Yongzheng official kilns are not only distinguished by their elegant shapes and pure tones, but also pay attention to overall coordination, which is evident from the exquisiteness of their production.
Single-color glaze is famous for its smooth and uncarved beauty.
Pastels make people fall in love with their realistic beauty, subtle elegance and softness.
The Yongzheng yellow glaze ware is naturally not simple either. Although it is not as rich and moist as the glaze during the Hongzhi period, its brighter color is better than that of the Hongzhi period.
This lemon yellow glazed lotus petal plate is glazed with yellow glaze on the inside and outside, and the glaze is applied delicately and evenly.
The glaze color is lemon yellow, clear and bright, and is a typical "central color". It is the best quality among the lemon yellow glaze dishes of the Yongzheng Dynasty that has been handed down from generation to generation.
The imperial kiln porcelain of the Yongzheng period reached the most exquisite and meticulous state.
This plate has a flower mouth, a folded waist, and a shallow circle at the foot.
The inner and outer walls are in the shape of 18 upward lotuses from the edge of the mouth to the edge of the sole.
The center of the plate is also in the shape of 18 lotus petals, with a 16-hole lotus pod in shallow relief in the middle.
The decoration is exquisite and meticulous, and unique in its originality.
The lines engraved on the inner and outer walls of the plate are graceful, smooth and extremely dynamic.
The proportions of the vessel are harmonious, showing the "beauty of curves".
The whole device is like a lotus blooming in the pond, and the breeze passing by seems to bring wisps of fragrance.
This use of flower shapes to shape utensils is the traditional decorative style of Chinese porcelain.
The lotus is commonly known as the "Buddha flower", and the lotus petal pattern is a popular decoration influenced by Buddhist culture.
Buddhist decorations were more common during the Yongzheng period, which is related to Emperor Yongzheng's strong belief in Buddhism.
According to historical records, when Yongzheng was young, he hired someone to become a monk for him and funded the construction of Xishan Dajue Temple.
After he ascended the throne, Yongzheng continued to honor the Buddha and called himself Pochen layman and Yuanming layman.
He openly recruited more than a dozen disciples to talk about Buddhism and scriptures, and even directly appointed temple abbots, bestowed titles on Buddhas, published Buddhist scriptures, and wrote prefaces to scriptures himself.
Therefore, the lotus pattern decoration on Yongzheng imperial porcelain has its own origin and basis.
Chen Wenzhe has made chrysanthemum petal dishes before, but he has never made lotus petal dishes alone.
What's more, this is a lotus petal plate with lemon yellow glaze.
In fact, Chen Wenzhe has made a lot of this kind of flower-shaped implements, and when he made them at this time, he was still very fast.
According to his previous tradition, if you want to do something, do it all.
So he started sorting it out from the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty.
The most famous ones in the Qing Dynasty are the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, namely Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong.
During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, due to the addition of glass white, the yellow glaze porcelain looked more delicate and classy.
During the Tongzhi and Guangxu periods of the Qing Dynasty, yellow-glazed porcelain became the mainstream porcelain for weddings.
Although a larger quantity was produced, the quality was much worse than that of the Three Dynasties in the Golden Age.
The glaze color is not only dull, but also loses its proper grease shine.
In addition, in addition to single-color yellow glaze porcelain, the surface of yellow glaze porcelain will also be painted and fired into various yellow glaze porcelain.
Such as yellow-glazed green-colored ware, yellow-glazed pastel ware, yellow-glazed multi-colored ware, yellow-glazed enamel ware, etc.
All these can be explained that in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, when yellow glazed porcelain was first used on a large scale, most of it was low-temperature glazed porcelain when it first appeared, and no real regulations were formed, so it did not reach its peak.
In the Song and Yuan Dynasties, due to the different preferences of the rulers, yellow glazed porcelain fell into disuse.
Therefore, truly good yellow-glazed porcelain could only reach its peak during the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially the Ming Dynasty.
In other words, although yellow glazed porcelain was invented very early, it was not until the Ming Dynasty that yellow glazed porcelain finally ushered in the opportunity to explode.
