Tang Ying definitely didn't take much time to go from being a layman to an expert and then to completely mastering this industry.
Because his time as pottery supervisor was only twenty-one years in total.
He can't study for a few years before starting to show his effect, right?
Even if he could wait, the emperor could not wait.
Therefore, this is a genius, and the most important thing is that he works hard enough.
It is because of these that he was able to learn many skills, re-fire many glaze colors, imitate the five famous kilns of the Northern Song Dynasty, etc.
For example, Tang Ying developed many new shapes and decorative styles during the production of foreign-colored porcelain.
The most noteworthy ones are the various colored grounds, such as yellow ground, carmine ground, pink ground, blue ground, green ground, etc.
There are other decorations like "rolling road" as "icing on the cake", as well as revolving bottles and revolving neck bottles, which all give people a refreshing feeling.
These new techniques and new porcelain became the unique porcelain varieties of the Qianlong Dynasty.
Therefore, even during the Qianlong period, Tang Ying still served as an inspector, which meant that Emperor Qianlong was not using him more.
During this period, Tang Ying continued to innovate and invent some new varieties, new technologies and new craftsmanship of Chinese ceramics.
Even in order to cater to the emperor's hobbies, a number of extravagant craft porcelains were created and designed that were purely ornamental and purely for appreciation, and no expense was spared.
Among them, the "Mother of Porcelain" is one of them. Previous dynasties have not been able to fire such a large and exquisite artifact with complex craftsmanship.
And this artifact is in line with Emperor Qianlong's evaluation of himself as a "perfect old man".
With such a background and experience, it is not surprising that "various glazed large bottles" can be fired.
In any case, porcelain mothers are a direct manifestation of the exquisite skills of our traditional ceramic artists.
This "porcelain mother" was originally collected by the Qing Palace. After the establishment of the Palace Museum, it was displayed in the Wenhua Palace Ceramics Hall.
Now, we meet the audience again in the new "Ceramics Hall" Wuying Hall!
Chen Wenzhe felt that he was a little ignorant. He didn't know that there was such a piece of porcelain in this world before?
Can this be tolerated? Therefore, Chen Wenzhe planned to return to China to travel after finishing his trivial matters in South Vietnam.
By then, he will have to visit all the museums in the country, right?
In this way, it is much more convenient and effective to acquire skills than simply searching for all kinds of high-quality porcelain aimlessly through the Sui Marquis Pearl.
Also, in this way, he can also increase the information database of the Sui Marquis Pearl.
With his mind completely sinking into his mind, Chen Wenzhe looked at the holographic image displayed by the Sui Marquis Pearl and felt a little emotional.
This large porcelain mother vase is a condensed history of Chinese ceramic arts and crafts, and it is also a "peerless masterpiece" born in the prosperous ages of Kangxi and Qianlong.
As a witness and experiencer of nearly two hundred years of Chinese history, Porcelain Mother once witnessed the end of the Qianlong Dynasty in the Forbidden City.
Afterwards, it escaped the plunder of the Eight-Power Allied Forces and witnessed the end of the feudal monarchy.
In the end, it also experienced the ups and downs of moving south, moving west, and returning north together with many cultural relics.
The most fortunate thing is that it finally stayed in the country.
This is a blessing, otherwise we would have to go abroad if we wanted to take a look.
This large vase with various glazes from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty can be said to be the porcelain with the most decoration levels, the most sophisticated glaze materials, complex design, and extremely difficult production among ancient official kiln porcelains.
The techniques include enamel color, foreign color, imitation Song Dynasty brother glaze, turquoise green glaze, imitation Song Dynasty Jun kiln kiln variable glaze, bucket color, pink celadon glaze, Ji blue glaze, imitation Song Dynasty official glaze, pastel, coral red glaze, imitation Song Dynasty
Ru glaze, sauce glaze and other glazes that are more difficult to fire.
Mass production is not considered in the production. The focus of creation is on appearance, serving a few powerful people and advocating the inheritance and development of tradition.
Therefore, it embodies the superb porcelain making skills at that time.
It was said before that this is the only one handed down from generation to generation, so it is extremely precious.
However, later news came out that another piece was auctioned and sold for a sky-high price.
That one seems to be genuine, and is said to be a pair with the one in the Forbidden City.
It was in 2014, on the evening of September 17, New York time, at the Skinner Asian Art of Art auction in Boston, a much-anticipated large porcelain vase from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty sold for US$22 million, or approximately RMB 135 million.
After adding commissions, the total price is $24.72 million.
According to the exchange rate at that time, it was equivalent to 150 million yuan, which was nearly 100 times higher than the estimated price.
According to Xiang, an insider at the time, the lot was bought through telephone consignment and the buyer was from China.
As previously reported, the lot is 34.375 inches tall, or approximately 87.3 centimeters.
It is an old collection of Express Company and has a pre-auction estimate of US$150,000 to US$250,000.
This lot combines more than 10 kinds of high and low temperature glazes and colors, and is twin sister to the large vase with various glazes and colors preserved in the Palace Museum, which is known as the "Mother of Porcelain".
In August 2014, this "large vase with various glazes from the Qianlong imperial kiln" appeared online and immediately attracted great attention from people in the industry.
Although some experts have expressed doubts about the authenticity of this "porcelain mother", many experts "incline to see the authenticity."
Finally, after Duolun's appraisal, it was confirmed that the porcelain vase at that auction was quite similar to various large glaze vases in the Forbidden City.
In particular, the bottle body with various glazes is decorated with chi ears. There are 12 rectangular consecrations on it, with pastel auspicious patterns painted inside.
Six of them are realistic pictures, namely "Three Yang Kai Tai", "Auspicious Qing Yue", "Danfeng Chaoyang", "Taiping Xiang", "Fairy Mountain Qiongge", and "Bogu Jiuding".
The other six pictures are auspicious patterns such as bats, wishful thinking, ten thousand characters, chilongs, Ganoderma lucidum, flowers, etc.
It's just that the porcelain mother has been repaired, and there are cracks and scratches in some parts.
Even so, this remnant weapon was auctioned for 1.5 billion.
It is undeniable that the value of this porcelain mother itself is very high, but there must also be a reason for its orderly inheritance.
In other words, its foundation can be traced, which is something that many high imitations and fine imitations cannot do.
According to the introduction of the American Snagin Auction Company, this "porcelain mother" was once collected by the Express Company.
The express company here is not the foreign financial card-issuing company we know now, but a company founded in 1903 by Zhang Jingjiang during the Republic of China.
This company specialized in selling antiques, porcelain and tea, and made huge profits at the time.
Many major banks in the West are customers of express companies.
Checking the auction records of the 2012 Autumn Auction of China Guardian International Auction Co., Ltd., the "Eight Volumes of Exhibition Catalogs of Beautiful China Express Company from 1930 to 1964" is clearly visible.
In the special exhibition "chineseart, theton-ying collection of 1930", there were more than 30 items clearly marked as being from the old collection of the Qing Dynasty palace.
The items for auction in the catalog were personally selected and introduced by c.f.yau (Zhang Jingjiang’s wife’s brother), the person in charge of the express company in the United States.