The most amazing thing about Ding kiln is the black glaze. When the kiln temperature is around 1280 degrees, the black glaze is fired.
When the temperature reaches about 1290 degrees, the glaze changes from black to purple, commonly known as sauce glaze;
When the temperature reaches about 1300 degrees, it begins to change from purple to reddish brown or red.
Discoloration of kilns is common in kilns in the north and south. Ding kilns are fired into oxidation flames, black dye, purple dye, and red dye. They are all fired successfully at several temperature stages. It is sometimes easy to be confused when distinguishing...
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In that era when there were no infrared thermometers, imagine how difficult it was to grasp the temperature of the fire, and you will know how difficult it is to do it.
This is a special test for the kiln master. If he just burns firewood casually, he will not be able to get the desired glaze color at all.
What's more, these Ding kiln children's pillows passed down from generation to generation were the highest-grade porcelain even at that time, so it was naturally not easy to bake them.
Modern Ding kiln firing technology has been thoroughly studied.
As long as Chen Wenzhe carefully controls the firing temperature based on his understanding of it, he can increase the chance of firing, even in one go.
There is no need to prepare too many glaze colors. As long as you apply the same glaze, you can fire porcelain with different glaze colors by controlling the temperature. This is a new experience.
When this batch of porcelain pillows came out of the kiln, Chen Wenzhe felt relaxed.
As long as you understand the craftsmanship and use the appropriate materials, it is not difficult to re-fire a batch of Song Dynasty porcelain pillows.
However, the Ding kiln wares he fired have not yet reached their limit.
You know, Ding kiln porcelain is not just for children's pillows, there are many special varieties.
If you want to imitate high-quality Ding kiln porcelain, you must not know the authentic Ding kiln wares passed down from generation to generation.
The most authentic Ding kiln wares handed down from generation to generation come from two pagodas and underground palaces.
The relics are hidden away(yi
In the Tang Dynasty, cáng (referring to burial objects) had become a grand event in which everyone from the emperor to the common people used their financial resources to give alms in order to provide support.
In Buddhism in the Middle Ages, the things that can be used to replenish one's wealth are not coins, gold and silver.
And they are often precious items that represent the highest level of craftsmanship at that time.
Dingzhou Jingzhi Temple and Jingzhongyuan are the most eye-catching of the two pagodas and underground palaces.
Because in these two places, batches of Ding porcelain have been unearthed.
Among them, there are 115 pieces in Jingzhiji Temple and 55 pieces in Jingzhongin Temple.
There are rich varieties and many fine products, and the fine ones account for the majority of the objects stored in the two underground palaces.
The faith of the ancients has passed away, but the works of art created by generations of people relying on their faith have survived to this day.
This is a blessing for today’s people!
How rare is it that Ding kiln porcelain can be preserved intact after more than a thousand years?
If it were not hidden in the underground palace of the pagoda, could the things handed down from ancient times be preserved intact for a thousand years?
Now Chen Wenzhe wants to imitate the precious porcelain produced in the kiln. The batch unearthed from the Jingzhi Temple Underground Palace is the best object to imitate, because they are really special!
Not to mention anything else, just the tureen unearthed inside is not simple.
I mentioned before about a large Ding kiln white porcelain bowl, and that one sold for a sky-high price of more than 100 million.
And for this one to be hidden in the underground palace of the pagoda and accompany the Buddha, it must be even more extraordinary.
This is a Northern Song Dynasty white-glazed tinu trumpet-mouthed tureen unearthed from the underground palace of Jingzhi Temple.
It is 13.9 cm in height, 16.7 cm in diameter, and 9.5 cm in foot diameter.
The bowl cover is in the shape of a helmet, with a plastic button on the top, a flower-shaped button base carved around the button, and a double lotus pattern on the cover.
The bowl has an open mouth and a deep belly, the large ring foot is slightly outward, and the plain surface has no lines.
