Among the many Qing court pastel porcelains, Cixi's pastel porcelain is simple, straightforward, thick and colorful, rich, luxurious and unique.
The Red Bird Peony Wealth Jar is a classic of its style.
Chen Wenzhe had previously made a large golden pheasant and rich peony jar, which was actually the style of Cixi's time.
Afterwards, Yuan Datou proclaimed himself emperor at the end of 1915. According to custom, new porcelain should be burned as a tribute to the new emperor after he ascended the throne.
This is how Hong Xian porcelain came about, among which Yuan's pastel jade pot spring vase is one of the classics.
This kind of pastel jade spring vase is made of porcelain stone and molded into a mold. The material is single and thin and transparent.
This batch of Hongxian porcelain is highly touted by modern people, but in fact it is nothing more than hype.
Compared with other official kiln wares, especially compared with the porcelain of the third generation of Qing Dynasty, the real Hongxian porcelain has completely lost the internal vitality of the ancient ceramic body.
This kind of porcelain relies entirely on pigments and techniques, just like putting makeup on a corpse, without the overall vitality of life.
However, you cannot deny that the pigments and techniques used on this kind of porcelain are still top-notch.
This is also the reason why Chen Wenzhe mentioned Hongxian porcelain. Regardless of the level of porcelain making, he absorbed its essence, such as the pigment formula.
Pastels are really beautiful to make, but of course the process is also very troublesome.
Pastel porcelain is a type of colored porcelain successfully created and fired by Jingzhen kiln on the basis of five colors and under the influence of "enamel color".
From this, it can also be seen that compared to the five colors and even the difficulty of firing enamel, pastels are not far behind.
Its unique feature is that when painting, a white color material "glass white" is added.
"Glass white" has an opacifying effect, and the painted patterns can take advantage of the characteristics of rendering techniques and finally present a pink and moist feeling, so it is called "pastel color" or "soft color".
The method is to use various colored materials powdered with "glass white" to paint on the glaze of the fired white glaze porcelain, and then bake it in a second fire.
This kind of porcelain continues to be produced in many porcelain factories in Jingzhen until modern times.
If you are making high-quality pastel porcelain, the craftsmanship must be top-notch.
Therefore, don't look at the labels on the front of pastel porcelain. Only simple pastel represents craftsmanship, but it is really not easy to make.
Especially some of the classics, such as the Pastel Hundred Deer Zun. This porcelain is called one of the ten Chinese national treasure porcelains. Is it amazing?
There are various forms of Bailu Zun, and they have a place in many museums around the world.
But among the people, it seems that they have never seen a truly high-quality official kiln Bailu Zun.
It is a pastel porcelain specially fired during the Qianlong period. It can be regarded as a more majestic and alternative existence among all porcelains.
If you know your stuff, if you look at the Bailu Zun from the Qianlong official kiln, there will be so much to see.
If you zoom in on the details of the porcelain, you will discover more.
This is a typical official kiln fine Bailu Zun from the Qianlong period. The entire white glaze is of the highest quality.
Especially the whole shape is extraordinary.
The Bailu Zun with a round mouth and a pair of chi ears is still decorated in red, which is very majestic and steady.
At first glance, you can tell that it is no ordinary collector, but a treasure in the palace.
In addition, since it is a Bailu Zun, the entire shape of the vessel actually appears to become wider and wider as it goes downwards. It can also be called a "big-bellied lucky bag".
With its hanging belly and relatively high feet, this venerable vessel undoubtedly outshone many other pastels and celadons at the time.
If you zoom in on the pair of chilong ears on the entire object, the shape is simple and interesting, like two small dragons lying down, giving it a very domineering feeling.
In addition, since it is a statue of a hundred deer, the theme of the statue is painted all over the front of the statue.
The entire belly of the porcelain is painted with a hundred deers in pastel colors, and the deer were taken from the Royal Mulan Paddock for creation.
According to documentary records, Qianlong raised a lot of deer in the Royal Mulan Paddock, and painting the Hundred Deer Statue was also one of Qianlong's hobbies.
The natural scenery of the deer playing in the painting is elegant and delicate, and the layout is rich and prosperous.
The entire porcelain is graceful, elegant, fresh and pleasing to the eye. It can be said to be a rare classic.
However, more Qing Dynasty pastel porcelain, and even Qing Dynasty pastel hundred deer statues, were produced.
Perhaps many people like it, so a large number of it has been circulated to this day. This makes this kind of porcelain with top-notch painting skills, full of meaning, and high commemorative value, and the market price is not too high.
Even so, the estimated price of a pastel hundred deer statue produced by the Qing Dynasty would often exceed 40 million, and this is no longer surprising in the market.
It is really rare to see such a large and exquisite product at such a cheap price.
In the market now, a Bailu Zun of inferior quality can be sold for one million, while a slightly better one can be sold for over ten million.
The price of some large-scale Bailu Zun must exceed 40 million.
There are also some treasures, such as the Qianlong Pastel Hundred Deer Zun that has been passed down to Neon.
"Bailu" has the same pronunciation as "Bailu", which means "high-ranking official with good salary".
Because of this, Emperor Qianlong asked the Imperial Kiln Factory to fire it many times.
This neon statue of a hundred deer has landscapes and animals painted on it.
The painting is exquisite and the deer have different expressions.
It can be seen from the painting work that it has a typical Qing Dynasty courtyard style and should be the work of a palace painter.
In addition, there are very few Hundred Deer statues circulating on the market, and they can basically only be seen in museums.
It is said to be precious mainly because the deer painted on this porcelain is relatively large.
There is also a Hundred Deer Zun in the National Palace Museum, but the deer are relatively small, and there are even fewer such large deer statues in existence.
If it is less, it will naturally be precious.
There are many precious things. As long as Chen Wenzhe encounters them and he can do them well, he will naturally do them.
Why didn't he do it before? Because he couldn't draw a picture of a hundred deer.
He was able to draw deer well before, but it was more difficult to draw a hundred deer and make them contrast with the scenery.
According to historical records, there is a pastel-colored Hundred Deer statue that was created for the 60th birthday of Emperor Qianlong. Thousands of craftsmen spent several years creating it.
There is a saying that "one deer has three thousand strokes", which means that it takes more than three thousand strokes to complete the composition, drawing and coloring of a sacred deer.
How precious is such a heavy weapon?
It is said that Emperor Qianlong decreed that the Bailu Zun, as a classic royal vessel, could only be visited by officials of third rank or above during important moments.
It is 45 cm high, 16 cm in diameter, and 24.2 cm in foot diameter.
The bottom inscription is "Qianlong Year System of the Qing Dynasty" with a six-character seal script inscription. The mouth is open, gradually widening below the mouth, with the belly hanging down and the feet circled.
The whole body is covered with white glaze, and there are two ears on each side of the shoulders.
These craftsmanship of these utensils are easy for Chen Wenzhe to make.
But the picture of a hundred deer on it is not so easy to draw.
If you can't even draw a picture of a hundred deer well, don't worry about color rendering.