Chapter 1283: Looking at the shape from a distance and looking at the flowers up close
The colors of silver-burned blue handicrafts are bright and bright, as fresh and translucent as watercolors, and uniquely interesting.
Some silverware is also plated with gold, painted with gold, and then decorated with bluing, inlay and other decorative techniques.
Such a finished product is full of changes in pattern and color, full and gorgeous, and it is another kind of luxury.
However, from a global perspective, filigree enamel products reached their peak in the Eastern Roman Empire from the 10th to the 12th century!
It is much earlier than the Qing Dynasty which reached its heyday. Therefore, cloisonne craftsmanship is not our local art, but was brought to our country by craftsmen during the Yuan Dynasty.
Therefore, there is currently a type of enamel craft that exists in our country but is a truly foreign craft - Chaktu.
The appearance of enamel crafts made with this craft is very similar to cloisonné and is often confused by people.
The best way to identify it is to look at the style.
There is not much difference in the production process between the two, but there is a big difference in artistic style.
Kyakhta craftsmanship has a strong Slavic flavor, and its shapes also retain quite a few styles from the ancient Russian period.
When Chinese manufacturers mastered the Kyakhta craft, they also tried to apply it to traditional Chinese utensils.
Although the craftsmanship is the same, the overall artistic style is completely different from cloisonné.
The exotic style of Kyaktu is really very different from our Chinese style.
Therefore, this kind of enamel craft has been given two names in our country alone - Chaktu and Faberge.
I checked Chinese and foreign literature and found only a few information.
Even if it is occasionally mentioned, it is often unclear.
What’s so special about this “niche” craft?
This requires starting from the two unfamiliar names above to decipher its secrets.
If you look for real objects, the more famous treasures seem to come from the Russian royal family.
As Chen Wenzhe knows, there are two most famous treasures, one is the famous Russian royal egg, and the other is the cup of praise.
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Great Easter eggs, made of gold, platinum, silver and gold plating.
Inlaid with diamonds, rubies, painted with enamel, and the surface of mammoth ivory is painted with watercolor.
Portraits of Peter the Great and Nicholas II can be seen around the eggshell, while a miniature equestrian statue of Peter the Great is hidden inside the eggshell.
As for the praise cup, it is even more gorgeous. Its material is silver-gilt, enamel, and garnet.
This cloisonné enamel three-handled cup is in the old Russian style.
The three paintings on the cup body respectively depict a bearded Kievan Rus nobleman wearing a blue robe and holding a cup;
A noblewoman holding a tray with a bottle and a cup;
There is also a musician playing an instrument, and the enamel craftsmanship can be clearly seen on it.
However, this is an authentic Kyakhto, or Fabergé work.
Of course, this is also a good thing, it is the integration of foreign culture into our country.
It is a pity that our country's culture has been integrated into foreign countries. For example, the Chinese Pavilion at the Palace of Fontainebleau in France contains more than 1,000 cultural relics, many of which came from the Old Summer Palace.
Among them, the cloisonné enamel chandelier located in the C position of the Chinese Pavilion can be regarded as a classic for overseas Chinese cultural relics.
This also makes us feel sad that such exquisite cultural relics are scattered overseas.
Therefore, whether overseas or in China, cloisonné enamel is highly valued.
In 2014, the British Museum held a large-scale special exhibition "Ming Dynasty: Fifty Years that Changed China", which can be regarded as one of the highest-level exhibitions of Yongxuan cultural relics in the world in recent years.
Among countless treasures, the British Museum still chose a piece of Xuande cloisonné enamel as the cover of the exhibition album.
Needless to say, it must be a cloisonné enamel cloud-dragon lid jar from Xuande Ming Dynasty.
Chen Wenzhe has seen how exquisite this piece is and how difficult it is to make before. After all, he also has the same thing.
In today's auction market, cloisonné enamel wares are often the guests of major auction houses, and the transaction prices are eye-catching.
Almost as soon as it appears at the auction, it will attract countless placards and set new prices repeatedly.
After sorting through the enamel wares he had made before, Chen Wenzhe discovered that he had not made Yongzheng's enamel wares.
This won't work, he will definitely have to find a replica.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe directly selected and imitated the cloisonné enamel Double Crane Incense Burner made by Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty sold by Christie's in the autumn of 2010.
This piece is definitely a rare masterpiece. After all, it cost HK$100 million, setting a record for the highest auction transaction of this type of item.
Since this treasure can be sold for 100 million, it is naturally made with great skill.
It is naturally not easy to imitate such a treasure.
Of course, in the final analysis, it is also made of red copper. Various patterns are glued on the copper tire with copper wire, and then various small grids formed by the copper wire are filled with colors.
Brightly colored handicrafts are made after welding, polishing and other processes, and finally fired in a kiln.
After imitating this piece, Chen Wenzhe planned to finish it.
Next, we need to adjust the process slightly and start to imitate some Ming Dynasty cloisonne.
Compared with the cloisonné of the Qing Dynasty, although the cloisonné of the Ming Dynasty is also very good, it is still lacking.
The filigree enamel craft was introduced in the Yuan Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, cloisonne glazes in particular also underwent a series of changes based on the Yuan Dynasty.
If you want to make the cloisonné of the Ming Dynasty, you need to understand the differences between the raw materials and techniques of the Ming Dynasty and those of the Qing Dynasty.
If you don't understand, then you will be embarrassed if you do it the same way as in the Qing Dynasty.
The main raw material of cloisonné in the Ming Dynasty was enamel, and its colors include blue, red, yellow, green, black and white.
When using, use an imported oil to form a lake shape and fill it in.
After firing, the glaze is thick and the color is crystal clear.
Most cloisonne in the Qing Dynasty did not use enamel, but used colored glaze, and the glaze lacked brightness.
During the Qianlong period, the colors of cloisonné were yellow and white. The white was Chequ Shi white, the yellow was a dry yellow, and the later yellow turned green or red.
Appreciating cloisonné can give you a unique spiritual enjoyment. It has a metallic luster, which is different from porcelain and lacquerware.
Porcelain has pottery body and enamel, and the best is blue and white porcelain, which is colorful, delicate and smooth;
Cloisonné closely combines the ductility of copper with the characteristics of glaze. Some shapes are solemn and elegant, and some are slender, complex, and high-end.
As the saying goes: if you look at the shapes from a distance and look at the flowers up close, their patterns also have different styles. Flowers and patterns can all be rigorously and delicately expressed with silk craftsmanship to express various artistic shapes.
The glaze can also be glazed according to the requirements of the shape and pattern, and the color can be added as needed.
Cloisonné art includes various art forms such as plastic art, decorative art, environmental art, and space art.
Therefore, the appreciation method is different from other handicrafts, and it has the characteristics of resplendent and magnificent, which makes it feel particularly precious.