxian Xianping" that "Today's large bottles for holding wine are called Jing vases."
The so-called Jingping bottle is a Sutra bottle, and the origin of the name of the Sutra bottle is related to the sutra-lecture system.
The lecture system and the banquet system, also known as the banquet system, gave rise to the wine used for banquets. This kind of wine bottle dedicated to the wine used for banquets has a special name, that is, sutra bottles.
In modern times, the banquet system was abolished due to various reasons.
However, the special shape of the sutra vase was still favored by literati and officials, so it was used for flower arrangement.
The skinny shape of dried plums, coupled with the graceful shape of the sutra bottle, makes it even more charming.
Therefore, it was given another more poetic name - Mei Ping.
Over time, the "Sutra Vase" was forgotten by people.
This is actually a kind of initial pottery, a process of gradual evolution.
The original ceramic vessels were simply imitated natural shapes, such as melon-shaped and gourd-shaped.
Then gradually based on the functions of different utensils,
and the aesthetic consciousness of the producer to carry out independent design and production.
From low level to advanced level, from chance encounter to skillful mastery.
Get inspiration from repeated practice, summarize the rules and formulate good programs.
Plum vases and other ceramic vessels generally evolved in this way.
In fact, plum vase has been changing from the initial utility to the final viewer.
Originally, plum bottles were used as containers for wine.
The plum vase is beautiful, but its primary practical function is to store wine.
In order to hold more wine without losing the beauty of the "fair lady", porcelain makers increased its maximum diameter upwards, thus increasing the capacity for holding wine without losing the graceful image of the bottle.
Therefore, in terms of vessel shape, the upper part of the plum vase is large and the lower part is narrow.
This has a higher center of gravity and is easier to tip over during daily use.
In order to keep the bottle stable, the maker
Often the lower part of the bottle is cleverly thickened.
As a result, the base is thick and difficult to knock over, ensuring its practical function.
When moving,
The shape of the plum vase is suitable for being held in the arms or placed on a stable stand, so that people can enjoy the beautiful wine and utensils.
Due to the high aesthetic value of plum bottles, people later no longer used them to hold wine, but displayed them at home for people to appreciate.
It can be seen that display porcelain (art porcelain) was developed from daily porcelain.
Plum vases, from shape to decoration, all reflect the talent and wisdom of ancient folk craftsmen, as well as their unpretentious artistic language.
These are worthy of our imitation. Based on this, we can also grasp and study clearly the characteristics of plum vases in the past dynasties.
Originally, Chen Wenzhe was very familiar with the plum vase, but now that the large database of Sui Marquis Pearls is fully open to him, he has a deeper understanding of the plum vase.
It can be said that from the creation and burning of the plum vase, to the finalization and naming, all the way to the most glorious peak, there are differences in each dynasty, or even completely different.
This time, Chen Wenzhe is pursuing all the incarnations of Mei Ping in various historical periods from its creation to the present.
Of course, the first thing I made was the celadon-glazed plum vase from Ru Kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The plum vase appeared in the Tang Dynasty, but became popular in the Song Dynasty.
In the Song Dynasty, many plum bottles were produced among the people, which can usually be seen in large and small wine shops.
Plum vases from the Song Dynasty are generally tall and thin, with downward-sloping shoulders, long and nearly straight feet, and a relatively small bottom.
The minimum diameter of the instrument body is from above the shoulder to the lower part of the mouth.
At this time, plum vases were processed in various ways, often with sharp edges and corners.
Knowing these characteristics and having the right materials, it is indeed easy to make a Northern Song Dynasty Ru kiln plum vase.
However, it is not so easy to pursue a full-scale plum vase.
Not to mention the blue and white plum vases of the Yuan Dynasty, but also the various porcelains of the early Ming Dynasty. Without Ma Cang soil, it is impossible to make high-quality imitations.
Therefore, due to limited materials, Chen Wenzhe directly imitated the appearance.
If the materials are not good, just make them more beautiful, and the most beautiful one is the blue and white plum vase produced in Jingzhen.
Plum vases were fired in porcelain kilns all over the country in ancient times, but the blue and white plum vases in Jingzhen are still the most exquisite.
In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, imperial kiln factories produced a large number of various plum vases, and their shapes became more and more beautiful.
From this time onwards, some plum vases were used to hold wine for the emperor's use.
Some of them became palace furnishings and began to move towards ornamental collections.
Therefore, the plum vase shape made at this time is really beautiful.
Chen Wenzhe can't refuse beautiful things, so he can let go and be as beautiful as he likes.
The antique porcelain produced in this way only imitates one appearance feature, and everything else is aimed at being beautiful.
In this way, all the blue and white, pastel and multicolored plum vases of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties can be imitated.
If Chen Wenzhe is willing, he can even burn some enamel plum vases, or simply make some blue and white glazed red plum vases.
As for the characteristics, just burn according to the characteristics of the shape of the vessel, and don’t pursue the quality of the embryo.
As for the characteristics of the vessel shape, it can be said to be familiar to Chen Wenzhe.
From ancient times to the present, plum bottles appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and in the Song Dynasty, many plum bottles were produced among the people, which can usually be seen in large and small wine shops.
Plum vases from the Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty are mostly in the shape of narrow shoulders and long and thin chicken legs.
The plum vase of the Yuan Dynasty inherited the shape of the Song Dynasty, but the shoulders were plumper and had a bell-shaped lid with a cylindrical mouth in the middle. The lid could be turned upside down and used as a wine glass.
In addition to round plum vases in the Yuan Dynasty, there were also flat-mouth plum vases, octagonal plum vases, and octagonal Japanese-cornered plum vases, with blue and white, blue and white underglaze red, underglaze red and other glaze colors.
The shape of the plum vase in the Ming Dynasty is low in proportion.
The mouth is round and thick, with no obvious line and angle turning.
The shoulders are lifted upward, with full and powerful lines.
Under the abdomen, it is vertical, and some are slightly pulled inward.
At the end of the foot, turn it out slightly.
Some white-glazed plum vases have the word "Neifu" in blue and white regular script on their shoulders, which must have been used in the palace.
The plum vase from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty has particularly plump shoulders, almost forming a straight line, and is straighter from the waist down.
At that time, plum vases paid attention to patterns, and the dragon patterns were relatively rigid.