The fetus is white, thin and hard, and the glaze is white with a slight yellow tint. The inner edge of the cover and the mouth of the bowl are surrounded by enough to expose the fetus.
Such a Ding kiln white porcelain bowl looks like the best of the best.
Even if it is not as good as the previous palace bowl that cost more than 100 million yuan, if such a bowl were to be auctioned, it would have to go for 50 to 60 million yuan, right?
The reason why it is valuable must be because of the reputation of Ding kiln.
Before the Tang Dynasty, my country's porcelain had always been celadon-glazed porcelain represented by the Yue Kiln in the south.
The development of the north was relatively late, and the celadon unearthed in Luoyang during the Northern Dynasties was still imported from the south.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, white glazed porcelain emerged in the north.
This made our country the first country in the world to have white glazed porcelain, and at the same time broke the world-dominated pattern of Yuuchi celadon.
This formed the two major systems in the history of ceramics, the so-called "Southern Qing and North White".
The most famous white glazed porcelain is Ding porcelain.
Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty commented on porcelain in the "Tea Classic" from the perspective of tea vessels, saying that Yuezhou celadon was followed by Xingzhou white porcelain.
It can be seen from this that at that time, the northern and southern Qingbai porcelain series were competing with each other.
Xingzhou white porcelain is Xing kiln white glazed porcelain, which is the earliest famous kiln series among white porcelain.
Ding porcelain is a porcelain that has its own system and style after inheriting the foundation of Xing kiln porcelain and innovating from the old.
The site of Dingci kiln is in Quyang, Beihe today, which belonged to Dingzhou in ancient times.
my country's porcelain clay is widely distributed. Wherever it is rich in porcelain clay, has a lot of fuel, and has rivers for transportation, large-scale kiln sites will appear.
Quyang Jianci Village, Dongyanchuan Village, and Xiyanchuan Village are rich in high-quality kaolin.
This kind of kaolin has a high content of aluminum oxide, but very low content of iron oxide and titanium dioxide. This is the fundamental reason why the porcelain body glaze appears white.
Ding kiln porcelain is characterized by its overall silver-like and snow-like whiteness, which is due to the high-quality kaolin produced locally.
"Dingzhou flower porcelain urn, the color is the whitest in the world" is the simplest and most concise summary of the uniqueness of Dingzhou porcelain.
It is such precious Ding porcelain that one hundred, fifty or sixty pieces were discovered in the underground palace of two pagodas!
The small bowl just now was the most common one among them.
Slightly more unusual are the white-glazed peach-shaped boxes, and the white-glazed bamboo-shaped cylindrical boxes.
This is a practical utensil. The entire white-glazed peach-shaped box is 9.5 cm in height, 7.6 cm in belly diameter, and 4.3 cm in foot diameter.
The whole box is in the shape of a peach, and the lid and the box body are connected by a mother-and-daughter opening.
The top of the cover has a plastic peach tip, which is small at the top and large at the bottom, slightly tapered.
The body of the box is round, with a straight mouth, a straight belly, and short round feet.
Draw concave lines from the cover to the feet to make the image more realistic.
The fetus is white and hard, the glaze is white and shiny, and the whorl pattern is obvious all over the body.
The top of the cover is raised, and the bamboo pattern on the body of the vessel is neat and balanced, which is made using the turning technique.
The porcelain body is white and hard, with very thin walls. The glaze is white with yellowing, bright and shiny, and has glaze marks. The soles of the rounded feet are unglazed, so it is a fine product from Ding kiln.
Ding porcelain is an artifact that combines artistry and practicality. The porcelain box on it is a little bit special.
If it is not ordinary, it is very special. It is a white glaze wavy French conch with a length of 19.3 cm and a mouth width of 8.4 cm.
This conch has a realistic image and a spiral shell.
The entire outer shell is decorated with wavy patterns, and a cone-shaped body and a bell mouth protrude from the center. This type of imitative porcelain with a very realistic shape is still rare among porcelains.