Chapter 1,191 Unintentional insertion of willows and willows into shade
Ding kiln black glaze can be said to be a special product of a specific era.
Only by perfectly copying ancient craftsmanship can we obtain the characteristic beauty of Ding kiln black glaze.
This is a hurdle for imitating antiques, and it is also a very important hurdle.
Antiques cannot be taken for granted, so defects that are obvious to modern people need to be copied perfectly.
Because it is these defects that make some specific porcelain shine brightly.
Ding kiln black glaze porcelain is definitely a kind of porcelain that is absolutely no worse than Ding kiln white glaze porcelain.
And this level of porcelain is not even worse than high-quality built-in lamps.
Chen Wenzhe already knows very well what kind of porcelain Jian Kiln is.
It is a batch of top-notch special porcelain fired in a special historical period using special means and special porcelain clay.
Of course, compared to Ding kiln black glaze, these are two completely different porcelains, but some of their characteristics are exactly the same.
Therefore, any porcelain cannot appear suddenly.
For example, Ding kiln and Jian kiln have many of the same techniques, so many features of the black glaze they produce are very similar.
It's just that there are specialties in the craftsmanship, and Ding Kiln pursues variety, craftsmanship, and breadth.
What Jianzhan pursues is intensive cultivation, transformation of the kiln, and more brilliance, because building a kiln is more dedicated.
The elegance of the Song Dynasty has been passed down for thousands of years. It was at this time that Jianzhan became the first tea utensil in the Song Dynasty.
In fact, the Song Dynasty was not the only kiln series that built kilns. Ding kiln, Jun kiln, Yaozhou kiln, Cizhou kiln, Longquan kiln and Jingzhen kiln were all famous kilns at that time.
It's just that the Ding kiln was in the north, and the built kiln was in the south.
Although the two kiln entrances are far apart, there are still intersections, such as in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Also, coming from the same historical period, it is inevitable to learn from each other.
For example, Liuxia in Liuxia Zhan, as well as Tuhao Kiln Transformation, Tianmu Kiln Transformation, etc., both kilns have fired works, but the focus is different, so the final development is also different.
There is also persimmon red glaze, also known as sauce glaze. This kind of porcelain is not only fired in Ding kiln, but also in many Jian kilns.
Moreover, the persimmon red jianzhan is the favorite of counterfeiters imitating the old Songzhan.
If you know how to fire this kind of red, then it will be easy to fire custom-made kiln sauce-glazed porcelain.
Compared to Ding kiln, Chen Wenzhe is now more familiar with the craft of building kilns.
He knew very well that the raw materials of Jian Kiln's persimmon red glaze were the same as those of Jian Kiln's black glaze.
How could the same carcass and glaze produce a different color tone from Jianzhan’s mainstream products?
This is because of the relationship between temperature and atmosphere.
From the technical point of view of the lamp-building process, the reason is that the temperature during firing is too high and the atmosphere is oxidized, which is why the persimmon red color is formed.
Although the persimmon red glazed lamps in the Song Dynasty were not deliberately fired by the kiln workers, they were unintentionally planted with willows and willows to shade them, making the persimmon red a beautiful, elegant and warm color.
As a warm color, red appears on Jianzhan, which seems to have a deep sense of violation.
But no one who has seen Persimmon Red Jianzhan feels this way.
From an aesthetic point of view, the persimmon red jianzhan has a feeling of late autumn, with a hint of brown in the red, and the gloss of the glaze is not strong, giving it a feeling of accumulation over time.
This kind of persimmon red glaze lamp with no markings and only pure color is called "grey quilt Tianmu" in Neon. It is regarded as a rare variety and has high collection value.
The creation of the persimmon red glaze is not intentional. It is a unique glaze color caused by the high temperature when firing the rabbit hair lamp.
Sometimes the temperature in the kiln is not too high, and only the upper part of the lamp turns persimmon red, while the lower part is still the typical rabbit hair. Sometimes the rabbit hair is not fired successfully, and the lower part is only black.
Persimmon red glaze only has a thin layer of red on the surface, and the interior of the glaze is still black, which reflects its essence as a black glaze.
Persimmon red does not seem to be a favorite among literati, nor does it seem to have much to do with tea, an elegant matter.
Therefore, there are not many jianzhan with a full-body persimmon red glaze remaining. Instead, they are rabbit hair or other jianzhan with a lonely circle of red on top.
But nowadays, because the technique of firing persimmon red lamps is relatively easy to master, some masters have made many good works.
It is a pity that these works can only be regarded as celestial eyes, for two reasons.
First, some persimmon reds are not single-color, and they also have persimmon red markings, which were not found on persimmon reds in the Song Dynasty, so they cannot be regarded as jianzhan.
The second is the non-iron tire, which is made of kaolin or other soil. How can the third eye of the non-iron tire be regarded as a jianzhan?
Chen Wenzhe has made many jianzhes and is very familiar with them.
But he has never fired persimmon red glazed jianzhan, so it is okay to make some by the way this time.
Also, the jianzhan has a black glaze, but it can be fired with a persimmon red glaze.
Ding kiln mainly produces white-glazed porcelain, but it can produce black glaze. On this basis, it can also produce persimmon red glaze, which is equivalent to firing sauce glaze.
In fact, white glaze, black glaze, sauce glaze, these glaze colors look distinct and seem to be independent of each other.
But when they are actually fired, you will find that their essence may be the same.
The persimmon red glaze produced in the black glaze kiln is an unexpected product.
But such accidents represented immature technology in ancient times.
Therefore, Ding kiln porcelain with black glaze should be rarer in quantity.
However, at this time, using the technique of building a persimmon red glaze on top of learning the Ding kiln technique could make Chen Wen's philosophy faster.
Because they have too many similar skills.
Of course, there are many different places.
For example, the glaze color, the porcelain color of Ding kiln black glaze, is different from the black glaze of Jian kiln.
Ding kiln black glaze is as black as lacquer, smooth and moist to the touch, and its glaze surface can be discerned.
This should be a common feature of all good porcelain. In addition to this, the black glaze has different thicknesses, and the glaze contains a high content of iron oxide.
After high-temperature reduction, it becomes ferric oxide, so the color becomes black.
This is the color of iron element, that is, the black hair color completely depends on iron element.
Chen Wenzhe has extensive experience in controlling the content of iron elements and firing temperature.
What's more, there are also black-glazed porcelain from Jian Kiln that we can learn from!
In addition to these, there are some unique features, which are the unique features of Ding kiln.
For example, the edge of a black object forms an irregular glaze due to the rapid flow of glaze under high temperature.
Through the mouth of the saucer, the white color of the fetus can be seen.
Most of the black tin glazes are not as deep as the bottom, and the original color of the tire is exposed at the bottom. The strong contrast between color and ground adds a mysterious color to the black tin.
It is because of these features that Ding Kiln became one of the five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty!
However, the black glazed porcelain of Ding kiln is also divided into good and bad.
The "black beauties" in Ding kiln are definitely the best batch.
Such a batch of black orders often command sky-high prices as soon as they appear.
For example, at Christie's Autumn Auction in Hong Kong in 2002, a Northern Song Dynasty Ding kiln black-glazed partridge-spotted bowl was sold for 13.14 million yuan.