In the Ming Dynasty, Yongle, Xuande, Chenghua and other dynasties all produced yellow-glazed porcelain, but the best quality was Hongzhi yellow-glazed porcelain.
Judging from the large number of handed down products, the glaze color of the yellow-glazed porcelain of the Hongzhi Dynasty was almost the same, indicating that the firing technology of yellow-glazed porcelain was quite mature at that time.
Now Chen Wenzhe's imitation of fired yellow glazed porcelain naturally recommends Hongzhi yellow glazed porcelain first, followed by Yongxuan and Chenghua period yellow glazed porcelain, and finally the yellow glazed porcelain of the third dynasty of the Qing Dynasty.
The "yellow" single-color glaze of the Hongzhi Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty is a national treasure among porcelains. Such porcelain must be imitated to perfection.
But it's not easy to do this.
The firing technology of yellow glaze porcelain was very skilled during the Hongzhi Dynasty of Ming Dynasty, and the color was stable.
There is no difference in the color of any "yellow" glaze porcelain.
This is even more rare, indicating that the craftsmen of this period had very precise control over the temperature of the kiln, or the temperature at which the yellow glaze was generated.
Yellow glaze porcelain is a low-temperature glazed porcelain with iron as colorant, which is fired in the kiln twice.
First, it is fired at high temperature to make astringent or plain white porcelain, and then the yellow glaze is applied by pouring glaze.
It is put into the kiln again and fired at 850-900c.
In ancient my country, yellow-glazed porcelain was a color-glazed porcelain exclusively used by emperors and concubines, so no expense was spared in firing yellow-glazed porcelain.
This makes its process and technology relatively mature.
Especially in the Hongzhi Dynasty, the characteristics of "pouring yellow" single-color glaze were very typical.
During this period, this single-color yellow glaze had a smooth glaze, light and delicate glaze color, and was regarded as a model of yellow-glazed porcelain in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Of course, the glaze color is so good, so the porcelain body must not be simple, at least it must be white and delicate.
Only with a good porcelain body and good glaze color can you produce high-quality porcelain.
What's more, the "yellow" single-color glaze in the Hongzhi Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty also differentiated into two types: light yellow and chicken fat yellow.
Hongzhi yellow-glazed porcelain is known as the supreme yellow porcelain of all dynasties. Its unexpected beauty in the prosperous times definitely deserves its reputation.
Among them, chicken fat plays a decisive role.
Our country's porcelain has been world-famous for its charming and varied colors and rich patterns since ancient times!
Among the porcelain cultural relics of past dynasties, yellow-glazed porcelain is the most royal work of art.
Since the Han Dynasty, yellow porcelain has been fired in official kilns of all dynasties. However, before the Ming Dynasty, yellow-glazed porcelain did not appear to be truly yellow, but rather tawny or dark yellow.
It was not until the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty that the firing of yellow porcelain truly reached its peak.
Because the yellow glaze is pure, it is also called "chicken fat yellow" by later generations.
"Chicken fat yellow" is a good metaphor and very vivid. Modern collectors value chicken fat yellow porcelain the most.
Because the yellow color is more delicate and brighter than the previous dynasty, it is also called "Jiao Huang".
After that, all official kilns in the Ming Dynasty fired porcelain according to the standards of the Hongzhi year. The palace called yellow-glazed porcelain "yellow ware", also called "palace ware".
The world is dark and yellow, and yellow porcelain is the most expensive.
Therefore, from the name "Dianqi", we can see the preciousness and status of this kind of porcelain.
The Chinese people's respect for yellow comes from the most primitive understanding of nature.
The so-called "the sky and the earth are dark and yellow, and the universe is primitive".
Yellow represents the land, and Xuanyuan is the Yellow Emperor, the ancestor of humanity.
Later, for rulers in the feudal period, yellow represented wealth and good fortune.
Later, it gradually transformed into the color used by the royal family and became a symbol of power and dignity.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the ruling class had strict restrictions on the use of yellow.