Porcelain pillows were really popular in the Song Dynasty, and it can be said that they were produced in every kiln at that time.
Among them, the porcelain pillow produced by Cizhou Kiln is even more classic.
For example, a porcelain pillow with black flowers and peony patterns on a white ground produced by Cizhou Kiln. The pillow is octagonal, with edges on the top and bottom.
There are eight bamboo-like protrusions at the corners of the pillow wall, and a ventilation hole on the back. The base is plain and unglazed.
On the pillow surface, a broken branch of peony is painted in black color on a white ground, and veins are carved on the petals and leaves. A black color border is painted around the pillow surface.
The peony pattern porcelain pillow made with this artistic technique is really beautiful.
However, when it comes to peony patterns, especially the complicated, blooming, and layered rich peonies, you have to look at Ding Kiln.
Because, compared to Cizhou Kiln, the porcelain of Dingzhou Kiln is more famous.
This time he made peony pattern porcelain, and Chen Wenzhe had to seriously examine the craftsmanship of Bian Ding Kiln again.
Printing technology, which Chen Wenzhe had previously looked down upon, may have a unique effect in producing complex patterns.
If he hadn't studied Yuan blue and white before and started studying peony patterns, Chen Wenzhe would have really missed the unique craft of printing.
Because to define kiln ware, we have to talk about printing ware.
Printing technology is actually opportunistic, so Chen Wenzhe didn't pay much attention to it in the past.
However, if it is a printing plate from Ding kiln, it is different. After all, not many of them exist now.
Everyone knows that Ding kiln was one of the five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty. It mainly fired white porcelain, with a fine and smooth glaze, white with a slight yellow glint.
Decoration is represented by printing, engraving, and scratching.
Every time when Ding kiln technology is mentioned, printing technology is almost always ranked first, and there is a reason for this.
Because the printing process was new at that time, it was a new process, and it was too convenient to use this process to produce, so there were the most works.
For example, the classic printed peony pattern plate uses a pattern to separate the inner wall and the inner bottom of the plate.
The inner bottom is decorated with lotus flowers and five groups of lotus leaf patterns. The inner wall is decorated with two layers of peonies. The two layers of peonies are staggered up and down and arranged in an orderly manner.
Times are developing. From the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty and then to the Yuan Dynasty, technology is constantly improving.
With the development of the times, the production of porcelain has become more and more beautiful.
In the Yuan Dynasty, the art of porcelain decoration entered a new era.
In the Yuan Dynasty, due to the palace's emphasis on porcelain firing, the export volume of porcelain increased, which promoted the rapid development of Jingzhen's porcelain industry.
During this period, blue and white porcelain and underglaze red porcelain were created and burned, which brought China into a new era in porcelain decorative art.
Peony decoration has also become the most common decorative pattern on blue and white and underglaze red porcelain.
For example, the most common Yuan blue and white vase with entwined branches and peony patterns. This kind of blue and white porcelain has white glaze on the inside and outside, and the outer wall is decorated with blue and white flowers.
The decoration is from top to bottom, using blue and white double string lines, divided into four pattern bands.
The neck is painted with twining gardenias, the shoulders are painted with twining lotus flowers, the abdomen is painted with twining peonies, and the lotus petals are painted near the feet.
The shape is full and solemn, and the blue and white colors are bright.
The overall hair color is sapphire blue with black spots, indicating that foreign green materials are used.
The brushwork is smooth, the composition is complex but not chaotic, and each layer of decoration is separated by string patterns.
This not only highlights the theme pattern, but also increases the layering of the picture.
There are many representative works among them, such as the jade pot spring vase with peony pattern engraved on the red ground and white flowers.
This kind of bottle has two carved string patterns on the neck and lower abdomen.
The theme pattern on the abdomen is engraved with peony patterns on the underglaze red ground.
The shape of this vase is tall and elegant, and the red glaze is bright and diffuse, showing the characteristics of the early Yuan Dynasty.
After all, Yu Hu Chun Ping really rose to prominence in the Yuan Dynasty, and it was also the most distinctive Yu Hu Chun Ping of this period.
Even though Chen Wenzhe had made some Yuan blue and white flowers, he couldn't help it this time and made several more jade pots and spring vases.
There are blue and white ones, and there are also red ones with underglaze. Even blue and white underglaze red jade pots and spring vases, Chen Wenzhe also made a few.
After the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties were completed, it was the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Peony decoration, as an auspicious decoration, is the main decorative theme of official kiln porcelain in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as the court attached great importance to imperial porcelain, the imperial kiln factory was established in Jingzhen, which also entered the peak period of my country's ceramics.
The porcelain produced during this period was not only exquisite and beautiful, but also varied in variety.
There have been multicolored, pastel, enamel, etc. vessels that rely on patterns to express the beauty of porcelain, and more complex patterns and compositions have appeared in the decoration content.
In the Ming Dynasty, the Mingchenghua period was considered a very special period because so many fine porcelains appeared during this period.
Not to mention Chenghua doucai chicken jar cups, other doucai porcelains are also very exquisite, such as Chenghua doucai jars with strange stone, flower and butterfly patterns.
Although it is not famous, it can be regarded as a masterpiece of Doucai porcelain during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty.
This piece of doucai porcelain is decorated with doucai decoration. It depicts two groups of peonies and roses on the slope, arranged alternately, supplemented by flying butterflies.
All patterns are outlined with green material under the glaze, and are filled with red, yellow, green, purple and other colors on the glaze, giving people a fresh and bright aesthetic.
Outsole: Blue and white regular script "Da Ming Chenghua Year System" six-character double-line inscription.
The overall shape of the vessel is full, the enamel is white and moist, and the painting is vivid.
Not to mention anything else, just because it is a work from the Chenghua period and is Doucai porcelain, the value of this porcelain can be a hundred times greater.
Chen Wenzhe did not seriously imitate Doucai porcelain on a large scale, but this time he encountered it, he couldn't help but imitate a few pieces.
Next is Wanli Wucai, which is also a representative work of fine porcelain from the Ming Dynasty.
For example, the Wanli five-color flower and bird pattern is washed, and the bottom is painted with pheasants and peonies.
There is a double-circle blue and white inscription on the outsole with the six-character double-line regular script "During the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty".
This level of porcelain is too troublesome to make, and there are too many fine porcelains from the Ming Dynasty.
Such as sweet white glazed porcelain, Yongle blue and white porcelain, Yongle red glazed porcelain, and Xuande ruby red porcelain. Chen Wenzhe has not yet made these. After all, he mainly made peony patterns at one time.
In the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the peony pattern has been popular for a long time and is often used as the main pattern to decorate the main parts of bottles, bowls, plates, jars and other utensils.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the peony patterns on Jingzhen kiln porcelain were more colorful, including broken branches of peonies, twisted branches of peonies, etc.
The peony pattern with broken branches on the Xuande blue and white plate of the Ming Dynasty and the peony pattern on the blue and white jade pot and spring vase are exquisite in pattern and have a strong decorative effect.
The Ming Jiajing glaze is decorated with gold peacock and peony patterns, and the peach-shaped consecration on the belly of the vessel is gilded with peacock and peony patterns, which is particularly rich and gorgeous.
The Qing Yongzheng famille rose peony pattern plate-mouth vase and the coral red ground famille rose peony pattern ear-piercing vase are all meticulously crafted with meticulous attention to detail.
These two kinds of porcelain vividly express the national beauty, fragrance, grace and splendor of peonies.
If all types of wares were made at once, Chen Wenzhe would need to make too many porcelains from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Among the varieties of porcelain, the Ming and Qing Dynasties were the most popular!
Regardless of glaze color or vessel shape, it was the most colorful era.